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Hello and welcome to newsday. We start with russia, where president putin has hailed his predicted victory in russias president ial election, saying it would allow the country to become stronger. He had been the only serious candidate and now has a 5th term in office, after a landslide 87 of the vote. But there was defiance in the form of large queues at some Polling Stations in russia heeding the call of allies of the late Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny who urged people to turn out to spoil their ballots or to vote for any other candidate. Mr navalny died suddenly in a penal colony in russia last month. At least 80 protesters were arrested. His widow Yulia Navalnya cast her vote at Russias Embassy in ....
An exit poll has suggested that, as expected, President Putin is heading for a Landslide Win, taking nearly 88 of the vote. The final day of voting saw large queues form at some Polling Stations, in an apparent show of dissent. Allies of the late opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, had called on people to come out at midday in moscow and elsewhere to vote for any other candidate or spoil their ballots. There were no Protest Chants and the authorities had warned that activists could be arrested. A Rights Monitoring Group in russia says more than 70 people were detained. Mr navalny s widow, yulia, was amongst those who queued for several hours outs ....
Jan egeland, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Youve been in the humanitarian and aid business for a very long time now. Youre very recently back from gaza. Were you shocked by what you saw . Profoundly, profoundly. I wasnt really prepared. Even being as old as i am in humanitarian work for the devastation, the destruction and this utter feeling of hopelessness among the population which is crammed together in Southern Gaza in rafah. So i was there three days, two nights, spoke with the mothers, the fathers, the children. And i must say, its in 2024 and were allowing this to happen. It is it is beyond belief. You talk about the hopelessness of the People Living through that experience. What about the hopelessness of people like you who are supposed to be making lives better, protecting those Vulnerable People . Were not g ....
The fa cup semi finals. Chelsea come alive in injury time to knock out leicester and make the last four. Is it now a two way race in the wsl . Manchester city and chelsea are level pegging once more. Also coming up on sportsday. Matt fitzpatrick leads the british hopes in the final round of the players championship in sawgrass. And can Carlos Alcaraz claim back to back titles in indian wells . Hello again. Sometimes we can be a little prone to hyperbole with the fa cup. But this weekends quarter finals. Well, three of them, have matched every cliche and more, with none beating the drama at old trafford. Amad diallo s 120th minute winner ended a game that captivated and confounded. Manchester united 4, liverpool 3 was the score. Patrick gearey has the story. A rivalry that began with a canal is now channelled through football. Manchester united versus liverpool, a local grudge gone global. Both sides arrived in very different place ....