then three years times together and then three years ago we decided to show it to them. now my husband is dead. i'm back to strasbourg but i'm no longer walking around with my family. i stay here and address you and the whole of europe. i thought that in 12 days since alexei's murder i would have time to prepare for this speech but first we spent a week getting alexei's body and organising the funeral. then i choose the cemetery and coffin. the funeral will take place the day after tomorrow and i'm not sure yet whether it will be peaceful or whether the police will arrest those who have come to say goodbye to my husband. applause

thank ou. goodbye to my husband. applause thank you. however, _ goodbye to my husband. applause thank you. however, i'm _ goodbye to my husband. applause thank you. however, i'm standing i thank you. however, i'm standing here because your photos have an important question. there are asking you and then may, the question is, how can i help you in your fight? last saturday was two years since putin started a full—scale war against ukraine. a brutal and sneaky war. the whole world rushed to ukraine's aid but two years past. there is much exhaustion, much blood, much disappointment and putin has gone nowhere. everything has a ready been used. weapons, money, sanctions, nothing is working. and the worst has happened. everyone got used to the war. here and there

people start to say, well, we'll have to come to an agreement with putin anyway. and then putin killed my husband alexei navalny. on his orders, he was tortured for three years. he was starved in a tiny cell. cut off from the outside world and denied visits, phone calls and then letters. and then they killed him. even after that, they abused his body and abused his mother. on the one hand the public murder has once again showed everyone that putin is capable of anything and that you cannot negotiate with him. thank you. that you cannot negotiate with him. thank ou. �* �* ,,

thank you. applause but on _ thank you. applause but on the _ thank you. applause but on the other- thank you. applausei but on the other side, thank you. applause. but on the other side, i thank you. applause - but on the other side, i can thank you. applause _ but on the other side, i can also see how shocked everyone is. many people have the feeling that putin cannot be defeated at all. and in this desperation, they are now asking me, how can i help you? and i'm thinking about how alexei would answer this question. i'll try to answer this question. i'll try to answer but to do so i have to tell you a little about what he was like. alexei was an inventor. he always had new ideas for everything, but especially in politics. you have elections at the beginning ofjune. many of you will be campaigning.

meeting voters, getting interviews, shooting commercials. now imagine that all of this is impossible. no tv station will do an interview with you. no money in the world can help you. no money in the world can help you with the commercial and the voters who came to the meetings will be arrested along with the candidate. welcome to putin's russia. �* �* ,, russia. applause and yet _ russia. applause and yet alexei - russia. applause - and yet alexei navalny has russia. applause _ and yet alexei navalny has managed to become the most famous politician there. he was able to inspire millions of people with his ideas. how did he do that? he was always fantasising and experimenting. you're not allowed on tv, let's learn how to make youtube videos so the whole country can watch them.

you are not allowed to vote. you can come up with a tactical voting strategy to take seats away from the ruling party. even in putin's gulag, alexei managed to pass on ideas for projects that would make the kremlin panic. he was the opposite of everything boring. this is the answer to the question, if you really want to defeat putin you have to become an innovator. you have to stop being boring. to become an innovator. you have to step being boring-— stop being boring. applause you cannot — stop being boring. applause you cannot hurt _ stop being boring. applause you cannot hurt putin - stop being boring. applause you cannot hurt putin with i stop being boring. applause - you cannot hurt putin with another resolution or another set of sanctions. that is no different from

the previous ones. you cannot defeat him by thinking he is a man of principle who has morals and rules. he is not like that and alexei realised that a long time ago. you are not dealing with a politician but with a bloody mobster. putin is the leader of an organised criminal gang. putin is the leader of... sorry. gang. putin is the leader of... sor . �* �* ,, sorry. applause thank— sorry. applause thank you. - sorry. applause thank you. it - sorry. applause thank you. it is l sorry. applause - thank you. it is good to sorry. applause _ thank you. it is good to repeat it again. putin is the leader of organised criminal gangs. this includes... organised criminal gangs. this

includes. . ._ includes... applause this includes - includes... applause | this includes poisoners includes... applause - this includes poisoners and assassins but they are just puppets. the most important thing is that people close to putin. his friends, associates, the keepers of mafia money. you and all of us must fight the criminal gang and the political innovation here is to apply the methods of fighting organised crime not political competition. not diplomacy but investigations into the financial machinations. not statesman of concern but the source of mafia associates in your countries, the lawyers and financiers who are helping putin and his friends to find money. in this fight you have reliable allies.

there are tens of millions of russians who are against war, against putin, against the evil he brings. we must not persecute them. on the contrary, you must work with them, with us. on the contrary, you must work with them. with u— them, with us. applause putin must _ them, with us. applause putin must answer- them, with us. applause putin must answer for - them, with us. applause. putin must answer for what them, with us. applause - putin must answer for what he has done with my country. putin must answer for what he has done to a neighbouring, peaceful country. and putin must answer for everything neighbouring, peaceful country. and putin must answerfor everything he has done to alexei. putin must answer for everything he has done to alexei.— has done to alexei. applause my husband — has done to alexei. applause my husband will _ has done to alexei. applause my husband will never - has done to alexei. applause my husband will never see - has done to alexei. applause. my husband will never see what has done to alexei. applause - my husband will never see what the beautiful russia of the future will

look like. but we must see it. and i will do... �* �* , will do... applause and i will do. . . applause and i will _ will do. . . applause and i will do - will do. . . applause and i will do my - will do... applause | and i will do my best will do... applause . and i will do my best to will do... applause - and i will do my best to make will do... applause _ and i will do my best to make his dream come true. the evil will fall and the beautiful future will come. thank you. and the beautiful future will come. thank ou. �* �* , prince harry has lost a high court challenge against the uk government over the level of his security protection when he is in the country. the duke of sussex took legal action when the government downgraded his security status four years ago, after he stopped being a working royal. but his lawyers claimed he'd been treated less favourably than other members of the royal family. prince harry will appeal against the ruling. sean dilley has more. from the moment he was born, prince harry has been surrounded by armed metropolitan police protection. they used to travel the world with him and go with him wherever he went. but that was when and because he was a working royal. when he stepped down and left

the country in 2020, that routine taxpayer funded protection was downgraded. government lawyers said armed security would still be provided but only when it was believed to be necessary and on a case—by—case basis. prince harry's case was that the decision made by the group, or the executive committee for the protection of royalty and public figures, was one, unfair and unlawful. his lawyers pointed out that panel members had included senior members of the royal household at a time when tensions between prince harry and some senior members of the royal family itself were incredibly high. thejudge did not agree. the court has found that there has not been any unlawfulness in reaching the decision of the 28th of february 2020. it is a judgment that will have security implications for the king's younger son. while the government may insist that protection will be provided when justified, the ruling may dictate how closely prince harry feels

he can be to his family. sean dilley, bbc news. now, it's time for a look at the weather. for the vast majority of uk the afternoon will stay cloudy. just a few breaks across the north of scotland and to the east of the pennines. forsome scotland and to the east of the pennines. for some across these northern and eastern areas of the uk, might see some glimpses of sunshine but otherwise extensively cloudy and the cloud thick enough to bring drizzle to west of scotland, northern ireland, wales and western areas of england. patches of drizzle moving into south—east england as well. yes, a mild day, damp at times, none of the rain heavy but patchy nature and will tend to come and go. this evening and overnight rain turns heavy for a time as it works its way southwards and eastwards across the uk, followed by some showers into scotland and

northern ireland. a very mild night across parts of england and wales with temperatures for some holding up with temperatures for some holding up into double figures. cool air pushing into the north and west. the thing continues into thursday, eventually colder air will work across most of the uk behind this cold front. weather—wise, on thursday we are looking at rain across southern and eastern england. could be quite slow to clear away today as well. otherwise, brighter weather with a mix of sunshine a blustery showers. some of those in western scotland and northern ireland could have a bit of hail next and at times. temperature is quite close to average for the time of year. the on that, another area of year. the on that, another area of low pressure is set to move through on friday. this occlusion could bring a spell of hills snow. that could move 100 miles north or south so the exact position of the front isn't tied down yet but it looks like we could see hills snow, potentially affecting parts of north wales, northern england, the southern uplands and the hills of

northern ireland. some places could see five centimetres of snow. there is the threat of seeing some disruption. at lower elevations, you are more likely to just be stuck with cold rain and may be a bit of sleep. it will be a cold day particularly underneath that band of rain with temperatures struggling at around three —— a bit of sleet. staying unsettled, sunshine and showers, some of the showers could have hail of sleet next and at times. goodbye.

live from london — this is bbc news. the widow of alexei navalny tells the european parliament that vladimir putin is a �*mobster�* whose �*gangsters' killed her husband. putin must answer for what he has done with my country.

done to a neighbouring peaceful country. and putin must answerfor everything he has done to alexei. a stark warning from south korea — the country's birth—rate plummets again, amid concerns its working population could halve. prince harry will appeal a judgment made in favour of the uk government's decision to reduce his police protection when he is in britain. and — picture perfect — the incredible effort that goes into maintaining the splendour of the sistine chapel in the vatican. hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. i'm interviews and reaction. sarah campbell. the widow of the russian opposition leader alexei navalny has told the european parliament that her husband had been