this tower staring and looking at this tower and it remained for nearly a year so how are you going to start trying to tell people this is what your story is, this is what happened to you, if you have not even involved and included them? forget about the fact that the announcement was made in variety and people heard about this on a whatsapp group. if the next—of—kin of the deceased, the 72 people who died, if the immediate family members of those people who are on the posters have not been contacted, did not know about this, then who knew? who contacted, did not know about this, then who knew?— then who knew? who are you doing this for? there _ then who knew? who are you doing this for? there is _ then who knew? who are you doing this for? there is a _ then who knew? who are you doing this for? there is a rule _ then who knew? who are you doing this for? there is a rule for - then who knew? who are you doing this for? there is a rule for drama l this for? there is a rule for drama here in some cases. figs this for? there is a rule for drama here in some cases.— here in some cases. as you have shown. here in some cases. as you have shown- there — here in some cases. as you have shown. there will _ here in some cases. as you have shown. there will always - here in some cases. as you have shown. there will always be - here in some cases. as you have shown. there will always be a i here in some cases. as you have - shown. there will always be a chance with drama _ shown. there will always be a chance with drama to show a human side of it. with drama to show a human side of it to— with drama to show a human side of it to show— with drama to show a human side of it. to show the interaction almost

in a simulated real—time, which means— in a simulated real—time, which means that the audience will see a different_ means that the audience will see a different side to what a documentary or an _ different side to what a documentary or an article — different side to what a documentary or an article can tell, but it has to be _ or an article can tell, but it has to be done _ or an article can tell, but it has to be done with sensitivity, it has to be done with sensitivity, it has to be _ to be done with sensitivity, it has to be done — to be done with sensitivity, it has to be done with sensitivity, it has to be done with mindfulness. them we were saying _ to be done with mindfulness. them we were saying before, every drama is going _ were saying before, every drama is going to _ were saying before, every drama is going to have to go through a commercial set of stipulations in order_ commercial set of stipulations in order to — commercial set of stipulations in order to be put on air. but if that is the _ order to be put on air. but if that is the only— order to be put on air. but if that is the only thing you're thinking about, — is the only thing you're thinking about, then is going to become... we do not about, then is going to become... do not know about, then is going to become... - do not know that this is what this director... do not know that this is what this director- - -— do not know that this is what this director... ., ., ., ., ,, director... you have to approach it with mindfulness _ director... you have to approach it with mindfulness and _ director... you have to approach it with mindfulness and with - director... you have to approach it i with mindfulness and with sympathy and approach it with an integrity to the people you are telling the stories— the people you are telling the stories about. | the people you are telling the stories about.— the people you are telling the stories about. . , , ., stories about. i am sure they would an ue that stories about. i am sure they would argue that is _ stories about. i am sure they would argue that is what _ stories about. i am sure they would argue that is what they _ stories about. i am sure they would argue that is what they are - stories about. i am sure they would argue that is what they are trying . argue that is what they are trying to do, and maybe there has been some communication issues, but hillsborough, the famousjimmy hillsborough, the famous jimmy

mcgovern hillsborough, the famousjimmy mcgovern film, there is no real analogy for what happened at grenfell but in terms of the failure of public policy and failure of systems, that was made seven or eight years after hillsborough and formed part of the campaign that we have seen going on for 30 years. do you not see any rule for giving voice to a much wider number of people, some of the horrors that underpinned the grenfell disaster? i underpinned the grenfell disaster? i canjust say that underpinned the grenfell disaster? i can just say that i underpinned the grenfell disaster? i canjust say that i am really can just say that i am really surprised that there has been such a backlash, but it is really heartfelt. in the way here i had several phone calls and spoke to people from the next—of—kin, from survivors and people in the community, saying, tell them that we are hurt and we are still hurting, we're still dealing with a lot of trauma here in the way that this has announced as though... it might be six years for everybody else and everybody else has moved on but the people at the heart of it and those

witnesses on the estate who had to stand there and watch people jumping out of windows, people dying, people dying before their eyes, it is shocking to think that you can announce something in variety without having done anything to include people that were part of the story. include people that were part of the sto . ~ , ., .., include people that were part of the sto . ~ , ., .. , story. might be that can be had, notwithstanding _ story. might be that can be had, notwithstanding that _ story. might be that can be had, notwithstanding that you - story. might be that can be had, notwithstanding that you said, l story. might be that can be had, i notwithstanding that you said, that makes it better? i do notwithstanding that you said, that makes it better?— makes it better? i do not see how ou can makes it better? i do not see how you can come _ makes it better? i do not see how you can come back— makes it better? i do not see how you can come back from _ makes it better? i do not see how you can come back from this. - makes it better? i do not see how| you can come back from this. trust is already very thin on the ground with any of the establishment, whether the media or the police or the fire brigade. i whether the media or the police or the fire brigade.— whether the media or the police or the fire brigade. i reported the day after. you could _ the fire brigade. i reported the day after. you could already _ the fire brigade. i reported the day after. you could already see - the fire brigade. i reported the day after. you could already see somel the fire brigade. i reported the day. after. you could already see some of thoseissues after. you could already see some of those issues already. bringing it back out you have some pushback as well with des? taste back out you have some pushback as well with des?— well with des? we had nervousness when we reached _ well with des? we had nervousness when we reached out _ well with des? we had nervousness when we reached out to _ well with des? we had nervousness when we reached out to the - well with des? we had nervousness| when we reached out to the families of the victims and the police officers themselves. we listen to

them and assured them that what we were doing was not focusing on dennis nilsen but the case of dennis and that we were going to respect the families and the victims and their sons or their brothers who had been killed by him. taste their sons or their brothers who had been killed by him.— their sons or their brothers who had been killed by him. we must leave it there. been killed by him. we must leave it there- thank— been killed by him. we must leave it there. thank you _ been killed by him. we must leave it there. thank you so _ been killed by him. we must leave it there. thank you so much _ been killed by him. we must leave it there. thank you so much for- been killed by him. we must leave it there. thank you so much forjoiningj there. thank you so much forjoining us on this very sensitive issue. victoria is here tomorrow. good night.

andrew is now planning his next challenge. i look anything planned at the moment but i am working on it. will see. you are watching bbc news. one of president putin's most prominent critics has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by a court in moscow after he publicly criticised russia's invasion of ukraine. vladimir kara—murza, who also has british citizenship, is accused of treason and spreading false information. his conviction is widely seen as politically—motivated. the uk government has demanded his immediate release. from moscow, our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. handcuffed and in a bullet—proof cage, one of president putin's most prominent critics. vladimir kara—murza faced multiple charges, including treason. the verdict, guilty. the punishment, a quarter of a century in prison.

access to the court room was heavily restricted. with otherjournalists and with foreign diplomats, we crowded into another room to watch on tv screens. for more than a decade, vladimir kara—murza has been a high—profile opponent of the kremlin. he'd lobbied western governments to sanction russian officials for corruption and human rights abuses, and he publicly condemned the war in ukraine. mr kara—murza is also a british citizen. the uk hasjoined international condemnation of his conviction. the british government will continue to support him and stand in solidarity with him and his family, and we will continue to call for his release. vladimir kara—murza has a british passport. what will britain do to try to secure his release? we're continuing to ask for consular access to mr kara—murza, and we will continue to do that. for critic of the kremlin, a political opponent

of president putin, a prison sentence of 25 years is unprecedented in its severity. and it's a sign that in today's russia, the authorities are determined not only to silence all criticism, but to neutralise anyone and anything they believe could be a threat to the political system here. vladimir is a very strong man. evgenia kara—murza is vladimir�*s wife. when she spoke to me from america before the verdict, she was already preparing for the worst. the 25—year prison sentence, i think this is. well, to me, this is the recognition of the effectiveness of vladimir�*s work. they hate him so much, and they're so much afraid of him out there, you know, running free, that they need to lock him up for a quarter of a century to stop him from continuing his work. another sign of the times in moscow.

this famous museum reminds russians of political repression of the past. it's named after soviet human rights campaigner andrei sakharov, but the authorities have declared it a foreign agent and now they're evicting it from the building. their final event feels like a swan song for russian democracy. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. dr samuel ramani teaches international relations at the university of oxford. he's also writing a book entitled "putin's war on ukraine". great to get you on the program. what we heard from my colleague, 25 years, in unprecedented sentence. were you surprised by this? imelt. years, in unprecedented sentence. were you surprised by this? well, i was a bit surprised, _ were you surprised by this? well, i was a bit surprised, they _ were you surprised by this? well, i | was a bit surprised, they crackdown very strongly. they done something similar, you have to look at the

timing of this crackdown as well. it's coming at a time with the russian military is ——. 0n the cost of being under way for the russian tried to silence all dissent at this time. ~ ., , ., tried to silence all dissent at this time. ~ . , ., ., ~ time. what signal do you think the sentence sends _ time. what signal do you think the sentence sends inside _ time. what signal do you think the sentence sends inside russia? - time. what signal do you think the sentence sends inside russia? as| time. what signal do you think the i sentence sends inside russia? as you point out, it's an attempt to silence dissent at this time. what kind of repercussions do you think it might be?— it might be? obviously, first of all it might be? obviously, first of all it sends a warning _ it might be? obviously, first of all it sends a warning shot _ it might be? obviously, first of all it sends a warning shot to - it might be? obviously, first of all it sends a warning shot to who's l it sends a warning shot to who's ever left in the liberal opposition to protest and not to engage for that also sends a signal to the hardliners who are close to and around putin in any of the pro work television bloggers who view someone like the british national as a fist column is the ultimate enemy of the russian state. so cracking down on him so strongly is very powerful symbol for that hard—line symbol for that ha rd—line nationalist criticism

symbol for that hard—line nationalist criticism on putin too. it's interesting to point out that in fact the judge who was involved in fact the judge who was involved in prosecuting this was also somebody sanctioned for attacks was up somebody sanctioned for attacks was up how successful do you think the uk government will be in trying to gain access or helping him at all? it's extremely difficult for the british government to have counsellor access. ultimately he's being treated as a dual national, prisoner under russian law office of even the state other uk— russia relations are poor the russian ambassador to the united kingdom saying symbolic post, i don't think it is very much that britain will be able to do. i don't think that he is somebody like britney greiner who they will want to have as a subject for a prisoner exchange. it's too dangerous not to be kept behind bars. the biggest issue will come from civil society and or rights

organisations for the one has been very effective in revealing information about this case and i expect that many others will follow suit. ., ., ., ., ~ expect that many others will follow suit. ., ., ., ., expect that many others will follow suit. ., . ., ., suit. doctor ramani, thank you so much from _ suit. doctor ramani, thank you so much from joining _ suit. doctor ramani, thank you so much from joining us _ suit. doctor ramani, thank you so much from joining us from - suit. doctor ramani, thank you so much from joining us from the - much from joining us from the university of oxford on newsday. now to an important story from the uk — the impact of last week's strike byjunior doctors in england. its severity has been underlined by the latest official figures. more than 196,000 appointments had to be cancelled because of the industrial action, the highest number so far in the current pay dispute. the full impact is likely to be more far—reaching. nhs bosses are increasingly concerned about further industrial action. 0ur health editor hugh pym has the latest. trying to get back to normal. are you comfortable as you are, lying on the bed? they are assessing patients who have come through this hospital's emergency department. fully staffed again after the four day strike by junior doctors last week. i'm really worried.

i think this is an incredibly difficult time at the moment. the chief executive told me the hospitaljust about coped, but the prospect of further strikes was a huge concern. i think we feel very much like we're getting to the edge of our ability to continue delivering care during these circumstances. our staff are utterly exhausted. it's not that long since we've recovered from the acute phases of a pandemic nationally. our staff need a degree of normality, and i don't believe they can keep stepping forward and supporting people during this action. he told me they'd cancelled 3,000 appointments and operations last week. rebecca was due to have day surgery at another hospital after ongoing health complications. it was cancelled, though she doesn't blame the junior doctors. myjob had arranged cover for the two weeks where i needed to be off to recover, i'd kind of prepared myself mentally to go through the recovery process and things like that, and also, i do live with a decent amount of pain.

but, yeah, i wasn't amazingly pleased that it got cancelled, but i understand why. the prime minister conceded that cancellations would make his target of cutting waiting lists more difficult. there's lots of different initiatives that we've got which are going to help us bring those waiting lists down, and it's something i'm focused on, and i'm going to make sure that we continue to deliver, but of course industrial action makes that more challenging. but we are going to keep going at it, because it's important to the country. opposition parties say ministers must do more to resolve the disputes. i think that unless there is real leadership now from the prime minister, we are going to be back here again and again, notjust with nurses, with junior doctors, and if the government can't get around the table to negotiate, then i think it's time to call in acas. we've seen time and again, - this government is very slow to come to the table to negotiate _ with the unions, whether it'sjunior doctors, whether it's nurses, whether it's teachers. - in fact, with junior doctors, they haven't even agreed . to start negotiating. you can't get to a settlement

unless you talk. _ there are different pay disputes with the junior doctors' union around the uk. in england, further strikes are possible. in scotland, there is a ballot on strike action. in wales, pay talks are ongoing, and in northern ireland, there are no negotiations. hospitals in england are now focusing on the nurses' strike in two weeks' time, expected to leave many operating theatres empty, as we saw before here. we will be very limited in our ability to offer any elective care and possibly also large degrees of emergency care. what sort of things in a&e might not be there? we are currently reviewing what we can offer on an emergency pathway, but it is possible that elements of our emergency care will not be open during the period of the strike. as things stand, an end to these disputes in the nhs still seems some way off.

lots more is always on the bbc website. lots more is always on the bbc website. a match at the world snooker championship in sheffield in the north of england has been abandoned and another suspended — after a protest by members from thejust stop 0il group. a man climbed onto the table where robert milkins and joe perry were playing their first round tie, and covered it in orange powder. another demonstrator tried to glue herself to a table. two people have been arrested. the former world champion, stephen hendry, said he was shocked by the protesters' actions. lots of comments as well on social media on that story as well as on the bbc website. along with lots of the bbc website. along with lots of the bbc website. along with lots of the bbc story that we've done our news days today. thank you so much forjoining me. to stay with bbc

news for the latest headlines at analysis and i will be back with you in about an hour. hello there. we've started this week off on a pretty warm note. in fact, many parts of the uk saw the warmest day of the year so far on monday. however, over the next few days, those temperatures will be coming down as we pick up a chilly easterly breeze. and there could even be a bit of rain in places by the end of the week. now, high pressure dominates the scene over the next few days, sitting across scandinavia, bringing this easterly breeze. but more icy bars on the chart mean that easterly wind picks up and we'll start to see these weather fronts rolling in off the near continent, bringing outbreaks of rain, particularly for england and wales, whereas further north it should tend to stay largely dry. now for tuesday morning, we'll start off with a bit of low cloud mist, but that should tend to burn away. many places will see a sunny day, but we'll see thicker cloud for southern and southeastern areas. and the breeze will be stronger,

noticeably cooler, i think, across the board, but certainly down north sea coast. that's because the sea temperatures are pretty low at this time of year, seven or eight degrees. so it will feel cool immediately on the north sea coast, head further inland and again, we're close to the mid—teens, some of the highest temperatures for western scotland, up to the high teens there. so as we move out of tuesday day through the night, we'll start to see further low clouds and mist the rolling in off the north sea once again, especially for england and wales, eastern scotland, clearer skies further west. so it's here where we could see temperatures dip close to freezing two, three degrees. generally for most, we're between four and seven celsius. a little change as we head into wednesday. again, we've got high pressure dominating the scene. it's going to be another windy day, strong easterly winds, so feeling cool again along the north sea coast and we'll see thicker cloud at times rolling in across england and wales. clusters of showers affecting the south of england, certainly the south west, perhaps in towards south wales.

but most places will be dry, get a chilly feel to things towards the east, further west where around the low to mid—teens celsius. and then as we move throughout thursday into friday, we start to see more weather fronts pushing in some of these weather fronts, bringing more prolonged rain at times to england and wales on friday. and again, it's going to be quite cool with a strong east the breeze so temperatures dipping away as we head towards the end of the week into the weekend. and there's a greater chance of many of us, certainly england and wales, seeing some wetter weather.

this is bbc news. we left the headlines and all the news stories as newsday continues straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. west africa's sahel region has long faced enormous challenges, poor governance, extreme poverty and environmental degradation, to name but three. but it also has a proud tradition of giving cultural riches to the world and my guest today is baaba maal,