boris nemtsov was assassinated on a bridge opposite the kremlin.me. last year five men from chechnya were ..— ..., . z. . 55, ,. have not been brought to justice. on the bridge where boris nemtsov died, russians have been laying flowers. this place of killing, an unofficial shrine to a murdered politician. italians head to the polls — in a week — after a general election campaign that has seen populist politicians gain prominence. they've been leading opinion polls, with italians worried about the sluggish economy, frustrated with the eu, and angry about migration. our europe editor katya adler reports from milan. in italy this election season, populism rather than policy is the undisputed vote winner. italians flock to those who say they are listening to their frustrations with the status quo. matteo salvini leads the hard right anti—immigration league party. it's almost more popstar than politician. all of matteo salvini's supporters hoping he can make it to prime minister with his slogan, italy first. "what do you say to those who call you a rac

nemtsov was assassinated on a bridge opposite the gremlin. opposite the gremlin. a vile and cynical crime. —— the kremlin. who ordered the killing have not been brought to justice. who ordered the killing have not been brought tojustice. who ordered the killing have not been brought to justice. been brought to justice. bridge where boris nemtsov died, russians have been laying flowers. russians have been laying flowers. this place of killing, an unofficial shrine to a murdered politician. are still pouring across the border into bangladesh. with repatriation currently on hold, tensions are simmering. in the past few weeks. why they were killed. mohammed usman and his father used to pray at this makeshift mosque. was stabbed to death on his way there one morning. we fled after my cousins were killed. religious man, had no enemies. he always wanted to go back to our homeland. and we all fear for our lives. nobody knows why he was killed. is leading to violence. yusuf also wanted to become a community leader. rohingya leader was killed at his home by masked men. pa r

now the people behind me as well as boris nemtsov family were unhappy with the investigation they're saying that those who ordered the hit are still walking free now the looking the police are still looking at the investigation still only go we're into that into who marched to minded who ordered the hit and at least one person is wanted in connection with this now this rally is still ongoing and we will be bringing you all the latest from it next hour or it all comes back to then thanks for your time tonight. thank you watching as well this is out international law i believe now we're going to head into a break for half an hour on talk of the after that seem. to. feel on a hot day at a dinner table bottle mosaddeq china six oir. an estimated eighty five percent under-age refugees are now living in greece. you know still more go. to get home and there you go food shopping. and many sell their bodies just to make ends meet. later in the second or the next second i guess you know in the sense in that there's a couple of says things and it. also has turned to dealing drugs to make a livi

russian opposition candidates is notoriously dangerous in twenty fifteen opposition leader boris nemtsov was killed and this year the main challenger to president vladimir putin's rule alexina valley has been barred from even running so is russia today more of a dictatorship than a democracy and what does the sitting president and former k.g.b. spy vladimir putin what for himself and for his country with me to discuss all of this our yevgenia albats editor in chief of the new times in moscow vladimir pozner a prominent russian american journalist and former soviet union spokesman i'm glad to be occurring mirza a leading russian opposition figure and activist thank you all for joining me on upfront given there are a presidential elections around the corner i want to begin by asking whether russia whether russia these days can really be classed as a democracy a lot of people say you know a lot of it positive. partially you could say that there are some democratic killam elements today in russia but i would hesitate to call it a democracy it's got a long way to go before it becomes a democr

washington it's a class of classic move deployed to annoy foreign rivals the end by a ling of boris nemtsov plaza the move to all of the slain russian dissident seems guaranteed to need to the kremlin at a time of increasingly strained relations with washington. the street sign directly outside of the russian embassy will serve as an enduring reminder. to vladimir putin and to those who support him that they cannot use murder and violence and intimidation to sign with the voices of freedom and decide themselves john i was among those present as was russian opposition politician to make our move he was came to deliver a message to president putin that whatever the people in the kremlin think of this now i know that one day the russian state will be proud that our embassy in washington is standing on a street that is named after boris nemtsov. with us russian relations at the post cold war low the question is for how much longer will this kind of teeth attack go on. custom for naaman was at the end battling. it's mainly a symbolic move but a significant one it's meant as a signal that the us

in russia supporters of murdered opposition leader boris nemtsov marched on sunday and honor of his life and work three years ago today members of a shot dead on a bridge near the kremlin his supporters are marching through central moscow today amid heavy security some brought flowers to the makeshift memorial site where he was killed in july last year or russian courts that disadvantage twenty years in jail for assassinating the prominent kremlin critic. china's communist party has proposed removing from the country's constitution a two year term a two term limit on how long the president can stay in power that means president xi jinping could remain in office after his second term ends in two thousand and twenty three and perhaps indefinitely he's already the most powerful chinese leader since dong since taking office more than five years ago he has overseen a radical shake up of the party and an anti-corruption drive she's ideology was enshrined in the party's constitution last october. at least two people were killed and democratic republic of congo on sunday and dozens more injured

in russia supporters of murdered opposition leader boris nemtsov marched on sunday an honor of his life and work three years ago today themself were shot dead on a bridge near the kremlin his supporters marched through central moscow and that heavy security some brought flowers to the makeshift memorial at the site where he was killed in july last year or russian courts tend to samantha twenty years in jail for assassinating the prominent kremlin critic. the place where christians believe jesus was truce a fight and buried was closed amid a rout with israeli authorities the church of the whole this occur shut its doors. sunday its leaders are protesting legislation that attacks church assets and allow the state to seize church property and they called it an unprecedented attack against christians in the holy land no word was given on how long the closure will last. bollywood is mourning the loss of its first female superstar should have a kapoor suddenly died at the age of fifty four she's considered a legend in indian cinema and reportedly suffered a heart attack after attending a wedd

well in russia supporters of mergers opposition leader boris nemtsov march today in honor of his life and work three years ago today in themself was shot dead on the bridge near the kremlin themselves supporters are marching through central moscow today amid heavy security brought flowers to the makeshift memorial at the site where he was killed in july last year a russian core sentenced to twenty years in jail for assassinating the problem and kremlin chrissake. in moscow what is the news there at the moment how are the police reacting. well let me first mention that it's really cold here in moscow down to minus fifteen centigrade salvias and it's really a bank holiday weekend maybe that's the reason why many people went to the dodgers and not came to the demonstration approximately five maybe ten thousand people showed up came to the rally in moscow last year were fifteen thousand and the people came here to. kill three years ago so some marches chanted russia will be free and putin means. putin. with putin but in the end it was a peaceful demonstration and there were policemen a lo

in russia supporters of murdered opposition leader boris nemtsov march today in honor of his life and work three years ago today was shot dead on a bridge near the kremlin. so supporters are marching through central moscow today amid heavy security some brought flowers to the makeshift memorial of the sites where he was killed in july last year a russian court sentenced a man to twenty years in jail for assassinating the prominent kremlin critic well correspondent drugstore each joins us now by way of telephone and is at the march in moscow mere drug thanks for joining us what's the mood like where you are at the match. well first of all it's very cold in moscow down to minus fifteen centigrade sal's isn't it's a bank holiday weekend well maybe this is the reason why only approximately maybe five maybe ten thousand russians came to this rally in moscow to come i'm all right mr names of who was killed three years ago some marches chanted russia will be free and putin is war means war we want russia without putin it's. peaceful demonstration and the policeman they hear there's a lot of

the street outside the russian embassy has been renamed to boris nemtsov plaza after the russian politician and critic of president vladimir putin he was gunned down three years ago at the same time in moscow supporters placed flowers at the place where he was shot which is close to the kremlin a former security guard from chechnya was imprisoned for new solves murder greece's economics and development minister has resigned demetrius of the me trio stepped down just a day after his wife stepped down from the government now this followed a public outcry when it was revealed that the wealthy couple has been receiving a substantial government rent subsidy for their apartment this while greeks continue to deal with strict all staring the measures. for the rare cold front known as the beast from the east continues to wreak havoc across europe and sent temperatures plunging again today causing headaches for those adults among us who had to go to work but a lot of the life for the children who didn't have to go to school for the beast from the east continues to stalk its way across europe freezing

thousands of russians have marched in moscow to mark the third anniversary of opposition leader boris nemtsov murder five chechen that had been convicted of his assassination but it remains unclear who ordered the killing . german chancellor angela merkel and france's president amanda macron have urged russia to cooperate in maintaining a ceasefire in the rebel held on clay of eastern ghouta in a conference call today they called on president putin to put maximum pressure on the syrian regime yesterday the un security council voted to pass a cease fire resolution but despite that vote deadly airstrikes by russian backed syrian forces continue. there were supposed to be a break in the bombing and stayed the stone gets his first responders are back plucking life from the rubble it has been a long and deadly week in this rebel held enclave. and at this hospital doctors are seeing the washed of it most of the patients have grown up and the seven year war medical supplies are running out for these children any truth cannot come soon enough this is a matter of life every hour counts at the moment.

the ambassador is saying that for example the billing of boris nemtsov was signed on senior levels, more senior which i'm personally not agreeing with, it wasn't putin. >> okay. >> i didn't say that, either. >> but the question to you is to what extent putin is a hostage and he's fed up with this role, can he on his next term, which is at least six years, can think of again authorized in power not to be the front company for the whole different interests which are competing now. and to ambassador vershbow, what indicates to you that, you know, many of these major decisions like killing of boris nemtsov and so forth, invasion of crimea, is made by putin himself? in what -- how do you say it? how much he's in control? what do you think? in foreign politics, too. >> thank you very much for your question. let me put it this way, he's a willing hostage. it happened by -- it's the outcome of the institutional design. he's going to be the face of this corporation. i never met him but, you know, i follow a -- what he says and what he does very closely as a journalist. i would say he's pretty sma

nemtsov, this is bbc world news today. our top stories: a suspected chemical attack in syria. activists say these pictures are from a hospital in eastern ghouta, an area that's been under intense attack for a week. the political crisis in the democratic republic of congo — security forces open fire on a rally calling for president kabila to go. china's xijinping could remain china's xi jinping could remain as president for many years, and proposed constitutional changes. a team from poland trying to be the first to conquer the world's second—highest peak in winter — so why did one of the climbers strike out his own? hello and welcome to world news today. there are reports from syria of a chemical attack in eastern ghouta, an enclave on the outskirts of damascus that has been under intense bombardment from the syrian regime for a week now. the region is the last major rebel—held area near the capital, and the assad regime is now determined to take it back. these are pictures we've just received of that suspected chemical attack. the reports come a day after the united nations s

nemtsov, this is bbc world news today. our top stories: a suspected chemical attack in syria.l in eastern ghouta, an area that's been under intense attack for a week. the political crisis in the democratic republic of congo — security forces open fire on a rally calling for president kabila to go. china's xijinping could remain china's xi jinping could remain as president for many years, and proposed constitutional changes. a team from poland trying to be the first to conquer the world's second—highest peak in winter — so why did one of the climbers strike out his own?

demonstrators are holding rallies in a number of russian cities today in memory of the politician boris nemtsov it was murdered in moscow back in february twenty fifth he goes down off the martians and from moscow this a crossover and you go what's happening there. well kevin some four and i have thousand people have taken to the streets of moscow they have been marching through central moscow to commemorate the legacy of birth and to demand justice in the investigation into his killing now it is somewhat minus fifteen outside. here and it is starting to sound more snow but the freezing temperature hasn't prevented these people obviously from taking to the streets and making their plea now chorused notes of was a veteran of russian politics once part of the government back in the one nine hundred ninety s. he switched sides and joined the opposition when vladimir putin came to power he has always been a familiar face in the anti government circles but never at the helm of them really and the last years of his life he seemingly almost altogether fell out of the political spotlight now back in tw

several thousand people have rallied in central moscow in honor of slain opposition leader boris nemtsov of them stray sions are being held all over the country ahead of the third anniversary of his death then so it was a vocal critic of president vladimir putin and was shot on a moscow bridge overlooking the kremlin in two thousand and fifteen many of themselves supporters accuse the russian government of ordering his killing. president being could be reelected as china's leader in two thousand and twenty three under a proposal that the ruling party has just put forward the communist party wants to change the constitution to remove term limits for chinese leaders the vice president would also be allowed to serve for longer than the current two term limit palin is in home call with more on what it could mean for president and the chinese people. there was much speculation he would be angling to stay beyond the next five years back in october when he was addressing the chinese people's congress he laid out a vision of thirty years and a very ambitious vision of china's development both so

several thousand people have rallied in central moscow in honor of the slain opposition leader boris nemtsov demonstrations are being held all over the country ahead of the third anniversary of his death himself was a vocal critic of president vladimir putin and was shot on a moscow bridge overlooking the kremlin and twenty fifty. former italian prime minister silvio berlusconi has addressed around one thousand supporters at a rally in milan ahead of next weekend's elections he's hoping his party can win enough to form a right wing coalition government and even though he's banned from holding public office berlusconi will play a pivotal role in the makeup of the next government song a day before. this is not an operation of elections past but the return of the great survivor of italian politics despite the scandals the humiliating political defeats and a conviction for tax fraud anyone who gambled on never seeing silvio berlusconi again might feel shortchanged but not the process faithful in a fixture in milan to hear his message do you see that yesterday i read a quote from former u.s. pres

russian embassy in washington has been renamed in honor of murdered russian opposition leader boris nemtsov in moscow people laid flowers at a memorial on the third anniversary of his death and self was shot dead on a bridge near the kremlin in twenty fifteen he was a critic of president vladimir putin and the u.s. move has caused friction with the kremlin. u.s. president is due to hold talks with democratic and republican leaders in the coming hours to address the need for gun control many people hope donald trump will convince politicians to finally move forward on stalled legislation after a school shooting in florida two weeks ago left seventeen people dead can be how it is more from washington d.c. . after days of student protests all eyes are on the u.s. congress to take action to limit gun violence following the florida school shooting earlier this month that left seventeen people dead leading that debate is president donald trump who met on tuesday with republican lawmakers at the white house to hear their arguments we shouldn't be banning guns for law abiding citizens we should be

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several thousand people have rallied in central moscow in honor of the murdered opposition leader boris nemtsov demonstrations are being held all over the country ahead of the third anniversary of his death themself was a vocal critic of president vladimir putin and was shot dead on a moscow bridge overlooking the kremlin in february two thousand and eight. well that's it for me for an hour be back at sixteen hundred g.m.t. with all of the day's news and other let's go back to hasn't. barbara thanks very much there's new revelations about why do you booty seized a major container port from a u.a.e. owned company now the ports director says the buy based d.p. world was paying a former manager a bribe of a million dollars a month to maintain the company's monopoly dubai is now taking djibouti to court over it they say ending the contract to operate out of the dolly port is illegal lets give you more idea of just what this is all about the port is on the babil mendips trade between djibouti and yemen as you can see there it has access to shipping lanes linking europe asia and africa it's one of se

several thousand people have rallied in central moscow in honor of slain opposition leader boris nemtsov demonstrations are being held all over the country ahead of the third anniversary of his death. was a vocal critic of president vladimir putin and was shot on a moscow bridge overlooking the kremlin in two thousand and fifty many of members of supporters accuse the russian government of ordering his killing. kosovo's prime minister is promising to revive one of the region's largest companies to help fight youth unemployment is plan is far from straightforward though because neighboring serbia says it owns the mining company temperature anderson's reports now from attributes. trap share used to be one of the former yugoslavia is biggest companies mining plentiful minerals with good profits and thousands of jobs kosovo's war changed that you don't have to look far to see damaged buildings and the conflict two decades ago decimated this business now the few miners who remain a part of a dysfunctional company that's cut into these a kosovar albanian miles and we've recently been celebrati

it is worth remembering that the assassination of boris nemtsov has to have been signed off from senior levels of the regime. what does this mean for russian policy? i believe that the priority that the leaders of this corporation attached to a strong state and suppression of pro-western opposition will translate into a continued confrontational policy toward the west, whether it is under putin or any successor. the leaders of this corporation believe their own propaganda, that the united states and its allies are bent on regime change, that the united states throws it supports -- its support for civil society and democratic values. change, thatand of course the fear that successful liberalization in the near and abroad could infect russia itself and that has been the main driver of increasing crackdown at home but it is also the main driver in russia's more aggressive foreign-policy. moreover portraying russia as , encircled by a hostile nato russia phobic by west makes it a lot easier to justify the stagnation that russia is experiencing, declining living standards. if there were a se

it is worth remembering that the assassination of boris nemtsov has to have been signed off from theop of the regime. i believe the party that the leaders of this cooperation i attached to a strong state and repression of western opposition, will translate into a continued confrontational policy to where the west, whether it is by vladimir putin or anyone of his successors. the leaders of this corporation really believe their own propaganda, that the united states is bent on regime change in russia. that they support civil society and democratic values, and be think it is responsible for any progress turn movements which -- pro-western movements which develop either in ukraine or russia. and of course, the fear that there is successful liberation abroad which could infect russia is else. i think it is a main driver of increasing crackdowns at home, and also of more aggressive foreign policy. pretraining -- for training russia as circled by a hostile nato, makes it easier to justify the economic stagnation that russia is now experiencing, declining living standards, this would create