was behind the killing of a prominent russian journalist an outspoken critic of president vladimir putin arkady was shot dead on tuesday in the ukrainian capital kiev ukraine's prime minister accused moscow of involvement in the killing in a post on facebook now go was one of russia's best known war correspondents he had left russia fearing for his life after criticizing russian policy in ukraine and syria police say that he was shot at his apartment in kiev he was later rushed to the hospital but he died of his wounds while in the ambulance for more let's bring in nick connelly who is following the story for us live from kiev this morning and as we just heard bob go one of russia's best known war correspondents what more can you tell us about his life and his work nic. good morning sarah well chin co was someone who had seen war firsthand he had served in the russian army during the chechen was the one nine hundred ninety s. and then as you said become a very prominent war reporter someone who also had reports very extensively and critically of russia's role in the syria conflict and in easter

a prominent russian journalist an outspoken critic of president vladimir putin has been shot dead in the korean capital kiev arkady bob genco had fled into exile following death threats ukraine blames russia for the murder law school has rejected the allegations and condemned the killing a coyote but janko was one of the best known war correspondents in russia he was also one of kremlin's fiercest critics the forty one year old soldier turned journalist condemned russia's annexation of crimea questioned its military involvement in syria and called russia an aggressor his colleagues say he was killed because of his work. he was one of the few who wrote the actual truth about what the russian federation is doing and if it wasn't dangerous for them if they didn't care about it they would have killed him hours before but janko was shot he shared what would become his final post on twitter four years ago general called cheat ski refused to let me on board this helicopter two hours after this picture was taken he continued the helicopter was shot down fourteen people died i was lucky i consider that day my second birthd

arkady babchenko, a critic of president vladimir putin, was shot dead in ukraine's capital kiev, wheres foreign minister, sergei lavrov, has rejected suggestions that moscow was behind the murder. caroline rigby reports. arkady babchenko was one of russia's best known investigative journalists. an outspoken critic of the kremlin, as well as russia's actions in syria and eastern ukraine, the 41—year—old claimed he had suffered a campaign of harassment and feared for his life in his home country. that, he said, led him to move to ukraine last year and it was at his apartment block in the capital kiev, where the 41—year—old was shot and fatally wounded. his wife told police she was in the bathroom when she heard gunfire. she found her husband lying in a pool of his own blood. he had been shot in the back and died in an ambulance a short time later. of course it is about finding out who was behind it. and as i have said it is too early to say. we see the russian pattern there. arkady babchenko had hosted a programme on the ukrainian channel atrtv. this is how the station broke the news of

vladimir putin had been killed here in kiev. many people spent the day trying to come to terms with the news that arkady babchenko had been killeders we re babchenko had been killed. flowers were laid, vigils were planned for this evening, some even started collecting money for his funeral. then late this afternoon came the extraordinary turn of events which, to be quite frank, still has many people scratching their heads in disbelief. it turned out that this was all a setup by the ukrainian authorities, are fake to try and ensna re authorities, are fake to try and ensnare and catch a russian agent. this was the scene last night outside arkady babchenko‘s apartment. ukraine's police had just announced the russian journalist had been assassinated. a fearless and outspoken critic of vladimir putin, mr babchenko‘s death seemed another chilling example of the way the kremlin targets its opponents wherever they live. translation: it is calculated, deliberate international terrorist crime. this morning we were at the apartment. somewhere around here, as he went into his apartment, he was shot in the back several times. there was a str

prominent russian journalist and an outspoken critic of president vladimir putin he was shot dead on tuesday in the ukrainian capital kiev arkadi was one of russia's best known war correspondents he had left russia fearing for his life after criticizing russian policy in ukraine and syria police say that go was shot at his apartment in t.f. he was later rushed to the hospital but died of his wounds while in the ambulance. and connally is following developments live from kiev this morning so we know nick was one of russia's best known war correspondents as we just heard what more can you tell us about his life and his work. good morning sarah world who was himself somewhat a military man someone who had fought in chechen wars and then became a war correspondent but someone who was definitely at loggerheads with the russian government law and the russian government press someone who was very vocal in his criticism of russian actions in syria and the city in eastern ukraine he had left russia in early twenty seventeen to go to involved into in a controversy over his response to the downing of a russian airliner taking russian mili

prominent russian journalist and an outspoken critic of president vladimir putin he was shot dead on tuesday in the ukrainian capital kiev. arkady was one of the russia's best known war correspondents he had left brusha fearing for his life after criticizing russian policy and ukraine and syria now police say that he was shot at his apartment in kiev he was later rushed to the hospital but died of his book while in the ambulance and connally is standing by with the latest from kiev for us this morning so tell us a little bit more about five change though if you could nic i mean he was one of the russia's best known war correspondents what more do we know about him in his work. good morning sara well jim crow was someone who had been at war in self here in the russian army in the chechen wars and then become a war correspondent someone who didn't creasing to become a vocal critic of the putin regime as you said especially over syria and eastern ukraine so much so that he felt increasingly uncomfortable and felt the pressure he talked more than once about receiving threats about feeling unsafe going home he once said that he would

arkady babchenko's apartment. ukraine's police had just announced the russian journalist had been assassinated. a fearless and outspoken critic of vladimir putinabchenko's death seemed another chilling example of the way the kremlin targets its opponents wherever they live. translation: it's calculated, deliberate, international terrorist crime. this morning, we were at the apartment. somewhere around here, as he went into his apartment, he was shot in the back several times. there was a strange lack of police, but at that point, we had no inkling of what had really taken place. neither did most ukrainian politicians, who were quick to point the finger of blame towards the east. it marked another dark moment in the awful relationship between russia and ukraine. a steady stream of anti—kremlin figures had been assassinated on kiev‘s streets, but arkady babchenko, incredibly, is not one of them. 19 hours after he was declared dead, he was brought forward very much alive to gasps at a press conference. colleagues at his tv channel responded — as you might expect — in amazement. it turned out that mr babchenko had been a willing participant in a s

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arkady babchenko's apartment. ukraine police had announced the russian journalist had been assassinated. a fearless and outspoken critic of vladimir putin, mr. babchenko 's death seemed another chilling example of how the kremlin targets its opponents wherever they live. >> date is calculated. deliberate international terrorist crime. atah: this morning we were the apartment. somewhere around here, as he went into his apartment, he was shot in the back several times. there was a strange lack of police, but at that point, we had a no inkling of what had really taken place. neither did most ukrainian politicians, who are quick to point the finger of blame towards the east. it marked another dark moment in the awful relationship between the russia and ukraine, a steady stream of anti-kremlin figures have been assassinated on kiev's streets. but arkady babchenko, incredibly, is not one of them. 19 hours after he was declared forward was brought very much alive to gasps at a press conference. channeles at his tv responded as you might expect come in amazement. it turns out that mr. babchenko had been a willing participant in a security servi

arkady babchenko‘s apartment. ukraine's police had just announced the russian journalist had been assassinated. a fearless and outspoken critic of vladimir putinn targets its opponents wherever they live. translation: it's calculated, deliberate, international terrorist crime. this morning, we were at the apartment. somewhere around here, as he went into his apartment, he was shot in the back several times. there was a strange lack of police, but at that point, we had no inkling of what had really taken place. neither did most ukrainian politicians, who were quick to point the finger of blame towards the east. it marked another dark moment in the awful relationship between russia and ukraine. a steady stream of anti—kremlin figures had been assassinated on kiev‘s streets, but arkady babchenko, incredibly, is not one of them. 19 hours after he was declared dead, he was brought forward very much alive to gasps at a press conference. colleagues at his tv channel responded — as you might expect — in amazement. it turned out that mr babchenko had been a willing participant in a security service sting, apparently to catch a russian—linked man who re

arkady babchenko, a veteran war correspondent who was sharply critical of russian president vladimir putin's annexation of crimea, was shot three times in the back by an unknown assailant. babchenko had been living in ukraine since 2017 after calling russia "a a country i no longer feel safe in." the justice department has approved a takeovever of the u.. agribusiness giant monsanto by the german pharmaceutical firm bayer. the planned $66 billion takeover would make the combined company the largest supplier of seeds and agricultural chemicals in the world. the canadian government has announced plans to buy the transmountain pipeline guaranteeing its expansion will move forward despite widespread concern about its environmental impact. first nations and activists of the project will expand highly polluting development in alberea tar sands region while endangering communities around unexpended export terminal near vancouver. and a transgender woman who was part of the caravan of central american migrants who arrived at the u.s. border earlier ththis momonth seeking asylum has diedn the custody

arkadi babchenko. solange: the journalist was shotd in tm, -- in kiev, in the back as he was going home. the journalist was a famed journalist who was critical of vladimir putin. because of his coverage of the kremlin and death threats, he ukraine last year. "medusa" pays homage to him in "a man made by war." he was a former soldier who became disgusted by conflict in chechnya, but turned to journalism. the russian opposition paper, which has had six of its journalists killed since 2000, called babchenko "an absolutely honest man, for whom the words of everyday people was the most important." sad news for journalism. genie: we focus on the environment and recycling. you found articles about waste and how it is being treated in different countries. solange: a couple articles show how waste is interconnected and the world. but start with africa. nationsnd other african no longer want the cast off, used clothing that americans, europeans, and other western nations throw away, that are then shipped to africa. rwanda's president, paul could kagame,nce -- paul wants to focus on a domestic clothing industry. china is opening a factory in rwanda and boosting exports.

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