authorities insisted protests in support of alexi navalny were not authorized. now navalny's team faces the tough task of keeping momentum going in the runoff to parliamentary elections in september. they want supporters to vote strategically to kick as many of the ruling united russia party out of the duma. >> the opposition needs to understand this is not a sprint, it's a marathon which will last at least six months until the upcoming elections. yes, navalny created a strong wave among protesters, but there is still half a year left. reporter: the kremlin has been presenting the protesters and opposition as troublemakers controlled by the west. they hope protesters anger will melt away with the snow. brent: in germany's bundesliga football, frankfurt's championship dream received a boost after beating cologne. frankfurt looked strong and the goals and winds keep coming. reporter: frankfurt had not lost at home all season, making them one of only three teams in the bundesliga to make that claim. a win against cologne would come them into third place. after a sc

alexander is a lawyer for opposition leader alexie navalny's organization.> translator: i was taken to a police station with 25 other people. i spent three days. in the first day new york food, no water and they didn't let us use the toilet. >> reporter: this is a former migrant camp now used as a detention center for those taken into custody at rallies. people who were locked up shared these videos showing crammed cells and unsanitary conditions. >> translator: everything is really bad. there are no mattresses and people have been sitting like this for 1 1/2 days. >> reporter: among the detainees, a prominent journalist for retweeting a joke which the court said incited separation in a rally. he said he's innocent. >> translator: he spent many hours in the tiny cell. 28 people in a cell meant for eight. >> reporter: while he says he has been moved to a slightly better cell, others detained claim little has changed for them. meanwhile, pro-klem lynn media is blaring out videos like this, of people spelling out the words our president in the snow. put they cl

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has rejected a call from the european court of human rights to free the jailed kremlin critic alexi navalny at the european court of human rights called for his immediate release because of the risk for his life in pson. u.s.uthorities have charged three north koreans to conspire to steal more than $1 billion in cash and cryptocurrency, banks and businesses worldwide. the u.s. justice department described the intelligence agents as the world's leading bank robbers. the three are believed to be in northorea. you are watching bbc world news america. still to come on tonight's program. huge crowds of protesters gathered in myanmar's biggest city for what the organizers say is the largest demonstration yet against the military coup. ♪ laura: south korean officials say a man was caught crossing the border from neighboring north korea. reporter: this all took place in the early hours of the morning in cover of darkness. it appears that this north korean man swam from north to south. this is a five mile wide heavily fortified border. it looks as though he swam across the maritime border, and hit l

tens of thousands of russians have taken to the streets in support of the jailed activist alexi navalnyor the second week running. they're the biggest protests against president putin for a decade. independent monitors said more than 5,000 were detained, including over 80 journalists covering the events. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. president biden has reportedly paused arms sales to saudi arabia as his administration reviews relations with his long—time strategic ally. not long ago, candidate biden described the kingdom as a pariah, but is there any prospect of external or internal pressure challenging the authority of saudi arabia's de facto leader, crown prince mohammed bin salman? well, my guest is exiled saudi opposition activist, madawi al—rasheed. what next for saudi arabia — reform, repression or maybe both? madawi al—rasheed, welcome to hardtalk. hello. you have become one of the highest profile saudi critics of crown prince mohammed bin salman. i just wonder how you felt a couple of weeks ago when we saw the crown prince so warmly welcome

tens of thousands of russians have taken to the streets in support of the jailed activist alexi navalnyor the second week running. they're the biggest protests against president putin for a decade. independent monitors said more than 5,000 were detained, including over 80 journalists. now on bbc news — dateline london. hello, i'm shaun ley. welcome to the programme, which brings together some of the uk's leading commentators, bbc specialists, and those journalists who've worked as foreign correspondents, filing stories to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week: will there be enough vaccine doses? the uk closes its doors to some but infuriates china by opening them to kong hongers. and what a disputed prime ministerial visit tells us about the future of the union. 0n dateline�*s panel this week: janet daley, whose columns appear weekly in the sunday telegraph. jeffrey kofman is a former tv anchor and foreign correspondent in canada and the united states. and here with me in the studio is vincent knee, a china specialist with bbc world news. warm welcome to all of you. th

tens of thousands of russians have taken to the streets in support of the jailed activist alexi navalny for the second week running. they're the biggest protests against president putin for a decade. now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello there, welcome to the week in parliament — our look at the highlights from all four of the uk's parliaments and assemblies. coming up: borisjohnson tells mps schools in england won't return before the 8th of march. and i know how frustrating that will be — will be for pupils and teachers who want nothing more than to get back to the classroom. the labour leader calls for teachers to be vaccinated in the next few weeks. he should bring forward the vaccination of key workers and use the window of the february half term to vaccinate all teachers and all school staff. also on this programme: leaders in wales and scotland face questions about the coronavirus vaccine roll—out. the home secretary announces tougher border controls. and there's to be a new investigation into mother and baby homes in northern ireland which housed women pregnant outside m

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moscow accuses them ofjoining unauthorised protest in support of alexi navalny.and the actor christopher plummer, best known for his role in the sound of music has died at the age of 91. his co—stars says he was a consummate actor. now it's time for a look back at the week in parliament.

moscow accuses them ofjoining unauthorised protest in support of alexi navalny. the opposition leader is back in court to face more charges on friday, despite having been sentenced to 2.5 years in jail. and the actor christopher plummer, best known for his role in the sound of music has died at the age of 91. his co—stars says he was a consummate actor. now it's time for a look back at the week in parliament. hello again and welcome to the week in parliament, as good news breaks out at westminster. our nation, madam deputy speaker, is getting safer every day as more and more people get protected by the biggest immunisation programme in the history of our health service. borisjohnson is warned he's picked the wrong sort of brexit. the protocol has betrayed us and has made us feel like foreigners in our own country. tea and sympathy will not cut the mustard. and a long life well lived. commons tributes to captain sir tom moore. who was indeed an inspiration to all of us and a beacon - of light at a time of darkness and a true gentleman. - amid the grim statistics o

tens of thousands of russians have taken to the streets in support of the jailed activist alexi navalnysident putin for a decade. now on bbc news, the week in parliament.

tens of thousands of russians have taken to the streets in support of the jailed activist alexi navalny putin for a decade. independent monitors said more than 5,000 were detained, including over 80 journalists covering the events. now on bbc news, hardtalk.

. >> the kremlin present off calls to free alexi navalny who was sentenced to prison an attempt to intimidatean: benjamin hall is live as the us ways action against moscow. >> no doubt this is a politically motivated sentence. novali has millions of followers, he is on his way to up colony in the wilds of russia and for almost 3 years, when he was lying in a coma having been poisoned he called the hearing a show trial order to buy the kremlin. 900 of his supporters were arrested yesterday, 5000 over the weekend in 70 cities around russia. secretary of state blinkian wrote the us is deeply concerned by russia's actions, we reiterate his immediate and unconditional release of the release of all those wrongfully detained for exercising their rights, there are growing calls for president biden to head to an inner circle with personal sanctions. all the honor guard surrounded him, the hope is they must -- sanctions do not appear to frame covid-19, he's afraid of his own people rising against him more than us sanctions. this is a solar wind pact, russia is a major foreign in the side, waiting told

. ♪ ♪ >>> in moscow, alexi navalny has had his three-year prison sentence converted to a month and a navalny's lawyer petitioned the court. his current sentence is now around two years, six months. the judge denied journalist prermgz to record the proceeding, but said there would be a recording of the verdict. navalny has another court appearance later today in an unrelated defamation case. >>> pro democracy protests in myanmar have entered their third week. despite the military's efforts, they don't show any sign of letting up. the anti-coup demonstrators are out on the streets again at this hour demanding a return to democracy or the return of anan an san suchii. paula, what can you tell us about what is happening on the streets right now? >> well, as you said, the momentum is certainly continuing on the streets of myanmar. the crowds are slightly less than we saw, for example, on wednesday of this week when it was the biggest crowd according to those on the streets that we have seen since february 1st. but as you say, this is the beginning of the third week now. every single day p

authorities and he has been calling on the release of those exercising their human rights, including alexi navalnytaries of state have to say. what do you expect the biden administration to do? >> first, that's what normally secretaries of states say and presidents say. we have had a period over the last several years where president trump never criticized human rights abuses. it's a good change back to the norm and i applaud what secretary blinken said, the harding thing is to make putin and others in the regime to pay for the crimes. that is the harder issue. before mr. navalny went back to germany and was arrested as you showed. his organization put to together a list that they have now sent to president biden. a letter, a direct letter to president biden saying if you want to punish this criminal regime, here are the people you should sanction. not the low level, you know, kgbor fsb as had they are called now. but a list of prominent russian business people and i think that is the challenge now before the biden administration will they do that? will they go that far? as mr. navalny and the sup

amnesty international has revoked prisoner of conscience status for jailed russian opposition leader alexy navalny, citing his past hateful, xenophobic, and olent mments. in 2007, navalny published a video mparing muims in ssia's nortcaucasus regn to ckroachesho shoulbe shot wh a pistol. anothevideo fromhe ear 2000's shows navalny dressed as a dentist, comparing immigrant workers to rotten teeth that needed to be removed. amnesty sa it will ctinue to fight for navalny's freedom even after removing him from its list of prisoners of conscience. in ecuador, officials say 79 prisoners were killed in gang-related riots across three prisons this week. the u.n. has called for an investigation. ecuador's prisons suffer from overcrowding despite a release of some prisoners during the pandemic. back in the united states, prisoners at the louisiana state penitentiary in angola have gone on hunger strike after they were kept in solitary confinement past the end of their disciplinary sentences. the prisoners are being held in unheated 9-foot by 6-foot cells with only a jumpsuit and a sheet despite record-low t

tens of thousands of people took to the streets demanding the release of opposition leader alexi navalnyousands of protesters have been arrested across russia. here in the u.s. last summer's protests against police brutality raised questions about how officers are held accountable. a legal principle called qualified immunity has come under more scrutiny. ben & jerry, yes, the ice cream guys have a new campaign challenging qualified immunity. we'll let them explain later in the program. but let us begin with the push for racial equity. it's one of four main crises president biden promised to fight even as he took office. on his second day as president he established a covid-19 health equity task force. it will focus on the social inequities that the pandemic has worsened. after that president biden issued a series of executive orders. they targeted racial bias and housing laws, ended the department of justice's contracts with private prisons, reaffirmed the government's commitment to tribal sovereignty and promised to fight xenophobia against asian-americans and pacific islanders. so how'

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they have been arrested by thousands for the demanding of the release of alexi navalny. >> since theses broke out two weeks ago, russian police have detained thousands. some of them beatenin the process. with that backdrop, all eyes on president biden who is expected to outline his foreign policy vision tomorrow aimed at restoring america's global image and yet to be determined how this president will deal with president putin who faced little opposition from trump. joining me now the julia from gq magazine. tell us more about what we are seeing out of russia. thousands are arrested and including journalists what are we watching unfold? >> it's a day of unprecedented protests and new records were set in two bad categories. most police out ever in the streets, and the most people arrested over 5,000 people. we saw yesterday the head of -- which is the media organization founded by pussy riot, that covers the judicial system and penitentiary system. he was arrested for a re-tweet, about the protests. they left his toddler in the street. 82 journalists were arrested and others were warned

an awful lot of police out, there are also supporters of alexi navalny out in the streets, but they arert here in moscow, but inside, of course, where alexei navalny was appearing in a glass cage before a judge. 0utside here, there's been a massive security operation, a huge number of riot police surrounding the court and trying to keep protesters away. anyone who tried to get close to the court to support alexei navalny was pretty much rounded up and detained — more than 300 people detained here by the courts. inside, alexei navalny was speaking out fiercely, ferociously against vladimir putin personally, the president of this country, blaming him for his poisoning last year. mr navalny claimed that vladimir putin had ordered fsb security service agents to poison him with a nerve agent last august — an attack which left mr navalny in a coma for 18 days. now mr novelli said that vladimir putin likes to see himself as a great geopolitical leader, but he'll go down in history as a vladimir the poisoner, according to mr navalny. mr putin has said in the past that the fsb and he himself had

alexi navalny was moved to thursday, but neither his family or legal team have been told where he is.lost an appeal last weekend on charges from 2014. global news, 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i am vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. rishaad: coming up, emerging market currencies taking a hit as u.s. yield search. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> global bonds around spreading into equity markets in asia. we are off the lows of the day, and at one point, the msci asia was down, it's biggest loss since march. but still on track for a gain for the month of february. let's get more on today's action, the strategist that joins us in singapore. we saw fx in the space badly beaten overnight. which currencies are you seeing most vulnerable? simon: i would look at two categories, the first is that it is the last couple of months like the south african rand and the turkish lira. and secondly, i would look at those currencies with a high beaker to global markets, so latin america as a whole and the korean wo

president, that in february, the russian government sentenced alexi navalny, a very prominent opposition leader to mr. putin to almost three years in prison. and shortly afterwards, mr. putin directed that thousands of mr. navalny's supporters who were protesting be arrested. what was he, what were his supporters arrested for? criticizing mr. putin. navalny's imprisonment comes in the wake of his near-fatal poisoning, about which we have all read. what happened to mr. navalny should be a wake-up call to our friends in europe. it's certainly a wake-up call to the american people. this isn't the first time that mr. putin has tried to get rid of a dissident. unfortunately, it probably won't be the last. for years, russia has been making trouble, both at home and abroad. mr. putin has made trouble here in america, about which we all know. domestically, opponents of mr. putin have been arrested, they died in prison. in some cases, they have been murdered. we all know that. now, if this is how mr. putin is going to treat his own people, imagine how he would and has treated foreign countries, p

mercenaries fighting in the middle east to the kremlin's attempts to poison putin's critics like alexi navalny using a nerve agent, the actions of russia are growing more and more aggressive. that's especially true when it comes to actions against the united states and our allies. we know russia made a clear attempt to interfere with the 2016 election and delegitimized our democratic processes like our elections. through everything from highly coordinated disinformation campaigns to targeted attacks on voting systems, it sought to undermine and potentially change the result of a democratic election. of course it's not just our voting systems that have come under attack. moscow has launched massive cyberattacks against private companies and government agencies alike, the latest being the solar winds hack. and last year russia attempted to steal coronavirus vaccine research from the united states and our closest allies. the biden administration has responded to these mounting threats in an unlikely way -- by giving russia exactly what it wants. sure, i know there were some press reports about a

and determined to stop any sign of protest in support of mr navalny. alexiand prison, the protest will lose steam. and if they don't, well, those in power here are in no mood for compromise. captain sir tom moore — the british world war ii veteran who raised almost 50 million dollars for health service workers during the first lockdown — has died at the age of 100, after testing positive for covid—19. the queen, who knighted him injuly — has offered her condolences to the family — and the prime minister, borisjohnson called him a national inspiration. david sillito reports. he's a 99—year—old war vet. he's a one—man fundraising machine. captain sir tom moore. the word "inspirational" is rather an understatement. that's the way i think i've always looked at it, tomorrow will be a good day. what began as a little family challenge, to do 100 laps of his garden, became a fundraising juggernaut. on new year's eve, the face of 2020 was captain tom. he was born in keighley in 1920, and served in burma during the war. after that, he'd run a business and the closest

alexi navad that's right. we shouldn't be afraid. the crime on has called the demonstrations illegal and has vowed to continue cracking down despite international opposition. navalnying to russia earlier this month he's scheduled for hearing this week. i did this and in southern california, dozens of people gathered in santa monica to show their support for the protests in russia. demonstrators called russia's president vladimir putin, a thief, and that the russian people are tired of corruption organized just say, despite the relatively small turnout, it's important to voice their outrage in hopes that it will raise awareness scare in the unit. states, theo east coast, bracing for a major winter storm, how it could impact covid-19 vaccinations. there also take a look at tonight's beautiful sunset here at home. this is from our roof camera in oakland chief meteorologist bill martin is up next with your five day bay area your five day bay area forecast. if you smell gas, you're too close. leave the structure, call 911, keep people away, and call pg&e right after so we can both respond out and keep the public safe. if you see wires down, treat them all as if they're