he's fighting for his life. >> a fight litvinenko woul lose >> we're sorry to announce tha alexander litvinenko died at university college hospital at 9:21 on the 23rd of november 2006 >> but in the days just before his death, litvinenko di something remarkable he knew he was dying and decided to help scotland yar detective solve his murder he gave them a series of deathbed interviews. the transcripts provide remarkably detailed account of his movements on that day he was poisoned litvinenko's i can't start a aa 10 am when he received phone call from an italian contact, mario scaramella, who just arrived in london, an insisted he needed to meet litvinenko immediately he said he had urgent news they agreed to meet that afternoon. at 3:10 pm, litvinenko and scaramella, were spotted on security camera walking west o the street they came to this sush restaurant, where litvinenko ate lunch. scaramella said he wasn' hungry litvinenko and scaramell parted ways after lunch, and a 3:48 pm litvinenko is caught o another security camera talkin on his cell phone. litvinenko then walked about a mile to the

i'll be speaking to marina litvinenko, the wife of alexander litvinenko, murdered with radioactive polloniumn london in 2006. fighting between rival armed factions in sudan intensifies with nearly a hundred people killed and hundreds more injured. a billion dollar defamation trial between voting systems firm dominion and the media giant fox news has been delayed by a day. and no—go — elon musk�*s spacex has just cancelled the launch of its mammoth rocket starship. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start in moscow where a prominent critic of vladimir putin has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. the journalist and opposition activist vladimir kara—murza played a key role in persuading western governments to sanction russian officials for human rights abuses and corruption. the us says it's evidence of an escalating campaign of repression in russia. the eu called it unacceptable. the uk summoned the russian ambassador. here's our russia editor, steve rosenberg. handcuffed and in a bullet—proof cage, one of president putin's most prominent critics. vladimir kara—murza faced multiple charges,

i'll be speaking to marina litvinenko, the wife of alexander litvinenko, murdered with radioactive polloniumple killed and hundreds more injured. a billion dollar defamation trial between voting systems firm dominion and the media giant fox news has been delayed by a day. and no—go — elon musk�*s spacex has just cancelled the launch of its mammoth rocket starship.

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earlier i spoke to marina litvinenko, the wife of alexander litvinenko — who was murdered with radioactive she gave me her reaction to the 25 year sentence. of course it's a very devastating news, but we knew about this since last week, when the prosecutor asked for 25 years. and i don't think it would be any difference, some might say 23.5 or 2a years, but it would be definitely sentence for long years. but anyway, it would still be very devastating. you know him very well. he likened it today to a stalin era show trial. is there any doubt in your mind that it's simply designed as a message there in moscow to silence critics? absolutely, since vladimir kara—murza and before that alexei navalny was arrested, and we have more than just two dozens of people who have been arrested, and it makes all ordinary russian people to be afraid to go outside in the street, to say something against war in ukraine, and this exactly a target, just make people be afraid to say anything. you mentioned alexei navalny. of course he's already serving a jail sentence, he has commented, has said, "he is being pe

the most brazen strikes against british based dissidents, such as the poisoning in 2006 of alexander litvinenkont. sometimes the abusers of foreign critics here don't even bother to hide what they're doing. in october, staff at china's consulate in manchester dragged an anti beijing protester by his hair into the mission's grounds, where he was beaten before being rescued with the help of police and other demonstrators. being a human rights lawyer... uk based lawyers who act for foreign dissidents are now also being targeted with violent threats and other forms of intimidation. i and one of my colleagues, over a period of many months, have had mysterious fake calls appearing on our whatsapp, particularly when we're alone, and alone at night, indicating that someone may know that we're alone or only with one other person. i've had rape threats, death threats, dismemberment threats. barrister keelin gallagher believes that in a rush to secure more overseas trade deals, government ministers are increasingly putting economics before ethics. the uk government currently has a policy of pragmatic enga