three lawyers who defended late russian 0pposition leader alexei navalny have been sentenced for up tog reports. walk into a courtroom, and you wouldn't expect to see this. in the dock, three defence lawyers — alexei liptser, vadim kobzev and igor sergunin. they had defended the late opposition leader alexei navalny. now they were on trial... ..0n extremism charges. "guilty", said thejudge. the punishment — prison terms of up to five and a half years for passing on messages from mr navalny when he was in jail. applause from their supporters, who dismissed this trial as politically motivated. the lawyers reply, "thank you for being here". from their defence team, andrei 0rlov tells me it's an unprecedented outcome that will have consequences for legal defence in russia. it's nearly one year since alexei navalny died in a remote penal colony. he was the kremlin�*s fiercest critic. his family, his comrades, say he was murdered. the russian authorities deny any involvement in his death but continue to pressure his associates. towards the end of this trial, one of the lawyers convicted toda

they had defended the late opposition leader alexei navalny., said thejudge. the punishment — prison terms of up to five and a half years for passing on messages from mr navalny when he was in jail. applause from their supporters, who dismissed this trial as politically motivated. the lawyers reply — "thank you for being here". from their defence team, andrei orlov tells me it's an unprecedented outcome that will have consequences for legal defence in russia. it's nearly one year since alexei navalny died in a remote penal colony. he was the kremlin�*s fiercest critic. his family, his comrades, say he was murdered. the russian authorities deny any involvement in his death but continue to pressure his associates. towards the end of this trial, one of the lawyers convicted today, vadim kobzev, addressed thejudge and summed up in one sentence what has been happening here. "we are on trial", he said, "for passing on the thoughts of alexei navalny." but it's notjust mr navalny�*s lawyers who are being put in the dock. these journalists are on trial,

these are the people who organised the poisoning of alexei navalny back in 2020.ple who followed and surveilled boris nemtsov, the russian opposition leader, in the weeks leading up to his assassination in 2015. these are the people who poisoned me on two occasions, in 2015 and 2016 - ah, 2017. excuse me. so, yes, of course there were there were some physical aspects to it but the psychological was much, much more difficult. and this is what the regime and the kremlin has been doing since the soviet times. one thing they do, for example, is that the regime always makes a point of fighting and punishing notjust its own political opponents, but also the families. this is a very soviet, very old tradition going back almost a century. you know, for example, i was not allowed to telephone my wife. i was not allowed to telephone my kids. and this is the case with so many other political prisoners as well. and of course, according to united nations rules, solitary confinement for more than 15 days is officially considered to be a form of torture. i spent 11 straight mont

the lawyers who represented the late russian opposition leader alexei navalny have been jailed, accused of belonging to an extremist group. a bbc investigation has found the deaths of 56 babies and two mothers at two maternity units in leeds may have been preventable. and in breaking news, the award—winning actress damejoan plowright has died at the age of 95. hello and a very warm welcome to bbc news, i'm mark lowen and we are live here on hostages square in tel aviv where israelis are still waiting with bated breath for the israeli government to approve a ceasefire deal in gaza that has now been agreed upon. there were some last—minute disputes between israel and hamas that were holding up the final approval of the deal, but the security cabinet of the israeli government is now meeting to discuss the deal. we are here on the square in tel aviv that has become the focal point for israel's national trauma since the 7th of october 2023 when hamas gunmen stormed israel, taking 250 hostages and killing thousands. there is a demonstration behind me from families of hostages calling for the

the lawyers who represented the late russian opposition leader alexei navalny have been jailed, accusedauguration on monday, and it mightjust look familiar. a new discovery in old pompeii — archaeologists in italy unearth a huge bathhouse in the roman city, destroyed by a volcanic eruption nearly 2000 years ago. hello, i'm annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc news now.

three lawyers who represented the late russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, have been givenjailonging to an extremist group. a courtjust outside moscow sentenced vadim kobzev, alexey liptser and igor sergunin, who were arrested in october 2023, to prison sentences ranging from three and a half to five and a half years in a trial conducted behind closed doors. mr navalny�*s anti—corruption foundation was declared an extremist organisation by the russian authorities in 2021. mr navalny collapsed and died in a remote siberian jail in last february. that breaking news just coming into us from russia. levels of the most significant planet—warming gas in our atmosphere, carbon dioxide, rose more quickly than ever previously recorded last year. that's according to a study from the uk's met office which has warned that co2 at current levels are incompatible with the target of keeping global temperatures below 1.5 degrees. concentration of c02 are now 50% higher than before humans started burning large amounnts of fossilfuels. last year was the hottest on record with global temperatures

and how aware and how afraid were you given what happened to alexei navalny?ing for all of these years is right. >> i do believe that this is the right thing to do, and this is definitely worth fighting for. >> so when he was imprisoned, i thought that the best way i could help him was by continuing his work. >> my question to you then, vladimir kara-murza, and you know, we laud your bravery, and you are determined to continue to fight for a free russia. but i think for a lot of americans, what we've seen is vladimir putin entrenched. he now will have a very friendly regime in the united states that supports his territorial ambitions in ukraine. i read a recent interview in which you said that you're an optimist about russia and you're an optimist about the us. how can you be optimistic when so many americans fear that essentially vladimir putin has won? >> well, first of all, on your point that vladimir putin seems entrenched, he does indeed seem entrenched, but seem is the key word here. the soviet regime seemed entrenched and it seemed to be there forever.

russian opposition leader alexei navalny died in a russian prison while serving a 19 year sentence forclear the way for vladimir putin to win re-election in a landslide. december saw the end for another dictator, a syrian president, bashir al assad fled from rebel forces, ending his family's brutal 50 year reign the year closing with a cliffhanger in the past 20 minutes. i think we've seen about 15 of the zones of exactly what is going on in the skies over new jersey that they look like nothing you've ever seen before. i'm not even sure i wright and calling them a drone. they look creepy and they move in a different pace. they didn't make a sound. >> got to say. >> if this is not the military, this is it even more terrifying. >> we'll be right back after the break. >> well, california will start forcing insurance companies to cover more home in fire-prone areas. new rules announced this week will require insurers to offer coverage and high-risk areas. they're going increase their high-risk customer base by 5% every 2 years until they reach 85% of the market share. critics say the new r

a russian court has now convicted three lawyers who worked for alexei navalny, the late putin criticer a year ago in an arctic prison. they are charged with being part of an extremist group for passing navalny's writings and letters to his supporters outside the prison. navalny's widow, yulia navalnaya, was called today's ruling revenge by the kremlin and called for their immediate release. and still ahead, an msnbc exclusive one on one with president biden in the oval office. what he told our own lawrence o'donnell about what he lawrence o'donnell about what he now thinks he could have maybe prilosec knows, for a fire... one fire extinguisher beats 10 buckets of water, and for zero heartburn 1 prilosec a day... beats taking up to 10 antacids a day. it's that simple, for 24 hour heartburn relief... one beats ten. prilosec otc. my mental health was better. but uncontrollable movements called td,tardive dyskinesia, started disrupting my day. td felt embarrassing. i felt like disconnecting. i asked my doctor about treating my td, and learned about ingrezza. ♪ ingrezza ♪ ingrezza is clin

journalist who broke this story, also, of course, the reporter who uncovered those responsible for alexei navalny's poisoning. christo, we were just showing some of your exclusive photos and video. the stacks of money that uncut emerald. so all of this you found this is russia directly offering tens of millions of dollars to kill americans. >> that is true. i mean, the story about russia possibly being behind this bounty program did come out in investigative reports by the new york times a few years back, but it was bluntly denied by the then trump administration. it never happened. russia cannot be behind the money for american soldiers that get killed. the subsequent administration of joe biden also denied that this did happen. it is true. we found hard evidence. it is true. we showed you the money, literally the cash that was probably used for an attack on the life of one american, apparently for one dead american. the russians paid 200,000. what you're seeing here is exactly 200,000. we've proven this, and we've actually shown the face in the report that comes out tomorrow across a variety of o

the lawyers who represented the late russian opposition leader alexei navalny have been jailed — accusedf belonging to an extremist group. pakistan's former prime minister imran khan, who's already in jail, has been sentenced to an additional 1a years in a corruption case. a bbc investigation finds the deaths of 56 babies and two mothers at two maternity units in leeds may have been preventable. a new discovery in old pompeii — archaeologists in italy unearth a huge bathhouse in the roman city, destroyed by a volcanic eruption nearly 2,000 years ago. hello and a warm welcome to bbc news with me, mark lowen. we are live in hostages square in tel aviv, the focal point for israel's trauma since the 7th of october attacks by hamas and a pressure point on the israeli government to reach a ceasefire deal with hamas in gaza to bring hostages home. behind me they are preparing for a press statement in order to convey to benjamin netanyahu the benjamin neta nyahu the continued benjamin netanyahu the continued pressure to get the ceasefire deal with hamas over the line and bring hostages home. the

the lawyers who represented the late russian opposition leader alexei navalny have been jailed, accusedf belonging to an extremist group. donald trump's team share his new official portrait ahead of the inauguration on monday, and it mightjust look familiar. a new discovery in old pompeii — archaeologists in italy unearth a huge bathhouse in the roman city, destroyed by a volcanic eruption nearly 2000 years ago. hello, i'm annita mcveigh, welcome to bbc news now. israel's security cabinet is meeting now to vote on the gaza ceasefire deal. a short time ago, prime minister benjamin netanyahu's officials posted this picture on x of that meeting taking place. it's happening after last—minute disputes between israel and hamas on the terms of the agreement were resolved. after the security cabinet votes, the wider israeli cabinet also needs to approve it and mr netanyahu says, if everything is finalised, the first hostages are expected to released as early as sunday. the names of the 33 hostages to be released in the first phase of the ceasefire have now been published. and in gaza, the civil