we have just launched a new strategic plan within the last month, called commonwealth united, and wention with our members, with the international sports federation, with athletes and stakeholders, talking about what their vision was for the commonwealth. and they were absolutely buoyant in terms of the future, talking about different products outside of hosting the main games, what we do about the commonwealth championships? what are the different ways that we can bring games to different parts of the commonwealth, rather than bouncing back and forth between some of the more traditional hosts? so there was really quite a lot of excitement about where we take the games. now, golf�*s open championships start on thursday at hoylake. rory mcilroy, you can see him there, he will be amongst the favourites after winning the scottish open last weekend. the northern irishmen returns to the first time since lifting the claretjug there nine years ago. he has been speaking to stephen watson. i haven't been here since 2014 so, and it's like, you know, it's such a long time, it isn't like i think a

we just launched a new strategic plan over the last month called commonwealth united and we went throughhe incidental sports federation and federation and athletes and stakeholders, talking about what was their vision for the commonwealth? they were absolutely buoyant in terms of the future, started to talk about different products outside of housing the main games. what do we do about the commonwealth championships? what are the ways we can bring things to different parts of the commonwealth rather than bouncing between the more traditional host? there was a lots of excitement about where we take the games. golf's open championship starts on thursday at hoylake. rory mcilroy will be among the favourites after winning the scottish open last weekend. the northern irishman returns to the course for the first time since lifting the claretjug at royal liverpool nine years ago. he's been speaking to stephen watson. i haven't been here since 2014, and it's like such a long time. it's not like i think about it all that often, so it's nice to come back and some of the memories of that week come

we just launched a new strategic plan just within the last month called commonwealth united and we wenthosting the main games, what do we do about the commonwealth championships. what are the different ways we can bring games to different parts of the commonwealth rather than bouncing back and forth between some of the more traditional hubs. so there was some really quite a lot of excitement about where we think the games. well the uncertainty over the games is bad news for athletes who rely on the competition to raise their profiles. it has paid such a good for me. —— paved _ it's put me on the right trajectory. it's put me in a place where i was able to show myself and show what i was good at the sport i was good at. the coverage, the media it was perfect for me. i was going to say when i heard the news, it was so important that we get our message heard and we try to push and make it happen. jonas vingegaard has tightened his grip on the yellow jersey in the tour de france, after outclassing tadej pogacar in the individual time trial on stage 16. the dane won the 22km route on what co

we just launched a new strategic plan just within the last month called commonwealth united and we went through extensive consultation with our members, international sports federation, athletes and stakeholders talking about what their vision was for the commonwealth. they were absolutely point in terms of the future. starting to talk about different products outside of hosting the main games, what do we do about the commonwealth championships. what are the different ways we can bring games to different parts of the commonwealth rather than bouncing back and forth between some of the more traditional hubs. so there was some really quite a lot of excitements about where we think the games. it's put me on the right trajectory. it's put me on the right trajectory. it's put _ it's put me on the right trajectory. it's put me — it's put me on the right trajectory. it's put me in a place where i was able _ it's put me in a place where i was able to— it's put me in a place where i was able to show myself and show what i was good _ able to show myself and show what i was good at the sport i was

purity and unity of thoughts, words and deeds to serve and uplift the people of the united kingdom and the commonwealthur majesties, as neighbours in faith, we acknowledge - the value of public service. we unite with people i of all faiths and beliefs in thanksgiving, and in service i with you for the common good. may god prolong your days with happiness and your. years with well— being. namo buddha, i supplicate the buddhas and bodhisattvas of the three times and ten directions to bestow their blessings upon your majesties. may wisdom be your crown, compassion your sceptre and loving kindness your orb, adorned with the jewels of impartiality, humility and service, for the benefit of beings in this realm and beyond. may it be so. we affirm anew that "all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights". and today we gladly celebrate with you and with all assembled here that spirit of equality. # ye banks and braes o' bonie doon, # how can ye bloom sae fresh and fair? # how can ye chant, ye little birds, # and i sae weary fu' o' care! # thou'll break my heart, thou warbling bird, # that wanto

left before the start of the second games of the cis countries teams from nine commonwealth states plus mongolia vietnam unitedemirates only 18 teams and more than two thousand athletes here on minsk arena will host the solemn opening ceremony of the forum. in the meantime, the grounds are being prepared and our athletes ivan grigorievich tikhon and the chairman of the belarusian athletics federation, as well as maria wrathchik. uh, a representative of our modern pentathlon team guests of our studio today. hello and of course, happy holiday to you mash , well, here's the first question for you to perform at home arena is more difficult or vice versa easier. do you feel there may be more responsibility for me to perform in my native arena, the home of native walls is always a pleasure. that's a lot of fans. this is the support of family and friends. uh. i think that these games will be held on a very large scale and it will be very interesting, it will be very beautiful and cool ivan grigoryevich i would like , of course, to avoid politics today, but it just so happened that today we have a each sphere

united states of america. they even have a name for this community of call and is this called made. so it's not even the europe being, unions may tell. and this community of colonies, commonwealth of colonies wants to grow. the united sense wants to see more call in these, in that community. if they are not satisfied with europe, they are looking at asia and all the global regions and everybody sees and understands that. so it's not just a figure of speech. not just like some metaphor, it's a real fact and we see that that is true. yeah, that was a fascinating conversation with them or is a hot of a right that you can watch out the full the on, edited version on line at all t dot com. now, the 2nd day of the russia, africa summit, currently in full swing, to stick around with us if you can, we will the guess just keep on passing through our temporary studios in a few moments ago we just had the, the deputy prime minister of the russian federation, and a lot more things also happening with that in my food and soon taking the stage as well. but then also the come or to are you coming from all the delegations in attendance. this is the russia africa summit? 2023 for the meantime.

united states of america. they even have a name for this community of call and is this called late. so it's not the europe being unions, nato, and this community of colonies commonwealth of colonies, wants to grow. the united sense, wants to see more colonies in that community. if they are not satisfied with europe, they are looking at asia and other global regions and everybody sees and understands that. so it's not just a figure of speech, not just like some metaphor, it's a real fact and we see that that is true. yeah. can you imagine, let me talk about some blunt statements from or is a hot of, i mean, honestly took up out straight. sure thing. well, honestly hosted its own uh session on digital technology is to discuss media, cooperation between the russia and africa. a tunnel also organized participation in the summit of african john list and media reps as well as this send. and so from one of the african lead is now the last year announced the creation of it. get this a ton african form of antique colonial heritage. basically focusing on preserving the history and culture of africa, solving issues and what promoting social and economic development as well as sp

even the departmental hall for the strengthening of the combat commonwealth, they were handed over to the military personnel of the assault units of the tank regiment of the commander’s western military district, the military competently organized the defense and the offensive, the military repelled the enemy’s attack in one of the directions thanks. why our troops were able to advance in other award areas right on the front line. because shooting in the usa this night in the balta, the sea, the state of marylint unknown, opened fire on people in the city, the police are constricted to establish all the circumstances of the official incident there were no statements and figures from the authorities yet , but according to media reports, everything happened during a party at which more than a hundred people gathered, eyewitnesses heard dozens of shots , according to the latest data, four were killed, at least three dozen were injured. the riots that have engulfed france all the last days have spread to the swiss with a bunch of demonstrators smashed the city center and attacked the police this night , the situation is heating up

since 1908 the nga served as the bipartisan voice of the leaders of the 55 states, commonwealths and territories in the united states, and ancestors were so happy to be here in atlantic city for the 2023 annual meeting which is 115th annual meeting. [applause] >> and, of course, i'd like to think new jersey governor phil murphy, first lady tammy murphy, and leaders from atlantic city for hosting us. .. let's give a warm welcome to the governor of new jersey, governor phil murphy. ♪♪ thank you, bill. let's hear from the extraordinary team. at. >> welcome to the iconic atlantic city national governors association annual meeting, i am honored to call this meeting to order. i think if nothing else between last night and this morning, in new jersey we can sing. [laughter] [applause] so governors from across america are gathered here in new jersey this week to further national governors association want to give a shout out to new york's governor kathy hochul, great to have you. [applause] and the governor massachusetts, a state in which i grew up in, remain a member of the red sox nation, and joanna are with us cli

united states of america. they even have a name for this community of colonies. it's called nato. it's not even the european union, it's nato. and this community of colony is this commonwealth of call, and he's wants to grow. the united states wants to see more colonies in that community. they are not satisfied with europe. they are looking at asia and other global regions and everybody sees and understands that. so it's not just a figure of speech, not just like some metaphor. it's a real fact and we see that it's true of the natalie. yeah, there's a come a rudy and swiss activist on business with me now joining us a live without continued special coverage on all the international. the russia, africa stomach 2023 impressed or not so much press. i'm please dr. lee. i attended the 1st one yet you in such a worries and i was, i was eager to see if it's improved or not due to the current situation. and i'm very, very impressed by the amount of people that i've showed up. obviously among the leadership does elizabeth less of an appearance at the 1st level, but every country is or are mostly presented because yeah, the last 2 days it is is the main thing. it is amazing, amazing.

. >> despite five years of lobbying, the commonwealth parliamentary association international branch will leave the united kingdom. you know this is a great service of the house. it is important. many special status government has not granted that by way of a shredder bill or amendment to an existing bill. could the prime minister this month do something about this? otherwise it to come back -- it'll be gone and never go back. >> has made clear he does not want the cpa international to relocate it. he has written to them in march to confirm that officials the work was cpa to find a mutually acceptable solution to this issue and i look forward to seeing progress. >> your constituents and mine i think i made a promise by the prime minister. inflation at or below 5% by the end of this year. i want to ask the prime minister, what will happen if he fails to meet that promise? will he be more ranting on about the labour party or will they be the general election constituents crave? >> we are sticking to the course and bringing inflation down. i think with the labour party needs to understand is that requires ma

since 1908, they served as the bipartisan meeting of the 55 states commonwealth and territories in the united states. and as i said, we are so happy to be here in atlantic city. for the 2023 annual meeting. which is our 115th annual meeting. this year. and of course, i would like to think new jersey governor phil murphy, first lady tammy murphy and leaders from atlantic city for hosting us. i would also like to thank -- great, let's hear it for them. they have been so friendly. i'd also like to thank all of our nba partners for ongoing support and efforts to make this year's meeting a success. we have a great program over the next two days for you now. as we all know, and initiate chair governors fill mercies choice to focus on mental health is extremely timely. rates of mental health challenges among young people have been climbing for years. even before the pandemic. in 2000 and the american academy of pediatrics report that quote, mental health disorders have surpassed physical conditions. as the most common issues affecting adolescence. since the start of the pandemic, they situation only

since 1908 nga has served as a bipartisan voice of the leaders of the 55 states commonwealth and territories in the united states. and as i said we are so happy to be here in atlantic city for the 2023 annual meeting which is our 115th annual meeting. this year. [applause]or and of course i would like to thank new jersey governor bill murphy, first lady tammy murphy and leaders from atlantic city for hosting us. [applause]e great, let's hear it for them. they have been so friendly. i would also like to thank all of our nga partners appeared for your ongoing support and efforts to make this year's meeting a success. we have a great program over the next two days for you. as we all know nga chair governor phil murphy's decision to focus on youth come up mental health for his ng air chair timely.ve is extremely raising a mental health challenges among young people have been climbing for years. even before the pandemic. in 2019 the academy pediatrics reported both mental health disorders had surpassed the physical conditions as the most common issues affecting adolescence. since the start off the pandemic the

since 1908 serving as the bipartisan voice of the leaders of the 55 states commonwealth and territories in the united statesis and we are so happy toe here for the annual meeting which is our 115th annual meeting. and of course i'd like to thank new jersey governor, first lady tammy murphy and leaders for hosting us. [applause] they've been so friendly. i also like to thank the partners we are ongoing support and efforts to make this meeting a success. we havee a great program over te next two days for you. they've been climbing for years even before the pandemic. in 2019 the mental health disorders have surpassed fiscal conditions. since governor murphy launched the initiative last year under the leadership we've made tremendous progress to provide an update for all of you. let's give a welcome to the governor of new jersey, our host governor phil murphy. let's hill it for phil mcbride and the team at the national governors association. for the national governors association annual meeting i'm honored to call this meeting to order. iw think if we are proving nothing else between last night and this

since 1908, this was the bipartisan price of the leaders of 55 states, commonwealth and territories in the united states and we are so happy to be here in atlantic city for the 2023 annual meeting which is our 150th annual meeting this year. [applause] >> i would like to thank new jersey governor phil murphy, first lady tammy murphy and leaders from atlantic city for hosting us. let's hear it for them. [applause] >> they have been so friendly. i would also like to thank our nga partners for your ongoing support, efforts to make this year's meeting a success. we have a great program over the next two days for you. as we all know, nga chair governor phil murphy's decision to focus on youth mental health for his initiative is extremely timely. mental health challenges among young people have been climbing for years, even before the pandemic. in 2,019, the american academy of pediatrics reported, quote, mental health disorders have surpassed physical conditions as the most common issues affecting adolescents. since the start of the pandemic the situation only grew worse and more serious. since govern

since 1908, they served as the bipartisan meeting of the 55 states commonwealth and territories in the united so happy to be here in atlantic city. for the 2023 annual meeting. which is our 115th annual meeting. this year. and of course, i would like to think new jersey governor phil murphy, first lady tammy murphy and leaders from atlantic city for hosting us. i would also like to thank -- great, let's hear it for them. they have been so friendly. i'd also like to thank all of our nba partners for ongoing support and efforts to make this year's meeting a success. we have a great program over the next two days for you now. as we all know, and initiate chair governors fill mercies choice to focus on mental health is extremely timely. rates of mental health challenges among young people have been climbing for years. even before the pandemic. in 2000 and the american academy of pediatrics report that quote, mental health disorders have surpassed physical conditions. as the most common issues affecting adolescence. since the start of the pandemic, they situation only grow worse and more serious.

government's relationship with the territories of american samoa, the commonwealth of the northern mariana islands, guam and the united states virgin islands. oia administers the financial assistance to affiliated states of micronesia. the republic of the marshall islands and the republic of palau under the compacts of free association. the proposed fiscal year 2024 insular affairs budget totals $536.6 million. a decrease of 211.5 million from the 2023 enacted appropriation. this decrease is almost entirely attributed to the expiration of certain financial provisions of the 2003 compact of free association. the request for appropriations is 122 million dollars. this amount is a decrease of 6.6 million from the 2023 enacted appropriation. included in this amount is 94.5 million in discretionary funding and 27.7 million in mandatory funding. the president's 2024 budget request continue support for core or in programs with assistance to territory appropriation. these programs provide territories with much-needed funding for delivery of public services such as health and education, infrastructure investments and technical

the union of lublin united poland with the grand duchy of lithuania into a single state better known as the commonwealthed on the territory of modern poland lithuania ukraine belarus russia latvia and moldova it was a large country with a large population in poland this period is called the golden age. but further in the period from 1772. until 1795, the kingdom of prussia ertz, the duchy of austria and the russian empire three times divided the commonwealth as a result of the third partition of poland for 123 years, disappeared altogether from geographical maps later, napoleon bonaparte created the principality of warsaw, dependent on france, on the lands of prussia; more of it, by decision of the congress of vienna, became part of russia as the kingdom of poland. during world war i, this territory was occupied by german and hungarian troops after the war. it also became the core of the new polish state of the second polish-lithuanian commonwealth, which was led by yuz philosophical plans to recreate poland in the tombs of the golden age led to the soviet-polish war, as a result, the treaty of riga was

recreate the former power of the commonwealth at the expense of russian spheres of influence, according to the author, thanks to the clash between russia and the united states, warsaw had a unique chance to squeeze moscow out of its spheres of influence in belarus and ukraine in february 2022 for 5 days before the start of the special operation , the youngest son with the president's big name, mark brzezinski, became the us ambassador to poland, who announced the construction of more than a hundred military facilities in the next 10 years. here, proceeding from such psychology of danger. which there may be a role in eastern europe in the future of the european system, the hmm european structure is a structure in which the united states plays an important role uh all eastern european countries in solidarity and uh, very consistently proceeds from the fact that the main guarantor of their security, and the main instrument. their influence is the united states they uh follow uh dutifully in their course and uh no no reason. to think that their influence will decrease or it will uh change, in fact in this sense, they will only increase. e your influence.

commonwealth? in general, i believe that historically time, and the last empire passed the empire - this is the american empire , which, of course, is primarily in poland , lithuania, yes. well, the last empire is the unitedtates with its closest environment, so to speak, and which are on their way to the historical dustbin as empires. and what concerns the commonwealth and the lublin triangle. this is poland lithuania and ukraine and then, of course, but for the poles this is an opportunity to reanimate their old ones too. uh, it means to get plans from naphthalene that sounded to the maximum like poland from the sea to the sea, then it means more uh in short, but nevertheless, what did it mean. that would mean gradually. i also connect with this the recent initiative and the possibility of ukraine joining nato in parts. that is, first accept western ukraine and then how to reason with the author of this idea, it will come to east won't do that. and, uh, the division of ukraine a would mean that the western part of this country is of course quite quickly one way or another, either, uh, diplomatic methods, so to speak, or non- diplomatic. it would turn out to be part of poland. well, some part, maybe, so

commonwealth games? what about the cost and budget for it to happen elsewhere in australia? there are still so many issues for them to handle. former manchester unitedager ryan giggs will not face a retrial on an allegation he assaulted his ex—girlfriend. it comes after charges against him were withdrawn by the crown prosecution service. matthew richards has been at manchester crown court for us. it was quite a dramatic set of developments today. ryan giggs was accused of his head—butting his then girlfriend kate gravel in november 2020, also assaulting her sister. he was accused of using coercive and controlling behaviour over a three—year period. at his trial last year the jury failed to reach a verdict. we are expecting a retrial, but today the prosecution said it would be offering further evidence against him. that is because kate gravel said that due to the toll that had been taken on her since giving evidence she was no longer willing to give evidence this time. thejudge then ordered willing to give evidence this time. the judge then ordered that he be found not guilty on all three charges. we had a brief statement his defence barrister who sa

commonwealth games. we look at what the future holds for costly, international sporting events. the, i've been physical and welcome. the united nation says the world needs to prepare for more intense heat waves as countries across north america, europe, and asia as the rank one high temp just the way as well as meeting or a logical organization as one that the northern hemisphere he played. it said to intensify. the math book comes against the backdrop of heat stroke alerts in japan, and you high temperatures across southern europe. the u. n. agency called heat waves amongst the deadliest natural hazards. let's listen in to one thing when extreme 8 advise that these are not your normal where the systems of the past have arrived as a consequence of climate change. and it will continue for some time. you, you have to reverse it, you have to do climate repair to change. it's the, the growth. and so i'm with tiny as heat waves around the northern hemisphere has increased 6 folds. since the 19 ninety's, this trend shows no sign of decreasing repeated high, not time temperatures uh particularly dangerous for human health, because t

the polish-lithuanian commonwealth, in which they participate in bagnerivka . fman considers such actions a potential threat and emphasized that the main task of the military unitse west of poland to the east is to train them to restrain potential aggression, and more official warsaw considers that such joint maneuvers of the belarusian army and the wagner command are a dubious provocation. well, this is really a provocation that provokes, then lukashenko provokes, they act in such a tandem, well. and finally, the citizens of israel continue to protest against the judicial reform proposed by the government in tel aviv the night before, they blocked several streets in in the middle of the capital, as well as several sections of an important highway in the east of the city, in order to unblock the streets and disperse the protesters, the police were even forced to use special equipment and water cannons. as a result, several people received injuries of varying degrees of severity and were detained . x e-e hebrew about 150,000 people came out of the state, this was already 28 actions in total. well, last week, the israeli parliament passed the first of the laws rel

united states redefine their troubled relationship. the australian state of victoria has pulled out of hosting the next commonwealth games in 2026, citingts premier daniel andrew said she was not paid to spend billions of dollars on a 12 day sporting event. the commonwealth games host abu dhabi the event takes place every four years and attracts thousands of athletes from more than 70 countries and territories. we can go to kieran panda, a sports writer and lawyer, and hejoins me now from sydney. thank you for joining me. it from sydney. thank you for joining me-_ from sydney. thank you for joining me. it is a pleasure. how pepuiar _ joining me. it is a pleasure. how popular are _ joining me. it is a pleasure. how popular are the - how popular are the commonwealth games in australia?— commonwealth games in australia? ., ., ., australia? the commonwealth games are _ australia? the commonwealth games are a — australia? the commonwealth games are a second-tier - australia? the commonwealth | games are a second-tier mega games are a second—tier mega sporting event. 0bviously they don't have the same popularity as the olympics or the world c

pulls out of hosting the commonwealth games, we look at what the future holds for costly international sporting events. the i'm gonna have both as well come to the program. the united nations says the world must prepare for more intense heat when it says north america, europe and asia experience record temperatures. the welcome into a logical organization is warning that the heat wave in the northern hemisphere is about to intensify. heat alerts are also enforced in japan un agencies as heat waves among the most dangerous natural hazards grease is being hit, especially hot by wide fire success. if heat that pushing through the 40 degree barrier is making normal, some of the time has its was 5 fonts is attacking the flames while trying to keep residents enters at a safe distance. flames hop scotch from 13, top to another gallery by fast moving bins. firefighters are trying to do what they can, but they can't be everywhere. some houses in federal need, a boating wind, there's no, there's no firefighters. there's no, there's no blame summer summer, some guys try to do this, your house, but the, it's impossible the fire, so heavy. the wind is very, very heavy, very str

commonwealth games gold medallist from nigeria denies taking performance—enhancing substances and will miss the world championships in budapest next month, if the charge is upheld by the athletics integrity uniter favour. stage 17 of the tour de france is under way. stage 17 of the tour de france is underway. for stage 17 of the tour de france is under way. for huge climbs, five kilometres in all. jonas vingegaard leads by one a minute and 48 seconds in the general classification. you can follow that on the bt sport website. and that's all the sport for now. mcdonald's has apologised and said it will investigate all allegations. i tried to reported to the helpline but i never got a response from them. what happened after that? i ended up getting fired because i think it's because i reported it. it seems to me like everyone was in this big group and they were untouchable.— this big group and they were untouchable. , , . ., , untouchable. especially with the managers _ untouchable. especially with the managers. since _ untouchable. especially with the managers. since publication - untouchable. especially with the l managers. since publication we've had a flood of other mcdonald's workers and pa

commonwealth games gold—medallist from nigeria denies taking performance—enhancing substances and will miss the world championships in budapest next month, if the charge is upheld by the athletics integrity unit" and said she had faith it would be resolved in herfavour. as one of the big names in mountain biking, it's fair to say tahnee seagrave had the world at her pedals, but a succession of injuries, including a crash last year, where she suffered a concussion had lasting repercussions. but after a tough time for her, and herfamily, she's back and named in the great britain squad for the world championships in fort william next month. katie falkingham has her story. from a young age, tahnee seagrave has liked to go fast. i from a young age, tahnee seagrave has liked to go fast.— has liked to go fast. i loved it so much, i glamour— has liked to go fast. i loved it so much, i glamour being - has liked to go fast. i loved it so much, i glamour being addicted| has liked to go fast. i loved it so - much, i glamour being addicted and begging my dad to take me racing. one of britain's finest downhill mountain bikers the medals have racked up but in a sport so brutal the risks are high. filth. rack

commonwealth fund. this achievement prevented an estimated 3.2 million data. and 18.5 million hospitalizations. plus, it saved the united states over one trillion dollars in medical costs. let's compare that to the damage that an infection strategy would have done to our nation. this strategy would have at worst encourage people to go out and get sick during the deadly, highly trustable airborne virus. and at best willfully disregard preventative precaution at a time when we knew little about covid-19 and its long term impacts. even worse this reckless strategy was embraced by that is the very top of the trump administration. such as pandemic adviser, scott add, like that push >> -- strategy that would've further strained are already overcapacity hated national health care system. the strategy that -- others embrace would've pushed already overwhelmed hospital to the brink. to further delay and scare for patients suffering from chronic conditions. and this strategy caused, could've caused an estimated 3 million additional deaths according to projection by the washington post. i'm a doctor, i took an oath to do no harm.

in fact, according to the commonwealth fund, this achievement prevented an estimated 3.2 million deaths and 18.5 million hospitalizations. plus it saves the united states over $1 trillion in medical costs. this -- let's compare that to the damage that a strategy would have done to a nation. this strategy would have at worst encourage people to go out and get sick during the deadly, highly transmissible airborne virus and it best disregard preventative precautions at a time we knew little about covid-19 and its long-term impacts. this reckless strategy was embraced by those at the very top of the trump administration such as pandemic advisor who pushed the dangerous strategy that would have further strained our already overcapacity national health care system. the strategy would have pushed already -- let to further delays and this strategy caused, could have caused an estimated 3 million additional deaths according to projections by the washington post. i'm a doctor and i took an oath to do no harm. so it's pretty clear to me that we should not reverse course on basic public health measures. we need to defend basic public health in this country

commonwealth games gold medallist from nigeria denies taking performance—enhancing substances and will miss the world championships in budapest next month, if the charge is upheld by the athletics integrity unitid she had faith it would be resolved in her favour. for more on those stories, you can go to the bbc sport website. stage 17 of the tour de france has just been one. all that on the bbc sport website. let's return to that crucial electoral test for the british prime minister rishi sunak tomorrow because voters in three constituencies across england go to the polls tomorrow in by—elections and over the last two days we've beenin and over the last two days we've been in selby and north yorkshire and somerton and frome in somerset but today we have it we are in axbridge in the west of london, the seat held by the former prime minister borisjohnson until his resignation last month. let's go live to uxbridge and speak to steve reed for labour. thank you for being on bbc news. important to say that you are not actually the candidates who are standing, why isn't he here talking to media like the other candidates? i’zre talking to media like the other candidates?— talking to media like the ot

commonwealth games. now i'm all the most people as a manchester united fan should be dead against these games. omeless wasn't homeless if it wasn't for the commonwealth games. they'd still be road. you be playing at maine road. you know, would have had be playing at maine road. you kncthat would have had be playing at maine road. you kncthat backing would have had be playing at maine road. you kncthat backing in'ould have had be playing at maine road. you kncthat backing in the! have had all that backing in the investment. these are investment. but these are things. at london things. look at the london stadium west play at stadium where west ham play at the that the the moment. that was the olympics, of course. so there is kind infrastructure, kind of ongoing infrastructure, things to things that could be brought to it . and also, look, don't we it. and also, look, don't we just bit of joy? i'm sick just need a bit of joy? i'm sick of the misery. of all the misery. >> i disagree with you >> i don't disagree with you about and we can have about the joy. and we can have the joy. i mean, see, sadi

commonwealth games gold medallist from nigeria denies taking performance—enhancing substances and will miss the world championships in budapest next month, if the charge is upheld by the athletics integrity unitte' and said she had faith it would be resolved in her favour. and that's all the sport for now. let's return to one of those headline stories because the broadcaster and journalist dan wootton has admitted making errors ofjudgment in the past but has denied any criminality as he responded to claims made against him. reports have included allegations that he offered media colleagues thousands of pounds for explicit material of themselves. speaking on his tv news show he said he was the victim of a witchhunt. let's get more on this from our correspondentjohn donnison. telus more about who dan wootton is and what exactly he's been accused of. dan wootton is a controversial but influential figure within the british media. he made his name at the news of the world newspaper and the news of the world newspaper and the sun where he had a showbiz column but since he moved to be a presenter on gb news television he styled himself as it sharp tongued champion of anti—wilderness. he is also a co

i also was not taught how the united states dealt with puerto rico and his development into a commonwealth an adult that helped me very much not only establish my political views, but my cultural views in general. i think that is quintessential to being successful in general, understanding who you are and who you want to be and what has happened in your country. that motivated me as somebody who wants to teach to really give as an unbiased view as i can. my main objective is to allow people the space to understand it's ok to want to learn about their story and ok to tell different stories. it's ok to know some stories are going to affect you in positive ways and sometimes they will make you upset. a lot of history is learning how to deal with those feelings. i think if we don't tell the stories we will not be able to really handle this division because we will not be able to really digest a lot of the struggles we are going through. a lot of people are confusing to different types of slavery we've had in different places. i think that's all the more reason we need to definitely tell the st

commonwealth, the russian-turkish war catherine the great potemkin, the belarusian musketeer regiments are trying to be jaegers, the belarusian corps, with a special uniform. jaegers, these are our half-unit the corps are snipers officers in these musketeers officers are this mogilev mstislavsky orshansky swore allegiance to the russian authorities of the gentry. which ones were taken as a navigator? izmail ryshchuk rymnik tore off st. george's brow jurgi's ribbons and slyakhtich-osip ivanovich kozlovsky composer osip ivanovich kozlovsky at once with his syabry derzhavin. i loved both of them potemkin, when potemkin conquered tavria and prompted the tauride palace in st. petersburg, he became a ticao. i would surprise the empress with blows , he called derzhavin kozlovsky derzhavin wrote the text, and kozlovsky hit, what the prisoner is also called the most patriarchal russian anthem thunder of victory, resound have fun and brave growth. here's the word of the hat, the slickness of the historical digression from igor i mean that the skin word is as beautiful as it is but i still can't forget the show that was in the minsk arena, and on september 17, the day of national unity, when were re

united states us. it was quite states to help us. it was quite strong. reagan's strong. then ronald reagan's seizure. some of us, a member of the commonwealthut bothering grenada, without even bothering to he was going to to mention to us he was going to do it. i think the they danced together at the british embassy in washington once and he he made he made isolated from time to time. but i don't think there was nothing particularly special about the way the united states treated us at at that time. it was it was much as it might have been. those two particular events, the behaviour of the white house on the falklands and on and on grenada. i don't i don't suggest a country which is sentimentally attached to us, but those are unarguable. >> i just the broader swathe of the of the, the nature of the the of the, of the nature of the relationship at the time seemed to be a far more positive to me to be a far more positive one than your position suggests at the time. >> this is still the cold war. and at the time we were we were undoubtedly allies in the biggest conflict then troubling the world. the conflict between the world. the conflict bet

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