lucy hockings is in moscow. me putin, when he appeared, winning indeed his fourth term in office. indeed his fourth term in office. questions of voter turnout we were interested in. interested in. or a piece of carefully choreographed political theatre. choreographed political theatre. night but they are counting quickly, he has won 76. 3% of the vote. despite a very aggressive get out the vote campaign. the vote campaign. how this was a team effort, and about some of the challenges ahead. about some of the challenges ahead. team and everyone who voted today is our one big team. our one big team. the recognition of what has been done over the last few years. done over the last few years. same way with the same great results. results. thank you to this wonderful multi—million member team. multi—million member team. success is waiting for us. —— thank you for this. this. different towns and cities across such. but look at the day's events. —— russia's. he has been centrestage in russia for the last 18 years. for re—electing him their president. "we are destined to succeed," he said. "russi

lucy hockings, with the latest from moscow.ssage president putin was very keen to share with those gathered in red square at that rally. he said it is important to keep unity, success awaits us, we will think of the future of our great country. thank you, dearfriends, future of our great country. thank you, dear friends, thank future of our great country. thank you, dearfriends, thank you future of our great country. thank you, dear friends, thank you for being here the centre of our capital on this frosty moscow night. thank you for your support. i would like to address those who have gathered here in moscow and our supporters across the huge territory of our whole country. many thanks for the result i see in this, yes, yes. the foreign secretary says the government has evidence that russia has been creating and stockpiling the nerve agents known as novichok. speaking to the bbc, borisjohnson accused the kremlin of ‘smug sarcasm' in its response to the attack in salisbury two weeks ago. a senior russian diplomat has suggested

lucy hockings was there in russia for the bbc. talk about how they put out the —— pull out all the stops at the poly sessions to get people to turn up. they have entertainment and live music, tryjim miller people out. yes, and cookies, in order to get people to vote. they are saying that 70% of the voting population did actually show out. —— trying to draw people out. but a run within this from the outside was said that there is no real opposition. alexey valley —— alexei navalny was barred from being involved. we have sinagra number of years. in the end, vladimir boughton has made sure that everybody was banned from taking pa rt everybody was banned from taking part any meaningful way at, shape, 01’ part any meaningful way at, shape, orform, before part any meaningful way at, shape, or form, before election day, and even weeks before. —— putin. not surprising, the result. let's look 110w surprising, the result. let's look now at bloomberg, what it is calling a key eu summit. meetings going on in brussels. they are tragic, with a

we'll have reaction and analysis from moscow, with my colleague lucy hockings, in a few moments.sia of stockpiling the nerve agent thought to have been used on a former spy and his daughter in salisbury. ‘s travel disruption and school closures in the south west from the east" brings snow and ice to much of the uk. also coming up... teetering on the brink. residents from clifftop chalets in norfolk are told to evacuate their homes, at risk of coastal erosion due to the high tide. mps demand answers from facebook, after accusations that data from millions of users‘ profiles is being mishandled without consent. and an arts and textiles teacher from north west london becomes

lucy hockings is in moscow. huge crowds showing up to the other side of red square to celebrate.n vladimir putin appeared and he will win his fourth term in office. there were a candidate standing that you would not have known. he was the only one to watch. there was more about questions of voter turnout that we were interested in looking at. it was not really a democratic process that we saw, more a piece of carefully choreographed political theatre. let's have a look at some of the figures from the night, particularly what we can see right here now which is that vladimir putin with the results counted at at almost 90% now, they are counting quickly, he has won 76.3% of that vote. as i was saying comment he had wa nted vote. as i was saying comment he had wanted 70% of people to show our to vote. he only got 60% of russians coming out, despite an aggressive get out the vote campaign. so he did not seem too worried. he wanted that needed to give the result legitimacy but when he appeared in front of the crowds just a few hours ago he spoke of solidarity, of how this was a tea m o

i'm lucy hockings in moscow, and as the diplomatic row continues, the people of russia are preparingte in sunday's presidential election, with vladimir putin hoping to win his fourth term in office two other main stories. a brand—new pedestrian bridge across a motorway in miami collapses, killing four people. we'll have the latest from the scene. and in a special report we speak to civilians in syria who escaped the conflict in eastern ghouta. and coming up in the business briefing, trading threats — raising tensions. fears of a global trade war set to dominate as 620 finance chiefs gather this weekend. we'll be getting the views of a trade expert from henley business school. plus, what could be in store for the commuter of the future! and why there soon won't be any excuse for being late into the office. a warm welcome to the programme — briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. you can be part of the conversation. tell us what you think of any of our main stories or anything that may be getting your boat today. just use oui’ getting your boat today. j

i'm lucy hockings live in moscow. the headlines.ion: i can see trust and hope, hope of our people that we will continue working in the same way with the same great results. the exit polls show that with more than half of ballots counted, president putin has almost three—quarters of the vote. he has also been speaking about the poisoning of a russian spy that has led to a stand—off with the british government. translation: i learned about it from the media, and the first thing that came into my mind is that if

i'm lucy hockings live in moscow. the headlines. vladimir putin will lead russia for another six years. translation: i can see trust and hope, hope of our people that we will continue working in the same way with the same great results. the exit polls show that with more than half of ballots counted, president putin has almost three—quarters of the vote. he has also been speaking about the poisoning of a russian spy that has led to a stand—off with the british government. translation: i learned about it from the media, and the first thing that came into my mind is that if it was a military operation, people would have died straightaway. i'm karin giannone in london. our other top stories. after two months of fighting and many deaths, turkey drives a kurdish militia from the northern syrian city of afrin. senior republicans urge president trump not to close down the special counsel investigation into suspected russian collusion with his campaign. hello and welcome to moscow, where president putin has indeed won a fourth term in offic

i'm lucy hockings in moscow, and as the diplomatic row continues, the people of russia are preparingmir putin hoping to win his fourth term in office two other main stories. a brand—new pedestrian bridge across a motorway in miami collapses, killing four people. we'll have the latest from the scene. and in a special report we speak to civilians in syria who escaped the conflict in eastern ghouta.