political groups from the for the kremlin has been sentenced to eighteen months in prison maria patino will be deported to russia after her jail term the leader of a small russian and gun rights group rutina used her ties to the national rifle association a firearms lobby to build a network of powerful republican contacts. oh german a russian woman who duped new york's elite into believing she was a billionaire heiress is facing up to fifteen years in prison and stark in that was found guilty of multiple offenses after acquiring of thousands of dollars in a bank loan she managed to fake a luxury lifestyle involving private jets and lengthy hotel stays. or. spain is preparing for its third general election in just four years prime minister better sanchez is leading the polls but neither his socialist nor the conservative people's party are expected to get an outright majority in this weekend's vote they will need help in forming a coalition from smaller parties which are enjoying a surge in support especially in sparsely populated rural areas like the one little . lisa lewis is in the s

political groups for the kremlin has been sentenced to eighteen months in prison maria patino will be deported to russia after her jail term with the leader of a small russian gun rights group of pretty no use her ties to the national rifle association a firearms lobby to build a network of powerful republican contacts emergency responders in eastern ukraine say at least four people have been killed in a methane blasted at a coal mine explosion occurred in the new hans care region which is under control of russia backed separatists the mine closed because of hostilities that broke out in two thousand and fourteen and reopened just last year at least twelve workers are reported missing. thousands of indigenous brazilians are demonstrating against what they say is a government assault on their rights and territory leaders of the three day annual protests in the country's capital city events known as the free land encampment taken on new significance since for its far right president gyre also narrow took office in january. and we turn our attention now to shalako the military there says

admitted to being a kremlin spies been sentenced to eighteen months in prison in the united states maria patino pleaded guilty in december to conspiracy and infiltrating the n.r.a. gun lobby group to influence republicans and conservative u.s. activists the judge also ordered bettina to be to be deported back to russia after completing a jail term. now almost every day scientists warn of climate change and habitat loss the latest alarm is being sounded about tropical rain forests environmental group global forest watch says huge amounts of trees were cut down around the wealth last year to make way for agriculture using satellite pitches in remote senses research has found an area of rainforest almost equivalent to the size of england was cleared globally and the destruction happened quickly with forests fell the equivalent of thirty football fields a minute forests in ghana so the was losses a sixty percent rise in the number gone twenty six percent in the ivory coast where the majority of the forest was supposed to be protected but livia colombia democratic republic of congo and indonesia als