new metro lines and unmanned trams. and these changes will go far beyond the borders of moscow. transport moving? the economy of the capital and what awaits passengers, we have learned everything, a new product that is already firmly on the rails, the newest moscow 2024 trains can even be seen at the stations, while there are no passengers , the trains are being run-in, drivers are mastering new equipment, press kvd, hold kvd, here so, these futuristic, almost silent trains with bright side lights will replace veteran cars on the green line this year, those who worked theirs. millions of passengers will instantly reach a completely different level of comfort. over the past 15 years, the metro has become completely different: instead of 182 stations, there are 430, including four lines of the mcd and the mcc. this is a transport artery that led to gentrification, that is, to the radical development of huge industrial, old industrial areas of moscow. rail transport is the main priority for... in the coming years, tram routes and lines laid to new moscow will expand. three new line

so, until the end of next week, chinese new year. in moscows will be the first time they will celebrate on such a large scale. the capital has already changed. you can join the celebration in the center, at vdnkh. it all starts there on saturday. lion and dragon dances, acrobatic shows and much more. yana podziuban will confirm, it will be interesting. the pharmacist's garden became colorful at the beginning of february. this is chundze, the spring festival, or chinese new year, palm trees, grasses and shrubs are bright red, and a dragon now lives in the greenhouse. this is the first time in the three centuries of history of the botanical garden, but the chinese have been doing this for several thousand years. once upon a time, monsters came every year and attacked settlements and ate them. local residents, and one day a child dressed in red scared this monster, and since then he has been believing that if you decorate your houses and cities in red, the monster will not attack. we decorate a christmas tree, and they decorate any tree, then it

the network of intracity tram lines will expand, including on the territory of new moscow.t will shift to artificial intelligence. three new metro lines should appear: troitskaya, rublevo-arkhangelskaya and berilyovskaya and two new central diameters. ticket system. transport will cover all suburban railway lines, which will make people's trips even more profitable. trains that connecting moscow with regional centers and the largest cities of central russia will begin to run six times more often. but perhaps the most ambitious project is the creation of a high-speed highway from moscow to st. petersburg. the journey between the capitals will be reduced to two hours. the construction of high-speed rail is the driver that allows for development. next to the stations where the high-speed railway will take place, that is, the construction of residential real estate, non- residential real estate, the result of the grandiose work should be the creation by 2030 of a central transport hub, high-speed the trains will connect the capital with most large cities and nearby regions, and

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.: we will be back with the latest from moscow later, but i want to bring you this breaking news from the u.s. it concerns one of donald trump's court cases. weow have new details just released by the judge. donald trump has been found liable to pay $354.9 million. this is the written judgment that you can see on your screen right now, released by the judge. these are the headlines. trump has been found liable for 354 $.9 million says the judge. the judge banned donald trump and others from serving as an officer or director of any new york corporation or other legal entity in new york for three years. just to bring you up to speed with where we are on this, this is a court case where the decision was already reached. it was about the pricing of donald trump's assets, and the decision was that those were already inflated. we were waiting for the judge to rule on things like how much he would be liable to pay. $354.9 million is the number. trump and his two sons have already been found li

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steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. ground troops to ukraine. it comes after french president emmanuel macron said "nothing should be excluded" in support of kyiv. the white house insisted that the us would not deploy soldiers to fight the russian invasion. the leaders of germany, italy and britain made similar statements. police in germany have arrested a former member of the far—left red army faction who had been in hiding for thirty years. daniela klette was detained in berlin and taken to a region near bremen where she's awaiting trial for her suspected involvement in several robberies. the anti—capitalist group — also known as the baader—meinhof group — is accused of more than thirty murders. a dna test has confirmed that a terminally ill man who claimed to be one of japan's most wanted criminals was telling the truth. satoshi kirishima said he wanted to face his death last month using his real name. he was a member of a radical, left—wing group behind a series of deadly bombings in the nineteen—seventies. kirishim

steve rosenberg bbc news moscow.iona: a short time ago i spoke to a former assistant secretary deputy of defense who told me about the international reaction to navalny's death and how we can expect russia to move forward. thank you for being with us again. i want to start by speaking about alexei navalny. we are told his mother and his team have been denied access to his body. will we ever know what truly happened to him? >> we know what happened to him. vladimir putin and the government killed him, whether with poisoning or some other method does not matter. it is a tragedy on an international scale, and personal tragedy for the family because not only are they dealing with his death, but cannot lay him to rest. i am doubtful the russian government will ever release his body. i hope they do, but they may have reasons to fear having a burial plot where people can gather to memorialize thisreat patriotic hero. caitriona: his widow yulia has pledged to continue his work. in the nine minute video she urges others to st

a new video has been posted online, in which he compared the moscow and new york metro. what surprised the american journalist? 13 publications are participating. the central election commission is drawing lots for the placement of election campaign materials for candidates for the presidency of russia. climb. the soyuz launch vehicle launched the ms-26 progress cargo ship into orbit. which? he is carrying cargo to the iss. one and a half times higher than normal, snowdrifts in the moscow region have grown today to 54 cm. how did this affect the life of the agglomeration and what forecasts are given? weather forecasters? let's start with breaking news. a new missile attack on belgorod is known that one shell hit a shopping center building. they write that there are casualties. the information is still being clarified. in addition, eyewitnesses report that athletes who remained on the nearby football field during the attack were injured, and residential buildings were also damaged. there is no official information about the consequences of the shelling yet. the governor e

latest data, two people were killed, 16 were injured , five cars were wrecked on the kiev highway in new moscowa little, the snowdrifts in the capital may in the coming hours repeat the record of the ninety -ninth year, when their height was 58 cm. well, now there are a few more operational messages, this time from belgorodsk. region this evening the armed forces of ukraine tried to strike the russian region with czech rszzo shells a vampire. all five munitions were destroyed by our air defense system at a safe distance from populated areas; there were no casualties or serious damage. well, earlier in the same region , parts of the same western-style cluster munition hit a truck. the shell hit just a meter from the cabin and the driver miraculously survived. well, just a few minutes ago, ukrainian troops shelled gorlovka, firing three nato 155 mm caliber cluster shells into the city; fortunately, there were no casualties there either. the head of magathe praised the efforts to organize safe operation of zaporozhye npp. rafael grossi visited the nuclear power plant in energodar today. a new team

victoria koroleva, news. moscowa heavy snowfall, the capital was swept all day and half the night to clear the streets and roads, additional snow removal equipment was brought out, another 1,500 people were brought in, utility workers are working around the clock, snowdrifts in the capital exceeded half a meter, the most precipitation fell in dolgoprudny near moscow, snowfall caused massive accidents, dozens of cars got into them, there were dead and injured, today snow cyclone olga will leave the capital for the ryazan, tambov regions and the region. in the volga region, and moscow faces twenty-degree frosts. and now footage from kazakhstan in almaat a landslide has hit residential buildings. the mud mass covered two buildings; according to preliminary data, there were four people there. now footage of the rescue operation is on your screens. in addition to the four people, along with the four people, there were two more children. now we know of at least one death, three more are apparently under the rubble. reside

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. >> later this hour, we will be speaking to a member of pussy riot,eminist group who have been vocal critics of president putin. they were listed as foreign agents by the russian government. let's go live to one of the doctors who treated alexei navalny after he nearly died after he was poisoned in 2020. he was also one of a group of russian doctors who signed an open letter urging russia's president vladimir putin to stop abusing alexei navalny. thanks for joining us on bbc news. in the past you have treated alexei navalny and you continued to advise him on a regular basis. i would like to begin by getting your reaction to his death. >> the reaction is i am shocked. the same as all people in russia who believed in alexei navalny and who hoped to see him have freedom. a big shock for all of us. >> we know that there have been differing accounts so far of the cause of his death. as we have said in 2020, he was poisoned with the nerve agent novichok and you treated him back then. what more can you tell us about novichok and the effects it can have? >> i

in conditions of poor visibility, a massive accident occurred in the area of ​​​​new moscow, before reachingsky, at least five cars collided, including a truck, two container ships, a taxi and several cars, traffic towards the capital was difficult, a high snowfall alert regime was introduced in orenburg, which hit the region, will stop only in a few days, precipitation has already fallen by 20% more than the monthly norm. weather restricts traffic on the m5 ural highway, as well as on some regional roads. with details, elena perola. there is no weather throughout the entire territory of the orenburg region, the length of which from the western to the eastern point is more than 1.0 km. heavy snow strong wind of more than 28 m/s. visibility on the roads was reduced to several meters. more than three dozen sections of the intercity stalin highway are blocked, including federal highways. in particular. ural in the direction from orenburg to samara in the bazuluk area, a similar situation in the direction from orenburg to orsk, traffic police inspectors stop at the borders of closed areas driver

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.ow to soviet and russian historian and author of several books on the kgb and russian foreign intelliegence, amy knight. thank you so much forjoining us here on the context. i was struck by steve's peace with him when he said this was the 19th state of the patient addressed by vladimir putin, which is incredible. watching him over the two hours, who is he directing the state of the nation address at, who is his audience? the audience address at, who is his audience? tue: audience was address at, who is his audience? tta: audience was the address at, who is his audience? tt2 audience was the russian parliament, both houses of parliament and the ministers and high level officials in pickens government. other people coming in. yes, it was also a message to the russian people in general. i don't know whether many of them would want to sit down to a two hour speech. it was one of the longest speech is that mr putin has made. the way i heard it kind of a big pep rally. but only for putin to

in conditions of poor visibility, a massive accident occurred in the area of ​​​​new moscow, before reachingf kievsky, at least five cars collided, including a truck, two container ships, a taxi and several cars. traffic towards the capital is difficult. heavy snowfall covered orenburg. the city has introduced a high alert regime, which will allow. extra power for snow removal. vladimir popov is at the scene of the events, he got in direct contact with studio. vladimir, greetings, how is the fight against snow going and what do weather forecasters say when the snowfall should end? yuri, hello, what you see now on your screens is happening in literally every courtyard of orenburg. orenburg was covered by very heavy snowfall, wet snow, and strong winds of up to 28 m per second were already established in the region. weather in a safe place, in populated areas the situation is no better, equipment cannot cope with cleaning roads, not to mention courtyards, the task of the authorities today is to prevent collapse, a state of high alert was declared in orenburg, more than 100 units of equipment w

the sunny moscow sky is reflected on the glass surfaces of the new buildings of the bauman moscow stateof the university they opened a center for biomedical systems and technologies, an engineering center for ground transport and technological systems, a multifunctional scientific and educational building and a palace of technology, a whole universe of youth, aspirations, and innovations. what did you like most? what did you pay attention to and what do you consider most valuable in that? project that we are implementing. the most important thing is that you can live in the city center, next to new educational buildings and have a very cool combination - you know, difficult studies in baumanka and student life. be happy for your native baumanka, i wish you success, everyone who comes here, i’m sure everyone will like it. those who come here in a year or even later will see a completely different university. construction does not stop here; new buildings are opened one by one. we are opening two buildings, and the first is a research center that will deal with rocket and space technologi

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. >> ok, let's take a look at some other headlines from around the world junior doctors on strike in south korea refused to return to work despite the government threatening to take legal action and revoke their medical licenses. three quarters of the country's junior doctors are protesting. the junior doctors say training more doctors could lower the quality of a medical school education and reduce pay. the former u.s. ambassador to bolivia says he will plead guilty to charges that he served as an agenof the cuban government. he was charged in december and initially pleaded not guilty. evidenced again tim -- against him included recordings of him confessing working for cuba for decades. in opposition leader in chad has been killed in a shootout with security forces. he was a critic of chad's military leader. the government blamed him for a deadly attack on the internal security agency wednesday, which he denied having a part in. gunfire was heard near his party headquarters after the attack on the government office. a journalists group in afghanistan says

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in new moscow, the mikhailovsky thermometer dropped to -22.ere was a wide range of temperatures in the north in tushino in the south in butovo it was about -19. at the same time, in the center of the megalopolis, where the urban heat island is located, thermometers could not drop even to -9. well, there is parking in kemerovo. in the city center briefly became an island in the middle of a lake of cold water. in the capital of kuzbass, a pipeline burst. the cars quickly froze into the ice. the temperature in the capital of kuzbass dropped to -36.7 today. at the same time, in the north of siberia in norilsk it was about -19 at night, while wind gusts of up to 19 m/s tore off the cladding from buildings, damaging several cars. traffic in the vicinity of the city was blocked due to the snowstorm. one glance at the interactive temperature map makes it cold; frosty air dominates almost the entire territory of the country. the winter epicenter of cold, yakutia and siberia, this is confirmed by data on the minimum temperature past -45-50. partly cloud

bbc news, moscow. >> a short time ago, i spoke about all of this to a u.s.sman who is the chair of the house intelligent committee. thank you for joining us. if we can start by discussing alexei navalny. we heard today that his mother has finally had access to her son that she has been told that his body will not be released to her and less she agrees to have a private burial or funeral ceremony. what is your reaction to that? >> this continues to show the thuggery of vladimir putin. when the announcement that navalny was dead was made at the munich security conference, his widow took the stage in disbelief. she met with the u.s. delegation and we expressed our sorrow. she gave the warning to the west to understand that vladimir putin's aggression against ukraine is not isolated. his attempts to take on the west and take on democracy and authoritarianism, and of course now what is occurring with his mother and the constriction of his funeral. >> was there anything you could say to her about how the u.s. might be able to help her? >> we certainly gave our sor

bbc news, moscow. >> mr. navalny's death has drawn tributes around the world.ropean capitals including warsaw, berlin, london. here in washington, president biden made these remarks earlier at the white house. >> make no mistake, putin is responsible for navalny's death. putin is responsible. it's yet more proof of putin's brutality. no one should be full. not in russia, not in anywhere in the world. putin doesn't only target his citizens, as we've seen in ukraine. he inflicts terrible crimes on his own people. people across russia and around the world are morning navalny today because he was so many things that putin was not. he was brave, he was principled, he was dedicated to building a russia where the rule of law applied to everybody. navalny believed in that russia. he knew it was a cause worth fighting for, and obviously even dying for. anchor: the kremlin has rejected accusations that it's involved in navalny's death. governments of u.s. and u.k. called for a full, independent investigation. we will bring in will vernon who spent many years reporting on

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. ay around the world at the news of mr navalny�*s death. 0ur security correspondent gordon corera has more. tonight, vigils have been marking the death of alexei navalny, like this one in tbilisi, in georgia. 0thers this one in tbilisi, in georgia. others have taken place in london and berlin. the latest and most high profile of vladimir putin's critics to meet an untimely end. a moment which has also been met with outrage from western leaders. make no mistake, make no mistake, putin is responsible for navalny�*s death. putin is responsible. what has happened to navalny is yet more proof of putin's brutality. reporter: are you looking at increasing sanctions on russia right now? we're looking at a whole number of options, that's all i'll say right now. we should be clear about what has happened here. putin's russia imprisoned him, trumped up charges against him, poisoned him, sent him to an arctic penal colony, and now he's tragically died, and we should hold putin accountable for this,

in the carriages... for zakaria, information in moscow, only starting in 2011, began in 1953, that is, it was already after stalin, comrade zakaria, 69 newtions, the same number as in the previous 42 years, this does not count the ground station of the moscow central ring and the opening of four diameter lines, moreover, until the thirtieth year. three more metro lines and 39 new stations will be opened in moscow, and the same thing happens without stalin, but this, as they say, for reference, is the argument of the russophobic west, one drank it, even if the new york subway stinks, they write about it in all seriousness, but this is the notorious, god forgive me, the smell of freedom, leave such freedom for yourself, but... to demonstrate the superiority of soviet communism. and, on the contrary, the stalin metro for huge public money, new york is a product of capitalism. it was built and operated through various types of public and private associations, which to a large extent based on the available budget. american cities are an expression of democracy, a place where people have to overcome differences. finding ways to live together t

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. the uk covid inquiry has begun its hearings in wales.gh and london, will focus on decisions made by the welsh government. our health editor hugh pym has been at the hearing in cardiff today. hugh? yes, the issue of the uk's devolved system and how it performed during the pandemic is central to the inquiry with health a devolved issue and the inquiry kc asked today if the welsh government might have done more and been earlier in the early weeks of the pandemic and why did the welsh ministers not have a formal meeting over covid a month over the equivalent of the uk in february quest but what about a rugby international in march being due to go ahead in the middle of march, only called off in the last moment by the local authorities, not the government. and what more might the government. and what more might the treasury have done to be receptive to requests for support and funding from the devolved nations, and we will hear more about whatsapp messages, some involving the leading politicians, mark drakeford and vaughan gething. few. drake

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. ny and sweden are among the countries announcing they've summoned diplomats from russian embassies in protest of navalny�*s death. there's new pleas for international aid by ukraine's president volydmyr zelensky, as russian forces make advances in the east. translation: now, the situation is extremely difficult _ in several parts of the front — precisely, where the russian troops have concentrated the maximum reserves. they are taking advantage of the delays in helping ukraine, and these are very tangible things. the shortage of artillery, the need for frontline air defence. we're working as hard as possible with partners to restore and extend support. speaking to reporters monday, president biden said he's willing to meet with house speaker mikejohnson to discuss a funding bill for ukraine. and as ukraine marks two years this week since russia's invasion, our correspondent andrew harding returned to the town of lyman, close to the frontline, to find out how people there are coping. ho

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.gland, as new official figures show the number of families living in temporary accommodation has hit a record high, including more than 140,000 children. the number of people sleeping rough is also up. the increases come despite the government vowing to end rough sleeping by the end of this year. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. station announcement: the train at platform four... for some people at london's paddington station, their train never departs. as many as 60 sleep in the station each night. here is, like, the warmest part of the station, really, that you can sleep in. that's why you've got most of the people sleeping here. joseph has been rough sleeping since last year, the last few nights at paddington. his entire possessions in one bag. if you can get a clear space, then you're good, but apart from that they've got these railings, stuck in between, so it's not ideally comfortable. the people here are part of a surge in rough sleeping across england,

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.ner, who heads the red bull team, has again denied allegations of inappropriate behaviour, after a series of messages allegedly written by him were leaked. horner was cleared yesterday of inappropriate behaviour towards a female colleague, following an internal red bull investigation led by an external barrister. 0ur sports news correspondent laura scott has been following developments: a practice session at the head of this weekend for the grand prix ongoing 5a9 people involved in the sport received an anonymous e—mail containing messages purporting to involve christian horner in the list of recipients bad formula 1, the sports governing body in the media. and horner has been the principal for nearly two decades set i will not comment on anonymous speculation but i reiterate i have always denied allegations in this comes after independent investigations into allegations of inappropriate behaviour against him for may by a female colleague and that culminated in the parent company sing

capital below... to -4, here to the west in mozhaisk, volokolamsk, a new cyclone will manifest itself, here it’s about zero with sleet. in moscoww will come with a southerly wind. at the height of the day there is +1 precipitation and the wind is noticeable. well, our new week will be marked, as you can see, by cold weather, on monday it’s still around zero, but on wednesday night it’s already down to -10, on wednesday day -5. maria, from minuses to plus and back, let's swing. sways, you can feel it, thank you, there was a weather forecast tatiana antonova. a new scheme for the city's tram network has been created in moscow. sergei sobyanin published it on his channel. the diagram shows the stops of all 35 routes, as well as the metro, mcc and central diameter lines. each tram direction has its own color. the map's landmarks include train stations, electric ship berths, ring highways, large parks, rivers and landmarks. there is information about traffic intervals on the so-called sightseeing routes, such as the famous annushka, which walk through the city center through chistoprudny boulevard. in the cottage village of european

healthy life, that life, so to speak, is in full swing, and what is moscow subway, and this is very important for people in washington and in newe subway is very significant when they are told that the subway works better in moscow. saw more widely, his conclusion is that russia, firstly, does not have any aggressive plans against its neighbors, in such plans... russia simply does not, but there is another conclusion, and tucker krallson talks about this very it is open that russia does not need to be driven into a corner, that if you try in russia, for example, to take away crimea, then this can lead to a nuclear war, and tuckersin already gives this as his conclusion, it’s not just that he repeats what... for american politics he is already extremely right-wing, if you will, an extreme right-wing point of view, he is a supporter of peasant values, with we talked to him about various topics, he asked about the russians’ view of the west, a question that interested us, how, when we stumbled, when we collapsed, from your point of view, why a world that was free for another 30 years, or so it seemed to us? you know, i can’t under

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.ath of alexei navalny, i spoke with samuel greene, professor of russian politics at kings college london. professor, thank you very much for being with us. i'd like to begin, if i may, with the latest news that we're hearing, namely russian authorities saying that the family of alexei navalny will not be able to receive his body until the postmortem has been completed. there seems to be some confusion with regards to that. what do you make of what appears to be happening there? well, the kremlin is hiding behind, ithink, some legalistic issues. obviously they have announced an investigation, which i think is going to be hard to believe it will be credible. but what they're really doing is trying to give themselves some time to get on top of the narrative and control the story, and make sure that information about the cause of death and the manner of his death do not make it into the public domain until they have decided exactly how they want the public to talk about this. you know, the

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.on campaigner bill browder was a friend of alexei navalny�*s. he spoke to the bbc at the munich security conference. it's heartbreaking. absolutely heartbreaking. he was the hope for russia. he was what russia should be. he was against corruption, he was for democracy, he was for free speech and he was going against these criminals, these murderers, and he was calling them out. and the most important thing is that in spite of how hard they were grinding him, sending him to siberia and sending him to solitary confinement, he alwaysjoked, he always smiled and he always showed that nothing they could do could break him. and that symbolism for the russian people was so important because everybody is in one way or another imprisoned in russia, even if they're not in prison. and losing him, having them kill him — and make no mistake, this was a murder, this was a politically motivated murder — it's heartbreaking for me, for his family — most importantly for his family — but also for the peop

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.shiller for coverage of the by elections in willingboro and kingsboro. foods are being counted in those two crucial by elections, the one in willingboro was a recall and prompted by four —— former tory mp peter bone suspension for breaching the mp code of conduct. tonight, in a statement the conservatives admitted the by elections would always be hard and the government of the day really when i elections. voters in south gloucestershire have also been to the polls following the exit of representative mp chris skidmore, we are always aware of the challenges ahead of us with a large conservative majorities in both seeds with our —— which are both in and our target list for a general election. i'll be back with continuing coverage of those i elections through the night here on bbc news, and you can get more on the bbc news website or app. you're live with bbc news. the uk tipped into recession in the second half of last year with the economy shrinking for two consecutive quarters. gross d

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.nal condemnation of alexei navalny�*s death — us president biden said he was outraged. our security correspondent gordon corera has more. alexei navalny is the latest and most high—profile critic of vladimir putin to apparently meet an untimely end. and the news has been met with outrage. end. and the news has been met with outraae. a ~ end. and the news has been met with outraae. ~ ., , ., ~ end. and the news has been met with outraue. ~' ., , . ~' . ~' ., outrage. make no mistake, make no mistake, outrage. make no mistake, make no mistake. putin _ outrage. make no mistake, make no mistake, putin is _ outrage. make no mistake, make no mistake, putin is responsible - outrage. make no mistake, make no mistake, putin is responsible for- mistake, putin is responsible for navalny�*s death. putin is responsible. what has happened to navalny is yet more proof of putin's brutality. we navalny is yet more proof of putin's brutali . ~ , ., , . ., navalny is yet more proof of putin's brutali .~

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. let's turn to some important news around the world. embryos should be considered children, prompting at least three alabama providers to halt the fertility procedure. a senate committee must first review the bill before a vote on it — which is expected in the coming days. two men have been convicted of the murder ofjam masterjay, from the american hip—hop trio run dmc, more than 20 years ago. ronald washington and karl jordanjr were found guilty on all counts including murder while engaged in narcotics trafficking and firearm—related murder. jam masterjay, whose real name was jason mizell, was shot dead in his new york studio in october 2002. the men face at least 20 years in prison. and the governor of texas has declared a state of disaster in the northern panhandle region where four wildfires are raging out of control. evacuation orders have been issued for three towns. the national weather service has issued a red flag warning for over eleven million texans affected by the fires. warm weather, dry conditions and gusty winds are fuel

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.on to paris this weekend for talks on a possible ceasefire and the release of hostages still being held in gaza. the latest talks failed two weeks ago when israeli prime minister rejected a proposal by hamas as "delusional." israeli media say benjamin netanyahu presented his plan for the post—war management of gaza to his war cabinet late on thursday night. in the short term, his goals remain the same — the complete destruction of the military and political infrastructure of hamas and islamichhad. he also says local officials acceptable to israel should manage gaza once the fighting is over. many of the proposals are not entirely new, but it's believed to be the first time the prime minister has presented them to the war cabinet, which would still have to approve the plans. meanwhile, israel is carrying out some of its heaviest bombardment of gaza so far, mostly targeted at its southernmost city, rafah. gaza's hamas—run health ministry says 97 people were killed overnight. israel also

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. outside russia vigils for navalny�*s death continue.me to attend a candleit will vigil, mourning the death while demanding vladimir putin be held accountable. we just heard that jyulia spent they day with eu officials, who are talking about this. russian diplomats from a number of countries are demanding answers. the eu foreign policy chief said that navalny had been slowly murdered by putin's regime. a charge the kremlin denies. he says in talks with yulia he expressed the eu deepest condolences and said the eu wanted to support the political opposition in russia. by political opposition in russia. by coming to russia, yulia has taken another step in the political spotlight. poland's foreign minister said she appeared composed and determined to continue her husband's fight for a freer russia. there's been calls here in brussels for more sanctions on russia over the deaths of mr navalny and it was suggested that might include sanctionings of people in the russian prison service. the eu's options are somewhat limited, possibly. there are

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. update with nicky shiller. votes are being counted in the two crucial by elections in willingboro and kingswood with results expected in the early hours. the willingboro vote was called off after. ina in a statement he said these by elections would always be hard and the government of the day rarely when i elections. the vote in kingswood inc. south cloaks the resignation of chris skidmore, laborare cloaks the resignation of chris skidmore, labor are hoping to ta ke take seats but they too lay down their chances seemed they were always aware of the challenges with the large conservative majorities in both seeds. we have heard that turn out in kingswood, it was 37%. there is a special live page up and running on the bbc news website and app and i would be back at half past with an update with the latest from both of the cones. you're live with bbc news. the uk tipped into recession in the second half of last year with the economy shrinking for two consecutive quarters. gross domestic p

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.ter management announced a deal had been reached to end a six—day strike. unions had said there was insufficient investment in the globally recognised landmark. it is the second such strike at the landmark in the past three months, as paris looks ahead to hosting the olympic games this summer. let's go back to the us — to alabama, where we've been hearing more reaction to a controversial ruling affecting ivf treatments. a reminder — last week, the state's top court ruled last week that frozen embryos have the same rights as children, and people can be held liable for destroying them. at least three clinics paused ivf treatment in the wake of the ruling. on friday, the alabama attorney general said it had no intention of prosecuting fertility clinics. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal has more. there has been huge reaction by politicians across the country to this ruling, but it is actually local lawmakers here who are under pressure by constituents to come up with a solution.

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.ey sanovich, a fellow at the hoover institution, stanford university and began by asking him about a picture he posted today — showing him together with navalny after an opposition rally in 2005. i was a student in moscow and i watched the political rise of navalny, the initially local activist, about issues about urban development. and i should say, the interesting thing about him was that, yes, he was against corruption, for democracy and free speech, but he didn't take an easy path arriving to this enlightened views. he himself is from a humble background. psychologically speaking, he's closer to putin than to boris nemtsov, who had a phd in physics and started as an activist interviewing andrei sapper. navalny was the son of a junior military officer with a rural background, so his path was not without mistakes, but i think what was unique about him was his capacity to learn. he moved very quickly, innovating all the time. his learning was not for the sake of learning. he brought u

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.bc monitoring has been telling me how this story is being reported in russia. and russian state media it has been reported briefly. it was never going to be a story that they would focus on in any sort of detail. in terms of what officials are saying, dark hints of possible western involvement, for example. the speaker of the russian lower house said, it is brussels in the west that are responsible for the death of alexei navalny regardless of what killed him in the forests ministry saying that all of the statements coming from the west expressing dismay at the death, they had allegedly been prepared in advance. so that is what officials are saying. whether the public in russia actually believe it is a different question. we have been seeing reports over the past few hours of russians laying flowers in different cities across russia, notjust in moscow. as a tribute to alexei navalny. also importantly, on social media, we have heard of trolls and bots which pushed the kremlin line to pa

we are developing joint projects in aircraft manufacturing and microelectronics. news moscow.ssian partners. the regions are willing to cooperate. our film crew visited the novgorod region of russia the day before to find out what connects us. it turned out that our universities are closer friends than ever. double degree programs are available to students. minsk and veliky novgorod, the capitals of radio electronics since soviet times, and this is a good start in the development of new technologies. it is also interesting that the novgorod region supplies special varieties of potatoes to belarus, what are they for? not only about this, see our special report, novgorod science, today after the panorama. there is only a week left until the single voting day, where we will have to. deputies of all levels. campaigns, dialogue platforms and patriotic events are being held throughout the country, all in order to inform voters about the importance of voting in elections. today , the information and educational marathon “choose bye” was held in the capital’s shopping center. he was j

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. security council in new york.nt andrew harding has returned to east of the country. he's been following the story of one ukrainian soldier, a medic working on the front line, who he first met at the start of the conflict. two years of war, seen through the struggles of one ukrainian doctor. this was the first time we met oleg kravchenko back in 2022 in a besieged town called lysychansk. oleg had justjoined ukraine's army as a volunteer medic. look here. he drove us to his unit near the front lines. it's the same from russian. bomb. in those early days, a smiling oleg was full of confidence. it's my country. but the russians are pushing now. a lot. i hope maybe one and a half months, and we will shoot every... every russian. you'll push them out? yes. so you think you're winning this? yes, yes. but within weeks, the russians had destroyed and captured lysychansk. nice to meet you. it would be a year before we met oleg again. his medical team was now working in another frontline town, bakhmut. lots of casualties fro

when will a new high-speed highway appear between moscow and st. petersburg ? highway, and what other cities are next in line. eight best teams, 40 million rubles prize fund, and the world of tanks is a real virtual one, unlike any other discipline of games of the future, kick nadzev. hello, you are watching news on ntv, in the egor kolyvanov studio. russia has something to work on in the field of industrial robotics, the president noted this at a meeting with students and employees of enterprises in the chelyabinsk region. robots capable of performing tasks quickly and accurately. and we will receive all metal blanks high-tech for this money is somewhere over the hill, but there is an opportunity, a need has arisen, it turned out that it is possible to produce everything ourselves, well, not everything, but what is needed, technological keys, to develop our own, we will do it that way, well right before the meeting , the head of state visited one of the enterprises where industrial robots are made, this is a plant in... the first in russia to begin mass-produc

have joined us, then join our meetings, to the guys in the south, and there they are preparing a new moscow, there are very necessary things, all the requisites, you can see on our broadcast on the youtube channel, and in the meantime we will collect information from the hottest part of the front, they are talking about it overseas and all over europe, i'm sure, and munich. security of the conference, these small ukrainian cities will be named aloud by all delegates, representatives of different countries. mykola dovbnya, deputy of the drushkiv city council, on the communication with us, mr. mykola, congratulations, glory to ukraine. glory to the heroes, congratulations espresso tv channel, i congratulate you, roman, oksano, good morning. we know, we understand, that you have been restless for many, many years, but now. everyone is literally talking after bakhmut avdiivka, what is the mood of the locals, and i am talking about that front-line strip, where there are still many, many civilians, what is the situation, what is the prevailing mood? ms. oksano, the mood is depressed, of course, a

in the moscow region, they began to create five industrial parks of a new format; governor andrei vorobyovow region. unlike the previous one. experience, having studied the successful practices of both china and moscow, important modernization changes in industrial parks have been made, we are on the territory of the park. accommodation including accommodation and college. external pressure triggered a positive process in the manufacturing industry. 19.00 sanctions, for example, became the driving force behind the development of electronic engineering. this industry in the country has actually begun to be formed anew. production has increased in the field of small- scale, medium-scale chemicals, such as polycarbonates, plastics used in construction, and components for polymer synthesis. when. now they are closing off the oxygen all at the same time, we have to move on something, fly, move, so today we have to do it all on our own, alone, and no one will help, no one, therefore, in fact, this vacuum is filled in this way, another advantage is increased , not raw materials, not energy export

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. protests over navalny�*s death that began friday have carried on into the new week. hundreds of people gathered in rome on monday to attend a candle—light vigil, mourning navalny�*s death while demanding vladimir putin be held accountable. and as you heard steve mention there, yulia spent monday in brussels with european union officials, who are talking through how to respond to navalny�*s death. it comes as a number of european countries have summoned diplomats from russian embassies, demanding answers. our bethany bell has more now from brussels. the eu foreign policy chief josep borrell said alexei navalny have been slowly murdered in a russian child by putin's regime and it is a charge of the kremlin denies. during his talks with yulia navalnaya he had expressed their eu's deepest condolences. he said the eu wanted to support the political opposition in russia. by coming to brussels, yulia navalnaya has taken another step into the political spotlight. foreign minister said she app

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.ine was on the brink of something few thought would happen — a full—scale russian invasion. our correspondent andrew harding has returned to east ——the east of the country. he's been following the story of one ukrainian soldier, a medic working on the front line, who he first met at the start of the conflict. two years of war, seen through the struggles of one ukrainian doctor. this was the first time we met oleg kravchenko back in 2022 in a besieged town called lysychansk. oleg had justjoined ukraine's army as a volunteer medic. look here. he drove us to his unit near the front lines. it's the same from russian, bomb. in those early days, a smiling oleg was full of confidence. it's my country. but the russians are pushing now. yes! bombing a lot. i hope maybe one and a half months, and we will shoot every... every russian. you'll push them out? yes. so you think you're winning this? yes, yes. but within weeks, the russians had destroyed and captured lysychansk. nice to meet you. it wo