peter: i think so. this book obviously takes place long before the war on georgia, the war on ukraine and interference in the election. but, you see the seeds of it. in our time in russia, we were there for four years, the beginning of putin's term. we saw his crackdown, his lamenting the collapse of the soviet union, you saw his desire to create or re-create russia as this great power on the stage to be respected and stand up as an alternate to the west. a lot of those themes are in this book that would be familiar to anybody looking back on today. host: are you fluent in russian? susan: less affluent than when we lived there. but we have tried to keep it up. it's remarkable how this time of the post-cold war is the time peter and i had been reporting largely in washington but russia was the story that never fully went away, as much as people wanted to believe we moved on to a different era in politics. for peter and i, having covered five american presidents dealing and struggling with and in many way

peter: i think so. this book obviously takes place long before the war on georgia, the war on ukraine and interference in the election. but, you see the seeds of it. in our time in russia, we were there for four years, the beginning of putin's term. we saw his crackdown, his lamenting the collapse of the soviet union, you saw his desire to create or re-create russia as this great power on the stage to be respected and stand up as an alternate to the west. a lot of those themes are in this book that would be familiar to anybody looking back on today. host: are you fluent in russian? susan: less affluent than when we lived there. but we have tried to keep it up. it's remarkable how this time of the post-cold war is the time peter and i had been reporting largely in washington but russia was the story that never fully went away, as much as people wanted to believe we moved on to a different era in politics. for peter and i, having covered five american presidents dealing and struggling with and in many way

work together in the laboratory war on peter my marries vasin after the war a letter arrives from petertter is forwarded to moscow and there it is intercepted. vasin vasin rents a dacha, puts pyotr there and forces him to work for himself, but for some reason pyotr still comes to his mother in moscow house of clothes and kira romeo sees this meeting several times wrote in the newspapers he could see the photo and risk it. for the sake of his beloved, after the meeting maya and peter begins to plan escape vasin carries chemical calculations from peter and thus maya and peter exchange messages about all this somehow finds out vasya most likely notices the loss of orders and begins to follow my kills. mayu plays the role of a suffering husband, kills an osip, throws a photo of his wife on him and puts a watch on his arm, the murder of maria alibi is the murder of peter alibi is the murder of an osip there is no alibi, there is even a witness, but the witness saw only a cloak, which means a witness or not, a provocation is needed. you need to somehow knock vasin out of balance to confuse th

sojust at st peter's basilica at st peter's square.s the former pope benedict has died. hello. with flooding still an issue in some parts of the country and more rain expected a time to the day, if you are on the move be prepared, they could be further disruption. keep up with the latest travel news and your bbc local radio station is there. some of the wettest conditions this afternoon to england and wales, ticky south—west england and wales, ticky south—west england and wales, ticky south—west england and south—west wales, pushing from west to east. try for northern, brighterfor northern northern, brighter for northern ireland. northern, brighterfor northern ireland. a chilly day in scotland, northern scotland will be fed the snow flurries barely above freezing, when we could have a mild 15 degrees across south—east england. rain to start the evening clears away to showers. another batch of heavy rain works northwards. by the time we get to midnight, the wind is picking up on quite a blustery end to the year across southern and weste

count peter rumyantsev was once the favorite of peter iii even after the coup.catherine appointed him commander of the first active army. count aleksey orlov was considered by many to be a schemer. catherine entrusted him with the whole of the frame. alexander suvorov appeared in her field of vision as a nondescript thirty-year-old major. she gave him her portrait, on which many years later suvorov would paint this date paved the way for me to glory she holds victories in 93 battles and will become the only commander in world history who has not suffered a single defeat on july 18. the fifth year the battle on the largo river commander pyotr rumyantsev defeated the army with a twofold numerical superiority russian 38,000, turks 80,000 the fifth sixth seventh of july 1770 the battle in the chesme bay commander alexei orlov burned a turkish frame with a twofold numerical superiority russian 32,000, turks, 73,000 august 1, 1770 battle on the kagul river commander pyotr rumyantsev defeated turkish an army with a numerical superiority of five times the russians 32,00

peter sent messengers there . hmm, he offered all sorts of rewards, precious gold, but she refused everything, setting her conditions that she would cure peter if he marries her. peter heavily affected by this disease gave consent, she came to him. and uh, once again, before taking up the treatment, she took a word from him that if he was cured, he would marry her, of course for peter himself and for what environment? it was nonsense, absolute to marry just people and asia, but, nevertheless, it was given weakly and fevronia does for his treatment. and cured him, the prince was cured and forgot about his promise, some time passed. he lived his beautiful life and ruled in the city of murom, when suddenly an illness again returned to him and again he was forced to call fevronia. she came and reproached him with the fact that he did not keep his promise and cured him completely. after that they got married, love arose, they were really very devoted to each other. it was a hot, sincere and strong love, and despite the

as what he says to peter. he's yelling at peter for not being true to the gospel and not being true to christ and not being true to this vision of things, and what he's really yelling at peter about is food. >> and the way paul tells it is, he says, "well, you know, i... i... i confronted peter publicly. i told him he was a hypocrite. i told him off to his face. i told him off in front of everybody." end of story. well, the story doesn't really have an end. you know, we... we'd like paul to tell us that, after he told peter off, he... he sort of skulked back to jerusalem with his tail between his legs, and then paul gave james and his party the what-for, and then he threw them out, or something likehat. nothing like that. paul's completely silent. now, this suggests to us that paul had... indeed had a showdown in antioch. he did face off with peter. he didn't win. he didn't carry the day, at least not that day. so this suggests to us that james' partyas influential, and influential outside the... its jerusalem

peter, are lucky to have it so. peter, can i ask you about that?se is there a case here to be made , as martin says, there be made, as martin says, there was some point, definitely a need , some sort of push for need, some sort of push for diversity within the bbc. but maybe now we're seeing what is what has been termed by douglas murray, as murray, for instance as an overcorrection. do you think that maybe as martin suggests it will reconnect itself again and this is just part of the process? why will it we process? why why will it we correct itself? i don't i don't see it as a follies at all. i in terms of the minorities , of terms of the minorities, of course, hugely disproportionate, overrepresented now, that's not just from the bbc . ask anyone just from the bbc. ask anyone about ads on itv for example i mean that's a whole different area where people no actually recognise what they are you know the country they're meant to be living in. but i think that the crucial point is, is that martin is talking all the time about news and you know i thi

you could just walk into st peter's square and then go up the main steps and go right into st peter's, but now you have to get online and then go through metal detectors and then be brought into the basilica. uh let's we're going to have to see how they're going to handle that for the crowds that want to come to the vatican, because security is very important. uh and this, you know, excellent cooperation between vatican city state and the italian authorities. so i'm sure they're going to do everything possible to minimize wait times . but if someone does want to go to rome and to pay his respects. uh you simply have to show up, get online and go in now. the question is, if the funeral masses held, will it be held outdoors? on the steps. they have set up an altar on the steps in front of st peter's basilica in and so many people could fit into think peter's square and the adjoining streets leading up to it. that remains to be seen. if it is a funeral mass is held inside then, of course, that will be restricted to those who are able to get tickets, but certainly even if the masses insid

i wanted to ask peter baker about the other side. peter, we've been talking all morning, hell, i've been talking for six years about republican party that is playing a game of subtraction instead of a game of addition in politics, which is of course something you never want to do. but we're just so flummoxed by what's happening in the house, what kevin mccarthy is putting out there, talking about investigating how insurrectionists on january 6th, rioters, some would say terrorists on january 6th, are being treated. they're choosing to make that one of their causes. they're talking about investigating the investigators again. again, this is a republican party that got crushed by expectations. kevin mccarthy thought they were going to win 60 seats. they end up barely squeaking by in a majority and losing again in the senate. in a year that should have been a red wave. so, what are you hearing? is there any recognition by republicans on the hill, especially on the house side, that they have got to stop talking to the smallest fraction o

peter: really good question. let me start with you, you don't have the socks but have two ministers here to talk about nuclear power. talk about your parties and maybe finland's view on this and whether there should be in the e.u. more alliance on nuclear to solve some of these issues. but also seems to be a suggestion this perhaps should be a nato issue and that perhaps the e.u. is only one form to discuss but rather it could be an issue for the alliance itself. could you weigh in on that. >> two remarks on atomic energy, when the first decision was made almost 10 years ago, we were thinking nuclear power was a negative issue but particularly to increase our dependence on russia and at that time our conservative politicians were in favor of a russian nuclear power plant and everyone came to the good judgment this was not a good idea. but my party and what differs us from the germans, in my party the young generation started to talk about the role of the nuclear power in energy production and came to the conclusi

peters: yes, senator. sen. ossoff: thank you, director peters. one of our courageous witnesses from the first panel, ms. de la rosa, who was assaulted at lexington, described the culture of the institution as an old boys club. what do you think she meant by that? ms. peters: i wouldn't want to surmise what she meant by that. senator. sen. ossoff: i think you probably have an idea. ms. peters: senator, i think the notion of an old boys club as i've seen and experienced in my career is one where decisions are made often behind closed doors, they're often made without women in the room, and i assume that's what she's speaking to. sen. ossoff: inspector general horowitz, you made this point in the previous round of questions. not just that b.o.p. employees are not reporting when they're aware of abuse that is perpetrated by their colleagues, but in fact what we heard from the survivors who testified in the first panel is a culture of mutual protection. talk a little bit about that, please, mr. horowitz. mr. horowitz: that's one of the biggest challen

the bells ring at saint peter's basilica, marking the death of the former pontiff benedict. the 16th tribute to the 95 year old begin to flood in from around the world will take you live to the attic. ah, i'm nick spicer. welcome to the program for pope benedict has died at the age of $95.00. a spokesman for the holy c said benedict passed away at his home inside the vatican. for centuries, the tolling of the bells and saint peter square has been the signal that the pope has died. benedict health had been declining in recent days. in a statement, the vatican spokesman confirmed the former pontiff. jeff, i am here with sad news this morning. which is the sad news we anticipated with the holy c press office bulletin this morning. that was sorrow. we inform you that the pope meritus benedict 16 passed away to day this morning at 934 in the matter. it clears him monastery in the vatican. and let's go straight to our special correspond either him in rome or what, what's the situation like where you are, what's the mood, the vatican? so we saw in the hours directly after the annou

peters, where if you went to st. peters square earlier this evening, it just look like business as usual. pope francis is scheduled remained unchanged despite the fact that the people veritas died this morning. so, he led the evening prayers. the even prayer city usually does. at the end of the, year and then he was wheeled into an empty st. peters square to greet the pilgrims and the tourists who are there for the end of the year celebrations. but of course, behind the vatican walls behind, me there are the preparations ongoing for the funeral of pope emeritus benedict 16. now the vatican today gave out the guidelines of what is going to happen in the next few days. first, of all the remains of the pope emeritus will stay in the monastery behind the vatican walls where he's been living since 2013. but he, resigned and where he died this morning. then, on monday morning the body will be taken inside st. peter's basilica so that the faithful from around the world can go and get their last farewell. and, on thursday ja

hi there, peter. we're looking at the warmup that marissa talked about. 40s today, tomorrow, then 50s as we go throughout friday. so this is a big warmup. once you get a warmup this time of year, you often get rain. that's what marissa was talking about, too. friday they're going to start to see rain coming in. that's going to last several days, the threat for showers at least into early next week. so combining that snow melt along with that new fresh water falling, that's going to create problems at the creeks. we're going to see rising creeks. we could see flooding in spots, that could seep into people's basements. that's going to be the next problem. as we look at radar across the country, we are quiet today there. we're not looking at any snow falling. we don't expect any snow falling. we had the winds switch around. we're not getting lake-effect snow bands. heavy snow and rain out west. that is where most of the active weather is today. the blue is stretching from the northwest all the way down t

i will at saint peter _ theologian. bethany, thank you. saint peter square. - the vatican expert, suzy hodges, joins me now from rome. suzy covered the resignation of pope benedict xvi and worked for many years for the vatican radio vatican news. thank you forjoining us. we have said the word unprecedented quite a few times but i suppose we cannot over emphasise how much we are in uncharted waters, here.— uncharted waters, here. certainly. as our uncharted waters, here. certainly. as your correspondence _ uncharted waters, here. certainly. as your correspondence side, - uncharted waters, here. certainly. | as your correspondence side, there has been no precedent for a reigning pope to preside over the burial of his predecessor. it also, when you look back at the figure of pope benedict xvi when he was raining, he was the first pope in 600 years to resign. and that is always going to go down in history. that is probably the single event that marks his papacy. the single event that marks his -a -a . ~ the single event that marks his .aa. _ .

that is at saint peter's square and saint peter's basilica where people are paying tribute because theyeath of the former pope, benedict xvi. he has died today at the age of 95 so that is the scene at saint peter's square where people are gathering. more on this later here on the bbc news. hello. with flooding still an issue in some parts of the country and more rain expected at times through today, if you are on the move be prepared — there could be some further disruption around. allow a bit of extra time for yourjourneys and keep up to date on latest travel news. your bbc local radio station is there for you on bbc sounds. some of the wettest conditions through this afternoon though will be across england and wales, particularly south west england and south west wales, that pushing from west to east. a little bit drier for northern england, brighter for northern ireland and parts of southern eastern scotland, but a chilly day here, also in northern scotland where there'll be some further snow flurries, barely above freezing, whereas we could had an incredibly mild 15 degrees across s

lie in state from monday in saint peter's basilica. pope benedict led the catholic church for less than eight years until, in 2013, he became the first pope in 600 years to resign. this is the scene live in vatican city, where the former pope lived since 2013. good morning. the vatican has announced the death of pope benedict xvi at the age of 95. his health had been worsening in recent weeks. benedict served as head of the roman catholic church for eight years until 2013, when he became the first pope in 600 years to announce his retirement. he was german by birth, and was known for his conservative theological outlook. vatican spokesman, matteo bruni, said in a statement... bells tolling this was the moment of the confirmation of his death in rome, you can hear the bells ringing in st peter's square in vatican city. the vatican says pope benedict's body will lie in state from monday in st peter's basilica. let's go straight to our europe correspondent, bethany bell. we can see some crowd behind you, how have people reacted to the new

ah ah ah this is dw news live from berlin farewell to the former pope with the bells ring at saint peter's basilica, marking the death of the former pontiff benedict. the 16th tribute to the 95 year old began to flood in from around the world. will take you lived, the vatican ah unexpired. welcome to the program. former pope benedict has died at the age of 95, a spokesman for the holy see said benedict passed away at his home inside the vatican. for centuries, the tolling of the bells and saint peter square has been the signal that a pope has died, and it makes health had been declining in recent days. in a statement, the vatican spokesman confirmed the former pontiff. steph, i am here with sad news this morning. which is a sad news we anticipated with the holy c press office bulletin, the spawning that was sorrow. we inform you that the pope merritt was phonetic 60 passed away to day this morning at 934 in the matter ecclesial monastery. in the vatican dw special correspondent abraham was at the vatican force. i asked her to tell us about the mood there. so we signed the hours directly af

have him sung to peter. got a man to stare this church this ship of peter to proclaim the gospel for this a strength of body and spirit are necessary. you must drink that has diminished in me in recent months to such an extent in that i must recognize my inability to continues to carry out properly the ministry and trusted to me. denise prevail, surprise and dismay. in more than 600 years, no, pope had resigned his own volition. there was plenty of sympathy though on sunday, the thousands of people came to benedict last audiences. poke benedict, left office on february the 28th 2013 a few weeks later and there was an image for the history books to pope's standing side by side. the ameritas benedict promised obedience to his successor type frances. in the years that followed. benedict rarely showed himself in public but at the beginning of 2022, the report of the new inquiry into the abuse scandal in germany was published it incriminated benedict, the 16th during his time is archbishop. he has said to have ac

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you can be displayed in st. peter's specially kind june for 3 days . followed by his funeral on kirsty d. w. special correspondent abraham has been fallen reactions in the vatican in rome for us. i asked her a short time ago what we can expect in the next few days. there was a bit of confusing confusion as soon as the announcement was made. the announcement of former pope benedict's death was this is really an, an kind of almost unprecedented situation. cruel that you have 2 hopes living at the same time. of course the protocol for what happens when a sitting pub dies is quite established and well known. but for a former pope who after retirement chose to stay in the vatican, there were a lot of question marks in speculation, but we do know now that on monday the pope benedict's body will be lying in state for mourners to come and pay their last respects the funeral will happen on thursday and we know from the vatican that his wish it was that this would be it that his printer would be a humble, simple funeral. and he described himself as a humble and

this church this ship of peter proclaimed the gospel. a strength of body and spirit, unnecessary strength has diminished in me. in recent months to such an extent that i must recognize my inability to continue to carry out properly the ministry and trusted to me. the new perfect surprise and dismay in more than 600 years, no pope had resigned his own volition. there was plenty of sympathy though sunday the thousands of people came to benedict, laughed audiences, po benedict, left office on february the 28th 2013 a few weeks later and there was an image for the history books to pope's standing side by side. the ameritas benedict promised obedience to his successor type frances. in the years that followed, benedict rarely showed himself in public but at the beginning of 2022, the report of the new inquiry into the abuse scandal in germany was published. it incriminated benedict, the 16th during his time is archbishop. he has said to have accepted a priest. although it was known that the man had abused children on multiple occasions. benedi

zalmayev, --pavel felgenhauer, peter zalmayev and leonid ragozin.welcome to you all, we know that kyiv has come under attack in recent days, i'll start there, presumably peter you would like to see more weapons there? peter: indeed, this is something that we have warned about at least since the 10th, the day when the first sets -- first such strikes occurred. we have heard that the air defense system may get to ukraine. it should've been done weeks if not months ago and it will take a while to train ukrainians to use it because americans did not send their own technicians or soldiers to operate. that would be direct participation in the war. but this is an encouraging sign in europe, the west has finally realized that ukraine's defeat will be its own defeat. that another millions of refugees flooding over the borders to europe will overwhelm these societies and create a significant problem for these governments. they need to do everything they can to help ukrainians defend themselves from this terror of this kind which has been rained on us for week

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for centuries, the tolling of the bells and saint peter square has been the signal that the pope has died. benedict health had been declining in recent days. in a statement, the vatican spokesman confirmed the former pontiff staff whose actress please leave it. and with me now for more on this is our religious affairs correspondent martin, gac the pope. ameritas is is dead. what do we know about what will be unfolding in the coming days to mark is passing? it's, well, we have heard that he will lean state beginning on monday, normally, tradition to it's that a sitting pope has to be buried between $5.00 and $6.00 and $7.00 days. and in this case, there are quite a few protocols that will not take place because in this is not a rainbow. it is expected that at least some part of this will echo or will be more similar to a bishop's funeral. but what we know that will be sort of an absolutely new thing. i mean, is that the pope will be the one of the stating he's his funeral rights. and beyond that, it is very likely that he will be buried in the crypt beyond. below the back end are nice

the headlines: bell chimes the bells toll in st peter's square as the vatican announces the former pope, benedict xvi, has died at the age of 95. pope benedict led the catholic church for nearly eight years until, in 2013, he became the first pope in 600 years to resign. world health officials call on beijing to share accurate covid data — as england becomes the latest country to control arrivals from china. a winter warning from nhs bosses in wales — they say health services are experiencing demand like never seen before, and urge people to do what they can to help. celebrations have begun to mark the start of 2023 — with firework displays in auckland, new zealand and at sydney harbour the former pope, benedict xvi, has died at the age of 95. the vatican says he passed away this morning at his residence there. his health had been worsening in recent weeks. benedict served as head of the roman catholic church for eight years until 2013, when he became the first pope in 600 years to announce his retirement. he was german by birth, and was known for his conservative theological outlook. t

gary peters. senator peters: thank you, chuck. it's a great day and very, very happy day. i'll start off with raphael warnock, what an amazing candidate. more importantly, what an amazing individual he is. and he was just so apparent through that campaign. as we talked about candidate quality which was absolutely critical for we to win these races you can't get a clear contrast between those two candidates than what you saw in georgia and clearly raphael's character and tenacity and to do meaningful legislation to help people in georgia, port of savannah, local military bases, insulin, he definitely deserved to win. we're just so happy for him. senator schumer: student loans. senator peters: and hitting the ground that quick, now coming back for six years, you can't manley what he'll do -- imagine what he'll do for the next six years. before i say a little bit more about the campaign, i want to take a moment to thank chuck schumer. i had an amazing opportunity to work with him on these campaigns. i first got to see chuck schumer when i was a candidate for the united states

thank you, peter. and now to the latest on the aftermath of that deadly and historic winter storm that left more than 30 people dead in buffalo, new york. the national guard is now going door to door checking on people stuck for days without power. buffalo's police commissioner said that he expects a rise in the death toll. a search and rescue efforts continue. meantime, huge pileup of snow is causing problems and dangers for first responders. >> kelli meyer was in buffalo where cleanup is in full swing. >> days after the deadly winter storm. buffalo, new york is still digging out. >> this is my first time seeing the car since friday shy davidson left her car. this gas station parking lot 5 days ago. thank you. local police helping her out with the ride home while her car gets towed away. today, the cleanup, a buffalo kicking into full gear. city crews working to get the power back up as hundreds of trucks clear the mounds of snow that coated the city. >> that's no stopping even the fire trucks respond

peter bos, release of these returns? peter bos. thank _ release of these returns?eter bos. thank you _ release of these returns? peter bos, thank you so _ release of these returns? peter bos, thank you so much - release of these returns? peter bos, thank you so much for - bos, thank you so much for joining us on that breaking story. we will have more on that story as it develops and as well as peter was saying lots for the people to look at over the tax returns that will be released over the coming days. the taliban government of afghanistan has ordered an indefinite ban on university education for women. the order was signed by the minister of higher education, further restricting women's access to formal education, three months after thousands of girls and women sat university entrance exams across the country. i've been speaking with the bbc�*s yalda hakim, who's reported extensively from afghanistan. she told me she she's not surprised that this has happened. the taliban warned me this was going to happen. and then silence for a period of time. so we knew it wa

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peter doocy with more on that part of the story. peter? >> president biden is not set to jet to st. croix for vacation until later on this evening. we're told the staff had been briefing him about the winter weather and he's keeping an eye on this meltdown with southwest airlines. the potus twitter account tweeted thousands of flights have been cancelled. our administration is making sure that they're held accountable. if you've been affected, go to the usdot's dashboard. before the situation is resolved, which may be a few more days, members of congress are already promising oversight hearings about this, which means southwest is going to have to answer to the cabinet and to congress and soon. >> we're going to investigate this. i want to see these people come up with a plan. that's the secretary's job. comes up with nothing. just don't blame the weather. >> the transportation secretary pete buttigieg said i'm tracking closely and we'll have more to say tomorrow. that would be today. i reached out to the transportation secretary's staff. i just to find out who at southwest he's spo

they are peter bowler , raymond brown, are peter bowler, raymond brown, roman luis de almeida. derek and sylvia ellis. and marston. five people are known to have died following the blast in st helier detail on that as it reaches us . well, another news today rail strikes will continue into the christmas period . members of the christmas period. members of the rmt union rejected the latest pay rmt union rejected the latest pay offer on the table. 63% of the union's members turned down deal offer by network rail of a 5% pay rise this year and then a 4% pay rise in 2023. now 248 hour strikes will go ahead and passengers are being warned to expect and cancellations tomorrow and wednesday as well as on friday and saturday, government ministers have been holding an emergency meeting in, a bid to minimise disruption. the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster oliver dowden says all strikes be called off. the single best thing that could be done to minimise those risks , done to minimise those risks, can't eliminate them altogether is for the strikes to be called off and for those unions