so now the riot police have moved on to pushkin square. e crowd all afternoon that this is an illegal meeting. it looks as if the right police intend to clear the whole square of protesters. —— do bright police. meanwhile we hear that the opposition activist and anti—corruption campaigner alexei navalny has been detained by police just up the road from here. he is the man who called people onto the streets, not only in moscow today, but across russia. well, the riot police have now cleared protesters from pushkin square. and they are lined up all the way down through the main street in the russian capital. people came out in moscow today to protest against corruption in the russian government. but this sends a message to the crowd that fighting corruption is not a priority for the russian authorities. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. let's speak to the director of the director for russia at the university of wisconsin. how significant you the these protests are? extremely. the putin administration, for the last recent period has served a

so now the riot police have moved on to pushkin square. al meeting. it looks as if the right police intend to clear the whole square of protesters. meanwhile we hear that the opposition activist and anti—corruption campaigner alexei navalny has been detained by police just up the road from here. he is the man who called people onto the streets, not only in moscow today, but across russia. well, the riot police have now cleared protesters from pushkin square. and they are lined up all the way down through the main street in the russian capital. people came out in moscow today to protest against corruption in the russian government. but this sends a message to the crowd that fighting corruption is not a priority for the russian authorities. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. was killed and 16 others injured when at least two men opened fire in a nightclub in cincinnati. they have named a victim as a 27—year—old. 27—year—old 0bryan spikes. 16 others were injured. at least two men opened fire in the club. they said hundreds of people were in th

so now the riot police have moved on to pushkin square. illegal meeting. it looks as if the riot police intend to clear the whole square of protesters. meanwhile, we hear that the opposition activist and anti—corruption campaigner alexei navalny has been detained by police just up the road from here. he is the man who called people onto the streets, not only in moscow today but across russia. the riot police have now cleared protesters from pushkin square and they aren't lined up all the way down the main street —— they are lined up. people came out in moscow to protest against corruption in the russian government. but this sends a message to the crowd that fighting corruption is not a priority for the russian authorities. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. president trump has attacked members of his own republican party over the failure to repeal obamacare. the health reforms. his latest twitter message criticises the house freedom caucus and others within the republican campaigners who are conservatives. he says obamacare says it is the

country and dozens of towns and cities, in their thousands, the biggest protest was in moscow. 0n pushkin squarewere thousands of people, that protest was broken up of people, that protest was broken up by of people, that protest was broken up by the russian riot police but i think these protests have cemented her position as unofficial leader of the russian opposition, meanwhile the russian opposition, meanwhile the kremlin today said it respected people's rights to come out and voice their opinion but it repeated its belief that some of those protests at the weekend had been unsanctioned and were therefore illegal. business leaders in lancashire talking for tough action, against campaigners doing direct action against businesses in the industry supply chain for fracking. we have the story. they call it happy monday. irony don't think it is the right way to go about things. earlier today, a very different type of protest, the environmental group reclaim the power blockaded a company that they believe supplies and materials to the lancashire fracking site. hello all of there. she climbed onto a

i was on pushkin square where there were thousands of people.was broken up by russian riot police. these protests have cemented alexei navalny‘s position as unofficial leader of the russian opposition. meanwhile the kremlin today said it respected people's right to come out and voice their opinion but that repeated its belief that some of those protests at the weekend had been unsanctioned and therefore illegal. 0lga ivshina is following the story in moscow. and alexei navalny said that, and also the range of the cities that participated. this was more than 80 cities all over russia. in most of the city is the rallies were not allowed by the government, which means that people didn't take those risks to come to streets, which is very interesting, but many young people, students and even schoolchildren were taking part in the valleys. this says that alexei navalny managed to get his message through not by traditional means of communication which are controlled by the government, but by unusual means, internet, social media. and he is spreading th

still, thousands of people packed into pushkin square, to accuse the russian government of corruptionvel of corruption is too high in russia right now, and every single citizen understands it. it's hard to live in corruption atmosphere. i have children, grandchildren, and i can't breathe in this. these people have come out to protest against government corruption, but the message which this is sending to the crowd is that fighting corruption is not a priority of the russian authorities. among those arrested, russian opposition leader alexei navalny. he says he intends to run for president next year. whether he'll be allowed to isn't clear. it was alexei navalny who had called for nationwide protests. people took to the streets in more than 100 towns and cities across russia, in many cases defying bans by the local authorities. these were some of the largest protests russia has seen for several years. president putin still enjoys strong support, but he can't take that for granted. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. the us state department said it was troubled by the detention of hundre

still, thousands of people packed into pushkin square, to accuse the russian government of corruptionlevel of corruption is too high in russia right now, and every single citizen understands it. it's hard to live in corruption atmosphere. i have children, grandchildren, and i can't breathe in this. these people have come out to protest against government corruption, but the message which this is sending to the crowd is that fighting corruption is not a priority of the russian authorities. among those arrested, russian opposition leader alexei navalny. he says he intends to run for president next year. whether he will be allowed to isn't clear. it was alexei navalny who had called for today's nationwide protests. people took to the streets in more than 100 towns and cities across russia, in many cases defying bans by the local authorities. these were some of the largest protests russia has seen for several years. president putin still enjoys strong support, but he can't take that for granted. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. our other top story: the british home secretary amber rudd

still, thousands of people packed into pushkin square to excuse the russian government of corruption.on: the level of corruption is too high and russia at the moment. i think every citizen understands it. translation: it is hard to live in corruption atmosphere. i had children, grandchildren, and i can't breathe in this. these people have come out to protest against government corruption, but the message which this is sending to the cloud is that fighting corruption is not a priority of the russian authorities. among those arrested, russian opposition leader alexey vivaldi. he plans to run for president next year. whether he will be allowed to is unclear. —— alexei navalny. people took to the streets in hundreds of cities are russia, defying bands. these were some of the largest protests russia has seen for several years. vladimir putin still enjoys strong support, but he cannot take for granted. our other top story: the british home secretary, amber rudd, has demanded access to encrypted messaging services in terrorism cases. her comments to the bbc come after it emerged that moments

so now the white police have moved on to pushkin square, the police have been telling the crowd all afternoonto clear the whole square. we are told that the man who called people onto the street in monks go today and across russia has been detained. —— not only on the street in moscow today. the bright police have now cleared protesters from the square and they are lined up all the way down to the main street here in the russian capital. people came out in moscow today to protest against corruption in the russian government, but this sends a message to the crowd, that is fighting corruption is not a priority for the russian authorities. the first dinosaurs may have originated in the northern hemisphere— and could even have lived in the area that's now britain. that's just one of the findings in a new study published in thejournal nature, which suggests that theories about dinosaurs that have been around for over a hundred years could actually be wrong. 0ur science correspondent pallab ghosh has more. fossilised bones that capture a time that dinosaurs ruled the earth, more than 65 million yea

that was on pushkin square, where there were thousands of people.y said it respected people's rights to voice her opinion but it said that it believed that some of them had been unsanctioned and therefore illegal. a deadline forforming a new power—sharing government in northern ireland has passed without agreement. the two biggest parties in the devolved government, the democratic unionists and sinn fein, blamed each other for the failure of three weeks of negotiations. more time's been set aside to help reach an agreement — if not, it could lead to a return of direct rule from london. a 100—kilogram gold coin has been stolen from a museum in berlin. the coin, which is 53 centimetres wide and three centimetres thick, features a portrait of queen elizabeth ii. the coin, called the "big maple leaf" and made in canada in 2007, is said to have a face value of at least a million dollars. but by weight alone, it's worth more than four times that. i want to talk, just before we finish, only word is question is leading and it is not to a glamorous golf reso

i was on pushkin square where there were thousands of people.s position as unofficial leader of the russian opposition. meanwhile, the kremlin today said it respected people's rights to come out and voice their opinion, but repeated its belief that some of those protests at the weekend had been unsanctioned, and were therefore illegal. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. with me is oksana antonenko from the lse centre of global affairs. thanks forjoining us. picking up on steve rosenberg's final point there, this jail sentence for mr navalny, does it cement his position as, perhaps, the leader of russia's opposition? the russian opposition remains quite fragmented. if there is one issue on which they can ee, is one issue on which they can agree, it is the fight against corruption. that is something that is extremely important. but there area is extremely important. but there are a lot of disagreements over the key challenges facing russia today, for example on the direction of economic reform, on the rise of nationalists, on the relationship with