that is putin's plan. it is very simple. putin is a petrotyrant. he's a tyrant. he's a bully. he is a he a k.g.b. thug, and all of his aggression is funded by selling oil and gas. together, republicans and democrats in congress had taken billions out of putin's pockets. and sadly, joe biden and kamala harris decided the world would be a better place if instead putin had billions more -- not just this year or next year but for decades to come. when putin is dead and buried and the next dictator is ruling over russia, that next dictator will be reaping the benefits of this pipeline. indeed, as a result of joe biden's decision, many are referring to this pipeline as the biden-putin pipeline. for a very simple reason -- it is putin that is building it. it is putining that profiting by it t and the only reason putin is allowed to do so is because president joe biden has given him a multibillion-dollar gift that strengthens russia and it weakens europe. it makes europe subject to energy blackmail. putin has demonstrated a willingness and indeed a history of using energy blackmail, o

to vote out united russia and thereby vote out putin. so they end with this plea, and this one comes with a real kicker for us, us americans watching here from home. they say, quote, it just needs to be stopped. russian in the 21st century cannot be governed by such people. we are better than that. we deserve more and we are ready to fight for it. we will continue to tell you stories that are often scary to tell, but absolutely necessary. others will continue to engage in politics despite being intimidated, imprisoned and killed. still others, no less brave, will take to the streets for our freedom. be sure to come to the polls this weekend and vote against united russia, against putin's party of crooks and thieves. the only effective way to kick these scoundrels out is smart voting. that is a consolidated vote for one specific candidate who has the most chance to defeat united russian. we have published the names of the smart vote can't for all 225 con stit jensies in the election. look for them on our smart voting website. if the site

just like putin does. addition to his official wife he retains i guess for political purposes, there is, according to navalny's organization, a whole secret second wife who nobody is supposed to know about. who travels with him on all of his official business. she and her family, also, have been the recipients of lots of money unexplained wealth. as does the foreign minister himself. the group said that they discovered that the foreign minister appears to have basically lived this very high flying, total luxury life that he has of massive yachts and huge private planes at his disposal for him and his family anytime they want them. mentions all over the world. in italy, and london, in montenegro. they report he appears to be living this life with his secret second family. essentially as a permanent guest of one particular russian all the guard. all the navalny group organizations -- like all the navalny grip investigations, they put this investigation together in a way that is memorable. very witty, very vi

so would you say that vladimir putin _ people. so would you say that vladimir putin and _ people.that vladimir putin and his - people. so would you say that vladimir putin and his party i vladimir putin and his party politicians are having to respond to the needs of the people in some way? absolutely, i mean the interesting thing is we know that the kremlin polls all the time, it is very concerned about whatest people are think, not because of any particularly positive reason but because it wants to avert the kind of open basically rebellion that we have seen in neighbouring belarus, so, you know, whether it is in terms of the fact it is stepped up its repressive attempts to crackdown on the opposition, or whether it is going to be because it has to offer different sweeter ins to different elements, one way or the other, because the kremlin doesn't want to have to rule purely by an iron fist, it does still from the to look at what the russian people want. it’s a what the russian people want. it's a stranue what the russian people want. it's a strange shadow— what the russian peopl

putin himself may not know whether he will run. much will depend on the conditions under which the elections take place but given the incredible political control that putin has achieved, it's hard to see any opposition candidate having a serious chance against him in 2024, if current trends continue. julia: thank you so much for your time on "france 24". it's time now for a look at the top business news and joining me now is brian quinn. as the latest defense pact between the u.s., u.k. and australia raises tensions between the u.s., the west and china, beijing is responding with a move to strengthen its trade position. brian: china has submitted its application to join the comprehensive and aggressive agreement for trans-pacific partnership, a free trade agreement that covers 11 nations including australia, 13% of g.d.p. it was intended as a bulwark against beijing's growing economic power but china is looking to turn the tables. reporter: china hopes that by joining this key trade pact, it will ramp up its influence in global tr

to unseat putin. ,., , ., , ., putin.putin. this opposition is not auoin to putin. this opposition is not going to go _ putin. this opposition is not going to go away. _ putin. this opposition is not going to go away. the - putin. this opposition is not i going to go away. the regime putin. this opposition is not - going to go away. the regime is dialling up the repression. a lot of opposition figures emigrating to the west. in the regime is going to dial up the repression. in an election, it's important how we count. this tradition has continued into the 21st century from the soviet union to the russian federation. and people are increasingly not going to believe the results of those elections. i think we are in front of approach active period of stagnation. what the opposition was trying to do in the selection, and alexei navalny was imprisoned with his organisation, this tactical smart voting. this single candidate is not the united russia candidate. they deployed it and it was successful in the past. you calibrate wha

there is one winner on the biden-putin pipeline, and that is vladimir putin. that is russia. that is the russian army. everybody else is a loser. so i would say to the biden white house, they have an easy gift. reverse course. by the way, the biden state department, secretary blinken, fought to impose these sanctions. and political operatives in the biden white house overruled the secretary of state. secretary blinken, you have a fabulous opportunity -- the secretary of state is unhappy that i have holds on nominees to the department of state. the presiding officer is unhappy, as he sends repeated tweets expressing his dismay that i'm using the leverage of a senator to try to stop this pipeline. well, i have good news. the german electorate has given you an answer to this problem. the biden white house has an easy excuse. the german government is change. so their only benefit, make the german government happy, has disappeared. if all they care about is making the german government happy, if they don't care about the rest of europe, if they don't care about ukraine, if they do

he slobbered all over vladimir putin.that he believed putin's descriptions of election interference over our own intelligence community's descriptions. and look, all the while, putin was developing hypersonic weapons. he was imprisoning opposition figures. he was poisoning potential spies who had helped the west. and what did the trump administration do? they slow rolled sanctions against the kremlin, so all the while, putin was having his way with trump and i think there were real consequences, nicole. it wasn't just about the u.s. and the trump administration. it was about democracy itself, and putin's vision, his vision to undermine democracy was achieved between 2016 and 2020 in ways that i think only historians will help us understand in hindsight. >> well, i hear you, but i mean, before the historians sort of get that full picture down, the current president has to deal with the damage tt was done, and i wonder if you can just say a little more, jeremy, about how -- and it's not just an asymmetry. i mean, putin woul

putin stopped building the nord stream 2 pipeline. the very day that the cruz-shaheen bipartisan sanctions were signed into law. not the next day, not the next week. that day we stopped the pipeline in its tracks. but, mr. president, it was not only stopped for one day. it was stopped for more than a year. for december of 19, for january, february, march, every month in 2020, the pipeline lay dormant. it was a piece of metal at the bottom of the ocean. so the claim that we cannot stop this pipeline is flat out false because we did. and by the way, when the senator from oregon said the trump administration couldn't stop this pipeline, that again is just incorrect. when the president signed the legislation, the pipeline was stopped that day. it remained stopped for over a year. and when did putin return to building this pipeline? the date is important. putin returned to building the nord stream 2 pipeline on january 24, 2021. four days after joe biden was sworn into office. and he did so because joe biden and his team had already convey

and what he once said to vladimir putin.tephanie grisham is best known as president trump's press secretary that never held a press briefing. now, she is breaking a silence in her new book, "i'll take your questions now." "the new york times" and "washington post," obtaininges conversation between trump and vladimir putin in 2019. she says trump told putin, quote, okay, i'm going to act a little tougher with you for a few minutes. but it's all for the cameras. after they leave, we'll talk. you understand? >> what about the ukrainian -- >> don't meddle in ukraine. >> reporter: once the press left, grisham explains that putin brought in a translator that was attractive to distract trump. and trump became obsessed with a young female press aide, invi inviting her into his cabin. the book sheds light on trump's mysterious trip to walter reed medical center in 2019. qui writing, it was a common procedure, where a patient is put under. but she says trump skipped the anesthesia because he didn't want to relinquish his presidential

accounts. >> but the west hasn't agreed to target putin's riches.eventing the result of a preordained election. for the pbs newshour, i'm nick schifrin. amna: u.s. southern border crossings are at record highs. a rally to back insurrectionists is about to take place in our nations capitol. and there are new questions about america's place in the world. there's a lot to unpack. luckily, we're joined by brooks and capehart to do just that. that's new york times columnist david brooks and jonathan capehart, columnist for the washington post. good to see you both. jonathan, let's start with you. i want to talk about immigration. we have a reporter on the ground there in del rio where there is any reason to focus attention at the border where there have been challenges for years. i just want to look at biden's approval on immigration. if you look at some of the latest poll numbers we have not surprisingly there is a huge divide between democrats and ly 10% of republicans back howt the president is handling immigration. is this the kind of issue, because

even president putin himself voted from his office. but what preceded today?s of unprecedented crackdown. the authoritarian state targeted dissent, banned protests, and labeled the chief opposition party, led by alexei navalny, the "equivalent of al qaeda." to evade government censorship, navalny's campaign created an app that endorsed independent candidates. but today, apple and google removed the app from their russian stores. the kremlin had pressured the companies and labeled the app“ extremist,” as the leader of the pro-kremlin liberal democratic party said today: >> diktat. extremism. >> ( translated ): it's dictatorship and extremism. they don't have a right to interfere. it's a manipulation. you violate the democracy, you should be arrested. >> we've been very disappointed. and indeed, i have to admit that it's quite a blow to-- to our campaign. >> schifrin: leonid volkov is navalny's chief of staff, and a mainstay of his online campaigns. we first met him on the campaign trail in 2017, when navalny was running for president. >> what happened today is

putting the user first, putin, the user first. since its formation, google has used the motto to make information universally accessible and useful. one meme image being circulated, again, inside google among its own employees displayed a map of the world where the russian voting map was allowed. every country was marked universally accessible except for russia where the information read "useful." today alexei navalny reported from prison, if something surprised me in the latest elections, it was not how putin forged the results but how obediently the almighty big tech turned into his accomplices. the giants, apple and google, have complied with the kremlin's demands and removed our app from their stores. my beloved youtube has deleted our video. the very intentioned organizd people who did that is, criminal. turning it into an instrument for seizure of power. joining us now is reporter mark bergen who has been covering this story for bloomberg and helped bring out the story over google's own disquiet in the matter. i appreciate y

putin the user first.t. since its formation, google has used the motto to make information universally accessible and useful. one name image being circulated by employees despite a map of the world where the russian voting app was allowed. every country was marked, universally accessible, except for russia, where the image just read, useful. today alexei navalny himself weighed in, tweeting from prison, quote, something surprised me in the last elections. it was not how putin forge the results but how obediently the almighty big tech turned into his accomplices. the giants apple and google of complied, removing the app. my beloved youtube has deleted the video. these programs, which putin calls extremist, only contained information about opposition candidates and their constituencies. the information put competitive pressure and was declared criminal. this means it recognize the right of an authoritarian thief to subjugate the internet, turning it into an instrument for seizure of power. joining us now is

president trump was a super fan of vladimir putin's.aimed, that he was so tough on vladimir putin, beforehand he whispered to vladimir putin, i'm faking it right now. >> you know, i feel like there's not much in this book that we didn't know about. it's just reminding us of all the dysfunction we already knew about and saw in front of us. i am troubled by the book, the nature of the book in general. >> why is that? >> and all of these people who, all of a sudden, resigned in protest on january 6th after she witnessed all these things, after she witnessed him c cowtailing to putin. it's a little late. and the title of the book is incredibly cynical. >> "i'll take your questions now." >> after she didn't take any questions the entire time she was press secretary. it is cynical and emphasizing she didn't take questions as a press secretary. now that you're going to buy my book and you're going to pay me, now maybe i will answer your questions and spill all the tea. well, girlfriend, it's a day late and a dollar short. >> i'm glad you point

evidence of fraud in russia's elections, as president putin's party heads for a majority in parliamenta major volcanic eruption on la palma in spain's canary islands for the first time in 50 years forces villagers from their homes. the noise coming from the volcano, it sounds like 20 fighterjets taking off and it is extremely loud. canadians prepare to vote in monday's parliamentary elections — with polls pointing to a very tight race. and rolling out the red carpet in la as televisions biggest stars arrive for the emmy awards. the results are coming in after russia's three—day elections, with president putin's united russia emerging as clearly the largest party in parliament. the central election commission says with 25 percent of the ballots counted, united russia hasjust over 44 percent of the vote. it's still quite early in the process but that's down from more than 54% at the last elections in 2016. few critics of the kremlin were allowed to run — with supporters ofjailed opposition leader alexei navalny among those affected. this report from our moscow correspondent steve rosenbe

vladimir putin has publicly expressed support for the project several times. >> vladimir putin lives a healthy lifestyle because he wants pressure to be healthy and strong too. -- russia to be healthy and strong too. he is running for the regional parliament for the first time. >> there are people who say ings can't be but we have to remind people how things could be without united russia. terrorist incidents happen almost every single day. you might leave your house to go to work and there could be an explosion right next door. >> stability is a central issue in one of russia's poorest regions. not long ago, the muslim majority was considered a dangerous place. separatists fought a war here and in neighboring chechnya. there were fears about the increasing radicalization of young muslims. in past duma elections, united russia considered more than 80% of the votes in dagestan. >> for 15 yrs, we have seen the same thing on tv. the same faces, nothing has changed. the roads were broken. the quality of living is poor, education is back. >> no one votes here. everyone just stays at home.

once the press left, grisham claims putin brought in a translator described as attractive in order to distract trump. trump became obsessed with a press aide, repeatedly inviting her into his cabin and instructing grisham to, quote, keep her happy. the book also sheds light on the mysterious trip to walter reed medical center, suggesting he was undergoing a colonoscopy. writing, quote, it was a very common procedure during which a patient is put under. but she said trump skipped the anesthesia, because he didn't want to temporarily relinquish presidential powers to vice president pence. in a statement, trump called the book another pitiful attempt to sell lies about the trump family. >>> saying he hoped to empower the next generation of leaders, former president obama helped break ground on his presidential center. the half billion dollar complex will sit on chicago's south side near where he and the former first lady met. >>> coming up, why the cost of your daily cup of coffee is about to heat up. >> and we're making national coffee day by taking the plunge into the world of latte ar

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the failure of vladimir putin to retain his dominance over russian politics. they still remain the largest most individually the most popular party they had about 27 percent support behind them, the communists, another an a nationalist party of a still their position groups hoping they will, that support is to come out and vote as late as possible. today, i want to vote as late as possible today because they say the later you vote, the less chance there is of the ballot being interfered with. now we will get an indication perhaps by the polls close this evening prompts by later tonight we'll get an indication with exit polls. how it looks, with a clearer picture, evolving by monday we were just talking about the fact also that many of the critics of president putin and the united russia party and the government have been been tracked down on. they've been locked up, they're unable to take part in, including of course, alexi, nevada, who is spend time in jail. how are russians, do you think, viewing this election? is there any sense that all that they're going

the putin moment she describes in the book, it wasn't like president trump was tough with vladimir putin. i was at the summit. he mockingly waved his finger and said, "don't interfere in our elections." it was clearly a joke. that came across as tough. behind the scenes, we know he was even friendlier to his russian counterpart. i also wanted to share one other detail from the book that i found extraordinary. she writes that there is a trump aide in the white house who was designated as the music man, to play him his favorite show tunes, including "memory" from "cats." they'd play the songs when the president was in a bit of a rage. the music was meant to calm him down. >> wow. the "cat" sodtrack to soothe the president of the united states. jim vandehei, yesterday, there was a specificllegation of sexual harassment made by stephanie grisham to the president about another member of the press team working around the president. what do you make of this book, and what do you make of stephanie grisham, the person writing it? >> i mean, i don't know that there's anything that we learned from

and we also heard from president vladimir putin. he gave his comment on, on this situation, he called it an enormous calamity for the entire country because you may have but it's still condolences cannot drown out the upset of our loss. this is a huge disaster for the entire country, but you law enforces, we'll do the best to investigate this terrible crime and find out the reasons for what has happened. both parties will take all necessary measures to help the families of the victims and those injured because what it was, you'd expect the response that coming from the top very soon on. but of course, president putin spoken about this kind of thing before, cuz it's not the 1st time this has happened in russia. suddenly it was going to big headlines. it is rare, but he's spoken about it before and they yeah, absolutely. i mean, i'm sure a lot of people, especially in russia, are watching the tv right now. thinking about probably the last mass shooting that took place to the took place just this year actually in may in the russian cit

putin, the user first.the user first. since its formation, google has used the motto to make information universally successful and useful. one meme image being circulated inside google among its own employees displayed a map of the world where the russian voting app was allowed. every country was marked universally accessible except for russia, where the image just read "useful." today alexey navalny himself weighed in, tweeting from prison, quote, something surprised me in the last elections, it was not how putin forged the result, but how obediently the big tech turned into his accomplices. they complied and removed our aceh from their stores. my beloved google has delete our video. these videos which putin calls extremists only contained information about your candidates in your constituency. in order to put competitive pressure on the ruling party was declared criminal. and big tech agreed with this. this means it recognized the right of an authoritarian thief to subjugate the internet, turning it into

we always hear about putin's approval ratings.ratings wouldn't go to this length to subjugate his opposition. we will be watching, not just for a close election because it is so vastly intimidated and rigged, the circumstances, but can russians send a message there are still people there who believe in democracy and i think there are. >> thank you so much for spending time with us. we will come back to you on monday to see what happens. coming up for us, the $1.7 million bill we the people are paying for the trump family's luxury habits, even though trump is no longer the country's president. that's next. country's president. that's next. ♪ ♪ every day can be extraordinary with rich, creamy, delicious fage total yogurt. how did we come up with the idea to combine our famous extr mac and cheeserich, with our iconic grilled cheese? by saying yes. yes to new inventions! yes to clean and fresh ingredients! and yes to living life to the flavor-fullest. panera. live your yes. order on our app. if you have this... consider adding this. a

she said putin also coughed a lot trying to rile up his germ phobia.ras standing next to him, ensuring the russian president it was all for show. as for the mysterious visit to walter reed, a colonoscopy for which the president needed anesthesia. he didn't want to give up power to mike pence while he was under. >> trump harassed women on the staff, she claims. she claims he requested a young female staffer be brought to his cab oeupb air force one so he could look at her from behind. and she claims trump once asked a staffer's boyfriend if she was good in bed. >> and assuring his equipment was normal as stormy daniels described it as a character in super mario brothers and describes his temper as terr terrifying but one staffer had a trick to calm him down. ♪ so a white house staffer nicknamed the music man played that song from "cats" to soothe the president of the united states. to me, of all the alarming revelations in the book, to me that is the most disturbing. i feel as if the '80s will never recover from "cats." it is an abom nation. if that was

stories: stuffed ballots, covered up cameras — evidence of fraud in russia's elections as president putin'sty heads for a majority in parliament. a major volcanic eruption on la palma in spain's canary islands for the first time in 50 years forces villagers from their homes. the noise coming from the volcano, it sounds like, i don't know, 20 fighterjets taking off right now and it's extremely loud. hundreds of migrants stuck on the us mexico border are flown back home to haiti. and the red carpet treatment for netflix series the crown as it scoops big accolades at the emmy awards in la. the ruling party in russia that supports president putin has claimed victory in the controversial parliamentary elections just hours after the polls closed. a state television broadcast showed a senior official of the united russia party, andrei turchak, congratulating a crowd of supporters in moscow on what he described as a clean and honest victory. the central election commission says with 25 percent of the ballots counted, united russia hasjust over 44 percent of the vote. few critics of the kremlin were

putin's government has been cracking down on websites linked to navalny.em if i wasn't removed. >>> thank you for joining us. don't forget you can watch "out front" anywhere on cnn go. anderson starts now. >>> good evening, it is safe to say that no one tonight in the biden administration is saying thank god it's friday. for them it's been a brutal friday. in the space of just a few hours late today, the white house got unwelcome news on covid boosters and saw the secretary of defense admit that a drone strike in afghanistan, which was supposed to have targeted an isis-k terrorist actually killed an afghan aide worker, two adults and seven children, and were, in his words, a horrible mistake. on top of that, they find themselves in a diplomatic war with america's oldest ally,

vladimir putin has hosted his ally, the syrian president, bashar al-assad in that for the first time in six years. they discussed how syrian forces backed by russia will gain control of the last rebel held areas. putin intervened in 2015 and criticized foreign powers who continue to back the opposition. >> the main problem, in my view, is foreign military forces, without the permission of the u.n. and without sanctioning present on some territories of the country which contradicts international law. that does not give you an opportunity to use maximum efforts for the consolidation of the country and move on the path of its restoration as fast as you could've the whole territory of the country was controlled by the legal government. reporter: taking into account the fact that international terrorism recognizes no borders and spreads like an infection around the world, i can say our armies made a huge contribution to protect the world from this evil. lauren: syria is essentially unfit for humans. 10 years after the war began, the situation is getting worse according to a new report. th

a big win for the party that supports vladimir putin.llegations of election rigging and the fact that the real opposition in this country have not been permitted to stand at all. russians have been casting their votes, but the critics this is democracy at its worst. accusing the kremlin of blatant election fraud, some actually caught on official cameras. watch the woman in black on the right. awkwardly trying to shield the ballot box as a hand appears from behind the russian flag. you can see it repeatedly stuffing papers inside. election officials say they have a nulled these folks. but critics say thousands of violations, including ballot box stuffing and forced voting, are being ignored. in total, 12 cases of ballot stuffing in the whole country in just eight districts, the chief election commissioner brags on state media. this is not hype like some misinformation sources, she adds. from self-imposed covid-19 quarantine near moscow, the russian president is schoeneweising a controversial online voting system which lows even more oppor

the press covers at the end of the summer with vladimir putin. it kind of derailed my day frankly i didn't get all my processing done because there was a crisis management and the kind of dispelled some more thoughts about the fact that i could navigate this and contribute to national security with may be minimal hand grenades and minimal craziness. i thought all right hope that would be the case. my first day quickly dispel that notion. >> the magic of that moment was huge, just dissipate pretty quickly it seems like. so your job at the nse for context for folks was overseeing security policy related to russia and eastern europe. you get in that day and as day one, the helsinki press conference happening. you write in the book summit advisory coming into the most dangerous and challenging environment you've ever been in, including fallujah. i i mean, i guess my biggest question is like, why did you do it? aren't you thinking to yourself, i don't know if this is the right for me to put myself in a situation where i'm charge of security policy in

vladimir putin's presenting this as just another working visit. ..dimir putin's presidency. there've been highs — like the world cup — but i've also charted the slow erosion of freedoms here. the crackdown on dissent. a year ago, the government put me on short—term visas. sarah rainsford... then i became the news, as state television announced i had to leave. after tense negotiations, i had been allowed to enter russia... they let me in — for now. ..but only to pack. i was then told my visa wouldn't be renewed — supposedly what happened to a russian reporter in london, but that was two years ago. when i was called in here, to the foreign ministry, they kept insisting that my expulsion was nothing personal — they talked about it as a reciprocal move — but they refused to even engage with the fact that i've been labelled "a national security threat". they said that was just a "technical moment". but, at a time when russia is increasingly seeing enemies all all around, it really feels like i've now enemies all around, it really feels like i've now been

maryam: opponents of vladimir putin have accused russian authorities of mass fraud, after the ruling retaining its super majority in parliament, further consolidating his hold on power. with votes. counted, united russia won nearly 50% of the vote, higher than exit polls predicted, but slightly down on the 54% it won five years ago united. russia expects to win more than 300 of the 450 seats. in parliament its nearest rival, the communist party, won 19% of the vote. . most of the opposition was barred from running. a report from the russian capital of moscow. reporter: as results came in along 11 time zones, it became clear that russia's republics, territories and regions had delivered the victory vladimir putin expected. pro-kremlin united russia party has kept its two-thirds majority in parliament, allowing it to change the constitution. the turnout was more than 51%, much more than the 47% at the previous election. it shows that people take seriously the formation of the highest representative agency of state power, the state duma. reporter: but the three-day vote was plagued with

only putin office support. but at the price of greater integration, $28.00 programs have just been approved that will form common energy and financial markets in the 2 countries. luca shameka is keen distress. he's not selling his people out to save his skin in other. don't russell with old phrases and words that we are trying to take someone over or to unite despite the will of our people? not if we need to close a military, political, economic integration, we will do it immediately. as soon as we feel the demands of our people in bella roofs and russia, and there was, but the disparity in size between russia and better research economies suggest as an obvious, junior partner location would still keep, you know, quite significant autonomy domestically. she would, you know, he would still be politically charged in dollars in charge in dollars. and she would still keep, you know, control over the key sectors of valerie city economy. so she would still have localize autonomy. but overall, it's pretty much on russ

early russian election results show president putin's party set to retain a parliamentary majority — there were widespread reports of irregularities. a volcano erupts spectacularly on la palma in spain's canary islands — spewing out lava, ash and smoke — and forcing the evacuation of local villages. canadians prepare to vote in monday's parliamentary elections — with polls pointing to a very tight race. also in the programme — philippine boxing champion turned politician — manny pacquiao — confirms he will run for president next year. and the first civilian space crew to orbit the earth returns safely after their three—day mission. it's seven in the morning in singapore, and two am in moscow, where initial results from russia's marathon three—day elections show president putin's party on course to retain its parliamentary majority. the central election commission says with 25 percent of the ballots counted, united russia hasjust over 44 percent of the vote. that's down from more than 54% at the last elections in 2016. few critics of the kremlin were allowed to run — with supporters o

evidence of fraud as polls close in russia's elections, with president putin taking an early lead. volcano erupts spectacularly on la palma in spain's canary islands — spewing out lava, ash and smoke, and forcing the evacuation of local villages. canadians prepare to vote in monday's parliamentary elections with polls pointing to a very tight race. also in the programme. philippine boxing champion turned politician, manny pacquiao, confirms he will run for president next year. and rolling out the red carpet in la as television's biggest stars arrive for the emmy awards. it's 8am in singapore, and 3am in moscow, where initial results from russia's marathon three—day elections show president putin's party on course to retain its parliamentary majority. the central election commission says with 33 percent of the ballots counted, united russia hasjust over 45 percent of the vote. that's down from more than 54% at the last elections in 2016. few critics of the kremlin were allowed to run — with supporters ofjailed opposition leader alexei navalny among those affected, but the bbc�*s see

however, many candidates who are opposed to president vladimir putin have been excluded from the ballot. a schedule of corresponding ben smith who is live for us in moscow inside a polling station. and what is the criminal hoping for from these elections? its hoping that at least united russia will keep it super majority impala most allows the party to change the constitution on challenged. but it's threatened because of the unpopularity of united russia, while vladimir putin, himself remains, can, can, has reasonably robust support popularity about sort of around 60 percent or so. united russia down to around 27 percent. and the fears are the rushes voters will take out their frustrations with the poor economy, with corruption, with strong, with struggling, crumbling infrastructure to take out those frustrations on united russia. real incomes also down here, 11 percent. so all those frustrations might be lumped on united russia. the kremlin will hope that if united russia, supporters will come out in large numbers to vote, and the opposition with voter apathy will stay at home. this pu

is actually a member of president putin's party, the other men reportedly changed their names and their hair styles to look like the original normal, the pretty school orange. so we can look up. this is a political scam, helps not only political because there is a direct deception and it is obvious that they are participating in the elections. not so when with the sol object to hinder a competitor, when you mostly, ah, the top stories now on al jazeera, the leader of the resistance movement, and if ghana stands punch, your valley is calling for a national enterprise reprising. after the taliban said now controls the last province opposing its rule. battles raged for days in the mountainous region north of cobble. the area is known for successfully resisting both soviet forces and the taliban. cha, stratford has worn out from capital. there has been a huge concern for the 152200000 civilians. in the pon, she valley tony bon spokesperson, which i had earlier saying that they hadn't been a single civilian casualty. and he called on all danny's to to respect punch punch series, as they call

and putin are expected to discuss the conflicts in syria and libya, as well as the possible purchase of a 2nd batch of russian air defense miss l systems. it is 1st face to face meeting in 18 months. let's big now will said our who's in stumble as a 1st time president, putin and edwin have met since the pandemic started tell us more about what's anticipated. well, it's just happening in an interesting time regarding turkey's relations with washington. just a week ago, prison, there was one was in new york for the united nation general, ask them, lee. and they, the turkish tar sides, requested a one on one meeting with president by then, and by the team refers to grant the meeting to prison at one disappointed and angry by the refusal he, on his way back to turkey, told to the journalist and said that he has managed to work well with the previous present, but not with, by the so far. and that the did the he and by the could not the bridge the differences in a meeting in new york. so just 24 hours after that up there. if prayers in a stumble, he went on, criticize in the us present and

. >> so you know vladimir putin. he pay? >> the price he's going to say -- well, you'll see shortly. >> putin was not happy. >> no. stunning we were able to get details of what happened in -- i think it was april, so just several months ago between putin and biden. and putin starts out, i'm not happy you called me a killer and biden gets very defensive and said, in your interview well it was on another subject and my answer was not premeditated. well, of course, it's an open interview. you can ask any question, and you see we were able to work through what's the biden/putin relationship, which is critical to the united states. >> it clearly is. we only have a few seconds left. final words of the book, peril remains. what is the peril? >> president trump's conduct alarmed everyone -- nearly everyone in his inner circle, his administration. he could very well run for president in 2024, and this system, the american system tested all the way to the brink could be tested again. >> and you guys have done it again. "peril"

on a topic called the role of putin shuns in the contemporary struggle for freedom. this is king, right? completely missing from the narrative. we see leaders in the democratic party making statements like if you get a view taken engaged into your candidates campaign then you find a gem, they can make all of these things happen. these are people who are central to our ideas about the movement, but they are talking about women and they are talking about activism in ways that aren't legible to us, and we often kind of -- researchers have left them out, and made them marginalized. i want to think about this, right? the article has a lot -- the chapter, i should say, has a lot of evidence of the work that black mutations were doing and what they were doing in beauty shops. and working to talk about some of that. but just as you've read it, why do you think black petitions we were so effective as activists and grassroots leaders? what was unique about their position, and what they had access to that made the activism that we will talk about in a minute possible? yes. >> o