rose gottemoeller. _ counteroffensive this summer.rateful for your time from california, great to talk to you and have you on the programme, thanks so much.— we will take a short break, when you're back, we will have all the latest headlines, don't go away, you're watching verified live. some of us have seen thunderstorms this week but for others it's remained stubbornly dry, so what chance of rain over the next few days? the chance will be increasing thanks to what is currently just a swirl of cloud increasing thanks to what is currentlyjust a swirl of cloud a long way to the west of us, a developing area of low pressure. in the short time, this afternoon, most places fine, dry and sunny, the chance of one or two showers, particularly in the west, where they occur they could be heavy and possibly thundery. temperatures again up to around 26,27, possibly thundery. temperatures again up to around 26, 27, somewhere likely to get to 28 or 29. through the evening and tonight, we will see largely clear skies overhead, there could be some l

i'm joined now by former deputy secretary general of nato, rose gottemoeller. thank you so much forjoiningews.i thank you so much for “oining us here on bbc news. i want to beain b us here on bbc news. i want to begin by getting _ us here on bbc news. i want to begin by getting your— us here on bbc news. i want to begin by getting your thoughts| begin by getting your thoughts on what we have just witnessed unfold in russia over the past 24 hours. unfold in russia over the past 24 hem-— 24 hours. we have seen the putin regime _ 24 hours. we have seen the putin regime become i 24 hours. we have seen the putin regime become more| 24 hours. we have seen the i putin regime become more and more brutal with different parts of the government contradicting each other, with the attacks by the wagner head, prigozhin, as your correspondence was just reporting, so it is clear that a lot of people were becoming more and more worried about the future of this regime, putin himself very isolated. i have noticed in the last couple of weeks he has been handing out medals and reading endorsements at, and even