we will hear now from steve rosenberg-— we will hear now from steve rosenberg.. ~ , ., ., rosenberg. when i first heard about these referendums _ rosenberg. when i first heard about these referendums the _ rosenberg. when i first heard about these referendums the first - rosenberg. when i first heard about these referendums the first thing i these referendums the first thing that came to mind when i heard about the referendums was what vladimir putin said on the 24th of february when he was announcing the invasion of ukraine he said it is not our plan to occupy ukrainian territory. that didn't age well because basically, the so—called referendums in russian occupied areas of ukraine, they are a vehicle to allow moscow to annex, and of a chunk of ukrainian territory. and it's been done very quickly, very fast i think because of the ukrainian counteroffensive we have seen in recent days, which is been pretty successful in reclaiming some occupied land. these referendums i think raise the stakes moscow is raising the stakes with them. i predict that once these area

and thank you to both rosenberg, and mr. adams. let me talk with you, let me just say this, i appreciate president biden's implementing a robust sanction against the russian government, to stop the illegal and unprovoked invasion against the people of ukraine. i also appreciate the work that you are doing, -- let me talk about two things. i have two proposals, that i am working on. thank, you i know we've reached out to doj. but here is what i'm interested in, and your position, can you talk about, the benefits of adding a crime of sanctions, and evasions, to the definition of racketeering activity, under -- as you well know, there is civil and criminal actions under the racketeering influence of these organizations, i'm interested in your thoughts, is adding the crime of sanctions, would be helpful in the work that you are doing? >> thank you senator. my thanks to both you and your staff for the conversations about the proposed legislation. we are committed to continuing those conversations. it would be helpful. in a number of res

steve rosenberg, thanks forjoining us. liz truss, says she is prepared to take difficult and unpopular decisions to help get the uk economy growing. in her first bbc interview since she became prime minister, liz truss, said by focusing on economic growth the uk will be more attractive to investors. and she defended plans to lift the cap on bankers' bonuses at a time when cost of living pressures are increasing. she was speaking during her first foreign trip as prime minister as the government prepares to make a series of major announcements now the official period of mourning for the late queen is over. from new york, here's our political editor chris mason. within hours of the queen's funeral, liz truss flew out of the country, her first overseas trip in office bringing her here to new york for a gathering of world leaders at the united nations. she has been prime minister forjust a fortnight, and what a fortnight. at the top of the empire state building she reflected on her opening days in downing street. it has been a

said rosenberg has a new book. and judge jeanine. the judge will yell at me about something, and she is going to do the "news duel." a little reflection. for 25 years as an anchor at fox i have been accustoms to debating issues. but since the president hired his posse to take over washington, the biden administration is gas lighting america. they want to make us believe what we are seeing and experiencing is not happening at all. >> 700 migrants gathering under a bridge after crossing there. border patrol has started releasing migrants on city streets. >> it's open for you to come illegally, right? >> illegally. that's true. brian: this is reality and the border biden style. >> we have a secure border. brian: it's just not true. his reality show has texas governor abbott desperate busing immigrants into new york and chicago to show you the crisis they are facing is real, even though they don't want to talk about it. you say our road to freedom and energy is green energy and green technology. >> folks, the great american road trip wil

thank you, steve rosenberg. _ markets, including china. thank you, steve rosenberg.s, including china. thank you, steve rosenberg. let's assess thingsj steve rosenberg. let's assess things in ukraine. among other issues today, the un has suggested a zone around the nuclear plant, the zaporizhzhia nuclear plant we keep talking about. what sort of response are you hearing where you are? for weeks, the — are you hearing where you are? fr?" weeks, the ukrainians have been calling for the creation of a demilitarised zone around the zaporizhzhia nuclear complex. it is hard to see it happening without any difficult negotiations. who would enforce it and how to do it? russia has repeatedly rejected removing its troops from the complex, saying they are there, protecting it. ukraine says this is part of this country's territory in the complex were safe before the russians invaded. the un's nuclear watchdog was clear in a report yesterday, unless the hostilities stop, there will be a risk of a nuclear accident. there is special concern about conditions for the ukrainian staff w

rosenberg mentioned. that's why i emphasize the expert control and at the restrictions on the ability to finance major purchases. we see that they can't buy the things they want to use on the battlefield. this is expanding and we will keep growing. this is impossible to quantify. as i mentioned, it is like the effect of soldiers morale during the battle. at some point, the system becomes so rickety and improvised that it can't succeed. when you had a great career making businesses more efficient and russia is not a system that is built upon improvisation, lies, and guesses that just can't go on for long. but it is impossible to put one number against that but it is how a sanctions program has really had an effect. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you both for being here. i want to applaud the administration's effort with respect to supporting ukraine and punishing russia. and congress has been an important key partner in that effort. i think we have about $15 billion as part of the continui

nathan rosenberg in particular looked at this literature. and was one of the ones to look at the system of manufacturers in america from the standpoint of thinking about the diffusion of process. one of the things we don't realize is that the diffusion of process may be as important as the inventions within the industry itself. in fact rosenberg claims the really big innovation of the 19th century was not the steam engine nor the railroad nor any specific product, but rather the system of machine production and the way in which the leading economies of the world generalized from that they use the processes to make other things. so for example, we're going to look at the way in which firearms developed and became more refined in the processes and over time those processes became so generalized that many of their systems could be used to make things like typewriters. indeed rosenberg who studied a lot the problem of development in the third world. often stress the fact that the third world was not always ready these countries that were poor an

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ed rosenberg has $202 billion of assets under management. nice to have you with us.oned reluctance for investors to step into stocks, we got survey data from bank of america indicating there is a majority of sizable invested professionals that are sitting on the sidelines. when you look at etf flows, what have you been seeing? ed: it has been interesting. they are muted this year compared to last. we've seen a lot of volume into u.s. equities this year. if you look at the flows, it is about 60% of all flows are going into equities. 80% of that is going to etf's. what is interesting is, it has been clients taking losses in mutual funds and shifting those to etf's to rebalance the portfolio as time has gone on. kriti: let us get perspective on today's selloff. the s&p 500 is down 3%, seeing a lot of pain. does that mean more etf investments or less when talking about intraday flows? ed: it is dependent on what the advisor wants to do. when the cpi numbers came out, it was a little bit of a shock. it will depend on their reaction. today will create more opportunity for

rosenberg mentioned. that's why i emphasize the expert control and at the restrictions on the ability to finance major purchases. we see that they can't buy the things they want to use on the battlefield. this is expanding and we will keep growing. this is impossible to quantify. as i mentioned, it is like the effect of soldiers morale during the battle. at some point, the system becomes so rickety and improvised that it can't succeed. when you had a great career making businesses more efficient and russia is not a system that is built upon improvisation, lies, and guesses that just can't go on for long. but it is impossible to put one number against that but it is how a sanctions program has really had an effect. >> thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you both for being here. i want to applaud the administration's effort with respect to supporting ukraine and punishing russia. and congress has been an important key partner in that effort. i think we have about $15 billion as part of the continui

and rosenberg in particular, look at this literature and was one of the bonds who look at the system and manufacturers in america from the standpoint of thinking about this diffusion of process one of the things that we don't realize is that the diffusion the process may be as important as the inventions is the industry itself andio rosenberg claims that the really big innovation and 19th century was not the steam engine nor the road nor any specific product, rather the system of machine production and the way in which the leading economies of the world generalized that any is the f process of make otr things out for example we lookwh at the way in which firearms developed became more of a under defined processes and over time they became so generalized many other systems could be used to make things like typewriters rosenberg study a lot of problems of development and four under third world and often stress the fact that third world was not only spreading the countries that were more in less developed it, either because of policy choices cleanliness simply unable to adapt a lot of u

steve _ rosenberg in moscow. more updates for you, rosenberg in moscow.pp. let's stay with ukraine. the un's nuclear watchdog has called for a security zone to be set up around the zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern ukraine. last week, a team from the international atomic energy agency visited the site which was seized by russian troops in march. their report described the current situation as untenable and said urgent measures were needed to prevent a nuclear accident. for the first remarks since the death of her daughter, the mother of olivia pratt—korbel — who was killed by a gunman trying to enter their house in liverpool last month — has called for him to �*own up'. in the video, which was filmed and released by merseyside police, cheryl korbel, who was injured in the shooting, paid tribute to olivia, saying that she was an amazing girl and loved life. our north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. i'm on it as well. grabbing onto her dad for comfort, olivia pratt—korbel was spellbound by the christmas fair, eyes wide and full of

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.rizhia — one of the four areas annexed today say 23 people have been killed and dozens more injured after a russian missile strike on a convoy of civilian vehicles. our ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse has been to the site of the attack on the outskirts of the city. a warning — his report contains some distressing details. there was no doubting the target. this was about killing civilians, people. here, waiting to be escorted to russian occupied territory, they work methodically, patiently, under an eerie silence. until... people arrived to find someone dear to them has gone. victoria had stepped out for a break at the cafe where she worked. she came back to find her boss lying dead on the floor. translation:— boss lying dead on the floor. translation: ., , , translation: people were dying here. i was away for — translation: people were dying here. i was away for five _ translation: people were dying here. i was away for five minutes _ translation: people were dying here. i was aw

the bbc�*s russia editor is steve rosenberg and has been describing these concerns to us. it rosenbergnd has been describing these concerns to us.— these concerns to us. it was really interesting — these concerns to us. it was really interesting to _ these concerns to us. it was really interesting to hear— these concerns to us. it was really interesting to hear that _ these concerns to us. it was really interesting to hear that from - interesting to hear that from vladimir putin, it was quite unexpected also because publicly beijing has not spoken of its concerns over what russia calls the special military operation in ukraine and here was the kremlin leader at this meeting with president xi, revealing to the world that beijing has these concerns. what we don't know is what happened after that when the journalists left the hall, in the close part of the meeting. we don't know whether president xi laid out in more detail what the concerns are, and we don't know whether those concerns will make the kremlin pause for thought about what it is doing in ukraine. and we have talked with you a

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. in zaporizhia, one of the four areas annexed today, say at least 30 people have been killed and dozens injured after a russian missile strike on a convoy of civilian vehicles. our ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse has been to the site of the attack on the outskirts of the city. a warning his report contains some distressing details. there was no doubting the target. this was about killing civilians — people. here, waiting to be escorted to russian—occupied territory, they work methodically, patiently, under an eerie silence. until... woman cries. ..people arrive to find someone dear to them has gone. viktoriia had stepped out for a break at the cafe where she worked. she came back to find her boss lying dead on the floor. translation: people were dying here. i was away for five minutes and when i came back, i saw a boy dying, his mother trying to save him. then i ran around, calling out for my boss. there was somebody�*s mother, her son saving her. somebody�*s husband, his wife we

rosenberg. finally, i recognize mr. masterson to summarize his statement for five minutes. >> thank you for the opportunity to testify. i will skip the introduction. i led the work of election security at cisa. the 2020 election placed election officials in the center of national attention in a way that we haven't seen in decades if ever. record turnout validated election officials incredible work, but despite the heroic work, election officials are facing threats against themselves, their systems, their workers and even their families. this environment is not sustainable and support must be provided to these officials to ensure safety and security of our elections. recently myself and group of students at stanford published a report on the threats facing election officials and the steps we can take to mitigate those. those threats included physical threats against election officials, undermining confidence in election results, through a well-defined playbook available to foreign and domestic actors. there are mitigatio

steve rosenberg, bbc news.odymyr zelensky of ukraine has addressed the united nations general assembly in new york. mr zelensky said russia deserved to be punished for stealing ukrainian territory and murdering civilians. a crime has been committed against ukraine and we demand just punishment. the crime was committed against our state borders. the crime was committed against the lives of our people. the crime was committed against the dignity of our women and men. the crime was committed against the values that make you and me a community of united nations. and ukraine demands punishment for trying to steal our territory. punishment for the murders of thousands of people, punishment for torches and humiliations of women and men, punishment for the catastrophic turbulence that russia provoked with its illegal war and not only for us, ukrainians, but for the whole world. for every nation that is represented in this whole of the un general assembly. i am speaking on behalf of the state which is forced to defend i

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.scow correspondent for the times, michael binyon, and asked what he thought of mr gorbachev not receiving a state funeral. it is sad but inevitable, there would have been such an obvious contrast between what mr gorbachev stood for and what russians think is now the new atmosphere, in other words, a return to pre—gorbachev repression and the lack of freedom and the fact that young russians don't now look forward to the kind of openness that gorbachev brought into the system. it is complicated, though, what individual russians feel about mr gorbachev, isn't it? as steve rosenberg was reflecting on a place, a lot of them very angry with him for the reforms he brought in and what the implications of them were, what it ushered in. in terms of how his legacy, how is he in general viewed by russian people? well, i think a lot of people who were young in mr gorbachev�*s heady early days will remember him with enormous affection and incitement because those were days when suddenly everything w

steve rosenberg, many thanks.real referendums, they were hastily arranged, kremlin created and controlled events designed to pave the way to russian annexation of huge swathes of ukrainian territory. we may well see this happen later this week. i expect at some point this week. i expect at some point this week. i expect at some point this week russia will come out and say, right, this land is now ours, evenin say, right, this land is now ours, even in the absence of international recognition. the question is, what happens then? the kremlin has made it pretty clear that if kyiv attacks and tries to get back these territories then russia will view that as an attack against its territorial integrity and it will respond with all means available to it, including, potentially, nuclear weapons. we know that washington has warned moscow that if russia uses nuclear weapons that would have catastrophic consequences for russia. what we don't know is whether that american warning will influence vladimir putin's next move. ste

rosenberg, for decadesd iran has used russia to evade his sanctions.we've seen that situation reversed. with the russia using iran as a hub to invade our tensions and response to putin's further aggression against ukraine paid i'm specifically concerned about iran supplying russia with the weapons by the iranian regime supplying putin with drones that threatened to stall the enormous progress ukrainian allies have been making, retaking their territory. now the biden administration has sanctioned some of the iranian drone manufacturers and transportation companies. that was certainly a good start. but it has not worked. iran continues to supply these and other weapons. now, ie believe one of the reasons that has not worked is because you w stop short of targeting the iranian banks including the iranian centralan bank. that enabled the cells of the same powerful authorities you have used elsewhere. why hasn't the biden administration imposed additional sanctions on iranian banks involved in the supply of weapons to russia? >> editor thank you for your qu

our russia editor steve rosenberg has the latest. >> problems? what problems.president was celebrating today. not military success but the centenary of the russian service with awards for doctors and scientists who battled the coronavirus. infections, bacteria, the invisible enemy. the closest he came to talking about war. a different tone on state tv after the russian retreat from northeast ukraine. this pro-moscow rebel commander admitting that ukrainian forces are dominant. he used a word that is taboo in russian for what's happening here. this is a war, he said. suddenly we are seeing direct public criticism of mr. putin. these statements are from town counselors in moscow and st. petersburg. they are calling for vladimir putin to leave power. the counselor has this message for the president. >> we want to stay in our history. >> in russia, counselors have little power compared to the kremlin. despite setbacks in ukraine, president putin still seems supremely confident. >> confident enough for example to leave the country. he's going ahead with a visit to i

still with, us carol leonnig, asha rangappa, and chuck rosenberg., what do we know about judge raymond diary. >> judge dearie isn't senior status, as a night of states district court judge in the eastern court of brooklyn. i hadn't had a privilege to see him, stephanie, but i've talked to a bunch of people who have. he's smart. he's humble. he's kind. he's fair, and that he's efficient. all things you want in a federal judge. i should add, it was also a federal prosecutor and an assistant u.s. attorney. he was the united states attorney for that district, the eastern district of new york, before president reagan put him on a federal bench. and he has also served on the foreign intelligence surveillance court. the court comprised of federal judges who review the most sensitive national security matters, for surveillance and for searches, typically, submitted by the fbi. so well versed in counter and counterterrorism matters. well versed in the handling of classified documents. and as i mentioned, a widely respected, admired, and well loved federal ju

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.ow correspondent for the times, michael binyon, who has met and interviewed mr gorbachev. thanks very much forjoining us. no state funeralfor the man thanks very much forjoining us. no state funeral for the man who won the nobel peace prize for his role in ending the cold war, what do you make of that? it is in ending the cold war, what do you make of that?— make of that? it is sad but inevitable, _ make of that? it is sad but inevitable, there _ make of that? it is sad but inevitable, there would - make of that? it is sad but i inevitable, there would have make of that? it is sad but - inevitable, there would have been such an obvious contrast between what mr gorbachev stood for and what russians think is now the new atmosphere, in other words, a return to pre—gorbachev repression and the lack of freedom and the fact that young russians don't now look forward to the kind of openness that gorbachev brought into the system. it is complicated, though, what individual russians feel about

steve rosenberg bbc news moscow. >> denied, u.s.sident joe biden released a statement on the referendums in ukraine saying washington will never recognize ukrainian territories as anything other than part of ukraine. he said washington will work with allies and partners to impose additional, swift, and severe economic cost on russia. our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, has more about how people in ukraine are feeling on the so-called referendums. >> we spoke to one woman in the southern city of kherson, the first major location default russian forces in january. -- to fall to russian forces in january. they're the vote is less publicized. she had to look online and went to a local naval academy building where there were many people going in. we were told about a single ballot box appearing in the center of the city with three women waiting to cast votes. there are big? 's, not least from the people that are either being invited to vote or living in occupied areas. as far as the likes of the u.k. is concerned, they claim the

stev rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.: other news from russia, a gunman has attacked a school in the center of the country in one of the nation's deadliest mass shootings in recent years. officials say 15 people, including 11 children, have been killed. more than 20 others have been injured. the gunmen, who used to be a people at the school, is thought to have killed himself after the shooting. russia has granted citizenship to edward snowden, nine years after he fled to moscow. he left the u.s. saying he didn't want to live in a society that carried out the kind of surveillance of its own citizens that he made public. he faces charges here in the u.s. for leaking top-secret material. heavy fighting is continuing in ukraine's eastern donbass region which russian forces have been trying to take her months. getting full control remains president putin's stated aim in ukraine. our senior international correspondent and camera journalist report from the city where residents are under constant russian fire. i should warn you,

laura: steve rosenberg in moscow for us tonight. thank you for the analysis.was saying, russians are trying to flee the country to avoid fighting in ukraine. many have fled to georgia and elsewhere. we have an update on the border crossing beten georgia and russia. >> there is a flow of people cong across. some are on their bikes. some are crossing the border by foot, some are in their car. people are dragging their suitcases behind. all of them are looking exhausted, hungry, but also relieved to be here. this is a point of safety for them. many people told me that it took them days to cross the border, and there are many thousand more people on the russian side, and there are also issues on the russia side, to avoid being in the queue for too long. laura: with men fleeing russia to avoid fighting in the area, there's no damage to structures or equipment. the atomic a agency showed the urgent need for protection around the park to level the risk of -- lower the risk of a nuclear accident. let's go to britain, where u.k. banks and buildings will be withdrawing

with us dave rosenberg, founder and president of rosenberg research dave, welcome.d to have you with us. >> thanks very much. >> can the fed engineer a soft landing? >> no. >> all right, thank you very much, dave rosenberg it's been great being with you why do you say it's so tricky? why do you say they can't? >> firstly, when you look at fed tightening cycles we get a soft landing 15% of the time and hard landings 85% of the time so if you're playing the probabilities why would you make your soft landing your base case this fed is tightening policy both through interest rates, by the way and they're doubling down which is just starting. they're raising interest rates into an inverted yield curve every cycle and i said at the beginning of the year i said just watch the yield curve inverts and the fed and the consensus economics community will find a way to tell you ignore the yield curve the last time the fed tightened policy into back-to-back corridors of negative gdp and the yield curve was the volcker fed and everyone seems to love the fact that last week, jay po

straight to the overall market with david rosenberg from rosenberg research you've been negative for a long time on the market, on the economy. is this how you expected it to play out >> well, broadly speaking, sara, the answer, you know, would be yes. and, you know, we have the fed -- really what's happened in the past 24 hours now that we have the bank of england behind us is the fed has been relentless in its hawkish rhetoric and to an inverted yield curve, surging dollar, contraction in the monetary base and the onset of recession and so that just has precipitated this ongoing risk off trade and it's probably not going to end "nightline" the fed embarks on the next cycle which is probably at least a year away >> but here's what's not playing out exactly as you forecast. the economy is not weakening that much. i know you think there's a recession and a lot are jumping on that bandwagon but the data today, did you see jobless claims, well below consensus, now a low -- it gives fuel to the bears who say the fed has the green light to go more aggressively >> yeah, you know, well firs

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joining us now, jeff rosenberg is still with us.at team lined up to get you out over the next 17 minutes of this job report. what are you seeing in flows? i do not want to know inside blackrock baseball, are people selling bonds, is money flowing out of debt? >> if you can imagine, the flows are highly reactive to the returns. this has been a historic negative return year for all categories, fixed income, we have seen that in the past week in terms of acceleration, in terms of rates, spreads wider, this is a challenging environment for fixed income. we came into this year pricing the old inflationary regime. the inflationary regime has surprised the fed, the bond market. we continue to see those surprises. until we get a sufficient inflation risk premium priced into the bond market, returns are going to be challenged. you are starting to get more of that priced in, more of it priced into the front end of the curve. you talk a minute ago about the terminal rate, it is the backend of the curve where you see a lot of confidence in the

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. >> ukrainian officials in zaporizhzhia, one of the four areas annexeday say 23 people were killed and dozens more injured after a russian missile strike on a convoy of civilian vehicles. our ukraine corresponded james waters has been to the side of the attack on the outskirts of the city and his report contains some stressing details. >> there was no doubting the target. this was about killing civilians. people. here, waiting to be escorted to russian occupied territory, they work methodically, patiently, under any re-silenced -- under an eerie silence until >>[sobbing] >> people arrive to find someone dear to them has gone. victoria had stepped out for a break at the caf where she worked and she came back to find her boss lying dead on the floor. >> people were dying here. i was away for five minutes. when i came back, i saw a boy dying, his mother trying to save him. i ran around calling out for my boss. there was somebody's mother, somebody's husband, his wife weeping. all of this, complete hysteria. you cannot believe how terrifying that was. >> the

russia editor steve rosenberg reports.speaking russian] >> in his energy war with europe, a fresh salvo today from russia's president. vladimir putin warned of the west does what it is threatening and opposes a price cap on russian energy exports, say goodbye, europe, to russian oil and gas. >> it is an absolutely stupid decision. we will not supply anything if it is contrary to our interests. >> in this case, our economic interests. we will not supply gas, oil, or coal. and they are not in a position today to dictate to us. he predicted europe would freeze like the wolf's tail froze to the ice in a russian fairytale. speaking of freezing, this sinister music video by the russian energy giant gazprom shows russia switchingff the gas to europe ahead of winter. it is taunting the west after russia did indeed shut down its biggest pipeline to europe. in its standoff with the west, the kremlin sees energy as its trump card. it is playing it very publicly. the calculation is cutting energy supplies to europe will cause such eco

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.: that's the scene in moscow as the ukrainian military continues toake gains in the east of ukraine. the city is one of the areas recently taken back from the russians. but, as our senior international corrpondent reports, it's still not secure. >> this is a shattered city. ukraine calls it liberated territory. during our visit, it doesn't sound that way. every few minutes, more shelling and it soon it very clear that war is in faraway >> come on, come on, comen, come on, come on. we just had to run and take cover in the building for what sounded like heavy incoming fire. it's pretty clear that the russians are continuing to target even though th've been pushed out. understood, they want us away. >> a few minutes ago we heard the russian helicopters doing some shelling and it was nearby us, so we need to go to save your life and go from there, the city. >> is this happening a lot, a lot of attacks? >> yes, yes, every day it is under rushing -- russian shelling's and russian artillery's

in a moment we'll speak to steve rosenberg in moscow.the invasion and retook territory which was taken, it now seems to be focusing on investigating what the invaders did and what moscow is going to do next. in the case of the city of izyum, while bodies continue to be recovered from a mass grave, the latest claim from kyiv is that evidence has been uncovered which suggests that torture chambers were used by russian troops. there are reports of people being tortured and the city being littered with mines. there has again been heavy fighting in the kharkiv region where ukraine has enjoyed recent successes. but on the question of what russia will do next, the thought from the uk ministry of defence is that it will look to strike more civilian targets in ukraine while it is frustrated on the battlefield. but this is something russia has done throughout this it has hit targets across this vast country to try and exert influence and undermine ukrainian morale. 0n influence and undermine ukrainian morale. on that latter point, in his latest ad

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. evelyn farkas, executive director of the mccain institute and a former pentagon official responsible for russia. i think this mobilisation, it's more of a public relations and terror — i won't say stunt, but move, as opposed to a real military move at this point because i am unclear how quickly they can actually mobilise 300,000 people who are supposedly all reservists and equip them because we do not know whether the russians have the equipment, and of course make sure they are trained and they can be sent to the front and not become immediate cannon fodderfor the ukrainians. so i think the call—up is, in part, a test to see how the russian public reacts. clearly, they are not reacting well to it, but the demonstrations are not as large as they might be otherwise, so perhaps this is a way for the russian government to gradually try to acclimate the russian people to the idea of a total war with ukraine. crosstalk. so even if it is just a test, many of the people are being called are

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.ssia a gunman has opened fire at a school, leaving at least 13 people dead including students. the shooting took place at �*school number 88�* in the city of izhevsk, in central russia. officials say seven children and six adults were killed, including two security guards and two teachers. the gunman was a former pupil at the school. investigators said he was wearing a t—shirt with a nazi swastika. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk — and the financial authorities have taken steps to try to reassure the international markets — after a steep fall in the value of the pound. at one point, it dropped to an historic low against the dollar — before both the uk government and the bank of england made statements. but there are still concerns that the new policy announced just last friday of tax cuts and more borrowing could continue to undermine the british currency. u nfortu nately unfortunately that means the government will have to issue and unlock more debt