the latest is sanna marin, the prime minister of. drugs after those videos of her were leaked online, but the question at the centre has was been by she had to do the test in the first place. this is one of the main videos that has been shared. she is at the bottom left, she is dancing with her friends. singing along to music, looking animated, and some domestic finish press said and biggest drug slang for cocaine may have been used in the videos. this prompted criticism from three major areas. social media, domestic press in finland and opposition politicians, they are the ones that said she should probably do a drugs test. she of course all along denied any wrongdoing. one narrative that made it through the noise a little she was the victim of sexism, and whether a male counterpart would face this sort of scrutiny. that question was partly answered late monday. over in australia her counterpart there was seen, i think we can see, there we have it, that is anthony albanese, and he has a pint of beer in his hand. you can see him in th

is just a person such as finland but sanna marin isjust a person having such as finland but sannariends. she has not done anything wrong as she proved yesterday when a drugs test was released because of the political pressure when she proved herjudgement was not impaired. it is a bit of damage control now. that is maybe why she has apologised this time and she has not in the past. yeah, and that criticism as you referenced, gareth, coming from the opposition parties of course but at the same time there has also been huge support of her, hasn't there, from women in finland and elsewhere?— from women in finland and elsewhere? ~ , elsewhere? absolutely. if you look on social— elsewhere? absolutely. if you look on social media - elsewhere? absolutely. if you look on social media there - elsewhere? absolutely. if you| look on social media there are montage after montage of women doing the same thing — having a drink, having a party and at the end of the day nothing wrong. what we're seeing here is an interesting point in a society that is more and more people who have grown up with the

poses and it shows these two women, not sanna marin, but by any typical standards at women, not sannaet and many a - any typical standards of the | internet and many a modern society one could argue it is not all that remarkable, you would see thousands, millions of people —— pictures having a party online. the reason sanna marin has apologises it took place in her official residence in helsinki, admittedly in the guest bathroom down in the basement but in her official residence none the less, and critics say it is not appropriate behaviourfor critics say it is not appropriate behaviour for such appropriate behaviour for such a place, a taxpayerfunded building at the end of the day. she has agreed and has apologised and said it was inappropriate behaviour and what we are seeing here is that there are elections taking place in finland next year in 2023, and prior to this, and sanna marin has made no reason to apologise, but i think maybe now she is just trying to control the narrative a little bit, just clamp down on that criticism we have seen in recent weeks.— criticism we have seen

sanna herself. marinategorically denies in the press that she used drugs at this party, but unfortunately she is silent about the rest of its participants. these videos have become public. they were filmed at one of the parties with friends a few weeks ago, we were dancing and singing, but i did nothing illegal and, apart from alcohol, did not take anything else, that is, alcohol is no longer a crime. the public was outraged with this finland very strictly, for example, alcohol there you can’t buy it at all on sundays, and in bars they release it every day only until 17 o’clock. as a result, san-marin announced that she would still pass a drug test. the main thing is that the result is not lost, as was the case with this coronavirus test. true to the pandemic, the finnish prime minister fell ill with a look of having fun in one of the clubs, helsinki. then she also made excuses, saying she didn’t know anything about her diagnosis, because she forgot her work phone at home, and the result of the test came

when she came into power in december 2019, sanna marin was only 34.ll female young leaders. and political commentators have started to say that as these leaders come through, these videos could just become the new normal. these people are comfortable with social media. people are saying in a few years' time, the video of a prime minister dancing at a party just will not be a big deal. in a few weeks' time — brazil will celebrate the 200th anniversary of its independence. portugal — the former colonial ruler — has sent a very special gift to mark the occasion — as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. accompanied by two fighter jets from the country's airforce, the liberator of brazil returns home. or at least part of him. this, at first glance, looks like a sporting trophy of some sort but it is in fact an urn containing the embalmed heart of don pedro, the first emperor of an independent brazil. translation: it is with great satisfaction that we gather - as part of the celebrations of brazil's independence l and to receive this important relic that represe

the prime minister of finland sanna marin has agreed to a drug test after a celebrity party video leaked on social media. and coming up in half an hour, foreign correspondents based in london give an outsider�*s view of events in the uk in dateline. a former british member of the islamic state terror group, has been sentenced to life in prison, by a court in america. el shafee el sheikh was among a group of british i.s members, who carried out a brutal reign of terror in syria, and became known as the beatles, a name given to them by their captives. james foley was an american journalist murdered in 2014 at the hands of the group. his mother diane foley has been speaking outside the court about the sentencing of el shafee elsheikh. let this sentencing make clear to all who dare to kidnap, torture or kill any american citizen abroad that usjustice will find you wherever you are and that our govt will hold you accountable for your crimes against our citizens. our correspondent, nomia iqbal, reports from the court in virginia. he reports from the court in virginia. is the highest m high—pro

sanna marin is apologised, as you safely to what might be happening here is she is trying to take controling a drink with friends, but there are elections having tell coming up early next year in finland, and it might be a bit of narrative control here, because at the end of the day, it is a slightly more conservative society in finland, but sanna marin is just having fun with her friends, she is not doing anything wrong, and she proved that yesterday, not failing a drugs test. it is perhaps a little bit of damage control. that is why she has apologised this time when she has not in the past. this time when she has not in the ast. . . this time when she has not in the past-— the past. yeah, and that criticism _ the past. yeah, and that criticism could _ the past. yeah, and that criticism could as - the past. yeah, and that criticism could as you . criticism could as you reference, gareth, coming from the opposition parties of course, but at the same time, there's also been huge support of her from there's also been huge support of herfrom women in finland and elsewhere. of her from women

sanna marin in the wrong reasons. prompted her to take a drugs test and today she announced she had. though she said she considered the call is unfair and was doing it for her own legal protection. she said she had always been any fit state to lead the country. been any fit state to lead the count . ~ �* ., ., , country. we didn't have any government _ country. we didn't have any government meetings - country. we didn't have any. government meetings during country. we didn't have any - government meetings during that country. we didn't have any _ government meetings during that week and i had time off and spent it with my friends and did nothing illegal. when she was elected in 2019 she was the youngest world leader, applauded by her supporters by combining the topjob with an by her supporters by combining the top job with an active social life. but it has been a tough and demanding time for european leaders with covid and the current crisis in ukraine and this is not the first time herjudgment has been questioned. la

sanna marin said her ability to perform her duties was not impaired.

if we had more time we could talk more about how the criticism of sanna marin seems to be how dare you spend your time about things that young women are doing. ain't nobody got time for that. because we have to go to a commercial break. when we come back, dulce sloan is going to give republicans a glow-up. you don't want to miss it. ( applause ) ♪(music: dance! by christian a medice, elisha noll)♪ ♪ are you ready? ♪ ♪ ahh yeah ♪ ♪ you're going out tonight ♪ ♪ dance ♪ ♪ get with the groove and ♪ ♪ dance ♪ ♪ get up and move let's ♪ ♪ dance ♪ ♪ kick off your shoes and ♪ ♪ show me how you ♪ ♪ dance ♪ i was injured in a car crash. i had no idea how much my case was worth. i called the barnes firm. when a truck hit my son, i had so many questions about his case. i called the barnes firm. it was the best call i could've made. your case is often worth more than insuran call the barnes firm to find out i could've made. what your case could be worth. we will help get you the best result possible. ♪ the barnes firm, injury attorneys ♪ call one eight hundred,est resul eight million ♪ ( applause )

sanna marin there. a weird, new building is causing quite a stir in bristol in the west of england.ut with the additional aim of making them think about how they can live more sustainably on earth. wendy urquhart reports. space has always been a source of curiosity and experts have often talked about the possibility of living on the moon or mars and a new project now makes it possible to see what living on mars might look like. this two story, 53 square metre inflatable structure was designed by a team of experts who specialise in creating buildings for extreme environment, including antarctica. it is powered both solar panels and can cope with an average temperature of —63 celsius, but there are also a number of other urgent issues to consider. the key thing about when you're living on mars is you need your buildings to be completely airtight, because the atmosphere outside is essentially poisonous. you then need to be able to keep out all the dangerous solar and cosmic radiation so you need to have the outside made of something which will keep all those dangerous rays out. so, our

began to accuse her of spending little time on work and instead going to parties and festivals sanna marinnd was shot a few weeks ago. the media recognized two well-known tv and radio presenters and bloggers among the guests of the party, as well as members of the athenian parliament, some local deputies call on ms. marin should pass a drug test and i will remind you earlier that there were already scandals in the east in december. last year she went to a party instead of being in self-isolation. this video is private and filmed in a private space. i am outraged that they became known to the public. i only spent the night with my friends we just walked, although noisily, i danced and sang songs of the capital, a cultural documentary project was opened on the renewed land , on it they collected panel towels and costumes made by ukrainian weavers valentina and hanna veres the organizers presented the traditional works of the masters in a modern design. some of their works miraculously survived in ukrainian museums, and a large part was damaged, in particular, during the shelling of the museu

finland's prime minster, sanna marin, says she has nothing to fear after taking a drugs test following old took the test after some in finland interpreted comments by partygoers in the footage as referring to drugs. here's caroline hawley. these are the pictures that have put the finnish prime minister in an uncomfortable spotlight, sanna marin in the black top enjoying herself with celebrities at a weekend party. with the leaking of the footage came calls for her to take a drugs test. and today she announced she had. though she said she considered the calls unfair and was doing it for her own legal protection. she had, she said, always been in a fit state to lead the country. we didn't have any government meetings during that week and i had time off and spent it with my friends and did nothing illegal. when she was elected in 2019, she was the world's youngest head of government, applauded by her supporters for combining the topjob with an active social life. 0n instagram, you can follow her celebrating her wedding anniversary, at pride events, visiting ukraine. finland neighbours rus

sanna marin there. _ a russian rapper and restaurateur have joined forces to reopen a chain of coffeeded version of the us chain starbucks. after 15 years, the global coffee giant shut 130 stores in late may, as part of a mass exodus of companies from russia in reaction to its invasion of ukraine. fans of starbucks will recognise the similarities between the old and new looks, with the new owners saying they sought to find some continuity for customers. indeed they did. a reminder of our top story. explosions have been reported at a military airbase in russian—occupied crimea. officials there say there's been no damage, and that a ukrainian drone has been shot down. it happened north of the city of sevastopol at the belbek airbase. that's it from us. that is it for bbc news. hello there. the weather is still looking quite mixed, really, over the coming few days. we end the week with some warm spells of sunshine, but there will be a few showers blown in, mainly towards northwestern parts of the uk. towards the southeast, on thursday, temperatures reached 27 in central london and 28 at

if we had more time we could talk more about how the criticism of sanna marin seems to be how dare you spend your time about things that young women are doing. ain't nobody got time for that. because we have to go to a commercial break. when we come back, dulce sloan is going to give republicans a glow-up. you don't want to miss it. ( applause ) this? this is supersonic wifi from xfinity. it's fast. so gaming with your niece has never felt more intense. incoming! hey, what does this button do? no, don't! welcome to the fastest internet on the largest gig speed network. are you crying uncle ed? no! a little. only from xfinity. unbeatable internet made to do anything so you can do anything. ( applause ) >> trevor: welcome back to "the daily show." look,in you know this but america has a lot of problems-- aging infrastructure, economic inequality, that smell in the attic that won't go away. but some republicans think that there is a much bigger issue that demands immediate action. >> one of the nation's newest culture battles is really heating up here in michigan thanks to a proposal from

the prime minister of finland sanna marin has agreed to a drug test after a celebrity party video leaked on social media. welcome to abc news. the uk is facing a public health emergency, because people are having to choose between heating and eating this winter, due to soaring energy prices. that's according to the nhs confederation, which represents employers in the health service. ministers say millions of the most vulnerable households are being given £1,200 to help with higher energy bills. but it comes at a time when nhs services are already under intense strain. for category two reponse times for emergency calls in england which includes strokes and heart attacks there's been a sharp increaase this year to nearly one hour on average last month. the target, as you can see here, is 18 minutes. the nhs confederation says things could get worse this winter partly because of soaring fuel bills. it cites an estimate by a fuel poverty charity that cold homes are already linked to 10,000 deaths a year. for now covid infections are falling according to the office for national statistics. 1.

these are the pictures that have put the finnish prime minister in the spotlight, sanna marin in the, and today she announced she had, though she said she considered the call as unfair and was doing it for her own legal protection. she said she had always been any fit state to lead the country. we didn't have any government meetings during that week and i had time off and spent it with my friends and did nothing illegal. when she was elected in 2019, she was the world's youngest head of government, applauded by her supporters by combining the top job with an active social life. but it has been a tough and demanding time for european leaders with covid and the current crisis in ukraine and this is not the first time herjudgment has been questioned. last december she went clubbing just hours after her foreign minister had tested positive for covid and missed a text that she needed to isolate. she had to apologise then for her actions. the 36—year—old prime minister says she would have left the party, had she needed to work. caroline hawley, bbc news. at the european championships in mu

that is why i think the landscape around sanna marin is interesting right now.e prominent women, as well as women across the world, are tweeting pictures and posting pictures of themselves dancing. it shows the landscape has caught up, and that these women have a support base. >> you've made the argument about the way that president biden and candidate biden chose to elevate kamala harris, now vice president harris, was very different than other women who had run for vice president in the past. tell me how. >> yeah, in my book what i explore is, yes, the arc of the 2020 democratic primary, because there were more women running in the primary than ever before, but certainly they were far from the first, thankfully, and they built upon the shoulders from everyone like shirley chisholm, in 1972, all the way through to the female vice presidential contenders that came before in kamala harris's situation. in 2008 with john mccain, when they chose their female running mates, it was sort of a throw spaghetti at the wall and see what can energize the electorate. whereas

sanna marin has agreed with that, she said it was an appropriate and has apologised for that image, andasion for her love of partying and going out drinking with friends and she ended up having to take a drugs test because of the political pressure from some mps in the opposition who said ishi in the fit state of mind to take key decisions if she needs to? the drugs test came back negative, she said it would be. we are seeing a bit of narrative control as elections take place in finland, early 2023, now she is getting the apology out to try to make the story get away as fast as possible so she can get back to the big geopolitical issues surrounding her, namely russia. it is her, namely russia. it is hardly the _ her, namely russia. it is hardly the regular - her, namely russia. it is hardly the regular behaviour for a prime minister, hardly the regular behaviour fora prime minister, one hardly the regular behaviour for a prime minister, one can hardly imagine borisjohnson hardly imagine boris johnson doing hardly imagine borisjohnson doing something like this but there has been internat

these are the pictures that have put the finnish prime minister in the spotlight, sanna marin in thed her to take a drugs test, and today she announced she had, though she said she considered the call as unfair and was doing it for her own legal protection. she said she had always been any fit state to lead the country. we didn�*t have any government meetings during that week and i had time off and spent it with my friends and did nothing illegal. when she was elected in 2019, she was the world�*s youngest head of government, applauded by her supporters by combining the topjob with an active social life. 0n instagram, you can see her celebrating at her wedding and at pride. herjudgment is being called into question, not for the first time. last december, she went clubbing after her foreign minister tested positive for covid and mr text that she needed to isolate. she had to apologise then for her actions. the 36—year—old prime minister said she would have left the latest party, had she needed to work. but she has always insisted that she is a real person, as well as the land�*s young

c what happens when it comes to sanna marin's geria. those | comes to sanna marin's geria.f the sunshine in the east and feeling warm and humid towards the south and that is true overnight, to was the southwest devon and cornwall, moist air and hill was the southwest devon and cornwall, moistairand hilland coastalfog. elsewhere cornwall, moistairand hilland coastal fog. elsewhere mostly dry, the weather front to the north sea, some clearer spells but temperatures very mild, no lower than a mid—teens and the muggy feeling stats the day very mild. most of us between weather systems on tuesday but a feature into the west of scotland moving east giving showery outbreaks into the east through the afternoon and thickening cloud for west and wales, showers and to devon and cornwall by the end of the days of the best of the sunshine on tuesday to the east of england, lincolnshire and norfolk could see highs of 27. heavier downpours across northern ireland and western scotland on tuesday night and that clears north through wednesday so dry conditions developing, winds easing and a c

this is footage from the finnish prime minister sanna's party. marinshe is in a black lace top and white trousers incendiary dancing with friends to the track of the rapper petrenygard. alcohol flows like water the company of the youngest prime minister in the history of finland was made up of employees of the media sphere. youtube bloggers, two tv and radio hosts. at least. these are those who could be identified, social media users, finnish, journalists, immediately dismantled each frame of the scandalous party in the background in the videos, the word yauha is clearly audible, which in finnish means flour or powder, as cocaine is called in slang in the morning marin talked to press and hastened to refute allegations of the use of illegal substances. i didn't use drugs, only al. olya danced, sang, had fun and did completely legal things, and also didn’t see others use drugs . do we trust these people or voting is another scam this is the prime minister of finland san marin, some said that she cool, maybe so, but only for teenagers. is this a responsi

finland, a scandal flares up because of footage from the party of the prime minister of the country sanna, marin friends that got into the network marina called the demand absurd and stated that she had never used forbidden things, according to her . at the party, she did completely legal things or that she sang and danced, but she really drank alcohol, but this is typical of many people of her the age of the finnish prime minister is now 36 years old. well, this is absolutely not typical of our colleagues from match tv right now, we are passing the floor. let's go to moscow, what, i have not seen in this moscow, if there could be seen something unusual, plunge into new impressions, look at the familiar from an unusual angle. find out what you haven't seen in this moscow , join the winline and try your luck up to ten thousand rubles. time news match tv especially for ntv in the studio alexey kochetkov hello and the next 5 minutes we will discuss the most bright events from the world of sports, and also we will study the most interesting odds from bookmakers. an experiment that makes you think tw

sanna marin now says she has taken a drug test for other own legal protection.6-year-old pm landed on social media. it was leaked, and shows her partying. she says she did nothing illegal, adding, quote, i trust that people understand that leisure time and work time can be separately. this is actually the second time the prime minister has faced scrutiny for her private activities. she was seen clubbing back in december and didn't have her work phone on her so she missed a text telling her that she had been exposed to covid-19 and needed to isolate. joining me now with more is nbc news foreign correspondent matt bradley. matt, partying, as you know, is one of the reasons boris johnson was forced to step down as uk's prime minister. could this partying scandal impact the political future of finland's pm? >> reporter: yeah, you know, joe, i don't really know a lot of these things, it's hard to see how they pan out in the end. a lot of it has to do with how popular the prime minister is to begin with. marin is popular. my guess is this won't hurt her at all, in man

tourists from russia, finland, estonia, and latvia accept them. the prime minister of finland, sanna marin also made a statement and said that it is wrong when, at a time when russia is waging an aggressive war in europe, russians can travel to europe. will submit a proposal for consideration by the eu to prohibit the issuance of tourist visas to citizens of russia within the next week well, i will remind you that estonia itself has not issued tourist visas to citizens of russia since the spring, what can be the answer of the eu, we will talk further with us on the connection of five in the dish time is a member of the european parliament from lithuania. hello, good evening. honestly, this is how realistic it is that the european union will really come to a single consensus to a single decision and stop issuing visas to citizens of russia. - for the russians, that is, yes, there are tourist visas for which i think that it is necessary to make a decision and limit as much as possible or stop issuing tourist visas because you yourself understand and now it is not time for festivals for shopp

for political reasons. and in finland, a scandal erupted with the participation of prime minister sanna marineos where she dances at a party when the country is experiencing record inflation in 38 years becomes viral in social networks white trousers incendiary dance with friends to the track of rapper petri nyugard. alcohol flows like water the company of the youngest prime minister in the history of finland was made up of employees of the media sphere. youtube bloggers, two tv and radio hosts. at least. these are the ones who were able to identify the users of social networks. finnish journalists immediately dismantled every frame of the scandalous party in the background in the commercials, the word yaukha is clearly audible, which in finnish means flour or powder, as cocaine is called in slang in the morning marin talked to press and hastened to refute allegations of the use of illegal substances. i didn't do drugs. only alcohol. i danced, sang , had fun, did completely legal things, and also did not see anyone else using drugs. the video with the 36-year-old prime minister instantly went

emphasized that visiting europe is a privilege, not a human right, the prime minister of finland, sanna marin is also in favor of restricting the issuance of tourist visas to russians at the pan-european level. meanwhile , the group of seven called on russia to hand over control of the zaporizhzhya npp to ukraine. the foreign ministers of the g7 countries also noted that the occupiers must immediately withdraw their troops beyond the internationally recognized borders of ukraine and respect the territory and sovereignty of ukraine, the statement emphasized that russia's control over the station is dangerous for the entire region, and ukrainian personnel work under pressure and threats germany handed over four more cheetah self-propelled anti-aircraft guns to ukraine the german government reported that ukraine has already received 12 cheetahs, we are expecting the delivery of 18 more for the armed forces, and during the week the germans gave us 13 armored of vehicles, including three evacuation vehicles, eight carriers of radar stations and two carriers of jamming stations for drones. in addit

and tolerance mariska rodilka 200 in finland, the media discuss the behavior of prime minister sanna. marin the internet in a video from a closed party, where the head of government drinks and dances in the company of local stars. marina herself said that she did not expect these footage to be in the public domain, but said that it was a drug-free party, and she just used it. there is alcohol. it's not the first time the press has discussed the prime minister's love of parties like this last year. marina even found herself at the center of a scandal when it turned out that she went to a nightclub instead of sitting at home in self-isolation. and the british prime minister fighting johnson will have to be photographed again on vacation with special attention, the public has caused here is a photo where the politician's wife is standing next to him, but looking at some young man. jones is now spending a nominal holiday in greece, he remains the head of the british government until september 6, when the conservative party will choose a new prime minister. apparently, the politician does not se

evening, the final prime prime minister opinion is makinh opinion is making backlash. 36-year-old sanna marin come on the left, never expected videof her at a private party would be made public. she said the clip was only meant for friends. she says she has nothing to hide. an leader called the behavior unbecoming of a prime minister and requested she take a drug t. she admits there was alcohol ato parties this summer but had no s were ever present. >> i am an individual, a person. person. a real person. i will change the way i behaved. of course, i have to be careful what you say because it can be presented as the whole governme. >> when she took office, she was was the world's youngest sittinl leader. she has been praised fow she handled the pandemic. finland has one of the lowest covid infection rates in all of europe. > >> paul heggen is here. it is f. here. it is friday. this morning morning in the city, it was acty chilly. >> the ocean is chillier than is been. that makes a difference. we are going to see a little more of a warm up tomorrow compared to today. a little around the bay. if

emphasized that visiting europe is a privilege and not a human right, the prime minister of finland, sanna marin, is also in favor of restricting the issuance of tourist visas to russians at the european level. germany handed over four more cheetah anti-aircraft missiles to ukraine. to the government, ukraine has already received 12 cheetahs, we are expecting the delivery of another 18 for the armed forces, and during the week the germans gave us 13 armored vehicles, including three evacuation vehicles, eight carriers of radar stations and two carriers of jamming stations for drones. in addition, germany handed over seven jammers, eight radars and thermal imagers, and 49,000 ammunition for anti-aircraft guns . today, in a rented apartment in lviv , a well-known journalist and host of the espresso tv channel vitaliy portnikov found a listening device and special means for collecting and recording information. the journalist found during the general cleaning in the bed storage today decided to look at it, clean the dust of three instead of the dust, please i found such and such a thing and what do

stated that visiting europe is a privilege and not a human right, and the prime minister of finland, sanna marinher. kills the civilian population, although some countries traditionally try to impregnate, for example, german chancellor olafshol will say that he does not really imagine what it is like to ban the entry of russians ; with putin, he is trying to make life easier for the kremlin under sanctions. what will this lead to or will his western partners punish him? the erdogan factor was investigated by oleksandr melnikov. e turkey, why does the west threaten turkey with sanctions, what role did putin play here ? of course, the sharp turns of ankara can affect the war in ukraine, this concerns our security a military landing party from turkey is landing in ukraine, namely 50 modern armored vehicles with a kirpis machine gun and anti-mine protection. in the plans to supply another 150 units, the optimism is also added by the intentions of the anti-riz to build a plant for the production of anti-aircraft missiles in ukraine. of a sanctioned merchant ship with weapons for russia through the bo

finland's prime minister, sanna marin, has received a negative result in a drug test she took after shein of taking recreational drugs at the event. pakistan's police have charged the country's former prime minister, imran khan, under anti—terror laws. their investigation comes after he accused the police and judiciary of detaining and torturing a close aide. he has now been granted pre—arrest bail until thursday. britain's intelligence agencies are facing accusations of colluding in the abduction and torture of a british national by the indian authorities. jagtar sinthohal, a sikh activist and bloggerfrom scotland, was seized by indian police five years ago and has been in prison ever since. his case has been raised by successive prime ministers. now the human rights group reprieve has shown the bbc documents which they say prove that his arrest came after a tip—off from british intelligence. 0ur security correspondent frank gardener is here. tell us more about this. it is a rim tell us more about this. it is a grim story. — tell us more about this. it is a grim story. he _ tell us mor

sanna marin said her ability to perform her duties was not impaired. in a show of solidarity for salman rushdie, authors have been gathering in new york to demonstrate their support, a week after he was attacked. at ten o'clock, clive myrie will be here with a full round—up of the day's news. first, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. and this is riga, the capital of the small baltic state of latvia, which was liberated from moscow's rule some three decades ago, and which is now braced for a new era of confrontation with russia. vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine reminded latvians of the russian threat. it also stoked internal tensions — because a quarter of latvia's population is ethnic russian, and this country relies heavily on russian gas supplies. well, my guest today is latvia's prime minister, kristjanis karins. just how vulnerable is latvia? prime minister kristjanis karins, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine happened six months ago. right now, here in latvia, has that war raised the level

less than a week ago, finland's prime minister, sanna marin, sparked criticism with a video of her partyinge 36—year—old has apologised for a controversial photo taken at her residence. the picture, circulated by finnish media, shows two women kissing, lifting their tops to bare their torsos, and covering their breasts with a sign that says �*finland'. our news reporter gareth barlow has been following this story and gave this update. this picture was taken in her official residence in helsinki backin official residence in helsinki back injuly but was only made public when it was posted on social media on tuesday. you very accurately describe the picture. if it wasn't in her private residence it wouldn't have attracted much attention because you see those kinds of images online all the time, but the criticism from some cams within finland is that it isn't appropriate for this, it is a government building funded and paid for by taxpayers. she has agreed with that, saying it was inappropriate and has apologised for that image. like you say, she has been pulled over calls more than once for a

let's go to finland now — where the prime minister, sanna marin, is facing fresh criticism from oppositionis footage, thought to be taken from social media, she and friends including finnish celebrities are seen dancing and singing. one opposition leader is demanding her to take a drug test. ms marin said she'd be willing to take one and that she only drank alcohol. here she is commenting on the video. robert sundman is a journalist and political commentator in helsinki, and told us how this is dividing the country. ican i can say that the reception has been polarised. it appears the one that liked her before it empathised that liked her before it empathised that it that liked her before it empathised thatitis that liked her before it empathised that it is normal to party with your friends there's nothing wrong or immoral about that. on the other hand, there are people they consider that this is not appropriate and may be there also some scepticism that why is the prime minister so keen on hanging out and partying with celebrities and social media influencers. it's really necessary to hang

it's been a long weekend for finland's prime minister sanna marin, after videos emerged of her dancingnal, sparking a debate around the world about her conduct — both positive and negative. now, it appears she has been vindicated, at least from accusations thrown at her by her harshest critics. to explain more, stephanie prentice is here. what stephanie prentice is here. is the latest? this has been what is the latest? this has been going on for a few days. the latest is that sanna marron has tested negative for broad—spectrum drug test demanded in the wake of video released that showed her dancing and singing with her friends. the big issue from all of this is why did she need to take a drugs test in the first place? to get to that we will cycle back a bit. we can look at the video. she is there in the bottom left, dancing, looking happy and animated, and people heard in the background may have been discussing taking cocaine. the video prompted criticism from three major areas of social media, the domestic press and opposition politicians, who called for that drugs test. she came out

with new colors for the second week, the scandals around the parties of the finnish prime minister sanna marinpop up on social networks, although there are no signs of drug use on the frames, several opposition politicians began to demand that she take the test, citing the words flour gang in the commercials, what can be sent to a group of people who use drugs? what drugs are just opposition politicians offended that a finnish woman turned out to be hotter than hot finnish guys. it's a pity that there is no other party lover boris johnson in the footage; together they would have made just an enchanting duet. marin apologized for the nastakh video that she did not drink anything but light alcohol. and what is yours does not consider behavior to be objectionable. but biden on vacation does not drink, smoke or sniff. um, he does it all for him, his son hunter marin passed a drug test, which later came back negative by current european ethical standards. i'm not even sure a negative drug test. this is a plus. well, almost immediately sled. marin again had to apologize. for another party all these,

sanna marin is hitting back at her critics after leaked video emerged showing the 36-year-old leaderogize for some controversial pictures of two topless women kissing inside the prime minster's official resident. marin was not in that photo. however, she wishes the public would judge her on her record, not her personal life. douglas, two topless influencers dancing at the prime minster's office, may be a first. it may not be. [ laughter ] >> maybe the first we know about. i feel sorry for her. she's a 36-year-old woman. she has a right to a private life. we got to make sure we don't judge -- when they do something, -- look at it this way. when theresa may was prime minster, she asked what's the naughtiest thing you ever done. that's a terrible question. she ended up saying, when i was a little girl i ran to the field -- [ laughter ] she was then teased for being boring. here we're seeing someone being teeced. >> there's a huge gap. i am sort of impressed with her energy level. if i make it past 10:30 on a saturday, i'm feeling like wow. i really hit my stride. >> i'm with you on that

sanna marin videos of her partying with her celebrity friends.helsinki? more like hell, yeah, sinki! our president would never do that. mostly because the video wouldn't be the only thing that leaked. another video, another new video leak showing her bumping and grinding with a mystery man at a club. european -- europe hasn't seen than kind of deck answer the since angela merkel shredded her leader hosen at oktoberfest. that was hard to say but marin who is just 36 years old is defending herself saying, quote, i have not used drugs myself or anything other than alcohol. i danced, sung and partied and done perfectly legal things. nice try. we didn't buy that from shannon bream and we're not buying it from you. yeah. to be fair, most of the criticism came from those outside of her party, not just politically but also people who weren't cool enough to be invited to rave with her. besides, what she doing running a country? shouldn't she be home in the kitchen whipping up a fresh batch of reindeer meat? >> a finnish sexist would say. >> greg: of cours

hundreds posting videos of themselves dancing to support prime minister sanna marin, she came under fireth friends. melissa bell is live in paris. i won't ask you to dance or anything like that, but please break it down for us why are people dancing. and obviously this seems to be having a good time, but it has become a pretty big controversy. >> reporter: it has become a big controversy once those videos emerged last week. these were private videos, the finnish prime minister regretted that they had been leaked at all. nothing untoward happened, nothing illegal, certainly under pressure though from her critics. she did take a drug test on friday to prove what she says is the truth that she's never taken drugs in her life. she recognizes of course the dancing was boisterous, but says that it is important that she is able to do the things that are normal for a 36-year-old in her time off. she had no important meetings that week, no governmental responsibilities. but she did come in for that fierce criticism hence the backlash. as you sigh, women posting images of themselves dancing, leaki

inquiry last year found the authority was failing some of its duties the prime minister of finland sanna marinto a drug test after a celebrity party video leaked on social media. british athlete dina asher—smith calls for more research into the effects of periods on sporting performance — after she limps out a major race we discuss an intriguing new feature from wells. a horrorfilm entirely in welsh, and that is at 545. nhs leaders have warned that rising numbers of people will become ill unless the government takes more action on high energy prices. the nhs confederation says the uk is facing a �*public health emergency�*. it's written to ministers, warning that soaring energy costs mean people will have to choose between skipping meals to heat their homes, or living in cold, damp conditions this winter. the government says it's giving millions of the most vulnerable households £1200 to help with higher energy bills. simon dedman reports. the nhs remains under pressure this summer. ambulances are taking nearly an hour, on average, to respond to 999 calls for things like chest pain. it should

public from a night of singing and dancing is causing quite a headache for finnish prime minister sanna marineader of the country's governing social democratic party shows her and friends that she describes partying in a boisterous way inside a private home. but that's where the fun stops. the videos caused a political backlash with some opponents calling the behavior unbecoming of a world leader, and some mps including members of her own coalition demanding that she take a drug test, which she did on friday. >> translator: i consider these accusations to be very serious. and though i consider the demand for a drug test unjust, for my own legal protection and to clear up any doubts i have taken a drug test. the results of which will come in about a week. >> reporter: marin says she's appalled that the videos were leaked as they were filmed in a private setting. she says alcohol was consumed at the party but she was not aware of any drug usage and at no time did the night out affect her work or her ability to perfect her official duties. >> i didn't have any work meetings planned for that week

when it first became public a great deal of outrage, criticism, so much so that sanna marin went and in her life. this was her response on friday. >> i didn't have any work meetings planned for that weekend, they are confirmed usually beforehand and i didn't have any meetings, for example, saturday or sunday. i had work meetings on monday, but i of course handled -- we didn't have any government meetings during that weekend. i had time off and spent it with my friends and did nothing illegal. >> but after that criticism and that defense and the drugs test a great deal of support as you say from women all around the world posting pictures of themselves, videos of themselves, doctors, lawyers, all kinds of professionals saying the message even though they are women and professionals the idea that they should be dancing in their living room or in a nightclub or at a party shouldn't present any problem to anyone. that is very much the finnish prime minister's defense, i'm going to keep doing what i do which is what a normal 36-year-old woman would to enjoy time off for themselves. the pr

turned out to be negative, according to the finnish tv channel yuliya yes, it is specified that the sanna-marinp under pressure from the opposition after the scandal with the video from social networks, and on it the prime minister is having fun at the party, on the recording, one of the guests can be heard saying the word flour, supposedly, i mean, cocaine. uh, the white powder is supposedly also visible on one of the commercials. marina expressed. it is unfortunate that these videos became public, adding that they did nothing illegal and did not consume anything other than alcohol. the lukoil company announced the acquisition of the stadium, the opening of the arena bank and the spartak moscow football club. leonid fedun withdraws from the club's shareholders and will not take part in the management of the team ; he was the owner of spartak for 18 years, but big milestones in the history of one of the most popular football clubs, daniil makhalin. managed and owned the moscow spartak, not a single generation of football players has changed in the club, and some especially young fans do not rem

let's go to finland now the prime minister, sanna marin, is facing a backlash after being seen partying the video. translation: these videos are private. i they were shot in private quarters. i am unhappy that they've been made public. i was simply spending an evening with my friends, partying. i was being lively, dancing and singing. there you go. it has become a huge political story in finland. ms marin is the world's youngest prime minister atjust 36 years old. she makes no secret of partying and has often been photographed at music festivals. last year, she had to apologise for going clubbing after coming into close contact with a covid—19 case. robert sundman is a journalist and political commentator in helsinki. thank you very much for being with us. how big a problem is this turning into for miss marin? it is a tood turning into for miss marin? it is a good question- — turning into for miss marin? it is a good question. the _ turning into for miss marin? it is a good question. the standard - turning into for miss marin? it 3 a. good question. the standard before have not damaged

in general, time for rave parties, sanna. so marinor her love of parties chose not the best. now she is advised to pick up her leather jacket. look, here she is on a sleigh to retire at the same time marin will be able to unload the schedule and there will be more time at the party. a video of prime minister sanamarin circulating on social media shows her having fun with several public figures, the origin of the video is unknown a video of 36-year-old sanna marin, who has been the prime minister of finland since 2019, has been drinking and having fun, this caused a strong wave of criticism and indignation among users of her address, sports talk show host alexiy volovori wrote that finnish prime minister sana marin, some said she was cool. maybe among other teenagers, but a responsible leader for a country in crisis. she 's by far the most incompetent prime minister we've ever had knows nothing, please take your leather jacket and leave. resign. thank you finnish prime minister sana marin, 36, loves to party in a new video released wed

this is the reaction of the prime ministers of finland, sanna. marinere in the public domain in one of the main roles there is the head herself government. she, as it turned out, participated in some private parties, where cocaine was mentioned by one of the guests. well, the citizens of the country, of course, didn’t appreciate such a hang, especially hmm the young finnish prime minister, who had previously been repeatedly criticized for a very specific way of life for her position. boris ivanin will continue . as if she had just turned 18, her parents left for the country, and she invited friends home in these shots, where everyone they do not behave quite adequately, for example, the minister of finland in light-colored trousers and a black top, someone clinks glasses with a camera, a glass. the degree of this finnish party rolls over. this girl, it turns out, is a famous singer in finland. alma sends everyone in finnish to go to hell, and then strange laughter is heard off-screen. and this word i ohuengi is not too euphonious in russian, but transl

the telegraph features a photo of finland's prime minister, sanna marin, who has confirmed she has takenes into survival mode with leaves dropping off or changing colour as a result of stress. you are a tennis fan, aren't you? yes. ., ., ._ you are a tennis fan, aren't you? yes. ., ., ,., you are a tennis fan, aren't you? yes. ., ., ,, ., you are a tennis fan, aren't you? yes. ., ., ~' ., , yes. you would say you know the big tennis power— yes. you would say you know the big tennis power couple? _ yes. you would say you know the big tennis power couple? agassi - yes. you would say you know the big tennis power couple? agassi and - tennis power couple? agassi and steffi graf. jason and laura kenny, have you heard of rob and claire fye? have you heard of rob and claire f e? ., have you heard of rob and claire fye? trio. they claim to be the fye? no. they claim to be the world's most _ fye? no. they claim to be the world's most successful sporting couple. between them they have 119 world championships, in what game? real tennis. world championships, in what game? realtennis. realtennis, kno

sanna. marin said she decided to voluntarily take the test and insisted that she did not use drugs.she never used drugs even as a teenager , now the question is how much political damage it will cause her there were other incidents that we can remember and so long ago boris johnson after numerous leaks about parties, which were banned because they took place during the lactown and yet paid a political price. although it took quite some time. i adore her she is 36. she has achieved everything, she is beautiful. she's just a person who likes to party. i don't understand why she can't dance and have a good time russia's border with finland is 2,000 miles long. they are in a panic because of the russian threat. so well, what is she in this case. must do saturday night harvey if the government calls her and says we're under attack. she's like i can't hear you. as one of the pre-election arguments, by the way, sana marin said more than once that she was brought up by her mother, a lesbian woman, who, of course, gave birth to her from a man to a man, then divorced and married from here suc