steve rosenberg, it's alwa s a post will be.ve rosenberg, it's always a pleasure to _ post will be. steve rosenberg, it's always a pleasure to have - post will be. steve rosenberg, it's always a pleasure to have you - post will be. steve rosenberg, it's| always a pleasure to have you here on bbc news. in the past hour in spain's catalan vote, the separatists have lost their majority. it means the socialists are ahead in catalonia's regional election.. it means the socialists are ahead in catalonia's regional election. 0ur correspondent guy hedgecoe sent us this update earlier. the fact that they have lost their standing as a major development. that's something we haven't seen for decades. that is major news. on the face of it, that's a big blow. however, you have to bear in mind that the party which came second was the together for catalonian party of the together for catalonian party of the former president, who's been itself exile. there is a chance that this result could feasibly end up becoming cat president again. as you ca

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. volodymyr zelensky has fired the head of the department responsible for his personal protection. it comes after two of its officers were detained this week over an alleged assassination plot. the announcement did not state a reason for his dismissal or name a replacement. in the uk, more than 30 major criminals have beenjailed after a million pounds worth of cocaine was stolen from a violent organised crime group. the crime bosses wanted to murder the men they thought were responsible — but police had cracked their encrypted phone app and could see what they were planning. thousands of messages reveal how the so called huyton firm was trafficking huge quantities of drugs around the uk from its merseyside base. bronagh munro reports three masked men arrive outside a drug stash house in liverpool. a fourth is pretending to deliver a parcel. four minutes later, they escape with the huyton firm's cocaine. hello. two men in the house have been attacked with a machete and an axe. what injur

our russia editor, steve rosenberg, was at the parade in red sqaure.ell, as you can see, the big victory day parade has got under way here in the centre of moscow. thousands of military personnel, more than 9,000 people, marching across red square in the snow. i say big parade, but this parade is actually not quite as big as it has been in previous years, before russia's invasion of ukraine. now, in russia, under vladimir putin, victory day has become pretty much the main secular national holiday. a day to remember the soviet defeat of nazi germany, but also the enormous cost of victory, the 27 million soviet citizens who were killed in what's referred to here as the great patriotic war. so, here comes the hardware. the victory day parade for russia is an opportunity to project russian power. now, i mentioned the second world war. russia today isn'tjust remembering the past. it's weaponising it to try to justify the present. so the authorities want the russian public to view the war in ukraine very much as a continuation of the second world war. they w

russia editor steve rosenberg explained that at the kremlin, reshuffles are unusual.nment ministers are, whoever�*s sitting around that cabinet table, there is one man and one man alone in russia who calls the shots, and that is vladimir putin. he's the man with all the power. having said that, a government reshuffle in russia is interesting, particularly when key ministers like the defence minister is being changed. they don't happen too often. the foreign minister, he's been in his post for 20 years. mr shoigu, he has been defence minister for 12 years. he was appointed by vladimir putin in 2012, i think. the two men were said to be pretty close for a long time. they even went on holiday a few times to siberia together. last week, we were on red square watching the victory day parade and defence minister shoigu was there inspecting the russian troops. but there had been rumours for some time that he could be moved, he could lose hisjob, and it seems that's what's happening. he still has a job to go to. he's being moved to the russian security council as the head of

steve rosenberg attended the inauguration ceremony. steve: in russia, times change.leader stays the same. ♪ vladimir putin strolled into the throne hall of russian czars. the gold, the grandeur of the grand kremlin palace matched the image he has cultivated of a modern-day russian emperor. a prudent could have -- vladimir putin could have walked this with his eyes shut. after all, he has been down this way many times before. he's the longest-serving leader in russia since dictator joseph stalin. this is vladimir putin's fifth term in the kremlin. the oath, to serve the russian people. then, the leader who invaded ukraine accused the west of aggression. >> we are not refusing to speak to western nations. it is up to them. whether they keep trying to hold russia back and continue their aggression, and years of pressure on our country will seek a path to cooperation and peace. steve: peace, here they are not expecting that anytime soon. >> putin is standing in their way. so, they try to weaken russia by taking putin. >> win the war, and the war is serious and we are fig

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.e first time since the new york court of appeals overturned his conviction. prosecutors in manhattan have indicated that they plan to retry his case after an appeals court ruled last week that he did not receive a fair trial in 2020. the 72—year—old remains injail because of a separate rape conviction in california. if you're just if you'rejustjoining us, looking at pictures from new york, here, the courtroom in new york where the disgraced film producer harvey weinstein is appearing. he will be retried after the rape conviction was overturned. that is coming from the manhattan district attorney office. harvey weinstein will be retried after that rape conviction was overturned. we will bring you more news as and when we get it. stay with us on bbc news. hello there. we're seeing a change across southern parts of the uk. eventually, some heavy rain and thunderstorms moving in here. we also got overnight some more mist and fog, low cloud developing more widely. and for some areas of scot

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.will not meet king charles during his visit to the uk this week. a spokesman for the duke of sussex said a meeting between father and son wasn't possible because of the king's busy schedule. harry is in london to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the invictus games which he set up to help rehabilitate wounded or sick service personnel. the eurovision song contest, the world's biggest music competition, has kicked off in the swedish city of malmo. fifteeen countries have performed in the first semi—final. a warning in the following story there will be flash photography and strobing lights. croatia, ukraine, finland are among the first 10 countries to have qualified for the grand final on saturday. and irland's entry, bambie thug has become the first irish eurovision song contest finalist since 2018. there'll be another semi—final on thursday, where 16 more countries will compete. but the contest is taking place amid protests against the gaza war. former swedish eurovision contestant er

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. will leave early in 2025. lewis hamilton is in pole position to sign. we will talk to our formula 1 commentator a little later this hour. most of the misty, low cloud has been lifting this morning, leaving more sunshine for most of the country. it will feel quite warm in the sunshine, temperatures in east anglia up to 20 degrees. warm in the northwest of england and western scotland. some cloud heading our way producing the odd shower. rain in the wales and the southwest tends to fade away but a lot of cloud is coming from the near continent, over the channel, bringing rain across these areas in the afternoon. wetter across southern england, wales, the midlands, some rain and heading towards northern ireland. thundery downpours in the night in the south. but that cloud will not clear away from some areas and push insland overnight, keeping temperatures around 9 degrees. lively weather by the early hours across southern england and into wales, a lot of thunder and lightning, large hail

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.nown to have died in floods that have devastated the brazilian state of rio grande do sul. dozens of people are missing and more than 200,000 have been forced to leave their homes. in total, more than a million people in the metropolitan area haven't had access to clean water for days. a sixth victim's body has been found at the baltimore bridge collapse site. a container ship struck the bridge on 26 march, causing the 47—year—old structure to collapse into the patapsco river. officials continue to work to clear the wreckage to reopen routes to the busy port of baltimore. a woman suspected of poisoning people with deadly mushrooms in australia has pleaded not guilty to murder. erin patterson faces three counts of murder for allegedly dishing up a poisonous beef wellington meal that killed her parents—in—law and another family member. ms patterson has always maintained her innocence. also in the headlines, chaos at airports across the uk after a nationwide failure of passport e—gate sys

from red square, here�*s steve rosenberg. on red square... ..they were celebrating victory.llion soviet citizens killed in world war two. among the troops here, soldiers who�*ve been fighting in a very different war — russia�*s war in ukraine. each each and from the kremlin leader, who�*d ordered and from the kremlin leader, who�*d ordered the invasion, a warning to ukraine�*s western backers — "don�*t push russia." translation: russia will do everything to avoid a global l confrontation, but at the same time, we will not allow anyone to threaten us. our strategic forces are always on combat alert. minutes later, out came the intercontinental ballistic missiles, capable of delivering multiple nuclear warheads. a less than subtle hint that russia has no intention of being defeated. victory day isn�*t just about the past. it�*s very much about russia now, because if this country today has anything approaching a national idea, that idea is victory. russians are constantly being told that russia was, is and always will be unbeatable. mournful music plays and yet russia is paying

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.ut about but that�*s not the case for 5—year—old abyan. last week, he became the youngest singaporean to reach mount everest base camp — which sits at an altitude of more than 5 kilometres above sea level. but of course, he didn�*t do it alone. he did it with his father, and the pair took 8 days to reach base camp. for more on their adventure, we have joining us in studio this morning — abyan and his father zikri. thank you for coming in. we discussed earlier who was going to answer the first question. you said you wanted your dad to enter first. you said you wanted your dad to enterfirst. what you said you wanted your dad to enter first. what made you decide to make a trip like this? , , ., this? firstly i am confident in his ability _ this? firstly i am confident in his ability to _ this? firstly i am confident in his ability to complete - this? firstly i am confident in his ability to complete the i his ability to complete the trek and, of course, i thought it would be an adventure,

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.family of mikey roynon, who was just 16 when he was stabbed to death at a party last summer. today, we hearfrom the neighbours and first responders who rushed to the scene when mikey was attacked. our west of england correspondent danjohnson reports, and a warning you may find some of the details distressing. this is the ambulance service. is the patient breathing? 11 pm on a summer's evening and a 16 year old is struggling for his life. he's been stabbed at a house party. a birthday party has been upturned by a knife attack. is the patient breathing? no, no. people living nearby are trying to save the boy. it was a scene of carnage, basically. when i got there, mikey was on the floor in the road. we were trying to find the stab wound. we thought it might be on his leg. there was blood literally everywhere. you're confronted by people who are shocked, distressed. some people had blood on them. i was trying to say to mikey, you're not on your own. i'm trying to help. we're here. we're t

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.ners. these will be the last set of local elections before a general election, expected later this year. here's our deputy political editor, vicki young, to explain all. tomorrow, every voter in england and wales will have the chance to take part in an election. in some areas, more than one contest is taking place. there are no elections in scotland or northern ireland, apart from a few council by—elections. in england, 107 councils have elections. they're mostly in larger towns and cities in the north of england and the midlands, although they also cover quite a lot of the commuter belt around london. around 2,600 seats are up for grabs. the last time they were contested, the conservatives were riding high after the covid vaccine roll—out, but now it's labour hoping to translate their opinion poll leads into real votes. the lib dems are defending just over 400 seats and the green party around 100. in london, there are elections for the mayor and assembly, and there are also ten other

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.rossing — for the first time since the attacks by hamas on october 7, to allow more humanitarian aid to cross into the areas threatened by famine. it comes after sustained international pressure by international governments and aid agencies. the un warned that more than 70% of the gaza population faces "catastrophic" levels of hunger. our special correspondent fergal keane reports from the erez crossing. a gate towards the war. where israel's army today showcased how it planned to boost aid reaching gaza. this is the erez crossing in the north of the gaza strip, with gaza devastated on the other side. the plan is to get 500 trucks a day into gaza from here. the un wants many more to avert what it calls a man—made famine. the optics, designed to convey an israel listening to america and other allies. every day, every day, we won't stop... all very different to the beginning of the war, nearly seven months ago. "we're putting a complete siege on gaza," said israel's defence minister, yoa

our russia editor, steve rosenberg went to see it.ield, but were later captured by russia, including this, the husky, a british armoured vehicle, now a museum piece in moscow. there are tanks, too. this american abrams had been badly damaged near the ukrainian town of avdiivka. it's now a prize exhibit at this military show, along with the german leopard tank the russians got, too. "it's incredible, jaw—dropping," says natalya. "it's amazing to think that our guys managed "to collect all these trophies". there was plenty of interest from the russian public. russians crowded around to get a glimpse and a photo. family days out don't get much more bizarre than this. so why put all of this on display? well, i think the russian authorities have two aims here. the first is to reinforce the kremlin's narrative that in ukraine, the west is waging war against russia, even though it was russia that invaded ukraine. but there's also a big element of gloating here. the russians are increasingly confident about how the war is going, and their mai

and your veterans and feels spiritual compassion for you and your exploits. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg the big victory day parade has got under way here in the centre of moscow. thousands of military personnel, more than 9,000 people, marching across red square in the snow. i say big parade, but this parade is actually not quite as big as it has been in previous years, before russia's invasion of ukraine. now, in russia, under vladimir putin, victory day has become pretty much the main secular national holiday. a day to remember the soviet defeat of nazi germany, but also the enormous cost of victory, the 27 million soviet citizens who were killed in what's referred to here as the great patriotic war. so, here comes the hardware.

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. i'm joined by tom bateman at the university of texas in dallas.he la times reporter how violence broke out at ucla over the last 2a hours, can you get us up to speed about where you are?— about where you are? here in the last few minutes _ about where you are? here in the last few minutes tensions - about where you are? here in the last few minutes tensions have i last few minutes tensions have escalated, this particular spot was where there was a tent encampment, a peaceful protest when we showed up, people were singing and chanting. there are around 12 tenths and gazebos in the spot here, protesters were handed a written note from the university administration telling them that they were breaching criminal trespass laws and if the tents weren't removed, they would be forcibly taken down and people risked arrest. we then saw the state troopers, riot police, armed with batons, many of them with zip coughs and sticks, they moved in and waves here towards the crowd. there have been some barricades, placed by some of the protesters effectively part o

earlier, our russia editor steve rosenberg explained that at the kremlin, reshuffles are unusual. russian government ministers are, whoever�*s sitting around that cabinet table, there is one man and one man alone in russia who calls the shots, and that is vladimir putin. he's the man with all the power. having said that, a government reshuffle in russia is interesting, particularly when key ministers like the defence minister is being changed. they don't happen too often. the foreign minister, he's been in his post for 20 years. mr shoigu, he has been defence minister for 12 years. he was appointed by vladimir putin in 2012, i think. the two men were said to be pretty close for a long time. last week, we were on red square watching the victory day parade and defence minister shoigu was there inspecting the russian troops. but there had been rumours for some time that he could be moved, he could lose hisjob, and it seems that's what's happening. he still has a job to go to. he's being moved to the russian security council as the head of the security council. but i think that's a de

i asked the bbc�*s russia editor, steve rosenberg, for his thoughts.ly if you look at, you know, this russia—china relationship, what does russia get out of it? i think a lifeline, really, you know, since vladimir putin has burnt his bridges with the west, he's had to turn east. and china provides this lifeline, both in terms of political support foeradimir putin, and economic support, in terms of trade. and china is a place where russia can sell its energy to, since it can't really sell much gas now to europe, so it sells it to china. what does china get out of this relationship? well, it's not a lifeline, but it's a very useful relationship, i think, for the chinese. i think they feel themselves very much now the senior partner — russia, thejunior partner. for the chinese, they can get energy at a cheaper price. and also, having this relationship with russia, that's quite useful for china in its continuing standoff with the united states. how's the russian press responded to the xi—putin meeting? some of the papers expressed some scepticism about the

may 9, victories and so on, victory madness, and i, you may have also seen the story of the bbc steve rosenbergd of the bbc's own bureau in moscow, about the exhibition of trophy equipment western models, mostly exhibited in moscow. a huge queue of muscovites, russians, who stand for hours to look at this equipment that was captured, and there are 34 exhibits, and above all this there is a victory, and the main slogan of this exhibition, it is called, victory, our victory is unavoidable, inevitable, and actually steve rosen. says that he still remembers when there was a soviet union and the same thing was published then with only a different slogan, but otherwise it sounded like the victory of communism was inevitable, and he so-so allowed a sarcastic comment that it didn't work very well for them then, nevertheless we can see that the russians are impressed by it , they feel great again, because they are fighting then not with ukraine, but with the whole world, these are american tanks, these are american. the cars are swedish, well, actually, we see that the idea was taken in ukraine, because

the bbc's steve rosenberg has seen what it looks like.se are the war trophies of the kremlin and moscow flaunts them, putting them on display. this western military equipment. was sent to ukraine to help it on the battlefield, but was later captured by russia. among the trophies are huskies, a british armored vehicle, now a museum exhibit in moscow. there are also tanks here. this american ebrums was badly damaged near the ukrainian village of avdiivka. now he is a trophy at this military show, like the german leopard tank, which also went to the russians. it's unbelievable and jaw dropping. says natalya, it's amazing to think that our boys managed to collect all this, she adds. there was great interest from the russian public. russians crowded around the equipment to look around and take pictures. family weekends have never been so strange. so why put it all on display? i assume that the russian authorities have two goals. the first is to reinforce the kremlin's narrative that in ukraine... russia is being fought by the west, it is no wo

russia this is not only a demonstration of military capability, demonstrative power, as the bbc's steve rosenberg says about it. here in the center of moscow, as you can see, a big parade for victory day has begun, and people are taking part in it the participation of thousands of military personnel, and more than where... they march through red square under the snow, and although i say that the parade is big, but still not as much as in previous years, before russia's invasion of ukraine. now in russia, under the rule of vladimir putin, the victory has become a major national holiday, a day commemorating the soviet victory over nazi germany, as well as a day when the victory came at a huge cost. 27 million soviet citizens. were killed during the so-called great patriotic war. behind me is a parade of military equipment. in general, a day of victory for russia is an opportunity to show russian strength. i remembered the second world war. today, russia does not just honor the past, but uses it as a weapon, trying to justify the present. so the authorities want the russian society to consider the w

bbc correspondent steve rosenberg, working in moscow, saw what this fifth inauguration of putin was like after the oath, putin promised to serve the russian people, said that he is open to dialogue with the west with western countries, but then accused the west of acts of aggression against russia, of putting pressure on russia. these are the statements of the leader of the kremlin, which launched a full-scale invasion of ukraine two years ago, and is waging a war against ukraine. russian officials, of course, twist everything the other way around and blame the event on the resolution of the war against. russia in ukraine. after the ceremony, and here's an interesting detail, we were able to talk to people we never had access to before. i spoke with... who interprets putin's speech as an invitation to the head of russian intelligence and he said cooperation with the west, that's what he thinks, but i assume that putin's words were understood differently in the west: britain, the usa, the eu, did not send representatives to putin's inauguration ceremony. in my opinion, this shows how high

here's our russia editor, steve rosenberg. way here in the centre of moscow. thousands of military personnel, more than 9,000 people, marching across red square in the snow. i say big parade, but this parade is actually not quite as big as it has been in previous years, before russia's invasion of ukraine. now, in russia, under vladimir putin, victory day has become pretty much the main secular national holiday. a day to remember the soviet defeat of nazi germany, but also the enormous cost of victory, the 27 million soviet citizens who were killed in what's referred to here as the great patriotic war. so, here comes the hardware. the victory day parade for russia is an opportunity to project russian power. now, i mentioned the second world war. russia today isn'tjust remembering the past. it's weaponising it to try to justify the present. so the authorities want the russian public to view the war in ukraine very much as a continuation of the second world war. they want russians to believe that, once again, external forces are

our russia editor steve rosenberg attended the inauguration ceremony. palace match the image is cultivated of a modern russian emperor. vladimir putin could have walked this with his eyes shut, after all he had been down this way many times before. is the longest—serving leader in russia since dictatorjosef stalin. this is his fifth term. this is vladimir putin's fifth term in the kremlin. the oath, to serve the russian people, and then, the leader who invaded ukraine accused the west of aggression. we are not refusing to speak to western nations. it's up to them, whether they keep trying to hold russia back and continue their aggression, and years of pressure on our country or seek a path to cooperation and peace. peace. here, they are not expecting that any time soon. the west needs a week russia that will fall apart. the west needs a weak russia that will fall apart. putin is standing on their way, so they try to weaken russia by taking putin. win the war, and the war is serious, and we are fighting. _ you could stop it tomorrow though by pulling you

those countries which refused to send a representative to the inauguration. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberghis was the fifth time that vladimir putin had made this long, long walk through the kremlin palace, the grand kremlin palace, down the red carpet, on his way to taking the oath of office. the setting was quite something, really. all this imperial gold, glitz and grandeur. and it matched perfectly the image that mr putin is trying to cultivate, that of a modern day russian empire. —— emperor. he made a speech in which he pledged to save the russian people. he said he was open to dialogue with the west, but he criticised the west and accused the west of displaying aggression towards russia, putting pressure on his country. this, of course, from a russian leader who, too years ago, launched a full—scale invasion of his neighbour, of ukraine, and is waging war against ukraine. just to remind you that, on paper, he had won more than 87% of the vote in the march election. but he faced no serious challenge under the election was widely criticised internationally for being neither free nor fa

mr putin also said leading russia was "a sacred duty. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg reports froma, eurasia and europe programmes what you make of this inauguration? no surprise that the inauguration is going ahead, really, right? home going ahead, really, right? none whatsoever- _ going ahead, really, right? none whatsoever. they've _ going ahead, really, right? none whatsoever. they've done - whatsoever. they've done inaugurations before so they have to do one again, they have to make therefore a virtue of necessity and they make it look good, but plenty of pomp and circumstance, plenty of gold and bling, and this is designed to make putin look notjust among equals but reigning supreme amongst the russians, confidence and most importantly a winner as far as the word in ukraine is concerned. these were emphasised today in the inauguration and will be on the 9th of may, the victory day parade. some countries are — of may, the victory day parade. some countries are boycotting _ of may, the victory day parade. some countries are boycotting the - countries are boycotting the inaugura

steve rosenberg in moscow.eted with a military parade in budapest during a visit to the capital of hungary. he has been in france and serbia as well and later he will meet prime minister viktor 0rban. hungary is one of its closest allies in the eu and they have been high levels of chinese investment. donna john's —— donald trump's lawyers are expected to question stormy daniels in the hush money trial which revolves around a $130,000 payment made to her before the 2016 election. donald trump has pleaded not guilty to 3a counts of falsifying business records to conceal the payment. these are pictures coming to us from manhattan, this is the scene outside the courtroom where he is due appear shortly. we can speak to a former us federal prosecutor. sarah, a remarkable first day of testimony from stormy daniels, what did you make of it? it from stormy daniels, what did you make of it?— make of it? it was fiery and she earned some — make of it? it was fiery and she earned some points _ make of it? it was fiery and s

our russia editor, steve rosenberg was there. in russia, times change. vladimir putin.f the russian tsar is, the gold, the grander your of the grand kremlin parish match the image is cultivating other modern day russian emperor. vladimir putin could have walked this with his eyes shut. after all, he's been down this way many times before. he is the longest serving leader in russia since the dictatorjosef stalin. this is vladimir putin's fifth term in the kremlin. the oath, to serve the russian people, and then, the leader who invaded ukraine accused the west of aggression. we leader who invaded ukraine accused the west of aggression.— the west of aggression. we are not refusin: to the west of aggression. we are not refusing to speak— the west of aggression. we are not refusing to speak to _ the west of aggression. we are not refusing to speak to western - refusing to speak to western nations. it's up to them, whether they keep trying to hold russia back and continue their aggression, and years of pressure on our country or seek a path to cooperation and peace. seek a pa

let's get more on all of this now from our russia editor, steve rosenberg. certainly taken a big step towards it.— big step towards it. what do you think this personnel— big step towards it. what do you think this personnel change - big step towards it. what do you think this personnel change of l think this personnel change of defence secretary tells us about what putin thinks is going on in ukraine, how he is doing? l what putin thinks is going on in ukraine, how he is doing? i think it shows that — ukraine, how he is doing? i think it shows that he _ ukraine, how he is doing? i think it shows that he thinks _ ukraine, how he is doing? i think it shows that he thinks this _ ukraine, how he is doing? i think it shows that he thinks this is - ukraine, how he is doing? i think it shows that he thinks this is going l shows that he thinks this is going to take a long time. the russians are spending more money on the war. i think the feeling in the kremlin is that they are in this for the long haul and that they need someone in the defence ministry who understan

i asked the bbc�*s russia editor, steve rosenberg, for his thoughts.economic support, in terms of trade. and china is a place where russia can sell its energy to, since it can't really sell much gas now to europe, so it sells it to china. what does china get out of this relationship? well, it's not a lifeline, but it's a very useful relationship, i think, for the chinese. i think they feel themselves very much now the senior partner — russia, the junior partner. for the chinese, they can get energy at a cheaper price. and also, having this relationship with russia, that's quite useful for china in its continuing standoff with the united states. how's the russian press responded to the xi—putin meeting? some of the papers expressed some scepticism about the relationship. 0ne newspaper, the headline was, "china is a very complicated partner". there was one quote that said, you know, "when you have chinese officials talking on the "one hand about a no—limits friendship, "contrast that with their tough pragmatism," as the paper put it. that makes russian o