in fact, vladimir putin described in detail how he felt betrayed by the bush administration when we first met with him in july 2009. we spent three hours at a breakfast. the first hour of that breakfast was putin explaining to the new president, president obama, all the mistakes that the bush administration had made. at the top of his list was iraq. they had an exchange about that. he said, look, you americans, you don't understand the middle east. you use your covert and overt change to overthrow regimes you don't like. by the way, there's empirical data to support that hypothesis that putin was explaining that day. obama pushed back. he said,ou are right. by the way, that really surprised putin. you are right, you are the americans, what do you mean i'm right? he said, i was against that war from the beginning. i'm not going to do that. we're not going to be in the business of regime change. at the end of that conversation, i heard putin as they were walking out to the car, he is like, maybe this guy is different. maybe obama is different. maybe we have entered a new era. fast forward t

translation: the president of the russian federation, vladimir putin.nslation: citizens of russia, ladies and gentlemen, dear friends. i greet all the citizens of our great motherland and compatriots abroad. everyone who is watching or listening to the broadcast of this solemn listening to the broadcast of this solemn ceremony. listening to the broadcast of this solemn ceremony. everyone who is present here in the historic halls of the kremlin. these minutes, being swoi’i'i of the kremlin. these minutes, being sworn into the presidency of russia, i most acutely aware of my huge responsibility before each of you, before our entire multiethnic people. responsibility before russia, the country of great achievements. their courage, their labour, they're invincible integrity and impunity, their relation to the sacred motherland is an example. i consider it my duty and sense of my life to do everything for russia, for its present and the future. to prosper, for preserving the continuation of our great people for prosperity in each family. let me assure you th

not everyone has been celebrating six more years of vladimir putin.ti—putin protest in moscow at the weekend. the kremlin is facing international pressure, too, over the salisbury poisoning and the war in syria. meanwhile, western sanctions against russia are biting. russia feels it is being squeezed by the west, and at this moscow arm—wrestling club, they tell me only putin has the political muscle to protect them. we don't have somebody to substitute him. there is no rival, opponent of him. even in a country of 146 million people, there is no substitute for putin? uh...yes. it sounds not very good, but it's true. that is precisely how vladimir putin wants to be seen by his people — as the only choice for russia. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. if the spewing lava from one of the world's most active volcanoes isn't hazardous enough — there's now an added danger for the residents on hawaii's big island. 35 buildings have now been destroyed with hundreds more in danger. but officials have told the bbc they're most worried about thousands of litres o

that vladimir putin is a realist. he understands there's certain things he must do to get russia back on track for his own political position. poon understands there has to be interaction from the west politically and economically if he's ever going to get them on a fully different track. always susceptible and vulnerable to the ebbs and flows of the oil market. if he gets elevated at some point to become minister for the economics or finance or better yet prime minister, that would be the biggest signal of all that he has decided we must really reengage and i have the right guy who can do this. now, in this recent announcement of the new cabinet positions he was not among them, he was given the position as head of the audit chamber and the federation council, in the federal assembly, not exactly a big powerful position, buter nonetheless, for those who believeos this track he is in a holding pattern but he's still there. his name is still out there. maybe he will see where things go and get rid of him and elevate vla

not everyone has been celebrating six more years of vladimir putin. is facing international pressure, too, over the salisbury poisoning and the war in syria. meanwhile, western sanctions against russia are biting. russia feels it is being squeezed by the west, and at this moscow arm—wrestling club, they tell me only putin has the political muscle to protect them. we don't have somebody to substitute him. there is no rival, opponent of him. even in a country of 146 million people, there is no substitute for putin? uh...yes. it sounds not very good, but it's true. that is precisely how vladimir putin wants to be seen by his people — as the only choice for russia. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. in lebanon, early reports suggest the militant group hezbollah and its allies have won just over half the seats in the country's parliamentary elections. the organisation, which is backed by iran, inflicted heavy losses on the party of lebanon's prime minister. the leader of hezbollah described the gains it has made as a moral and political victory. tourism ac

vladimir putin has been sworn in for a fourth term as russian president, at a ceremony in moscow. and kremlin palace before an invited audience. mr putin has been in power, as president or prime minister, for the past eighteen years. in the latest vote in march, he won an overwhelming victory after the main opposition leader was barred from standing. more than a thousand people were arrested during demonstrations against his leadership at the weekend. after being sworn in, he pledged to create a "country of possibilities" for all russians. let's cross live to moscow and our correspondent there sarah rainsford. mr putin is not saying anything new for the russians? no, this was very much a repetition i think of what russians have been hearing for some time — which that is vladimir putin is presenting himself as the strong man to lead this country into the future. very much as he has done for the past 18 years. he is of course now the longest serving leader of russia since josef now the longest serving leader of russia sincejosef stalin led the soviet union. that is quite a time in of

not everyone's been celebrating six more years of vladimir putin.ekend. the kremlin is facing international pressure, too, over the salisbury poisoning, and the war in syria. meanwhile, western sanctions against russia are biting. russia feels it's being squeezed by the west, and at this moscow arm wrestling club, they tell me only putin has the political muscle to protect them. we don't have somebody to substitute him. there is no rival, opponent of him. even in a country of 146 million people, there is no substitute for putin? ah, yes. it sounds not very good, but it's true. that is precisely how vladimir putin wants to be seen by his people, as the only choice for russia. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. tourism accounts for around 8% of the world's carbon emissions — that's the conclusion of a sydney university study. the figure is about three times higher than previous estimates. it takes into account leisure activities such as dining out and shopping — as well as flights and accommodation. our environment correspondent matt mcgrath reports.

despite the protests, vladimir putin still commands strong support here. who's raised russia from its knees and made it strong again. and that message is very popular here. but a resurgent russia is a major challenge for the west — whether in syria, where russia's military support has kept president assad in power, or in the us, where it's accused of interfering with the elections. there's also the case of the skripals — an ex—russian spy and his daughter poisoned in salisbury with a nerve agent developed by soviet russia. moscow insists it knows nothing. and, as president putin takes office again, there are no signs yet that confrontation with the west will end. and no real pressure from the russian people either for mr putin to alter his political course. the headlines on bbc news: the foreign secretary is in washington in an attempt to stop president donald trump abandoning the iran nuclear deal. extra police on patrol in london — after three separate shootings in just 2a hours leave i teenager dead and 3 others injured. the uk is enjoying a record—brea

steve: not eveinone is celebrg six more years of vladimir putin. police broke up this anti-putin protest in moscow over the weekend. the kremlin is facing international pressure over the salisbury poisoning and the war in syria. meanwhile, western sanctions against russia are biting. russia feels it has been squeezed by the west, and at g club,scow arm wrestl they tell me only putin has the political muscle to protect them. >>ha we don' to substitute him. vathere is no to him. steve: even in a country of 146 million people, there is no substitute for putin? t yes. ha, it sounds novery good, but it's true. steve: that is precise how vladimir putin wants to be seen by his people, as the only choice for russia. ste rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. jane: let's look at some of it days other news. road signs have been put up at the u.s. embassy injuries long after president trump recognized it as the capital of iael in december. itns remontroversial and few other nations have followed america's lead. secretary of state mike pompeo sa boundaries of sovereignty

later today, for the fourth time, vladimir putin will walk through saint andrews hall of the grand kremline oath of office. in the great hall where russian emperors were crowned , mr putin will once again be declared president of the world's largest country. he's already the longest serving leader here sincejosef stalin, the most powerful, too. but president putin 4.0 faces some tough challenges. after the nerve agent attack in salisbury that britain blames on the russian state, m oscow fa ces international isolation. the war in syria is another potential flash point in relations between russia and the west, which are at their lowest level since the cold war. meanwhile, western sanctions against russia are beginning to bite. to boost the economy here, will president putin mend bridges with the west? and how will he deal with opponents at home? this is how an anti—putin protest ended in moscow on saturday. the kremlin has been cracking down hard on public displays of dissent. that is unlikely to change. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. let's cross live to moscow and our correspondent ther

there are a lot of people who have become very rich with vladimir putin as president who do not want im step down because their property rights are not guaranteed by the court system, they are guaranteed by their personal relationship to putin. there is going to be a lot of pressure on him to stay on because there is not an obvious successor. he has not created a political party that would help to bring along new leaders at the gubernatorial level, and therefore, he is going to be there for a long time. shery: let me go back to the you run nuclear deal. you have experienced -- the iaran -- the iran nuclear deal. do you expect another deal with iran and what form could take? michael m.: i do not. sit down the iranians to a deal with us right now when the entire world, even our allies are supporting the mullahs in tehran. i do not think they have any incentive right now and less our economic sanctions begin to have an effect on european companies, maybe then they will sit down. right now, they are in the driver's seat and the united states is isolated. david: thank you michael mcfaul. r

>> interesting to hear vladimir putin call john a particular. -- provocateur. he asked about the presidential election and vladimir putin said i had nothing to do with the u.s. election which got a big response from the crowd. the headline to me was trade. panel,sensus of the without naming donald trump by name, raising questions about his global trade policy. vonnie: real disagreements in france, for example, most people on the panel disagreed without a president is conducting himself. what was lacking was clear strategy on what to do about it. vonnie: there were other issues dividing them. iran came up. israel and palestine came up. on the issue, do not forget vladimir putin whose event this was, was interested in getting sanctions relaxed. when he starts criticizing the u.s. for sanctions as a trade tool, his alter emotive -- all teary her motive is to reduce sanctions put on him by some people on the panel. japan and france are both part of the sanctions regime against vladimir putin. there they are on a panel with him. ready ironic. -- pretty ironic. wasie

police arrest of opposition leader alexeyevna of on the end over one thousand more protest against vladimir putin across the country the rallies come two days before cruise it is to be sworn in for another term. also on the program and its blastoff for a new mission to mars nasa launches an unmanned spacecraft to peer under the red planet's crust and look at how mars was formed. and volcanic eruptions put hawaii on high alert hundreds of accurate and the killer whale volcano spews wobble and a powerful earthquake shakes hawaii's big island. yacht . my ass waiter thanks for joining us in russia monitors report that over one thousand anti putin demonstrators have been arrested at a series of rallies across the country opposition leader alexei no vonnie was among them police seized him in moscow after he called the protests ahead of president vladimir putin's inauguration for a new term as president. down with the czar the rallying cry that brought together thousands of russians opposed to president vladimir putin they gathered in city squares across the country voicing their dissent and holding sig

international the presidential inauguration of vladimir putin. and when he does when he isn't all great it's a day that shows he will have been in power now for eight years of course that includes his time when he was the prime minister as well now this whole ceremony itself is set to be a bit more low key than mr putin's last in a twenty twelve for example but there were certainly some demonstrations outside the kremlin ensuring that. as we continue to watch you these live pictures here we are certainly waiting for that important to come in take the podium the ceremony where he will come in and places hand on the book where he will say thirty three words we then expect him to make a small speech to those in attendance of course our correspondents are also in attendance that this inauguration of the russian president vladimir putin as he kicks off a new term at the helm for the russian federation. i . need to show you live pictures here on r.t. international there is the russian president vladimir putin he's making his way to the official hole he

about how russia must rise up to the challenges of our time peter what kind of challenges is vladimir putin referring to. when we think about putin this capacity if they realize that there's nobody who's playing a role in the world of the real international leader but there's a vacuum of leo global leadership why do you say that i say because if donald trump is talking about america first donald trump is much more of a disruptor than a healer who respects reacts to things in a militaristic way rather than the peaceful way. and we haven't seen that really from any of the international leaders that it's time when the world is desperate for leadership that we do see a lot of accusations being being lobbied by various world leaders that donald trump talking about north korea being the biggest danger of the world talking about us being the biggest danger to the world then he goes on to talk about iran is not the next biggest near and dear to the world when you have someone like to reserve may in the u.k. who throws out accusations of poisoning before any investigation has been completed various

but not everyone is elate that had vladimir putin will rule for another six years. moscow. petersburg and several other cities. the biggest political rival was arrested, detained, they released. the real threat to putin is inside russia. nor than navali they say is instable. instability that has drawn people to the streets. >> there's a lack of legitimacy, renewal. he keeps speaking ambitiously about goals he cannot achieve. so there's a restlessness. >> uncertainty rising other putin's goal to become a top five world economy by 2024. >> it would have to take incredible economic reform to get to that in six short years. >> reporter: if he fails to meet that goal, experts say, vladimir putin will likely resort to familiar tactics to detract russians from their low standard of living. >> i think he will continue to undermine western constitutions i think you'll see continued meddling in edemis, they'll continue to modernize their military as much as they can. >> and continuing to try to eliminate his, alexa could be spared assassination, because he simply attracts too

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that is not only a huge responsibility, it begs the question, what will happen when vladimir putin exits the political stage? if he exits, according to the constitution, president putin must step down in six years' time. but already many russians predict he will try to stick around. >> he knows he cannot leave the kremlivoluntarily. he will be responsible for everything that he did and failed to do. steve: he is a prisoner. >>e is a prisoner of the system of presidential power in of the kremlinnd corridor's. steve: not everyone is celebrating six more years of vladimir pin. police broke up this anti-putin protest in moscow over the weekend. the kremlin is facing international pressure over the salisbury poisoning and the war in syria. meanwhile, western sanctions against russia are biting. russia feels it has been squeezed by the west, and at this moscow arm wrestling club, they tell me only putin has the political muscle to protect them. >> we don't have to substitute him. there is no rival to him. a steve: even ountry of 146 million people, there is no substitute for putin? >> yes. ha,

, and he has this belief that he's been very consistent with that if i could just talk to vladimir putina personal relationship with him, that will make relations better. i think he's wrong in theory about that, but i honestly don't understand why he won't push back harder on putin with respect to policy matters that are important to american national security. >> and the fact is, though, that the obama administration let him in to syria and by extension the middle east, he is now a player in battlegrounds that he never had been before. >> yes. the longest chapter in my book is called "chasing russians: failing syrians." the chapter is son long because i talk about missed opportunities as an administration and some things we did not have control over, including what vladimir putin did to shore up the dictator, mr. assad, in syria, and no american wants to go to war with russia over syria. that was not really a choice, but it is true that putin is back and is being more influential in the middle east than at anytime since the end of the cold war. >> from cold war to hot peace, it is an as

or we begin the day with putin four point zero today vladimir putin was sworn in as russian president for the fourth time now barring any changes to the constitution this will be putin's final six years in power when he leaves the kremlin in twenty twenty four he will have been in effect the so ruler of russia in the twenty first century or his insurance and his staying power are analogous to that of china's she's in pain both of these leaders represent rising tides of authoritarian powers buoyed some say by an american enigma known as donald trump or tonight's we'll look at how these leaders and what they represent threaten to erode the order that has stabilized much of the world for seventy years our first report tonight gives us a glimpse of a grand and reviewed russia the one that vladimir putin today pledged his everything to protect. the start of mr putin's day with carefully stage managed. russian state t.v. broadcast his long walk through the corridors of his office on his way to the ceremony. eventually he arrived at the car waiting to take him on a short trip to the kremlin

after we had breakfast, he went to see vladimir putin.ink he was saying, i think the obama administration is doing a great job, you need to engage with the president? i don't think so. that's fine. the good thing that henry used to do and i think still does, he would report to us and tell us about his impressions of vladimir putin. i hope secretary kerry is doing that as well. >> with secretary pompeo? >> yes. >> basically -- >> you are in there. >> russia relations since the fall of the berlin wall. >> yes. you are in there. we shared some of this history. >> we did, 2009, the ritz. we have been to that ritz. >> together. >> it was a very nice hotel overlooking the kremlin. >>> when we come back ahead of >>> when we come back ahead of tuesday's >>> when we come back ahead of tuesday's retail. under pressure like never before. and it's connected technology that's moving companies forward fast. e-commerce. real time inventory. virtual changing rooms. that's why retailers rely on comcast business to deliver consistent network speed across m

vonnie was among them police seized him in moscow after he called the protests ahead of president vladimir putin's inauguration for a fourth term as president the only is known as one of putin's fiercest critics and was barred from challenging him in the march presidential vote authorities declared many of the rallies being held on saturday equal. emily sure when i asked one of the protests in russia's capital moscow emily let's bring you in now you were at the protest in moscow what's the atmosphere like still there. well miles the protesters are basically destroyed today there were a large crowd of protesters on pushkin square which i'm at now and from the beginning the atmosphere was rather confronted there were several programmer groups at pushkin square even as the protesters began to gather and they were shouting favor of putin kind of trying to provoke perhaps the protesters who were shouting back and shouting that. our daughter and they were shouting for a russia without putin but very quickly the arrest began and there were a riot police at the scene now we're getting reports that over on

the headlines this hour vladimir putin has been officially sworn in as russian president bringing you the highlights of your gratian ceremony. also to come britain's foreign secretary heads to washington in a bid to save the rainy nuclear deal has donald trump's decision on the green looms and. the difficult part. is on the one ties for him to be killed. hundreds of interpreters who work for the british army in afghanistan face deportation from the u.k. even though they were promised asylum by london parties speaks to one of those affected. hello there well can you watching at international this monday afternoon where it's just gone two o'clock in the russian capital. has officially been sworn in again as russian president he won the election back in march goshdarn office at the ceremony at the kremlin palace. vladimir putin who is known to be sometimes fashionably sometimes not so fashionably late well this time he was right on time with work like a swiss clock i should say and really this ceremony had a very fresh spirit compared to the previous ones for instance city center of mosc

russia's vladimir putin is a sworn in for his fourth term president. business leaders expect him to deliver on promises he made to revitalize the economy also coming up. as tunisia's younger generation is losing faith in the country a german tunisian training said hopes to offer them a future. welcome to do business vladimir putin has been sworn in again as russia's leader after eighteen years in power and he's beginning his fourth term in the kremlin with promises to revitalize the country's economy growth is expected to reach one point seven percent this year that's according to a wealth bank forecast investors say resurgent oil prices up bolstering the economy despite moscow being squeezed by western sanctions but putin's economy needs to be modernized if it's to be a global player in the future. russian president vladimir putin can point to a number of positive economic developments during his time in power inflation has been kept low public debt to all while the standard of living has increased but he says there's more to be done in the world for

opposition leader you know bali and more than a thousand others are protesting against president vladimir putin the rallies around the country come two days before putin is to be some mornings. also on the program. it's a blast off for a new mission to mars nasa launches an unmanned spacecraft to appear under the red planet's prospects and look at how mars was formed. and volcanic eruptions put hawaii on high alert hundreds of back to it as. spews lava and a powerful earthquake shakes hawaii's big island. welcome to the program russian opposition leader alexei no volley has been detained along with more than a thousand other anti kremlin demonstrators according to monitors fully seized him in moscow after he called for protests across the country ahead of president vladimir putin's inauguration for another term as president. down with the czar the rallying cry that brought together thousands of russians opposed to president vladimir putin they gathered in city squares across the country voicing their dissent and holding signs denouncing corruption. because they at night i think that every respo

how are russians in the us viewing this fourth term for vladimir putin?arkable moments which was seen by russians asa sign moments which was seen by russians as a sign right here, since 2008 there was a part of the ceremony where the sitting president can set the power to the elected president, and this happened when the power was transmitted to vladimir putin, but this time basically he transmitted the power to himself because at the same time he was sitting as the elected president. he came to the presidency by himself and no family members accompanied him. he almost immediately an old and his marriage is over. there was no reception in the kremlin, and the kremlin said there will be another state dinner designated regarding the victory day which is the 9th of may, russia recognises this day as the end of the second world war, at least for russia. what do we expect from the tone of this fourth term as president in terms of relations with the west, will there be any difference? i don't think we should expect any significant changes. vladimir putin clearl

aleksey now by these call the motto of the protests was he's not our czar of course referring to vladimir putin and there was a real crackdown on those protests as well over one thousand five hundred people were arrested so obviously the putin government really showing that this next term won't be one where they will be tolerating dissent but i'd say overall the majority of people here in russia of support flooding their putin's old government so often accuse of having brought with new ideas is mr putin promising anything new after twenty years in charge. well putin's so-called made order of have actually just been published after the inauguration and that's kind of the russian development goals for the next six years as it were and one of those goals is to raise living standards for russians and another one is to make russia one of the top five a condom ease in the world now it's not clear how that will work with sanctions still in place and with russia still haven't really heavily dependent on oil for its economy but it's clear that that the mere putin needs to kind of improve the economy to

and more than a thousand approach against president vladimir putin the rallies around the country come two days before putin is to be sworn in for another term also on the program. its blastoff for a new mission to mars nassau launches an unmanned spacecraft to appear on the planet's cross and look at how mars was formed. and it should have been their wedding day but instead of holding a concert in memory of a slain journalist and his fiance john was murdered in february while reporting on alleged connections between politicians in the country and the mafia. and welcome to the program russian opposition leader alexina vali has been detained along with more than a thousand other anti kremlin demonstrators according to monitors police seized him in moscow after he called for protests across the country ahead of president vladimir putin's gratian for another term as president. the the the down with the czar the rallying cry that brought together thousands of russians opposed to president vladimir putin they gathered in city squares across the country voicing their dissent and holding sign

he writes vladimir putin is an evil man.s just one of many provocative parts in that. >> senator mccain goes on to say he's intent on liberal daeds, that has brought more stability, prosperity and freedom to herman kind. >>> great to have you with me. i want to start by having you react to what senator john mccain said. the characterization of vladimir putin being evil and his designs as sensely defeating the west, as senator mccain put it. >> senator mccain is right. i agree with his analysis of vladimir putin and his intentions. it wasn't always that way. he it different views earlier in himself presidency but over time they have codified this way and i think he sees his lock-term objective to weaken the united states, to destroy our institutions of the liberal order and first and foremost nato and to push back on what he thinks is the liberal decadent west. he fancies himself as the leader of orthodox christian values. because we're tacking about senator mccain, i met vladimir putin in russia in the spring of 1991 and met

rally and moscow police seized him after he called for a nationwide protest ahead of president vladimir putin's inauguration for a fourth term as president of on the is one of putin's fiercest critics he was barred from challenging putin in the march presidential vote monitors report that up to three hundred fifty demonstrators were detained along with him the protest in moscow was just one of numerous rallies underway across russia which authorities declared illegal. and d.-w. family sure when it's at one of the protests in russia's capital moscow or bring her in now emily what is the message that the protest protesters want to send. well my other stretches just taking place under the water that somebody declared out of the protest and that is he's not. this protest is very much directed act which in the head of his inauguration and the head of the head of the project. basically said you know who should be able to move us like a king or not his peasant. people came out today really to fight for their rights as citizens they told me they said that they're sick of the restrictions that the state

i'm for golf it's good to have you with us not even stalin had this kind of staying power vladimir putin has been sworn in for a record fourth term as president of russia in his inauguration speech today he pledged to turn russia into one of the world's top five economies he called for high performance export or even manufacturing during his six year term a putin won the presidential election with three quarters of the vote so he has almost total authority in the country but his critics accuse him of corruption and of silencing opposing voice. the start of mr putin's day with carefully stage managed. russian state t.v. broadcast his long walk through the corridors of his office on his way to the ceremony. eventually he right at the car waiting to take him on the short trip to the kremlin hole. then the grand entrance. and the war continued. all choreographed to maintain the suspense as some five thousand invited guests waited for putin to be sworn aimed to be a statistically able what you see is pretty good as putin promise for tech the country since the russian people. he praised russia

not everyone‘s been celebrating six more years of vladimir putin. ainst russia are biting. russia feels it‘s being squeezed by the west, and at this moscow arm wrestling club, they tell me only putin has the political muscle to protect them. we don‘t have somebody to substitute him. there is no rival, opponent of him. even in a country of 146 million people, there is no substitute for putin? ah, yes. it sounds not very good, but it‘s true. that is precisely how vladimir putin wants to be seen by his people, as the only choice for russia. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. if we did an arm wrestling competition you would win. six more yea rs. competition you would win. six more years. i don‘t want six more years in thisjob. years. i don‘t want six more years in this job. what is it with the job swa ps in this job. what is it with the job swaps in russia? who bring back a former prime minister? so long as we don‘t have to do six more years doing the show. that would kill us! in just half—an—hour from now, melania trump will be in the rose garden outlin

on paper at least, vladimir putin has little to fear from a street protest.survey found that the vast majority of russians had no desire to take part in a political demonstrations. and yet, any public display of dissent makes the russian government nervous. that is because the kremlin has seen a people powerforce political change in countries on russia's doorstep. hence, this less than subtle hint from those in power here — that critics of the authorities can expect an even tougher time in president putin's fourth term in the kremlin. let's ta ke let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. at least 16 mineworkers have been killed in two separate accidents in western pakistan. 12 died in a gas explosion and at least four remain trapped. pakistani mines have frequently been criticised for their poor safety standards and bad ventilation. and rescue workers in southern poland are searching forfive miners missing underground after a 3.4 magnitude earthquake struck a coal mine. two miners have been found injured and four more made their own way

after delivering that speech vladimir putin was pretty much on his way and the russian government has already disbanded itself it has already you when you signed which is a normal of course procedure in this situation so the next thing the next big sensations that we could expect is from vladimir putin's new appointments as to who's going to go in to be the prime minister of cause this is the main intrigued as to the key positions the key ministerial positions also many of them remain remain uncertain so this is definitely something to look forward to. their reporting from the kremlin so let's get the thoughts from a fellow he's an italian journalist and he joins us now and you very welcome a cello president said he doesn't expect his latest term to be easy what do you think will be his biggest challenges. well the biggest challenge is to have better relations with the united states over the course such a result must be two sides so the question really is a how the american are going to go we go on the news relation with russia which has not been any easier as everybody knows so well

after delivering that speech vladimir putin was pretty much on his way and the russian government has already disbanded itself it has already we signed which is a normal of course procedure in this situation so the next thing the next big sensations that we could expect is from vladimir putin's new appointments as to who's going to go in to be the prime minister of cause this is the main entry as to the key positions the key ministerial positions also many of them remain remain uncertain so this is definitely something to look forward to but after the ceremony the president did immediately get to work on the job of forming a new cabinet announcing incumbent prime minister and former president dmitri medvedev as his pick for the leading position in the new government. dmitri medvedev in britain tried to make putin's longtime sidekick russia's prime minister since twenty one and arguably the most tech savvy official in russia. he's also a big fan of rocky's live. live. like a soldier was eliminated let's. listen. is a quick sign of how we got to be in this country second to mom in. law

later today, for the fourth time, vladimir putin will walk through saint andrews hall of the grand kremlintake the oath of office. in the great hall where russian emperors were crowned, mr putin will once again be declared president of the world's largest country. he's already the longest serving leader his isjosef stalin, the most powerful as well. by president bruton 4.0 faces some tough challenges. —— president putin. after the nerve agent attack in salisbury, that britain blames on the russian state, moscow faces international isolation. the war in syria is another potential flashpoint in relations between russia and the west, which are at their lowest level since the cold war. meanwhile, western sanctions against russia are beginning to bite. to boost the economy here, will president putin mend bridges with the west? and how will he deal with the west? and how will he deal with opponents at home? this is how an anti—putin protest ended in moscow on saturday. the kremlin has been cracking down hard on public displays of distance. that is unlikely to change. steve rosenberg, bbc news, m

on paper at least, is vladimir putin has little to fear from a street protest.ound that the vast majority of russians have no desire to take part in political demonstrations and yet, any public display of dissent makes the russian government nervous. and that is because the kremlin has seen people power force political change in countries on russia's doorstep. hence this less than subtle hint from those in power here. that critics of the authorities can expect an even tougher time in president putin's fourth term in the kremlin. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. youtube has removed hundreds of videos following a bbc investigation. the videos, which had contained adverts for edubirdie — a ukranian coursework and essay—writing service — had been criticised by the universities minister, who claimed they promoted "cheating on an industrial scale". it's been a hot start to the bank holiday weekend with temperatures as high as 2a degrees celsius in some parts of the country. and forecasters says it's going to get even hotter tomorrow and on monday. 0ur correspondent