he writes in his book, "there's one specific madman "named vladimir putin and sometimes something "twistshis brain. "he writes a name down on a piece of paper "and says, kill him." when you say president putin answers for your husband's death, is that what you mean? that president putin ordered... of course. ..this? i mean that he ordered this. and we've seen this situation with poisoning in 2020 and investigation had showed pretty clear that my husband was poisoned by secret service from russia. so there are no doubt that it happened again because he wasn't. .. even from prison, he was very loud, and he was the strongest opponent of vladimir putin. your husband was reported to have been, the plan was that he would be part of a prisoner exchange, a prisoner swap, that did then go ahead after his death. and i saw an interview that president putin gave where he said essentially, he'd agreed to it, that, yes, someone had come to him and said, "we should swap "alexei navalny." and he said, "i agree." and, you know, he says it's unfortunate. when you saw what president putin said, what did you

you've got to know vladimir putin very early on in your political career.knew full well that you're nervous around dogs but he decided to bring his dog along to a public meeting that you had. what was going through your mind? you say in your memoir is that it became very clear to you that the biggest priority for vladimir putin was power and reducing western influence in europe it had gained after the cold war. but despite that you allowed germany to become energy dependent on russia. how do you respond to those who criticise you and say you put german business interests before european security? i come back to energy dependency, though, dr merkel, because you have president obama who you are close to at the time. he begged you not to build a second gas pipeline to russia. it was built in 2014 after bellamy after vladimir putin had already invaded. volodymyr zelensky described the gas as a geopolitical weapon and dangerous for europe but you didn't listen to president obama and ukraine. do you regret that now? and staying ukraine in back further to 2008, pr

it was built in 2014 after vladimir putin had already partially invaded.ensky described the cheap gas as a geopolitical weapon for the kremlin and dangerous for europe do you regret that now? and staying with ukraine back further to 2008, president bush wanted ukraine to become a nato member. you stopped that progress and explained why in your memoirs. if you hadn't done that, would there be war now? let's talk about migration politics. in 2015, you let overi million asylum seekers and other migrants into asylum seekers and other migrants into germany. the migrant crisis was probably the defining moment of angela merkel�*s political career, she was hailed by some, hated by others for opening germany's doors to syrian refugees and other migrants, many arriving on people smugglers�* boats. her actions boosted support for the far—right afd party. why did she do it? explaining that in her own words, she says, was the starting point for her memoirs. that was seen at the time as very untypically merkel. you were seen as a rational leader who took a while to make

what do you make of the statement from vladimir putin, where are we with ukraine and russia? is a very, very complicated situation, cheryl. it's going to be very tough negotiations and that is because putin is in a very good position from the standpoint of military capability, armed forces. he has prepared for this war for 20 years, right, and he transitioned russian military and the economy seven years prior to the invasion so he feels that he can drive a very hard bargain. right now, the positions of moscow and washington are mutually irreconcilable. what putin wants is he wants to keep 20% of ukraine, that they captured, the donbas region, he wants legal guarantees that ukraine will not be part of nato and he wants sanctions lifted. and that is not acceptable to washington. and so right now president trump's team has a challenge. what leverage do you have with russia? unlike china, we don't have much economic trade, we don't have anything really going on so that's the challenge for president trump is to be creative, right. how do you get this guy to negotiate? it's not goin

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vladimir putin apologises for a plane crash that killed 38 people but stops short of saying russia was responsible. gaza's health ministry says medical staff are among hundreds of people held by israeli forces who raided the last major hospital in the north of the territory. and here in the us, homelessness reaches record highs, jumping 18% in 202a. hello, i'm carl nasman. reports are coming in of a plane crashing as it we continue with our top story. in moscow russia's president, vladimir putin, apologised to the leader of azerbaijan over what he called the tragic incident involving a passenger plane which crashed killing 38 people on wednesday. he acknowledged that russia's air defences were active at the time but stopped short of saying his country was responsible. there is speculation that the azerbaijan airlines plane came underfire from russian air defence systems as it tried to land in the southern russian city of grozny. it later diverted to aktau airport in kazakhstan, where it crashed. our russia editor steve rosenberg has more on the apology from moscow. it was an azerbaijan

vladimir putin, iam sorry, but, and it very often from vladimir putin, i am sorry, but, and it is a keymake, i think i'm ina key point to make, i think i'm in a carefully worded statement the only thing the kremlin actually admitted was that this tragic incident, as the kremlin called it, happened in russian airspace. there was no public admission that it was a russian missile that had damaged flight 8243 and caused it to crash in kazakhstan on christmas day. when president putin telephoned the azerbaijani president he did admit that russian air defence systems had been in operation at the time the azerbaijan airlines flight tried to land. he said the air defences were trying to repel a ukrainian drone attack. no explanation in the kremlin readout of that conversation as to why that plane was allowed anywhere near grozny airport if there was a drone attack in the way the airspace hadn't been closed. to sum up what vladimir putin didn't say today was, yes, we did this, it was a russian missile that downed the plane, but this is the closest russia has come so far to admitting responsibili

can we start first of all with vladimir putin and bashar al-assad, and what you make about what is happening now? >> as your report just said, putin has suffered a major blow. i imagine right now russian intelligence and security leaders are trying to figure out how they might recer from it. it wouldn't surprise me if there were caches of cash, we are going to find out if russia sees syria's new leaders as a source of instability or support. i think it will likely be the former. lewis: why the former? >> the ft that the russian government propped up assad will not be lost on the leaders of the syrian rebel alliance, that has now taken baghdad. in particular, they would be worried that russia might be a fifth column to try to stir up opposition to their role in some number of months. russia has ties mainly into the far west of syria, the minority that assad used to keep him in power, was deeply resented by syria's other ethnic and religious groups. there is certainly no love lost between those who backed assad and those who resisted it, especially the islamist groups that are now very much pr

vladimir putin is used to getting his own way. he hasn't in syria.l have much more on syria coming up in a moment including a special risk or from our correspondent inside the notorious saydyna prison. you can stay up—to—date on our website or on our app we can find reporting from the region. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's have a look at some of the headlines now. energy companies say the vast majority of people who lost power during the storm have been reconnected but thousands are still cut off. the river lose burst its banks in york and a number of rail lines are closed wealth in south—west england due to falling rivers —— trees. emea league referee david coote has been sacked following allegations about his conduct. he was suspended after a video was circulated allegedly showing him making derogatory comments about liverpool at the club's former manager. the governing body say the actions were in serious breach of employment and his position was deemed untenable. he does have a right to appeal the decision. and rachel

so clearly, it was something that vladimir putin decided was in his interest to get ahead of the storyperience because of relevant facts that will come out about this? that prove the level of involvement of the russians or how do you in such a quick turnaround time do you have now this sort of, oh, i am so sorry, we apologize for this. as i said before we came on the air, asking for a pardon for something that you did not do, right? dearly, something is going on that they are now more aware of that may be made public. >> i think the evidence is starting to mount, not just the physical evidence that the footage of the aircraft on the ground but also u.s. military officials who were saying that there was intelligence that indicated the russians had shot it down so i think vladimir putin was trying to get ahead of what was more evidence coming out publicly and i think he is trying to address it without it getting worse.>> the timing of this not only because it happened on christmas day but because we are in what will be a transition period from one presidential administration to another a

frankfurt airport city, managed by front bought the this is the w news life in berlin. russia is vladimir putin apologizes over the downing of an a z re plane in causing stuff. he says, russian air defenses were active before the crash, but admits no responsibility is widespread. speculation that russian weapons fired down the plain also coming up india bids farewell to former prime minister menlo hun sync with a ladder state funeral. the veteran leader was hailed as the architect of india's economic reform. the i'm michael local, welcome. russian president vladimir putin has apologized for what he called the tragic incident in russian aerospace leading to the downing of and as a by johnny passenger plan. putting told his azeri counterpart that russian air defenses were active before the plane crash and context in killing 38 people. he stopped short of admitting responsibility. ukraine's belong to zalinski is calling for a thorough investigation, saying there is clear evidence of russian involvement for them. so let me see what it's the russian presidents 1st mention of the plane crash and cath

vladimir putin apologises for a plane crash in kazakhstan that killed 38 people but stops short of saying russia was responsible. gaza's health ministry says medical staff are among hundreds of people held by israeli forces who raided the last major hospital in the north of the territory. hello, i'm carl nasman. we begin with breaking news out of south korea. fire authorites say that at least 62 passengers have been killed after a flight carrying 181 people crashed at south korea's muan airport. two people have been rescued from the crash, according to the country's national fire agency. the authority says 80 firefighters are on site to extinguish the fire and thejeju airflight, which was returning to south korea from bangkok, reportedly crashed into a wall off the runway and caught fire. witnesses reported hearing a large explosion after the crash, which happened shortly after 9:00am, local time. fire crews have been working to put out the blaze on site and the muan airport authority the it is now mostly extinguished. the cause of the crash is unconfirmed but local media reports that a b

neil: do you think that vladimir putin will acede to that?u hear, that he likes donald trump more than joe biden and thinks he'll have a more receptive ear with donald trump than joe biden. what you just outlined is the mirror opposite of that. >> when it comes to vladimir putin he's the one that tries to be unpredictable and crossed thresholds using the nuclear weapons and a red line before and made the world extremely more nervous and dangerous. and donald trump has a vision he would like the conflict to end, but on terms that the europeans and the united states can live with. at this point in time if you go with the negotiated settlement with russia, it's not a matter of if, but when they're going to reengage. right now, russia is weak. push them back. do not give them an opportunity to rearm in five years from now, we're dealing with an even more lethal and strident russia that's going to again reignite that conflict and try to take it over, knowing that we may have a different president by that point, and that the europeans will prove on

, that tulsi gabbard has compromised herself and then vladimir putin will own her future. we have the possibility of donald trump empowering a director of national intelligence who can be blackmailed by deposed dictator bashar al assad and vladimir putin. no president other than donald trump would ever nominate as unqualified and reckless a person as tulsi gabbard for any position in government. so, too, with donald trump's nomination of pete hegseth for secretary of defense. we can only wonder what pete hegseth was doing over the weekend when the regime in syria was collapsing. he has promised to stop drinking only if he is confirmed as secretary of defense. that means according to his former co-workers at fox when he was hosting a weekend morning show, it is possible that pete hegseth was drunk all weekend this weekend, as he reportedly has been in the past while working at fox. it is extremely likely that president biden had private conversations, possibly several this weekend, with defense secretary lloyd austin as the situation was rapidly unfolding in syria. that's t

from vladimir putin, no mention of syria. events there are a huge blow to the kremlin. putin had poured resources into keeping assad in power. he became moscow's man in the middle east, shored up by russian firepower. and i'd better stop there because it's about to get very loud indeed. a few years back, we visited russia's airbase in syria, khmeimim. from here, fighterjets were conducting airstrikes on rebel positions. russian bases in syria gave it a foothold in the eastern mediterranean, but without assad, would it lose that? a few years back, we visited russia's airbase in syria, khmeimim. today, i asked president putin's spokesman what would happen to its bases. dmitri peskov told me that would be discussed with syria's new leaders. losing its staunchest ally in the middle east, that is painfulfor the kremlin. vladimir putin had invested heavily in assad, determined to keep him in power. in the end, it wasn't enough. the russian public too has questions about the last few days. "i was surprised our military didn't step in to help syria's army," alexander says. "but

that this will carry on onto 2025 according to vladimir putin, even lowering the mobilization age to 14 years old won't help ukraine. just a quick reminder right now, only males of 25 years of age and older can be, can be drafted, can be mobilized. and the western partners under mostly the current administration in the united states cooling on key of to low with that age to just 18 years old. now at the same time, vladimir putin as acknowledge that the presence of the ukrainian armed forces in the course region of russia. he is called that basically a crime against the russian nation. and has said that this is quote, unquote, a sacred duty of the russian armed forces to kick the enemy out. but speaking as do vote is basically giving a rather a broad to jeer political look. latimer putting those set again, whatever the western nations do to help ukraine it willing to help them, and it will only rather escalate the situation between russia and the collective west. a lot of my food has expressed consent, and i said that essentially russia treats this as concerned the fax that over a 100

and clearly, vladimir putin is trying to do two things.st of all, to break the will of the ukrainian people and secondly, strengthen his position going into whatever negotiations may come up. and that's where i do get concerned. it's unclear exactly what the the trump administration is going to put on the table. the concern is that it will largely disadvantage the ukrainians, forcing them to concede territory, maybe reduced the size of their military and foreswear everyone to join nato. but i find that hard to believe that ukrainians would accept that. and of course, vladimir putin is on the move. he's had momentum now over the last several months. so i don't think he's going to take anything less than those things. so i am concerned about these things. i think we need to continue to provide ukraine arms and ammunition. they need to get to the best position possible. when we come to negotiations. but i think that's going to largely rest, rest with the europeans. they need to do more to increase the weapons and munitions going into ukraine,

as far as vladimir putin is concerned. where would you put the odds that he will actually come to the negotiating table in 2025, despite what the president-elect trump is saying about it? >> president putin has given no indication that he is serious about any kind of negotiations. um, president zelenskyy, on the other hand, in ukraine, has said he's willing to negotiate if he can get a security guarantee, if he can be assured that the russians won't invade again. um, so the ukrainians have said they're willing to negotiate. putin has given no indication that he's serious about negotiating. it is possible that the new administration in washington could put some pressure on putin if they've got some leverage on mr. putin to make him come to the table. that's a possibility. >> yeah. uh, a lot in the next few weeks before president elect obviously is inaugurated later in january. and we'll continue to see what what the fallout is from this plane crash, as well as azerbaijan continues to say that they want a full investigation.

donald trump was drawing attention -- made by russian president vladimir putin. conference last week russia's leaders signaled his willingness to talk with trump possibly regarding the war in ukraine. trump has repeatedly said he would push to find a way to end the war. trump shared an article outlining putin's comments on his social media county yesterday afternoon. >>> israel has escalated strikes against yemen's rebels targeting the key infrastructure. including airport and power stations. according to the wall street journal the attacks aimed to deter the group which israel says facilitates iranian weapons transfers. the director general was nearby during the strikes with a crewmember injured. at least three people were killed and dozens more hurt in the airport attack. overnight israel intercepted a missile following days of rocket launchers that triggered air raid sirens. minister netanyahu warned they would face consequences, like other iranian proxies. >>> joining us now is senior editor -- can we just start right there where we ended? what do you glean f

from vladimir putin, no mention of syria. events there are a huge blow to the kremlin. t putin had poured resources into keeping assad in power. he became moscow's man in the middle east, shored up by russian firepower. and i'd better stop there, because it's about to get very loud indeed. a few years back, we visited russia's airbase in syria, khmeimim. from here, fighterjets were conducting airstrikes on rebel positions. russian bases in syria gave it a foothold in the eastern mediterranean, but, without assad, would it lose that? today, i asked president putin's spokesman what would happen to its bases. dmitri peskov told me that would be discussed with syria's new leaders. losing its staunchest ally in the middle east, that is painfulfor the kremlin. vladimir putin had invested heavily in assad, determined to keep him in power. in the end, it wasn't enough. the russian public too has questions about the last few days. "i was surprised our military didn't step in to help syria's army," alexander says. "but it's good assad's in moscow and that we don't abandon our guys

from vladimir putin, no mention of syria. events there are a huge blow to the kremlin. e president putin had poured resources into keeping assad in power. he became moscow's man in the middle east, shored up by russian firepower. and i'd better stop there because it's about to get very loud indeed. a few years back, we visited russia's airbase in syria, khmeimim. from here, fighterjets were conducting airstrikes on rebel positions. russian bases in syria gave it a foothold in the eastern mediterranean, but without assad, would it lose that? today, iasked president putin's spokesman what would happen to its bases. dmitri peskov told me that would be discussed with syria's new leaders. losing its staunchest ally in the middle east, that is painfulfor the kremlin. vladimir putin had invested heavily in assad, determined to keep him in power. in the end, it wasn't enough. the russian public too has questions about the last few days. "i was surprised our military didn't step in to help syria's army," alexander says. "but it's good assad's in moscow and that we don't abandon o

if vladimir putin hadn't invaded, she'd be here by now — at her neighbourhood school.care what they hit. angelina sings angelina's old kindergarten is in ruins, too. it was shut for safety, like all schools in kharkiv, at the start of the war. angelina barely remembers it here. before the invasion, there was covid. that's years of playing alone. isolation is a big issue for ukraine's children. millions are now studying online, like angelina, if they're studying at all. so her mum tries to take her out as much as possible. only in kharkiv, that often means staying underground for safety. angelina now goes to a special class at a metro station. they call it animal therapy — and she loves it. children laugh it's notjust the dog. it's the chance to mix with other children and to let off steam like any eight—year—old. it's clear angelina misses company, most of all. physically, lera is healing. the worst pain has passed. now she's coming to these group therapy sessions. some of the children have lived under occupation, others underfire. they've all known fear and anxiety, l

>> reporter: there was a phone conversation between vladimir putin and president of azerbaijan and that is where this apology happened but as you mentioned putin stopped short of taking responsibility. the statement went on to say putin called the crash a tragic incident that occurred in russian airspace. the statement went on to reference grozny, a russian city where the aircraft was heading to and it talks about how it was undergoing in the middle of ukrainian drone attacks and the russians were trying to fend off those attacks. this is reporting that is in line with reporting nbc news obtained yesterday by two military officials who say that intelligence suggests russia may have misidentified the airline and shot it down thinking it was a drone. look at the footage we are seeing coming in moments after the crash where you can see the exterior of the aircraft and what appears to be what could possibly be some shrapnel damage. again, an ongoing investigation right now. azerbaijan officials are investigating to figure out what caused the plane to crash, killing some 38 people, christina

of money we spend on ukraine is a rounding error compared to what it would cost us to confront vladimir putin directly. ukraine is an important country in its own right. but it's also -- it also allows the united states and the western nations to confront putin on the cheap. this should not be a mystery to people. this should be argued better by our leaders, and by people in positions to make that argument. i'm afraid by failing to do that, we have allowed these right-wing authoritarian sort of wing nuts to take that center stage and to make their flawed arguments without any challenge. >> right, and i think there's a couple things that are a piece of that. number one, free trade also has made other countries that used to be super poor less poor, which means they can afford to buy our stuff. without that, i don't think people think about the fact you do not want an impoverished mexico because who is going to buy your things? and the second thing, what happens when the u.s. is no longer the leader of the free world? let's be clear, with trump in office, we ain't. and vladimir putin can run amu

and reportedly was the european troops on the ground, to keep the peace and the world punish vladimir putincan congressman don bacon on supporting ukraine and what comes next three to head here on "fox news" live. taking care of mom was becoming a real challenge. i was so grateful to discover visiting angels. mom's visiting angel helps her shower and dress, and she keeps an eye on mom's alzheimer's. and our care manager gives me regular updates. best of all, mom has a trusted companion who cares about her. ♪ visiting angels america's choice in home care ♪ arthel: ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky confirming more north korean troops being deployed, combat near the iranian border and in the video did address and a suspect about he also accused russia president vladimir putin unintentionally escalating the war and ignoring calls from china, brazil, to de-escalate attacks and is good 70 minute who is live in london with the latest. >> that's exactly right present zelinski using the russia is escalating this war while ukraine is trying to defend itself may also say that will be including fi

russia's president vladimir putin has spoken to azerbaijan's president about the plane crash in kazakhstan. he apologised for what he called a tragic incident in russian airspace but didn't take responsibility. indians gather to pay their respects to former prime minister manmohan singh at his state funeral. india's first sikh prime minister died on thursday at the age of 92. he's being cremated with full state honours. thick fog is causing travel disruption around the uk, with flights cancelled and drivers warned to be careful on the roads. now on bbc news...the travel show: antarctica: the frozen frontier — part 1. welcome to one of the most breathtaking and extraordinary places on earth. i'm in antarctica. on a journey across the coldest... woohoo! ..the windiest... whoa. ..and surely one of our most awe—inspiring continents. there it is, there. it's there. 0h! 0h, hello. look at that. just over 105,000 tourists visited antarctica in 2023. it was also the hottest year on record, with potentially disastrous global consequences. muffled bang. oh, it's a carving. that's a massive bit of ic

a brief glimpse today of vladimir putin meeting his powerful security council, and then a kremlin announcementident putin had telephoned azerbaijan's president to apologise for the fact that what he called the tragic incident had happened in russian airspace. according to putin, flight 8243 had made several attempts to land at grozny airport in russia's north caucasus region. he claimed that grozny and other places nearby had been under attack from ukrainian drones, and admitted russian air defence systems had been in operation. azerbaijan said that president aliyev had told president putin that the plane had been subjected to external, physical and technical interference in russian airspace. so, words you very rarely hear from vladimir putin, "i apologise", but no public admission that it was a russian missile that caused this disaster. and also, no explanation why this plane was allowed anywhere near grozny airport during a ukrainian drone attack. aviation experts suggest the aircraft may have been hit by shrapnel from russian air defence missiles. officials in russia had initially claimed t

michael ok. russian president vladimir putin has apologized for what he called the tragic incident in russian aerospace leading to the downing of an as a bygone e passenger plant. guten told is, is there a counterpart that russian air defenses were active before the plane crash and causing stand killing? 38 people who stop short of admitting responsibility ukraine's val ottomans. zalinski is calling for a thorough investigation, saying there's clear evidence of russian involvement. let me see what fits the russian presidents 1st mention of the plane crash and catholics done have liked him and pretends remarks follow. if we do come friends with the russian security council in nice noon, we will start with the issue of interaction in the caspian region. because of the kremlin has faced accusation since and as thereby john airlines flight crest on wednesday, killing $38.00 peep full with an investigation on the wait the speculation. the jet was shut down by a russian may style the plane tried to land, and the russians region of chase know twice before flying across the caspian sea to cat

en un comunicado publicado en la pagina del kremlin, el gobierno ruso i informo que vladimir putin sepor el tragico incidente que ocurrio en el espacio aereo ruso y expreso una vez mas sus profundas y sinceras condolencias a las familias de las victimas. lo hizo en una llamada con el presidente de azerbaiyan y la aliyev, donde acepto que las defensas rusas estaban activas en la zona, repeliendo el ataque de drones ucranianos, pero sin decir si rusia le habria disparado directamente al avion, que, segun la aerolinea, experimento una interferencia fisica externa antes de desplomarse .>> para que el presidente de rusia, putin, eh, llegue a disculparse. es como un reconocimiento, en mi opinion . tacito no ? eh, no dan detalles porque eso tambien i implicaria probablemente, eh, un tema penal. >> la disculpa de putin pu publicitada por moscu llego despues de que, segun la version publica, el presidente de a azerbaiyan mencionara a los multiples agujeros en el fuselaje de la aeronave y las heridas de pasajeros por particulas que penetraron la cabina. en una llamada posterior a esta otra que

rusia hizo pÚblico este sÁbado una disculpa del presidente vladimir putin por el trÁgico incidente deltodos los detalles sin admitir responsabilidad por parte de moscÚ. >> el presidente ruso vladimir putin, pidiÓ disculpas por la caÍda del aviÓn de azerbaiyÁn airlines que se estrellÓ en kazajistÁn el miÉrcoles pasado, matando a 38 personas. en un comunicado publicado en la pÁgina del kremlin, el gobierno ruso informÓ que vladimir putin se disculpÓ por el trÁgico incidente que ocurriÓ en el espacio aÉreo ruso y expreÓo una vez mÁs sus profundas y sinceras condolencias a las familias de las vÍctimas. lo hizo en una llamada con el presidente de azerbaiyÁn y la aliyev, donde aceptÓ que las defensas rusas estaban activas en la zona, repeliendo el ataque de drones ucranianos, pero sin decir si rusia le habrÍa disparado directamente al aviÓn, que, segÚn la aerolÍnea, experimentÓ una interferencia fÍsica externa antes de desplomarse para que el presidente de rusia, putin, eh, llegue a disculparse. >> es como un reconocimiento, en mi opiniÓn. tÁcito no? eh, no dan detalles porque eso tambiÉn im

he used to be vladimir putin's ally in damascus.on't stay engaged in the middle east, we could risk a power vacuum. we've got to be concerned about the terrorist threat, doesn't mean we need to involve our self in another forever war or send massive troops there. we need to be involved diplomatic and insured turkey in the gulf states have post-conflict reconstruction. ashley: president biden pledging to send more weapons to ukraine following russia's christmas day at attack. vladimir putin says he will meet with trump so should we hold off on sending more weapons to ukraine until trump officially takes office? >> ukraine needs of those weapons. air defense. this is a reflection of the biden administration's failed policy, they never gave ukraine what they needed when they needed it, too little too late, that is why ukraine continues to suffer these attacks on critical infrastructure denying people heat and power. biden administered and behaved as if ukraine had infinite amount of time to defend themselves from this russian onslaught

and vladimir putin denies russia suffered a defeat in syria. and he jokes about a missile to with the west. the . i'm clear, richardson, thank you very much for joining us. dominique political, the ex husband of the french woman at the center of a mass re proud that has shocked the world has now been sentenced to 20 years in prison. the maximum term for his crimes in france, his 50 co defendants were given terms ranging from 3 to 15 years. less than prosecutors had demanded, leaving court interest. so public co said she had never regretted making her case public. even though it had been an ordeal. prophy on her husband repeatedly drugged and raped her for almost 10 years and organized for dozens of other men to sexually abused his wife. and yeah, just all public co says she still has hope for the future of the equal lease. on the so when i opened the doors to this trial on the 2nd of september of last year, i wanted society to be able to understand the proceedings. i have never regretted that decision because i now have confidence in our collec

his protector russia, russia, russia led by vladimir putin was not interested in protecting him any longer," but putin is reportedly protecting bashar al assad who is residing in moscow having successfully fled to moscow yesterday. in syria no one is sure what will happen next. here's richard engle in damascus. >> reporter: and that has been the kind of scene that we've seen all morning here where people have come to damascus, from all over the country to sing songs, to take photographs of this moment. there was a drone in the area a moment ago trying to get high shots and lots and lots of celebratory gunfire. these are civilians. people are coming out. you can hear some women here cheering and celebrating. there are also fighters here. some of the rebels have made appearances and are being greeted like heroes as people come out, embrace them, thank them for the fight. this has just been a stunning last couple of weeks in this country. >> donald trump's choice for director of national intelligence, tulsi gabbard, has spoken favorably about assad in the past saying, "assad is not the enemy

this is dw and use life from berlin. russian vladimir putin to apologize is over the dining of unnecessary plane and catholic stuff. he says russian air defenses were active before the crash, but admits no responsibility. there is widespread speculation, not russian weapons fired at fired down to the plain. also coming up the protesters in georgia loc hands and a show of unity against the pro russian government. to revive, to lose unimportant l i. s, the countries pro western president stepped aside on syria's new router, step up their campaign to track down loyalists of the of sued regime security forces in the left takia region tried to flush the remnants of assad, loyalist forces and confiscate weapons and ammunition. the unpopular phone really it's great to have you with us. russian president vladimir putin has apologized for what he called a tragic incident in russian aerospace needing to the dining of i'm as are by jeremy passenger plan. to const told his a very tundra part of that russian air defenses were active before the plane crashed and causing stun, killing 38 people. he stopp

the russian president vladimir putin and ballad, russian leader, alexander of the christian co, signed a treaty at a meeting. uminski, liquor single, also as good deployed intermediate range, ballistic vessels and dollars and the to the, to the do, belittle public health officials in the democratic republic of congo. the country is on high alert over a mysterious like disease. it has killed thousands of people over the past weeks and those health minister says it's still too early to know how to use a spread. romania is top court has no results of november's political election after accusations of russian meddling. the 2nd round was supposed to be held on sunday and would have seen far, right? pro russian candidate collins, georgia school, excuse me, pitted against interest pro european elena, let's go to. the current president says he'll remain in office until as the successor is elected. an unprecedented legal decision that is put to remain in democracy in crisis. the country was set to go to the polls again on sunday for the 2nd round presidential elections, but not so changed. now

so millions can live the this is dw and use live from berlin. russia's vladimir putin to apologize is over the dining of missouri plain and catholic stuff. he says, russian air defenses were active before the crash, but admits no responsibility. there is widespread speculation that russian weapons fired down the plain. also coming up syria's new router step up their campaign to direct track of time loyalists of the state regime security forces in the left takia region tried to flush, i've remnants of a side loyalist forces and confiscate weapons and ammunition. and these rating military ends as rage on a hospital in northern guys are leaving the facility out of service. world health organization warrens that medical care in the area has reached breaking point the on top of all a yes, it's great to have you with us. russian president vladimir putin has apologized for what he called a tragic incidents in russian aerospace meeting to the dining of an as or by johnny passenger plank, who controlled his as airy counter parse that russian air defenses were active before the plane crashed an

all to rights starts january 18th on dw, the this is the w news of life from berlin. russia's vladimir putin and apologizes over the downing of and is very plain in context. and he says, russian, the air defenses were active before the crash, but it mentioned no responsibility. there's widespread speculation that russian weapons fired down the plane. also coming up these really military ends. it's raid on a hospital in north and gaza. but what does it mean for medical care in the war torn region? we're here from the world health organization. and india bids farewell to a former prime minister in monroe. hon. sing with the latter state funeral. the veteran leader was hailed as the architect of india's economic reform, the warm greetings to you, our viewers around the world. i'm michael ocho. russian president vladimir putin has apologized for what he called the tragic incident in russian air space. leading to the downing of an, as a buyer's on a passenger plan. putting told his very counterpart, the russian air defenses were active before the plane crash and cossacks done killing 38 people wh

he might be able to put some pressure on vladimir putin.tive things about volodymyr zelenskyy. we don't really know how this is going to flare out. we do know that the ukrainians, are finding you out from 1037 duties. they have been holding off the russians. so that the russians don't get to europe. for the rest of europe for the social czar. have they have been finding it for us and we will see if it is brought to a close. >> thank you for emphasizing that. it has been 1037 days that the ukrainians have been fighting back against an unlawful invasion. second time around by the way. this is not the first time that russia has done this to ukraine. former ambassador, happy holidays. it is good to see you. >> thank you very much. >>> yep, the latest on possible timing for a special counsel, jack smith, about donald trump. . and extremist groups that spread dangerous conspiracies and encourage violent acts. this is a dark chapter in our history, but it can be rewritten. since 1971, the southern poverty law center has been fighting has been figh

what to take of what vladimir putin said on a phone call earlier today.round. and locks in moisture to provide soothing relief. a nose in need deserves puffs indeed. america's #1 lotion tissue. >>> right now, president biden taking his final vacation before leaving office. expected to return to the mainland on the 31st where you will celebrate the new year and prepare to close out his first and only term. let's go to mike with the president in st. croix in the u.s. virgin islands. what's on the agenda for the next 23 days? certainly looking forward to that he will be traveling to italy. >> reporter: that's right. the president is actually attending mass as we speak and that will be one of the highlights of his final three plus weeks in office. the trip to rome includes meetings with italian government leaders and that this president is with pope francis who he has developed a close relationship with since pope francis became the leader of the catholic church in 2013. it's interesting to see the effort that the white house is making in disclosing stages of

vladimir putin would like to have georgia back in its orbit just like they would like to have moldova back in their orbit, just like they even wish to have romania and certainly ukraine. and vladimir putin is willing to rig elections to have his agents brutally repress the peaceful protests that are going on. i admire these georgia -- georgian freedom fighters. they strongly oppose putin's interference and, mr. president, we ought to stand with them. i call on the state department and the biden administration. the last month of office, to stand tall with the freedom-loving georgian people. we must continue our legacy of corporation and shared democratic values with the republic of georgia. and i yield the floor. part of our efforts in the house be not only to governmental but extend the national insurance program. it is to expire tonight at midnight. the national flood insurance program as i think most people know is perfect but important. on the private sector. unfortunately found that out. in the appalachia area and victims of hurricane helene did not have flood insurance. for the m

and vladimir putin's attempts to p"°p up vladimir putin's attempts to prop up assad for more than a decadeing for is got from this is a fallen dictator filing for asylum in moscow. he says that he wants to return russia to its imperial glory, but after more than 1000 days, he has not subjugated ukraine, his fake empire stop shortjust a few miles out of donetsk. i have no fear of it, only discussed. of course madam deputy speaker, our revulsion of assad and his henchmen and those who propped him up, there is not blindness to the risk of this moment. the demise of assad brings no guarantee of peace. this is a moment of danger, as well as opportunity for syrians and for the region. the humanitarian situation in syria is dire. with almost 17 million people in need. millions of refugees, largely still in neighbouring turkey, lebanon and jordan, and so many are

yes, vladimir putin did apologise, but not for downing the plane, he apologised for what he called agic incident which took place in russian airspace. he expressed condolences to the families of the dead. so, according to the kremlin readout, this plane, the azerbaijan airlines flight, had been trying to land in grozny several times on christmas day. at that time, according to the kremlin, russian air defences were repelling a ukrainian drone attack, so you could put two and two together, but that is not clear from the kremlin readout. so, basically, the kremlin is blaming ukraine for attacking grozny airport with drones. that is the way i read it from what the kremlin has put out in that statement, that description of the conversation between the two presidents. steve, president putin never apologises for anything, though, and a lot of people will look at this statement and wonder is it as close that we will get to an admission that pressure was responsible, given they said air defences were operational at the time? but what about the timing? there was a lot of pressure coming out o

we also have to remember that vladimir putin loves syria, and he only loves it for one reason. he has a major naval base at tartus. he has a major air force base at a place called jenin, and both of those bases give him access to the mediterranean. once he loses that because of a potential overthrow of assad, he has lost his capability to influence in the med. he is somewhat lost. his influence to influence in the influence in the black sea. based on the war with ukraine and his naval bases in the baltics. at kaliningrad, are also threatened so you're seeing putin really being tossed into a corner. these bases are all critical for their military presence in these areas. and increased rebel activity in northern syria and turkish and the turkish incursions have heightened concerns about the russian supply routes, even into the area. assad is saying russian is. russia is bombing in the area and they're helping counter the rebels. yeah, they're not bombing with much because they don't have much to bomb with. they've lost a lot of aircraft in ukraine and they're like i said, a minut