st. petersburg president putin said russia is fighting in ukraine to protect its own security he was asked goal with the war. >> many times said russian and ukrainian people a1 people in fact and that since the whole of ukraine is hours for the foot of a russian soldier steps, that is ours. >> also during that event the russian leader did not rule out taking control of the ukrainian city sank forces were carving out a buffer zone to protect their territory but president zelenskyy has repeatedly rejected the notion russians and ukrainians are one people said moscow's claim to fort ukrainian returns and crimea as illegal calling putin speech a performance they will continue the fight. >> of course you will find ukrainian drones for every foot of a russian occupier. of course ukraine will defend itself you understand the issue of ukraine's independence as a matter of survival for ukrainians. >> while russia continues to send swarms of drones into ukraine almost nightly president zelenskyy their work and interceptor groans they have launched the build with ukraine program to begin exporting te

st. petersburg, president putin said russia is fighting in ukraine to protect its own security and was asked his end goal with the war. >> i have many times that i consider russian and ukrainian peoples one people. in that sense the whole of ukraine is ours. where the of a russian soldier steps, that is ours. >> reporter: during that event the russian leader did not rule out taking charge of the city of sumi, they are carving out a buffer zone to protect their territory, zelenskyy has rejected the notion that russians and ukrainians are one people and says that is illegally calling vladimir putin's speech a performance and they will continue to fight. >> translator: yesterday putin put on a performance particularly for the united states, and spoke completely openly. yes, he wants all of ukraine and he wanted it not just for four years, not just since 2014 but long before that. >> reporter: russia continues to send swarms of drones almost nightly, president zelenskyy said they are working on developing interceptor drones for protection and zelenskyy also announced on x they launch the build w

st. petersburg. it's not there or not seems new when you have some new form. despite the difficult external background rushes g d p has increased by more than 4 percent annually over the last 2 years. growth rates that exceed the global average. if we talk about the structure of this growth, i will cite a special indicator of the so called non oil and gas gdp because it is clear to the influence of industries related to hydrocarbon production. we're talking about creating a national, digital transport and logistics platform. and such a modern technological base, international arteries will be developed passing through the territory of our country, including the arctic transport core doors of st. petersburg. as for the payment infrastructure here, we will continue to work closely with our bricks. colleagues, building an effective, reliable, and i repeat, independent of external interference mechanisms and services. a fundamentally new development model is needed and built not on the rules of neil colo

st. petersburg, economic form. for more on the stories we're covering here on our to international do visit our website r t dot com, the the victorious may of 1945 will fight. as i remain in memory, the 2 participants are still alive. those who experience the horrors of that good, a fewer and fewer, the more twos witnesses of passing away the with, with these are bending. the truth of that time. more place is more and more the lie. number one, the soviet union refused a today to come to check is a back is a, is allowing him to, to unleash, we'll go to the, the start date of world war 2. depends on the country involved. the, the 3rd rice considers the war started on march the 7th 1936, when the gymnast drove the french away from the ryan china considered as well. war 2 began on july, the 7th. 1937. the day japan invaded the country, the americas prompting. the world now considered as september, the 1st 1939 of the day, the germans at tank, poland. to be this dodge of world war 2. in austria, however, the fatal year

st. petersburg, fighting and ukraine to protect its own security.asked about the end goal. >> translator: i have many times that i consider russian and ukrainian people as one people, the whole of ukraine is hours. we have an old saying or parable, it is hours. >> reporter: the russian leader did not rule out taking control of the ukrainian city of sumi saying they are crating a buffer zone to protect their territory. zelenskyy rejected the notion russians are ukrainians, one people, moscow's claim to four ukrainian regions as illegal. vladimir putin's economic advisers are questioning how long they can keep up this fight as russia's economy minister says the country is on the brink of a recession. something vladimir putin denies. russia sends swarms of drones into ukraine almost nightly, zelenskyy says they are working on developing interceptor drones for protection. the lenski announced on x they launched rebuild with ukraine program to begin exporting military technology and establish production facilities in partner countries. this comes ahead o

st. petersburg for i'm just the other day. a little most of the will see that russian mediation efforts are well intentioned. it could, they could be presented in the west, in the european union and elsewhere as some kind of dangerous russian interference . if anything, if it doesn't work, the russians will get to blame, as they usually do. so it's difficult for most of us. i have a role is the big 90 bucks. it doesn't look to look like being the battery neva if of course, especially and yet, and request that. and i'm sure that the storage charge would be perfectly happy about that. uh, that would be a different matter. but russia has to try it very carefully. not to, to appear like it's quoting, that you and someone else in the country would like to talk to you about this all life, but we are out of time, much appreciate it. that is international media commentate to marco gastric. much appreciated once again. thank you. charlotte well, thanks very much. uh from me today. that's all i got time full. i appreciate your company l

st. petersburg. as for the payment infrastructure here, we will continue to work closely with our bricks. colleagues, building an effective, reliable, and i repeat, independent of external interference mechanisms and services. a fundamentally new development model is needed and built not on the rules of neo colonialism when the so called golden 1000000000 is pumping resources out of other countries in the interest of a narrow circle of so called a leads. and not even in the interest of the entire people of these countries. but specifically in the interest of the leads, russia in china are not forming a new world order. we're only shaping up to date. yeah, the a new world order arises naturally, a little bit of them. it's like a sunrise stood up with. no, there's no escaping we will afford them. we am and we are formalizing it and perhaps clearing the way for this process. so that is more balance and meets the interest of the vast majority of countries should be flattery. session is definitely i'm on

st. petersburg, president putin claimed that, quote, all ukraine sours.they are trying to go become to times when kyiv was subordinate to it and ukraine had no right to decide its future. but we see everyday, ukraine's determination to withstand russia is stronger than russia's attacks. russia sees peace talks as an inconsequential sideshow. its military campaign in ukraine intensified significantly. with 2025 on track to become the deadliest year for russian forces. ukraine has the unquestionableright to defend itself include big targeting aggressors. poland will continue to stand with the victim of the aggression just as we have done since day one. we will also continue supporting ukraine and seeking a genuine, just, and lasting peace based on the u.n. charter and international law with the will of the ukraine citizens. that's what we all should support. in his attempt it is resuscitate the russian empire and fuel his personal ambition, perhaps, president putin has sacrificed hundreds of thousands of lives of his own citizens and robbed them of a peacef

st. petersburg, florida. i'm going to go to fonts and it's not because i did not respect. did you start going? is because i did my commitment to attend this for them before they invited me. so that's the only reason the. so please don't read too much into the them sometimes, or part of the co op. so risk you want to read, or is this a political statement, right? no or nation all by condition, always loans. respect all countries are foreign policy is very simple. one face, $1000.00 fans to few is one enemy to many. we want to be fan serious of anybody who's trying to be very diplomatic and say, look, i invited me 1st, but let's, let's be serious. we all know the score here. it used to be that, you know, the g 7 and these other factions inside the western countries were, they were the most important, the most covered events in the world. everybody flock there. everybody wanted to be seen there. it was the place to be. not so much anymore. it, it, you know, bricks is becoming a hotter ticket. then the g 7. and i think, you know, even though i know he's trying to disguise it,

but getting back to you used to be called, of course saint petersburg after him some say, but i've st. peter, i think it was up to him. and then in the 2nd world war, catastrophic seems to place in this city right right of the day. and when the war, we wonder what we're going to have a parade. mr. trump. right. in leningrad itself. a city by the way, where vladimir putin grew up. yeah. more people died in this city in leningrad during the siege of an a god that the entire combined warded of the united states and united kingdom combined. the imagined latter macbook zone brother before he died, died of deteriorate in this it, he's buried here. so this is a personal thing when people talking about during the 6 we won the war, it's very personal for the russians it's, it's a living history. okay. so we've talked about economy and growth in the economy. that's also important too, because like we say, it's about housekeeping, or the russians are shy, as you know, the talking about politics about talking about wanting to get things done. but when you're moving things, but when you get to rea

steve rosenberg, bbc news, st petersburg. the sunken superyacht belonging to the late tech tycoon mike lynch has been raised from the seabed by a specialist salvage team. seven of the 22 people on board died in the sinking, including mike lynch and his 18-year-old daughter. the vessel sank during freak weather in august, but naval experts say the bayesian should have been able to withstand a storm and should not have sunk as rapidly as it did. in may, a diver died during a preliminary operation to recover the bayesian superyacht. the uk parliament has approved a bill that would give terminally ill adults in england and wales the right to end their own lives. the legislation will now go to the house of lords for further scrutiny. the bill would give people with less than six months to live the right to apply for an assisted death. our political editor chris mason has more. chanting: listen to our voice! our freedom, our choice! chanting: kill the bill! kill the bill! the cacophony of argument, the biggest of principles. respon

steve rosenberg, bbc news, st petersburg. a bbc report has explored the final days of al-awda, described as the last functioning hospital in north gaza. over the period of two weeks, the hospital's director mohammed salha sent voice notes from inside. key details - which included video and photo evidence - was corroborated by bbc verify. richard irvine-brown has more, and explains the team's process. we have been working alongside a bbc journalist on this report about the final days of al-awda hospital, described by the world health organization last month as the last functioning hospital in north gaza. we were sent notes by hospital director mahmoud khalil, who described damage, injuries and worries for those inside the building. we have been verifying material since the first few weeks of the war, after the hamas lead attack in october 2023 and helped collaborate the details in mohammed salha notes. the highlighted area is the courtyard, roughly the square footage of a swimming pool. and we use this to identify the images.

st. petersburg. if it's not there or not, seems new when you have some new form. despite the difficult external background rushes g, d p has increased by more than 4 percent annually over the last 2 years, with growth rates that exceed the global average. if we talk about the structure of this growth, i will cite a special indicator of the so called non oil and gas cheating because it is clear to the influence of industries related to hydrocarbon production. the growth of rushes, non oil and gas, gdp in 2023 was 7.2 percent in 2024, almost 5 percent of the numbers here are significant and they are more substantial than the g. d. p. as a whole. in other words, the contribution of the raw materials component to the economic dynamics of the country is no longer decisive. and the is that our model and we've already launched the state system of electronic document needs for transportation. all the basic papers for cargo transportation by car, the bill of lading, and the way bill can now be issued electron

steve rosenberg, bbc news, st petersburg. the united nations secretary-general, antonio guterres, has marked world refugee day. he urged countries to provide more support to people forced to flee war, natural disasters and persecution. about 123 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes,with many having to cross international borders to find safety. most refugees are from just five countries - venezuela, syria, afghanistan, ukraine, and south sudan. low and middle-income countries are hosting more than 70% of displaced people, putting huge strain on their economies. at the beginning of this year, the un reported an unprecedented 43 million people worldwide are refugees. women and children are particularly vulnerable, and face difficulties gaining access to medical care and education. let's speak to luiz fernando godinho, americas spokesman for the un refugee agency, the unhcr. he joins me from panama city. welcome. this you're the americas specialist, tell us what the main refugee crises are in this contine

st. petersburg. >> on stage in st. petersburg today, we saw two vladimir putin's. putin the peacemaker. under the middle east. the kremlin later said russia had shared ideas with iran and israel for a diplomatic solution to their conflict. no details, though. then, number two. uncompromising undiplomatic putin. when it comes to his war on ukraine. >> i have said many times before, i consider russians and ukrainians one people. in that sense, all of ukraine is ours. >> in what seemed like an attempt to pressure ukraine into his peace terms, he poured russia's army could take more territory. -- warned russia's army could take more territory. >> where the foot of a russian soldier steps, that is ours. >> the kremlin leader sounding increasingly confident on the world stage. every year, vladimir putin uses the events to project his vision of the world's to the world. it is an economic forum. one of the main talking points is the state of the russian economy. it's not in great shape. true, russia's economy has survived three years of sanctions. and for all of the razzma

st. petersburg. it's not there or not seems new when you have some new form. despite the difficult external background rushes gdp has increased by more than 4 percent annually over the last 2 years. who is growth rates that exceed the global average? if we talk about the structure of this growth, i will cite a special indicator of the so called non oil and gas generation because it is cleared of the influence of industries related to hydrocarbon production. the growth of rush is not oil and gas, g, d, p in 2023 was 7.2 percent in 2024. almost 5 percent of the numbers here are significant reduction and they are more substantial than the g. d. p as a whole. in other words, the contribution of the raw materials component to these economic dynamics of the country is no longer decisive. nothing is a model and we've already launched the state system. an electronic document needs for transportation. all the basic papers for cargo, transportation by car, the bill of lading might be in the way bill can now be

onstage in st petersburg today, we saw two vladimir putins. number one - putin the peacemaker, in the middle east. the kremlin leader said russia had shared ideas with iran and israel for a diplomatic solution to their conflict. no details, though. and then, number two - uncompromising, undiplomatic putin, when it comes to his war on ukraine. translation: i've said many times before, i consider russians and ukrainians one people. in that sense, all ukraine is ours. in what seemed like an attempt to pressure ukraine into accepting his peace terms, he warned that russia's army could take more territory. translation: we have an old rule in russia. where the foot of a russian soldier steps, that is ours. the kremlin leader sounding increasingly confident on the world stage. every year, vladimir putin uses this event to project his vision of the world to the world. but this is an economic forum, so one of the main talking points here is the state of the russian economy. that's not in great shape. true, russia's economy has survived three years of s

st. petersburg as the patient has said that russia will not contribute to the coughing between the wrong and these real minutes hardy. but he's constantly in contact with all the policies involved in the conflicts and aust, nits on yahoo and trump to ensure security for the rush of passing out of the boucher nuclear power plant. saying that russia is not evacuating its style from that. everyone is concerned about the safety overruns. we're trying to clear up how plant in light of possible is really strikes the russian side has wound against any attacks on rainy and nuclear facilities saying they all unacceptable. while they had a rushes arose awesome corporation which provides technological assistance to the boucher nuclear power plant, who's russian employees was at the plant. has said that the technological safety of the plant is fully insured, is protected from us, quakes from power outages from operate to errors, even the according to him, the ranges are an absolutely professional team, but the space is not designed to withstand a direct missiles to like that for the well, i told chi

but getting back to you used to be called, of course saint petersburg after him some say, but i've st. peter, i think it was up to him. and then in the 2nd world war, catastrophic seems to place in this city right, right. have a day. and when the war, we wonder what we're going to have a parade. mr. trump. right. in leningrad itself. a city by the way, where vladimir putin grew up. yeah. more people died in this city in leningrad during the siege of undergrad, that the entire combined warded of the united states and united kingdom combined, imagined letterman zone brother before he died, died a bit tyria in this city. he's buried here. so this is a personal thing when people talking about during the sick we won the war, it's very personal for the russians. it's, it's a living history. okay. so we've talked about economy and growth in the economy. that's also important too, because like we say, it's about housekeeping, or the russians are shy, as you know, the talking about politics about talking about wanting to get things done. but when you're moving things, but when you get to reall

steve rosenberg, bbc news, st petersburg. heatwaves have been declared across large parts of england and wales after another day of scorching weather. parts of europe are on alert for a major heatwave this weekend. in the united states, a "heat dome" is forecast to bring days of extreme conditions - including severe storms and high humidity. this is happening against the backdrop of a stark warning from a team of leading scientists, who say earth could breach the symbolic one 1.5-degree celsius warming limit in as little as three years. joining me live is christiana figueres, the un's former climate chief and key architect of the 2015 paris agreement. she is a founding partner at global optimism and co-host of the outrage and optimism podcast. good to have you with us. you were the person that helped bring the 1-.5 degrees celsius target into global focus. i'm curious to know, how do you feel knowing that worry are going to cross that line in just three years personally and professionally? scientist have been warning about th

st. petersburg. as for the payment infrastructure here, we will continue to work closely with our bricks. colleagues, building an effective, reliable, and i repeat independent of external interference and mechanisms and services like towards those and then for delivery. even though a new development model free from political manipulation must be propose one that takes into account the national interest of state. and of course, this model should focus on the needs of citizens and their families at the brick summit, which i mentioned to these last items in cars. on the $35.00 countries participated, representing nearly 2 thirds of the world's population and a half of the global economy, they expressed a shared understanding of the approach is necessary for a peaceful future pulled up for the upgrade. you might think they've been a fundamentally new development model is needed and built not on the rules of new colonialism when the so called golden 1000000000 is pumping resources out of other countries i

the russian president vladimir putin has been speaking at the st petersburg international economic forum. he said he was worried when asked if he was concerned that the world was heading towards world war three. russia has a strategic partnership with iran and president putin is urging the united states not to intervene in the israel-iran conflict. last year's anti-tourism protests in europe drew global headlines. this summer, the tensions are back, with more protests. earlier this week locals in spain have been shooting water guns at visitors saying a flood of summer visitors is driving up housing costs in their cities and pushing out locals. however, many local residents and businesses are concerned that tourists may be frightened away. simon browning reports from mallorca. touch down, majorca. summer 2025 is on. the local time is ten past three. the mass migration south for sun, sea and sights is underway, but unrest remains in our favourite paradise. protesting against tourism on spain's streets is back, and the holiday industry is starting to worry. the issues of overtourism are so

st. petersburg and clearwater as well. we really do get the honor of living in paradise. to be able to share our community with all of my fellow mayors is the honor of a lifetime. exciting to have everybody here, cannot wait for the next three days. it's my privilege to introduce the president of the u.s. conference of mayors and my good friend, the mayor of columbus, ohio, andy ginther. [applause] mayor ginther: i am proud mayor of columbus in presidents of the u.s. conference of mayors. i want to wish everyone a happy juneteenth. we are thrilled to be in tampa. i want to send my thanks to tampa's fantastic mayor and her team who have put together an incredible weekend for us. [applause] we are excited to see more of this great american city as we celebrate the greatness of america's cities in tampa this weekend. as always, thanks to my fellow mayors for being here, i look forward to this meeting each year. it's always a special opportunity for us to come together and dig in on the issues impacting our cities and those we serve. now for the most exciting dynamic and craz

st. petersburg. because the you mentioned the aries in ukraine that we consider our own. and we should have said many times that i consider the russian and ukrainian people to be one people. in fact, in this sense, the whole of ukraine as ours. no, so we proceed from the realities that are developing. of course, there are people, many of them in the neighboring country who strive to ensure their sovereignty and independence, and good luck to them. by the way, we have never questioned the right of ukrainian people to independence and sovereignty. the grounds on which ukraine became independent and sovereigns were set out in the declaration of independence in 1991 to where it is clearly written that ukraine is a non aligned, non new to their neutral state. really. so it wouldn't be nice to return to the fundamental values on which you crane gain solver and place in its independence or they have on this story. now we're going across live to our, to senior correspondent more i guess the more i can you take us through what else the president said at the event, but there's, the

petersburg. got him some say, but i've st. peter, i think it was up to him. and then in the 2nd world war, catastrophic seems to place in this city right right of the day. and when the war, we wonder what we're going to have a parade. mr. trump. right. in leningrad itself. a city by the way, where vladimir putin grew up. yeah. more people died in this city in leningrad during the siege of undergrad, that the entire combined warded of the united states and united kingdom combined, imagined letterman zone brother before he died, died of deteriorate in this city. he's buried here. so this is a personal thing when people talking about during the sick we won the war, it's very personal for the russians. it's, it's a living history. ok. so we've talked about economy and growth in the economy. that's also important too, because like we say, it's about housekeeping, or the russians are shy or you know, the talking about politics about talking about wanting to get things done. but when you're moving things, but when you get to really the end, i don't mean to interrupt

st. petersburg, economic international for him in the city itself. we're going to stay right there now and head over to rick sanchez next with the sanchez effect. there's big trouble in mag overall. donald trump's changing positions on israel's unprovoked war on iran, has many of the presidents, supporters confuse, despondent and even serious for a decade now, trumping has claimed to be anti war and a peace maker. then why is the following in the footsteps of john mccain the auto body? i'm at sanchez, we are here in saint petersburg, laptop for them. but you've been listening to the long news conference held by some of the most important people in the world. the most that obviously by the president of russia, vladimir putin, is extremely important for many, many reasons. most certainly because of some of the things that are happening right now in russia, it's been taking place right there, right? there behind the word st. petersburg is one of the most important cities in europe, by the way, one of the most beautiful cities in europe as well. and the

st. petersburg, florida or ms. trying to put forward to defend, to underscore the people in liberty, movies the reading. much on the easy as to make sure we agree that regulation to what i've been talking about is that instead i said the security of one country cannot be insured at the expense of security because of the other country. consider doing this, and especially, you know, thing to do for you. since the beginning of the 1990 is related to for decades since and you can then you went in and you moved the machine and the herring that's they would be no uh nato's expansion to the east and with had the 5 or 6 rounds of spots and expansion, despite all our calls not to do this, let me those so were ignored. it took me and then definitely of those i rudiments of getting all these old. if not you funny to say ation colonial policies. and what was the great it, of course, given the current contacts beyond that, as you see, see versus the action from the community. if he's police off the hardware, those are the actio

st. petersburg for on being one of the city. very few places where shaping the conversation around your politics and economics is happening through dialogue. that's, that's a very solid conclusion. and in today's world, i'd like you to elaborate more of what did you mean by that? and why? what makes this one of the few and unique places for such style of the thank you very much for that question. if i want to start by saying, i think we should think at present at putting for this great lead that she didn't show in that particularly the countess of, of the global. so should have platforms to be able to collaborate, share ideas, come up with new innovative plans. as i said earlier that, that inside of that go, we've taken that position that, that we should not continue to go to add us for handouts. we should not be queueing for 8, but we should focus on development and that the countess of the global so can, can do it. we can see it, we are developing, we get too strong, and i think we should keep it that way. so that's why i was

st. petersburg in time, it's not the corner make for them. has evolved over the years from a try model. it allows you and utilize sion platform into a global meeting. quite impulse policy made cost economy is c os evey tests and thought lead this this and does back internationally quoted me for i'm provides a space for imaging economies to shape global economic, discuss influence trade thrones and negotiate developmental priorities in this set of gods. south africa support the increasing inclusion of voices from the globe of south at this and it does back international economic florida. we supports the growing participation of delegates from africa locked in america and asia. it does show that this platform not only reflects the active list but activity implies simplifies the aspiration as but judging in says of developing economies. that's st. petersburg in thomas the economy funds venue lies in it's unique capacity to bridge jewel, political divides, and promote dialogue. beyond that domain, then not a tips if the levels countless with diverse histories economies and political systems

st. petersburg international economic forum in charge towards flushes your thoughts on which this yeah, is dedicated to an important to, to feeling very relevant theme shared values as a foundation from the growth and the mountie. part of was 1st and foremost on behalf of china. us government, let me offer you visions and my congratulations on the successful open another forum 10 years ago. present a shooting ping of china. again for 1000 function gallon, sped out the dollar. general funds will keep you in general, assembly will actually fall back. then he said that he said just as development and freedom was important. these were universal human. what the values told me, as well as the naval mission of the united nations, told us between what you on, what, what these values higher. what allows us to have it come ideologically motivated. the paradigms of thinking fun sides teaches your knowledge and humanity. so this was the process here really received by the international community. right now, we see unprecedented function changes. and right now we see a rising protection as well as one