this was an interview that sergei lavrov. _ said. this was an interview that sergei lavrov, the _ said. this was an interview that sergei lavrov, the russian - said. this was an interview that i sergei lavrov, the russian foreign minister did on italian tv over the weekend and he was asked how it could be he was accusing volodymyr zelensky, the ukrainian president, of being a nazi, when he is of course jewish. and of being a nazi, when he is of coursejewish. and sergei lavrov replied that even adolf hitler might have had jewish blood, and he also said that sometimes jews have had jewish blood, and he also said that sometimesjews were the greatest anti—semites. obviously those comments have caused huge offence here in israel and also to jews around the world and the actions we have had here reflect that. the prime minister naftali bennett has referred to the comments as lies and saying sergei lavrov was using the holocaust as a political tool. he mentioned the foreign minister, yair lapid, who went even further into the comments wer

sergei lavrov i think is backpedalling _ to say? sergei lavrov i think is backpedalling a _ to say? sergei lavrov i think is backpedalling a little - to say? sergei lavrov i think is backpedalling a little bit, | is backpedalling a little bit, but what is clear is that president putin has from the beginning of this war and very recently on april 27 made nuclear threats. recently on april 27 made nuclearthreats. he recently on april 27 made nuclear threats. he has drawn a clear red line that russia might use nuclear weapons if the united states or nato become directly involved militarily, or if the russian state itself is under some strategic threat. so he has made this kind of threat repeatedly. it does raise the risk, i think, repeatedly. it does raise the risk, ithink, of repeatedly. it does raise the risk, i think, of nuclear use higher than it has been in decades, and the risk really comes from the possibility of that as this long conflict drags on, nato or russian forces coming direct conflict, the war escalates to become a wider conflict and one side or the other might employ

israel's prime minister slammed sergey lavrov for alledge and data fiddler may have -- adolf hitler may have had jewish blood. since russia's invasion of ukraine, israel has struck a delicate balance but these comments have struck anger. good evening to you. why this? why now? reporter: theory. what do you mean hit there was a jew? it seems so strange for people to hear this and we have ard from israel's foreign minister, he says outrageous, unforgivable and untrue. he said it's offensive and absurd. he said my grandfather was not killed by jews. he was killed by nazis and that is why he is demanding a retraction and apology. it's interesting the prime minister said the ruia suld not use the holocaust for propaganda pposes, another cabinet minister said it's delusional. from the beginning, vladimir putin said his goal was to dean osfied ukraine, but the feeling is sergey lavrov's comments are scraping the bottom of the barrel in trying to do that. anchor: china's covid lockdown. they are facing the worst curve -- covid alert since the pandemic started. discreetly, questions are being as

but certainly, a very sharp diplomatic reaction to sergey lavrov's boawords surrenderson. ? now, they are back there, can you give a sense how the conflict is being presented by the state-run media? gives a sense of what that actually looks like? >> yeah. i have been watching a bit of state-controlled television. only television basically you can get now because of very stringent laws that have been put in force here. most, if not all the indpint channels, independent journalists have parted the country and the zhchannels clos down, so it very much know is a monopoly of the state media when it comes to the flow of information. and that, we get when you switch on the state television channel is a sort of constant flow of discussion and news programs act they call their special military operation in -- in -- in ukraine. um issue you get -- today, for instance, there was a special report from mayor yoeple or what they said was mariupol. and a correspondent with staid state yeedia sort of traveling with what appears to be russian rebel -- russian special forces. as you those lin

sergei lavrov�*s words sparked outrage in israel. at least three people are reported to have been killed and a fourth critically injured in an attack in the central israeli city of elad. reports say police believe it was a terror attack. the incident comes as israelis have been celebrating independence day.

sergey lavrov told italian tv that hitler had jewish blood and that the most ardent anti-semites are usually jews. he was trying to support kremlin rhetoric and he shrugged off the fact that ukraine was -- does, at this hour, have a jewish president. ukraine's volodymyr zelenskyy loudly denounced his remarks. >> translator: how could this be said on the eve of the anniversary of the victory over naziism? these words mean that russia's top diplomat is blaming the jewish people for nazi crimes. no words. such an anti-semitic thrust by their minister means russia has forgotten all the lessons of world war ii, or maybe they never studied those lessons. >> now, those comments were deemed so absurd that israeli leaders have called lavrov's remarks unforgivable lies. cnn's matthew chance has more reaction now, he's reporting from moscow, where the kremlin has imposed strict laws regarding how russia's presence in ukraine is described. >> reporter: sergey lavrov was attempting to justify why his country has sent so many troops across the border into neighboring ukraine. they say it's because

sergei lavrov�*s words sparked outrage in israel. at least three people are reported to have been killed and a fourth critically injured in an attack in the central israeli city of elad. reports say police believe it was a terror attack. the incident comes as israelis have been celebrating independence day. the bank of england is forecasting that the british economy is likely to shrink over the next year and inflation will exceed io%. the bank has raised interest rates to i%, but warned monetary policy will not be able to control soaring costs in the short term. earlier, i spoke to yael selfin, chief economist for the global accountancy firm kpmg. i started by asking her to return to the basics and explain why the bank of england raised interest rates. in the last few months, inflation has been going up quite a lot. and it is still expected to go up further this year, and therefore the bank of england needs to act because inflation is way above its target of 2% and is likely to go even further. but realistically, they've gone up to 1

sergei lavrov tried to justify russia's portrayal of ukraine as "nazi", despite its president being jewish.

sergei lavrov tried to justify russia's portrayal of ukraine as "nazi", despite its president being jewish. also on the programme, at least 350 people crossing the channel on boats have been intercepted in the past two days, after 11 days without any crossings. we'll look at the reasons why. in the us state of alabama, police have issued arrest warrants for an escaped inmate who is facing murder charges and for a guard who may have helped him. we have had a warrant issued for director vicki white. - the charges are permitting or facilitating an escape i in the first degree. let's start in ukraine. a further operation to evacuate civilians from mariupol has been delayed. buses were due to leave this morning, but ukraine accuses russia of blocking humanitarian corridors. russia hasn't commented, and the focus of the attempted evacuation is a steel mill. this is the city's deputy mayor. there are hundreds of civilians who look for safe place in bomb shelter. among them a lot of children, and they are always waiting. i think we need to finish this procedure and start making negotiations, even

sergey lavrov said that hitler's high jewish blood. russia has had it once -- wants to de-naizif -- de-nazify ukraine. >> what kind of nazification can we have if i'm a jew? in there also had jewish origins so it does not mean anything at all. for some time we have heard that the biggest anti-semites were jewish. >> we will go across to the dw correspondent here. she has an update on the reactions to that in israel. >> they have raised tempers here and there has been a lot of anger in the remarks. the condemnation came from across the political spectrum. the israeli prime minister bennett said that this must stop immediately. they said the statements were unforgivable and a terrible historic era. we also heard from the world how to cause more who said those remarks were absurd, delusional and dangerous. >> that was tania kramer there with that update. we can look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. wildfires are forcing more people in the u.s. state of new mexico to evacuate their homes. the blaze in the nor

sergey lavrov told italian tv that hitler had jewish blood and the most are jews. he was trying to say that the russian invasion was to de- de-nazify ukraine. volodymyr zelenskyy loudly denounced his remarks. this is what he said. >> translator: how could this be said on the eve of the anniversary of the victory over nad ziism? these words mean that russia's top diplomat is blaming the jewish people for nazi crimes. no words. such an anti-semitic thrust by their minister means russia has forgotten all the lessons of world war ii. or maybe they never studied those lessons. >> let's get more with clare sebastian from london. what does it mean for israel's stance on the war in ukraine right now? >> reporter: yeah, i think this puts israel in a tricky position because throughout this conflict, they have tried to maintain this delicate balance where, yes, they condemned the conflict and russia's actions in ukraine, they provided aid too ukraine, but they have stopped short of for example joining western sanctions against russia, that is because they have broader securit

now, of course we're learning from the foreign minister sergey lavrov that russia is looking, in his words, at liberating the donetsk and luhansk region. he described this as a matter of self-defense. the russian federation has previously recognized these regions as independent states. this stands in contrast to the facts on the ground recognized by the west by ukraine. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy speaking on saturday said that the donbas region will once again be ukraine. ukrainian armed forces will liberate that region. so clearly we are seeing an intensification of military bombardment in that region. but, as we understand it, the ukrainian armed forces are not giving up on that territorial demand that we're seeing from russia. rosemary? >> all right, thank you so much. joining us live from london. >>> well, cnn has obtained new satellite imagery that allegedly shows a russian freighter full of grain stolen from ukraine, arriving at the syrian port of latakia. this image was captured on friday. this is one of three ships that has been spotted loading grain in the crime

sergei lavrov telling french television there was no need for annexation. it is about the will of the people. that is why it is very important that over the course of the next couple days in terms of context what is happening here you look at that map of those territories controlled by russian forces today, and those territories that are still in ukrainian hands, laura. >> really important context. melissa bell, thank you for that. appreciate it. >>> meantime, vladimir putin's army is about to get older. the russian president just signed a law lifting the age limit, meaning no one now is too old to join russia's depleted ranks. cnn's nada bashir. is russia at the point where they need grandpa at the front lines? >> reporter: well, laura, that isn't off the table right now because that upper age limit has been scrapped. that law was approved by the russian parliament on wednesday and quickly approved into force, signed into law by president putin over the weekend. now, previously under russian law, russian citizens were able to enlist between the ages of 18

sergei lavrov trying to to describe ukraine as not see. from alabama, police have issued arrest warrants for an escaped inmate facing murder charges and a guard who may have helped him. >> we had a warrant issued for director vicki white the charges are facilitating escape in the first degree. ros: we begin in ukraine. a further operation to evacuate civilians from mariupol delayed. buses were due to leave this morning. in the ukraine accuses russia of blocking humanitarian corridors. the focus of the evacuation is the steel mills. the deputy mor. >> there are hundreds of civilians who look for safe places in bomb shelters. among them, a lot of children. i think we need to finish this procedure and to start negotiations even before and it should be of a creation to save our citizens. ros: over the weekend, there was a two day cease-fire. that allowed 100 people to leave the steel plant. the evacuation led by the red cross and the u.n. these are some of the people heading to the ukrainian city of zappa rita. >> soldiers escorted the first 1

the prime minister naftali bennett has referred to the comments as lies and saying sergei lavrov was using the holocaust as a political tool. you mentioned the foreign minister, yair lapid, he went even sayin gthe comments were unforgivable and outrageous. and then we had the chair of yad vashem, the world remembrance centre, he said they were absurd, delusional and dangerous, and saying that the claim that adolf hitler had jewish descent was completely unfounded. more than 100 migrants have been brought ashore by the border force and lifeboats, after trying to cross the english channel in small boats. yesterday, more than 250 people made the journey, the first arrivals for 11 days. 0ur correspondent simonjones has the latest from dover. this is the area of dover where people are brought once they are picked up in the channel, and it's been very busy here throughout the day. the lifeboat brought in the first group of people just after six o'clock this morning, and since then there has been a steady stream of arrivals. we have seen a number of women and children being brought to shore

sergey lavrov, the russian foreign minister, was attempting to justify his country's decision to send thousands of troops across the border into neighboring ukraine from the outset, and they said the same thing, we're hearing it increasingly now as the country builds up to the victory day celebrations. just as nazi germany posed an existential threat to russia in the 1940s, ukraine poses with its neonazis a threat to russia and to russians, ethnic russians in ukraine now. the problem with the argument, of course, is that ukraine isn't run by nazis. it's run by a jewish president. when sergey lavrov was confronted with that fact, he reached for that anti-semitic trope that it's jews responsible for the actions and a conspiracy theory popular on the internet that hitler himself may have had jewish blood. it exposed how threadbare the russians' justification for sending troops into ukraine really is. >> has the government of israel responded to the comments? >> it has. the israeli prime minister, naftali bennett, has called them out, basically, as lies, and he's condemned this idea that

sergey lavrov said none of that is the case. this is a man who daily goes about his work in full public view and he has no ailments or sicknesses, but the fact that we have a pretty senior russian official having to comment on this kind of speculation is probably a reflection, frankly, of how loud it's got. maybe it's a reflection of concerns inside of moscow, but you know, you and i, jim, reading the kremlin is almost impossible. that's the whole point. there have been kremlinologists who have failed to do that for decades, but this question will continue to reverberate. at the end of the day, it doesn't appear to have loosened putin's grip on power despite whatever you read from these videos about how he may have changed over the past ten years. >> it's difficult to take anything the kremlin says as fact. nick paton walsh, excellent work as always. thank you very much. we appreciate the time. >> just ahead, house speaker nancy pelosi's husband arrested and charged with driving under the influence. what the speaker is saying ab

look, the russian foreign ministry today has stepped in, the foreign minister sergey lavrov saying, look, basically restating this idea there's nothing wrong with vladimir putin, saying people, to paraphrase sergey lavrov, there's nothing wrong with him, he appears on television all the time. i have to say, despite all this circling rumor of his health, there's not very much substantial in these suggestions at there's something gravely wrong with the russian president. but i expect we'll see. >> possibly a lot of wishful thinking, i guess. matthew chance, thank you very much. we appreciate that. joining me now is the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, william taylor. ambassador taylor, thanks so much. how hard is it for the ukrainians to fight back in the eastern donbas region amid this brutal bombardment? it just doesn't seem to let up. >> jim, you're exactly right. the russians now can use their artillery and that's what they have been doing. they have been bombarding cities. and matthew mentioned donetsk. they have been bombed mercilessly with long range artillery, even with other kin

even sergey lavrov said yesterday in an interview with an italian television station said he thinks kyiv and president search are pushing the idea to get soldiers out because there are foreign mercenaries among their ranks. there's no evidence that we have seen that that's true, but obviously it's impossible to know without being there. >> scott mcclain, i appreciate it. thank you so much. >>> russian forces are continuously shelling the town in the luhansk region, and the military administration says that residents there are on the ve verge of what they say is a humanitarian catastrophe. matt rivers is here with me in kyiv. is anyone planning evacuations for there? >> reporter: that has been the plans for a while, it's in the luhansk region, rubzhne, trying to get people out for weeks. we have heard from officials urging people to leave. we knew in a lot of ways this was going to happen at some point. the last time evacuation buses were able to get into rubzhne, officials were able to drop off substantial food and water for the people there. they haven't been able to get in since then b

lavrov, made comments in an interview on italian television yesterday. russia has justified its invasion of ukraine in part, brianna, by saying that this country needs to be denazified. ukrainians often point out the absurdity of that by the simple fact that their president, volodymyr zelenskyy, is himself jewish. lavrov was responding to that by saying, quote, i may be wrong, but hitler also had jewish blood. it means absolutely nothing. the wise jewish people say that the most ardent anti-semites are usually jews. the chair of the holocaust remembrance site in israel said that that was completely unfounded, that hitler had any jewish ancestry, he also said that calling ukrainians nazis was a serious affront to the actual victims of naziism. now, today the russian ambassador to israel was summoned by the foreign ministry in that country and the israeli foreign minister said foreign minister lavrov's remarks are an unforgivable and outrageous statement as well as a terrible historic error. jews did not harm themselves in the holocaust. now, the ukrainian

can i ask what you think about sergei lavrov, saying it's not going to make any difference, we've already been taking part in operations for years with nato. >> i think lavrov is speaking with the comfort of knowing that turkey is already objecting. russia doesn't have to get out there and cry out about this. russia doesn't consider this to be a problem. it's not something they like, although yes, formally sweden and finland have been part of the transatlantic alliance. is something else to be part of nato proper. but lavrov is always very diplomatic and always very astute in his statements. he has spoken with turkey in mind in the sense that turkey is already objecting to the situation, so russia doesn't have to come out and repeat that. in other words, pressure can be magnanimous and say it is nothing to russia. mark: magnanimous is not a word many people use about russia right now. thank you very much for giving us that insight and analysis on the issue. thank you very much indeed. the u.k. says it intends to make changes to the post brexit deal, the northern ireland protocol. the fore

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says control of the donbas is now an unconditional priority for russia. part of it has been under russian control since 2014. since the invasion of ukraine, russian has taken more territory there, you can see that marked in red. luhansk is nearly under russian control. two cities stand in the way. they are almost surrounded and are being shelled constantly. another town is where our correspondent sent this report. >> life was never easy in donbas , but at least it was familiar. now, the more is getting closer to their camp, and it is time to go. these women have no families to support. one of the ukrainian volunteers said the russian soldiers are worse than animals. we cannot leave these women behind. they are taking them west out of donbas, away from the russian advance. a russian strike did this close by. most of the residents had evacuated by the time it was hit last week. a man who lived in this flat left the day before. civilians fear russia will take all of donbas including their town. roman and marino want to stay, but it is getting lonely.

i think the most important we've learned about sergey lavrov is he was give an few hours' notice the invasion was even going to happen after spending weeks telling the world it would not happen. but yes, i think this is mostly for domestic consumption. they have to somehow make the connection that this -- they can denazi if iing ukraine. it seems crazy on its face, but he was playing to both russian and i think some ukrainian undercurrents of anti-semitism. you heard the israelis come after him hard. >> after staying largely on the sidelines. watch how that plays out in fact grateful for your insights. >>> up next, the midterm mood and the early warnings of the president's pollster. y check inh your team on ringcentral. oh hi caesar. we were just talking about you. yeah, you should probably get out of here.e. ♪ ringcentral ♪ check out this vrbo. come on. ♪ ♪ ♪ if your moderate to severe crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis symptoms are stopping you in your tracks... choose stelara® from the start... and move toward relief after the first dose... with injections every two

his scathing about his own boss sergey lavrov, the russian foreign minister saying in recent years he's become unhinged from his diplomatic duties and he's now not chasing diplomacy but warmongering and involved in hatred. that is something that will resonate likely with other russian diplomats who will have their own views on sergey lavrov. but i think the biggest punches are the ones he lands on president putin saying this is crimes not just against the people of ukraine but the people of russia because the diplomat said that putin is in essence, not allowing russians to have a free and prosperous future. he goes on to say these people who are commanding this war, president putin, just want to live a life of luxury and luxury palaces and that is a punch that is going to land. because if you think back to just a couple of years ago, alexi navalny exposed putin's huge large palace so this is something that russians are familiar with and putin and those in power are willing to sacrifice as many russian lives as it takes to stay in power. these are narratives that the average russian on t

sergey lavrov said the ukrainian president's jewish heritage doesn't contradict moscow's claims the country is run by nazis and he added some of the worst anti-semites are jews -- claims that he was part jewish have been dismissed by historians. the chairman of israel's holocaust more has called the remarks abhorrent, despicable, and contrary to historical truth. >> to the ukrainians and the president, it is a fallacy, actually it is a distortion of the holocaust, it is a denigration of the victims of the holocaust, because if nazis mean something like that -- it is something up so terrible, we condemn in all terms those false equivalences made. >> energy ministers have been holding an extraordinary meeting over oil and gas. they say the conditions cannot be met under any circumstances. the energy commissioners will look at other options. we have reports from berlin. reporter: for years, russian fossil fuels have been a main energy source for much of europe. on an average day, the eu buys as much as $1 billion worth of coal, gas, and oil. but moscow is now insisting customers from what it c

. >> russian foreign minister sergey lavrov recently warned that the threat of nuclear war "should not be underestimated." u.n. secretary-general antónio guterres has said that a nuclear attack that was once unthinkable is now back within the realm of possibility. if russia does deploy a tactical nuclear weapon, what is the plan at the united nations to respond to this kind of horrific event? >> margaret, i am hoping that foreign minister lavrov's statements was just bluster because the russians, like all of us, know the seriousness of a nuclear attack, whatever nature or form that might come in. and they know the seriousness of making these kinds of threats. so we're hopeful that it is just that -- it's bluster -- but we know what putin is capable of. they have threatened to use nuclear weapons before. they've also used false-flag accusations against the united states and the ukrainians, in terms of use of chemical weapons. and we know that they are capable of using chemical weapons. they have used them on their own people. they've used them in syria. so we have to take the threat se

sergei lavrov made the comments on italian television, after being asked how russia could claim to be "denazifying" ukraine when president zelensky himself, isjewish. the european football governing body, uefa, has banned russia's national team and club sides from its competitions for next season. that extends the current ban, which affected this current season. uefa also said russia's bid to host the euro 2028 or the euro 2032 tournaments have also been declared in—eligible. much more on the war in ukraine on our website. our live page is constantly being updated — just log on to bbc.com/news — or download the bbc app. still to come a bit later in the programme... the first of our special reports on how china's belt and road initiative is starting to shape the way some countries in europe are thinking about theirfutures, but first... i want to tell you about how the authorities in beijing have closed restaurants to diners there, as part of new restrictions in the capital aimed at curbing a rise in covid—19. there have been a reported 58 new cases outside the areas under stric

russian foreign minister sergey lavrov also igniting outrage monday claiming adolf hitler was part jewish. the tip to justify russia's false claim that it's fighting to denazify ukraine even though ukraine's president is jewish. the state department said lavrov's comments prove there is no floor when it comes to how low the kremlin will go. israel calling those comments unforgivable. andrew. >> justin, thank you. >>> british authorities are investigating a security breach among the queen's military guards. reports say a man introduced himself as a priest then infiltrated a barracks near windsor castle, drinking with soldiers before spending the night. officials say the queen was not in danger. >>> an arrest warrant has been issued for the alabama corrections officer who is missing along with an escaped inmate. authorities now believe she may have helped him escape. abc's derricke dennis explains why. >> reporter: this morning, abc station waay reports that according to the lauderdale county sheriff missing corrections officer vicky white and escaped inmate casey white were in a secret rom

you know that sergei lavrov and putin have in recent days talked about the real possibility of nuclear war. i know. you are the neighbour of ukraine. you stand on the front line. you are ready, you are telling your own people, you are ready to face down that threat. you know what helps me? it helps me to look at volodymyr zelensky. because he is the first in line. he faced this question several months ago. and he didn't give up. he went to this fight, and we see results. they actually are gaining success. they are moving forward. they were able to escape, to rescue kyiv, and of course, now they face a very difficult fight, but we need to help them. if i may say so, zelensky had no choice because russia chose to invade. do we have a choice? that is the question. in this city today, you have people who are trying to figure out where the nearest bomb shelter is, and they are buying iodine tablets because they are frightened of nuclear attack. those are your people. not all of them. but this is realfear. that is hybrid warfare. that's what he's trying... putin is trying to make everybody f

sergei lavrov made the comments on italian television, after being asked how russia could claim to be "denazifying" ukraine when president zelensky wasjewish. germany says it's prepared to back an eu embargo on russian oil, after an emergency meeting of european ministers. there are divisions amongst eu members over the proposed ban. poland has called for immediate sanctions, while hungary, which is highly dependent on russian supplies, has re—stated its opposition to the move. and tonight, uefa have announced a series of bans for russian football teams because of the war here in ukraine. nesta macgregor is in the bbc sports centre. nesta, bans for both the russian men and women's national teams, and for clubs too. that's right, and back in february at the start of this conflict uefa imposed sanctions on all levels of russian football. tonight's update reinforces that ban but we now know the knock—on effect, and it directly impacts uk based teams and tournaments. the key points, russian clubs will not be competing in next season's champions league or europa league competitions. as

putin put his nuclear forces on a higher state of readiness, we had sergey lavrov, the foreign minister, warning against nato's provoking a third world war, saying the nuclear possibility should not be underestimated. is that something you still consider on a daily basis or is it your analysis that, actually, a lot of that was bluff and there is no sign whatsoever that russia is contemplating the use of a nuclear weapon? russia has not changed their nuclear posture. at the same time, the nuclear rhetoric is dangerous. it's reckless and irresponsible. and russia has actually agreed they did that early this year, that a nuclear war should never be fought and cannot be won. and therefore, it is reckless what russia is doing, just to talk about the potential use of nuclear weapons, the way they have done over the last weeks and months. our response is to strengthen our deterrence and defence, including by more nato troops in the eastern part of the alliance. tens of thousands of troops on the nato command, backed by ships and planes, to remove any room for miscalculation or misunderstanding

and israel has demanded an apology after russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, said that the nazi leader adolf hitler had jewish roots. mr lavrov made the comments to try to justify russia's portrayal of ukraine as "nazi" despite the fact that its president is jewish. now on bbc news, the experience of losing a pregnancy can be life—changing, yet there is still so much we don't know about why it happens. our global health correspondent tulip mazumdar goes on a search for answers. you never think it will happen to you. one day, your baby is there. you heard its fierce heartbeat. the next, the life inside of them, their life inside of you, is gone. it's estimated that around one in five pregnancies end in miscarriage, but the numbers are vague, as most countries don't actually count these losses. i've had one healthy pregnancy, my beautiful boy rion, and four that ended in loss. two were early miscarriages and two happened much later into my pregnancies, where i gave birth to my tiny babies, rivah and rae. i am one of tens of millions of women around the world who have suffered pr

what lavrov — sergey lavrov, the foreign minister — calls a proxy war. that's the truth of what's happening now, isn't it? my belief is this is what putin and his... ..cabal have brought on. i fully agree that this has become much bigger than ukraine versus russia. i think most of us in the west over the last few years, particularly here in this country, have felt, whether it's with covid, some of the political dysfunction in this country — can liberal democracy be successful against authoritarian regimes like russia or china? and i think what at least the ukrainian people have said is they are voting with their lives to say we will give up our lives to have a taste of the kind of freedom that we in the west enjoy every day. and i think we all do need to rise to that occasion. but is there a danger of going too far? we've talked about the weaponry, the intelligence. also, we could talk about the unprecedented economic sanctions that you in the us have imposed on russia. what it looks like to russia, but also to some observers outside russia, is that he

. >> when you hear sergei lavrov making these comments he made yesterday saying a doff hitler was jewish, was does that resonate in russia from what you have seen in what he said is a commonly belief in russia. it is part of their whole methodology of the second world war because again the second world war is not about defeats of the nazis. it is the defeat of the invasion of -- so lavrov said it utterly in that adolph hitler may have jewish roots. it is very common. i think the desperation is getting to the upper echelon of russian officials down. we could see that by lavrov making these missteps. he can't deny it because it is widely covered. we can see the fall-out now. ukraine announced it and like rob, representation has taken very serious. >> and president zelenskyy is jewish. >> i think it is important, too. >> romeo, i appreciate you taking the time to stay with us. >>> still to come right here, we are following new covid infections across dozens of u.s. states. is another search on the horizon? >> we'll ask on one health expert to weigh in. you are watching cnn. g common ”" ca

you listen to sergei lavrov and he says what they don't understand in the west is this what is happening right now is part of a huge strategic picture in which power and influence and resource is shifting to the east. "we in russia see the future. the future is china, india and powers which will not be cowed by the united states of america and their economic power." well, in his dreams. so, the united states and the european union are the important, most major economic powers in the world. nobody wants to be without access to our markets. we hold the keys to this whole thing. do we? we absolutely do. china doesn't want to mess up their export markets. and for india, india gets, like, a tiny bit of russian oil right now. they're never going to be able to fill in the gap. if we can stop buying russian oil, the chinese will buy a little bit of the oil on the ot. the indians will buy a little bit of the oil. russia's going to be in deep trouble. your message, bill browder, has become louder and clearer since the russian invasion of ukraine. but you've been at this, you've been at the campaig

sergei lavrov made the comments on italian television to try to justify russia's portrayal of ukraine as nazi, despite the fact that its president isjewish. translation: he makes the argument. — translation: he makes the argument, what _ translation: he makes the argument, what kind - translation: he makes the argument, what kind of- argument, what kind of notification can ukraine have if he himself isjewish. why could be wrong, but hitler also had jewish blood. it means absolutely nothing. why is jewish people say that the most ardent anti—semites are usually dues. we can now speak to walter reich, who is the yitzhak rabin memorial professor of international affairs at george washington university and a former director of the united states holocaust memorial museum. thank you forjoining us. i wonder, personable, what you make of the extent to which mr lavrov is pushing this?- lavrov is pushing this? well, his main _ lavrov is pushing this? well, his main goal— lavrov is pushing this? well, his main goal is _ lavrov is pushing this? well, his main goal is to support i lavrov is

sergei lavrov made the comments on italian television, after being asked how russia could claim to be denazifying ukraine when president zelensky himself isjewish. for the latest we can now speak to our north american —— stay with us on bbc news, still to come: chinese workers being! —— chinese workers being! —— chinese companies exposing workers in europe. i, nelson rolihlahla mandela, do hereby swear to be faithful to the republic of south africa. after six years of construction and numerous delays, the channel tunnel has been formally opened by the queen and president mitterand. but the tunnel is still not yet ready for passengers and freight services to begin. for centuries, christianity and i islam struggled for supremacy. now, the pope's visit - symbolises their willingness to coexist. roger bannister became the first man in the world to run a mile in underfour minutes. memories of victory as the ve celebrations reach their climax. this night is dedicated to everyone who believes in the future of peace and freedom. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: attempts to

sergey lavrov was asked about the stated goal to denazify ukraine. they pointed out zelenskyy is jewish. he responded and said adolph hitler had jewish blood. what's the response to the comment? >> well, let's be clear. lavrov is using unfounded old serious theories as part of their justification for that absurd goal of denazifying ukraine. but the comments made yesterday, eliciting strong responses. some calling them lies. one going further saying the remarks are unforgivable and a terrible historic error. jews did not murder themselves in the holocaust. he said that israel was trying to maintain good relations with russia, but this crossed a line. the russian ambassador to israel has been called in for talks. now, in terms of keeping good relations with russia, israel has been trying to keep a delicate diplomatic act. it has security concerns as to why they haven't necessarily gone further in, for example, joining western sanctions against russia. although, they've condemned the invasion, they've accused russia of war crimes. they haven't gone that

sergey lavrov made the comments on italian television, after being asked how russia could claim to be denazifying ukraine, when president zelenskyy himself, isjewish. the european football governing body, uefa, has banned russia's national team and club sides from its competitions for next season. that extends the current ban, which affected this current season. uefa also said russia's bid to host the euro 2028 or the euro 2032 tournaments have also been declared in—eligible. much more about the war in ukraine on our website, it is constantly being updated. the main headline is quoting a senior official there saying that the russian war effort in the east of ukraine is minimal, at best, describing the offence of their as very, very tepid. we look at that and the latest as they happen on the bbc website. still to come later, the first of our special reports on how to's initiative is shaping the way some countries in europe are shaping the futures,. i want to tell you about how the authorities in beijing have closed restaurants to diners there, as part of new restrictions in the capit