Putin brands Western sanctions as stupid

President Putin has branded the sanctions imposed on Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine as stupid and insane.

Also, we hear from a surgeon on the frontline taking his medical knowledge from Syria to Ukrainian doctors.

Plus, police in Brazil confirm that the remains found in the Amazon are those of the British journalist Dom Phillips.

And Donald Trump lashes out at the committee investigating the storming of the Capitol.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Jill Rutter, a former senior civil servant, Brexit specialist at the UK in a Changing Europe thinktank and with the Institute for Government thinktank; and Dr Bates Gill, American-born professor of Asia-Pacific Security Studies at MacQuarie University in Sydney and Senior Associate Fellow with the Royal United Services Institute in London.

(Image: Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the plenary session during the Saint Petersburg Economic Forum. Credit: Getty Images)