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Alexei Navalny's widow to address EU foreign ministers

The widow of the Russian opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, will honour her husband today in a speech to European foreign ministers in Brussels.

The European Union's top diplomat tells the BBC that Europe must support opposition to President Putin in Russia after the death in prison of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny whose widow is to meet European foreign ministers on Monday, as hundreds of Russians who left tributes to him have been arrested.

Also, the international court in Hague today's hears whether Israel's annexation of land over the past 50 years has been legal. We'll talk more about the case.

And we'll talk to a politician who says single people are given a raw deal when it comes to rent, mortgages and energy bills.

50 minutes

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  • Mon 19 Feb 202405:06GMT