Navalny detained for 30 days in Russia

Published: Jan. 18, 2021, 10:58 p.m.

Alexei Navalny has been detained after returning to Moscow for the first time since he was poisoned last year in a nerve agent attack he blames on the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. A judge in Moscow has ruled he must stay in custody for at least thirty days and another hearing next week will determine if he should complete a prison sentence for alleged embezzlement. The US and European Union have led calls for Mr Navalny to be freed. Also in the programme: worries about the availability of food in the Tigray region of Ethiopia; and how will Somalia manage the battle against jihadists after US troops withdraw? Picture: Alexei Navalny escorted out of a police station near Moscow; Credit: EPA