Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Dutch minister forced to resign over Putin lie

A lie about a meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin has forced the Dutch foreign minister to resign.

Halbe Zijlstra (Prob: Hal-ba Zeil-Stra) said he once heard the Russian leader talking about creating a 'Greater Russia' but it's now clear he wasn't anywhere near Moscow when the comment is alleged to have been made.

Our Europe correspondent Jack Parrock reports.