During this morning's broadcast of Good Morning Britain, host Susanna Reid had to issue an apology after a guest made an "inappropriate gesture" on live television.
While discussing the harrowing impact of the war in Ukraine with co-host Richard Madeley, they were joined by war correspondent John Sweeney, who was reporting from Kyiv.John shared a poignant story about a Ukrainian man who had lost both arms and a leg in the conflict and how doctors had developed innovative technology to allow him to control a plastic arm using his muscles.
When asked about his views on Russian President Vladimir Putin, the man had responded with a defiant middle-finger salute, which John reenacted on-air. "And he gave Putin the finger.
It made me cry," John recounted reports the Manchester Evening News.Susanna immediately addressed the audience, stating: "I understand that you felt, personally, the power of that.
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