possibly have stopped you? possibly, possibly not. this is what _ have stopped you? possibly, possibly not. this is what labour _ have stopped you? possibly, possibly not. this is what labour are - have stopped you? possibly, possibly not. this is what labour are saying, l not. this is what labour are saying, every offender _ not. this is what labour are saying, every offender refer _ not. this is what labour are saying, every offender refer to _ not. this is what labour are saying, every offender refer to a _ not. this is what labour are saying, every offender refer to a youth - every offender refer to a youth offending team who would have a tailored action plan for the individual to prevent them reoffending._ individual to prevent them | reoffending._ a reoffending. say it again. a tailored action _ reoffending. say it again. a tailored action plan - reoffending. say it again. a tailored action plan for- reoffending. say it again. a tailored action plan for an l reoffending. say it again. a - tailored action plan for an offender to stop them reoffending. it is tailored action plan for an offender to stop them reoffending.- to stop them reoffending. it is all about the government. _ to stop them reoffending. it is all about the government. they - to stop them reoffending. it is all| about the government. they don't to stop them reoffending. it is all- about the government. they don't do anything for ex offenders. so they need to have something in place with probation, the police, the courts to actually help someone to try and change their life around. no one gets given a chance for that. the other thing _ gets given a chance for that. the other thing labour say, serious penalties, curfews, tagging, or something called behavioural contracts. ~ . something called behavioural contracte— something called behavioural contracts. ., ., , ., ., contracts. what does that mean? that is a really good _ contracts. what does that mean? that is a really good question. _ contracts. what does that mean? that is a really good question. if— is a really good question. if someone said it signed this and when

you sign your name and you are not allowed to carry a knife, what would you think about it? timer;r allowed to carry a knife, what would you think about it?— you think about it? they will still do it anyway- — you think about it? they will still do it anyway. the _ you think about it? they will still do it anyway. the tagging - you think about it? they will still do it anyway. the tagging will. you think about it? they will still. do it anyway. the tagging will stop them from going out for a certain time, but they will still carry them for the time they are allowed to. setting up youth helps with mental health staff and youth workers and mental health referral units and youth workers in a&e departments. they should be more youth centres for kids to help them get off the streets. there are moms, single parents, who cannot afford to do things with them or have to have more jobs. things with them or have to have morejobs. even the kids having a role model to look up to which are not the parents. if the government can help put more money into broken homes, families, crime will be cut down. ., ~' homes, families, crime will be cut down. ., ~ ., ., ~ homes, families, crime will be cut down. ., ~ ., .,~ ., down. you think that will make a difference? _ down. you think that will make a difference? what _ down. you think that will make a difference? what would - down. you think that will make a difference? what would your- down. you think that will make a - difference? what would your message be? to difference? what would your message be? ., , ., , difference? what would your message be? ., , , difference? what would your message be? ., , be? to stop people from using knives. there _ be? to stop people from using knives. there is _ be? to stop people from using knives. there is no _ be? to stop people from using knives. there is no point - be? to stop people from using knives. there is no point going be? to stop people from using i knives. there is no point going to jail or getting your mum to lay

flowers at a grave, it is not a nice feeling. flowers at a grave, it is not a nice feelina. . ~ flowers at a grave, it is not a nice feelina. ., ~ i. , flowers at a grave, it is not a nice feelina. . ~ ,, , . ., feeling. thank you very much for talkin: to feeling. thank you very much for talking to us- — feeling. thank you very much for talking to us. james _ feeling. thank you very much for talking to us. james atkinson, i talking to us. james atkinson, who was jailed for carrying a knife and has turned things around, as you heard. let's have a look at some of the front pages. they all talk about the front pages. they all talk about the sentencing of the killer of three of the two nottingham university students and the caretaker, ian coates, and the families of grace and barnaby and ian are pretty furious about how they have been treated by the police, the cps and with the sentencing of the killer who will be detained in a high security hospital. the mirror, they were failed. the guardian, eu plan to stop drugs will worsen uk shortages. police chief has blood on his hands over the stabbing. and there is the mother of barnaby. that is all from us tonight. if you have a story to

tell us, we have heard from postmasters tonight who were also the victims of armed robberies and who were asked to pay the money back by the post office. do get in touch. you can send a message on whatsapp. or you can you can send a message on whatsapp. oryou can e—mail you can send a message on whatsapp. or you can e—mail newsnight. faisal�*s here tomorrow. until then, goodnight. the biden administration is doing the right thing by trying to open up lines of dialogue. i'm a democrat and i think congress would also be willing to open up lines of communication and dialogue to de—escalate tension. communication and dialogue to de-escalate tension.— communication and dialogue to de-escalate tension. there is still some time _ de-escalate tension. there is still some time before _ de-escalate tension. there is still some time before the _ de-escalate tension. there is still| some time before the inauguration de-escalate tension. there is still. some time before the inauguration in

may of president elect. are you expecting any sort of reaction to china to his ascension to the position? i china to his ascension to the position?— china to his ascension to the osition? , _, _ ., position? i wish i could say that i would not _ position? i wish i could say that i would not expect _ position? i wish i could say that i would not expect anything - position? i wish i could say that i l would not expect anything coming position? i wish i could say that i - would not expect anything coming out of mainland china. i reallyjo think they'll stop up as they approached they'll stop up as they approached the may inauguration with more aggression, etc. try to influence the direction of the president. he ran on maintaining the status quo. it's been peaceful and prosperous for the region. where here to reiterate congresses commitment that the future of taiwan is really up to the future of taiwan is really up to the people of taiwan.— the future of taiwan is really up to the people of taiwan. congress and ami bera, thank _ the people of taiwan. congress and ami bera, thank you _ the people of taiwan. congress and ami bera, thank you for _ the people of taiwan. congress and ami bera, thank you for your - the people of taiwan. congress and ami bera, thank you for your time. | around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some of the stories

in the headlines in the uk. valdo calocane, who killed three people lastjune in nottingham, has been told he is likely to spend the rest of his life in a high—security hospital. he was given a hospital order after admitting manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. family members of the three people who were fatally stabbed have expressed their disappointment at the sentence. a court has heard that a baby girl would still be alive if it wasn't for the "callous, cruel, arrogant and ultimately grossly negligent conduct" of her parents. constance marten and her partner mark gordon are on trial for the manslaughter of their newborn daughter victoria, who was found inside a shopping bag covered in rubbish. they deny the charges. the uk covid inquiry has heard that nicola sturgeon called borisjohnson a "clown" in an expletive—laden text conversation with her chief of staff. her successor as first minister humza yousaf has been facing scrutiny at the inquiry over his tenure as scotland's health secretary during the pandemic and the government's use of mobile messaging apps like whatsapp.

you're live with bbc news. talks on a potential second gaza hostage deal are on the cards. president biden is to send cia director william burns, to help broker a deal on the release of israeli hostages held in gaza. he'll meet the head of the israeli intelligence agency mossad, and the prime minister of qatar, for talks in france. more than a hundred hostages are still being held by hamas in gaza, while israels siege and the ongoing war continue to inflict a devastating toll on civilians. 20 people killed by fire today is acute for food. israel has ordered tens of thousands of palestinians sheltering in the un compound in the battled city to leave within 2a hours on the border between israel and gaza in the cell families of israeli hostages held in gaza had stopped aid reaching the city.

lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. in gaza city hunger sometimes offers the best chance of survival. crowds drawn to a delivery of humanitarian aid yesterday driven away by gunfire. bullets arrive faster than starvation. sirens blare today at the same aid delivery point 20 people were killed by shelling, according to the hamas—run health ministry. more than 100 injured. translation: we were heading to get flour and they shelled us four - times, and some people were martyred and injured, and i was injured in my hand and leg. rockets are not the only threat to life in gaza. food stripped from trucks by hungry people as soon as they arrive. the un is warning of famine.

doctors say diseases are spreading. ruba's chronically ill father died a week after moving to this refugee camp, she says. she shows our cameraman the makeshift train beside her tent. "this is where the sewage accumulates," she says. "when it rains all our bedsheets, blankets and clothes are soaked with sewage water". protesters arrived at israel's main crossing point today, calling for the release of family and friends held hostage by hamas — barring the path of aid trucks. if they need that aid they will give us our people. they will get all of the aid. we are not monsters. we cannot give them without we get something back. it's very simple. do you feel any kind of conflict in your heart

when you stop those trucks? nope. i feel that i need my people home. israel's private minister is under international pressure to get more aid into gaza and under domestic pressure to get the hostages out. he's sticking to his promise that military pressure is the way to free the hostages, but not everyone in the country or the cabinet agrees. lior peri's father chaim is being held in gaza. he thinks israel's prime minister has made a choice to continue the war — at the expense of the deal to free the hostages. he keeps saying the same thing. that he still thinks there are two objectives to the war, after it's been proven over and over that they cannot work together, those two. either you bring down hamas and you give up the hostages or you stop the war and you bring back the hostages. chanting

in gaza too some families called for a ceasefire today and the release of prisoners. the price of peace measured in israeli lives as well as palestinian ones. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. mali's military rulers have announced to end a 2015 peace deal with tuareg separatist rebels. the military authorities blamed other signatories not sticking to their commitments and "hostile acts" by chief mediator algeria. the move comes following months of hostilities between rebels and the army. ending of the peace deal brokered by the united nations is likely to further destabilise the west african nation rocked byjihadist violence since 2012. let's turn now to the war in ukraine — where questions remain over the russian military transport plane that crashed on wednesday, which moscow says was carrying ukrainian prisoners of war. russia accuses ukraine of shooting it down and says missile fragments

and the black boxes were found at the site of the crash. ukraine's security service has opened a criminal inquiry — and the government has called for the united nations and red cross to be given access to the crash site. the bbc has verified this video shared on social media — which shows a plane going down, followed by an explosion and a fireball. the crash happened 70km north—east of the city of belgorod near the border with ukraine. none of the details surrounding those on board can be independently verified. the bbc has spoken to a former ukrainian prisoner of war maksym kolesnikov, who has told us about his experience of being moved for an exchange. he has also reflected on the russia's claim, that there were only three prison guards on the plane that has crashed. translation: logistics were as following. - from a little town in the bryansk region, we were brought by prison transport vehicles to the airfield. then we were transported by a military plane. i'm pretty sure it was 11—76.

we picked a group of people in kursk and then were flown to belgorod. from belgorod, we were brought by buses to a camp to await exchange. before you are removed from the prison or any other place, your head is basically fully covered by a hat and your eyes are being covered by the sellotape. there was some talks of bags on their heads, but i've usually seen a hat being used for that. the eyes are covered by sellotape. maybe someone can sneak a peek, but i don't think it's possible for everyone. i've not seen the plane i was carried in with my own eyes from the outside. i could tell there were about 60 of us there. we were first flown there and carried by buses, and put into three tents. each tent had more than 20 people. of course, we had guards that were flying with us. each bus had at least three prison guards. imagine a huge plane,

a dark one, because the lights were not working there, carrying 60 pows. yes, their hands are tied, but the legs are free because they need to walk. so imagine they have only three prison guards trying to guard them in this dark environment. and these guards are not allowed to use firearms on the plane, even though they have shotguns, and they cannot use them. yes, they have batons, but they cannot do much with these batons in the dark to control 60—plus prisoners. that's why i don't believe that information that there were only three guards on the russian plane is true. it's simply lies. in other news from russia... a court in moscow has sentenced the russian nationalist, igor girkin, to four years in prison for inciting extremism. the ex—militia commander — who previously used the nom de guerre igor strelkov has repeatedly criticised president putin and the conduct of the war in ukraine. he had publically entertained ideas about running against president putin in the march presidential election.

and a young russian woman has been jailed for 27 years for killing a pro—war blogger last april. vladlen tatarsky died when a bomb concealed in a statuette of himself went off as he was giving a talk in a st petersberg cafe. he'd been handed the statuette by 26—year—old darya trepova. she said she'd been set up and thought it contained a listening device, not a bomb. she told the trial she was acting on the orders of a man in ukraine who had been sending her money and instructions. it's one of the harshest sentences imposed on a woman in russia's modern history. after three years and surpassing all expectations nasa's ingenuity mars helicopter has made its final flight after sustaining damage the us space agency cofirmed today. the mini—aircraft made history by achieving the first powered, controlled flight on another planet on april 2021, and the last of its 72 flights took place last week.

this is the final picture it sent back showing damage to the rotor blade tip. and police in thailand have arrested a woman after her pet [ion was seen riding in the back of a car. the bentley with the lion on the backseat, was spotted in the southern city of pattaya, driven by a sri lankan man who has now fled the country. owning a [ion is legal in thailand — but this animal was not properly registered and the woman could face up to a year in prison. that brings us to a close on bbc news for now. hello. thursday was a pretty cloudy but very mild day. temperatures reached 14.1; celsius in a couple of spots. friday won't be quite as mild. a little bit cooler, a little bit fresher, but more in the way of sunshine. and just for some of us, a few showers around, particularly

across parts of scotland. but an overnight weatherfront has brought a lot of us some rain. that's just pushing its way eastwards. now through the early hours of friday it'lljust be lingering across parts of east anglia, the south—east of england as well. so early rain for some in the south and east that clears away. and then we're left with clear spells for all blustery showers coming in across the north—west for scotland over the higher ground. they could be falling as snow for a time. perhaps one or two showers for northern ireland and northern england, but they'll be few and far between. further south, you should stay dry all day. temperatures in the afternoon about 5 to 9 degrees. so for some of us, i think they're actually going to come down a little bit through the day. these are the wind gusts that we're expecting. it's going to be particularly windy up towards the north—west of scotland. western isles could see gates at times. into friday evening, more blustery showers in the north and the west, clearer and lighter winds to the south and east. and we could see some mist and fog patches forming through perhaps the midlands, east anglia, the south—east as well. temperatures getting down to two or three here in the towns and cities, so a slight frost.

further north, they've got more of a breeze, more cloud and patchy rain to keep those temperatures from falling too low. and then into the weekend, then it is back to the mild air, particularly by sunday. the winds coming in from the south where the front approaching from the west later on sunday. but for saturday, early morning mist and frost clearing away quite quickly. a bit of rain for parts of northern scotland where it will still be breezy and perhaps some patchy rain into northern ireland later in the day. but for central and southern scotland, much of england and wales are dry day. top temperatures around about nine or ten degrees. into the second half of the weekend, sunday probably going to be that a little bit warmer than saturday. again, quite a bit of sunshine around, a little bit of cloud drifting around here and there and more rain into northern ireland and western scotland later on in the day. but before it arrives, look at those temperatures, 12 or 13 degrees. so above average, certainly for this time of year into next week, low pressure starts to try and move its way in from the atlantic. we've got higher pressure across the continent, but things could turn a little bit more unsettled, particularly in the north for the middle part of the week onwards. but it's remaining

mostly dry in the south. and certainly for all of us, it's looking mild. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines at the top of the hour, as newsday contiunes, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. for almost two years, the us and its european allies have been pledging to do whatever it takes to ensure vladimir putin's defeat in ukraine. increasingly, that looks like a serious case of overpromising and under—delivering. further american military assistance has been blocked by partisan warfare on capitol hill, and in europe, too, cracks are evident in the ukraine support network. my guest is radek sikorski,

foreign minister in