medics say at least 29 people are dead. and, actor alec baldwin in court for his trial over a fatal shooting on the set of the film rust. hello and welcome to the programme. we ta ke we take you straight to the ronald reagan institute in washington, dc where president zelensky is speaking. exnected _ zelensky is speaking. expected from _ zelensky is speaking. expected from november. it seems that people do not even know that nato has expanded by two new countries at once and this is a historic event, but it is in the shadows of another story. it is time to step out

of the shadows to make strong decisions, to act and not to wait for november or any other month to dissent. we must be uncompromising, altogether. and first america, and first of all the leaders of america and the president of the united states as the leader of the free will to be uncompromising in defending democracy, uncompromising against vladimir putin, uncompromising to every possible terror, exactly what all ukrainians face on the 24th of february 2022. millions of people of the world and millions, millions of americans, exactly what president biden in the congress were on the 24th of february. i am 0k. laughter. _

were on the 24th of february. i am 0k. laughter. and - were on the 24th of february. i am 0k. laughter. and then, | were on the 24th of february. i - am 0k. laughter. and then, when vladimir putin _ am 0k. laughter. and then, when vladimir putin decided _ am 0k. laughter. and then, when vladimir putin decided to _ am 0k. laughter. and then, when vladimir putin decided to break - vladimir putin decided to break everything, everything dear to us, we all acted as one. we did not wait a single day and even minute, we surviving every day we did survive. then the world saw that putin could lose and democracy can win, even when it seemed impossible. then, what happened now? when did we step into the shadows? when did want to start thinking that it is better to delay than act? that partial solutions are better than victory? and when did we start thinking that to defend freedom is allegedly unsafe?

and then to put putin in place for blackmailing the whole world is allegedly unprofitable? when and why did it happen? the world cannot be secure without america. america cannot be a leader without carrying the world affairs. america should not shy away from its strengths. it is america that keeps the freedom for the world and that is why the world values america, and america which acts. ladies and gentlemen, it has been 35 years since president reagan left the white house but i returned to his word during his exit, and this is what was imprinted in world history into the

experience and even in the speech as we look back on the power of reagan's words came from what america did and how correctly america used time. as a result, in a european history and in us history, president reagan means hope and it still does and he had it and now we all need exactly this, leadership that does not wait for any november is but act now, x everyday strongly so that life went on so that our enemies such as putin fear our actions. a few examples for you. in may, mayjune, we achieved an important victory. we stopped the russian advance on kharkviv, the second—largest

ukrainian city located very close to the russian border. the russian army was ordered to get into artillery fire range, to shell kharkviv but the courage of our men and women as well as the american permission to strike kharkiv —— military targets in russia, got thejob done and i am grateful to you, i am grateful to president biden for this permission and to everyone in the congress who helped. this russian advanced had stalled and we are pushing the russians out of areas in kharkiv. we're also missiles that have been hitting kharkiv for more than two years on a daily basis. an there's gave kharkiv protection from missile strikes. imagine how much we can achieve when all limitation

are lifted. similarly now we can protect our citizens from russian guided bombs if american leadership steps up and allows us to destroy russian military on airbases. will also yield an instant result and we are waiting for this step and we can significantly limit russian actions in thousands of ukraine and push them out if american leadership assists us with the necessary deep strike capabilities against russian military and logistics in our ukrainian crimea and we are talking about this with our partners and all these steps would be exceptional decisions of the us and partners to provide ukraine with additional

defence systems and dozens of others and defence interceptors for ukraine. ukrainian people are gratefulfor for ukraine. ukrainian people are grateful for that. thank you so much. and our actions to obtain peace, we held the first peace summit attended by 101 countries and international organisations and i am grateful to the us for participating. putin in response held his own summer, isummit putin in response held his own summer, i summit we have been taking it like to washington where president zelensky has been addressing in parallel to the nato summit that has been ongoing. the nato summit that has been onauoin. ~ ., ., ongoing. the ukrainian president _ ongoing. the ukrainian president talking - ongoing. the ukrainian president talking at - ongoing. the ukrainian| president talking at the ongoing. the ukrainian - president talking at the ronald reagan institute. he talked about the challenges ukraine is facing a spoke about america's sake you shouldn't shy away from its strengths and that the world needs america. he referenced former president

reagan and how actions meant hope and how we need it now. we gave examples of ukraine's defines against russian advances and thank the us and its leaders for their support. he also spoke about how much ukraine could achieve if it was able to eliminate russian airpower with deep strike into russian occupied crimea. we will bring more highlights from his speech later on bbc news. this was happening in parallel to the nato summit. a nato summit, to mark 75 years of the trans—atlantic alliance, has begun in washington amid pomp and ceremony, led by president biden. ukraine is uppermost on the agenda, with the bloc aiming to present a united front helping kyiv counter russia's aggression. but it promised to provide ukraine with tactical systems. pressure was also continuing to mount on president biden to

step back from seeking a second term in office after the poor performance in a tv debate with donald trump. this was the big opening event of the nato summit marking 75 years of the alliance, it took place in the building that the treaty was signed 75 years ago. we heard from the secretary general, but many people were anticipating the speech from us presidentjoe biden, what would he deliver, how did he deliver, he called this a pivotal moment for the alliance and for the world, saying it's one that calls for collective strength and he said that ukraine can defeat vladimir putin. he also announced some concrete steps for ukraine. a lot of focus now on the country's air defence system after those attacks on monday, he said he would be providing ukraine with more equipment to help defend itself from those sorts of attacks by russia, and then the president really touting some of his achievements during his administration, the strengthening of the alliance, adding two new members come up to 32,

the alliance, adding two new members — now up to 32, and also more funding for nato. saying that 2020 when he came in office, only nine allies at that point were spending at least 2% of the gdp on defence, now in 2024 that's up to 23 of those 32 members. let's hear more now from what president biden had to say at that summit. it's a pleasure to host you in this milestone year, to look back with pride at all we've achieved and look ahead to our shared future with strength and with resolve. together, we rebuilt europe from the ruins of war, held high the torch of liberty, through long decades of the cold war. when former adversaries became fellow democracies, we welcomed them into the alliance. when war broke out in

the balkans, we intervened to restore peace and stop ethnic cleansing. when the united states was attacked on september 11, our nato allies stood with us, evoking article five for the first time in nato history. an attack on us is an attack on all of us. a breathtaking display of friendship that the american people will never ever forget. certainly a momentous summit, notjust because of the big number, the 75th anniversary of nato, but also of course because of ukraine and the support that nato nations have been giving to it, that were grinding into its third year and this alliance wanted to put on some display of strength after those big strikes on kyiv. this is being watched not just from what biden was going to say but how he would say it. yeah, there was a big political component to this as well, we've seen president biden making several more of these

public appearances, speeches and every one of those words that he delivers will be analysed and kind of looked over — this was a speech though that was delivered much more forcefully, much more clearly, he seemed to have more strength than he did during that disastrous debate against former president donald trump. and really showing some humanity, too. he awarded the presidential medal of freedom to stoltenberg there, and hejoked about making him extend his stay for a couple of more years, talking about apologies to your wife, but i think anybody who was watching the speech and may be a bit on tenterhooks to see how he might do, whether there might be a flop or he might trip over his words again, they were probably disappointed this was a strong speech and one of his better showings, more equivalent to his state of the union speech rather than his debate against donald trump. we'll be getting more into this with biden with our next guest. but i want to get your

thoughts about what's to happen next in regards to the nato summit. we know that on wednesday, sweden, which is the newest member, the 32nd member, will be welcomed into the nato alliance, there will be a dinner at the white house where various different politicians from all the nato countries will be gathered there for a state dinner on thursday, probably the next big biggest events, if you want to look at the political situation with the president, he will deliver a press conference and he won't be on teleprompter, it will be a bit more spontaneous. that will probably be another pressurised moment to see how the president behaves and how he performs during that press conference on thursday. ray la raja is political science professor, at university of massachusetts, amherst.

this was a good opportunity for him to convey vigour. he looked frail at the same time, but now, you wrote a column last week in the boston globe saying it was a huge risk to ditch the incumbent, have you change your mind? i still have my doubts for a lot of reasons, the party is still divided, there is no overwhelming consensus to move ahead and that itself is a problem. my other concern is the whole process itself. going to a convention, you know, the way the us used to nominate people was at conventions. but we haven't done that in over half a century. and i'm not sure we have the muscle memory to do that again, and the whole world will be watching and it could prove very divisive, could actually drag the party down and at the end of the day, you might not even get the best possible candidate. those are some of the risks. i know the risk of not

going with the best possible candidate, and yet, you know, i'm not convinced of the alternatives. that they will do better, that's very tough to pull. so some democrats are saying the upside is much bigger if we go with biden because the risks are too great right now. you're a pollster. are you seeing any data that suggests a change in democratic candidate would impact november's election outcome? i don't see much right now. one thing i should say is even the democratic voters are divided, just under 50 think he should leave, not too far behind think he should stay and there really is no consensus among democratic voters. there was a yougov of poll today saying that not many candidates can surpass him except for maybe michelle 0bama, and that's not happening. kamala harris might do a little bit better, but there's still a lot of things out

there that we don't know and the biden team isjust saying we are bulldozing straight ahead, we are going to win this thing. and while the democrats are wondering what to do perhaps, what is the republican strategy as this plays out? the republicans have just brought out the popcorn and are watching for the most part, they want to see this internal battle so they can point the finger and say look, these guys can't come up with the nominee, they do want us switch out biden. as long as the democrats are not unified they are not focused on trump and that's the case they have to make to win the election. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

it's being reported that at least 29 people have been killed and dozens injured,

in an israeli airstrike on a camp for displaced people in gaza. this footage was shot by a camera crew working for the bbc. doctors say a blast hit tents outside a school. there's been no immediate comment from israel. meanwhile, a palestinian activist who's been outspoken against hamas in gaza, is in hospital in a critical condition, after being kidnapped near his home. amin abed is now said to be in a stable condition. 0pen dissent against hamas appears to have increased in recent months, as suffering in the territory has grown, since the start of the war with israel. lucy williamson has the story. in gaza, the price of war doesn't always cover the price of protest. it is a price amin abed has paid before. savagely beaten by a group of armed men hours after the activist criticised hamas on social media and days after he chose to speak to television channels, including the bbc.

friends say it was hamas security forces who broke his limbs and local women who saved his life, braving bursts of gun fire to make them stop. speaking to the bbc from his hospital bed, amin said his attackers carried knives, axes and pistols — they called him a traitor and an agent for israel, he said, and their commander told them to break his fingers to stop him writing anything against hamas again. hours later, he released this video clip. translation: i will continue to speak and say to you, - my people, we will remain committed to our vow not to accept the torment of prison cells, shackles and bars. we will continue to speak until we can rid ourselves of this bad reality they have put us in. amin�*s father left to broadcast his anger in the ruined streets,

shouting at his son's attackers through an old plastic water bottle. "enough, you cowards," he said, "did you win victory by kidnapping and beating my son?" some in gaza say open criticism of hamas is becoming more common, with residents cursing its leaders online and on the streets. this university teacher filmed screaming his frustration over palestinian casualties from an israeli raid last month. nine months of war has left hamas facing other adversaries in gaza, whose fear of speaking out maybe shrinking and whose weapons are words. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.

a court in moscow has issued an arrest warrant for yulia navalnaya, the exiled widow of the late russian opposition leader, alexei navalny. he died in february after three years injailfor charges widely seen as politically motivated. ms navalnaya is accused of involvement in an extremist society. the leader of france's socialist party, 0livier faure, has thrown his hat in the ring to be prime minister, after the left—wing alliance to which he belongs won sunday's parliamentary election. the leftist new popular front, which also includes socialists, greens and communists, were the surprise winners on sunday, but they have nowhere near enough seats to form a credible government by themselves. the former president of brazil has been accused of benefiting from an illegal scheme to sell $1.2 million injewellery and other luxury gifts given to his government. it comes after brazil's federal police last week recommended charging jair bolsonaro with crimes including money—laundering over undeclared jewellery gifted between 2019 and 2022.

the trial of the hollywood actor, alec baldwin, has begun in the us state of new mexico. it's almost three years since the fatal shooting of cinematographer halyna hutchins on the set of the film rust. the first day in court is focused on the selection of a jury who must decide if the hollywood star was culpable for the death of ms hutchins. we can speak to my colleague from los angeles. we know if the jury has been selected. what happened next? it was a long day ofjury selection. lawyers on both sides 16 people. they will be reporting for duty tomorrow morning where opening statement will start. we'll hear from the prosecution first and they are going hard against mr baldwin, painting a vicious picture of him, saying that he handled all the weapons

on said, that that he was rushing staff and especially the armourers to reload and they want him to serve time and they want him to serve time and they say he is guilty. the defence on the other hand say two people have really been found guilty for what happened on said in october 2021 and that was the armour on set. she was found guilty by a juryjust a couple of months ago. she brought live round to set an one and an end the gun during rehearsal. and the second person, an assistant director in charge of a staging protocol and he entered a plea deal, for not having proper safety regulations on said. remind us, alec baldwin _ regulations on said. remind us, alec baldwin has _ regulations on said. remind us, alec baldwin has pleaded - regulations on said. remind us, alec baldwin has pleaded not i alec baldwin has pleaded not guilty? he alec baldwin has pleaded not uuil ? . , alec baldwin has pleaded not i uil ? ., , , ., alec baldwin has pleaded not uuil ? . , , ., ., guilty? he has pleaded not uuil guilty? he has pleaded not guilty and _ guilty? he has pleaded not guilty and maintained - guilty? he has pleaded not guilty and maintained his l guilty and maintained his innocence throughout this whole process. back after the

shooting in 2021, he had this intimate interview with abc news when he said i never pulled the trigger, i would never pull the trigger on anyone. his lawyers were not very happy about that because that has put him into a very narrow defence. he can no longer come to court and say i do not know what happened, i do not remember or maybe the trigger slipped while i was pulling it across my body so he has to stick to this i did not pull the trigger and they have been forensic analysis report that showed for the gun to go off probably had to have the trigger pulled. we off probably had to have the trigger pulled.— off probably had to have the trigger pulled. we will see how this unfolds. _ the european space agency has a new rocket. the ariane—6's launch from a spaceport in french guiana went off without a hitch.

it including a demonstration of the new vinci engines can turn on and off during flight, allowing the spacecraft to reach a range of different orbits. the rocket will take payloads into orbit more cheaply than its predecessor. up up to ii launches a year are planned, unlike some of the more recent american competitors. the rocket is expendable, unlike those american rockets. thank you for your company. i buy. —— bye—bye. hello. thanks forjoining me. well, it does feel like summer has come to an abrupt end. or perhaps it never started in the first place. and more rain clouds on the horizon for the rest of this week, but here's some good news, at least it's not going to be raining all the time. i want to show you the big picture first and where the jet stream is

relative to the uk. here it is over the next few days, to the south of us, now north of the jet stream, we generally have cool air. south of the jet stream we generally have warm air. notice where it is over the coming days — to the south of us. that means we get that air stream from the north and with a rippling jet stream, we also have weather patterns heading our way and in fact, a lot of rain to come in the coming days, particularly across northern parts of the uk. in fact, the north east of scotland in the next 2a hours, particularly soggy with this weather system here. that rain unrelenting here, particularly in the northeast highlands, in grampian. to the south by the end of the night, i thinkjust a few scattered showers, but it is relatively humid air, so that means that the temperatures aren't dropping particularly low overnight, say 14 degrees first thing in the morning. now here's wednesday, low pressure to the north. so that rain that i mentioned in the north and the east of scotland. the met office is pointing to 20—30mm of rain quite widely. in the extreme case it could be

double, even triple that. so really, really wet across this part of the world. to the south, scattered showers, maybe some thunderstorms. but i think come the afternoon there will be some sunshine in the south of the uk. and that, of course, is good news for wimbledon because the weather has been dreadful. however, there is a rain symbol there for wednesday. that's to indicate the showers we should have in the morning, but come the afternoon it will be better. now, high pressure is close by. it's just in the wrong position. we're on the edge of the high, so that means that the winds are coming in from the north. so really cool air sliding across the uk with showers and again rather a lot of cloud. look at the temperatures. 14 in aberdeen. we might squeeze 22 or 23 in the southeast of the country if there will be some prolonged sunny spells, but the outlook into the weekend really says it all. it's that mixed bag and it is on the cool

side forjuly. bye— bye.

federal reserve bostrom powell says the us economy is working in the right direction, raising right of an interest rate right soon. as hurricane beryl slams the texas, we assess the impact on the us energy industry.

thanks forjoining me. i am steve lai. jerome powell appeared at capitol hill for his second yearly report to congress. aaron delmore has more details on his testimony including clues about where interest rates are headed. for months, jerome powell has said that he and others are waiting for more evidence that inflation has hit down to the sustainable target before they cut interest rates. to be sure that line made its way into its testimony today, but there are also clues this time is changing. he said the us economy is no longer overheated and acknowledge the once red—hot labour market is cooling. just the kinds of things that would pave the way for future rate cuts. things that would pave the way forfuture rate cuts. here is mr powell. it for future rate cuts. here is mr powell-— for future rate cuts. here is mr powell. it does not seem likely that — mr powell. it does not seem likely that the _ mr powell. it does not seem likely that the next - mr powell. it does not seem likely that the next policy i likely that the next policy move would be a rate increase.

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