live from washington, this is bbc news. welcome to viewers on pbs in america. the fbi is slammed for its handling of allegations of collusion between donald trump's 2016 campaign and russia. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky makes a surprise trip to the uk, as he prepares for upcoming battles with russia. and multiple people are killed in a fire at a hostel in new zealand. we'll have the latest details. hello. i'm sumi somaskanda. welcome to our show. we start here in washington with a report released today looking

into the fbi's investigation into donald trump's 2016 campaign ties to russia. special counseljohn durham found that the bureau should not have launched a probe into the campaign's alleged ties with russia. in the report, he said the agency's inquiry had lacked "analytical rigor", concluding that the fbi had not possessed "actual evidence" of collusion between trump's campaign and russia before launching an inquiry. he also accused the fbi of repeated instances of "confirmation bias". the fbi responded to durham's report, saying: former president trump responded to the report with a series of posts on his social media platform truth social. in one, he said:

with me is north america correspondentjess parker. what new information to the report revealed? there are some old and some new because bill's report on 2019 by us watchdog but identified performance failures and what the fbi had done. but significantly, it didn't identify any political bias. this report differs a little bit, talking about basically confirmation bias and missteps that happened during the fbi's in investigation or decision to investigate these allegations. he basically argues our proof of the confirmation bias as well as naming a couple of officials he said had shown some level of hostility towards donald trump. but the reporters well in terms of the details it outlines, quite damning in parts, so it talks about how the fbi opened this enquiry crossfire harry

kane on the basis of raw, analysed and uncorroborated intelligence. —— unanalysed. it says it showed a cavalier attitude towards accuracy, so critical critical stuff. serious accusations against the fbi. we mentioned the step from the fbi think it's taken steps that would have prevented this from going forward. what is the fbi been saying about what has changed? fbi been saying about what has chanced? �* u, , fbi been saying about what has chanced? �* , ., fbi been saying about what has chaned? , ., . changed? because of that previous _ changed? because of that previous report _ changed? because of that previous report i - changed? because of that l previous report i mentioned before from the us watchdog in 2019 the fbi has looked at overhauling the way it does surveillance, for example. but as you say, in its statement basically says that it's already taken lots of steps to try and address some of these failings. but as you are just outlining, donald trump and his supporters are going to latch onto this and basically say this is evidence of what he often talks about, he feels there is something of a witch—hunt against him, but i think it's also important to

say that there are blockbuster revelations here in this report. there is no evidence of some sort of serious or widespread deep state conspiracy. there is evidence of serious problems and serious failures by the fbi, not necessarily the dramatic kind of findings the donald trump or his supporters might�*ve looking for. his supporters might've looking for. ~ ., ., ~' his supporters might've looking for. ~ . ., 4' , for. what do you think this will mean _ for. what do you think this will mean donald - for. what do you think this will mean donald trump! l for. what do you think this - will mean donald trump! we've seen in the _ will mean donald trump! we've seen in the statement - will mean donald trump! we've seen in the statement he - will mean donald trump! we've seen in the statement he has i seen in the statement he has released today that he will waive this piece of paper around or i should say, i think it's 306 pages or something like that and say this is proof that people have been out to get him for some years. i think that other people point to the fact that as i said before it not necessarily contain many huge new revelations despite being extremely critical of what happened in 2016. what are democrats saying? there is been relatively relative silence from them. we've supporters coming out and bucking his view of things but one of the

uncomfortable things public democrats and this is it talks about howjohn durham says there is a difference or he notes the difference in the way this enquiry was handled versus may be potential lines of enquiry to the clinton campaign. enquiry to the clinton campaign-— enquiry to the clinton camaiun. ., ~ campaign. our north america corresponded _ campaign. our north america corresponded jess _ campaign. our north america corresponded jess parker, - corresponded jess parker, thanks for the latest on that story. to the war in ukraine now, where there are reports of a large number of explosions in the ukrainian capital, kyiv, and air raid sirens have sounded across the country. there are reports of video footage circulating on social media which have not been verified by the bbc that show air defence systems shooting down missiles. government messages have warned people to keep away from windows as debris from intercepted missiles is falling from the sky. the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, says some of the debris has fallen on the city's zoo. those details are just coming into us. we'll keep you updated

on the sounds of explosions in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. 0n the ukrainian capital, kyiv. on monday president zelensky made a surprise visit to the uk to secure fresh promises of military aid to fight russia's invasion. uk prime minister rishi sunak welcomed the ukrainian leader at chequers, the prime minister's country house. they held bilateral talks, lasting around two hours. president zelesnky said they discussed western nations providing kyiv with fighter jets, with the aim of creating what he called a "jets coalition". prime minister sunak promised to send hundreds of air defence missiles and long—range attack drones but stopped short of sending jets. let's hearfrom them both: it's been really good for us to have the time to talk together in private about support of the uk giving and how we can ensure that supporters notjust here for the david into the future as well. to ensure ukraine and its people triumph notjust on the battlefield militarily but also stand up for those values of freedom, democracy and the rule of law that we will hold very dear. we've had some very

good conversations and it's great to have you here. today we spoke about the jets, a very important topic for us because we can't control the sky. you know it. we are real partners _ you know it. we are real partners. rishi sunak knows all the details of our battlefield. thank — the details of our battlefield. thank you very much. we want to create this jets coalition and i'm very positive about it. we have spoken about it and i see that in the closest time, you will hear some very important decisions, but we have to work a little bit more on it. zelensky�*s stop in the uk marks his fifth european country visited in three days. the bbc�*s hugo bachega has more. the uk was the latest stop in president zelensky�*s tour of european countries. he was in italy, in germany and in france and he heard that more help is on the way.

but there's one thing that ukraine says it needs and western nations have been reluctant to provide fighter jets. president zelensky said he discussed this issue with prime minister rishi sunak and said more work needed to be done. rishi sunak said this wasn't going to be a straightforward decision. it's more than just sending jets. it's about training and logistics. now here in kyiv, the authorities are grateful for the help they have received. but i think there's also some level of frustration with how western countries have responded. there was a long debate before a decision was made about sending battle tanks to ukraine, then a long debate about air defence systems, and now a long debate about fighter jets. ukraine says those delays are costing lives, not only on the front lines, but all across the country. now, the timing of president zelensky�*s visit is very significant. ukraine is preparing a counteroffensive against russian forces. it knows it needs to achieve major gains. it wants to show western countries that all the

assistance it has received can result in major victories on the battlefield. president zelensky says his country still doesn't have everything it needs to launch what is likely to be a crucial phase in the war. joining me now is lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, former director of european affairs for the united states' national security council. great to have you on our show. ukrainian president zelensky has visited european countries as he looks to secure more ammunitions and weapons for the upcoming spring offensive. important you think they were? these visits are critically important. it's interesting that he feels quite comfortable leaving the country on some tours to raise support, raise aid for ukraine. this is something he was reluctant to do through most of 2022. now he is taking a tour in multiple

countries in europe and soliciting and obtaining a large stockpiles of additional capability. these are long—range missiles that are now in ukraine secure additional air defence capabilities, potentially there is a reporting that france might offer at least to start to train ukraine on their advanced jets, things that fourth generation of fighters, things that'll be quite important the battlefield. this is notjust important but also quite successful. [30 is notjust important but also quite successful.— is notjust important but also quite successful. do you think he is satisfied _ quite successful. do you think he is satisfied with _ quite successful. do you think he is satisfied with what - quite successful. do you think he is satisfied with what he i he is satisfied with what he has been promised? we know he asked the uk again for fighter jets and wants to create a jets coalition but so far the answer is been no. coalition but so far the answer is been ne— is been no. the answer is no but it's interesting _ is been no. the answer is no but it's interesting that - but it's interesting that europe in particular, germany was one of the first stops on the two are, then the uk and france, have all pledged significant additional resources. in certain areas, leapfrogging in front of the us

in terms of capabilities, these long—range missiles at the us has been very reluctant to provide thus far and presents as keith has been successful in securing them. there may be some light at the adama tunnel in terms of planes also that promised to train ukrainian forces on planes. it's a month long and notjust flying them, maintaining them, a major gain and additional drains the uk has pledged. but i think the biggest thing which is what we haven't really heard about it properly discussions behind the scenes on guarantees, security guarantees for ukraine including some sort of announcement at the forthcoming nato summit in the baltics for ukrainejoining nato. ithink there are probably not quite there are probably not quite there yet but his bubbly making some headway and i think in terms of a lasting peace after this was done, some sort of

security guarantee, the prospect ofjoining nato has to be on the horizon. d0 prospect of joining nato has to be on the horizon.— prospect of joining nato has to be on the horizon. do you have an idea be on the horizon. do you have any idea what _ be on the horizon. do you have any idea what that _ be on the horizon. do you have any idea what that security - any idea what that security guarantee will look like if you are looking at announcement? it does not look like there is only, the reluctance of the west including the united states, frankly, is not going to be surmounted in this particular upcoming summit. we probably are still about a year out from sums of announcement of this kind, but ultimately we will have to be a pledge for ukraine being able tojoin nato. anything that falls short of that, coalition of the willing, even if it's germany, france, uk that's been part of the discussion so far, that's not going to be sufficient. nato is the only thing that will satisfy the ukrainians and frankly provide lasting stability. frankly provide lasting stability-— frankly provide lasting stabili . ~ �* ., ., stability. we've heard from vafious stability. we've heard from various analysts _ stability. we've heard from various analysts that - stability. we've heard from various analysts that will i various analysts that will dependent on how this impending counteroffensive will go. it's not about to possible outcomes because both russia and ukraine

have shown no desire for a dramatic solution and the war at this point but if ukraine gave the overhead of the coming weeks, with those conditions bring either party to table? i should firstly point out that russia demands capitulation, ukraine is aptly prepared to negotiate in good faith, so ukraine is ready to negotiate, just the russians are wanted all. what i forecast with regards to this counteroffensive is ukraine will likely be quite successful. it's not been fully armed sufficiently to be able to achieve strategic breakthroughs, break the russian military in ukraine, forced them to and the war. but it's going to be able to achieve major operational successes, liberating swathes of territory, putting enormous pressure on putin to either conduct another mobilisation which is destabilising for russia, or start negotiating in earnest. i expect would be out of the year we will start to

see much more wholesome negotiations play out, but mainly because of ukraine's success on the battlefield, we have seen that start to unfold, the proto— phase of the counteroffensive around bakhmut territory being liberated. ii territory being liberated. if that doesn't happen, if ukraine falters or does it make significant progress in the counteroffensive in the coming days and weeks and months ahead, what you think that means to support in capitals? its interesting counterfactual. there are three scenarios. 0ne scenario is ukraine, the most likely scenario is ukraine has major successes, the other scenario is that ukraine frankly has even greater successes that break russian military capacity to at ——at the least scenario the battlefield achieves little to no success. if that's the case we have to be introspective about what we were able to provide ukraine, it's not their like a fighting price or morale, i think that such

remote scenario that does not make sense to really evaluate that. we should plan for the reality that ukraine will be successful. i reality that ukraine will be successful.— reality that ukraine will be successful. ., ., ., ., successful. i want to ask about something _ successful. i want to ask about something we _ successful. i want to ask about something we heard _ successful. i want to ask about something we heard last - successful. i want to ask about something we heard last week| something we heard last week from a former president trump he was asked about ukraine and a town hall session but he wouldn't say he wanted ukraine to win the war, as you know, and this is what he said if he were to be president. quote, i want everyone to stop dying. they are dying, russians and ukrainians, iwant they are dying, russians and ukrainians, i want them to stop dying but i'll have done that in 2a hours. what are your thoughts? in 24 hours. what are your thoughts?— in 24 hours. what are your thoughts? in 24 hours. what are your thou~hts? ., , thoughts? i mean, he lives in his own world _ thoughts? i mean, he lives in his own world that _ thoughts? i mean, he lives in his own world that is - his own world that is completely untethered to reality. there is nothing he could possibly do to end the war in 24 hours. it's a fool's errand and an absurdity to even mention it. i think the fact is that ukrainians, even if the us were to pull the plug on support in a second trump administration, the ukrainians would look for other routes. it would look for other routes. it would actually be more

dangerous, because eastern europe — poland, the baltics, romania — would not tolerate russia's ability to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. and we could potentially see some nato forces bilaterally — not as part of a nato operation — probably play a much bigger role in helping secure ukraine liberate ukrainian territory. it's just an absurd notion a huge reason we are in this war right now is that putin made ukraine — i'm sorry, that trump made ukraine radioactive and that putin saw opportunity — he smelled opportunity on the backs of the fact that he had the president of the united states and the whole republican establishment cheerleading russia as opposed to ukraine. so, i mean, we're in this war because of trump.— so, i mean, we're in this war because of trump. 0k. just very cuick because of trump. 0k. just very quick final _ because of trump. 0k. just very quick final question _ because of trump. 0k. just very quick final question - _ because of trump. 0k. just very quick final question - the - because of trump. 0k. just very quick final question - the dawnl quick final question — the dawn report was released today. what do you think? do you think it

prevents trump from collusion with russia? i prevents trump from collusion with russia?— with russia? i think it's bureaucratically - with russia? i think it'sj bureaucratically worded with russia? i think it's i bureaucratically worded to indicate that the fbi has some things to do to make sure it conducts high—profile investigations in the right way. of course there's going to be bias. these are fbi agents that are used to being right, and they're going to look for things validate their views. but the fact is that there is plenty to suggest that there was a high degree of co—ordination between elements of trump incorporated with russia. lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, former director of european affairs for the united states' national security council. thank you very much forjoining us on bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. derbyshire firefighterjoe carnell practising for his next call—out. and as well as the usual gear, he's got a new piece of kit.— piece of kit. first, it does act as a _ piece of kit. first, it does act as a deterrent. - piece of kit. first, it does act as a deterrent. so - piece of kit. first, it does act as a deterrent. so if. piece of kit. first, it does i

act as a deterrent. so if we had any issues, this would hopefully safeguard crews from any acts of aggression. it's also used for operational learning, so any large—scale incident, we can review the footage, and if there are learnings to be taken from it, we can share that with others. derbyshire's become the first fire service outside london to issue the cameras as standard. we're not as bad as some of the other areas of the country. in the last five years, we had've had 112 verbal and physical attacks on firefighters across the country. our message would be — we're here to help. our brave firefighters risk their lives to help the people in the communities of derbyshire. firefighters hope they won't face more problems, and that the cameras are commonly used to help them be more trained to be even better at saving lives. you're live with bbc news. we want to bring you a developing story from new zealand. six people have been killed in a fire at a four—storey hostel in wellington, on new zealand's north island. dozens of people were rescued, but many others are

still unaccounted for. emergency services were called to the building just after midnight local time. it is unclear how many people were inside at the time. the hostel is used as accommodation for both short— and long—term shift workers. authorities are investigating the cause of the blaze. 0ne survivor shared his experience. let's hearfrom him: the worry is the people who were sleeping up on the third floor. they had firestop that, but there were quite worried moments for a few of the lads. a few of them got taken away in an ambulance, cos they had smoke inhalation. and we're just praying that there's no—one stuck in their rooms. now to elections in turkey. the country's presidential race is headed for a run—off for the first time ever, as neither president recep tayyip erdogan nor his main challenger, kemal kilicdaroglu, received enough votes to win outright. mr erdogan led the first round with 49.51% of the vote. mr kilicdaroglu

polled at 44.88%. the second round will go ahead on 28 may. although it is a clear lead for president erdogan, it isn't quite enough, as he didn't secure at least 50%. an opposition leader in thailand who has proposed reforms to the military and the monarchy said he's hoping to become the next prime minister. pita limjaroenrat said his move forward party — which won the most votes in sunday's election — wants to form a government with other parties. but he faces opposition to his policies from thailand's senate, which is dominated by the military. some senators have already indicated they'll oppose his premiership. he spoke to supporters in an early—morning procession in bangkok. translation: ., ., translation: you might have . iven translation: you might have liven u. translation: you might have given up- you _ translation: you might have given up. you might— translation: you might have given up. you might feel- given up. you might feel hopeless. you fight feel like you never exist in this country, like nobody has ever seen you or heard you. today, you have proved that anything is possible in our country.

joining me now from bangkok is our correspondent jonathan head. how did the opposition parties manage to garner so much support? i manage to garner so much support?— support? i think there was alwa s support? i think there was always an _ support? i think there was always an assumption - support? i think there wasj always an assumption that opposition parties would do well. we've had nine years of the same kind of government. five of them were under military rule then the same man who led the coup became prime minister again. there was a feeling of weariness, that the old government wasn't doing very well. what no—one expected was this new, young party, move forward, with a radical agenda surging ahead of all the others. that's on the back of — they've caught a moment here in thailand. lots of young people who've often been out on the streets protesting want a proper democracy. they want an end to the laws that put people in prison for expressing their views. they want a more dynamic country. but they've managed to persuade a lot of older thais that big changes are needed. it is remarkable — we mentioned that this party move forward talks about reforming or changing the monarchy. that was something you couldn't even talk about five years ago in

thailand. and yet lots of older thais — people who are not particularly political — have thrown their weight behind this young party because they sense that some big changes are needed to move thailand back onto a successful group. it's a very slow—growing economy, it's ageing. there are a lot of worries about that.- ageing. there are a lot of worries about that. the big question — worries about that. the big question now _ worries about that. the big question now is _ worries about that. the big question now is - - worries about that. the big question now is - can - worries about that. the big question now is - can they| worries about that. the big - question now is - can they form question now is — can they form a government? question now is - can they form a government?— a government? that is a big question — a government? that is a big question now. _ a government? that is a big question now. they've - a government? that is a big question now. they've got l question now. they've got nearly 60% of the seats in the elected lower house — the 500—seat parliament. they claim that gives them a mandate. in a normal system, that gives them a mandate. in a normalsystem, it that gives them a mandate. in a normal system, it would. that gives them a mandate. in a normalsystem, it would. but they're up against a powerful conservative establishment which has launched coups in the past, its used the courts to dissolve parties. that could stop it. and you mentioned the senate — the senate's got 250 members, all appointed by the military government under the coup by the same man who's prime minister right now. of course, they're very opposed to any discussion of the monarchy. they're very opposed to this party. so we expect a stalemate, a lot of difficult negotiations, and some people think that this young party is just too radicalfor

think that this young party is just too radical for the conservative establishment, that somehow they will find a way to stop it going into government despite the tremendous mandate it appears to have got from the voters. just very quickly — do we have a sense, then, how much of a say the military will have in this new government? the military and _ this new government? the military and a _ this new government? the military and a lot - this new government? the military and a lot of - this new government? the military and a lot of its - military and a lot of its allies always have a big say. that's what these young politicians want to change. they say that there should be an end to military involvement, there should be accountability in the monarchy. but reality is the military is still powerful and it has a lot of backers here who may use other means, including military support, to stop these parties who've done so well in the election from forming a government. thank you forming a government. thank you for that report _ forming a government. thank you for that report from _ forming a government. thank you for that report from bangkok. - for that report from bangkok. great to talk to you. let's get the latest on cyclone mocha. the powerful storm tore through parts of coastal myanmar and bangladesh in south asia on sunday. this is rakhine state in myanmar — it's been declared a natural disaster area, and the capital, sittwe, bore the brunt of the storm's impact.

reports say up to 90% of the port city has been destroyed. strong winds brought down communications. the military government says at least three people are dead. across the border in bangladesh, thousands of rohingya refugees have seen their homes destroyed or damaged at cox's bazar. it appears the camp — the world's largest — has narrowly avoided a direct hit. south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan is there. close to a million rohingya refugees live here in the world's largest refugee camp in bangladesh. this place narrowly missed the path of cyclone mocha, but the storm did bring with it some devastation. you can see some of the bamboo shelters here which have been completely crushed in the storm. they're very flimsy and made from bamboo. and then this tarpaulin covers the shelters, kind of providing a roof. where i'm standing here is actually where another shelter just i'm standing here is actually where another shelterjust came where another shelter just came down. where another shelterjust came down. now, authorities say that close to 3,000 shelters in this

camp were damaged or destroyed — some of them have already been put back together this morning, which is a sign of the resilience of the refugees and ofjust how basic the constructions are. during the storm, rohingya refugees were not allowed to leave the camps, to go to any of the government shelters, because they're not allowed to leave the camps at any point in time. so, many people say they're really relieved that the storm did not hit this camp directly and that, in the most part — apart from damaged homes — people here are ok. before we go, a florida researcher has just set the world record for the longest time spent living under water without depressurisation. it's been 74 days so far and counting. joseph dettori says he plans to stay in the lodge 30ft under the surface for at least 100 days. unlike a submarine, the surroundings do not adjust for the increased underwater pressure. the goal

of dettori's research is to combine medical ask aquatic research and provide educational outreach to students. thank you for watching bbc news. stay with us. hello there. for the rest of this week, the weather's looking pretty quiet. that's because we've got high pressure dominating the scene. so a lot of dry weather around with some sunshine, too. a few showers around mainly to the north of the uk. and after a bit of a cool start to this week, temperatures will begin to climb slightly by the end of the week and into next weekend. now, the early part of tuesday looks largely dry. clearskies, quite a chilly start to the day. we'll see thicker clouds of a breeze, some rainjust we'll see thicker clouds, more of a breeze, some rainjust getting into the north and west of scotland. temperatures recovering here, nine degrees in stornoway, but a chilly start to tuesday for many areas. now, high pressure sitting

almost on top of the uk. we have this weak weather front bringing more clouds and showers to scotland. and you'll notice that blue tinge on the air mass chart indicating there's still some fairly cool air around for tuesday. so, it's a chilly start. dry, bright, lots of sunshine around. showers from the word go across northwest scotland. these become more widespread across scotland into the afternoon. some showers for northern ireland, a few for northern and eastern england. probably the dry, sunniest weather will be across wales, midlands down into the southwest and here we could make 16 or 17 degrees. but again, for most, it's the low to mid—teens. but again, for most, it's the low—to—mid teens. that is below par for the time of year. through tuesday night, many of those showers fade away. most places once again will be dry to start a wednesday variable cloud, but widespread clear skies certainly in the north and the west. and again, temperatures taking a bit of a tumble and single digits for most. high pressure, almost slap bang on top of the uk for wednesday. lighter winds. this feature, though, will start to bring more cloud, breeze, outbreaks of rain to the northwest of scotland,

but that is about it. plenty of sunshine around, could just see a few isolated showers across the midlands and eastern england. but many places will stay dry and the temperature is creeping up a little bit. we could be up to 18, maybe 19 degrees in the warmest spots. 0therwise, again, for most it's the mid—teens, particularly towards the north. as we move through thursday, friday, high pressure still holds on. a few weather fronts flirt with the north of the uk and you'll notice we start to import some slightly warmer air from the west, the orange and yellow colours taking over. so apart from a few showers across the north of the uk, thanks to those weather fronts, you can see — because of high pressure — it's mostly dry and it'll be feeling warmer with temperatures hitting the low 20s.

the deadline is approaching for the us to hit the debt ceiling with treasury secretary janet nauman issued another warning. a heatwave across china with fears that soaring temperatures might mean for the country's economic recovery. welcome to asia business report with marika 0i. markets have edged higher in the us hopeful that washington will come to agreement on the debt ceiling.

us treasury secretary janet has again sent a letter