vladimir putin announces his conditions for a ceasefire in ukraine, demands ukraine and its allies swiftly reject. the us supreme court strikes down a federal ban on bump stocks — attachments that increase the firing capacity of guns. and cyril ramaphosa is re—elected president of south africa, after his party strikes an unprecedented coalition deal with the opposition. hello. i'm carl nasman. world leaders are heading home from italy as the g7 summit winds down. friday's official agenda included migration, chinese trade policy, and artificial intelligence. the capstone was the visit of pope francis, who championed the discussion on al. it's the first time a pontiff has participated in the g7. but ukraine once again dominated the summit,

after russian president vladimir putin announced he'd call an immediate ceasefire in ukraine if his conditions are met. those include ukraine giving up four regions in the east of the country that are currently partially occupied by russia, and abandoning its ambition to join the nato alliance, something russia has long opposed. g7 leaders dismissed the offer and kyiv called the proposals "offensive to common sense". our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports from the summit in southern italy. the war in ukraine is being fought on three fronts. you've got the fighting on the ground, you've got the industrial arms race to generate as much ammunition as possible, and then you've got the global diplomatic battle for international opinion. and what we've seen here at this summit is that last battle being played out between, a sort of contest between the g7 leaders here and vladimir putin. the g7 leaders here at this summit have said right, we will be fully behind ukraine, we are going to try

and counter the narrative that somehow the west is losing patience with ukraine. we are going to agree to use frozen russian assets to get $50 billion worth of loans to the russians, we will send more air defences, we will widen our sanctions, we will agree new defence pacts with ukraine, all about reinforcing that message. in reply to that, you've got vladimir putin, the russian leader, saying, "well, you know what, i would be "willing to have a ceasefire, engage in peace talks "with ukraine, just so long as they give up huge "swathes of the east of their country, and they also "give up their ambition to join nato". clearly that has been rejected out of hand by kyiv and the ukrainians and the west saying look, this is completely a nonstarter, this is effectively asking for ukraine to capitulate, to surrender. but what i think mr putin is really trying to do here is he is trying to divide the west and appeal to some countries, emerging economies in the global south.

essentially he is trying to appeal to those countries and say look, you know what, maybe now is the time to talk about peace in ukraine, maybe that would be a good thing that might help the global economy, which has been so disrupted by this war. what the west is trying to do is push back against that, the us defense secretary said this was not an offer being made by the russian leader in good faith, the nato leader said this was not a peace proposal, this was a proposal for more confrontation and more aggression. so what we are seeing played out is that battle for global opinion here, which is, in this war, often a hugely important factor in how it shapes this conflict going forward, as much as what happens on the battlefield. earlier, i spoke to nina khrushcheva, professor of international affairs at the new school in new york city. i'd like to start with the peace plan put forward by vladmir putin on friday.

what are your thoughts on that — how seriously do you think the west should take it? the west should take it seriously because putin was serious talking about it. and of course it's not in vain that the timing is just right before the swiss peace summit, so basically what putin is doing is trying to take away, it was his own peace summit, since he wasn't invited, russia wasn't invited, but that is what he is saying they are proposing. and what we do know is that non—western countries are slow to get to the western side in the ukrainian conflict so he is, as your correspondent said, he is speaking mostly to these people but also in the long term of very tired ukrainians, ukrainians who are very tired of the war. you mentioned that peace summit on saturday in switzerland, russia won't be there — this proposal seems to be far and away beyond what anyone, ukraine or the west, might agree to.

is there anything in the middle, do you think something might come out of the summit that both sides might find, potentially they might sign onto it? we already know the points that volodymyr zelensky was making about his peace proposal now is being reduced to three points in switzerland. so it is nuclear security, food security and exchange of children and... people in captivity, soldiers in captivity. so it is already quite reduced. but we also know that less than expected people are coming, not necessarily the highest level in some countries. so that is what putin is doing. i don't expect him to exactly believe that that is how it is going to happen, but at least what he is trying to do, what he thinks he is trying to do,

he is offering some sort of beginning ground for negotiations. the problem with, when putin wants everything, ultimately it ends up with putin wants everything. and that is why they understand that neither zelensky or western countries can believe it, because when would putin stop exactly, we don't know that. the other big news to come out of the g7 is this plan to use the interest from seized russian assets to provide a loan to ukraine. president putin said the move was "theft", he said it wouldn't go unpunished. do you think the chances are high russia might try to do something similar and seize western assets of his own? they are already planning that, they're already proposing that, basically if from the western part, anything in relation to russia, or a lot of things in relation to russia are no longer off the table, you can do, you can cross many

red lines — so russia would say well, there are still businesses there, there are still properties in russia that belongs to the west, so there are friendly countries where we can actually try to influence them in trying to make it difficult for the united states or european countries to operate. because it is, basically what putin is doing, he is fighting a very long war and what he is hoping for, expecting right from the beginning of the war, but even more so now, that ultimately that russian patience will outlive the western patience. he's ready to fight for as long as it takes. fighting a long war but maybe a long game democratically in terms of elections — we saw at the g7, several of these western leaders are not popular back home, it is very... not likely, but it could happen that we could see president biden voted out of office, macron is on shaky ground, in germany, olaf scholz

is not very popular at home, do you think putin is hoping that some western elections might swing his way and support may flag for ukraine? it's not even hoping, he actually is seeing it as evidence, that's why he's playing that long game. he himself said in his proposal that "i am speaking to ukrainians", because the russians argue zelensky is no longer legitimate since his term expired on 20 may and there was no elections. he says "there are still people in ukraine who think rationally and we will negotiate with them". he is very patient and he think he will outlive zelensky, ukraine and the west on his terms. in one of the major developments at this week's g7 summit, us president biden and ukrainian president zelensky signed a bilateral security agreement cementing long—term support for ukraine. but with the war now

in its third year, ukraine's needs go well beyond weaponry. russia's full—scale invasion has killed tens of thousands of people, and left many more with lost limbs and other life—changing injuries. the future for ukraine foundation estimates that up to 100,000 people in ukraine may have had to undergo amputations. kyiv has kept precise casualty statistics under wraps to avoid demoralising the population, but before the war, the foundation put the number of amputations at closer to 3,000 a year. and with the country still fighting russian forces, getting wounded troops prosthetic limbs and care inside ukraine can be difficult. now, the future for ukraine foundation is working with a us medical centre to bring soldiers here for treatment. our correspondent helena humphrey went to meet some of them. keep your head up. ukraine calls them their wounded warriors. he is among their ranks.

injured fighting for his country the eastern front. now he's facing another battle, to regain his strength and states of identity. translation: there were a lot of drones flying over my - position and one dropped a grenade to root directly into my trench. since we had a lot of ammunition it detonated and there was a wave of exclusion wounding my legs. up at the tourniquet on but we're under constant fire, i had to wait 10 hours to be evacuated. once he was out he was told the rest of his life he would be in a wheelchair for the prosthetic limbs rehabilitation are hard to come by. here in maryland in the united states, at least a0 ukrainian soldiers have found hope and healing through charitable donations. let's go. this is very — charitable donations. let's go. this is very hard _ charitable donations. let's go. this is very hard work. - charitable donations. let's go. this is very hard work. but - charitable donations. let's go. this is very hard work. but i i this is very hard work. but i can do it. this is very hard work. but i can do it— this is very hard work. but i can do it. the first time that ou can do it. the first time that you were — can do it. the first time that you were able _ can do it. the first time that you were able to _ can do it. the first time that you were able to put - can do it. the first time that you were able to put legs i can do it. the first time that. you were able to put legs on, what was that feeling like?

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meaning ukraine will have to adapt to meet the needs of their war wounded. this is one way. mike met anatoly after he was also injured in eastern ukraine. today he uses a prosthetic leg and now he's learning to make them. together, they'll open a new treatment centre like this one in the us, but back in kyiv. i feel able to help in the us, but back in kyiv. ifeel able to help my brothers, so much my brothers now without legs, without arms, unfortunately. but it's my... it will be my small part to help them. it will be my small part to help them-— it will be my small part to hel them. �* ., ., ., help them. among that band of brothers, 23-year-old - help them. among that band of brothers, 23-year-old floods i brothers, 23—year—old floods laugh, the youngest to be treated here. his physical therapist says his sheer grit and determination means the progress he made injust weeks would usually take a year, and now he's headed home —— vladyslav. translation: i vladyslav. translation: ., �* ~ ., vladyslav. translation: ~ ., ., translation: i don't know how to describe _ translation: i don't know how to describe this _ translation: i don't know how to describe this emotion. -

translation: i don't know how to describe this emotion. some| to describe this emotion. some kind of elation. to live a full life as a normal person. and maybe i can even serve again in another branch and be helpful. go round to the right. and another branch and be helpful. go round to the right.- go round to the right. and so he'll return _ go round to the right. and so he'll return back _ go round to the right. and so he'll return back to _ go round to the right. and so he'll return back to the - he'll return back to the country he defended to stand proudly on ukrainian soil once again. helena humphrey filed that report and shejoins me on set now. helena, we saw there ukraine facing this big challenge now in terms of looking after those who suffered life—changing injuries. how is ukraine going about that?— about that? well, i think, carl, the _ about that? well, i think, carl, the scale _ about that? well, i think, carl, the scale of - about that? well, i think, carl, the scale of the - carl, the scale of the challenge facing ukraine right now can't be overstated. and i think what struck me when we were filming that report is that that is just a snapshot of what the country is facing, be it among soldiers, civilians, men, women, the country will have to adapt. the health care system, the infrastructure, society, and before the war, it was essentially the vast majority of people facing

amputations were an older section of society, perhaps using a wheelchair, but this is facing so many young people, as you saw there in that report. and the way that russia is going about prosecuting this war, that won't change any time soon either, because heavy mining going on, that ordnance is going to last decades according to demining experts that i've been speaking to. it's now the most mined country on the planet. when you look at these young people like oleh for example, they've got their whole life ahead of them. and he said to me, "i've got a young daughter. i want to walk her to school. i want to hold her to school. i want to hold her hand." so of course medical devices like these prosthetics are absolutely life—changing for him. other people say they want to be able to go and serve on the front line once again, evenif on the front line once again, even if they've gone through this. but it's not always possible. these are very complex injuries, particularly the ones that we're seeing in ukraine. so they can use these medical devices, which also require a high level of

physical therapy, something that ukraine doesn't necessarily have the experience with right now. and so that's where people like mike corcoran in the us come in. he's worked with many us veterans. he can go over to ukraine. he's training people how to go about that physical therapy and also trying to build capacity in terms of opening clinics. right now he's in kyiv and he wants to go about opening somewhere where they make these medical devices, using people who are also using these prosthetic limbs to do so, and then have that training as well. and he says that the workshop — he told me he wants it to be glass, he wants it to be transparent so people can look through it, can see that people making these medical devices, perhaps also using them as well, so that people can start to understand and society can start to understand that even after a life—changing injury, life can go on as well. but of course, for ukraine, as it continues in the grip of this grinding war, the challenge is immense. 50 grinding war, the challenge is immense-— grinding war, the challenge is immense. ., , , immense. so many people there affected as _ immense. so many people there affected as we _ immense. so many people there affected as we saw _ immense. so many people there affected as we saw in _ immense. so many people there affected as we saw in that - affected as we saw in that

piece. helena humphrey, thank you very much for your report. the us supreme court on friday struck down a federal ban on bump stocks, the latest move in america's battle over gun control. bump stocks are gun accessories that allow semiautomatic rifles to fire bullets more quickly, similar to a machine gun. in a 6—3 vote, the court's conservative majority ruled that using firearms with the attachment does not meet the definition of a machine gun underfederal law. they determined that the trump administration overstepped its power when it issued the ban back in 2018. that ban came after the deadliest mass shooting in modern us history. 60 people were killed in las vegas and hundreds injured, when a gunman used a bump stock attachment to fire more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition in about 11 minutes. while more than a dozen states plus washington dc have already banned them, friday's supreme court ruling

sends the decision back to individual states to determine their own regulations for bumpstocks. donald trump's campaign weighed in on the court's decision, saying, in part, "the right to keep and bear arms has never been more critical, and joe biden wants to take that right away from law—abiding americans. president trump won't let that happen." meanwhile vice—president kamala harris had this to say. it was bump stocks that resulted in 60 people being dead in las vegas, nevada, on 1 october. and what the court did today is really rolling back what otherwise is important progress to be made to prevent gun violence in america. and frankly when we think about the decision voters will make in november there is a clear contrast between where we stand and the former president. a short while ago david hogg shared his reaction. he's a survivor of the mass school shooting in parkland, florida in 2018, and now a gun control advocate.

i'm worried, deeply worried about the future, not only because of the fact that these devices effectively turn a gun like the ar—15, a semiautomatic rifle, into a submachine gun, like we saw in las vegas. and there is no legal case where you can justify using these devices because it turns these guns into mass murder machines more than anything. and it worries me for the future of our country because young people are increasingly losing faith in the supreme court, the nra spent over $2 million supporting far rightjustices like brett kavanaugh and are getting return on their investment. what i'm worried about is the lack of trust in the supreme court because this is not something that the american people are against, over 80% of americans support banning bump stocks and the supreme court is going against that here. south africa's president cyril

ramaphosa is to stay in office, after being re—elected by the country's parliament. but he only kept power after his party struck an historic coalition deal with its political opponents. the african national congress lost its majority in last month's general election the first time the party — once led by nelson mandela — hasn't had full control of the federal government. in order to keep mr ramaphosa in office, the anc was forced to form a government of national unity with other parties, including the main opposition democratic alliance. its leader, john steenhuisen, is now expected to join the government. after the vote, mr ramaphosa addressed the national assembly. madam speaker, i want to thank the members of this august house, who have voted for me, who, through their vote, have invested and placed their trust

invested and placed their trust in me. i intend to work with all members and, indeed, to work together with even those who did not vote for me, or who did not find their way clear to vote for me. our africa correspondent barbara plett—usher has more from cape town. cyril ramaphosa played a key role in the negotiations that brought apartheid to an end 30 years ago, and now he is going to steer south africa through a seismic shift in its politics. he won his second term with the backing of the anc�*s longtime opponent, the democratic alliance. shortly before the vote they came to an agreement on a power—sharing arrangement which does include smaller parties, but really they are the two key players. this was very controversial within the anc because the democratic alliance has a reputation of representing the interests of the white minority. it denies this, but really it is a hard reputation to shake. its free market agenda

also clashes with the anc�*s social welfare policies, but the anc leaders said this arrangement was really the best way to bring stability to the country. the next step is for cyril ramaphosa to allocate cabinet positions, and this will include members of the democratic alliance. this multi—party arrangement will not include anc breakaway factions such as the marxist economic freedom fighters and also the mk party of the former presidentjacob zuma. they will probably benefit if this new government fails to deliver the economic improvements for which south africans voted, but many south africans do hope that this grand, unprecedented alliance coalition does succeed. the us imposed financial sanctions on an extremist israeli group on friday for attacking humanitarian aid convoys heading to gaza. the state department says the us assets of the tsav 9 organisation will be frozen, and that

americans will be barred from dealing with the group. tsav 9 has links to israeli army reservists and militant jewish settlers in the occupied west bank. the sanctions are imposed under an executive order that us presidentjoe biden signed last february to tackle rising settler violence. aid agencies have long warned about the difficulties getting essential supplies into gaza. a spokesman for the un children's agency told the bbc that one aid convoy was denied entry into northern gaza, despite having all the necessary documents to enter. he said such incidents are common. the un warns that more than a million people in gaza could face starvation by the middle ofjuly, unless more aid is allowed into the enclave. suze van meegen — the norwegian refugee council's head of operations in gaza — shared how her organisation is managing to get relief into the territory. i would say that any

organisation that claims their humanitarian response in gaza is adequate or functioning as normal at the moment would be being disingenuous. the norwegian refugee council continues to operate in gaza, but we're limping along. we have very, very limited supplies. we have very, very limited access to fuel. we have very, very limited guarantees of safety. so we can say that we're doing what we can with limited resources in an extremely unsafe environment. but, like everybody else trying to get aid to people in gaza, it's grossly insufficient. footage of antarctic whales, captured using drone cameras, has revealed new insights into the lives of the giant marine mammals. researchers working with the wildlife charity wwf filmed the whales from above to study their behaviour, and to find out where their most important feeding sites are. victoria gilljoined the scientists, as they tracked the whales in the antarctic peninsula. approaching a giants'

feeding frenzy. humpbacks working together to feed. a circular net of bubbles corrals and traps the whales' prey. it's a glimpse into the lives of these huge marine mammals that scientists captured while we were filming with them in the antarctic peninsula. the researchers get close to the whales to study their health. to observe them and to measure the whales' bodies, they use a drone. humpbacks migrate thousands of miles to these rich icy waters. oh, my word. scientists want to pinpoint and protect their most important feeding sites. they bulk up for three to five months, then they turn around and go back to the tropics to breed. now, that requires a lot of energy and we need to look at strategies to conserve whales. the drones have revealed just how the whales use their entire ao—tonne bodies when they feed. it's using its pectoral fin as a tool, to sweep the krill in.

yeah, amazing. they've also revealed how whales have recovered in the four decades since commercial whaling was banned. this blue whale mother and calf were filmed this year, close to a former whaling station in south georgia. drones have even captured playful moments. and watching whales from above and studying them up close lets scientists delve into their lives like never before. so beautiful! this might be the most beautiful thing i've ever seen. victoria gill, bbc news, in the antarctic peninsula. before we go, have a look at this — a rare pair of baby elephants that were born in cental thailand were blessed by buddhist monks on friday. their care—takers are calling it a miracle, following a near tradegy during birth last week. only 1% of newborn elephants are twins, and it's even more uncommon to have a male and female combination. stay with us here on bbc news. hello.

if you're not impressed with whatjune has brought us so far weather wise, i suspect this weekend will do very little to change your view. further showers in the forecast, albeit with some spells of sunshine in between. a rather cool feel for the time of year. the earlier satellite picture from friday shows clumps of shower cloud circulating around the centre of an area of low pressure. and this will be our weather maker throughout the weekend with bands of showers or longer spells of rain, albeit with some spells of sunshine in between. you can see we start saturday morning with some slices of sunshine, but some showers from the word go. some of those are going to be heavy, perhaps thundery. the showers could show up just about anywhere. some brisk winds across both the north and the south of the uk. in fact, through the english channel, we could see gusts of a0 miles per hour or more, at least where it's windy. the showers will move through pretty quickly with light winds. parts of northern ireland,

southern scotland, northern england will see slow moving showers and those temperatures at best between 13 and 17 degrees. so our low still with us through saturday night. and this little weather system here will bring a clump of heavy and persistent rain southwards across scotland, getting down into parts of northern ireland and perhaps the far north of england by the start of sunday morning. we'll start sunday with temperatures around eight to 11 degrees. a sunshine and showers story again for most of us on sunday. but with this band of more persistent rain sinking its way down across northern ireland, affecting southwest scotland into the north of england, those showers where they do crop up across southern and eastern parts of england particularly could again be heavy and thundery. 1a degrees for stornoway, maybe 19 degrees for hull and for london. so perhaps just a little bit warmer. into monday, sunshine and showers once again, although with quite a lot of cloud, i suspect across northern and western parts. 21 degrees possible across the south—east corner. and as we look further ahead, well, there are some signs

that at least for a while, things might try to settle down with this ridge of high pressure just trying to topple its way in, but signs are it may not last, it may not hold on for all that long with areas of wet weather returning by the end of the week and while temperatures may climb a little, there's certainly no heat wave on the way.

voice-over: this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. hello, i'm katie razzall here with ros atkins, and this is the media show. in a year of elections around the world and one here in the uk, this week, we're talking about how to interview a prime minister.

we're also going to get into the evolution of reality tv — both the formats being made for us to watch but also, where we're watching them. and we're looking at the latest developments, the latest controversies when it comes to the netflix hit baby reindeer. well, let's begin with the task of interviewing the uk prime minister, rishi sunak. we are weeks away from election day here in the uk and, of course, the prime minister's giving a number of interviews. we're going to hear from paul brand from itv news. now, last week, paul interviewed the prime minister on the day of the d—day commemorations, and you may have seen there was a big controversy around the fact that the prime minister left those commemorations early. in fact, the next day, he apologised for doing that. and when paul was recording this interview, he didn't know the controversies that would follow in the coming hours and days.

so, in every general election, the tonight programme does