conversations are ongoing , to decide whether to allow ukraine to hit russia with long—range weapons donated by western allies. mr sullivan said on saturday that president biden will spend the rest of his term putting ukraine in the best possible position to fight russian aggression. mr sullivan spoke shortly after the head of nato�*s military committee said ukraine has the right to defend itself against russia — even beyond its own borders — during the committee's annual meeting in prague. also, on saturday, russia and ukraine exchanged 206 prisoners of war, in a deal brokered by the united arab emirates. russia said the soldiers it released were captured during ukraine's incursion into the kursk region. russia said on saturday that it has recaptured a village in ukraine's eastern pokrovsk region, hours after it shelled 15 other border towns. ukrainian troops told the bbc they're worried russia is trying to surround them. aruna iyengar has this report. the latest attacks in ukraine's sumy region.

volodymyr zelensky has accused the west of emboldening vladimir putin with its hesitation over long—range missiles. president biden and sir keir starmer had met to decide whether to allow kyiv to use storm shadow missiles against targets inside russia. i don't think much about vladimir putin. despite this put—down there is still a cautious approach and no official change in policy. this wasn't a meeting about a particular capability, that wasn't why we got our heads down today. it was to allow ourselves the space, which we took, and the time, which we took, to have a strategic discussion. these long—range missiles are at the heart of the talks. the uk already supplies storm shadows to ukraine, but only for use within ukraine. the coming weeks could see that the change with them being allowed to be fired into russia at military installations. some military observers say ukraine isjustified in wanting to stop the attacks at source.

now, what may happen here is some of us may get loosened up behind the scenes, you may see the us not object to the uk allowing the storm shadows to go, you may see some shift in the us position butjust not announced as some sort of new policy. but ukrainian frustration is palpable and i think it is justified. and former uk defence secretary ben wallace said this. all of that delay, all of that tug—of—war, favours russia. it allows putin to insert in the delay threats and new red lines and efforts to divide and rule in the international community. the russian president, vladimir putin, chaired a meeting of the security council yesterday. russia says if restrictions are lifted, that would be an attack by nato and russia.

an attack by nato on russia. meanwhile, the former president of russia, dmitry medvedev, has increased the rhetoric and he said, what arrogant anglo—saxon dimwits failed to admit though is you can only test someone�*s patients for so long. patiencs for so long. there is a delicate balance here for the west, weighing up test someone�*s patience for so long. there is a delicate balance here for the west, weighing up the effects of action against the effects of inaction. added to the mix is worrying evidence that iran and north korea are supplying weapons to russia. president zelensky of ukraine is begging for help from the west. translation: putin and his accomplices must feel - all the problems that war brings, the war must become significantly harderfor russia. this is the reality of war in ukraine. it is a country desperate for ongoing help. its allies are working out what is the best way to do it. for more i've been speaking to defence analyst federico borsari from the centre for european policy analysis. i asked him about washington's concern over lethal weapons supplied to russia

from north korea and iran. we are talking about tactical ballistic missiles, so i would say 300—500 km missiles that can use against operational targets. can use against operational taraets. ~ . , . targets. we have seen in recent months and _ targets. we have seen in recent months and uptick— targets. we have seen in recent months and uptick in _ targets. we have seen in recent months and uptick in russian i months and uptick in russian strikes against a variety of target in ukraine, at an operational level. 100—200 km behind the front line and we are talking about air defence systems, airfield are talking about air defence systems, air field as well. suresh is using its own tactical ballistic missiles to do that precisely —— russia is using its own tactical missiles. russia has a much

larger stock of these weapons from china and iran, and can reinforce its own supply chain and an effective way and use serious effects against ukraine. serious effects against ukraine-— serious effects against ukraine. �* , ' . , ukraine. being used effectively b both ukraine. being used effectively by both sides _ ukraine. being used effectively by both sides and _ ukraine. being used effectively by both sides and thousands i ukraine. being used effectivelyl by both sides and thousands are being manufactured over they were right across ukraine, even in people's garages, people are manufacturing them, sending them to the front line. do we know who is winning that particular battle at the moment when it comes to drones? it’s when it comes to drones? it's hard to say- _ when it comes to drones? it's hard to say. we _ when it comes to drones? it�*s hard to say. we know for sure that ukraine has, you know, ramped up the production of drones and other unmanned aerial systems quite a lot in the past year, even before that using different types of sources and financial, you know, resources as well from crowdfunding to foundations to

donations from western countries, and of course its own military budget. we are talking about more than i million drones in terms of commercial or commercial grade drone that ukraine aims to produce in 2024, probably that number is now surpassed already. we know a lot of private organisations but also volunteers are building drones around the clock for supplying ukrainian units along the front line and at the same time russia is doing the same even though with less, say, centralised approach, we are talking about again, volunteer organisations that provide drones to front—line units. we are talking also about the increase of russian defence industry to produce these systems so there is a combination of different supports and russia and this is actually paying off because we

know that russia used drones quite effectively, especially in recent months. we have seen it with a lot of strength all sorts of operation in ukraine. so the battle for drone dominance is now very balanced and it would be a mistake to underestimate the rushing capabilities because they have a lot of resources that they can pour into the drone industry and produce drones at scale. it's been another historic week in us politics, and neither candidate is taking a day off. donald trump is meeting with donors in utah, while kamala harris is scheduled to fundraise here in washington. the vice—president is due to speak at a separate event held by the congressional black caucus foundation. she is riding a wave of momentum after debating trump on abc news, her campaign raising some $47 million in the 24 hours that followed. mr trump rallied voters in las vegas on friday, where he raised a debunked conspiracy theory that ms harris wore an ear—piece at the debate. trump originally said this week that he will not debate

harris a second time, but he has since suggested that maybe he would, if he were "in the right mood." all the while, mr trump continues to double down on his incendiary remarks from the debate about migrants in springfield, ohio. the former president repeated a conspiracy theory, originating online, that haitian migrants there are eating household pets. those comments are taking a toll on springfield — two hospitals there went into lockdown on saturday after receiving bomb threats. it marks at least four instances of bomb threats in springfield this week. earlier, mr trump was asked about this by a reporter. here's that exchange. do you denounce the bomb threats_ do you denounce the bomb threats in springfield, ohio? | threats in springfield, ohio? don't threats in springfield, ohio? i don't know what happened with the bomb threats, i know it's been taken over by illegal migrants and it's a terrible thing that happened, springfield was this beautiful town and now they're going through hell. it's a sad thing. not going to happen with me, i can tell you right now, thank you very much. joining me live is tom jawetz,

a senior fellow at the centre for american progress fund. donald trump doubling down on these comments about haitian migrants, what kind of harm do you see these comments doing? thanks so much, i mean the harm is manifold. for starters it's causing a lot of distress to the citizens of springfield itself, as he mentioned there've been bomb threats now at various institutions in the city over the last three days, some schools closing down, hospital shutting down, the city hall itself had to close down. on top of that we are seeing increased presence of both flyers and also people in the streets from far right extremist groups, so that's really raising the level of volatility and finally, haitian immigrants in the city are experiencing a lot of fear and terror. many haitian immigrants are afraid to go out at night, questioning whether to send their kids outside of the house or to school, and that's

creating a lot of distress. tom, the bbc has been speaking to the mayor of springfield who is really upset by these comments, this is what he told us. the negative attention _ he told us. the negative attention has _ he told us. the negative attention has been - he told us. the negative attention has been a - he told us. the negative - attention has been a concern for sure~ _ attention has been a concern for sure. but we are a beautiful community and a resilient community, and that's one of— resilient community, and that's one of the _ resilient community, and that's one of the things we want to make — one of the things we want to make sure people understand that are — make sure people understand that are looking in, especially from — that are looking in, especially from across the sea, that we are a — from across the sea, that we are a vibrant community. we've hadn't _ are a vibrant community. we've hadn't of— are a vibrant community. we've hadn't of economic upturn, is just— hadn't of economic upturn, is just disheartening to have some of this— just disheartening to have some of this negative press and these _ of this negative press and these false rumours spread ahout— these false rumours spread about us. how much, tom, do conspiracy theories stop a real conversation being had around migration in a city like springfield?— migration in a city like springfield? migration in a city like s-urinfield? ., ,., , ,, springfield? the reason why you see donald _ springfield? the reason why you see donald trump _ springfield? the reason why you see donald trump and _ springfield? the reason why you see donald trump and 1d - springfield? the reason why you see donald trump and 1d vance | see donald trump and jd vance and others pushing conspiracy theories like this is because they don't want to have real conversations about their real agenda. springfield in particular, you for the mayor said this but that he has been

experiencing economic growth. the local community was able to help generate in recent years, there simply wasn't enough workforce to actually fill the slots and so these immigrants have come in completely with lawful authorisation, work authorisation, and helped to contribute to the city's prosperity. but in general, yeah, i mean this is a strategy donald trump was deploying at the national political level at over a decade. increasingly outrageous things frequently racist, anti—immigrant things in order to drive the conversation in that direction rather than talking about what his actual agenda is and the agenda of people around him. this is project 2025 agenda that he has, that are really designed to work and not in the interest of the american people. interest of the american eo - le. ., interest of the american --eole. ., .,, , people. one of those things he's been — people. one of those things he's been talking _ people. one of those things he's been talking about - people. one of those things he's been talking about in i people. one of those things i he's been talking about in the last few days is mass deportation as a policy. how does he even see that working?

yeah absolutely. he is made very clear that mass deportation is a centrepiece of his plans for the next administration should he be elected, and project 2025 provides the playbook for how he would go about doing that. one thing i want to double down and make clear on it, is the vast majority, overwhelming majority of haitians in springfield for instance, where he says he wants to start his mass deportation plan are legally in the country. they are here with temporary protected status or they are legal to be here. he is not just talking about going after people who are removable, he's talking about taking protections away from people already here legally, stephen miller, one of his post advisers talked about supercharging efforts to take citizenship away from people who have naturalised in the united states. so it's a very aggressive agenda and what does it look like? i mean, what they talked about, taking

extraordinary unprecedented measures to active doodle duty military personnel in the national guard, enforcement presence in schools, hospitals, churches, are talking about taking protections away not just from these protected status holders, and nearly a million of them but also more than half a million young people who came to the country as children, these are dreamers, have permission to be in the country today but the trumpet ministration the first time around took efforts to try and take those protections away from them and he's made very clear who plans on starting those efforts again should he reelected. those efforts again should he reelected-— reelected. tom, we know migration _ reelected. tom, we know migration is _ reelected. tom, we know migration is a _ reelected. tom, we know migration is a hot - reelected. tom, we know migration is a hot button| reelected. tom, we know - migration is a hot button issue in this election. it's one of the top issues that voters talk about. have you heard anything new from kamala harris on how the democrats would tackle what's happening at the border with mark actually spent three years year and a half of this ministration working in the administration and i can say

this is notjust something they stumbled upon.— this is notjust something they stumbled upon. there is been an all hands on _ stumbled upon. there is been an all hands on deck _ stumbled upon. there is been an all hands on deck approach - stumbled upon. there is been an all hands on deck approach to - all hands on deck approach to handling migration and the challenges of migration in this administration and they really taken a very important regional approach to handling a regional challenge. so what kamala harris made clear in the convention, which has made clear during the debate as well is that she would focus very much both on border security, she spoken a lot about what the likely of actions the president and also the bipartisan bill negotiating congress that donald trump tank because he would rather have a problem then a solution, as well as a need to have lawful pathways for migrants. you can'tjust have a system that closes things down, it's not going to be effective if you don't traditionally have pathways people can choose if they still wish to migrate. so that something this administration put a lot of time working on something i'm sure she would continue. she's also made clear that providing criminal conviction for people who have

been living in this country and contributing for so many years is essential. it has been decades since the united states had a meaningful reform on immigration laws and what that's meant is we've had a large population of people who have now been here for many, many years working, contributing, and having children, getting married. we simply don't have the pathway to get lawful status in this country. that's something that she is made her opinion known as well. . ~ she is made her opinion known as well. ., ~ , ., ., she is made her opinion known as well. ., ~' i., ., ., as well. thank you for “oining us, as well. thank you for “oining tom. * israel has carried out more deadly raids on gaza. health and civil defence officials in gaza say at least 14 people were killed in israeli air strikes that targeted central and southern parts of the enclave overnight into saturday. one raid hit a former school in gaza city. palestinian rescuers say five people, including two children, were killed. in turkey, hundreds attended the funeral of american—turkish activist aysenur ezgi eygi, who israeli troops

shot dead last week in the occupied west bank. the israeli military says ms eygi was most likely killed accidentally during a protest. turkey says israel's killing was intentional. meanwhile, the deputy leader of lebanese armed group hezbollah warned that �*hundreds of thousands more' people would be displaced if israel were to launch an all—out war. tens of thousands of people on both side of israel—lebanon border region have already been forced from their homes as hezbollah and israel trade fire. the warning came after israel's defence minister said restoring security to the country's northern front was a top priority. local media reports expect us special envoy amos hochstein to visit both israel and lebanon next week to soothe tensions between the two countries. let's talk about these developments with firas maksad. he's a senior director for strategic outreach at the middle east institute. good to have you with us. he's

got quite a task ahead of him when he arrives in the region. what can he realistically expect to achieve?- what can he realistically exect to achieve? ~ . ., expect to achieve? the american osition expect to achieve? the american position has _ expect to achieve? the american position has been _ expect to achieve? the american position has been very _ expect to achieve? the american position has been very clear- position has been very clear and it's a red light as it pertains to israel broadening and launching an all—out war, all—out campaign in southern lebanon. the argument is being put forward by the ministration and i've heard it directly this week, to be put by them hochstein to visiting, can you achieve militarily what you have failed to achieve diplomatically? he has essentially negotiated a pre—deal between israel and hezbollah, that deal that involves hezbollah moving a certain number of kilometres away from the israeli boulder, that needs to be a cease—fire in gaza. there needs to be a cease—fire in gaza, that is the hezbollah and uranian

pre—condition. the very crucial american green light to go ahead and launch that campaign is not therejust ahead and launch that campaign is not there just yet.— is not there 'ust yet. what does that _ is not there just yet. what does that look _ is not there just yet. what does that look like - is not there just yet. what does that look like on - is not there just yet. what does that look like on the | does that look like on the ground? if they promise palestinians they can return home, what does that mean for people both sides of the border? iiii people both sides of the border? , ., border? if there is a broadening - border? if there is a broadening of - border? if there is a broadening of this i border? if there is a - broadening of this campaign border? if there is a _ broadening of this campaign as mr netanyahu is promising, it means more destruction and more displacement. obviously the diplomatic route would preclude that movie however the key is, can we get to a cease—fire in gaza. itjust seems that can we get to a cease—fire in gaza. it just seems that things are deadlocked. we can discuss why he is deadlocked on one hand hamas and mr cinemark who had to have an interest in broadening this war. —— sinwar. i was the initial object of

october seven. i was the initial object of octoberseven. bibi netanyahu october seven. bibi netanyahu wants octoberseven. bibi netanyahu wants the guns to fall silent thatis wants the guns to fall silent that is using it as a pretext to stay away from that cease—fire is so the us very much pushing in the direction of a cease—fire, even iran, hezbollah patron is pushing in the direction of a cease—fire, but iran and bibi netanyahu maybe not. but iran and bibi netanyahu maybe not-— but iran and bibi netanyahu maybe not. hezbollah really want to get _ maybe not. hezbollah really want to get any _ maybe not. hezbollah really want to get any more - maybe not. hezbollah really i want to get any more involved, they want to see this conflict widening?— they want to see this conflict widenin: ? ~ ,,., , ., widening? absolute, they have no interest. — widening? absolute, they have no interest, nor— widening? absolute, they have no interest, nor do _ widening? absolute, they have no interest, nor do their i no interest, nor do their uranian patrons. they want to extract a price for israel for this ongoing war, hamas is an alley of hezbollah and iran, what israel is doing here is dismantling that palestinian arm. painfuland dismantling that palestinian arm. painful and costly for both iran and hezbollah, but they don't want to be dragged into a direct war and nor does

iran want to see hezbollah spend a major war in israel. hezbollah is useful to the iranians as a first line of defence should israel impact its nuclear facilities. defence should israel impact its nuclearfacilities. iran its nuclear facilities. iran and its nuclearfacilities. iran and hezbollah do not want to see a war. he and hezbollah do not want to see a war-— see a war. he going to the reuion see a war. he going to the region is — see a war. he going to the region is a _ see a war. he going to the region is a good _ see a war. he going to the region is a good thing i see a war. he going to the i region is a good thing because he knows not many of the players. aside from that though, are you seeing any other progress or any signs of hope that we might be closer to some kind of cease—fire deal, anything from any of the other regional players? you anything from any of the other regional players?— regional players? you get different _ regional players? you get different answers - regional players? you get i different answers depending on who you talk to, but here's where things currently are. after hamas executed six of the israeli hostages, that sort of put things in the air in terms of the various ratios and formulas that hadn't been negotiated yet, the hostages and return for the fraying of palestinian prisoners held in israeli jails, that is going to

take some time to figure itself out. on the other hand the other sticking point is the philadelphia corridor, the border between on one hand egypt and on the other hand gaza strip. israel and bibi netanyahu want to remain there on the pretext of controlling what comes in and out of gaza in terms of weapons smuggling. military officials say there are other ways to solve that problem even if israel does leave that corridor including an underground steel plate that would prevent the tunnels from being dug. the reality is that this is complicated and on both sides of this divide there seems to be people who want this to drag on.— this to drag on. good to get our this to drag on. good to get your thoughts, _ this to drag on. good to get your thoughts, thank- this to drag on. good to get your thoughts, thank you i this to drag on. good to get| your thoughts, thank you so much. ~ , your thoughts, thank you so much. y , my pleasure. at least four people have died and hundreds more have been evacuated after some of the heaviest rain in years hit central and eastern europe. those four deaths were reported in romania, where thousands of homes were also destroyed.

the highest flood alert was declared in 38 locations across the czech republic, where four people are missing. more heavy rain is expected on sunday. evacuations have also started in poland as rivers rise to dangerous levels. public transport was disrupted in krakow after several underpasses were flooded. in austria, authorities are warning of ten to twenty centemeters of rainfall in many regions in a matter of days. in some places, well over twenty centemeters is possible. the trailblazing ballerina, michaela deprince, has died at the age of 29. deprince was born during sierra leone's civil war, which took the lives of both her parents. she was taken to the us atjust four years old , where her adopted family nurtured her love of ballet. the ballerina was also a dedicated humanitarian, advocating for children affected by conflict and violence. our reporter emer mccarthy reflects on her life and legacy. michaela deprince was only 29 years old. this was announced on her instagram page last night with this beautiful picture,

and the caption read, "her life was one that was defined by grace, purpose and strength, her unwavering commitment to her art, her humanitarian efforts and her courage in overcoming unimaginable challenges will forever inspire us. though her time with us was far too brief, her brilliance and legacy will continue to shine in the hearts of all who were touched by her story for generations to come." as you said, she really was a trailblazer in making history at the dance theatre of harlem before moving to the netherlands to dance with the dutch national ballet. back in 2017, she actually spoke to our very own stephen sackur here on hardtalk. let's have a listen to that interview. i think it's very important for people not to forget about the struggles they have been through, because it creates who you are. and if i did not go through those things, i wouldn't be as strong as i am today. because i go through horrible things every day in my dance career, and people

say things to me that maybe i would cry about. but it doesn't necessarily faze me any more because of the things that have been said to me before. you can use the things you have been through to connect with the audience, and that is what art is and that is what makes us so passionate. it means it's sometimes hard, but at the same time you have got to have the same support system, the right people who can help bring you back into reality. and in addition to that stellar dance career, she also wrote a number of books, including a memoir reflecting on her early childhood in sierra leone. she also worked tirelessly and dedicated so much of her time promoting and advocating for the inclusion of black dancers in ballet. no cause of death has been reported but tributes have been pouring in from across the ballet world, with dancers including misty

copeland paying contribute. the brother has been speaking to the bbc and if you go to the bbc news website, bbc .com, you can see some of the interview with them there. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. in the forecast for sunday, we both have sunshine and some rain, but the rain isn't going to be particularly widespread. and with a bit of luck, most of us will have a fine, dry day. let's have a look at the satellite picture. here is the weather front sweeping towards us earlier on. that has brought the damp weather to parts of wales and northern england. and through the course of sunday, the weather front will drift a little bit further south and then eventually

will rain itself out. so, through the early hours, the damp weather from northern wales, merseyside, parts of lancashire, yorkshire, to the north and to the south, the skies will be generally clear. and our temperatures early on sunday morning in the range of 8—13 celsius. so here is the weather front, then, through the irish sea, northern wales, most of northern england. occasionally it will be wet. some of the bursts of rain could be at least for a time heavy, but i think as we go through the course of the afternoon that rain should eventually petered out. we will also have showers across scotland, and then for most of us it should be at the very least a bright day. really quite sunny in the south and the south—east, where we will have the highest temperatures. 20 celsius. here is that weather front as it moves southwards and also drift gently towards the east, it eventually rains itself out. the forecast for monday shows fine conditions across most of the uk. a large area of high pressure with light winds, feeling very pleasant in the sunshine. and i think widely temperatures are reach the high teens, probably exceed 20 celsius in one or two spots. so a beautiful start to the week for most of us. now, the high pressure

is indeed going to stick around for the next few days. it will anchor itself over the uk. we are right in the middle of it. and it is not in a hurry to budge. now, the very far north—west of the uk will be potentially clipped by weather fronts, so maybe thicker cloud here at times and some spots of rain. but the vast majority of us are in the centre of that high, so sunny conditions, light winds. look at these temperatures. whether you are north or south, it will be around the high teens or perhaps even in excess of 20 celsius. now, the high will change in shape and they will be changes in the wind direction, so there might be one or two showers sneaking in, particularly into southern parts of the uk. but overall, the message is looking dry, bright and really quite warm. goodbye.

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