needs to admit it's lost crimea to russia. playing the blame game — the former speaker of the us house says president biden is partly responsible for the democrats�* election defeat. buckingham palace announces queen camilla will not attend remembrance events this weekend while she recovers from a chest infection. at least 25 people are killed in a bomb blast at a railway station in western pakistan. and mark cavendish — one of the most successful cylists in history — announces his retirerment. welcome to the programme. a campaign advisor to the us president—elect, donald trump, has told the bbc that the aim of ending the war in ukraine is about finding peace, not winning back territory. bryan lanza said ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, needed to acknowledge that

crimea, which russia annexed in 2014, had been lost, and the priority of the united states was to stop the killing. here he is speaking earlier. i have a huge amount of respect for the ukrainian people. they've proven over the last, last couple of years that their hearts are made of lions. europe needs ukrainian people to protect them as well. i mean, these citizens know how to fight russia. they've done it successfully. now the challenge becomes when you have an honest conversation with your partners is, you know, what are the goals? zelensky, for example, he says his goal is to get crimea back. well, that's not the goal of the united states and that's not the goal of the european nation states. we learned that in 2014 that when putin invaded crimea, europe did nothing. and so now when zelensky says, you know, we will only stop this fighting, there will only be peace once crimea is returned. we've got news for president zelensky. crimea is gone. and if that is your priority of getting crimea back and having american, you know, soldiers fight to get crimea back, you're on your own. that is not the priority

of america, but the priority of america is peace and to stop the killing. his comments come after russian drones struck ukraine's black sea port of odesa, killing one person and injuring 13 others according to the regional governor. several residential and commercial buildings were damaged in what was the second day in a row of russian drone attacks on the city. and across the border, russia's aleksinsky chemical plant was struck — in an overnight ukrainian drone attack. the plant in the tula region produces gunpowder, ammunition and weapons. a source in the security service of ukraine told reuters that the attack was part of a broader strategy to target russia's munitions factories. let's speak to jim townsend, deputy assistant secretary of defense for european and nato policy between 2009—2017. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for coming on the programme-— thank you for coming on the rouramme. ., ~ i”, ., ., programme. thank yob for having me. now programme. thank yob for having me- now we _ programme. thank yob for having me. now we have _ programme. thank yob for having me. now we have brexit - programme. thank yob for having me. now we have brexit donald l me. now we have brexit donald trump what _ me. now we have brexit donald

trump what do _ me. now we have brexit donald trump what do you _ me. now we have brexit donald trump what do you think - me. now we have brexit donald trump what do you think the . trump what do you think the strategy of —— president—elect. now, you have particularly president trump former president trump former president trump former president trump soon to be in his second round, you have his him saying he can do this peace within 2a hours, he hasn't said how he can do it, that will be a priority for him, in the first 100 days he will be asked about this in terms of what have you done to bring peace to ukraine? so we have already by gun to hear posturing going on between russia, ukraine and the trump advisers talking about what a peace element could look like, but the issue is, there is still a lot of fight to go, with ukraine, they want to be in a better position on the battlefield before this negotiation, so it a bit premature for someone to suggest that zelensky admit anything much less he has lost ukraine or other parts ofs of like crimea. premise shover to

make that anoun�*s —— premature to make that announcement. what to make that announcement. what do ou to make that announcement. what do you make _ to make that announcement. what do you make an — to make that announcement. what do you make an ally _ to make that announcement. what do you make an ally of _ to make that announcement. what do you make an ally of donald trump has said that, crimea is lost and that won't be be the priority for the us?— priority for the us? well, there is _ priority for the us? well, there is a _ priority for the us? well, there is a lot _ priority for the us? well, there is a lot of _ priority for the us? well, there is a lot of people i priority for the us? well, there is a lot of people in i there is a lot of people in washington now who say they are advisers to trump and they are making a lot of statement, this is something in a long line of statements by people who feel they have closer to trump than they have closer to trump than they really are. but, that aside, launching this kind of trial balloon if you will, putting this kind of thought into play is something that is trumpian as well, this is something to cause, to cause debate, to cause a bit of chaos, to send signals to putin and to zelensky, so that is what this is, this remark by that so so—called adviser, it doesn't necessarily represent what trump thinks.— doesn't necessarily represent what trump thinks. what about the funding _ what trump thinks. what about the funding and _ what trump thinks. what about the funding and the _ what trump thinks. what about the funding and the arms - what trump thinks. what about the funding and the arms and l the funding and the arms and the funding and the arms and the aid flowing from the us to

ukraine, what impact will a trump presidency have on that? well, right now, as you point out under president biden, he, he unleashed the last bit of assistance we had in the pipeline, to get to ukraine as quickly as possible. as you can imagine, it doesn't move that quickly so by the time trump becomes president for a second time, he might very well have the ability to stop all of than assistance that is inbound and use that as leverage over zelensky, and to try to manoeuvre zelensky into a certain position, so my guess is, when he comes into power, he will put the break on the assistance until he can use that as leverage to get what he wants out kyiv as well as moscow. —— brake. thank you. donald trump and his republican party are inching closer to taking control of all the levers of government in the united states.

votes are still being counted in some races. but having already secured the white house and the senate. republicans are also close to reaching the 218 seats needed to control the house of representatives. for the defeated democrats, the recriminations have already started. one of the most powerful politicians in washington, the former speaker of the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has put part of the blame for kamala harris�*s loss on president biden, suggesting that the party would have performed better if he'd left the race earlier. ms pelosi played a key role in convincing mr biden to end his re—election bid. speaking to the new york times, she said... stronger, having taken her case to the public sooner. let's speak to our correspondent in washington, anna foster. hi, so let us start with the

democrats and that blame game. hi, lewis, it is interesting the new york times have put that interview out in the last half hour or so around reading through it, she is really quite pragmatic, that that, i mean i don't want to call it ab attack on president trump, on president biden because it really, she's, it is worth saying it has been published more of an interview you see all the questions which were asked which is instructive and she is repeatedly asked about the fact there wasn't a primary, and she has said before, as you were saying there, that kamala harris would have benefitted from a primary, from a process, from democrats and floating voters feeling like there had been a contest, she thinks it would have given kamala harris an opportunity to do what she can do, and that didn't happen and when pushed she does concede in this interview that had president biden decided to step aside and

end his campaign earlier, then there would have been the opportunity tow have that primary contest, but it is further than any sort of senior democrats have gone so far in terms of acknowledging what went wrong during the campaign but she is passionmatic, she says the time will come to look at message, what went wrong but looking at it in the round, she isn't concedings much ground at the home, she does still believe a lot of what the democrats did was right, and correct, and i think all of the interviews, the conversations that have been heard this week, people are desperate to hear some senior democrats reflect on what went wrong but it feels they are not quite ready to do that in a therapeutic way, that is why we get hints from nancy pelosi but nothing bigger or grander. let pelosi but nothing bigger or arander. , ., ., ., grander. let us move on to donald trump. _ grander. let us move on to donald trump. people - grander. let us move on to - donald trump. people watching out for who he appoints to what job. out for who he appoints to what 'ob. . . , �*

out for who he appoints to what 'ob. .. , ~ , job. exactly. and he is there, all sorts of— job. exactly. and he is there, all sorts of people _ job. exactly. and he is there, all sorts of people going - job. exactly. and he is there, all sorts of people going in i all sorts of people going in and out. people are curious about when they will hear from him next, the last time he made that big public statement, was in the early hours of the morning after election day when he made that victory speech, now he is clearly holed up inside mar—a—lago with various advisers, we know that elon musk has been in there with him, when there was a conversation between donald trump and president zelensky, and donald trump's, what he might do there, his opinions on it he handed the phone across to elon musk and president zelensky was able to thank elon musk for the star links, the satellite put up above ukraine. there is a combination of different names floating round at the moment. i think hen we do see a lot of donald trump's top team, it will be different the ones he had round him in 2016. you remember some of the

more senior members of the administration, he managed to churn through some people quickly and there a feeling many of those will not be returning, there will be some fresh faces, rfkjunior might get in somewhere, discussion about where or not there a place in hell for him, he was running against donald trump on some of the ballot papers in some of the ballot papers in some states at this election, although he pulled aside with his big campaign to throw his weight behind donald trump, but i think when those names start to come out there is a lot of interest in what that top team looks like, and how that will take him forward, particularly when you consider as you were saying the republicans potentially are going to be extremely powerful if they manage to take the house of representatives, they have the presidency and the senate, they will really be able to go a long way in changing things, if they have control of congress as well, of the full legislature, they could be incredibly powerful. thank you anna. it's been announced that

queen camilla is to miss remembrance events in the uk this weekend. a statement from buckingham palace said the decision was made to allow the queen time to recover from a chest infection — and to protect others from any potential risk. with me is our correspondent, charlotte gallagher. what more do we know? so the queen is going _ what more do we know? so the queen is going miss _ what more do we know? so the queen is going miss two - what more do we know? so the queen is going miss two key . queen is going miss two key event for the remember ran service, which is the royal british legion festival of remembrance at the royal albert hall op saturday, tonight, and she is not going to be at the remembrance day service at the cenotaph tomorrow, a palace spokesperson said following doing doctor's guidance for a full recovery and protect others for her majesty will not attend this weekend's event. while that source of great disappointment she will mark the occasion privately at home and hopes to return to public duties early next week. it is not thought her condition has got any worse, it is basically she doesn't want to pass on a lingering ininfection to others that will by a tending the

event. the princess of wales who we have rarely seen this year, she will be at the events this weekend, as will the king, who is also still undergoing cancer treatment. charlotte. thank you — cancer treatment. charlotte. thank you for _ cancer treatment. charlotte. thank you for that. - there's been a powerful explosion in west pakistan at a railway station in quetta, the capital of the western province of balochistan. police say 1a soldiers are among 25 killed — dozens have been injured. the station superintendent said the blast took place near a platform as the jaffar express bound for peshawar was about to leave. a militant group, the balochistan liberation army, said it carried out the bombing. let's speak to bbc urdu correspondent saad sohail who's in islamabad. what more do we know? so, just what more do we know? so, 'ust now we got fl what more do we know? so, 'ust now we got confirmation i what more do we know? so, just now we got confirmation from . now we got confirmation from the local authorities in quetta, confirming there were military personnel part of the casualties, but we have talked

to certain eyewitnesses, till now, and they describe the horrors of the scene, one of them told bbc that what he saw was like a day ofjudgment. 0ther was like a day ofjudgment. other than that, the witnesses that we have spoken to, so far, that we have spoken to, so far, that this was just before 9am local time and the train that you mention it is a very popular train which commutes daily from quetta in the west, to the north east, so this is a 152