it comes as russia and ukraine exchange the biggest number of drone attacks since the war began. israel's new defence minister says hezbollah has been defeated and the death of its leader was a crowning achievement. and, honoring the fallen — king charles joins other senior royals for events to mark remembrance sunday. hello, i'm lauren taylor. president biden�*s national security adviser has urged donald trump not to walk away from ukraine. jake sullivan said joe biden would use his remaining time in office to make the case that kyiv should be given further support. mr sullivan's comments come as the world waits to see exactly what the new administration's policy on ukraine will be. the washington post is reporting that mr trump spoke on the phone with mr putin on thursday, urging him not to escalate the war. for its part, russia has given its most positive response yet to mr trump's victory. the kremlin spokesman, dmitry peskov, said the us president—elect was showing no desire to inflict

defeat on russia. the conflict, though, goes on. in the last 2a hours, russia and ukraine have launched their biggest drone attacks on each other since the war began. this report from our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. the aftermath of a massive drone strike. but this is not kyiv, this is the outskirts of moscow after one of the largest ukrainian drone attacks on russia since the war began. across the border, this was the scene in western ukraine after russia's own offensive, thought to be one of its largest drone attacks. russia is making gains on the battlefield and putting pressure on ukraine's energy network — at least according to this man, the head of the uk's armed forces. but he said russia was also suffering huge losses — 1500 killed or wounded every day. as you look through next year and into 2026, the russian economy is under more

and more pressure. and the western approach has been to be really clear that western countries will maintain their support to ukraine and to do that for as long as it takes. as such, he said britain had to invest more in defence. ministers said their support for ukraine was resolute and they would spend more — 2.5% of national income, but wouldn't say when they'll meet the target until after a defence review. but in the meantime, will president—elect trump continue to support president zelensky? he says he wants the war to end, but on what terms? the kremlin said it saw positive signals. firstly to you, lord mandelson... the man tipped as a possible future ambassador to the united states suggested ukraine might have to compromise, giving up nato membership ambitions and even what he called the fringes of its territory. we've got to act in a way,

together with the united states, to secure ukraine's freedom and secure its borders so that russia can't invade again. now, i think both those things are possible, not by ukraine joining nato but by nato members offering security guarantees. for now, the fighting in the east of ukraine continues, with analysts expecting russia to try to press home its advantage as power is transferred in the us. james landale, bbc news. as we mentioned earlier, the lobbying around what the trump administration's policy might be in ukraine is intensifying. let's speak to helena humphrey, who is in florida near donald trump's residence. it sounds as though that topic will be high on the agenda went mr trump and will be high on the agenda went mrtrump and mr will be high on the agenda went mr trump and mr biden on wednesday?— mr trump and mr biden on wednesday? let's “ust take a look at the h wednesday? let'sjust take a look at the backdrop - wednesday? let'sjust take a look at the backdrop of - wednesday? let'sjust take a look at the backdrop of all. look at the backdrop of all this. on the campaign trail donald trump repeatedly said he

would solve the war in ukraine within 2a hours, without saying how he would achieve that. i think the anxiety for kyiv as that could be achieved through territorial concessions which would not be in their favour. we are now hearing from the washington post, citing unnamed sources, that a phone call has been held between president—elect donald trump and the russian president, vladimir putin. that's not something the bbc has been able to verify. nevertheless that has been a statement from the trump team, saying, we do not comment on private calls between president trump and other world leaders, but the process has begun to begin to develop stronger relationships with the 45th and 47 president, because he represents global peace and stability. according to that unnamed source, donald trump also reminded vladimir putin that washington still has

a strong military presence on european soil. but when you also look at comments from the kremlin, saying they appear to be positive about the stance from the president—elect, because this represents peace, as opposed to defeat towards russia. we now vladimir putin called donald trump someone who is courageous in the wake of the assassination attempt while secretly regulated him on his victory. when it comes to ukraine, there was a phone call between presently donald trump and volodymyr zelensky, also attended by donald trump's billionaire backer, you learn a must, in which she thanked him for those star link communication systems which allow for the internet on the battlefield. i think that is the anxiety from president zelensky about what exactly an end to this war could look like. ., ., , , like. some of the appointments in the cabinet _ like. some of the appointments in the cabinet will _ like. some of the appointments in the cabinet will have - like. some of the appointments in the cabinet will have an - in the cabinet will have an

influence, but no? indeed. they need in that— influence, but no? indeed. they need in that we _ influence, but no? indeed. they need in that we have _ influence, but no? indeed. they need in that we have of - influence, but no? indeed. they need in that we have of course l need in that we have of course already is susie wiles for the white house chief of staff. —— the name that we have. we have also had president—elect donald trump taking third truth social to say who will not be in his administration, namely two previously high ranking people in his first administration, mike pompeo, his former us secretary of state, and nikki haley, the us ambassador to the united nations during his first administration. both of these people weren't loyal to donald trump, but nikki haley was an opponent on the campaign trail, looking to secure the republican nomination. any debate,, she called him unhinged. mike pompeo, while a secretary of state, he was being to perhaps for the us secretary of defence role. but again he only endorsed present

out trump once it was confirmed he would be the republican candidate. i think there will be a lot of eyes and who will take the attorney general role. 0ne name currently being discussed is mike lee, the senator of utah, who also worked with donald trump and his efforts to contest the results of the 2020 election. donald trump campaigned on a sweeping immigration plan that will begin on the first day of his presidency. this includes the "mass deportations of migrants" and a major crackdown on illegal border crossings. he has pledged to "seal the border" and stop what he called the "migrant invasion". let's speak to sirine shebaya, executive director of the national immigration project — she's in washington. thanks very much for being with

us. just on the practicalities of that, he is promising to deport tens of millions of illegal immigrants. how will he do that? what is the plan? the first and do that? what is the plan? tue: first and foremost, do that? what is the plan? tte: first and foremost, what has to be said is that this kind of mass deportation is not possible to achieve without mass civil and human right violations, and it is not an abstract concept. what we are talking about something that would necessitate going into communities, conducting large—scale raids, arresting people left and right in ways that will cause very significant disruptions to the day—to—day life of those communities. most immediately from a practical standpoint it would lead to family separation, children being left without their parents, and it would lead to the loss of the significant contributors to various local economies. fine significant contributors to various local economies. one of the things _ various local economies. one of the things this _ various local economies. one of the things this time _ various local economies. one of the things this time around, - various local economies. one of the things this time around, in l the things this time around, in the things this time around, in the past years want to do this

kind of thing, this time around he has a clean sweep of the electoral college, the popular vote, he is saying he has got an unprecedented mandate, he is expected to control the house of representatives as well as the senate. with that kind of mandate, how much pushback to think there will be against the kind of thing is you're trying to do? t kind of thing is you're trying to do? ~ �* , ., , to do? i think it's really important _ to do? i think it's really important to _ to do? i think it's really important to read - to do? i think it's really important to read the l to do? i think it's really - important to read the sweet and at the election results as a mandate for cruelty in an immigration context. widespread polling shows that the american publisher mostly does not condone the kind of extreme measures donald trump said he would take. if you look back to the first time donald trump was president, when you try to put in place these kinds of policies, things like family separations, massive shut out of muslims from the united

states, what ended up happening was a lot people went out into the street and statutory protest, even a lot of people who voted for him. the kinds of immigration policies that he has been saying he will put in place and not the kind of things that will cause people to stand behind him. you mentioned _ to stand behind him. you mentioned the _ to stand behind him. you mentioned the economic| to stand behind him. you mentioned the economic impact it might have because of people in low—paid jobs that might be affected. have you any figures on how much of an inflationary impact it might have? i don't have exact figures, but i think if you just think even at a local level, there are so many economies were immigrants at a very basic fabric of those economies.— very basic fabric of those economies. ~ . ., , very basic fabric of those economies. . ., , , economies. what donald trump is talkinu economies. what donald trump is talking about _ economies. what donald trump is talking about is _ economies. what donald trump is talking about is not _ economies. what donald trump is talking about is notjust _ talking about is notjust targeting people who are working low settings, but he is talking about targeting everybody who is an immigrant, and who has, for example,

temporary protected status because of dangerous circumstances and at their home countries. 0ne circumstances and at their home countries. one is that you think about what all that means, to take all these people away from their economies and communities, you are going to see a lot of storefronts shutting down, basic services being unmet. that is undoubtedly going to have an impact that is filled very heavily by people all over the united states. if he does in fact is that to carry out these kinds of dramatic measures, he will see a very significant loss in popularity once people start to see the exact impact of these policies are their own communities. t of these policies are their own communities.— communities. i 'ust want to assure about _ communities. i just want to assure about the _ communities. i just want to assure about the border - communities. i just want to - assure about the border before we finish. how easy or difficult is it for him to close the border, as he puts it? , ., , ., close the border, as he puts it? he is able to close the border. — it? he is able to close the border. in _ it? he is able to close the border, in fact _ it? he is able to close the border, in fact he - it? he is able to close the border, in fact he did - it? he is able to close the border, in fact he did it i border, in fact he did it before during the height of the covid pandemic, and that have been various measures put in

place to make it difficult to access the border. i think the difficulty is good to be that there are some really important reasons why people come to the united states, and there are also laws that guarantee the ability for people to come into ability for people to come into a seek asylum and for other reasons. i think if you try to shut the border down all at once any motorised way, you're going to see a lot border community facing a lot of harm and you will see violations of law that will lead to litigation and other kinds of very significant opposition that the trump administration will face. just before we leave all things trump — confirmation that republicans are inching closer to taking control of all the levers of government. 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. most of the remaining 17 races are in competitive districts in western states. ia of those seats were widely seen as competitive ahead of the election.

israel's new defence minister, israel katz, has said hezbollah has been defeated, and described the killing of the group's leader, hassan nasrallah, as the "crowning achievement". mr katz said israel was not interested in meddling in lebanon's internal affairs. but he expressed hope that an international coalition would capitalise on hezbollah�*s defeat, and that lebanon would normalise relations with israel. he was speaking at a handover ceremony at the foreign ministry injerusalem. translation: we defeated i hezbollah, and the elimination of nasrallah was a crowning achievement. now it is ourjob to continue the pressure, and we will work together to consolidate the fruits of this victory by ensuring that the security situation in lebanon has changed. we can cross live to jerusalem and journalist noga tarnopolsky. israel katz as saying that

hezbollah has been defeated. how widespread a view is that? it is not really widespread and it was received with a bit of derision in israel today, reminiscent of the time that president george bush said mission accomplished as the war was still raging. in the experience of israelis, the what is still raging. between 60000 and 80,000 internally displaced israelis are unable to return home to the north of the country. that is a constant rain of missiles still being lodged by the same hezbollah that the new defence minister said has been defeated. do you think you're _ said has been defeated. do you think you're trying _ said has been defeated. do you think you're trying to _ said has been defeated. do you think you're trying to signal- think you're trying to signal an advance that they want to end at the operation? 0r an advance that they want to end at the operation? or is is a kind of bombastic mood just because he is taking over a new job? because he is taking over a new “ob? ., , , because he is taking over a new “ob? . , , , , ,, job? that is my best guess. i think it was _ job? that is my best guess. i think it was a _ job? that is my best guess. i think it was a bombastic- job? that is my best guess. i think it was a bombastic and | think it was a bombastic and rhetorical statement, as he is entering a job that nobody ever

thought he would get, as a minister very close to netting iq but with almost no military experience at all.—