hezbollah has been all but defeated — claims israel's new defence minister — but both sides continue to exchange strikes and rocket fire. republicans edge closer to securing control of the us house of repesentatives, potentially giving the party, and donald trump, a clean sweep of all levers of government. we start in europe — where russia and ukraine have carried out their biggest drone attacks against each other, since the start of the invasion. russia says it has intercepted 84 ukrainian drones over six regions. the defence ministry said more than 30 drones even approached moscow. that forced flights to be diverted from three of the capital's major airports. these are pictures of the aftermath released by russian media. officials say five people were injured in an area near moscow and four houses caught fire due

to falling debris. as for ukraine, its air force said russia launched 145 drones across the country, with most shot down. this barrage of attacks comes amid donald trump, who is now the president—elect of the united states, pledging he wants a quick end to the war. what that means for ukraine's territory is anyone�*s guess. speaking to the bbc�*s us partner cbs news — the white house national security adviserjake sullivan said presidentjoe biden will urge mr trump to not walk away from ukraine. president biden will have the opportunity over the next 70 days make the case to congress and the incoming administration that the united states should not walk away from ukraine. walking away from ukraine means more instability in europe and ultimately as a japanese prime minister said, if we walk away from ukraine in europe the question about america's commitment to our allies in asia will grow. in the united kingdom,

the head of the armed forces has said that western countries should continue to support ukraine for "as long as it takes." his comments come amid uncertainty over us backing for ukraine following donald trump's victory. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. 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. 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 to strengthen the armed forces. ministers insist their support for ukraine was resolute, but this treasury minister refused to say when the government would meets its target of spending 2.5% of national income on defence. but i'm not going to give you a date today, because we have to allow the strategic defence review to conclude, which will inform our decisions about how much money we need to spend and what we need to spend on. 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 ukrainejoining nato, but by nato members offering security guarantees. for now, the fighting in eastern ukraine continues, with analysts expecting russia to try to press home its advantage as power is transferred in the us. james landale, bbc news. dr marina miron, post—doctoral researcher at the war studies department of king's college london, told us more about the recent attacks. thank you so much for your time. could you put this into perspective for us? how does this compare to the exchanges that we've seen so far in this war? it's a pleasure to be here. what we're seeing here

allegedly, this is the biggest drone attack related to both sides now, russia and ukraine. on the ukrainian side of course we have to consider the timing and the timing comes right after we got to know the results of the us presidential election as a matter of fact, just a couple of days before ukrainian sources were speculating about the possible ukrainian counteroffensive. from that ukrainian perspective this is a sign that ukraine is not going to back down. even if it's not seeing any advancements on the battlefield, that it still has the capacity to strike russia and moscow of course being a symbolic target, causing some disruptions of moscow's airports. to that point, what impact do you believe donald trump

could have on this war, given he said he believes he can bring an end to it fairly quickly? the problem is that pre—election of course he would say that. he's going to settle all the conflicts and acts as a peace broker however, it remains to be seen because we know that russia and ukraine have different visions of what the postwar ukraine should look like. russia was to keep all the territories. another problem is donald trump is not going to be in office until the end of january. it will depend on what his team will look like and how they will approach the problem. of course it will depend on what the battlefield situation will be at that point. therefore i don't think it's going to take 2a hours to resolve this conflict. it will require both sides to essentially see something and reach some sort of compromise with the pressure does not want to give up on the territories it already occupies for them as a matter

fact, it is continuing with the drone strikes for that it is continuing its so—called special military operation. it does want to have more cities, it wants to help the donbas, which is the industrial base of ukraine and also possibly odesa and other cities regardless of trump's victories they are not going to give up on their military activities. ukraine of course wants those territories back. you were arguing that perhaps ukraine is trying to send a message to donald trump, to the united states do you believe they've demonstrated with these latest attacks in terms of their military capabilities but also what they are drones are capable of? that is precisely the point. ukraine is still standing strong. despite the fact that kamala harris might have been more beneficial to ukraine. they are demonstrating that they are still willing to fight despite the manpower

shortages, the shortage of artillery shells and the scarcity of defense systems. ukraine obviously still has some capacity to use drones. the problem is the scaling. the r and d is very strong in ukraine coming from the soviet tradition for that they have great engineers. ukraine also needs money and needs the capacity to produce and needs air defenses in order to protect critical infrastructure and military infrastructure. we can say that ukraine still has capacity but the actual military effect of the attacks which ukraine can conduct at the moment is negligible. therefore ukraine needs the support. in the last few months of the biden presidency. what do you believe zelensky will be urging him to do? what will ukraine be asking for? zelensky has already

presented his victory plan, which hasn't received a lot of enthusiasm in the united states. i think ukraine will be asking for more, ukraine will also be asking to lift restrictions to use those on russian territory and possibly asking for more long—range weapon systems as well as air defenses. at the very least they will be asking for more patriot missiles. doctor marino miron from london. let's turn to the middle east. israel's new defence minister claims the country is close to defeating hezbollah. israel katz said the killing of the group's leader, hassan nasrallah, in september, was a �*crowning achievement�* — and all that is left to do, is �*finish thejob�*. he said he now hopes israel and lebanon can normalise relations. prime minister benjamin netanyahu appointed mr katz after sacking his predecessor, yoav gallant — a controversial move that sparked

protests in israel. but shortly before mr katz spoke, hezbollah launched a barrage of rockets into northern israel. meanwhile amidst the war in lebanon, authorities say at least 38 people are dead. that�*s after a series of israeli strikes across the country on sunday. the health ministry says at least 23 people, including 7 children, died in one raid, on a village north of beirut. security sources told the afp news agency that the strike killed a hezbollah member who was visiting the village. meanwhile, palestinian rescue teams in gaza say dozens of people have been killed and wounded in an israeli strike on a house in the north of the territory. gaza�*s civil defence agency, which is run by hamas, said at least 30 people were killed — including 13 children. in a statement israel�*s defense forces said they believed "terrorists were operating" at the house injabalia. jon donnison reports from jerusalem. injabalia, destruction and death are the reality of everyday life.

grief. clawing through the rubble for those trapped underneath. more than 50 people were in the building, says ahmed, who says he lost a relative. grandchildren, children and daughters, he says, all displaced, they had taken shelter there. he says they were all civilians. the bodies were taken to a nearby hospital. at least 25 people, including 13 children, according to gaza�*s civil defence agency. "god is all i need," abdullah cries. "this is a massacre." israel�*s renewed offensive in northern gaza has now been going on for weeks, targeting, it says, hamas, who it accuses of hiding behind civilians. and after more than a year of

war, israel�*s leader is feeling strong and with a new ally. translation: in the last few | days, i have spoken three times with president—elect donald trump. these were good and very important conversations, conversations designed to further tighten the firm alliance between israel and the united states. for months, america has been urging israel to limit the number of civilian casualties in gaza. donald trump has pledged to end the war. and benjamin netanyahu might be ready to listen. jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. define a ban on public protest. hundreds gathered calling for an end to israeli strikes in gaza while dissenting against the band demonstrations were

temporary bad actor israeli football fans were targeted in the attacks on thursday night following a match between tel aviv and ajax amsterdam for the police say supporters set fire to a palestinian flag and attacked a taxi the day before the game. the violence which led to at least 62 arrests was condemned by leaders in europe, the united states and israel. amid the chaos of gang violence in haiti, the governing council has fired the prime minister afterjust six months in office. garry connille was sacked in an executive order issued on sunday, signed by eight of the nine members of the country�*s transitional body. mr conille has described his ousting as illegal. constitutionally, only parliament can sack him. but haiti currently has neither a parliament nor a president. the order named a local businessman didier fils—aime as his replacement, who flew into port—au—prince from abroad early on sunday.

around the world and across the is bbc news. leading pub and restaurant chains have warned rachel reeves that tax rises and outs in the budget will unquestionably lead to job losses and the closure of small businesses. a business correspondent has more. 209 bosses of leading businesses have written to rachel reeves about the new employer naturally insurance contribution. they want is little capacity to pass call center customers without fueling inflation. they write that unquestionably many hospitality businesses will have to reconsider investment plans to drastically cut hours for staff in some jobs and also widespread small business closures within a year. to mitigate all that they call for the creation of a new 5% national insurance employer band, up to £9,100 and for part—time staff working fewer than 20 hours a week to be made exempt. there is plenty more on

that on our website. in you are live with bbc news. turning now to the us, where republicans have control of both the white house and the senate after tuesday�*s election. now the race is on for who will take the place of mitch mcconnell to lead the republican majority in the senate. while donald trump has not made an endorsement, on sunday he weighed in on the race on x, saying "any republican senator seeking the coveted leadership position in the united states senate must agree to recess appointments without which we will not be able to get people confirmed in a timely manner." recess appointments allow the us president to filljudicial vacancies while the senate is on break. republicans are hoping to control all levers of government by keeping a majority in the other chamber of congress, the house of representatives. that would make it far easier to enact donald trump�*s campaign promises and proposed policies. they�*re close to reaching the 218 seats they need

for the house majority — and are currently projected to have 213 as votes are still being counted. as donald trump prepares to return to the oval office, there are several foreign policy issues waiting in his inbox, with the wars in the middle east and ukraine topping the list. we mentioned earlier that the president—elect has spoken with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu since his election win and now the washington post is reporting he has also spoken with russian president vladimir putin this week. the bbc isn�*t able to independently verify the report, which says donald trump warned vladimir putin not to escalate the war in ukraine. the trump campaign chose not to comment when asked by the bbc. i�*ve been speaking with ravi agrawal, editor in chief of foreign policy magazine. what has donald trump said about how he views america�*s role in global conflicts? i think donald trump sees

america�*s role as continuing to be the worlds pre—eminent superpower. in a very transactional sense, less involved in other countries problems. he wants to look at the world not as a multi—lateral order where america is backstopping other countries and the order itself, he wants to see it as a world in which america gets the best deal with every single country that it has a relationship with. more bilateral, less multilateral, less about global order, more about how it serves american interests in the way that it�*s demonstrably in favor of trade, for example. some through the prism of dodgy economics. not all of it adds up. but that is the trump way. what does that tell us about the war in the middle east? there is anger among some americans over the way the biden administration has

supported israel and has handled the war. what approach would you expect donald trump to take? you are right that the anger is justifiable. the trump administration and trump himself are much more likely to have even stronger ties to israel then president biden had. they are less likely to care about the humanitarian toll in lebanon or gaza. they are more likely to want to take a tougher line on iran. if you add all of that up yes, trump is going to say he might push for an end to the war. he likes to see wars ending, he likes to play a role in ending wars. this taps into american thinking of ending wars overseas and not being embroiled in conflicts with when it comes to how and at work because no one has any idea what that may mean. you say it�*s justifiable, it�*s complicated when it comes to what tact, what method the us should take.

do you expect him to take as hard a line when it comes to iran whose proxies are so involved in this war? the dynamics of change, even saudi arabia and iran to get along better than they did in his first term. that is right. a lot has changed on that front. your viewers remember that there was an iran nuclear deal in place, the called jcpoa, that the trump administration pulled out of the 2017. some would say that is brought iran closer to a nuclear bomb. it�*s also put in place tougher restrictions on backcountry. trump will say that what the answer now is more pressure on iran. that�*s not entirely clear that�*s what�*s gonna happen. there are camps within trump�*s group of advisers. there�*s a camp that thinks this is a great moment with tehran

weakened to go and take out its nuclear facilities. there is another camp that feels that getting embroiled in any conflict abroad is not helpful. a lot in the coming weeks is going to depend on who trump pics to be in his national security it and how that security cabinet and how that sways his thinking in terms of what to do about iran. and therefore what to do in the middle east. turning to ukraine, the other big war that makes headlines almost every day. he said he could end the war in 2a hours. whether you can or not, do you expect it to involve any ukrainian territory having to be conceited? almost certainly. i think the idea that he can end the war in 2a hours is bluster, which we�*ve come to expect from him. the ukrainians have not been very happy with the biden administration. they think that jake sullivan, the national security advisor

has slow rolled aid to kyiv and they feel they�*ve gotten just enough to survive but not enough to win. putting in a sense has been waiting for november five to see which person he will be dealing with in the white house after this conflict, after the election. there is a change coming regardless of who would�*ve won. i think with trump in power now and his ties to putin they�*ve had several phone calls not only in the past week but in the past four years, the question now is what sort of a deal trump will push for, how much he cares about what ukraine loses and how desperate he is to be able to say that he is the one who brought this conflict to a close. at what cost? again, we�*re not entirely sure how much is going to care. he is always said that he wants europe to take a much bigger role in securing its orders and upping its defense spending to protect itself from russia. i think that certainly going to be a theme that he will push.

that may also then determine how ukraine approaches any sort of peace negotiation and how putin does. you said donald trump would be focused on us interest. he�*s made a lot of promises when it comes to tariffs for example. do you think china will be much of a priority this time round? i think it will. i think he�*s done a lot of the things he wanted to do in terms of reorienting american foreign policy to be much tougher on china. the biden administration did not remove most, i think most of the trump terrors, i think trump likes he is put much tougher terrors on china covered anywhere from 60% up to 200% on electronic vehicles. the truth is we just don�*t know how any of that will play out. some may depend on who is in his national security council.

to your point about electric cars, what kind of influence using elon musk might have on those issues? that�*s a question. again, the fact that he has been with trump on the phone with president zelensky recently, with a taiwanese, it tells you that he�*s certainly going to have an influence. to what degree, we don�*t know. how that changes policymaking on electric vehicles, we don�*t know. the united states it already been subsidizing the american ev market and being protectionist on the chinese ev market. you can expect that trend might continue to what degree, we don�*t know. there�*s also taiwan where trump in his nakedly transactional way has said, what�*s in it for us, what are we getting out of backstopping taiwan? ravi agrawal, editor in chief of foreign policy magazine. thank you so much. taylor swift is become the

first person in the 30 year history at the mtv europe music awards. 0ther winners on the night include sabrina carpenter, ray and tyler. the host of the awards singer rita borah paid an emotional tribute to leah payne, a former member of the british band one direction who died in october. ijust want to direction who died in october. i just want to take a moment to remember someone that was very, very dear to us. we lost him recently and he was a big part of the mtv world and my world for that i think a lot of viewers at home and everybody in here tonight for the liam payne was one of the kindest people that i knew. there were so many ways that we were talking about honoring him i think sometimesjust simply think sometimes just simply speaking think sometimesjust simply speaking is enough. he had the biggest heart and was always the first person to offer help in any way that he could. he

brought so muchjoy in any way that he could. he brought so much joy to every room, he walked into and left such a mark on this world. before we go, the worlds most difficult yacht race got under way on sunday the boat set off in light winds from the french atlantic port for the a0 competitors are taking part in the single—handed nonstop race around the world and are expected to be at sea between 70 and 110 days. plenty more on her top stories are bbc website. stay with us on the bbc news channel. plenty more to come. hello there! finally, some brighter weather to enjoy for this week. certainly for the first half of the week it�*s looking sunny, but it will be cool at times with the clear skies, the light winds. we�*ll see a return to some

overnight frost and fog. and then by the end of the week, certainly into next weekend, it will be turning much colder with arctic air pushing southwards across all areas. so this new area of high pressure building in from the west bringing a different air mass, it is a drier air mass, so we should start our monday, armistice day, chilly but dry with a lot of sunshine. the sunshine continues into the afternoon. a bit of cloud for northern and western scotland, perhaps a few showers peppering the east coast of england, down into east anglia with a bit more of a northerly breeze there, but light winds elsewhere, staying dry and sunny, temperatures into the low teens. pretty much where we should be for the time of year. it�*s a fine end to monday, we go through a dry night. still a few showers peppering the east and southeast coast. a bit of cloud for far north of scotland, but under the clear skies it�*s going to turn quite cold. there will be a touch of frost, maybe some fog through central, northern and western areas. less cold when we hold on to some cloud. so, then, here�*s our area of high pressure. strong area of high pressure dominating the scene for tuesday. could see further showers just grazing the southeast of england through the day.

so, a bit more of a breeze for the east and southeast. like i mentioned, those showers, east anglia and the southeast. most places dry. widespread sunshine once again, lighter winds further north and west, and those temperatures into the afternoon range from 10 to 13 degrees. it�*s going to be another chilly night for tuesday night with clear skies. 0ur area of high pressure begins to retreat a bit further westwards into wednesday. that could allow this weather front to push into northern scotland and this feature to affect the southeast. so, top and tail of the country could be a bit cloudier on wednesday, with a few spots of rain, and most of the rain should be through the channel and across into france, but it could graze east anglia and kent at times on wednesday. have to stay tuned to the forecast. in between, a good slice of dry and sunny weather and again those temperatures into the low teens. similar sort of picture for thursday and friday. but beyond friday, we open the floodgates to an arctic northerly, and this cold air will spread south across most of the country during the course of the weekend. so we�*ll see variable cloud building at times as we move

towards the end of the week. there will still be some sunny spells around, nights will be chilly, and then something much colder pushing in for next weekend.

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welcome to hardtalk. i�*m stephen sackur. the island nation ofjamaica likes to see itself as a caribbean success story, with an economy that has tamed crippling debt, a tourism sector that has bounced back from covid and with regional diplomatic clout in the global debate on climate change and reparations for slavery. but on the flip side, jamaica�*s reputation is being tarnished by violent crime, drugs and gang warfare. my guest is veteran tourism minister edmund bartlett. why hasn�*t jamaica fixed its internal strife?