revolution under way in america. but nobody can reverse it, nobody. here, reports that the government is considering deals with libya, tunisia and kurdistan to get a grip on the number of migrants arriving into the country on small boats. hello i'm anjana gadgil. presidentjoe biden has given help turn the tide of the war ukraine the green light to use long—range us weapons to strike within russia. that's according to us media reports. president putin has previously warned that he would consider such a move to be a major escalation in the conflict. several western nations — including the uk and france — have supplied kyiv with weapons capable of striking deep hello i'm anjana gadgil. into russian territory —— presidentjoe biden has given ukraine the green light to use but until now none has given long—range us weapons to strike within russia. that's according to us media reports. president putin has previously ukraine permission to warned that he would consider use them in this way. such a move to be a major escalation in the conflict. that's despite repeated pleas several western nations — by president zeleynsky.

he has long argued it could including the uk and france — have supplied kyiv with weapons capable of striking deep into russian territory —— but until now none has given ukraine permission to use them in this way. that's despite repeated pleas by president zeleynsky. he has long argued it could help turn the tide of the war in his country's favour. our correspondent rowan bridge has more from washington dc. i think one of the factors that has probably driven it is the announcement that 10,000 north korean troops have been moved on to the russia—ukraine border, seen as an escalation of the conflict and up until now there has been a divide within the us administration as how best to approach this conflict. the concern was if you allowed these long—range missiles to be used, that might lead to an escalation in the conflict. we heard president putin morning, sabre rattling, any such move

would be seen as a serious escalation in the conflict. clearly the united states have calculated that is a risk worth taking. of course, these long—range missiles capable of striking deep into russian territory have been given to ukraine

0n the campaign trail he talked about, he would give a version of a speech where he would say something about he could end the conflict within 2a hours. i do not think that it's actually realistic. but he has also talked about how he could bring the two sides together and get a deal. one of his advisers talked about previously to the bbc ukraine needed to understand crimea was lost territory and this was about saving lives and getting a peace deal. exactly how donald trump will approach these issues is really isn't clear at the moment because he has given very little detail as to what he will do

when he is in office. finally, president zelensky has been asking for this permission for months, why now? i think the us have clearly made the calculation over where the war in ukraine stands and what their approach to it should be. as i say, there have been concerns within the us administration that allowing this could lead to an escalation in the conflict. and that missiles wouldn't give a sufficient advantage for that to be worthwhile. clearly they have now decided the ukrainians are in a position where they feel they ought to give them authorisation. 1000 days into the war — ukrainian mp for 0desa, 0leksiy goncharenko has been telling meabout what this means for ukraine. it is a pity it took 1000 days to make this decision finally. but better late than never. we all understand that president biden is leaving and his administration

is leaving, we don't know know what the incumbent administration of donald trump thinks about it but it is a very important step anyway that can help us. and i hope this will not be just a right to attack but also the united states will deliver these long—range missiles in order to make possible for ukraine to attack military objects deep inside russian territory. what is the importance of these weapons and how much could they help push the momentum back to ukraine? it is really important, especially to have enough of the missiles, that is very important. when the united states gave the tanks, 20 or 30 altogether, which is for more than 1000 miles front line, it is nothing, so it also depends how many missiles will be received. in any case this will push russian military objects further from the border

which will quite seriously be a problem for their logistics. it will give us the possibility to protect our cities near the front line, big cities, from russian attacks by the air bombs and missiles. so that will save hundreds of lives, maybe thousands of lives of civilians and that will help us militarily to stop the russian advance. this is very important. again, you know, it is a pity, if we would receive everything in the spring of 2022, or summer, and the right to attack inside russian territory, we would have finished this war at that

time when we were... unfortunately we did not receive it at time but it is better to receive it now. let's go to our diplomatic correspondent in dnipro, paul adams. what difference will this make? you are hearing the sound of air raid sirens here in dnipro and across the country. as you heard from speaker it enables ukrainian forces to inject an element of uncertainty among their russian opponents because these are weapons that have a very long range, highly capable, difficult to intercept and carry a large payload. it is understood initially they will only be used to defend ukrainian troops in the russian

on clave of kursk where ukrainian troops have been present since august. this may be because of the widely anticipated use of 10,000 anticipated use of 10 , 000 troops anticipated use of 10,000 troops from north korea and the very real possibility that russia will watch a counteroffensive there to try to push the ukrainians out. it seems as though washington is happy and content for ukraine to stay inside russia, perhaps so kursk becomes a bargaining chip in future negotiations. there is one other effect that the decision will have, that is of britain and france, who have been waiting for washington to take the step before they to relax restrictions on ukraine's use of storm shadow missiles again deep inside russia. president zelensky has been asking for permission from uns to use the missiles, so why today? to use the missiles, so why toda ? y to use the missiles, so why

toda ? g , ., , today? my understanding it is laruel today? my understanding it is largely because _ today? my understanding it is largely because of _ today? my understanding it is largely because of the - largely because of the situation in kursk that the decision to send the troops from north korea there has been instrumental in changing washington's opinion. i think in some ways this may turn out to be joe in some ways this may turn out to bejoe biden and's parting gift to ukraine. an effort to shore up ukrainian defences, to chance to go out and ask people. i think the defences, to shore up ukrainian defences, to give ukraine a bit of an give ukraine a bit of an advantage. ahead of what many advantage. ahead of what many here and the world see as the here and the world see as the likely advent of some kind of likely advent of some kind of negotiations sometime next negotiations sometime next year, everyone jockeying for year, everyone jockeying for position conscious that is position conscious that is something donald trump has said something donald trump has said he wants to achieve and may be he wants to achieve and may be reeling on both sides to try reeling on both sides to try and achieve that. perhaps this and achieve that. perhaps this isjoe biden differ my effort isjoe biden differ my effort to give ukraine an opportunity to give ukraine an opportunity to give ukraine an opportunity to give ukraine an opportunity to hold onto a bargaining chip to hold onto a bargaining chip and strengthening the decision and strengthening the decision to slow down perhaps the to slow down perhaps the

russian advance along the russian advance along the eastern front of ukraine. we eastern front of ukraine. we have heard _ have heard _ eastern front of ukraine. we have heard the reports about the series of attacks in eastern front of ukraine. we have heard the reports about the series of attacks in ukraine, what the ukrainians ukraine, what the ukrainians think about the decision by think about the decision by president biden? it president biden? it think about the decision by president biden?— think about the decision by president biden?— think about the decision by president biden? it broke late this evening — president biden? it broke late this evening so _ president biden? it broke late think about the decision by president biden? it broke late this evening — this evening so i _ president biden? it broke late this evening so i haven't - president biden? it broke late this evening so i haven't had l president biden? it broke latej this evening so i haven't had a chance to go out and ask people. i think they will

president biden? it broke late thi: of vening _ president biden? it broke late thi of anger — president biden? it broke late thi: of anger comes _ president biden? it broke late thi: of anger comes - of i president biden? it broke late thi: of anger comes - of a | lot of anger comes ahead of a pro—kremlin party has warned of serious escalation of serious escalation and serious consequences. serious russian senator. —— expressing as you would expect, a lot of anger. this later on sunday night, you wouldn't expect president putin to say much but russia has been sending in recent months signal after signal, sending in recent months signal aftersignal, message sending in recent months signal after signal, message after message, do not do this, do not remove restrictions on use of long range weapons, do not allow ukraine to strike deep

inside russian territory with these weapons. back in september, vladimir putin said if this was allowed to happen, he would view that as the direct anticipation —— participation of native countries in the war in ukraine. it would change the conflict, meaning nato countries were basically fighting with russia. the following month, president putin announced imminent changes to the nuclear doctrine, the document that sets the conditions under which russia may use, may employ a nuclear weapon, widely interpreted as nuclear sabre rattling, sending a message to the west, europe, america, not to allow ukraine to use to long—range weapons to strike russia. long-range weapons to strike russia. , , . , ., long-range weapons to strike russia. , , russia. did this decision take them by surprise, _ russia. did this decision take them by surprise, steve, - russia. did this decision take them by surprise, steve, or. russia. did this decision take | them by surprise, steve, or is it something russia has been

planning for? i it something russia has been planning for?— planning for? i do not think there is a — planning for? i do not think there is a sense _ planning for? i do not think there is a sense of - planning for? i do not think there is a sense of surprise j there is a sense of surprise here. i was watching the flagship weekly news review on state television earlier today. they had a big block in this programme dedicated to the subject. again warning the west, one in america, britain, france against taking such a decision which could lead, state television said, to some kind of war. i do not think it will come as a surprise. the big question now is how it is vladimir putin going to respond, what action will russia take? we are in a very odd situation. it was president biden who took this controversial decision. but in two months he will be out, donald trump will be in the white house, someone who has been publicly much more sceptical about continuing us military assistance for ukraine. i wonder whether that fact will play into vladimir putin's calculation is as he into vladimir fact will play into vladimir putin's calculation is as he

tries to decide what action he tries to decide what action he takes no in response.- takes no in response.- takes no in response. steve, thank you — takes no in response. steve, thank you — takes no in response. steve, thank you very _ takes no in response. steve, takes no in response. steve, thank you very _ takes no in response. steve, thank you very much, - takes no in response. steve, thank you very much, that i takes no in response. steve, thank you very much, that is| thank you very much, that is russia editor steve rosenberg thank you very much, - takes no in response. steve, thank you very much, that i takes no in response. steve, thank you very much, that is| thank you very much, that is russia editor steve rosenberg in moscow. in moscow. let's go to our correspondent let's go to our correspondent injess parker in injess parker in mar—a—lago, florida. mar—a—lago, florida. president biden and donald president biden and donald trump obviously have very trump obviously have very different views on ukraine, different views on ukraine, what do you think will happen what do you think will happen in the next two months and then in the next two months and then when donald trump takes over at when donald trump takes over at the beginning of next year? we the beginning of next year? we do not the beginning of next year? - do not know what donald trump do not the beginning of next year? - do not know what donald trump will do in this regard. we do will do in this regard. we do not know for sure if he will not know for sure if he will for example reverse this for example reverse this decision. but you are right, decision. but you are right, joe biden, donald trump have joe biden, donald trump have expressed different positions expressed different positions on the war in ukraine. the us on the war in ukraine. the us underjoe biden deaf tenure in underjoe biden deaf tenure in the white house has been the the white house has been the biggest backer of ukraine in biggest backer of ukraine in terms of military aid. donald terms of military aid. donald trump has been expressing clear trump has been expressing clear scepticism about the motivate scepticism about the motivate going from the us to kyiv. and going from the us to kyiv. and

ending the war between ukraine ending the war between ukraine and russia, in a day, without and russia, in a day, without saying exactly how. i think for saying exactly how. i think for joe biden and this decision joe biden and this decision now, partly this comes after now, partly this comes after the us election when the the us election when the democrats lost. lots of democrats lost. lots of speculation ahead of the speculation ahead of the election he did not want to rock the boat on this particular issue. the election over, the democrats lost, donald trump won, will be in the white house injanuary. i think yes media reporting that joe biden wanted to show response for russia's deployment of north korean troops. probably an element two of just wanting to troops. probably an element two ofjust wanting to help ukraine while he still can. strengthening his hand militarily but also by

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once he takes power? would you exect once he takes power? would you exoect donald — once he takes power? would you expect donald trump _ once he takes power? would you expect donald trump to - once he takes power? would you expect donald trump to make i expect donald trump to make public comments aboutjoe biden's decision? i public comments about joe biden's decision?— biden's decision? i mean, donald trump _ biden's decision? i mean, donald trump is - biden's decision? i mean, donald trump is never - biden's decision? i mean, | donald trump is never that biden's decision? i mean, - donald trump is never that shy about making public comments on about making public comments on a variety of issues, providing commentary on these things. we have been tracking some of his social media outlets. i do not think we have seen anything yet from him on this specifically. it may also be that response could come by some of his surrogates, some of his transition team. the announcements we have been getting this week for example about his picks for important

jobs where the defence secretary, secretary of state, there job jobs secretary, secretary of state, therejobjobs particular secretary, secretary of state, there job jobs particular key to what happens in ukraine. a lot of the time we have had announcements through the transition team and sometimes donald trump has taken to social mediums of the offer views. we might get a response, we do not know is the truth at the moment, this is a huge story notjust in europe and ukraine but very much here in the us as well. a prominent position in the headlines on us networks. . ., position in the headlines on us networks. ., ,, , ., networks. thank you, correspondent - networks. thank you, correspondent jess i networks. thank you, - correspondent jess parker. sir keir starmer is travelling to the g20 meeting of world leaders in brazil, and earlier spoke to reporters before the news on missile use in ukraine. the prime minister re—iterated the uk's support for kyiv, but gave no indication there could be a change in us policy. 0ur deputy political editor, vicki young was travelling with him. this gathering in brazil will coincide with the 1000th day of conflict in ukraine. and the prime minister says that means there has been 1,000 days of russian aggression which has led to a huge sacrifice for

the ukrainian people. now, sir keir starmer has just told us on the way here that his top priority for this summit will be to shore up help for ukraine. and he is urging g20 countries to go further and faster, warning of unfathomable consequences if russia is allowed to succeed. the prime minister is also due to meet the president of china for the first time. and downing street say the aim here is to have serious, stable and pragmatic engagement on global issues such as climate change. but they also insist that they will be firm when it comes to the need for honest conversation in areas of disagreement, and there has been a lot of those in recent years. joe biden has become the first sitting us president to visit the amazon rainforest. he met local leaders working to protect the region's ecosystem and he flew over a stretch of the rainforest, to view waterways, fire damage

and a wildlife refuge. after that, he spoke about the green revolution, which he said would not be stopped in its tracks. some may seek to deny or delay the clean energy revolution that is under way in america but nobody, nobody can reverse it. not when so many people, regarded as a party or politics, are enjoying its benefits. not when countries around the world are harnessing the clean energy revolution to pull ahead themselves. the question now is, which government will stand in the way and which will seize the enormous economic opportunity?

heavy downpours have the river swelling, bridges collapsing in honduras. more rain is expected over the coming days with the us national hurricane center warning of life—threatening, potentially catastrophic flash floods and mudslides. after storm sara leaves honduras, it is expected to reach mexico, honduras and more. —— several places. after storm sara leaves the honduras, its expected to reach parts of belize, el salvador, guatemala, nicaragua and mexico. dozens of people have been killed after israel launched air strikes in both gaza and lebanon. in northern gaza, a multistorey building housing palestinians has been struck in beit lahiya. officials from gaza's civil defence agency say at least 26 people were killed in an israeli air strike, with many trapped under the rubble. the israeli military says it is investigating the reports. there have been israeli strikes elsewhere in gaza. these pictures of al—aqsa hospital in deir al—balah were filmed by our freelancer

as israel does not allow foreign journalists free access to gaza. children were among those injured taken to the hospital. in beirut — an israeli air strike is reported to have killed hezbollah's media chief — mohamad afif — one of the few remaining public faces of the group. he was last seen on monday, when he gave a news conference in beirut�*s southern suburbs, where his brother is headquartered. how do you prevent migrants coming into the uk on small boats? thats a problem keir starmer is grappling with, having promised to cut down on the arrivals by tackling people smuggling gangs. it has now been reported that the government might be looking at doing deals with libya, tunisia and kurdistan to stop the migrants from leaving at all — something the transport secretary did not deny today. earlier i spoke to political correspondent about the comments made by starmer.

talked about smashing the gangs. the pm himself avoided questions on all of this today when he was on the plane. ihla when he was on the plane. no deal to be _ when he was on the plane. i157 deal to be done with rwanda, keir starmer said the deal the uk government had with that country was dead and buried. even the hundreds of millions of pounds spent on it by that point. he was in italy in rome in september learning lessons

from someone with different politics to him, a right—wing politician. and you two part strategy, italy and meloni giving money to north african countries, tunisia and libya. significant for migrants coming into italy and southern europe. and also albania for migrants been picked up in the sea to be processed in that country. meloni said keir starmer said he was interested in her plan. he has not ruled out paying a third party country to help. the home secretary in the uk has said these sorts of things that make these stats put out this week an optically good for

the uk, over 800 this week an optically good for the uk, over800 migrants this week an optically good for the uk, over 800 migrants have crossed the channel in last week. tickets for next year's glastonbury festival sold out in less that a0 minutes this morning. 0rganisers trialled a new method for managing website traffic, by allocating fans a random queue number. previously they had to refresh a ticket holding page. looking forward to speaking to the lucky people that got them. stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. it might be time to break out the winter wardrobe over the next few days. we are heading for a cold spell. as the air comes all the way down from the arctic, it will increase the risk of some snow and ice, and certainly some widespread overnight frost, particularly into the early hours of wednesday morning. the cold air not quite arriving to all, still relatively mild down in the south—west, but a bitterly cold start in sheltered western

rural parts of scotland — temperatures way below freezing and perhaps even some freezing fog as well. but generally scotland, northern ireland, northern england and north wales will keep some sunshine clouding over from the south—west later on in the day, with outbreaks of showery rain here. we mightjust see double digits down across cornwall, but generally 6—9 degrees across england and wales. much colder further north — three or four. so the cold air is starting to push its way steadily southwards. but as this weather front moves in and bumps into that cold air, we could see the spell of significant snow — mostly to higher ground, but perhaps some accumulations at lower levels across parts of north wales, into the north midlands, up across the pennines, perhaps into southern scotland, as well as much as five to 10cm of snowfall before that low starts to pull away. and even once it does, it could turn quite icy behind, with a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow across east anglia and south east england for a time. windy with it as that low pulls away, and then we'll see

a brisk northerly wind driving in some showers off north sea coasts. and here, they will be once again quite wintry. west will be best for sunshine on tuesday, but a cold day generally, with temperatures below where they should be for this time of year. and factor in the strength of the wind, it will be a bit of a shock to the system, i suspect. the cold air sitting right across us, the isobars open up, so as we get into wednesday morning, we could see a widespread hard frost first thing. but there will be some lengthy spells of sunshine as well. a few more showers running down the west coast of scotland, down through the irish sea, perhaps, on wednesday, and those temperatures once again struggling — some areas just a couple of degrees above freezing. not much change as well as we move into thursday and friday. some of those showers could still be quite wintry.

now on bbc news. swiss medius says president biden has given the green light for ukraine to use long—range missiles supplied by washington to strike russia and the move will be a reversal for american policy. it comes as a least ten people have been killed as

russia hits ukraine's power infrastructure when the biggest infrastructure when the biggest in months. policy. it comes as a least ten people have been killed as russia hits ukraine's power infrastructure when the biggest it nobody, nobody can reverse this, nobody. eports that the government in the uk is in talks with libya, tunisia and kurdistan to help slow the flow of migrants. you're back!

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