and white house for comment — we have yet to hear back. the move follows north korea deploying troops to help moscow's war effort. the authorization would allow ukraine to use army tactical missile systems — or atacms — to defend its forces in russia's kursk region. atacms are missiles with a range of up to 186 miles — or 300 kilometers. this is a step further from the last time the white house eased limits on its weapons. back in may, president biden allowed ukraine to use shorter—range high mobility artillery rocket across the border. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has long urged the us to lift the restrictions on long—range missiles. however during his evening address on sunday, mr zelensky didn't confirm the reports. the plan to strengthen ukraine as a victory plan which i presented

to our partners. one of its key points is long—range capabilities for our army. today there is a lot of talk in the media about us receiving permission for respective actions. but strikes are not carried out with words. such things are not announced. missiles will speak for themselves. they certainly will. for more on this, i spoke to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams, who is in dnipro. is there a feeling in ukraine, what kind of impact the app weapons might have on the battlefield itself? i weapons might have on the battlefield itself?— battlefield itself? i think there is a _ battlefield itself? i think there is a feeling - battlefield itself? i think there is a feeling that i battlefield itself? i think- there is a feeling that enable ukraine to keep russian forces at a greater distance. these weapons could pose a threat to russian airfields, logistics hubs, the support network that russia needs to maintain its pressure on ukraine. our understanding and it hasn't

been confirmed, is this permission has only been granted in defence of ukrainian forces currently on the kursk region of russia that they've occupied since august and it seems that biden administration is keen for ukrainian troops to stay there and be able to defend themselves and is thought the decision was very much prompted by the arrival of 10,000 troops from north korea and the possibility that russia is about to launch a counteroffensive. i think what washington wants is for ukraine to hold on a tiny bit of russia, perhaps as a bargaining chip for the negotiations that donald trump perhaps might be responsible for initiating sometime next year. it’s responsible for initiating sometime next year. it's an interesting _ sometime next year. it's an interesting question - sometime next year. it's an interesting question in - sometime next year. it's an l interesting question in terms of the timing stop how much do you think an incoming donald trump administration might be factoring into the decision made by the current president

joe biden? we made by the current president joe biden?— made by the current president joe biden? ~ ., �* ~ ., ., joe biden? we don't know what joe biden? we don't know what joe sorry donald _ joe biden? we don't know what joe sorry donald trump - joe biden? we don't know what joe sorry donald trump means| joe biden? we don't know what l joe sorry donald trump means by joe sorry donald trump means by stopping the war in ukraine, with the two men have met and may be talked about this and there is something that is somewhat collaborative about this. you can kind of see this asjoe biden vendredi biats parting gift to ukraine. it's likely we will see before he leaves office more weaponry coming through the pipeline, stuff that's been held up for some time. so ukraine might be ina some time. so ukraine might be in a stronger position by the end ofjanuary in a stronger position by the end of january that it is now but it does seem as if at a time when both sides, ye russia and ukraine, may be eyeing donald trump and thinking about the possibility of being dragged to a negotiating table thatjoe biden wants to make sure that if and when volodymyr zelensky gets the negotiation table he's in the best possible pollution because right now the tide of the war has turned

slowly in russian�*s bayler. so slowly in russian's bayler. so what will the policy shift mean for ukraine on the us? earlier, i spoke to evelyn farkas, former deputy us assistant secretary of defence for russia, ukraine and eurasia —— and the current executive director of the mccain institute. let's start off with a move of thatjoe biden allow ukraine to use these long range weapons against russia, something he's really been resisting for months. why do you think you made the decision now? that's riaht, made the decision now? that's right. carl. _ made the decision now? that's right, carl. first _ made the decision now? that's right, carl. first of _ made the decision now? that's right, carl. first of all - right, carl. first of all present biden is i think politically free of any obligation to coordinate with the incoming president in the way he might have done if it was his own vice president which isn't to say he isn't thinking about national security by the dynamic is different. in addition to that, president trump reportedly called president putin and told him that he should not do anything exploratory and this

was prior to the recent decision by president biden to allow the ukrainians to use the atacms system in russian territory, so there may be a sense that putin is now less likely to do something expository because he's been asked not to do something explanatory by the incumbent president with whom he has in the past have a friendly relations.— the past have a friendly relations. ~ , ., ., relations. we did see one of the biggest _ relations. we did see one of the biggest strikes - relations. we did see one of the biggest strikes in - relations. we did see one of the biggest strikes in the i the biggest strikes in the country and several months about 2k hours ago so whether thatis about 2k hours ago so whether that is explanatory we will have to wait and see but in terms of the decision, walk us through what impact it might have on the battlefield itself it could be a game changer? just about the attacks on the energy infrastructure i was in ukraine about a week ago and the reason is not considered explode tory is russia have doing for a while and have attacked the infrastructure for attacked the infrastructure for a while. it's not a military attack, it's an attack on civilians. with regard to the

impact of allowing the ukrainians to use the artillery deep into russian territory, i'm not sure how much strategic impact it will have. it really depends on what targets they hit and what they take out and if they were to hit the kursk bridge that connects russia with crimea, but bridge that putin built a great expense, they would have a cycle length —— psychological impact on russia but it would not change the war and have a positive recycling fact in ukraine and in addition to that if they could take out a great deal of aircraft or oil storage facilities, things of that nature, all of those things add up nature, all of those things add up in the questionnaires how many missiles that they have we heard that in the course of the debate the pentagon warned there are not that many of these missiles they can make or have made available to ukraine so ukraine will have to think carefully about where they use the weapons but i'm have been

told by ukraine officials they have targets and know what they want to hit. we have targets and know what they want to hit-— want to hit. we have the shadow administration _ want to hit. we have the shadow administration in _ want to hit. we have the shadow administration in the _ want to hit. we have the shadow administration in the wings - want to hit. we have the shadow administration in the wings and l administration in the wings and you mentioned the phone call by donald trump. rfkjunior has criticised the decision and post on x that the adonis men in lion yards who are running us foreign policy apparently want to start world war iii before they leave the white house. is this a signal? do you think this will be a policy that i donald trump administration might change in administration might change in a couple of months? mario is hard to say because rfkjunior doesn't have a background in national security and people in land the odds, men and women, ourforeign policy and national security experts and give advice to the present on the risks. , ., advice to the present on the risks. , . ., , risks. they are military personnel— risks. they are military personnel and - risks. they are military personnel and civilian l personnel and civilian personnel and civilian personnel i am not making the

decisions that have been brought up to the kip chain of command to the president and i have every reason to believe that the kind of information is being provided when i was working for the president at the time. the new president will have to make a decision about whether he continues to allow the ukrainians to use these missiles deep into russian territory and i suspect he might keep the policy because he would like to achieve a quick piece and the quickest way to achieve pieces for the ukrainians to create enough pain or infliction of pain on the russians that they take stock and realise that time is limited and if that is coupled with some kind of reversal in the policy on behalf a president trump. if president trump reverses the policy and says no, i will continue to provide weapons to ukraine, that could cause the russian government to say maybe we should negotiate. when you get into the white as you look at things differently so will

have to see what president trump decides but it is a 50—50 chance if not better that he would keep the policy in place. very briefly with ten seconds do you think other nations like the uk might follow suit? absolutely and it seems from what we saw in the flurry of diplomacy in the summer in the fall that the uk and the french, the french are providing missiles and is mostly the uk that they were willing to allow ukraine to use the missile is already inside of russian territory and i was frankly the us position that was causing them to wait, sorry —— | was causing them to wait, sorry —— i would imagine that the uk would also give the green light. would also give the green liiht. ,, ,, ., , light. sir keir starmer is amongst _ light. sir keir starmer is amongst the _ light. sir keir starmer is amongst the world - light. sir keir starmer is i amongst the world leaders arriving in brazilfor the 620 summit. (cam 2)we are (live)looking at live pictures from rio de janeiro where president is expected to come down

the plane stairs any moment — ahead of the 620 summit this gathering will gather when they conflict in ukraine and the prime minister means it says there is a thousand days of russian aggression which has led to a huge sacrifice for the ukrainian people. 5ir huge sacrifice for the ukrainian people. sir keir starmer— ukrainian people. sir keir starmer has _ ukrainian people. sir keir starmer has dolls - ukrainian people. sir keir starmer has dolls on - ukrainian people. sir keir starmer has dolls on the | ukrainian people. sir keir . starmer has dolls on the way here that his top priority for this summit will be to shore up help for ukraine and he is urging 620 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 in downing street say the aim is to have serious and stable and pragmatic engagement on global issues such as climate change but they also insist they will be firm when it comes to the need for honest conversations in areas of disagreement and there's been a lot of those in recent years. there's been a lot of those in recent years— recent years. and in the last hour uc president _ recent years. and in the last hour uc president biden - recent years. and in the last -

hour uc president biden landing in rio for 620 summit. before he landed in rio, joe biden was in manaus become the first sitting us president to visit the amazon rainforest. president biden flew to the brazilian city of manaus, the largest city in the amazon. that's where he promised more funding to fight climate change, including an additional 50 million dollars to the amazon conservation fund. that brings the us commitment to 100 million dollars — well short of the 500 million he's previously pledged. peaking in the last few hours, president biden warned of the existential threat of global warming — which has often been dismissed by incoming president donald trump. it's true, some may seek to deny or delay the green energy revolution that's under way in america, but nobody, nobody can reverse it, nobody. not when so many people, regardless of 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? just before those remarks, president biden flew over the amazon by helicopter, catching a glimpse of the rainforest and rivers where a severe drought has caused water levels to drop sharply. joining me live now is brazil—based reporter for the new york times ana ionova. i know you're actually there at the historic ceremony in the rainforest. describe what it was like and how wasjoe biden's beach received? was like and how was joe biden's beach received? sure, thank 1533 00:12:42,0