live from singapore, this is bbc news. ukraine fires us—supplied long—range missiles into russia, a move that the kremlin says is a renewed face of the western war against russia. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu visits central gaza, vowing to eliminate hamas from the enclave. prominent activistjimmy lai says he wanted his media outlet to deliver freedom to hong kong as he takes to the stand in the trial for collusion. the president—elect spends the day with elon musk in texas, as the pair watch the latest test of the spacex rocket.

welcome to newsday. russia says a ukrainian attack carried out on tuesday deep inside russian territory involved american us officials say that it is the first time the american—provided atacms has been fired at russian soil. ukraine says it struck an ammunition warehouse about 100 kilometres inside russia, but did not itself confirm which weapon systems were used. in perhaps the first sign of its retaliation, mr putin announced on tuesday his widening of the circumstances in which he would use nuclear weapons. our russia editor steve rosenberg has more from moscow. breaking news on russian tv — claims that ukraine had fired six american atacms missiles into russia's bryansk region, though no reports of casualties.

the response from russian�*s foreign minister... ..sergei lavrov said the missile attack was a signal that the west wants to escalate the conflict. but is this escalation by russia? published today, a kremlin decree lowering the nuclear threshold. russia now reserving the right to go nuclear, even if attacked by conventional weapons, if such an attack threatens russia's sovereignty or territorial integrity. president putin had promised changes to the nuclear doctrine weeks ago, a clear signal to europe and america not to let ukraine strike russia with long—range missiles. then an even clearer signal. russian nuclear exercises, a warning to the west not to cross russia's red lines. but the key question — in russia's war on ukraine,

would vladimir putin use a nuclear weapon? i think it's quite serious, because even putin doesn't know whether he can use nukes or he can't. it depends on his emotions. we know that he's a very emotional man, and the decision to begin this war was also an emotional step. the lowering of the nuclear threshold does not mean that vladimir putin is about to press the nuclear button. these changes are designed, i think, at the very least, to put pressure on western leaders, who will now have to decide, is putin bluffing or not? earlier, at the museum of victory, the kremlin kick—started commemorations for next year's 80th anniversary of the end of world war ii. not a word was said here about the 1,000 days of russia's war in ukraine — a war which, for the kremlin,

hasn't gone at all to plan, but which it remains determined to win. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. ukraine hopes that firing these missiles into russia will help prevent moscow's counter—offensive. and there may be further additions to their arsenal. in the last few hours, the washington post reported that presidentjoe biden has approved providing antipersonnel landmines to ukraine. citing two us officials, the post said ukraine has committed to not using the mines in densely populated areas. but despite the increased armoury, 1,000 days into the war, russian forces appear to be making advances into ukrainian territory. nick eardley from bbc verify has more. let me show you the picture for 2024, based on analysis by the institute for the study of war. this is the picture in february. if we fast—forwa rd to september, look at this area, here. you can see russia

has made inroads. this might look like a small amount on the map, but it's a significant amount of territory on the ground. and that advance has continued in recent weeks. more land being taken by russia. so far this year, russia has seized nearly 2,000 square kilometres of territory, just over 1,000 square miles. that's nearly six times more than it did in the whole of 2023. let me show you what all of this means in practice. this is kurakhove, in eastern ukraine, you can see it on the map there. and if we show you this video, we can show you the devastation. this is a key town that russia is trying to capture and it's come under heavy bombardment recently, as part of the russian offensive. you can see the damage that has caused. there has been heavy fighting in the kursk region of russia as well. ukrainian troops captured,

you can see it here, a large amount of territory in august. but russian forces have now retaken, as you can see here, around half of that. all of these gains have come at a cost for russia. tens of thousands of troops have died. but as things stand, it looks like that is a price moscow is willing to pay. and this is important with president trump's return to the white house looming. mr trump has said he can end the war in a day. it's not clear how, but if there were peace talks, territory will be an important bargaining chip. and some analysts think that russia's recent gains will give it a stronger hand in any potential discussions. i have been speaking with a distinguished chair in russian policy. in distinguished chair in russian oli . u, distinguished chair in russian oli . _, ., distinguished chair in russian oli . ., ., ., policy. in the context of a war where you _ policy. in the context of a war where you have _ policy. in the context of a war where you have dismounted l where you have dismounted forces making headway on the ground from a military perspective, it actually makes a very man of sense, it is just

these weapons have become stigmatised as a result of their permanence and their destructiveness to civilians in the post—conflict context. so obviously, there are two sides of this, but to slow a military advance, you know, mines are quite powerful. it'sjust that what happens after the war is over is also quite damaging to noncombatants. find over is also quite damaging to noncombatants.— noncombatants. and we are heafina noncombatants. and we are hearing as _ noncombatants. and we are hearing as well _ noncombatants. and we are hearing as well that - noncombatants. and we are hearing as well that ukraine has used these atacms to target and a munitions factory. earlier, there was also a suggestion they may use them to target russian military aircraft. what does this initial attack from the atacms suggest about what we may see them being used for?— them being used for? well, i hiuhl them being used for? well, i highly doubt _ them being used for? well, i highly doubt that _ them being used for? well, i highly doubt that the - them being used for? well, i. highly doubt that the russians have left any significant assets that they could have moved already within range of these systems because this

potential permissions granted by the united states has been under discussion for so long. so i don't expect it to be, for us to hear about spectacular destruction of major russian, you know, aviation and the like. it is possible that this kind of long—range strikes into the areas that are either supplying the russian counter—offensive in kursk or into kursk itself could so that operation, but we are talking about slow, not stop. i mean, at this point, i think it is kind of inevitable that the russians will retake the kursk region at some point in the coming months. i region at some point in the coming months.— region at some point in the coming months. i wanted to ask ou coming months. i wanted to ask you about _ coming months. i wanted to ask you about that. _ coming months. i wanted to ask you about that. we _ coming months. i wanted to ask you about that. we had - coming months. i wanted to ask you about that. we had that - you about that. we had that report from our correspondent showing just the advances that the russian forces have made. will things like landmines and atacms, theyjust going to be slowing what is inevitable? how do you see this progressing?

well, i with kursk, do you see this progressing? well, iwith kursk, it do you see this progressing? well, i with kursk, it is going to be something that the russians are not going to stop fighting until they get back because it is internationally recognised russian territory. in other areas of the front line within ukraine itself, russia has been making headway. i don't see antipersonnel mines, given that the ukrainians themselves have been deploying them, as being a fundamental game—changer. no single weapon system or single permissions to use them in a certain way will fundamentally alter the dynamics. and the dynamics right now are one in which ukraine is losing ground in part because of manpower. in large part because of manpower problems. in other words, they just don't have the personnel to hold all this territory when the russians are pressing across a massive front line. and i think that is the fundamental dynamic right now, when we see russia making gains

all the south to the kursk region in the relative north of the front. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu visited central gaza, vowing to eliminate hamas from the territory. his office released this footage, showing him meeting soldiers south of gaza city. he also announced a $5 million reward for each hostage still being held in gaza, and he said israel had not given up efforts to find them. some 97 hostages are still believed to be in gaza, from the 251 that were intially kidnapped by hamas last year, on october 7th. mr netanyahu had this message for his troops. translation: here in the centre of the strip and in all parts - of the strip, they have achieved excellent results in our important goal. hamas will not rule gaza. we are eliminating its military capabilities in a very impressive way. we are moving on to its governmental capabilities and the hand is outstretched. hamas will not be in gaza.

israel's campaign in gaza has damaged or destroyed 80% of buildings, according to some satellite estimates. and nearly 114,000 palestinians have been killed, according to the hamas—run health ministry. meanwhile, israel continues to strike what it says are hezbollah targets in southern lebanon and the capital, beirut. a top us envoy is currently in lebanon, working to broker a ceasefire deal between the two sides. the bbc�*s hugo bachega is following from beirut. amos hochstein has been leading the biden administration's efforts for a ceasefire in the conflict between israel and hezbollah. and the fact that he came here to beirut was seen as an indication of progress in these talks. here, he had meetings with senior lebanese officials, including parliament speaker nabih berri, who has been supported by hezbollah to negotiate with these international mediators. amos hochstein said they had very constructive talks and now was a real opportunity to bring an end to this conflict.

now, the lebanese authorities say that any deal should be limited to the terms of the united nations resolution 1701. this is the resolution that ended the conflict between hezbollah and israel back in 2006. it requires hezbollah to remove its fighters and weapons from areas near the border with israel. now, the israeli authorities are making demands, demands that the lebanese say are unacceptable. it wants the right to act inside lebanon if there is any violation of the deal. there's also the idea of an international mechanism to monitor the implementation of this deal. now, these talks are expected to continue. at the same time, we've seen, in the past week, an escalation in israel's air strikes across lebanon, including here in central beirut. the israelis are describing this as a strategy of "negotiations under fire", and they say this is going to continue.

around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some of the story is making news in the uk. thousands of british farmers have been holding a rally in central london to protest against changes to inheritance tax announced last month. according to the new rules beginning april 2026, inherited agricultural assets worth more than £1 million will be subject to a 20% tax. britain's labour governments has only a small number of farms will be affected. tens of thousands more pensioners will be in poverty every year as the winter fuel allowance is restricted. according to new government analysis. around 50,000 more pensioners will be in relative poverty next year, meaning they will have less than 60% of the average income. the figure rises to 100,000 more pensioners by 2027. the uk has had its first taste of winter today, with parts of the country covered in snow. there

have been school closures, train delays and an appeal to check on the vulnerable. the met office issued severe weather alerts for snow and ice in northern scotland, the east coast, north wales and northern ireland. your life would bbc news. pro—democracy hong kong newspaper tycoon jimmy news. pro—democracy hong kong newspaper tycoonjimmy lai is facing charges of colluding with foreign forces. lai has beenin with foreign forces. lai has been injail since december been in jail since december 2020 been injail since december 2020 after he was convicted for a series of other offences and a series of other offences and a hong kong's national security law. but this is the first time he has actually taken a stand. this case centres around is dozens of articles in lai's now closed apple daily newspaper. in the past hour, he told the court he wanted the paper to deliver freedom to hong court he wanted the paper to deliverfreedom to hong kong. his testimony comes a day after 45 democracy activists were sent to jail terms of up to ten years each. they were found guilty of subversion for organising a vote to choose

election candidates. for more, i am joined by our reporter in hong kong. thank you for joining me. it is the first time we have heard from him in the courtroom. what has he said so far and what are you expecting to hear him say? yes, it is indeed _ expecting to hear him say? yes, it is indeed the _ expecting to hear him say? yes, it is indeed the first _ expecting to hear him say? yes, it is indeed the first time - it is indeed the first time jimmy lai has taken the witness stand. he has been telling the courts about beginning his testimony by saying that his publications were representing hong kong's poor values in the magazines published —— and his pgpgcy magazines published —— and his papacy published, including apple daily. he also discussed his participation in political activities including what used to be the annual commemorative events in 1999, the tiananmen square crackdown in beijing that left many dead. —— 1989.

it is very likely that he would keep discussing on his work that he has been accused of. collusion with foreign forces, which according to the prosecutors were about his work trying to control politicians in the united states and other countries to layout sanctions against hong kong and china officials in the backdrop of the political crackdown by the chinese authorities during and after the 2019 anti—government protests. after the 2019 anti-government rotests. a after the 2019 anti-government rotests. n, ., h, after the 2019 anti-government rotests. ., ., protests. martin, i also wanted to ask you _ protests. martin, i also wanted to ask you what _ protests. martin, i also wanted to ask you what may _ protests. martin, i also wanted to ask you what may happen i protests. martin, i also wantedj to ask you what may happen as protests. martin, i also wanted l to ask you what may happen as a result of this trial. we were seeing yesterday 45 pro—democracy activists all being found guilty of subversion. what may happen for

mr lai? already injail since 2020, how long may he serve and what are we expecting to see? well, what he is now serving is for fraud well, what he is now serving is forfraud charges well, what he is now serving is for fraud charges about how he used his office space in the apple daily complex because that happens to be in an industrial estate, owned by the governments. but this time, collusion with foreign forces, this is a crime written in the hong kong national security law imposed by the chinese parliament, the national people's congress, back injune 2020. it carries a way much heavier punishment if he would be found guilty, he could be sentenced to life.— sentenced to life. martin, thank you _ sentenced to life. martin, thank you for _ sentenced to life. martin, thank you for your - sentenced to life. martin, i thank you for your reporting there.

she came to prominence as potential wrestling executive in the wwe, linda mcmahon. financier howard lutnick is also part of the transition team of trump, he has been appointed for us commerce secretary. he has been part of some of the most controversial plans including wide—ranging tariffs and the incoming tax. meanwhile tv personality mehmet oz was picked to lead the centres for medicare and medicaid services. dr oz will oversee insurance programmes for more than 100 million americans. he has been criticised for promoting weight loss drugs and miracle cures. prosecutors in new york say they're open to delaying sentencing in donald trump's hush money case, but object to his criminal conviction being dismissed. mr trump was found guilty in may of falsifying business records to cover up payments to the porn actress

stormy daniels. 0ur correspondent nada tawfik has more from new york. prosecutors have now outlined what they think are the appropriate next steps now that donald trump, a convicted felon, will be the next occupant of the white house. now, they've made clear to the judge that they oppose dismissing this case and donald trump's conviction. they argue that there's no established law that suggests a president's temporary immunity means this case should be dismissed, as the defence claims. the defence has argued that this would impede donald trump's ability to govern. now, prosecutors have acknowledged that there are competing constitutional interests here. there is a necessity to preserve the integrity of the criminaljustice system and the independence of the presidency. so they have floated one potential remedy, which is to freeze the sentencing and this

case until the end of donald trump's upcoming presidency. now, ultimately, it is up to the judge to decide how to move forward, now that he has heard from prosecutors. the defence are going to eagerly push still to have this case dismissed, so they can clear president—elect donald trump's record before he takes office. but the defence has said that this is a victory for them, kind of prematurely declaring this as a win. as i say, it is now in the hands of the judge to decide if donald trump's sentencing will again be pushed and how this case will proceed. donald trump spent the day with another member of his new team, elon musk. the pair are in texas to witness the latest test flight of the spacex starship megarocket. spacex, which is owned by elon musk, said the launch was a success

in testing out high—power raptor engines while in space for the first time. but unfortunately, the second ever attempt to capture the rocket booster on its return to earth was aborted, sending the booster splashing and exploding in the sea. last month, that catching process was a success, proving that 1536 00:21:18,994 --> 00:21:1