in an address to the nation, president putin says russia has hit ukraine with a new type of missile. the international criminal court issues arrest warrants for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and former defence minister yoav gallant as well as a hamas leader, citing criminal responsibility for alleged war crimes. donald trump nominates veteran prosecutor pam bondi as his new attorney—general after his previous nominee, matt gaetz, withdrew from consideration for the role. hello, i'm catriona perry. the pentagon has now confirmed that russia launched an experimental intermediate—range ballistic missile on ukraine. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has called the attack a "clear and severe escalation" in the war.

in a surprise address to the nation, mr putin said the strike was a direct response to kyiv�*s use of western—supplied long range weapons just days ago, and he warned the united states and ukraine's other partners that the weapon could be used against their interests too. translation: combat testing for the missile system is been| conducted by us in response to aggressive action of nato countries against russia. the question of medium and short range missiles will be decided by us, depending on the actions of the united states and its satellites for the targets to be destroyed during testing of our new missile systems will be determined based on the threats to the security of the russian federation. our russia editor steve rosenberg has more from moscow. the kremlin leader has upped the stakes in an escalating conflict. in an address to the nation, his reaction to ukraine launching us and british long—range missiles at russia.

translation: from this moment, as we have underlined many - times before, the regional conflict in ukraine, one provoked by the west, has taken on elements of a global nature. in response, president putin said, russia targeted ukraine with a new intermediate—range ballistic missile. then, this warning to countries supplying kyiv with weapons. translation: we have the right to use our weapons against - military facilities of countries that allow their weapons to be used against our sites, and if there is an escalation of aggressive actions, we will respond just as decisively and symmetrically. i recommend ruling elites of countries hatching plans to use their military forces against russia to think seriously about this. for months, vladimir putin had been warning the west, "you allow ukraine to use your long—range missiles to attack

"russia, and we will view that as nato countries entering "a direct confrontation with moscow." but this national address is the starkest sign so far from mr putin that he is ready to hit back. the uk—made storm shadow has a maximum range of around 150 miles. moscow says ukraine fired missiles like these into russia's kursk region and accuses britain and america of escalating the war. the escalation at every turn, at every step, is coming from russia. they are the ones who are escalating this. they are the ones who started this war. it's because of their aggression into a sovereign territory, ukraine, and this war can end today. you hear us say this over and over again. it can, if russia would stop the war and stop what they are doing with their aggression. but little prospect of a kremlin u—turn. vladimir putin has delivered his warning. now he will wait to see if the west believes him.

steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. russia says its new missile travels fast — up to 10 times the speed of sound. let's take a look at the path it reportedly took. ukraine says it targeted dnipro in eastern ukraine and was fired from the russian region of astrakhan, about 700 kilometres or 435 miles away. it did not say what kind of warhead the missile had or what type of missile it was. as each side ramps up its weaponry and with a second donald trump administration on the horizon, ukrainians are bracing for what might come next in the conflict. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams sent us this report from dnipro before this morning's attack. russia's slow, grinding offensive in the east is driving a tide of human misery in front of it. civilians fleeing as, one by one, their towns and villages come under fire and are occupied.

the people on this train are exhausted, bewildered. they've been through hell. they barely know where they're going, let alone what the future holds. in a reception centre away from danger, a stage full of loss, despair and trauma. it's often the elderly who leave last. 83—year—old katerina says the war consumed her village a month ago. suddenly she could hear jets and explosions. she says it was like the lastjudgement. anastasia is here with her children, pets and a few belongings, hoping that a new man in the white house might mean change. translation: we hope things will be _ better and the war will end. that people will not be killed and homes will not be destroyed any more. i hope the new president will be

better than the current one. but will a new president lean on ukraine to abandon any hope of recovering what's been lost? andrei has paid a heavy price for his willingness to defend the country's borders. translation: i think the war will end one way or another. i either they'll agree to the i991 borders or the territories will be surrendered. the main thing is that the war ends and people stop dying. opinion polls suggest that more and more ukrainians agree. but can donald trump really afford to abandon ukraine, to simply walk away? as much as the fall of afghanistan inflicted a severe wound on the reputation of the foreign policy reputation of the biden administration, if the scenario that you mentioned is to be entertained by president trump, ukraine will become his afghanistan with equal consequences.

and i don't think this is what he's looking for. dnipro's cemetery. few places in ukraine do more to convey the scale of the disaster this country has endured. anyone attempting to end this war should really see it first. pauladams, bbc news, dnipro. for more on the situation, i've been speaking to the retired lieutenant general douglas lute. he served as the us ambassador to nato from 2013—2017. put into context first of all for us, how does this new weapon we have seen russia use compare to what has been used before now? it compare to what has been used before now?— before now? it really only is it different, _ before now? it really only is it different, it _ before now? it really only is it different, it is _ before now? it really only is it different, it is only - before now? it really only is it different, it is only news i it different, it is only news because this is a longer range russian missile, and the missiles and air strikes that have been launched by russia against ukraine for the last nearly three years now, and it

had a new significant impact on the ground, it did not have a tactical effect, but it was significant in the sense that because it is a longer range system it is governed by a protocol of advanced warning of test missiles, between the united states and russia, and apparently there are these reports are russia follow those protocols are notified in advance this so—called missile test. of course to the test range with a strike on ukraine itself, so that is different. the other thing, however, that is not different is that russia has used what the us refers to as dual capable systems, that are able to carry both conventional warheads as well as nuclear warheads. the use those systems in the past and repeatedly against civilian infrastructure in ukraine over the last silly three years, so

that part is not different. vladimir putin said today there is no air defence system capable of stopping this type of weapon. is that correct? i would have to know more, we would have to know more, we would have to know more about the missile in question. it appears this was a medium—range or intermediate range ballistic missile and it is not correct in the sense that we do have defences, albeit very high and sophisticated and imperfect defences against ballistic missiles, but we would have to know more about the technical specifications of this particular weapon. when we heard from _ particular weapon. when we heard from joe _ particular weapon. when we heard from joe biden - particular weapon. when we heard from joe biden over. particular weapon. when we i heard from joe biden over the heard from joe biden over the last year that he was holding off allowing ukraine to use these longer—range missiles in russia, because he had these fears of retaliation, as this the kind of retaliation he was fearful of, do you think? i think he was more fearful of

vladimir putin actually following up on his repeated rhetoric that he may cross the nuclear threshold. rhetoric that he may cross the nuclearthreshold. less rhetoric that he may cross the nuclear threshold. less in terms of the nature of the system that has been fired, the launch of ability, the vehicle that has been launched against ukraine but more in terms of the type of warhead. repeatedly in the last three years during the war in ukraine, vladimir putin has warned or hinted that he might be pressed to a nuclear response. we do not see that happening, we do not see any preparation for the use of those weapons, and my view is that the deterrence threat against his crossing the nuclear threshold, against his crossing the nuclearthreshold, it against his crossing the nuclear threshold, it was issued in the first days after the war and was reinforced by lottery fruit and's analyse, render a moody of india and president xi of china, but that determines equation is still in effect. the international criminal court issued arrest warrants on thursday for the israeli prime minister, his former defence minister, and a hamas military leader over alleged

war crimes. in their ruling, a three—judge panel stated both individuals, referring to benjamin netanyahu and yoav gallant, intentionally and knowingly deprived the civilian population in gaza of objects indispensable to their survival, including food, water, and medicine and medical supplies, as well as fuel and electricity. in response, netanyahu called the icc�*s move "anti—israeli" — saying it "would not prevent "from continuing to defend his country". president biden has also responded, calling the icc warrant "outrageous", adding "we will always stand with israel". a separate warrant was issued for a hamas military commander, mohammed deif. mr deif was a key architect of the october 7 attacks, in which more than 1,200 people were killed and 250 abducted. the chamber believes deif is responsible for crimes against humanity of murder, extermination, torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence among the charges.

israel says it killed deif earlier this year, though the court said it's not in a position to determine that. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson filed this report from jerusalem. the war that broke gaza, triggered by the crimes of hamas, has left israel's leaders facing criminal charges themselves. prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his former defence minister, yoav gallant, called to trial by the international criminal court for war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, persecution and starvation as a method of war. a third arrest warrant was issued for hamas military chief mohammed deif, who israel says it killed earlier this year.

several countries including the netherlands and ireland have said they will carry out the arrest warrant, no such commitment from the prime minister spokesman, commitment from the prime ministerspokesman, he commitment from the prime minister spokesman, he said the uk remains focused on an immediate ceasefire in gaza. it is a nightmare for israel but i said we are in uncharted territory because israel and benjamin netanyahu are not like anyone else. we are dealing with a very powerful country that has, as is closest ally, the most powerful country in the most powerful country in the world, the united states of america. . ., america. the court said there was no clear _ america. the court said there was no clear military - was no clear military justification for israel impeding humanitarian aid to gaza and the restrictions on medicine had meant children and during amputations without anaesthetic. little hope in gaza that the ruling today would change much.

gaza that the ruling today would chance much. �* ,, �* would change much. translation: ben'amin would change much. translation: benjamin netanyahu _ would change much. translation: benjamin netanyahu will _ would change much. translation: benjamin netanyahu will not - benjamin netanyahu will not stop, the whole world cannot stop, the whole world cannot stop him, the genocide will continue and we have no voice. translation:— translation: this is all talk but it will not _ translation: this is all talk but it will not change - but it will not change anything. listen, i but it will not change anything. listen, lam 54 but it will not change anything. listen, i am 54 years old and — anything. listen, i am 54 years old and i — anything. listen, i am 54 years old and i have seen the world. they— old and i have seen the world. they never— old and i have seen the world. they neverjudge the israeli military, _ they neverjudge the israeli military, not even the international criminal court. friendly— international criminal court. friendly baker should have made this decision _ friendly baker should have made this decision a _ friendly baker should have made this decision a long _ friendly baker should have made this decision a long time - friendly baker should have made this decision a long time ago. . this decision a long time ago. do you — this decision a long time ago. do you see _ this decision a long time ago. do you see how— this decision a long time ago. do you see how much - this decision a long time ago. do you see how much the - this decision a long time ago. . do you see how much the people are suffering, _ do you see how much the people are suffering, the _ do you see how much the people are suffering, the hunger, - do you see how much the people are suffering, the hunger, the i are suffering, the hunger, the bombardment? _ are suffering, the hunger, the bombardment?— bombardment? more than 70 --eole bombardment? more than 70 people were _ bombardment? more than 70 people were killed _ bombardment? more than 70 people were killed today - bombardment? more than 70 people were killed today in i people were killed today in strikes across gaza. 0ne people were killed today in strikes across gaza. one woman lost all three of her children. benjamin netanyahu presenting benjamin neta nyahu presenting himself benjamin netanyahu presenting himself as israel's protector. now risks becoming a pariah abroad. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. joining me live is david scheffer, former us ambassador

at large for war crimes issues from 1997—2001. thank you forjoining us. we heard earlier about how evidence—based the international criminal court is. do you think the burden of proof has been met for the war crimes allegations levelled at benjamin netanyahu and a former minister galante?— minister galante? actually that would never — minister galante? actually that would never be _ minister galante? actually that would never be the _ minister galante? actually that would never be the case, - minister galante? actually that would never be the case, in - would never be the case, in order to achieve an arrest warrant you simply have to establish to the judges of the court that there are reasonable grounds to believe that these individuals have committed with criminal intent these particular crimes, on the charge sheet. you do not reach determinations as to the sufficiency of the evidence until you actually get to trial and put it on trial, and before and put it on trial, and before a panel ofjudges. so that is

not really the issue at that stage, whether or not this is actually true or not. at this stage it is whether the court has properly followed its procedures and has professionally accepted the information provided to it by the prosecutor in order to reach that initial determination that there are reasonable grounds to believe these charges are actually true. ., , ., true. in a practicalway, what does the _ true. in a practicalway, what does the issuing _ true. in a practicalway, what does the issuing of _ true. in a practicalway, what does the issuing of these - does the issuing of these arrest warrants a mean for these individuals involved? these individuals involved ? well, these individuals involved? well, they are very serious. they are subject now to arrest, and if they step onto the territory of a state party to the court and there are 124 of them, and ukraine will be the 123 very shortly, they will be — they are obligated under the treaty to arrest them. so it does circumscribe the territory

that prime minister netanyahu and former minister galante are actually able to visit in the world. that means most of europe is off the bounce, all of latin america, most of africa, jordan, much of the pacific, japan, south korea, australia, and canada, all of those are off bounds now for actual travel for those individuals. of course, it can have a debilitating effect internally, even in israel itself. there can be sectors of the israeli population is simply begin to express their own distress the fact that their leader and an influential individual, yoav gallant, are indicted war criminals. that's can have an effect on domestic opinions as well.—

opinions as well. although you where the _ opinions as well. although you where the individual _ opinions as well. although you where the individual who - opinions as well. although you | where the individual who signed the us after the court when it was first constituted, the us no longer recognises it and has not ratified the statutory instrument. it has completely rejected the decisions are made by democrats and republicans alike, including from the white house, so will it have any actual meaning or impact here or do you think if prime minister netanyahu was to table a visit to the us, without be permitted to go ahead? i have no doubt that _ permitted to go ahead? i have no doubt that benjamin - no doubt that benjamin netanyahu and yoav gallant my plan trips to the us. there is nothing preventing them from doing so. they are landing on us territory, it might generate demonstrations, generated by the obvious fact that they are indicted now by the international criminal court otherwise they can visit this country in a freedom. i think

that the tougher issue for the united states is in dealing with its friends and allies, particularly allies all over the world, most of them are members of the court, and so the us needs to be rather careful and not express itself or take a position that necessarily is going to alienate itself and its relations with all of these other countries while at the same time confirming that israel is a solid ally, we believe in their right of self—defence, but that does not mean that we will burn bridges all over the world because of this particular decision by the judges of the icc.— judges of the icc. lots to think about _ judges of the icc. lots to think about and - judges of the icc. lots to think about and consider| judges of the icc. lots to - think about and consider there. david, thank you so much for joining us on bbc. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. the king has led tributes tojohn prescott, the former

deputy prime minister, who's died at the age of 86. king charles spoke of his decades of public service, his unique and indomitable character and his infectious sense of humour. sir keir starmer said lord prescott was a "true giant" of the labour movement. a british tourist has become the fifth person to die from suspected methanol poisoning in laos in south—east asia. simone white, who was 28 and from kent, was among a number of people taken to hospital afterfalling ill in the popular backpacking town of vang vieng. methanol is a deadly substance often found in bootleg alcohol. a report by the charity commission has said relatives of the covid fundraiser captain sir tom moore received almost £1.5 million from a book deal, but refused to give any of it to the foundation set up in his name. the report found what it called "serious and repeated instances of misconduct". the family said the report had treated them "unfairly" and that the process was "unjust and excessive".

you're live with bbc news. donald trump has nominated the veteran prosecutor pam bondi as his new attorney—general after his previous nominee matt gaetz withdrew from consideration for the role. ms bondi was one of mr trump's defence lawyers during his first impeachment trial in 2020. a long—time ally of the president—elect, she previously served as attorney—general of florida. mr trump said in that role she worked to stop trafficking of deadly drugs and reduced deaths from fentanyl overdose. the decision comes as mr gaetz was facing new allegations about a second sexual encounter, with a girl he had met at a party. the girl was reportedly 17 at the time. mr gaetz announced he was stepping down on x, saying:

and we should be clear matt gaetz denies any wrongdoing. no criminal charges have ever been brought against him. the president—elect responded to gaetz, saying: that was from donald trump. for more i've been speaking to molly ball, senior political correspondent for the wall streetjournal. there has been pressure on matt gaetz and the senate is responsible for his confirmation ultimately for days, weeks since he was nominated, but do we know ultimately will led to him stepping down of all days? well, matt gaetz was in washington this week meeting

with senators to gauge their receptiveness to his nomination, the senators were quite concerned by the still unpublished ethics report detailing the allegations against matt gaetz and he concluded that the votes are not there for him to be confirmed, and as he said in his message that he did not want to be a distraction. president—elect trump has nominated a number of unorthodox, quite controversial nominees, usa, and there is a feeling that while he could have reasoned through hearings and try to defend himself it would have been a spectacle, the potential to be time—consuming and as he said in the message it certainly would have prevented president—elect trump from being ready to go on a day one with a functioning department ofjustice attorney general installed. i5 ofjustice attorney general installed.— installed. is pam bondi's nomination _ installed. is pam bondi's nomination surprising . installed. is pam bondi's i nomination surprising over installed. is pam bondi's - nomination surprising over that have been expected? is she in the general running? i

have been expected? is she in the general running?— the general running? i think she definitely _ the general running? i think she definitely was _ the general running? i think she definitely was not - the general running? i think she definitely was not a - the general running? i think she definitely was not a lot | the general running? i think. she definitely was not a lot of people is a list for potential candidates for this job but she is definitely someone who is a favourite of republicans in florida and nationally. she has an eight prong ally for donald trump going back to his originalfirst term as president and someone who is quite well regarded by a lot of republicans. florida is a good estate for donald trump, used to be a swing state but has not been for a while, it is where trumponomics is home, so you have a lot of republicans coming and going who have the opportunity to meet donald trump and ingratiate themselves with the, so pam bondi is only someone who is regarded as a stall what conservative ally of president—elect trump. lats stall what conservative ally of president-elect trump. lots to talk about _ president-elect trump. lots to talk about in _ president-elect trump. lots to talk about in the _ president-elect trump. lots to talk about in the days - president-elect trump. lots to talk about in the days and - talk about in the days and weeks ahead, no doubt we will talk again. thank you for

joining us on bbc news. let's turn to some other important news around the world. at least 41 people — including women and children — have been killed in pakistan after an unidentified gunman opened fire on a 200 passenger convoy traveling in the kurram district. it comes a week after authorities reopened a key highway in the region that had been closed due to deadly clashes. the province's chief secretary says the death toll is "likely to rise". a row has broken out at the cop29 climate talks over a draft proposal for a new global finance deal which some say will roll back a historic agreement made to reduce the use of fossil fuels. some developing nations are frustrated that it is still undecided how much oil—rich countries are willing to pay to help them tackle climate change. the row comes as un secretary general antonio guterres warns countries that "failure in reaching a deal is not "an option". stay with us here on bbc news.

hello. friday is another cold day coming up with a chance of seeing some further localised disruption. now, over recent hours we've seen very heavy snow showers push into north west england and across the northwest midlands, north wales too. and upstream these very bright clouds, that's the trough bringing extra heavy showers across the irish sea. they're going to be working into cheshire, parts of greater manchester, the north—west midlands, north wales too. some communities could see five centimetres of snow. wouldn't be surprised if one or two areas got closer to ten, where those showers tend to merge together to give some longer spells of snow. a cold start to friday, with a risk of icy stretches just about anywhere. you might even see a bit of snow on the ground around the chilterns, the greater london area, if those showers make it across the midlands. as we go through friday, many of the showers will tend to revert back to rain or sleet, and they'll tend to be draped around coastal areas, leaving many inland parts of the uk dry with plenty of sunshine. but it's another very cold day, temperatures for many are around four to six celsius into the weekend we've got big problems thanks

to this storm, bert. now this is going to be bringing multiple hazards to the uk friday night, as this rain bumps into the cold air, we could see a spell of snow, even at low levels, just about anywhere. it will turn back to rain in most cases. however, the met office have already issued an amber weather warning for the high ground of scotland. ten to 20cm here, some of the higher hills could see double that up to 40cm. and it's a similar story for the high ground of northern england. transport disruption, power cuts are possible. further west we've got very strong winds, gusts of around 60 or 70 miles an hour around our irish sea coast, and huge amounts of rain build up this weekend, particularly around the hills and coasts in the west, and especially for wales and south—west england, where some of the high ground could pick up as much as 150mm of rain, bringing a significant risk of some flooding. if this continues to be indicated in our computer models, those yellow warnings could be upgraded to amber weather warnings. there will be a very slow rise in temperatures. eventually it will turn milder

across western areas. on sunday, but still bringing very strong winds with severe gales across the north—west of the uk. heavy rain across southern counties of england. blustery showers elsewhere, but it looks like bert will be bringing milder weather but a significant risk of disruption around this weekend.

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