putin warns the west as russia hits ukraine with new intermediate—range missiles. russia supplies north korea with oil as payment for weapons and troops pyongyang has sent moscow to fuel its war in ukraine. trump nominates veteran prosecutor pam bondi as his new attorney general after matt gaetz withdraws his nomination for the role. and a british lawyer becomes the fifth person to die in suspected methanol poisoning in laos. hello and welcome to bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. vladimir putin made a direct warning to britain and other countries supplying ukraine with long—range missiles to fire at targets

on russian soil. he said moscow had the right to use its weapons against military installations of those countries. kyiv is believed to have already used uk storm shadow missiles to strike targets in russia after the us gave permission for its long—range missiles to be used. president putin was speaking in an address to the nation, where he revealed russia had launched an experimental hypersonic ballistic missile at a military target in ukraine. steve rosenberg has our top story 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. 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're the ones who are escalating this. they're 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're doing with their aggression. but little prospect of a kremlin u—turn — vladimir putin has delivered his warning. now, he'll wait to see if the west believes him. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow.

president biden has called an international criminal court arrest warrant for the israeli prime minister "outrageous". the icc said it had issued the warrant for benjamin netanyahu over alleged israeli war crimes in gaza. the united states isn't a signatory to the court. mr netanyahu described the court as "biased" and an "enemy of humanity". the icc also issued an arrest warrant for mr netanyahu's now sacked defence minister yoav gallant and a hamas commander, mohammed deif, who's believed to be dead. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports. 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. mr netanyahu tonight called it a black day for nations. translation: this is - an anti-semitic measure that has one goal — to deter us from exercising our natural right to defend ourselves against our enemies who rise up to destroy us. a third arrest warrant was issued for hamas military chief mohammed deif — a key figure behind the october 7 attacks, who israel says it killed earlier this year. the ruling means israel's democratically elected prime minister risks arrest if he travels to any of the countries signed up to the court — including the uk and most of europe, though not the us. in legal terms, a prima facie... several countries have said they'll carry out the warrants. the uk has not given an explicit commitment so far. but this ruling raises wider legal and political questions for israel's allies.

it's a diplomatic nightmare for israel, but i said we're in uncharted territories because israel and benjamin netanyahu are not like anyone else. we're dealing with a very powerful country that has as its closest ally the most powerful country in the world, the united states of america. the court said there was no clear militaryjustification for israel impeding humanitarian aid to gaza and that restrictions on medicine had meant children enduring amputations without anaesthetic. little hope in gaza that today's ruling would change much. translation: neta nyahu won't stop. neither this court nor the whole world can stop him. the genocide will continue and we have no voice. translation: this is all talk but it won't change anything. | listen, i'm 54 years old and i've seen the world. they neverjudge the israeli military, not even the international

criminal court. more than 70 people were killed today in israeli strikes across gaza. one woman lost all three of her children. benjamin netanyahu, presenting himself as israel's protector, now risks becoming a pariah abroad. lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. 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. let's speak to our north america correspondent peter bowes. hello. some would say she ticks

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admitted responsibility. the former president of brazil, jair bolsonaro, has vowed to fight a police recommendation that he be charged for an alleged coup attempt after his election loss. he said the supreme courtjudge overseeing the case had overstepped the law. haiti has summoned the french ambassador after president emmanuel macron described the country's transitional council as "completely stupid". mr macron was heard making the comments on the sidelines of the g20 summit in brazil. cop29 climate talks in azerbaijan are scheduled to end today, although attending nations are not close to reaching a deal. now, the main aim of the conference is to decide a financial plan to help developing countries tackle the effects of global warming.

russia is estimated to have supplied north korea with more than a million barrels of oil since march this year — that's according to satellite imagery analysis shared with the bbc. the oil is said to be payment for the weapons and troops pyongyang has sent moscow to fuel its war in ukraine. these transfers violate un sanctions, which ban countries from selling oil to north korea, except in small quantities. let's speak to our correspondent in seoul, jean mackenzie. shejoins us now. hello. what can you tell us about this bartering deal, if you could call it that.— call it that. yes, so essentially - call it that. yes, so essentially over - call it that. yes, so| essentially over the call it that. yes, so - essentially over the last call it that. yes, so _ essentially over the last eight months, researchers have been able to spot and document north korean oil tankers going into an oil port in russia's far

east, the point —— porta fishlock nikema when they think the tankers are being loaded with oil and have been able to track the tankers back to ports in north korea where they are offloading stop dummies using satellite imagery but have also managed to get hold of photos of these tankers taken at sea, and these high—resolution close—up photos show the tankers on their way into the port in russia. they are sitting very high in the water which suggests they are empty and when they leave russia, they are sitting very low in they are sitting very low in the water, almost as low as possible without them being able to sink, which suggests alluded to full capacity, what researchers managed to do with this imagery is work out how much oil they think russia has supplied north korea with because they know the weight of these tankers and the capacity of them and they have come up, they now say, but russia have breached the i they now say, but russia have breached thei million barrels of oil mark which is a

significant amount of oil for north korea, and why this matters is that countries are banned from selling north korea oil under un sanctions and its attempt, really, to stifle the north korean economy, to stop north korean economy, to stop north korean economy, to stop north korea being able to develop its nuclear weapons and so, for the past seven or eight years while the sanctions have beenin years while the sanctions have been in place, it has been difficult for north korea to get hold of oil and has had to travel down in chips to the east primacy or taiwan strait and have to deal with smuggling networks, being able to transfer the soil between ships and bring it back to north korea and this is a complicated process, it is risky and expensive, so the fact that now it is able to sail its tankers into this port in russia and seemingly load them up, and this is happening consistently, researchers have said they have been able to spot this happening pretty much every week that they have been able to get data for, it's providing north korea with the sort of supply of oil that it has not seen since the sanctions were introduced and it's a pretty

significant lifeline for north korea. it significant lifeline for north korea. ., . , significant lifeline for north korea. ._, , . ., , korea. it violates un sanctions if roved korea. it violates un sanctions if proved true. _ korea. it violates un sanctions if proved true. i _ korea. it violates un sanctions if proved true. i suppose - korea. it violates un sanctions if proved true. i suppose the l if proved true. i suppose the problem is doing exactly that. what can we expect to happen now? ., what can we expect to happen now? . . , what can we expect to happen now? ., ., , , ., what can we expect to happen now? . ,, now? yeah, as you say, this is a violation _ now? yeah, as you say, this is a violation of _ now? yeah, as you say, this is a violation of un _ now? yeah, as you say, this is a violation of un sanctions - now? yeah, as you say, this isj a violation of un sanctions and it is thought that north korea is receiving this oil because of the weapons that it has been sending russia and now the troops to support its war in ukraine and all of this is a sanctions violations and actually, the experts i've been talking to who i really monitoring these sanctions are concerned about the things that does make the oil that north korea is receiving but they are more concerned about what this is about russia and the fact that russia is willing to violate sanctions so openly. 0ne former un monitor was saying to me that this really shows that russia is now, has this new level of contempt for sanctions, he said, this contempt for the international

order and so, the concern is notjust order and so, the concern is not just what russia order and so, the concern is notjust what russia is going to be giving north korea but what this means for the international order overall. jean mackenzie, thanks very much indeed. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

more now on our top story. president putin has warned western countries that russia could strike their military facilities if ukraine uses their weapons against russian territory. i'm joined by matthew sussex, an associate professor of strategic and defence studies at the australian national university. hejoins us now here on he joins us now here on the programme. welcome. to begin with, i wonder what you can tell us about the so—called new missile that president putin has been discussing at the nation address.—

has been discussing at the nation address. well, this is a missile that _ nation address. well, this is a missile that is _ nation address. well, this is a missile that is designed - nation address. well, this is a missile that is designed to - missile that is designed to carry nuclear warheads, about six of them in fact. it is called an rs 26 and previously, it was thought that russia would only use them if they had nuclear warheads on them. this time, as a kind of demonstration effect i think perhaps, the russians have put conventional explosives on this missile. it has been touted as a new missile, it doesn't seem to be all that new, actually. nonetheless, a missile that has been used in the dnipro, in ukraine to send a message both to, i suppose, ukraine to send a message both to, isuppose, the ukraine to send a message both to, i suppose, the west to say that we can reach out and hit you with these missiles and, of course, you know, equally a message to the ukrainians that russia is capable of doing the same thing. in russia is capable of doing the same thing-— same thing. in terms of what russia actually _ same thing. in terms of what russia actually has _ same thing. in terms of what russia actually has in - same thing. in terms of what russia actually has in its - russia actually has in its arsenal now that compares to the missiles that have had their restrictions lifted by

their restrictions lifted by the us and also now used by the uk made missiles, are they like—for—like? uk made missiles, are they like-for-like?_ uk made missiles, are they like-for-like? no, they are not reall . like-for-like? no, they are not really- this _ like-for-like? no, they are not really. this is _ like-for-like? no, they are not really. this is specifically - really. this is specifically designed to carry nuclear warheads to strike cities or to strike military targets with nuclear bombs. the us and the uk have provided ukraine with basically cruise missiles known as atacms and, of course, the storm showed a missile from the united kingdom. these are conventional explosives that are used to shoot at military targets —— storm shadow. the difference with what the russians are using, something that has a range of about 5900 kilometres, is on another order of magnitude. it can go well, well further than the types of weapons the us and uk have recently organised ——

authorised ukrainians to use. antonio guterres has commented on this, saying the use of this new intermediate range ballistic missile was, and i will quote him "yet another concerning and worrying development". the threat of course is the word nuclear. what is the feeling that president putin could actually go that far because that is the threat, that is the hint he is putting up there in the narrative, isn't it? yes, it's strikes me _ narrative, isn't it? yes, it's strikes me as _ narrative, isn't it? yes, it's strikes me as a _ narrative, isn't it? yes, it's strikes me as a little - narrative, isn't it? yes, it's strikes me as a little bit. strikes me as a little bit surprising because russia has been issuing nuclear threats on a very regular basis for, well, frankly, although back until about 1999 but particularly since the war against ukraine started in earnest. it's become a very regular thing for russia. i think it is a little strange that they say that, well, we can hit nato targets because you've been supplying ukraine with these medium—range missiles. when in fact ukraine

has been hitting russian targets for years now, two years now using drones... matthew, quickly, in terms of the intel that ukraine's allies and the various world powers have when it comes to satellite imagery and monitoring, what russia is doing, when it comes to the current strategy from president putin, he has now brought in north korea and, of course, he has been doing foreign weapons for some time now, how do you think his cause, his war, is going realistically?— cause, his war, is going realistically? well, look, i think the _ realistically? well, look, i think the admission - realistically? well, look, i think the admission of - realistically? well, look, i. think the admission of north koreans makes it easierfor him because he doesn't have to 100,000 conscripts from moscow and st petersburg. he is running short of precision guided munitions and i think what he tries to do or has tried to do now is to maximise his gains as quickly as possible before there is a change in authority in the white house because clearly, he feels he will get a better deal

from trump 2.0.— feels he will get a better deal from trump 2.0. matthew sussex, thank ou from trump 2.0. matthew sussex, thank you very _ from trump 2.0. matthew sussex, thank you very much. _ matthew sussex, thank you very much. russia's ballistic missile strike was on the city of dnipro, in southeastern ukraine, and marks a clear escalation in a war that's now more than 1,000 days old. the toll on ordinary ukrainians has been unbearable, as paul adams reports. 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