statements, it was actually all quite upbeat and jovial. you have india announcing that the us and india would now increase their trade to $500 billion by 2030. that they will sit down and come to some sort of an agreement in terms of more trade between the two countries. i thought that was all quite interesting, that despite the criticism against india on trade, the atmosphere was still pretty positive. what are the first actionable items that were discussed? in terms of what we will see, remember,

in terms of the trade deficits, we see that india has actually exported much more to the united states than it had bought from them.

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on our website, bbc.com/news. you're live with bbc news. peace negotiations to end the war with russia

the 3—year war. here in the centre of kyiv. all of this is the reason why 7

in other words, a surrender. has already taken. as a sovereign nation. far away in the white house in washington, donald trump to reassure ukrainians who fear he wants to decide with vladimir putin.

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agreement made without ukraine. as he thinks he has. you any more weapons, time is not on your side, is it? i don't believe that americans, and trump in particular, will stop providing

us weaponry, because if we fall or fail because of this, it will be a huge stain on trump's reputation and he's an ambitious person. he wants to go down in history as a very successful president, as a winner, not as neville chamberlain. this is the hardest moment for ukraine since the dark and desperate first months of the war. tough choices lie ahead. hamas says it is committed to implementing the gaza ceasefire deal with israel and will continue releasing hostages as scheduled, raising hopes that a resumption of the war can be averted. that is a change from just days ago when the group postponed the release, accusing israel of breaking the terms of the ceasefire. israel says hamas must release three live hostages on saturday under the truce. there have been talks in cairo this week, where it's been reported mediators from egypt and qatar say gaps between the sides have been bridged.

i spoke earlier with ahmed fouad alkhatib, a resident senior fellow with the scowcroft middle east security initiative at the atlantic council's middle east programs. i spoke with him about the relief among those in gaza with the ceasefire agreement. my brothers�* a humanitarian work on the ground trying to do as much as the camp, he and his colleagues, with israeli approval. the people there are on a knife edge, on the one hand they are relieved the ceasefire will continue and on the other hand nothing fundamental has changed as far as they are stuck between the endless cycle of the hamas propaganda, the pressure against towards israel, the israeli pressures, what is happening since the trump plan was revealed, but there is hope nevertheless that for the foreseeable future the two parties will continue with the ceasefire

as agreed upon. talking about the plight of those in gaza and the struggles they are dealing with, how are they reacting to this plan we have heard from the us president to evict gazans, to find new places for them to go? how is that being viewed and how could that impact the ceasefire? there has been a combination of confusion, contempt, by the incoherent manner in which the plan was on the one hand, it was us control and then they will not control it, and then we will buy it but we will not pay for it, the us may have troops on the ground but actually we will not, it seems more the contempt that trump has for palestinian self rights to self—determination,

and having independence eventually. it seemed to throw the entire region into a frenzied attempt and egypt, both of whom rejected the plan. also when it comes to the saudis who were hoping for us leadership to accelerate the expression of the accord and palestine and perhaps use these as a launching pad between the kingdom and tel aviv. talk to us about the neighbours in the region. egypt and jordan are flat—out rejecting the plan as an idea. do they have ideas of their own as to perhaps how this could play out? perhaps that is the only positive thing out of this — it has also pushed people

into a frenzied attempt to counter proposals. about their plan for taking over the gaza strip

robert f kenneder has been sworn in as president trump's health secretary. the former presidential candidate was confirmed to the role by the senate. mr kennedy has faced criticism over his anti—vaccine stance and controversial views on public health. in his new role, he will run the department of health and human services, overseeing agencies that regulate food mr kennedy will also oversee medicare and medicaid — federal insurance programmes that cover about 140 million americans. earlier, the senate voted to confirm mr kennedy largely along party lines. only one republican chose to vote against the confirmation — senator mitch mcconell, a polio survivor whose long been an advocate for vaccines.

he addressed those concerns about the stance on vaccines. if people actually hear what i feel about vaccines, which is common sense, vaccines should be tested and safe, everybody should have informed consent.

now, during friday night, this band of cloud and patchy rain pushes northwards and eastwards. we may see some snow developing, especially over high ground in northern england and up into scotland. a real mix of temperatures — cold and frosty towards the north and the east, mild in the southwest. but of course, you can check the overnight temperatures for where you are by having a look at the bbc weather app. so into saturday, it looks like we'll see another pulse of cloud and rain pushing in from the west, again, weakening as it runs up against this area of high pressure. but i think we will tend to see more in the way of cloud once again on saturday. outbreaks of rain, particularly across england and wales, maybe a little bit of sleet and snow mixing in over higher ground in northern england, perhaps some snow showers across high ground in scotland for a time as well. temperatures, 5 degrees there for aberdeen, 9 degrees in plymouth. into sunday, another weak frontal system tries to push

in from the southwest. uncertainty about how much progress that will make. still a fair bit of cloud around, but we may see some spells of sunshine here and there. temperatures on the east coast, 4 or 5 degrees. in the south—west, around 8 or 9 degrees. now, what about next week? well, things do start to change because our frontal systems, which have been lurking out to the west and struggling to make much progress, should eventually push eastwards, probably from midweek onwards. that will turn things more unsettled. we will see showers or longer spells of rain. quite a lot milder. bye for now.

president trump launches plan to target countries with new reciprocal tariffs. roses are red, violets are blue but is chocolate now too expensive for you? we'll check on the rising cost of cocoa. hello, happy valentine's day, and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. president donald trump has tasked his economics team with devising a plan to impose reciprocal tariffs on every country that imposes duties on us imports, ramping up prospects of a global trade war.

the announcement came just hours before indian prime