about it's about ukraine and the new language coming out in the white house. tomorrow keir starmer head to a hastily arranged conference in paris about the toxin ukraine and particularly the fact it has been hastily arranged reflects the concern about those peace talks. jonathan reynolds the uk business actually spoke about this. the us defence secretary has also said that everything is still on the table.

we shouldn't rule out potential outcomes. everything is on the table, but you're not there. well, look, for a peace settlement to be durable. it will simply have to have the involvement of european nations and the ukrainians themselves. there's been an incredible contribution from europe alongside the us to the defence of ukraine. and winning would not be rewarding a war of aggression. pritti patel but also asked about this. —— she was also asked about this. i think, victoria, if i may say so, those statements are deeply premature. we've heard a range of views in recent days, right from the nato conference that took place in brussels a few days ago, and also over recent days here. we all have to have very, very cold heads right now, primarily cold and calm heads, primarily because this conflict is still raging. this war is still hot. there is still conflict taking place at sea and on land. ukraine has had such terrible losses. russia has as well. we're all heavily, heavily invested in this conflict. and i think right now we need a degree of calmness

as these new initiatives take place, and also as this new range of talks take place, whether it's the discussions that take place in paris tomorrow and there'll be many, many, many other debates, discussions and dialogues that will be forthcoming in the days and weeks ahead. and all this very much focusing minds on uk defence spending. do you see that changing? the government is saying it will set out a path to spending 2.5% of uk gdp on defence, they say set out a

earlier i spoke to our south asia regional editor anbarasan ethirajan. the government is now releasing more details about what possibly happened on the platforms in the new delhi railway station, which is, you know, the capitals main and also the one of the busiest railway stations. and initially, there were conflicting information about whether trains were cancelled or whether there was an announcement about platform change. now, the railway authorities say it was simply because of overcrowding. as you may know, one of the biggest religious festivals hindu religious festival kumbh mela is going on at the moment in prayagraj and uttar pradesh state. so millions of people have been attending these festivals, so people are either

going there or returning

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