and willing" to put troops on the ground in ukraine as part of a possible peace process. sir keir starmer says he feels "very deeply" any role

he said british troops could be deployed alongside soldiers from other european nations along the border between ukrainian and russian held ceremony ahead of an emergency meeting of european leaders on monday in paris. so keir starmer says the country faces a once in a generation moment and is existentialfor a once in a generation moment and is existential for europe as a whole. standing by in the london newsroom is thomas magill. good to speak to you. do we know any more about what could mean?— could mean? this is a tougher line than we _ could mean? this is a tougher line than we have _ could mean? this is a tougher line than we have heard - could mean? this is a tougher line than we have heard from | line than we have heard from the uk government. and he keir starmer said he would be prepared to put british troops on the ground as necessary as

part of a peace saving settlement and said he would be eu forces deployed to the border of ukraine and russian held territory and this tougher line has not been lost on rick sir keir starmer and the article says he does not take it lightly and says he feels very deeply the responsibility of putting british servicemen and women in harms way. he previously said that british troops could be involved in some sort of safeguarding process or settlement deal with the uk as part of a ceasefire. we are beginning to learn a little bit more about what that might mean, but there are still many unanswered questions. how many unanswered questions. how many troops, where they would be deployed and where will they be deployed and where will they be deployed, and i think eu leaders will have all of those questions for sir keir starmer

at this emergency summit which is due to start later today in paris, organised by president macron who has invited a host of eu leaders to paris in order to have a discussion following, feeling very locked out of negotiations taking place between the us and russia in saudi arabia about the between the us and russia in saudi arabi also, tthe between the us and russia in saudi arabi also, another note, of ukraine. also, another note, president trump will meet with sir keir and has said

president from's closest policy advisers are travelling to negotiations to begin negotiations to begin negotiation with russian counterparts without ukrainian involvement. i think he wants to stop fighting and we see that. me and steve witkoff was with us and they want to stop fighting and they have a big powerful machine, you understand that. i think he wants to stop. that was my question to him, because if he's going to go on, that would have been a big problem for us, and that would have caused me a big problem, because you just can't let that happen. i think he wants to end it and they want to end it fast, both of them, and zelensky wants to end it too. as the us and russia are prepared to meet you —— european leaders have been scrabbling to catch up with

plans and they will meet for an emergency summit on monday. a bleak day in munich as diplomats headed home after their security conference, still reeling from us suggestions that europe will play little part in talks to end the war in ukraine. but tonight, from america's top diplomat, a change in heart, or at least some words of reassurance. if it's real negotiations, and we're not there yet, but if that were to happen, well, ukraine will have to be involved because they're the ones that were invaded, and the europeans will have to be involved because they have

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japan posts are better than expected growth figures, we'll find out what is behind the strong recovery.

and we travel to european hotspot bouncing back from the pandemic slowdown. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. japan has posted better—than—expected growth figures, growing in the last straight quarter. the bank of