i'm sumi somaskanda. it's great to have you with us. the us and russia have agreed to press ahead with negotiations aimed at ending russia's war against ukraine. russian and american diplomats held four hours of talks in saudi arabia, theirfirst high—level meeting since russia began its full—scale invasion of ukraine three years ago. the talks are part of a flurry of diplomacy focused on ukraine this week. but neither ukraine nor europe were granted a seat at the table with us and russian officials in riyadh on tuesday. instead, us envoy keith kellogg will meet separately with ukrainian officials in kyiv. and while russia and the us were talking, ukraine's president zelensky was in turkey

with that country's president, recep tayyip erdogan. yesterday, european leaders held an emergency summit in paris. france is understood to be planning a second meeting wednesday to discuss ukraine and wider european security, underlining the urgency being felt about

here was the us, the biggest single backer of ukraine, sitting down with its friend's enemy — russia. both sides were silent and stony—faced for the media, but vladimir putin's team clearly happy that president trump had ended their isolation. and the world was about to be shown it. we were brought in for a short amount of time at the very start of the meeting. so the doors opened, the press brought in, and then we saw taken place at that level in three years. i shouted questions for marco rubio. what concessions

will be asked of russia? there was no answer and the doors were firmly closed. they weren't telling anyone else today. the americans called the talks upbeat and constructive. they even had time to eat with the foreign minister they sanction. after this break, there was a working lunch, a symphony of scallops and ribeye steak on the menu. to this war. whether we can ultimately reach that outcome will obviously to agree to certain things. russia's foreign minister said both sides had listened and heard each other but gave no sign of conceding nato, but that russia

wouldn't tolerate translation: we explained today the appearance of armed forces - from nato countries under a foreign flag, under the flag of the european union or under national flags does not change anything in this regard. this is, of course, unacceptable to us. so russia moved from being pariah to partner. the us insisting no—one is being sidelined. but the negotiating table was just as notable for who wasn't invited — no ukrainians nor europeans. president zelensky was instead in turkey. he's cancelled a planned trip to saudi arabia. translation: i am convinced that for ukraine and for our i region, for europe, that it is critical that any negotiations to end the war are not happening behind the backs of the key parties affected by the russian aggression.

a stark reminder of that before the talks as russia launched another mass drone attack on kyiv and elsewhere overnight. today's events have so far done nothing to allay the biggest fears in ukraine of being forced to accept an end to war on russia's terms, with the peace being carved up between moscow and washington. tom bateman, bbc news, riyadh. and those talks come as the uk considers sending troops to ukraine to boost its security, though it's still not clear if more european nations will sign on to send troops. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has been with british troops in romania, where they're already training in the event they are deployed to ukraine. these troops know they may be sent into danger. shouting let's go! part of britain's high readiness force training with european nato allies

in romania. let's go! they're already learning the lessons, the return of trench warfare. secure a peace in ukraine. this brigade is absolutely ready. my brigade back in the uk is ready. but clearly what that force package would look like would be dependent upon what the prime minister and the minister of defence would like, but we are ready. but you couldn't do it on your own? absolutely not. i think the prime minister has been very clear that the uk would contribute to efforts, but absolutely not doing it on our own. from training in trenches in romania to potentially real ones in ukraine, keir starmer has said he's ready and willing to put british troops in harm's way, if necessary, to secure peace in ukraine.

notjust have the will, but the numbers, too? this is nato's largest exercise of the year, involving 10,000 military personnel from eight european countries. that's just 10% of the numbers that many defence experts say will be needed to police any ceasefire in ukraine. the us, nato's most powerful military partner, is not directly involved in the exercise, and the trump administration says it won't be putting any us boots in the end, it is only the us that can provide the deterrence to putin that will prevent him even that stretched resources for a regular army that was then

more than 100,000 strong. now it's down tojust over 70,000. move! you wouldn't worry about going to ukraine? no, i think i'd be ok. people have joined the army for a reason. you'll see, by talking to people here, everyone's more than confident. ukraine might be a wake up call for european nations — now being urged to spend more on defence. jonathan beale, bbc news, galati. to canada now, where all passengers have survived when a plane crash landed, flipping upside down at toronto pearson international airport on monday. 80 people were on board the delta air lines flight,

which was arriving from minneapolis in the united states. incredibly, all of them survived, but three people — three people — including a child — were critically injured. jessica murphy reports from toronto. a touchdown in toronto that flipped a plane on its head. oh, no, no, no! drop everything! drop it! inside, terrified passengers scrambled out. moments earlier, they had been dangling upside down the cabin ceiling to get out. oh, my bleep! as we made our descent and made touchdown, it was just a very forceful event, where all of a sudden but it sounded... i mean, it wasjust cement and metal. 80 people were on board, 21 taken to hospital. 19 have been released. miraculously, everyone survived. as emergency services

rushed to help. this airplane just crashed... you can just stay there. i got no traffic here, so let me know what you'd like to do. we just had a crash on runway 23 here. they were travelling from the us city of minneapolis. the tail and right wing of the plane were ripped off by the impact of the landing. but how exactly the plane ended up like this still isn't clear. this is an active investigation. it's very early on, it's really important that we do not speculate. what we can say is the runway was dry and there were no cross—wind conditions. it's cold here in toronto, and as you can see, may have been a factor in causing the plane to flip. we've had two big storms recently, bringing with them up to 50 centimetres of snow. in less than a month. for now, though, people

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