president trump says he is confident of a deal over ukraine after high—level talks between the us and russia. president zelensky was not invited. i think i have the power to end this war and i think it's going very well. but today i heard, oh, we weren't invited. you have been there for three years, you could have ended it, you should never have started it, you could have made a deal.

the talks took place in saudi arabia. there was an agreement negotiations would continue. ukraine's president zelensky was in turkey and insisted his country must be part of any peace talks.

i'm really disappointed in what's happened. i've been watching this for three years. it's a war that would have never happened if i was president. i've been watching these, you know, people being killed at levels that you've rarely

seen, not even close, since the second world war. and i'm very disappointed. i hear that, you know, they're upset about not having a seat. well, they've had a seat for three years — and a long time before that. this could have been settled very easily. when they're worried about not being seated, you mean somebody that should have gone in and made a deal a long time ago. our state department correspondent tom bateman is travelling with the american delegation. he has been covering the meeting in riyadh. face—to—face in a saudi royal palace, a picture that makes history. 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

certainly nobody in poland, latvia, lithuania, estonia, finland or sweden believe that. they know putin has announced and shown his own version of mein kampf, he wants to rebuild his sphere of influence, the old soviet empire. he might want to do a deal on the rare minerals in the donbas region which trump wants to get his hands on, maybe trump wants to be associated with a strong man, which is what weak men do.

because of the war. like this. but we've seen that, ,, the israeli authorities say that these are strategic locations, that these troops are going to stay there now, here, the lebanese authorities say that this is a breach of the ceasefire

deal, and they say that any lebanon pay for that. trip across the world and were preparing to cross the borderfrom iran to pakistan when they were detained. so we're in tabriz, eating the local delicacy. enjoying the food culture and scenery.

and welcoming people of iran. we are super grateful for being here, just but it's now clear that the couple were being followed as they travelled. a judicial official accused them of posing as tourists of the country. this was them on the left last wednesday, when the british be enough to get you detained. feeling great at this caravan tonight. and lindsay foreman saw themselves as on a mission of goodwill. on a mission of goodwill. their facebook page says

they were gathering messages of hope for the world, and having chats about what it means to live a good life. but they're now behind bars, facing serious charges. family members here in shock, waiting to see what move iran makes next. what move iran makes next. caroline hawley, bbc news. caroline hawley, bbc news. the vatican cancelled the vatican cancelled all engagements for the pope all engagements for the pope as he continues to be as he continues to be treated in hospital. he has been diagnosed treated in hospital. with pneumonia. these are live pictures. these are live pictures. his immediate engagements have been cancelled. the vatican said he had it peaceful fortnight the vatican said he had it peacefulfortnight in the vatican said he had it peaceful fortnight in hospital and was well enough to eat breakfast on tuesday.

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the m23 claim they will bring order to chaos. for some, still no dignity in death. like hashima, now in a tent in an overcrowded hospital in goma. can change the sheets. hit by a stray bullet. crying.

there was fighting between them and the army. beneath it — rare earth minerals, crucial the congolese army, of indiscriminate the m23 have spread fear among the displaced in camps

we saw this extended family doing just that. whoever controls the vast mineral wealth here, they won't see the benefit. many say they're frightened to leave, but they're also scared to stay. the m23 now say they are

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rush hour here. ahead, after the clearer skies overnight, still pretty chilly in most towns and cities, just a few degrees above freezing. so what will wednesday bring? parts of scotland too. weather front arrives, behind this weather front the air is even milder. that means that wednesday night into thursday is frost—free. now, here's thursday itself. of rain, a lot of cloud across the uk.

south—east you are. from time to time too. but look at these temperatures. right across the board. now, on friday, a low pressure swings by quite close — winds blowing around that low. so, gale—force winds around western coasts of scotland, lincolnshire and east anglia, temperatures could actually peak at around 16 celsius. but it won't be quite so mild everywhere. bye— bye.

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where president donald trump says his cars are being treated unfairly america. i've been contacted by some of the biggest companies and through tariffs and taxes and incentives, they want to