so it's clear for me. what is important is what will happen now, after this first at the table on an equal footing with the united states, talking about ukraine, without ukraine in the room. yeah, don't like it,

i don't like it. to our partners, first of all, american partners, so there are two tracks. now we need to explain what is happening in ukraine, said, "i can make a deal for ukraine," 0k. knows our red lines. sooner or later they will be ukrainian, maybe two, that we will never

accept any limitation that makes its own decisions about its army, aboutjoining so when we will know that president trump is making are important for us, i think it is not a problem, either way, we desperately need the leadership

the united states and russia there is ocean, and

trial play out. and we got that not—guilty verdict today — in dramatic fashion, in fact — as soon as it was read out, rihanna's husband, a$ap rocky, the rapper, well, hejumped up from the desk he was at — he essentially fell into the public gallery, embracing people in celebration at his not—guilty verdict. so a pretty dramatic day in court, a huge falling—out between these two rappers, but it's ended up in freedom for a$ap rocky and rihanna and theirfamily — something that could have been life—changing for them. let's get some of the day's other news now. us president donald trump says he's instructed

trafficking minors and money laundering, all of which they deny. from a delta airlines jet that flipped upside down the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder remain in hospital. a home? trump's

special envoy to a fer-amt trump's special envoy to ukraine a fer-amt trump's special er capital jkraine a fer-amt trump's special er capital jk train. he ukrainian capital by train. he was greeted he is ambassador to ukraine. he is expected to meet president a zelensky later and this is a day after ukraine was excluded from those pivotal talks between american from those pivotal talks betwee| in merican from those pivotal talks betwee| in riyadh. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

why is it going up? transport costs and _ why is it going up? transport costs and food _ why is it going up? transport costs and food costs - why is it going up? transport costs and food costs are - costs and food costs are pushing it upwards. you are right to say it is higher than we expected but the general trajectory is not a surprise. we do expect inflation to continue rising for the rest of the year. there is an important distinction, this 3% compares january to last january, but actually if you compare it to last december, at prices dipped a bit. with the energy price cap be lifted in april and the employer tax rises which we have been talking a lot about politically only coming into effect are coming into effect in april. we do expect inflation to continue growing and peak at about 4% in the summertime. we and peak at about 496 in the summertime.— and peak at about 496 in the summertime. ~ . , ., summertime. we recently saw an interest rate _ summertime. we recently saw an interest rate cut _ summertime. we recently saw an interest rate cut by _ summertime. we recently saw an interest rate cut by the _ summertime. we recently saw an interest rate cut by the bank- interest rate cut by the bank of england, what does this figure mean forfuture interest rate decisions? figure mean for future interest rate decisions?— rate decisions? you are right, that was the _ rate decisions? you are right, that was the third _ rate decisions? you are right, that was the third rate - rate decisions? you are right, that was the third rate cut - rate decisions? you are right, that was the third rate cut ofl that was the third rate cut of this cycle after they hit their

peak last year after the inflation caused by the russia ukraine war. nobody sees that today's data is going to change what we expect for the rest of the year. so there is another rate cut is perhaps going to come in in may and another one may be, or two, come in in may and another one may be, ortwo, by come in in may and another one may be, or two, by the end of the year, nothing in the data today to change that because the bank of england is looking at a broader picture. we are not in that 10% inflation territory we were a couple of years ago and of course we do expect economic growth to be weak at this year than previously forecast so they are going to want to continue cutting rates but perhaps a little bit more cautiously. thank you, we will finally let you go and have some breakfast! more than 150 dolphins have become stranded on a remote beach on tasmania. conservationists and vets are attempting to save the mammals — a species known as "false killer whales" — but dozens are believed to have already died. aruna iyengar has more.

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the vatican. so pneumonia in both lungs and he is receiving treatment from that. the statement said he is awake, he

had a good nights sleep and he has eaten breakfast. thank you for watching bbc news. hello. milder weather is around the corner. the chances are that by the end of the week, you'll be able to ditch the thick coat. the problem is, you'll have to replace it with a raincoat or you'll need your brollies, because the mild conditions will be brought by areas of low pressure, a succession of weather fronts, and that can mean only one thing — cloud, rain, and on top of that, some gusty winds. but the air at least is going to be mild. now, through the morning, we will have had some rain across south—western parts of england, wales, northern ireland too, so a damp — if not, for a time, wet — 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? well, still some damp weather around the irish sea coasts, through lancashire, into the lake district, parts of scotland too. elsewhere, a little on the cloudy side with some glimmers of sunshine

from time to time. already milder in the west of the uk — 11 in belfast, around 10 in cardiff, 12 in plymouth. and then later on in the afternoon, the next weather front arrives, behind this weather front the air is even milder. that means that wednesday night into thursday is frost—free. in fact, some areas could have temperatures around 10 degrees overnight. we've not been having that having that during the daytime. now, here's thursday itself. a large area of low pressure just parked to the south of greenland there, pushing strong winds across the uk. south—east you are. but the outbreaks of rain could be quite heavy at times. there could be some glimmers of brightness right across the board. a lot of isobars here,

a lot of pressure lines, strong