this is the context on bbc news. as the war �*words intensifies kyiv and washington, between kyiv and washington, what could path to peace in what could a path to peace in ukraine look like? we will be breaking it down in the 7 you 77 you like 7 it; like why 77 you like why not? i "sewing; yea likenl�*slnet? ev ~ , think of "sewing; yea likenl�*slnet? ev ,, , think of many reasons, that can think of many reasons, that is i are not really is why you andrl arenat really let's is why you and'l arenat really let's glass friends, let's share a glass e? — ————— —— at half past ten tonight. coke at half past ten tonight. from your evening team, is the 7 is the war of words goodbye. is the war of words between kyiv and 7 what 1 "mae 555m " 7 what could a path washington, what could a path to peace in ukraine look like? we will be breaking it in here's paul scott. but things have not got off to a good start for pep guardiola's side.

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think the team will be focused, if we do things right on if we can do things right on and how can move the field, and how we can move forward. so that will be our the field, and how we can move forward. ewillat will be our the field, and how we can move forward. swill be vill be our goal, that will be our thinking, how we can think just game 7 n jast game at a time aboutjust one game at a time and keep moving forward from there. was approached by a man displaying "fixated behaviour" before her second—round defeat to karolina muchova on tuesday. to her instagram story, saying: "thank you for the messages of support. i came back and competed despite what happened at the start of the match. 0n the court in dubai, top seed aryna sabalenka tauson took the victory in an hour and 2a minutes

for a place in the semis. carlos alcaraz withstood a spirited fightback in the quarterfinals of the qatar 0pen. games in a row to send the match to a third set. of the final set and wrapped up the victory. madrid hasjust madrid has just scored a second man city. 5—2 to second against man city. 5—2 to the spanish time on aggregate now. you can get all of those on the bbc sport website scores on the bbc sport website and app. back to thank you and app. back to you. thank you very much, paul.

bubble created by russia. european leaders have this evening condemned chief foreign affairs columnist at the financial times. good to have you on bbc news. there is so much to get there. i will start with the fact that we've just heard the 7 sir keir prime minister, sir keir starmer, spoken to president zelensky, his zelensky, expressing his support for him as ukraine's elected leader. democratically elected leader. this war of words seems to be intensifying. we do alot 7 a lot 7 european are a lot of european leaders rallying �*zelensky. rallying around mr zelensky. there is clear transatlantic there is a clear transatlantic split emerging. it started over

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has come from the united states. all of it, there have been storm shadow missiles from the uk and available from and so on, some of the germany and so on, some of the have come from europe. tanks have come from europe. sure, it is going to be very, very hard. the has provided ssry hsrd. thsijs hiss firesidsdii” ii i least half the ssry hsrd. thsijs hiss smsidsdiii ii i least half the military aid to ukraine. how much has this legitimised — to ukraine. how much has this legitimised _ what i to ukraine. how much has this legitimised _ what it | legitimised russia and what it has been doing? ln legitimised russia and what it has been doing? hssbeen doing? trump has sympathy for i {hill it??? " w i think it's very russia. i think it's very difficult, orat russia. i think it's very difficult, or at least embarrassing for some of the trump who republicans around trump who have been, you know, said over — — that ukraine is the years that ukraine is for and so on. f'dht'fid ffifffssdfimsfis�*sfi em will f'd'it'fid ffifffssdfimsfidsf�* em will have to change their :-=: 7 andisuspect 7 j andisuspect % will tune. and i suspect they will because this is trump's party. -,. are ”7 of disobeying people ere scered of disobeying. it was kind of him. it was kind of embarrassing at the security where i was house like forum where i was house like romantic american officials felt they had to at least in z about trump. glowing 7- ...t.° . 77 ”to his '

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