a15 a 15 minute phone between starmer president zelensky, starmer and president zelensky, a public show of support space" dictated by russia. a rise in food prices helps push inflation up sharply, to 3% last month. a major incident is declared in a village in surrey, after this huge sinkhole opened up in the high street. against real madrid in the champions league? on newsnight at 10.30pm, we'll bring you fresh insight

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space," with mr trump having claimed diplomacy on the conflict, with vladimir putin describing these talks between us and russian officials this week ukraine wasn't invited. alex forsyth is live at westminster. alex, at least one of resident zelensky is holding firm. alex, at least one - of resident zelensky is holding firm.- zelensky is holding firm. after those words _ zelensky is holding firm. after those words today _ zelensky is holding firm. after those words today from - zelensky is holding firm. fl? those words today from president trump in which he called president a dictator said he ' " 7ardict’at’orrmisaidhehard zelensky a dictator and said hfiad a zelensky a dictator and said hahad a terriblejob, was a one i' over how indeed whether the question over how indeed whether the uk government would and an uk government would respond and an eight we had that phone call between kier starmer and president zelensky. i am told it about 15 i am told it lasted about 15 minutes, that it was friendly and mindtss. that it was frisndt'g and crucial minatas. that it was frianat'g and crucial line, mihatas. that it was friahat'g aha crucial line, kier starmer singh the crucial line, kier starmer singh he backed zelensky as

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civilians and created more than 10 million refugees, as well as shattering its economy. between washington and ukraine. an extraordinary allegation from ukraine's once biggest ally. but today, i heard, "oh, well, we weren't invited." well, you've been there for three years. on his truth social platform, trump doubled down. "he's very low in ukrainian polls."

"zelensky better move fast," he added, "or he's not going to have a country left." what president zelensky is not is a dictator. elections have legally been postponed here since the start to ukraine, keith kellogg, to visit. of relations. translation: it is impossible to solve many issues, - of trust between russia and the united states. i away from the politics, ukraine's capital is just trying to get on. russian tanks were expected to be in kyiv within days on that

like any city, you just need to scratch beneath the surface. translation: if trump i doesn't want to be with us, the very ideals we are defending here. our guys are not fighting in vain there. we're optimistic and hopeful. from that, because my brother and my cousin were killed. - russia's aggression.

part of the dispute between president trump and president zelensky centres on ukraine's mr trump wants access in payment for america's past support in the war with russia. but mr zelensky says he's asking too much. james landale is here with that story. donald trump may want peace in but also wants a piece namel some of its of ukraine. namely some of its valuable mineral resources. president is resisting and president zelensky is resisting and that it seems has a that it seems has provoked a president can president trump's fury. as you can see from this map from ukraine's geological more than $11 trillion.

materials". these 17 metallic elements are used in everything and superconductors. us military support. america £400 billion for its previous military support. translation: i am defending ukraine.

i cannot sell our country, that is all. i say, ok, let's have something positive. you will write down some guarantees and we will write a memorandum i was told only 50%. isaid, ok, no. economic to extract. there are very much estimates.

to the united states, either by extorting minerals from ukraine or securing access to markets in russia. james landale, our diplomatic how you characterise us— ukraine relations in ukraine relations tonight? broken. i think the pieces, broken. i think the that trump made were laden with falsehoods, absolutely laden with falsehoods, you can them exaggerations, you := -5:: j them out 55 j them out right? 7 them out rightlies. 7 can call them out right lies. he sounds as if he has changed sides, is how it is bein- seen is how it is being seen here that is how it is being seen here and people interpret and those? people that? interpret say, and thoserpeople that? interpret say, look, and thoserpeople that, interpret say, look, not take all of trump say, look, do not take all of a he trump say, look, do not take all of 7” he is a trump say, look, do not take all of w, he is a disruptor, this literally. he is a disruptor, he throws people off their

well—established positions so they then 5 then be ”thenibeflexible’ ” w 77 then be flexible enough to make will then be flexible enough to make a deal. you know what? he of the united states, the president of the united states, the most powerful man in the world, you 7: to listen j to listen to j to listen to what 5 to listen to what he 5 to listen to what he says. 5 to listen to what he says. and has been very clear about his he has been very clear about his views the moment. it a views at the moment. it has been a he made that call to week since he made that call to president putin and since then, week since he made that call to president put ukraine ice then, week since he made that call to president put ukraine have ien, week since he made that call to president put ukraine have been, week since he made that call to presi they jut ukraine have been, week since he made that call to presi they have kraine have been, week since he made that call to presi they have beeni have been, week since he made that call to presi they have been fractured. 1, week since he made that call to presi they have been fractured. the 1945 across the relationships since 1945 across the europe has been badly atlantic with europe has been badly damaged and think it's this to say "iii? 7 itosay'wit’hi w this to say with trump in mood, you have to at the this mood, you have to look at the north atlantic treaty that underpins and the key part of it, article =zz the awful 7 the awful one, 7 the awful one, one for all five, the awful one, one for all powers in to help them out. wood trump, with these kinds of donald trump, with these kinds of honoured

attitudeshopoured those to america? attitudes...hopoured those to america? he commitments to america? he hasn't said he will not but right now, it fl“ he " not hart right “ it ~ ' ' ~ a question that plenty of �*31�* he " "t e) c“ 's t ~ , , ~ a question that plenty of people is a questionrthatrptenty of people asking. is a questionrthatrplenty of peep ~ askinu. , , ., , is a questionrthatrplenty of peop ~ askinu. , . , ., inflation rose at its fastest pace for ten months, simonjack has the details. shoppers have noticed and are making changes. i'm starting looking at the prices now. i didn't used to. without looking at the price.

now you have to check. life is a struggle. i'd like to be honest, most months, barely make ends meet. _ like, even with two working parents in a household, - how do you scrimp? you know, what sacrifices do you have to make? we go to parks a lot. of extra money to do things. lamb up16%. butter up 18% and

instant coffee up 21%. but remember, that's on top of some very steep rises we've seen over inflation has come down a lot since the energy crisis peak in 2022, but prices haven't fallen, but i would still expect to see at least another couple of interest and the situation is not looking very good there either. to make in five weeks' time.

and victoria, will have more over on newsnight on bbc two shortly. 7’: iii . in capitals across the world working to take the world are working hard to take stock of the global consequences of president trump calling president president trdmp calling president a president trdmp callingpresident a dictator. what is president trdmp callingpresident a in :tator. what is president trdmp callingpresident a in the )r. what is president trdmp callingpresident a in the corridors s president trdmp callingpresident a in the corridors of power? newsvnig ht newsvnight interview is with the ambassador to the uk. the russian ambassador to the uk. the question is whether they be question is whether they can be a peace deal without fresh ukrainian we got insights from elections. we got insights from the long serving mi6 boss in recent years. see you in a backwater of an to tackle drug deaths in rural areas. he was speaking after the bbc uncovered evidence of a cluster of deaths in the tourist town of oban on the west coast. in recent years scotland has repeatedly recorded the highest

i'm learning to cope a bit better now, i think. as they were in life. health, turning to drugs and crime. lisa was never into drugs, you know, that wasn't her, but she did have, like, a valium addiction because she

friend, also buried here. here that we can think of. so that's ten just in this little area. in such a short space of time. yeah. it is home to 8,000 people. so what is to be done? there's no continuity support from, you know, addiction services or mental health services.

but his mum says the family wasn't told that he had been freed. he was released suddenly, we didn't know. he lasted less than six hours. it's hard not to be angry something's got to change. we are losing far too many young people. so can rural drug services be improved? that there is more that can be done, of course there is. of course we do. of course we do. as someone coming from a rural island community i recognise that not everything is available in all parts of scotland, so making sure that we are facilitating, sure that we are facilitating, sometimes on a regional basis, sometimes on a regional basis, access to facilities and services, access to facilities and services,

such as residential such as residential rehab, is so important. and that can't come soon enough for oban. i have been reporting on drug deaths in scotland for years and years but even then i have been pretty shocked by what i have found here in oban, by the scale of the losses and by the trauma that is running through this lovely place. this is what the worst drug deaths crisis in europe looks like and feels like in just one small community. james cook, bbc news, oban. in the battle against knife crime, tougher laws are being proposed

his family's argued for tougher restrictions. his mum met the home secretary to hear her i feel if this would have been in place years ago, my son would have been here today. ronan's killer ordered knives and swords with fake id and collected them without proving his age. an id check.

and he was selling them. that shouldn't have happened. £3,000 worth. and encourage people to move to another site. we want to work to make sure

we take that content down. hands where i can see them. three years. in tackling a giant sinkhole that's appeared on a local high street. it first emerged on monday, it's now at least 20 metres long and it's getting bigger. some buildings and homes have been evacuated, it appeared late on monday night. hole there at the time. water and a massive hole.

then we got a massive knock on the door and the buzzer is it a prank? who is it? in case of an explosion because the pipes were all crossed with each other. and now godstone, a lively surrey village, is split in two some are in hotels or staying with relatives. some residents have had trouble getting help from their house insurers. a partner and a six—year—old.

in an airb&b but only for one week. but lots of our other neighbours haven't been able the district council has promised help for those turned open again tomorrow. godstone's divided halves. tom symonds, bbc news, surrey. check this out.

unearthed near luxor in egypt, by a team of british and local archaeologists. they found tile pieces depicting blue engravings and yellow stars and fragments of an early religious text. it's being hailed as one of the most important archaeological the american rapper asap rocky has been found not guilty in a gun the hip—hop star, whose partner is the singer rihanna, was accused of firing shots at another rapper in here's emma va rdy. this isn't your average court scene.

i'm just so thankful. this is crazy right now, this whole experience has been crazy to be a free man, talking to y'all. rihanna, how are you feeling today? rihanna attended several times to support rocky, but this celebrity trial had been making headlines more he was seen pulling out a gun on his former school friend, asap relli. the british tennis

player emma raducanu seed karolina muchova when she began glancing up at the stands and then play was halted as raducanu approached the umpire, approached in a public area on monday by a man who exhibited what they described as "fixated behaviour". a threat assessment. raducanu, who went on to lose the match, said today she will be given this latest experience, the subject of player safety in tennis is back in the spotlight.

laura scott, bbc news. and real madrid battled it out for a place in the last 16 he has the yes, came here yes, manchester city came here knowing they would need something special to keep their champions hopes alive, but those hopes leagee hopes alive. hot those hopes now loagoo hopes alive. loot thoso hopss now emphatically loagoo hopos alive. loot thoso hopss now emphatically over because are now emphatically over because lost 3—1 on the night, 6—3 on sees..— sees aathey they were already aggregate. they were already trailing after the first last trailing after the first'le'g last ' "' ' "' and they were even further week and they were soon even further behind as real madrid dominated the first half with two goals from mbappe. then after the break kylian mbappe. then after the break kylian mbappe. then after the break kylian mbappe. ., his a i’s'r- �*i—�*i�*:r�*r�*e “—r"e"e�* iss ' a brilliantindividual hat—trick, a brilliant individual display from him as he showed why he

is one of the best strikers in the jggope of the best strikers in the real madrid ultimately world. real madrid ultimately cruised to victory. score a cruised to victory. city did score a late consolation goal cruised to victory. city did score a late consc butin goal ’ " ” cruised to victory. city did score a late consc but once il ’ " ” cruised to victory. city did score a late consc but once again' ” cruised to victory. city did score a late consc but once again they looked gonzales, bot once againdtey looked shadow gonzales, bot once agaiodfirey looked shadow �*the gonzales, bot once againdtey looked shadow �*the side that has been a shadow of the side that has been so successful over recent years. this will be a to them this will heahogehlow tothem remember, w league and yet they champions league and yet they haven't even made the last 16. so another disappointing night for manchester city what is proving a manchester city in what is proving a disappointing season. they the 77 league,:clive. the 77 league,£clive. andy of the champions league, clive. andy at the burn about madrid. i swiss at the burn about in madrid. i sincerely hope is a sincerely hope the weather ieas , ,, ,, bit sincerely hope the weather is—a— , ~ ~ bit better than the sincerely hope the weather is a little bit better than the football. the temperature is good for summer. but what is but look what is heading right across country. we had early before the

sunshine before the cloud gathered in devon but to 15 in devon but temperatures rose to 15 we have not seen degrees. we have not seen temperatures like that for five weeks. there is a price. weeks. however, there is a price. some rain is moving in from the west so it is going to be wetter but milder the next couple of days. is figs’éiiw’ifflwz , , fis’éii’c'shne’s’y’” ' ' fis’éii’c'shne’s’y’o’f'é . . it is all courtesy of a south—westerly wind direction and so in the middle of these weather fronts is we will really see air. actually temperatures the mild air. actually temperatures through the are creeping up, through the night are creeping up. digits first thing in the double digits first thing in the morning in the west. it is morning out in the west. it is all change over few days. quite bit of cloud around tomorrow a bit of cloud around tomorrow with a bit of cloud around tomorrow with a misty start showery rain a misty start and showery rain pushing its way steadily north and from time to time west. from time to time heavier burst mix in there with some thunder as well. at the temperatures. as well. look at the temperatures. are to see 14 degrees we are likely to see 14 degrees quite widely, the best of the sunshine, 15 again is of the sunshine, 15 again is'not'ootofrthe thenin sunshine, 15 again is'not'ootofrthe

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