tensions grow between us and ukrainian meanwhile, russian president putin says he would meet and us diplomats met this week. hamas says it's ready to release all its remaining hello, i'm lucy hockings. good to have you with us. we begin with the growing war of words between the us and ukrainian presidents.

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president zelensky said in his nightly address to the nation, zelensky said tensions are rising between the two leaders that excluded ukraine. mr zelensky says he is ready to end the war, but not without serious negotiations. amid the fallout between the american during war time as the uk did during world war ii." sir keir and the french president emmanuel macron to discuss the war in ukraine.

james waterhouse sent this report from kyiv. an extraordinary allegation from ukraine's you should've ended it... you should've never started it. you could've made a deal. president zelensky, who accused donald trump of living in a bubble. and with great respect for him as the leader of the america "he refuses to have elections," he said. "he's very low in ukrainian polls." he then described ukraine's leader as what president zelensky is not is a dictator.

of the invasion. to the war with russia, where vladimir putin is enjoying a rekindling of relations. of trust between russia and the united states. away from the politics, ukraine's capital is just trying to get on. on that morning three years ago, and the fact that they were stopped is something people are very proud of. like any city, you just need to scratch beneath the surface. almost everyone knows someone who's been injured or killed. translation: if trump i

doesn't want to be with us, translation: for ukraine, everything will be all right. | we're optimistic and hopeful. cousin were killed. the last 2a hours has put it at risk of being for nothing. we mentioned earlier those comments from the uk prime minister, but president trump's comments president zelensky and said

it was "wrong and dangerous" the world was at a crossroads and that the outcome of the war it was russia that started the war. because elections would mean that there is peace in ukraine. and that they themselves could rule over their country again. very fast, dramatic social media announcements right now. part of the dispute between president trump mr trump wants access in exchange for america's past here's our diplomatic

correspondent, james landale. it seems, has provoked president trump's fury. survey, the country is rich in raw materials as well as oil and gas. more than $11 trillion. this includes critical minerals such as graphite, lithium, titanium and zirconium and what are called "rare earth materials". these 17 metallic elements are used in everything and superconductors.

identified as critical. but mr trump's team have demanded as much as 50% owes america £400 billion for its previous translation: i am defending ukraine. | i say, ok, let's have something positive. you will write down some guarantees and we will write a memorandum with some percentages. i was told only 50%. i said, ok, no. and despite all this

diplomatic to and fro, minerals out of the earth. come into production. so for those reasons, the estimates that have deposits into economic reserves. but right now, volodymyr zelensky is not playing ball. james there. fellow at the council

on foreign relations. administration. good to have you with us. a day we have had and what a there is to reflect on. just seen president trump have just seen president trump doubling down on his president speaking on president zelensky; speaking to on president zelenskyyspesking to investors, saying that miami to investors, saying that he is a dictator, hejust sees he is sedistet—er, he jest sees us as being a gravy train, hastt: hasfailtedt 7 has failed his 7 has failed his people. that he has failed his people. in europe, has been in europe, direction has been huge, real concern hegs. restsehseflftrem” leaders, who are all eereeeen. leeders. whe see ell ~ . ~ ~ , out and backing coming out and backing president zelensky as well. as come to of come to j of day, wonder you now see american far policy,' policy, american far policy, and how it has changed there? it has been a very rough patch. it has been a very rough patch. i was at the minute security conference the weekend conference over the weekend listening to the us vice president more or less endorse a far—right party, with

afar—right party, with links extremist neo—nazis,. now to extremist neo—nazis,. now you zelensky and trump you have zelensky and trump trading insults in that trading insults in a way that is very, very kind and trading insults in a way that is very, ve as .ind and trading insults in a way that is very, ve as i 1d and trading insults in a way that is very, ve as i actually think productive as i actually think trump has done the right thing by trying to establish a dialogue by dialogue with pressure, by calling putin, by sending the secretary of to meet the foreign minister, mist or laugher off, but that has to be done carefully, with what we strategy, instead what we have is is chaos, and in end �*the day, trump and the end of the day, trump and zelensky need each other —— mist or mist trump is mist or mist lavrov. trump is not going to get deal to end reet seine te fists dsslte ses ll llllllll ll war in eet aeiea te fists dsslte see —— ——~ ~ war in ukraine reet aeiha te asts dsslte ses ll llllllll ll war in ukraine if he have messes; t tt: have eelensky onboa rd. tt: haveeelensky onboard. back not have zelensky onboard. back what needs trump if ukraine is going survive, because the is is its main backer, us is its main backer, soulfully we can move past this hour period in which the 24—48 hour period in which the relationship seems to have —— so we can t= -:: t= _:: past. it is time t past. it is time for hard move pastslt is time fer hard to create

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point leads to a transatlantic rupture, there is such a rupture, that there is such a discord between washington and between t between washington and kyiv, between washington and brussels and european capitals, that that of common and common values is interest and common vaiees is and trump eventually gone, and trump eventually says, you guys, you are your says. you guys, you aceon your he said today, by the way, own. he said today, by the way, there is a big ocean between us and europe. this is your�*s problem, is not our problem, so let's see how this out let's see how this plays out in coming weeks, but we are at an inflection point, stearty at an "fleets" are“ let's hope that trump, who and let's hope that trump, who has started off with an important initiative to open a dialogue with russia, follows with t with a with a serious through with a serious strategy. through with a serious strategy-— through with a serious strategy. through with a serious strate: . e, , , through with a serious strateu. ., , , ., strategy- fissile issiie to strategy. gggglse figs- to ou. strategy. gsssg - to you. thanks much tttjtoining joining us. t the israeli prime minister's office says it has the names of hostages whose bodies are to be released by hamas on thursday.

in exchange for hundreds of palestinian prisoners on saturday. hostages during phase two of the ceasefire agreement, neither side has come close to agreeing terms, work does continue to secure that second phase of the gaza ceasefire. with president pezeshkian. iran is the chief backer of hamas and hezbollah. they are working to restore roads. in one single swap, all of the hostages in the second phase of the ceasefire deal, israeli withdrawal from gaza

and a permanent ceasefire. out their negotiating position before the talks get under way. the bodies of the first dead hostages, as hamas says it of those kidnapped on the 7th of october. will be handed over

from israeli jails. soldiers for serious mistreatment of a palestinian prisoner last year in detention, who was left of abuse and mistreatment by israeli soldiers added to the pressure on israel over the conduct lowen there. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. inflation jumped sharply injanuary, with prices inflation will be "bumpy". last months 3% increase was driven by a rise in air fares, private school fees

and food prices — with meat, social media platforms, after an increase in knife crime and attacks against teenagers. and identity checks. named after 16—year—old ronan kanda, who was murdered in 2022. a huge sinkhole in a street in surrey is continuing to grow or 20 metres long. the hole first appeared late monday night. and the county council has declared it a major incident, you're live with bbc news. good to have you with us. brazil's former president jair bolsonaro says charges filed against him for an alleged military coup

brazil's chief prosecutor says that mr bolsonaro refused to accept his electoral defeat and discussed detailed plans on what he described as an "authoritarian regime". that lawsuit alleges alexandre de moraes violated free speech our south america correspondent ione wells is following that this is the latest challenge for former right wing jair bolsonaro. tii jair boron night. the top tuesday night, the top prosecutor in brazil charged of cm???“ “i 9l�*et�*4�*5la5�*i�*t of leading t of leading a coup tot of leading a coup to ttry of leadir the :oup to ttry of leadir the result>ttry of leadir the result of �*y of leadir the result of the and overturn the result of the

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cause is not forgotten. i went to visit attia al mousa and his wife ghasieh, who are searching for traces of their missing daughter we were told they were in state security, but not sure. denied having them. dusty, messy and untouched.

hard to tell how to start the search. to some of the children. showing orders by air force security to hand over children to orphanages. 130 children of all ages. i asked him whether he knows anything about the case of shaam and islam. looking for their children.

for attia and ghasieh, this might not be comforting, a better chance to be found. lina sinjab, bbc news, damascus. let's ta ke let's take you to the vatican. pope francis has shown a slight improvement in limarovement inlhosaitat to blood test. the 88—year—old is receiving treatment for pneumonia in both lungs. to breathe for several days. he was visited by italy's prime minister on wednesday, belfast—born astrophysicist rosemary coogan is in the us which include rigorous spacewalk simulations. she was selected from more than 22,000 applicants. stay with us here on bbc news.

hello there. in pateley bridge, north yorkshire, the cold just a maximum afternoon high of 2 celsius. different story further south and west, though. yes, it clouded over into the afternoon, and that's exactly what's happening. mild air for this time of year. digits across the country. yes, a very mild start for most. but there will also be quite a lot of cloud,

a breezy day with some showery outbreaks of rain gradually pushing their way somewhat erratically north and east showers to the north—west. quite a lot of cloud across the south and east, be for this time of year, 12—14 degrees. of winds as the isobars squeeze together. a relatively quiet story across south—east england, to respond. for many through the spine of the country, but it that we see 16 somewhere

across south—east england. in proceedings before yet another significant low pressure arrives on sunday. the winds perhaps even stronger still, so keep watching the bbc weather app for more. but as you can see, a better day on saturday.

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welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. to voice dissent in egypt of president abdel fattah al—sisi and yet still, egypt is regarded as a vital strategic of political prisoners have? laila soueif..mother, , . . and alaa's sister sa naa. laila is into the fifth month of a hunger strike in a desperate bid to win her son's freedom. is there any reason to be hopeful?