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donald trump calling volodymyr zelensky a "dictator" and mr zelensky saying mr trump is living president "disinformation space". trump claimed zele ns ky president trump claimed mr have attended zelensky could have attended talks in saudi arabia despite talk; inéggfiiérébig fiézéi’té being invited. with israel moves forward to a second phase next month. hello, i'm lucy hockings. we begin with the glowing war of words between the us and on truth ukrainian presidents. on truth social on wednesday, donald trump slammed volodymyr saying his ukrainian 5 better move fast or counterpart better move fast or he's not going to have a
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left. he renewed that country left. he renewed that criticism in miami, telling a criticism in. miami, tellinga. ,,,, ,, . m. ,, , that mr criticism in. miami. tellingar ,,,, ~ , m— 77 7 that mr zelensky fizéérzzzz�*; ng. p—e—�*z! “22—221 ” . w .. wanted keep the perhaps wanted to keep the supply �* us aid going. mr supply of us aid going. mr zelensky will meet the us envoy on thursday. zelensky will meet the us envoy on thursday-— on thursday. tiff??? m— , — the mone we send is half the money we send is he to have missing. he refuses to have elections. every city being —67: demfilenee gig; me a a dictator eemelenee ene. me a a dictator without break... a dictator without elections, better move or he's not going have fast or he's not going to have a country left. got to move fast. the war is going in the direction. in wrong direction. in the we are successfully meantime, we are successfully an end to the war negotiating an end to the war with russia. something only trump is going to be able to do, we are to be to
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do, we are going to be able to do, we are going to be able to do it. �* , ,�* , §%e_ truth social, h i on truth social, volodymyr post on truth social, volodymyr said the world faces a in his nightly address to the nation, zelensky said he's counting on unity from europe and "pragmatism" from the united states to end the conflict. after trump blamed ukraine for russia's invasion. tensions are rising between the two leaders after a meeting between the us and russian officials in riyadh that excluded ukraine. a statement says he "expressed his support for president are both set to travel to washington next week
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this once biggest ally... it's going very well. you could've made a deal. ..leading to a unprecedented response from president zelensky, who accused donald trump of living in a bubble. translation: it is unfortunate that president trump - - on his truth social platform, trump doubled down. "he's very low in ukrainian polls." he then described ukraine's leader as a "dictator without elections".
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elections have legally been postponed here since the start of the invasion. envoy to ukraine, keith kellogg, to visit. how are you doing today? washington claims it is successfully negotiating an end to the war with russia, where vladimir putin is enjoying a rekindling of relations. just trying to get on. russian tanks were expected to be in kyiv within days but america's new foreign policy and how russia reacts to it means ukraine
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could still lose this war. translation: for ukraine, everything will be all right. | our guys are not fighting in vain there. we're optimistic and hopeful. we will feeljoy from that, i because my brother and my cousin were killed. and it's the same for nearly every family. i james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv.
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it has been a very rough patch. i was at the security conference over the weekend listening to the us vice president more or less endorse a far—right party, with links to extremist neo—nazis. now you have zelensky and trump trading insults in a way that is very, very counter—productive as i actually think trump has done the right thing by trying to establish a dialogue with russia, by calling trump and zelensky
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need each other. because the us is its main backer, so i hope we can move past this 24—48 hour period in which the relationship seems to have spoiled. it is time for hard homework to create a real plan, socialising with ukraine and europe, and then try to negotiate it with russia. when president trump says today he is the one that has trump is right that part of what is at play here he wants to talk
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to the united states. trump can provide that. but the idea that somehow they can fashion a deal is naive. feel that the 80% of ukraine that is still free is secure, as a future, is prosperous, has security guarantees, down the river, throwing it under the bus. is going to affect european security for generations to come. to article 5 of nato. i think we are at an inflection point, and from here,
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we need a peace deal in ukraine to finish the war. leads to a transatlantic rupture, that there is such discord between washington and kyiv, between washington of common interest and common values is gone, and trump eventually says, you guys, you're on your own. he said today, by the way, there is a big ocean between us and europe. who has started off with an important initiative to open a dialogue with russia, follows through with a serious strategy.
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part of the dispute between president trump and president zelensky centres on ukraine's mineral reserves. mr trump wants access in exchange for america's past mineral resources. as you can see from this map from ukraine's geological 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, "rare earth materials". from mobile phones to electric vehicles, to missiles mineral resources.
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for example, it says it produces 7% of the world's has identified as critical. now, last year — as part of his peace plan — president zelensky suggested american firms could get access to some of these rare earth deposits in return for continued us 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 with some percentages.
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i was told, "only 50%." isaid, "ok, no." minerals out of the earth. and not all of those resources that have been identified by existing exploration and mapping during that soviet era will be economic to extract. some of those will not be, and will never come into production. so for those reasons, the estimates that have been put out there are very much estimates. james landale there.
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of hostages whose bodies are to be released those names won't be officially revealed by the israeli but hamas said they are shiri bibas and her children — in exchange for hundreds of palestinian prisoners on saturday. hamas says it's ready to release all remaining hostages during phase two of the ceasefire agreement, in exchange for a permanent ceasefire and a full israeli withdrawal from gaza. of the gaza ceasefire. iran is the chief backer of hamas and hezbollah.
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hamas has now said that it would be willing to hand over, in one single swap, all of the hostages but it has said that it would also demand a full now, israel has said for its part that it would only accept a post—war gaza without the presence of hamas. begun, what you're seeing now is both sides laying the bodies of the first dead hostages, as hamas says it family, whose two sons were the youngest of those kidnapped
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on the 7th of october. tomorrow and then on saturday, six living hostages will come will be handed over from israeli jails. and today, an indictment was filed against five israeli prisoner last year in detention, who was left with fractured ribs, to his rectal area. there have been widespread reports and allegations of palestinian prisoners in detention, and that has only of the war in gaza. let's look at some other stories making news. rising at the fastest pace
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for ten months. social media platforms, after an increase in knife crime who sell knives to children, better age verification and identity checks. the new laws will be known collectively as ronan�*s law, named after 16—year—old ronan kanda, who was murdered in 2022. and swallow up more road — expanding up to 65 feet — or 20 metres long. the hole first appeared late monday night. you're live with bbc news.
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plot in 2022 are fabricated to prevent him running for office again. brazil's chief prosecutor says that mr bolsonaro refused president trump's media company and the video sharing platform rumble have sued a brazilian president trump and mr bolsonaro are long—standing political allies. presidentjair bolsonaro. on tuesday night, the top prosecutor in brazil charged him of leading a coup
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to try and overturn the result get under way and jair bolsonaro could well face a trial. again to be president of brazil one day. he is currently facing a ban of eight years debating whether such bans could be reduced to just two years, which may be something that would help jair bolsonaro, but certainly if he does face trial, even later this year, separately, on wednesday, less than 2a hours after that charge decided to sue the supreme courtjudge in brazil, alexandre de moraes, who will be one of the figures
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who was instrumental in deciding whether these the allegations that this lawsuit is making is that persecution of an individual who they have not named, saying that this is an contrition ofjust protections mr moraes has famously issued orders in the past where he has asked for certain social media accounts to be taken down, by local laws if they want
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to operate in the country. dispute with the x owner elon musk last year, leading to a temporary ban on x in brazil, clamp down on disinformation on social media in brazil. from mr moraes yet. families of the disappeared are still searching for their loved ones. an estimated 3,000 children are among those who vanished during the war. this report from damascus. all that is left for their families to remember — the faded photos of their missing children.
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human rights organisations in syria say hundreds disappeared under the assad regime. desperate to find them, relatives gathered so their i went to visit attia al mousa and his wife ghasieh, hiba and her two girls, shaam and islam. they were four and five. translation: we search in security branches. - but they denied having them.
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dusty, messy and untouched. hard to tell how to start the search. mr ahmad enezi is newly appointed to the task. he showed us letters that provide clues to what happened showing orders by air force security to hand over children to orphanages. they were aged one—year—old or two years old. i asked him whether he knows anything about the case of shaam and islam.
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so that someone else could do something with it and bring justice. when you actually read the note, it's crazy what she's alleged — that she was deceived back to saudi. in herfinal message, eden mentions the name of a lawyer, but no—one has been able to identify him. in her message to piece together her final months.
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i really struggle with eye contact and one of the things that i remember the most that i remember the most about eden, every time she was talking, she'd be like, "look at me. about eden, every time "look at me. "look me in the eyes." "look me in the eyes." and i'm like...dude... i can't do that! an incredible person. an incredible person. incredibly intelligent. caring. he'll allow it. he'll allow it. in their skills.
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