is bbc news. a widening gulf is developing between the two presidents mr two presidents with mr trump repeating his about mr repeating his comments about mr zelensky, calling a zelensky, calling him a dictator. trump dictator. president trump told an event in miami president have zelensky could have attended talks in arabia, despite talks in saudi arabia, despite not being invited. after those russian and us talks between russian and us diplomats, president putin says would 7 ’ esau” ' "035513” ' would 7 donald trump; would 7 donald trumpfwith he would meet donald trump with pleasure one day. says pleasure one day. hamas says it's ready to all it's ready to release all remaining hostages at once if the agreement with forward to a phase next month. two second phase next month. two after fall of the months after the fall of the assad regime in syria, families assad regime in syria. families . . , of children assad regime in syria. families . . . of children still for their leafed tar their leafed ones.

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for lgigrainesafter donald condemnation for lgigrginesafter donald condemnation of the trump's condemnation of the handling of the war with . ~ ~ . . sir keir spoke russia. sir keir starmer spoke to the ukrainian president on wednesday and stressed the need for everyone to work together, describing president zelensky ukraine's democratically as ukraine's democratically elected leader. the last few days have taken international diplomacy, with vladimir putin days have taken international diplomacy talks vladimir putin days have taken international diplomacy talks between putin days have taken international diplomacy talks between us in days have taken international diplomacy talks between us and as extremely russian officials as extremely ukraine wasn't russian officials as extremely ukrain bowent russian officials as extremely ukrain bowen describes invited. jeremy bowen describes relationship between the relationship between ukraine and us at he isa he is a disrupter, he slows people their well people off their well established position so they will be flexible enough to make deal. he is the president of

a deal. he is the president of the united states, most the united states, the most powerful man in the world. have to listen to he says. he been serif been irem; clear about his b atr eeri; clear about his b at the as clear about his b at the moment. out his b at the moment. it’s his b at the moment. it’s been week since he made that call a week since he made that call to president putin. then, to president potin. since then. with ukraine, well, relations with ukraine, well, they been fractured. the they have been fractured. the relationship since 1945 across the atlantic with europe is being badly it is being badly damaged. it is appropriate at this to with trump in mood, have to look at the north you have to look at the north atlantic that underpins éiléfiiii fees? that dfidéféifié the éiléfiiii tees? that dfidéféifié the key part of it, nato. the key part of it, article five, they also won, for'all, one country's one for allian'e’cadntry's everybody else pales attacks, everybody else pales into help them out, would donald with kind on of those of attitudes, on of those commitments to america? he said he7 7 7 77

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we weren't invited." you could've made a deal. living in a bubble. and with great respect for him as the leader of the america in this disinformation space. on his truth social platform, trump doubled down. elections have legally been postponed here since washington claims it is successfully negotiating an end is enjoying a rekindling

of relations. just trying to get on. russian tanks were expected to be in kyiv within days reacts to it means ukraine could still lose this war. almost everyone knows someone who's been injured or killed. betraying his voters, betraying america and its ideals, our guys are not fighting in vain there.

we're optimistic and hopeful. translation: we will definitely win, but i don't think _ russia's aggression. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. director of central european studies at the university of southern california. what do you make of the growing between zelensky and rift between zelensky and trump? rift between zelensky and trum - ? �* . rift between zelensky and trum? . , ., , trump? as others have said, it's deeply — trump? as others have said, it's deeply unfortunate. - trump? as others have said, it's deeply unfortunate. at i it's deeply unfortunate. at this of entering the

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m alon , let's wait and see get along, let's wait and see how this negotiation unfolds. other leaders in europe don't want harris slapped on, they don't want be punished by don't want to be punished by trump for being seen as him, betraying him, taking zelensky�*s side. —— pariss on. so trying to walk slapped on. so trying to walk that fine line in the come out for the best 77 7 quiet not a through quiet diplomacy. not a family in public. through quiet diplomacy. not a family - in public.— family feud in public. great to net our family feud in public. great to get your insights. _ part of the dispute between president trump mr trump wants access, in exchange for america's past support in the war with russia. here's our diplomatic correspodent james landale.

a piece of ukraine — namely, some of its valuable mineral resources. president zelensky is resisting, and that, it seems, has provoked president trump's fury. more than $11 trillion. "rare earth materials". these 17 metallic elements are used in everything mineral resources. for example, it says it produces 7% of the world's identified as critical. now, last year — as part of his peace plan — president zelensky suggested

american firms could get access owes america £400 billion for its previous military support. mr zelensky says this is not a serious conversation. translation: i am defending ukraine. | you will write down some guarantees and we will write minerals out of the earth. soviet era will be

economic to extract. some of those will not be and will never there needs to be a lot more work to prove those mineral deposits into economic reserves. benefits to the united states, either by extorting minerals but right now, volodymyr zelensky is not playing ball. this is bbc news. inflation jumped sharply injanuary, with prices the uk government is warning that the path to lower inflation will be "bumpy".

last months 3% increase was driven by a rise in air eggs and butter all more expensive than a year ago. the home secretary has announced forthcoming laws media platforms, after an increase in knife crime who sell knives to children, better age verification, and identity checks. named after 16—year—old ronan kanda, who was and swallow up more road — expanding up to 65 feet, or 20 metres long. the hole first appeared late monday night. and the county council has declared it a major incident, the names of hostages whose bodies are due to be released

by hamas on thursday. a further six living hostages are scheduled to be freed in exchange for a permanent ceasefire and a full israeli withdrawal from gaza. two months after the fall of the assad regime in syria, to be over 3,000 children. of the security apparatus. our correspondent lina sinjab sent this report from damascus.

all that is left for their families to remember — the faded photos of their missing children. human rights organisations in syria say hundreds disappeared under the assad regime. cause is not forgotten. hiba and her two girls, shaam and islam. they were four and five. of damascus, when security forces raided their house, taking 14 people, including seven children. translation: we search in security branches. -

centres to lahn al hayat orphanage, but they denied having them. in the archives in the basement of the ministry, the files look dusty, messy and untouched. to some of the children. this is a sample of some of the documents they found, children to orphanages. and some of the names i looked at, the children were taken, children of all ages. it is now under the new administration. mr moutasem saloume is the new director. i asked him whether he knows

anything about the case of shaam and islam. translation: no, i don't. looking for their children. for attia and ghasieh, this might not be comforting, but for some of the children here, there is now a better chance to be found. let's turn to some other news around the world. the vatican says pope francis has shown a slight improvement in hospital, according to blood tests. the 88—year—old is receiving treatment for pneumonia in both lungs. italy's prime minister giorgia meloni visited him a hearing was held in new york city on the future of mayor eric adams, who was indicted last year on fraud and bribery charges.

in exchange for favours. when atop prosecutor alleged administration to drop the case against him, on immigration enforcement. is debris from elon musk�*s spacex falcon 9 rocket. it was found about 30 kilometers apart in the western part of the country. polish territory. it was launched from california on february 1st. scientists say the world's glaciers are melting continue to rise.

the belfast—born astrophysicist rosemary coogan is northern she's in the us for pre—assignment exercises, which include rigorous spacewalk simulations. in november 2022, she was selected from more than 22,000 applicants and has been described as having "the right stuff" to go into space. egyptologists have discovered the first tomb of a pharaoh royal tomb of the 18th egyptian dynasty. hello there.

in pateley bridge, north yorkshire, the cold thick enough for drizzle and temperatures struggled — early morning sunshine in devon. yes, it clouded over into the afternoon, and that's exactly what's happening. we've got showery outbreaks of rain drifting north and east. a strong south—westerly wind, though, is feeding in this very mild air for this time of year. once the cold front sweeps its way steadily eastwards, but look at these temperatures. yes, a very mild start for most. a breezy day with some showery outbreaks of rain gradually

slowly brightening up with sunny spells and scattered showers to the north—west. quite a lot of cloud across the south and east, very windy indeed on those exposed west coasts, so, gale—force winds out to the west. coming through here, temperatures are likely to respond. for many through the spine of the country, but it will continue to stay mild, 11—15 degrees. if we get some sunshine, not out of the question

pressure arrives on sunday. the winds perhaps even stronger still, so keep watching the forecast for more information on that or download the bbc weather app for more. some wet weather for the second half of the weekend.

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