a widening gulf is developing between the two presidents, with mr trump repeating his comments about mr zelensky calling him a dictator. hostages at once if the ceasefire agreement with israel moves forward to a second phase next month. speaking both on social media

and at an event in florida, a long time ago to end the war. the british prime minister has expressed his support for sir keir starmer spoke to the ukrainian president together, describing president zelensky as ukraine's a short while ago, in response to a question from the bbc, andrews outside of washington dc that he trusts russia quote, "all the cards" because they have "taken

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to what he says. they've been fractured. is being badly damaged. that underpins nato. everybody else piles in to help them out... commitments to america? he hasn't said he won't, but right now, it's a question so what's the view from ukraine.

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speed. remember this is a war launched by vladimir putin, well over 12,000 ukrainian civilians, and created more than 10 million refugees, as well as shattering its economy. james waterhouse, has more from kyiv, after a tense 48 hours once biggest ally... i think i have the power to end this war, and i think it's going very well. you should've ended it... living in a bubble. translation: it is unfortunate that president trump - - and with great respect for him as the leader of the america people, who constantly support us — unfortunately lives

"he's very low in ukrainian polls." he then described ukraine's leader as a "dictator without elections". going to have a country left." what president zelensky is not is a dictator. the start of the invasion. so, perhaps not a good day for the america's envoy to ukraine, how are you doing today? 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. were stopped is something people are very proud of. but america's new foreign

policy and how russia if he doesn't want to support ukraine, then essentially he's 0ur guys are not fighting in vain there. we're optimistic and hopeful. translation: we will definitely win, but i don't think _ cousin were killed. and it's the same for nearly every family. i the last 2a hours has put it

at risk of being for nothing. studies at the university of southern california. between presidents trump and zelensky. at this moment of entering the highest stakes in so this is being celebrated in the kremlin for sure. i would add one thing to the previous comments — ido i do apologise, we seem to have a that clip, we a problem-with that'elip. we try to a problem'with that'elip. we try to bring a problem'with that'elip, we try to bring it when will try to bring it when we can. the israeli prime minister eee they they the names of says they have the names of hostages due be released on

hostages due to be released on hamas said they the identities won't be officially revealed until the bodies are identified, but hamas said a further six living hostages are scheduled to be freed prisoners on saturday. hamas has now said that it would be willing to hand over, in one single swap, all of the hostages in the second phase of the ceasefire deal, but it has said that it would also demand a full now, israel has said for its part that it would only deal, which is meant to start

in march, have not yet even that israel receives from hamas the first dead hostages, will hand over four bodies, including, it says, the bibas of those kidnapped on the 7th of october. will be handed over from israeli jails. to his rectal area. there have been widespread reports and allegations

of palestinian prisoners in detention, and that has only added to the pressure on israel over the conduct of the war in gaza.

brazil's former president, jair bolsonaro — says for office again. brazil's chief prosecutor says that mr bolsonaro refused to stop the inauguration as president of his rival, luiz inacio lula da silva. and the video sharing platform, rumble, have sued a brazilian supreme courtjudge hours after he received

that lawsuit alleges alexandre de moraes violated free speech by banning the account of an outspoken social media figure, who hasn't been named. presidentjair bolsonaro. on tuesday night, the top prosecutor in brazil of the 2022 election, after he lost to the now left—wing president lula da silva. well face a trial. again to be president of brazil one day. he is currently facing a ban of eight years from running for office again, although congress are currently debating whether such bans

could be reduced to just two years, which may be something that would help jair bolsonaro, in the 2026 elections here in brazil. along with the social media platform rumble, alexandre de moraes, who will be one of the figures who is instrumental in deciding whether these the allegations that this lawsuit is making is that moraes has been essentially politically censoring people on social media. they accuse moraes of essentially political

saying that this is in contradiction of us protections for free speech. he has continuously defended doing that, saying he doesn't want these sorts of accounts to be threatening democracy here in brazil and that social media accounts need to abide dispute with the x owner elon musk last year, direct aim now at some of moraes's actions media in brazil.

from mr moraes yet. two months after the fall of the assad regime in syria, for their loved ones. among those who have vanished during these years are thought to be over 3,000 children. the bbc has found evidence some children were transferred to orphanages by order of the security apparatus. 0ur correspondent lina sinjab sent this report from damascus. the faded photos of their missing children. under the assad regime. cause is not forgotten. who are searching for traces of their missing daughter hiba and her two girls, shaam and islam.

they were four and five. hard to tell how to start the search. he showed us letters that provide clues to what happened this is a sample of some of the documents they found, showing orders by air force security to hand over children to orphanages.

and some of the names i looked at, the children were taken, they were aged one—year—old or two years old. i asked him whether he knows anything about the case of shaam and islam. translation: no, i don't. but i learned that many families used to come here looking for their children. for attia and ghasieh, this might not be comforting, chance to be found.

the uk government is warning that the path to lower rose at its fastest inflation rose at its fastest pace in months, hitting 3% month. the rise last month. the rise was driven by increased air fares, the new by increased airfares. the new , on private school and iood prices. food prices are up again and here in bristol shoppers noticed and are shoppers have noticed and are making shoppers have noticed and are makin: ., ., shoppers have noticed and are makin: r, r, ~ making changes. �*g’dd dd thirds: " * our making changes. �*g’dd dd thirst; - your shopping, making changes. ydd�* dd tbidls' - your shopping, you making changes. ydd dd tbidls' - your shopping, you thinki about your shopping, you think i must use less, i must measure it, whereas before you probably wouldn't. l it, whereas before you probably wouldn't. ., it, whereas before you probably wouldn't. . ., wouldn't. ! drd dtdrtt.-. . rices wouldn't. ! drd dtdrtndieieeie l prices nowfi wouldn't. ! drd dtdrtndieieeie i prices nowfifi wouldn't. ! drd dtdrtndieieeie i prices now, i didn't used i at prices now, i didn't used to, — at prices now, i didn't used to, we _ at prices now, i didn't used to, we would do is tojust grab zr tobwseyyvould do is tojust grab. �*without looking at the whatever without looking at the price _ whatever without looking at the price but— whatever without looking at the price but now you have to check _ price but now you have to check. :: :: ., , $57 rm $57 m and this charity funded ipswich and this charity funded community cafe, the cost of living crisis has �* gone living crisis has never gone gaby and son mason.

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—— business today hello there. on wednesday for some, it was another grey, bleak day. thick enough for drizzle and temperatures struggled — different story further south and west, though. yes, it clouded over into the afternoon, but the cloud and the rain also brought with it some mild air. and that's exactly what's happening. mild air for this time of year. once the cold front sweeps its way steadily eastwards, something a little less mild, perhaps, as we head but look at these temperatures. first thing on thursday morning, widespread double digits across the country. yes, a very mild start for most. but there will also be quite a lot of cloud, quite a misty, murky story. a breezy day with some showery outbreaks of rain gradually

slowly brightening up with sunny spells and scattered showers to the north—west. there's more wet weather to come as we move out of winds as the isobars squeeze together. maybe with some sunshine, and if we get some sunshine to respond. if we get some sunshine, not out of the question and as we move into the start

of the weekend, a brief lull the bbc weather app for more. but as you can see, a better day on saturday.

competition from chinese rivals. plus, we take a look at some of the newest tech i'm steve lai. we begin in the us, where apple has launched the iphone16e — budget—conscious customers. the release comes at a time where the tech giant is trying features ai in its phones. against the competition.