as donald trump's top diplomat to kyiv visits president zelensky. as the white house says the ukrainian leader needs to tone down his criticism of president trump. our man in russia gauges the mood outside moscow, three years after the country went to war. and he gets a nasty shock.

so the police told me that they got a telephone calljust of sexually assaulting a woman player, by kissing her without her consent, at the world cup. explosion. and what now for 007, as amazon takes over the james bond franchise?

hello. deteriorating hour by hour. and donald trump's top diplomat to kyiv was cancelled today, despite the two men holding talks. and ukraine was grateful for us support. but it's clear a level of distrust is building we'll be gauging the mood in russia and keeping an eye on political reaction here, but first, james waterhouse, america's diplomatic offering to ukraine.

colleagues are dealing with russia. by the trump administration. donald trump is focusing on moscow after labelling ukraine's for military help.

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because of the war. kyiv�*s air defences illuminate most night skies, but they can't keep out every russian missile, as the southern city of kherson felt last night. at least two people were killed. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. interesting comments there from donald trump's national adviser that it's president zelensky who needs to his criticism n his criticism of 7 7 down his criticism of president trump. an down his criticism of president trum -. . ., ., down his criticism of president trum. . ., ., ., trump. it's an unusual tone for one sovereiun trump. it's an unusual tone for one sovereign state _ trump. it's an unusual tone for one sovereign state i take to - trump. it's an unusual tone for one sovereign state i take to another. sovereign state to take to another particularly when president trump sovereign state to take to another particul is y when president trump sovereign state to take to another particul is renowned isident trump sovereign state to take to another particul is renowned for ent trump sovereign state to take to another particul is renowned for his trump sovereign state to take to another particul is renowned for his own 1p himself is renowned for his own not say rudeness. i gigectness. not to say rudeness. i to tell there's a lot of want to tell you there's a lot of air activity over kyiv at the moment. there are searchlights moving over there. i've heard while

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about ukraine and to talking about ukraine and zelensky at the moment. its, to talking about ukraine and zelensky at the moment. a reminder of hiuh zelensky at the moment. a reminder of i high stakes. — zelensky at the moment. a reminder of. high stakes, jeremy, - zelensky at the moment. a reminder of. high stakes, jeremy, with - zelensky at the moment. a reminder of. high stakes, jeremy, with the| activity i j activity going i activity going on j activity going on around military activity going on around you, many thanks for live in you, many thanks for that, live in kyiv. the defence secretaryjohn healey compared president zelensky david lammy, speaking at the 620 summit in south africa, alex forsyth is here. sir keir starmer is heading washington next week. how is he going to walk that fine line 77 77 president and supporting president zelensky and president trump on board? keeping president trump on board? carefully, i would say, because the has always been clear its ukhas always been clear in its , of ukraine which is why z= -: trump called president a 'rump called president a 'rump ca there resident a 'rump ca there was ent a 'rump ca there was a 1t zelensky a dictater there was a that the uk government had feeling that the uk government had to reiterate that support so we had that phone call between keir starmer and president zelensky, the words

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operation" in ukraine, would be over in weeks. on for three difficult years. about 100 miles from moscow. it feels closer. three years after russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine, war is the new normal. but now that donald trump is talking to vladimir putin, is america pushing for peace on russia's terms? "i think negotiations will help," tatiana says, "it gives us hope." "trump is a dark horse, i'm not sure what to expect," anna tells me.

and never came back. suddenly, the police turn up. they want to know what we're doing here. they've asked me to write a written explanation about what we're doing here. russian state tv�*s here now. he assures me, "we have freedom of speech in our country." "no—one gets in your way." "well, apart from you," i point out. "and the police by our car."

many here are hoping that, if the war does end, the russian economy will improve. "for the things i need most, like potatoes, onions. "i really feel it." but mikhail doesn't feel that donald trump has any he is an improviser. he doesn't know what he's going to do. we are all in the dark, and trump is in the dark himself. steve rosenberg, bbc news, tver. clive, there's just month since

president trump this president trump unleashed this are americans fully .u;.z.%£' can sir keirstarmer next week? join our ex-ert do next week? join our expert witnesses on on bbc news, witnesses on newsnight on bbc news, iplayer and two in 20 iplayer and bbc two in 20 minutes. thanks, paddy. two other explosive devices have been found on other buses and defused. police say have been no reports of casualties. prime minister benjamin netanyahu is being updated on the situation as israel pauses services on all buses, trains light rail trains the and light rail trains in the country so that checks for other explosive can be carried israel he the ministry j the ministry to j the ministry to step 5 the ministry to step up ordered the ministrytestep up across the bank. earlier, there was an

outpouring of grief, as the bodies of four dead hostages, taken by hamas, were 7th attacks, in 2023. israel's president herzog said the hearts of an entire paul adams has more from tel aviv. tried as much as possible to add a little dignity. to watch is not part of it. 16 months on from october 7th, it all came surging back. a mother's terror as she sought

to protect her young sons, hamas says shiri, her boys kfir and ariel, and veteran peace campaigner oded lifshitz were all killed by israeli bombs. the truth of that claim may never be known. israel now says mr lifshitz was murdered. back on israeli soil, a solemn convoy as the bodies and digested, a wave of grief. the bibas family have come to symbolise the hopes and fears of a nation. in two days' time, the mood here in hostages square will change again as the country prepares to welcome home another six living hostages.

but the trauma of october 7th has not faded away, 72 people were killed by an air strike on this building exactly a year ago. "we just want to bury them." they can lay the dead to rest, but the war still isn't over. the grief is endless.

spain's former football boss, luis rubiales, has been found guilty of sexual assault, after kissing a player without her consent. the spanish strikerjenni hermoso and her team mates were being handed head and kissed her. here's katie gornall. days ofjenni hermoso's life. instead, this now infamous and unwanted kiss from herfederation president tarnished everything. the incident in 2023 sparked global outrage and saw luis rubiales and it was her version of events that was believed. the verdict came as spain's players

were preparing to face belgium in the nations league. we respectjustice and we must focus on the game. rubiales was found guilty of sexual assault and ordered to pay and from communicating with herfor one year. lawyer that he'll appeal. to coerce hermoso into saying the kiss was consensual. jorge vilda, spain's former manager, and two colleagues were also cleared of the same charge. england were beaten finalists the day this all unfolded. speaking shortly before

the verdict was announced, for the spanish players. i think it's incredibly brave of all the individuals and the team collectively. they're fighting for change, which is not just in that court case. i think it's amazing. for a man who was once one of european football's football to its core. with the vomiting bug, norovirus. on average last week — that's up 22% from 948 the previous week. but flu cases continue to fall, with just over 1,700 people in hospital.

has concluded it was suicide and that a string of army failings gunnerjaysley beck, who was 19, was found dead here's duncan kennedy. a beautiful, kind, caring — genuinely caring — girl. always full of life, witty. always put others before herself. gunnarjaysley beck was found dead at the larkhill barracks in december 2021. by the unwanted attentions of senior officers. one was bombardier ryan mason, jaysley�*s line manager. the coroner said he had relentlessly

pursued jaysley with thousands breach of army rules. sexually assaulted jaysley at an office works party. incident had, in part, contributed to her death. in a series of damning findings against the army, the assistant coroner, nicholas rheinberg, said a major against the battery sergeant major. to report the harassment she suffered and that there was an arguable case for saying the state had breached her article 2 right to life.

absolutely disgusted on how the army have failed our daughter. yes, i believe it was a cover—up, and it's been made clear after the hearing, the army apologised to jaysley�*s family. and she was excelling at herjob. the military have been her home, a place where she believed she was safe. her death, a tragedy, set amid the promise of so much hope. duncan kennedy, bbc news. orfeelings of despair, by going to the bbc website. that's at bbc.co.uk/actionline.

of their homes for several months. here's simonjones. assessing the damage while lives remain on hold. the sinkhole first appeared on monday evening i'm not well, i'm not sleeping, my eyes are red raw. and i'm not going to be separated from my dogs, and we can't even go back into the flat to get anything, you know? it's. .. it's finished. the local council organised a drop—in session for those affected.

"mummy, when will the sleepoverfinish?" it's incredibly stressful. you know, we were homeless until nine o'clock last night. we finally managed to get our home insurance to put us up in an airbnb, but our airbnb has black mould. we've got to stay there for the next week. remember this one in merthyr tydfil last december, so what's behind them? which in turn forces the surface above it to collapse in. take a look at this map.

for safety reasons. the local council believes it was caused by a burst water pipe. what's it going to take to fix it? insurers should help with temporary accommodation. but if homes are affected by a precautionary evacuation, finding somewhere to stay falls to the local council or landlord. surrey county council says it's committed to working quickly simonjones, bbc news, godstone. discovered in peatland appear to be those of a young woman they believe was killed, possibly sacrificed, more than 2000 years ago. they've been studying her remains for more than a year, this bogland outside the town

of bellaghy was holding a secret, after months of painstaking research, scientists now believe they found evidence of wounds. her skull has never been found. to us at the museum. remains from the iron age, and particularly that it's a young woman. and we're delighted to be the custodian of these remains and ultimately sharing the findings with the public. which was the iron age, and will now be called the ballymacombs more woman after the townland where they were found. there's currently less

evidence about what life of how people really lived so long ago. i suppose as somebody who works with human remains all the time, like, ijust... that it was a person, it was a young woman. of the past people we study. research will continue out of sight at the museum, sara girvin, bbc news. it's the question on the lips of every 007 fan.

a newjoint venture with the long—time rights holders, david sillito reports. james bond. from the very beginning, there has been one familiar name in the credits. 007 may have been created by ian fleming, but the bond they understood that there is a market for this and you can add that is all... that can be changed and evolved as well through the different incarnations on screen. yes, very much so. but those heirs to bond,

barbara broccoli and michael wilson, are now giving up creative control to amazon, who acquired a share of the rights previously owned by mgm. a bond cinema blockbuster every few years, always made at pinewood, was the broccoli formula. amazon's a streamer. many wonder if the future might follow the pattern of star wars the dynasty that has guided him for 64 years is now firmly in the back seat. david sillito, bbc news. before we go to the weather... falling debris from a spacex rocket has been found atmosphere from space. as the falcon 9 rocket broke up.

re—entering the earth's atmosphere.