israel orders its military to step up its offensive exploded in parking lots near tel aviv. there are no reports of injuries. bond franchise. we will ask this for the super spy. hello, lucy good to have with us. the rift between ukraine and the us appears to be president zelensky and donald trump's top diplomat to kyiv, the two men did hold talks, but behind closed doors — at the request of the united states. of mr trump's claim that president zelensky is a dictator.

ukraine's "ironclad partner" and would act as and french president emmanuel macron said zelensky president vladimir putin, he had taken office through a free election process. the white house confirmed today that mr macron will visit donald trump on monday, while uk prime minister sir keir starmer will come on thursday. mr president... america's diplomatic offering to ukraine. retired general keith kellogg, now special envoy, but his more senior colleagues are dealing with russia. suddenly, it was our time to leave. so we made it as far as the meeting room before, the press conference.

side which cancelled the press conference. take the opportunity we have offered my thinking get — i;7757:;7%:;" get to? 7 7 get torthat 7 7 get torthat point 7 get torthat point and 7 get torthat point and i 7 will get to that point and i hope so very quickly. president zelensky has said ukraine is ready for a strong and truly beneficial agreement with the

of the united president of the united states investment and security. yearning for peace. translation: | think - trump's behaviour is more certainly more than zelensky�*s. because of the war. because of the war. james is talk of peace is significant is talk of peace is significant but a sideshow war. but a sideshow to the war. but a sideshow to the war. james waterhouse.

we've been hearing about the concerns in ukraine. but there is fear that there is in ukraine, buti is fear that there is in ukraine, but i wonder how you feel the realignment and transformation and i wonder what you think it reads for european security. ukraine

big steps to support ukraine and increase defence spending. are you seeing any of are you seeing any sign of that? the leaders have met in ' ”but? ' 7 ”but again 7 7 ”but again it 7 7 77 but again it exposes 7 7 77 but again it exposes the are in divisions there are in europe and amongst nato members. unfortunately those conversations you are referring to her not led to concrete but i'm hopeful that action, but i'm hopeful that urgency of moment will the urgency of the moment will prevail and the notion that can be complacent under european security cc. becca”, ”c, a 7, be once and for beonceand foal.” will be gone once and for all. we really need strong we really need some strong european leadership on the continent from the uk as well and hope european allies can and i hope european allies can come to terms with and insecurity vulnerability and insecurity they face now. vulnerabilityand insecurity - they face now.- vulnerabilityand ' ' - they face now. vulnerabilityand' ~ '. the face now. ., that they face now. how do you think the - created - think the schism created between us and europe now between the us and europe now serves president putin. this between the us and europe now serves president putin.- a huge win for already a huge win for russia and president pearson and and

russia has committed war crimes to innumerable war crimes and to have the us president be willing to sit across the flitting ta ait acres; the tabtef’" ’” ""’ a dictator willing to sit across the table from a dictator or author terry flitting te eit eereee the tebte’" ’” ""’ a dictator or author terry from a dictator or author terry imposed on these imposed on these horrible things and has worked for 25 and has ”"w'qfiihasfiorked and hasiwiorked for 25 things and has worked for 25 to undermine us global years to undermine us global years to undermine us global interest is quite jarring, interest is quite jarring, frankly. this not the same frankly. this is not the same frankly. this is not the same situation with president from's situation with president from's --, .-,,,,,we,, , , first term. we have a 7 77 w w ”we a war, a massive conventional war, a massive conventional war, a massive military war in europe for the military war in europe for the ”time 77 . first time since world war ii time since ”time sincefworld . . stime sincefworld iii/arc putin. ”time sincefworld vilarzll first time since world war ii so the stakes are far higher, so the stakes are far higher, so the stakes are far higher, so we can't have the repeat we so the stakes are far higher, so we can't have the repeat we heard during the first donald heard during the first donald trump administration and i hope trump administration and i hope the white house and reason the white house and reason prevails in the us starts prevails in the us starts acting as a global superpower acting superpower acting as a global superpower and doesn't counter to vladimir and to vladimir and doesn't counter to vladimir putin.

she rationally president trump can help when the fighting? steve

suddenly, the police turn up. they ask for statements, and they check the car. so the police told me that they got a telephone call just now from someone saying there are suspicious people going around town with a camera, meaning us. they've asked me to write a written explanation about what we're doing here. it's getting busy. russian state tv�*s here now. "we happened to be passing," he says. "what's going on? " "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, "prices are so high now," says yulia. "i really feel it." but mikhail doesn't feel that donald trump has any strategy for securing peace. trump hasn't got any plan, unfortunately. he doesn't know what he's going to do. my sympathies are with him, i am glad that he won. but speaking about this particular episode, we are all in the dark, and trump is in the dark himself. russians see the thaw in us—russian relations. they're waiting to see if it will bring an end to the fighting. we've heard from us

vice presidentjd vance — he was speaking at cpac, a three—day annual besides mr vance, the headliners include tech billonaire and government efficiency tsar elon musk. a month on from donald trump's return to the white house, faithful. also joining the conference, faces our uk audience might recognise, including the former conservative prime minister and reform uk party leader nigel farage echoed the same, saying it is time to "make britain great again". in ukraine they are worried a deal be imposed and it's deal will be imposed and it's not going to come with security 77 77 particularlyfromf guarantees. particularly ffgm us. do you what the us the us. do you know what the us has in mind in of has in mind in terms of providing of the mm guarantees? i don't want to get in front of— guarantees? i don't want to get

in front of_ on i in front of the negotiators on that point, but i know he's about it and there's serious about it and there's been a critical minerals deal offered to repay the 200 billion taxpayers. that people who are being overly critical need is there, it is like keith kellogg is meeting is going to do that. president macron is going to be in washington next week, talking to mrtrump, he said he is going to tell him he cannot

be week with mr putin. who is an authoritarian dictator, and whether or not when it comes to negotiating. i don't think anybody is trying to let pope, he to let vladimir putin pope, he invaded is a are dying on the front lines here, and so vladimir putin i think is getting some very bad advice, of his critiques and criticisms of friendship, president trump wants to deliver peace, elites to be so critical

of every parsing, every and not continuing it. are going to want. it is one that benefits only president putin. and will further embolden him. that is what they are concerned about. of america cannot be everywhere all at once, all the time. we have priorities. communist china is coming for everyone's lunch, is a phrase we use in america, and i think europes we are not abandoning our european allies. in a more meaningful way, with security guarantees of they have got to be able to provide not for their own defence in a more meaningful way. that time has to end.

in the spirit of friendship, but i think instead all the time, we need to tell them the truth, and that's why i was in munich this past week. as we mentioned, elon musk also spoke at the conference on thursday. most senior advisors. elon musk brought out argentinian presidentjavier milei, who surprised him with a chainsaw, calling it a "chainsaw of bureaucracy". people ask, "how can you find waste in dc?" look, it's like being in a room and the wall, the roof and the floor are all targets. laughter you can't miss, you know? it is pretty wild. you just push on things a little bit and you save billions of dollars — like, just a little bit, you know? it is scary, isn't it? elon musk there. around the

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because j beciause �* safety homes because of safety concerns —— you were live bbc news. west bank after three buses exploded just south on buses and defused. there are no reported injuries so far. a hunt for terror suspects is under way. it follows an outpouring of grief in israel as the bodies returned to tel aviv. family who were still in gaza. fa short rho were still in gaza. fa short time ere still in gaza. fa short time ago, till in gaza. fa short time ago, till israeli. military said to make bodies have been the have been identified, the infants, but that the third body isn't that of the bbdy isn'tthet—etthe — ,, mother and bbdy isn'tthretretthe r re mother and it children's mother and it didn't belong to any hostage. the idf accused hamas of very

has accused hamas of very serious violations of the ceasefire agreement. 0ur correspondent paul adams reports from tel aviv. would never happen — the return of the dead. the red cross publicly asked hamas not to put on a show, 16 months on from october 7th, it all came surging back. into the bibas house. campaigner 0ded lifshitz were all killed by israeli bombs.

the truth of that claim may never be known. were brought to tel aviv for formal identification. in hostages square, where these moments are seen and digested, a wave of grief. and fears of a nation. people have been holding their breath for 502 days. and we've all seen the video of shiri bibas and her two sons being taken away and i think many of us have been trying to kind of bury that, and now we can't. change again as the country prepares to welcome home but the trauma of october 7 has not faded away, and days like today bring it back into sharp, painful focus. looking for bodies.

72 people were killed by an air strike on this it's been too dangerous to come and search before now. and two of my cousins. "we haven't been able to get anyone out. "we just want to bury them." is hard to comprehend. the grief is endless. foreign leading developing have in south for gathered in south africa for the g20 summit. south africa's president cyril ramaphosa opened

cooperation to counter "rising intolerance". foreign ministers, but us secretary of state marco rubio is boycotting the summit. in november, rubio posted on the social media platform x that south africa was using the gathering to promote "diversity, equity and inclusion frameworks". and picked "solidarity, equality and sustainability" as the theme of talks. increasingly strained following president at the international court ofjustice. 0ur africa correspondent mayenijones has more for us. it's a grouping that represents 85% of the global gdp, of the war in ukraine. these differences have

become even sharper since the beginning of donald trump's term a month ago. has also said he won't attend next week's meeting of finance ministers in cape town. this is happening because south africa has passed which the us administration has called un—american. against the country's white afrikaner minority. and in a briefing to the media this evening, president cyril ramaphosa was keen to downplay this rift with america. he said that mr rubio�*s absence from today's meeting sent a senior diplomat. between south africa and the us, saying that lots of south african companies

export goods to the us, including citrus and car parts. and he said that he had spoken to donald trump after he was sworn in, that they talked about the g20 for south africa. this is a tricky moment. mayenijones there. around the world. convicted of sexual assault, after he kissed playerjenni hermoso without her consent. the incident happened on the pitch in sydney as spain he's been fined more

than 10,000 euros. lawyers for rubiales said he will appeal the conviction. in pope francis's condition on thursday, as the 88—year—old spent his seventh day in hospital being treated for double pneumonia. into pneumonia in both lungs. results in blood tests. the first group entered the country from china on thursday. north korean leader kimjong—un used the covid—i9 pandemic 110w now forjames bond? now for james bond ? amazon's now forjames bond? amazon's takeover of following amazon's takeover of the creative control of the franchise,

rights holders michael g wilson and barbara broccoli. 0ur correspondent david sillito has more on the impact of the james bond franchise. james bond. name in the credits. when harry saltzman and �*cubby�* broccoli acquired the rights to dr no in 1961, it was the beginning of a film 007 may have been created by ian fleming, but the bond of the movies owes much to the broccolis. and you can add cool casting, cool music, cool cars, that is all... whilst this is there in the books, it becomes the magic of bond is very much down to the broccolis? yes, very much so. wilson, are now giving up creative control to amazon, owned by mgm. it's the most valuable

asset this country has. bond, james bond. daniel craig or direct the next movie. made at pinewood, was the broccoli formula. amazon's a streamer. or marvel, with a deluge of extra content. firmly in the back seat. david sillito, bbc news. and we all can't wait for next james and we all can't wait for nextjames bond. and we all can't wait for next james bond. to have with us here on bbc news. you with us here oanbc news. for watching, you with us here oanbc news. forwatching, bye—bye. hello there. over the last few days.

and windy weather at times. in fact, we've got gale—force gusts of winds arriving from the west associated with these weather fronts and heavy rain to come as well. but it's sandwiched in between this segment here, where we've got the mildest of the air with that southerly wind. for a time, and the heaviest of the rain will gradually scotland and to the far north of cumbria. some rain arriving later on in the afternoon across eastern england. but ahead of it, yes, we will see some sunshine. celsius, and we haven't seen highs like that since the end of november. of the winds, but the winds gradually easing during the latter stages of friday.

slightly fresher air tucking in behind as well. east anglia and kent. skies out to the west. the afternoon, lighter winds in comparison to friday. top temperatures generally between 10—13 degrees. until the end of the day. top temperatures on sunday afternoon,

now, looking a little bit further ahead, we keep a slightly fresher theme, but it will stay unsettled to the far north and west, with the best of the sunshine still see double figures.

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