the us president's comments come just days before the two leaders are due to fly to washington. also tonight: apple pulls its highest level of privacy protection for customers in the uk after government pressure. the january tax take hides a bigger problem jace which has saved his eyesight. against portugal later. of their nations league campaign. good evening.

of hours to fox news. about ending the war with russia. with the lastest, our north america correspondent donald trump with harsh words tonight. it this comesjust

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country, sovereign country. would say such a thing? well, i don't think that that was something that he really meant in terms of that ukraine. you mean, ukraine attacked russia? to paraphrase the us, i should say, was in a disinformation bubble essentially created by the kremlin?

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our technology editor zoe kleinman reports. messages, and documents. this data is encrypted. content apart from you. the uk government wants to access this data, too, if there's a national security risk. but apple has consistently opposed creating a back their way in, too. entirely rather than give the government access. in a statement, apple said it was gravely disappointed to british customers. it said... "as we've said many times before, we have never built a back door

new uk users were no longer able to activate it. stored in the cloud in the uk with law enforcement and that's because people here will only have a standard level of encryption. cyber security experts say it was naive of the uk government there's an old adage that goes, you know, you cannot weaken encryption for your enemies without it also being weakened for your friends.

services can pose a huge risk to children's safety online. the home office said it can't comment on operational matters, including confirming or denying the request. the family of shiri bibas, the israeli hostage whose body but those of a gazan woman. in rubble after israeli airstrikes. israel will free about 600 prisoners in exchange. paul adams reports from tel aviv.

israel is still waiting for shiri bibas to come home. the terrified woman, last seen cradling her infant sons ariel and kfir on october the seventh. israelis found the orchestrated spectacle repellent. hours later came news that shiri had not been returned after all. these hamas monsters also cynically refused to bring back the boy's mother, shiri, and sent the body of a gazan today, the heavens shake. hamas claims all three were killed in an air strike. after last night's detailed forensic examination,

but what about their mother? palestinians". may have played a part. body, or doesn't know where the real body is. we have to understand that we're talking about a war for the bibas family and their supporters, there's quiet fury towards the group that took them and the government that failed to get them back. terrorist organisation,

and it was israel's the return of bodies has onlyjust begun, to be dead. hamas probably doesn't hold them all. finances in january. it means rachel reeves may have to increase meanwhile, retailsales rebounded injanuary, mainly there was a more cheerful

tune coming from uk and i like, i've always been a bit that way, but yeah, it's certainly yeah. anything... even if it's a quid difference or even a £0.50 difference, it matters. watch the pennies and| the pounds may come. someone else watching pennies and pounds is the chancellor. public purse is growing. now, this chart shows how much tax the government collects, minus how much it spends. but injanuary, it usually receives more than it spends and look, once again, over here, a surplus, that is no surprise. wages are rising. income tax thresholds are frozen. it means lots of extra tax.

in fact, it's borrowed £118 billion — £13 billion more. now, why does that matter? well, if the chancellor is going to stay within her own self—imposed rules over this parliament, she's likely to have to either raise taxes or cut spending in unprotected areas. these are some of the protected ones over here — health, demands on them. for unprotected departments.

with a new forecast due in march, but will decide how to slice it out to washington. and coming up: happy birthday, roa na. for the uk's oldest horse. we've been to meet her. coming up on bbc news. the champions league draw has thrown up some tasty ties, in the round of 16. dutch club psv einhoven.

with pioneering gene therapy. and say it's life—changing forjace and three other children jace can now walk down a corridor without help. take for granted. he was born almost completely blind because of a rare genetic condition. to her, you know, at what point did they start to look at you? jace could only make out darkness and light. his family, who live

in the us, heard by chance the cells in the retina faulty, leaving patients with very little vision. it into the retina using a harmless virus. jace came to london with his family in 2020, and the surgery took place at great 0rmond street hospital. he was able to get out of bed. this is what's affected by the condition. and this is the tissue we're targeting with the gene therapy.

in the future. scientists say even more have since had the procedure. they hope to go to regulators for possible clearance for it to be available on the nhs. so far have been remarkable. we had no idea, you know, what the results were going some phenomenal results. and for us, if this just helps jace navigate his world a little bit better, then it's a massive win. hugh pym, bbc news. that is pivotal for the country and for the whole of europe. the centre—right cdu party

is leading in opinion polls, but the far—right afd which is hardline on migration, second largest party. here's katya adler. "we're taking our country back". german borders — is so catchy amongst young and old, they're tipped to become the second biggest party we can't go on like this. the afd will change things.

doing well across europe. it is the biggest in europe, one of the most influential if the afd really boosts its popularity this election, what does the afd offer young women? the afd isn't a nazi party or even far right. we are just conservative. but afd opponents don't believe her. why are you protesting?

child was killed. border security is an afd rallying cry. the man expected to be germany's next chancellor, conservative friedrich merz, has been careful to sound tough. he told this closing rally in berlin. but the afd, he insists, is not the answer. he and other traditional parties pledged to keep the afd out of germany's next government. but the afd is crying foul. their support even more next election, it says. that's a promise for some.

the six nations rugby resumes tomorrow, with wales but they face tough opposition, the current champions ireland. andy swiss is at the principality stadium in cardiff. andy. jane, wales fans have yes, jane, wales fans have enjoyed some famous winds here over the years, but tomorrow, they know they some famous winds here over the yea need t tomorrow, they know they some famous winds here over the yea need something, they know they will need something extraordinary. as you say, 1a defeats in a row of 7longest losing streak in their the longest losing streak in their history, but with a new 7 7 could 7 7 77 could they7 7 7 7 could they7finally have coach, could they finally have something to celebrate?

for wales, that wretched run goes on — 1a defeats in a row now. very. they make it very hard. as long as they score a try, i'll be happy. . their interim coach has changed more than half the team, very easy to get sucked into negativity. a lot of pride in playing for wales.

but it's a weekend when everyone will be wanting that winning feeling. andy swiss, bbc news. she's a mixed breed pony from county down. when most horses live to to about 25 or 30. roana was once a competitive showjumper, 0ur ireland correspondent chris page has been to meet her. 0h, what's this? roana's ownerfirst got to know her more than 30 years ago.

good care, good feeding. just good solid stock? yeah. moments of cerys' life. cerys had been saddling up with roana since she was just six years old. what's her personality like, would you say? stubborn, knows her own mind, does what she wants when she pleases and even at a6, she is not slow. she just wants to be out doing stuff and that. she enjoys going for a trot

with her pal tinkerbell. horse in a survey by the equestrian specialists harry hall. she's just roana. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. there. it has been very hello there. it has been a very mild for many of us today. day for many of us today. temperatures in lincolnshire and east yorkshire reached 17 degrees, making it the warmest day of the year so far, the since the year so far, the warmest since the 24th of looking ahead to 7 777w7eek7end,7777 7 7 7 77 weekend, it 7

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