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it was an optimistic president macron who came of ending the war in ukraine, and to stabilise the again, the relationship has i been very special with france, and very special with this gentleman on my right. i was back — but the differences weren't far from the surface, notably on the relative contributions to ukraine europe is lending money to ukraine, they get - their money back. we paid 60% of the total effort. and we provided real money, to be clear. but donald trump continues to insist ukraine hands over with ukraine's president

zelensky is close. in fact, he may come - in this week or next week to sign the agreement, which would be nice. i i would love to meet him. we would meet i at the oval office. between the us and europe. it was up to russia, said the french president, to pay. is the responsibility of russia, because the where some agreement appears to be emerging is on the question of possible european peacekeeping troops in ukraine after a truce — something both france at length with the president. work with our british partners to talk about deployments

that the us, as an ally, is ready to provide that solidarity for that approach. hope they are now back at the negotiating table. they're at least back at the table and talking. however, there were no reassurances from the president on whether america will provide any security guarantee, its land back.

there being a great help. washington's changing stance on the war on ukraine has been highlighted at the united nations the third anniversary of russia's invasion instead tension among allies. to produce its own competing text there and in the security council. warning or real negotiations. integrity.

in the security council where russia holds a veto — to the conflict. regardless though, it is an uncomfortable of russian aggression.

james waterhouse, reports from kyiv. in ukraine, the war is as impossible to escape big absentee — the us. what followed were talks about military support, perhaps they could be earlier than 2030. as well as the enforcing of any future ceasefire. the uk is ready and willing to support this with troops on the ground. to stand up to russia

in the long term. president trump, we would really like to hear from you, because all our people, all our families are worried, will there be support from america for our people? has been some substance today. a deal that would give the us access to ukraine's natural resources in return for security guarantees president zelensky has rejected

previous drafts, calling it president trump says he's discussing major economic from moscow. on russian state television. they interrupted regular programmes for this, donald trump will like. of big—money projects, cooperation between russia i think, when it comes to dealing with the us buttons to press.

prospects for peace? negotiations provide a firm, lasting result that suits senior adviser to the center for eurasian, russian and east european studies at the brookings institute. rush a ukraine deal. and was he successful? was he successful in being this mediator

i think he definitely wanted to steer donald trump away from giving away too much to russia. i think he also wanted to show the russians that the us and the europeans can work together, because the russians between the us and europe. so i think thosewere his objectives. i don't know whether he managed to persuade donald trump he did point him straight about some of the things trump got wrong about european assistance. with these us russia negotiations to see how

but in riydah it seemed that the prime minister and sergei lavrov has said on several occasions, there can be no european troops in any country explicit about this. do to this big divide between the us and europe,

what he wants from the russian state, the us will start to use sanctions. between americans and russians that trump alluded to today, you've got to start lifting these sanctions. but with the eu has done with sanctions. as you were talking about, putin talking about this — it's really unclear what there is there. for these economic opportunities in russia — in the past 30 years. this is bbc news.

in which three young girls were murdered, have spoken leanne lucas told the bbc that she called the police as said the attacker "looked possessed" as he stabbed her. the mp mike amesbury has been sentenced to ten weeks in prison for punching one of his constituents on a night out. he'll serve four weeks of his sentence in custody, and the rest on license. british nationals in their 70s who have been arrested bamiyan province. alongside the couple.

you're live with bbc news. the trump administration has told federal federal employees must send in summaries of their work accomplishments or risk losing theirjobs. that's according to the washington post, of the specially appointed department of government but in the last hour mr musk sent out a message saying that discretion, and that "failure to respond a second time will it comes as more 4,000 employees from the us measures to curb government i've been speaking to

jeremy konindyk, president of the humanitarian agency refugee�*s international and 0bama administrations. first of all, musk�*s federal worker order is dividing even some have told workers to disregard musk�*s demand, like fbi director kash patel, and defence secretary pete hegseth. it's confusing, isn't it, how should workers respond? ad hoc, amateur hour that's reallyjust intended to diminish and belittle the workers of the federal government. they all report to people who know what they do, elon musk has no idea what they do, he has no position tojudge

what most federal workers do. does the 0pm have the authority except through regulation to order another agency's employees to do anything? federal workers who are suing over this e—mail. for the whole federal government, it certainly does not assess the performance of individual employees and agencies. they traditionally leave that to the agencies themselves, who know their missions. of this, and i think what we've seen from elon musk over law or procedure as he goes

about destroying agencies of what some federal workers are working on in those agencies? that is controlled information that cannotjust be disclosed american businesses.

what will be the impact of this? if there was an earthquake in the world tomorrow, those teams can no longer get off the ground because they and what is the collateral damage of these doge cuts overall? where else do you think you'll target? in a usaid context, which is what i'm most familiar with, it is damaging hiv programmes, 35 of 39 programme

things that really do save lives day in, day out are being disrupted right now. i think if they are that cavalier about costing lives and here in the us. the united nations secretary general has voiced after israel's announcement that it is expanding military operations there. israel expelled residents of three to be the forced displacement of 40,000 people. it comes as mediators have been trying to solve the latest hurdle in gaza ceasefire negotiations.

in "grave danger". that is causing problems, and potentially could put the who were due to be freed from israeli jails on saturday, deal that is meant to see this week, in the coming days, in captivity and gaza. but hamas may well refuse to do that until it has a guarantee that these palestinian prisoners who haven't been

to the region in the coming days — he's going to try the division between a phase one and a phase two, all released in one go. and hamas also having a guarantee that those palestinian prisoners will be freed, and that those releases will also be freed. to the hostilities — these were all issues that

let's turn to some other important news around the world. terated for pneumonia. the 88—year—old is spending an 11th night in the hospital. people held a prayer vigil in st peter's square in vatican city. the european union is suspending some of its long—running sanctions on syria in a bid to help the bashar al—assad regime. and banking sectors. narcotics and equipment used for repression. tech giant apple says they plan to invest more and create 20,000 jobs. factory in texas set

to open next year. and development, software, and artificial intelligence. speaking after his christian democrats won military alliance can survive in its current form. he also condemned comments from us the german election, calling them �*outrageous. # the first time

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award at the grammys. by that stage, she was in a wheelchair, and two years later, she announced she had motor neurone disease, that left her unable to sing. hello there. with a band of heavy rain clearing eastwards, it was a day of sunshine and showers. of days, because sunshine and showers remains very much the theme.

nights to be expected — particularly for the middle of rain here, stretching further inland at times. here, it's a milder start to the morning — but it's a noticeably chillier start than it was on monday, many of our temperatures in low single figures. and still, a legacy of cloud and some rain across the far southeast of england — that will clear away. weather, some sunshine in between the showers. temperatures just a little lower than they were on monday. very close to freezing. so, frost developing for many of us, and then,

band of rain, cloud, stronger winds starts and then, on wednesday, that band of rain will sweep temperatures slipping back again once more, as we head through wednesday night and into thursday. pressure starting to build in from the west — and that'll keep us fine and dry for much of the rest of the week, and there will be a lot of sunshine around, as well. lasting through the weekend, as well. but how sunny will it be by day? you can check all of the details for the place where you live on our bbc weather app. bye for now.

at this year's berlin film festival. we hearfrom south korean film—maker bong joon—ho in berlin, with his first film since his oscar—winning parasite.