hello, i'm helena humphrey. of ukraine's mineral resources. the country is rich in oil and gas, as well as raw materials, as this map shows. in washington on friday. gary o'donoghue has the lastest. this deal was close — and that turned out to be true, we don't know much about the detail, donald trump has said already this could be

worth billions of dollars to the us, an important part of his request. and he said, just in the last few minutes, with me, if he would like to, and he would like to sign- it together with me, - and that's a very big deal. money around like it was cotton candy. i now, we don't know exactly what donald trump is giving, the americans will have either. but of course, none of this can happen until for the view from kyiv, here's james waterhouse.

guarantees ukraine has secured from this apparent agreement. it has taken so far. disputed in these parts — that has now been dropped. it's been incredibly hostile — and now, we have this apparent area of agreement,

and the hope here is this — if america has agreed to this deal, that gives it a stake, after a ceasefire is signed. i spoke to doug klain. reached an agreement on that minerals deal — your reaction firstly to that news? well, it's a big deal that they are reaching the last week or so, that maybe this friction will subside. that over anything else is what ukraine is getting that it seems have been

designed to pressure zelensky talking about those tactics to get to this point, at one point in a previous iteration of that deal, so the fact that they have now both come to the table i think this was a real test for zelensky. on something of a charm offensive, spending months of course, we saw trump had his 90—minute—or—so phone call, trump was seeming to take russia's side a bit more on many of these cases, voting with russia at the united nations this week, refusing to condemn

was something that trump seems to have fixed on as a sign of, the us's lead." he's emphasised quite a bit how ukraine is very reliant what kyiv will be looking for in terms of security at least continued weaponry, perhaps even fighting about security guarantees into this agreement — that's something the ukrainian side has focused very intensely on. preferably before formal negotiations for peace

will need more ammunition, they'll start running dry on that to make sure that us military support they feel about the prospect of a donald trump presidency, and what that means for the war, going into its fourth year? i think there is something of a realisation amongst many to figure out the best path to guarantee their future,

from the us and russia. have no real guarantees enforced, aren't worth of the past again. so there is now the prospect of potential talks ukraine needs to prepare to make concessions,

to have security guarantees. british prime minister sir keir starmer has set out plans to increase uk defence spending by reducing it comes ahead of keir starmer�*s trip to washington to talk to donald trump. organisations say marginalised communities around the world

will suffer the consequences. there's one flying not far from you, too — symbols a wildly unpredictable america, and a big decision. we must find courage in our history, courage in who we are as a nation, because courage is what our own to 2.5%, spending on overseas aid goes down. it'll be cut by billions.

look for other savings to protect the development budget. nonetheless, it remains a cut, and i will not pretend otherwise. we will do everything we can to return to a world on development. but at times like this, the defence and security of the british people must always come first. some opposition parties don't like it and some labour mps don't either, but others were supportive. we've all wanted to see more spending on defence. we strongly support - the prime minister raising defence spending to 2.5%, -

preferably using seized russian people in the world, but also on us here. preventing conflict makes us safer. this means that so many of the world's poorest children aid provides, including through crucial vaccinations, this is then an argument the prime minister needs to win. and so next a slogan, a lectern... and i agree with him.

are safe and secure. that is the first duty that i have as prime minister. last night's visitor at the white house was the french president. knee grabbing, hand holding — probably not this announcement, though, part of the diplomatic charm offensive before his appointment in the oval office. have been on the phone again, no doubt comparing notes on how to handle donald trump. across several parties that there really did need to be a hike in defence spending that, if you like, the holiday from history of the 1990s, aftermath of the cold war was

well and truly over, and there had to be a response to that. there are two big questions tonight — how much difference will the increase in defence international aid spending make? amanda prichard amanda pricha rd has amanda prichard has stepped wes down from nhs england. wes streeting said she led from the front. ofjim has urged streeting said she led from the front. ofjim tconsider to tad to a timed switching to a fixed price tariff of price rises in tariff ahead of price rises in april, increasing the price cut by 6.4%. —— of typical by 6.4%. —— ofjim. typical annual for those on annual bills for those on variable tariffs will go up

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the deportation of migrants it would spur energy deregulation and in the new budget would be at the expense of funding but top house republican mike johnson — who is leading are looking to make savings by tackling "fraud, waste and abuse". and achieve a lot of savings. who rely on medicaid, rely on nutritional taking a look at the numbers,

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an agreement has been six newborn babies have died in the past two weeks because of extreme cold and a lack of proper heating in makeshift shelters. homes to the area. the vatican says pope francis remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital. the 88—year—old is battling pneumonia in both lungs,

no further respiratory crises. the latest from rome. what he suffered at the weekend, when there was we are now told he's stable. certainly more positive. st peter's square, on the steps of the basilica here. the cardinals are gathering for those prayers. each night those prayers

are taking place, a different the rosary every time. so when i asked an official here what stable means, they said that's a good sign as far as they are concerned. from the vatican, but the pope still in critical condition. more than 1,000 musicians have released what's kate bush, annie lennox, damon albarn and cat stevens are among

the leading musicians who've spaces, as part of an album called, is this what we want? kate bush and annie lennox. all part �*a annie lennox. all part of a 1000 strong of 1000 strong collective of musicians have released a musicians who have released a surprise today. don't musicians who have released a surprir your today. don't musicians who have released a surprir your set, oday. don't musicians who have released a surpriryourset, it's y. don't musicians who have released a surprir your set, its meantt musicians who have released a surprir your set, it's meant to adjust your set, it's meant to sound like that. it demonstrates they say demonstrates what they say music will sound like in the future if proposed government changes to copyright law go % jéhasé é 77 has ihcluded ahead. campaigning has included adverts day's national ahead. campaigning has included adverts with; national newspapers with legends from the creative weighing into the creative arts weighing into the creative arts weighing into the debate. the creative arts weighing into the debate-— the debate. culture is absolutely _ the debate. culture is absolutely vital -

the debate. culture is absolutely vital to - the debate. culture is| absolutely vital to this country. absolutely. we have been world leaders, why throw it away? ai, properly could be a very controlled, could be a very great but unregulated, great help. but unregulated, with of all of the with the work of all of the writers and created thrown away nothing, that for nothing, that is monstrously unfair. for nothing, that is monstrousl unfair. , ., monstrously unfair. generative ai technology _ monstrously unfair. generative ai technology is _ monstrously unfair. generative ai technology is trained - monstrously unfair. generative ai technology is trained on - e! teehheleax! ie trainee—eh —— —— ~ — amounts of information or vast amounts of information or data, literature, music or data—,tli—terature, music er can all be used. ai tech movies can all be used. ai tech generate new by generate new content by predicting patterns it some the recognises some the information has already been trained on. of; ofai,£ of ai,:some of them say this content 5 this content is j none of this content is original, that it's basically clever remixes of art that's gone before. when we put these copyright concerns to copyright concerns to the government, a spokesperson said...

it's to be 12 weeks before the government makes its final decision, the creative industries convinced art convincecithatthis pits art the phantom of ai. trying to drive home? and you agree with them? and i you agree with them? the fl] you agree with them? the and you agree with them? the oint the and i you agree with them? the point they are _ and you agree with them? tie: point they are making, and you agree with them? he point they are making, it's and you agree with them? tte: point they are making, it's a point they are making. its a point, a very artistic great point, a very artistic point. when i heard about the album, it made me smile. it's to see a protest album, lovelyto see a protest album. bit like john lovelyto see a protest album. bit likejohn lennon's bed mm mam in. it captures the imagination. the issue here is e-e 6 industry is based on

the music industry is�*oased on it's very simple to copyright. it's very simple to understand, you write and record a song, you a song record a song, you play a song live, or tell a record a song, you play a song live, or all tell a record a song, you play a song live, or all based around t—shirt, it's all based around copyright. that's the copyrighttthat's’ the: of the eepyrighttthet's: the of the music foundation of the music industry. ai effectively at the moment generative ai is not licensed properly, and that's concern. with the the concern. with the possibility, it's not a a possibility in the is they u 7 they may they may able to use uk, they may be able to use that material new works jnevw works that the creatuhg hew works that the are not creatuhg hew works thst the are not compensated artists are not compensated for. so it's like a napster moment steroids if you m. :. . if]; . a. ,..,, the napster w ’ theinapsterperiod. apple ceo tim cook said the company may have ending dei programs. or rolled back policies like using race and sex in hiring decisions.

he says are discriminatory. martial law last year. he denied insurrection. mr yoon's brief suspension of civilian rule plunged south korea into political turmoil. he was arrested last month on insurrection charges and could face life in prison or even the death penalty. chile has declared a state of emergency and a curfew after a power outage left millions of people than six million people live. street lights stopped working, and the city metro seven planets — mars, jupiter, uranus, venus, neptune,

in the evening sky. it will be the last time seven planets can be seen simultaneously so clearly until 2040. to unlock key aspects of president trump's republicans narrowly overcame internal disagreements on the budget resolution. it would extend 2017 tax cuts and could help dodge a democratic filibuster in the senate. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. there is a fair bit of dry weather in the outlook as we look towards the end of february and followed by a mix of sunny spells and showers. with some pretty heavy bursts of rain, some snow mixing

in over the tops of the pennines, high ground but that band of rain should pivot its way following on behind into england and wales. 7—10 celsius. a few showers into the northwest of the uk — away down close to, or even below freezing in some spots of high pressure beginning to expand its influence —

northern and western parts of scotland. should bring quite a lot of sunshine and temperatures of around 8—10 celsius. fog, as well — and some of that fog could linger through friday morning, it should clear. and then, a lovely—looking day, spells of sunshine, a bit breezy up towards the northwest, and temperatures of around 9—10 celsius. but running into our area of high pressure, so, a lot of dry weather on the way. cities of the uk — you can check your local forecast on the bbc weather app.

this bbc news. will the headlines for you the the headlines for you at the top of the hour is top of the hour which is straight after this programme. hi, i'm ros atkins. this week on the media show, we'll look at how diplomacy nato spokesperson and

a defence journalist. editor of the new yorker, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary. that's coming up on the media show. the us—russia talks in saudi arabia, an emergency and the different parties have been communicating in different to understand this, i've been speaking with three guests — 0ana lungescu, former nato spokesperson, between 2010 and 2023, and larisa brown, who's defence editor at the times. and, you know, normally i'll wake up and i'll message everybody that i can think of that might have something