hello and welcome to newsday. of ukraine's mineral resources. materials, as this map shows. full details haven't yet been made public. and have consequences for the war with russia. donald trump says president zelensky might i hear he is on friday, certainly it's with me. he certainly it's ok with me. he would like to it with me, would like to signitwith me, a deal. i think the

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we are seeing. a seismic change in terms of us policy since the —:= of donald trump to the return of donald trump to the house. the primary ; is the united states interest is the united states of america. he wants to spend less overseas, he wants less money overseas, he wants spend less money foreign to spend less money on foreign 25 doesn't want wars, to spend less money on foreign fw doesn't want wars, as wars. he doesn't want wars, as no one does, that is his no one does, but that is his primary objective. as a result, we might say less foreign aid other projects. the pulling for other projects. the pulling back of us funds going into health projects overseas, we have already. a h5ve seen 5tre5dy. 5 ~ change h5ve seen 5tre5dy. 5. ~ change in significant change in from the priorities from the white house. . ~ priorities from the white house. ., ~ , .,

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deal, it gives it a stake. and if it has to defend, ifzit, has interests to defend. might equate to military that might equate to military to enable ukraine to support to enable ukraine to exist after a is duncan wood is an expert on critical minerals and energy geopolitics, formerly with the wilson center. he says the us—ukraine mineral deal is a "strategic" move by the trump administation and reflects trump's transactional approach to diplomacy. i think it's a classic example of and foreign aid. both with allies and rivals. and indeed the western supply chain system. on things like lithium, graphite and rare earth

elements, i think the most significant minerals coming out of this deal, vitalfor the us, are things like gallium, germanium, have recently placed export controls on those minerals, they are vital for the semiconductor industry. production of gallium and germanium, and they are going the strategic interest becoming more and more clear as we learn about the minerals involved. when it comes to this deal?

well, part of the issue emerging as we analyse ukraine's mineral deposits... zelensky has been lauded and heralded in foreign leaders have done. and negotiate.

than being opposed to you. able to continue notjust with the war against russia but to continue in the us good graces. as well, to counter offer donald trump perhaps? in this weird triangular relationship, that's really the big question right now. putin's government and expressed their affinity for each other, we now have a much more complex triangle, where and vice versa. so this is going to be an interesting negotiation for a peace deal. in ukraine?

ultimately it's a big step in the right direction. it's a master move on the part of donald trump in terms of strengthening his own hand against putin. generous with vladimir putin. minister sir keir starmer has set out plans to reform from the current level of 2.3% of gdp. the government had already committed to the increase ambition for defence spending to rise to 3% of gdp in the next parliament". here's our political editor chris mason.

of solidarity and support that we've become used to. but now, as well as an aggressive russia, in who we are as a nation, because courage is what our own will begin the biggest sustained increase it'll be cut by billions. the prime minister said he's not happy doing this and he'll but...

nonetheless, it remains a cut, and i will not pretend otherwise. where that is not the case and rebuild a capability on development. of the british people must always come first. that increase to 2.5% by 2027. all of us on this side of the house welcome that — we've all wanted to see more spending on defence.

very short—sighted decision. it's the wrong decision. it's going to impact notjust on the poorest preventing conflict makes us safer. will be deprived of crucial support that british and so next a slogan, a lectern... good evening. ..a news conference. it chimes with my thinking on this. of the circumstances that we face as a country. that the united kingdom and its citizens

are safe and secure. last night's visitor at the white house was the french president. he's a smart customer, i will tell you that. - keir starmer�*s style. this announcement, though, part of the diplomatic charm but it's also true to say that there's been a view crystallising here at westminster for some time 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 —

spending make, and how much difference will the cut international aid spending make? after more than a century. the changes, announced by press secretary karoline that covers presidential events and shares material with other media outlets. they said: around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

hamas has agreed a solution to end the delay in releasing a meeting in cairo. of killed israeli hostages held by hamas and more there has been a stand—off over release of the 600 the release of the 600 palestinian detainees because israel said hamas breached the agreement by making public 77of .. 77 ofthe 77 77ofth7e77 77of77777 77575577 77of7ls7r7a7eli show of the handover of israeli hostages gaza. israel has not yet commented. media reports say some power has been restored in parts a state of emergency�*s been declared and an overnight curfew is in place in affected areas. hospitals and prisons across the country are

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a telescope to spot as possible will be just after sunset on wednesday, thursday and friday. we will also need some skies. thanks forjoining me hello. there is a fair bit of dry weather in the outlook as we look towards the end of february and but we do have wednesday to get through first, with some outbreaks of rain swinging eastwards, working its way eastwards as we go through the day, with some pretty heavy bursts

of rain, some snow mixing in over the tops of the pennines, high ground in the southern uplands. but that band of rain should pivot its way eastwards through the day, with sunny spells and showers northern ireland and scotland perhaps seeing a fair bit of cloud lingering into the afternoon with some outbreaks of patchy rain. northern scotland doing perhaps best of all for dry 7—10 celsius. now, during wednesday night, we see this band of cloud working its way southwards with some outbreaks of rain. a few showers into the northwest of the uk — but where we see clearing skies, temperatures will drop as we head into thursday morning. and so actually, we're looking at a fair bit of dry weather. some early splashes of rain, i think, across parts of eastern england, some showers into northern ireland,

northern and western parts of scotland. of around 8—10 celsius. and then, a lovely—looking day, spells of sunshine, of around 9—10 celsius. with us into the weekend. this weather front just weakens. cities of the uk — you can check your local forecast on the bbc weather app.

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hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. and 3% this year. expenditure, while facing rising global uncertainty and a weak property market. of a major minerals deal. in potential revenue from ukraine in exchange for the aid it has provided to the country since russia's invasion in february 2022. but it also reportedly does not give firm security ukrainian demand.

ukraine will get "the right to fight on".