a big u—turn at bp — the struggling oil giant is expected to refocus its efforts on oil and gas after years of ramping up renewables investment. skywatchers will be lucky enough to catch we'll tell you all you need to know. hello, i'm kasia madera. helps "shape" long—term peace. ukraine says it has reached an agreement that will give the united states access to its natural mineral resources. details still remain unclear about exactly what each side will get, but officials in kyiv say they see it as a good outcome.

he visits washington on friday. joe inwood reports. to its continued fight? in february, he showed these previously secret maps graphite and lithium are essentialfor making these minerals, along with other rare earths, for access to these minerals. it's not known exactly what the terms are, but it's have been removed.

speaking in his nightly address, president zelensky certainly it's ok with me if he'd like to, and he would like to sign it together with me. and i understand that it's a big deal, a very big deal. by explicitly linking us support to mineral rights, about the shared values of the fight, but about the value to be found in their land. joe inwood, bbc news. james, arguably the of what is in deal are

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behind president zelensky after ti has iticism he has faced, but behind president zelensky after ti has really he has faced, but behind president zelensky after ti has really tainted faced, but behind president zelensky after ti has really tainted the ad, but it has really tainted the yearnings for peace people have when they look westward for that support. when they look westward for that smart-— that support. james, really aood to that support. james, really good to get _ that support. james, really good to get your _ that support. james, really good to get your analysis. | goggito get your analysis. waterhouse joining goggito get your analysis. waterhousejoining us from keefe. 7 7 from keefe. we 7 from keefe. we know live from keefe. we know that president zelensky will be travelling to washington the 77 the end 77 the end of 77 the end of the the prime minister sir keir starmer has announced by cuts in overseas aid. budget, which international

charities say could mean billions more for the military, paid by billions less for a peace deal in ukraine and for europe to spend more on defence? the beginning of the conflict in ukraine. the last few weeks have accelerated my thinking this is very much my decision, based on my assessment of the circumstances that we face as a country. and it was supported by the conservative

national interest should always come first. so i'm very pleased to hear the prime minister announce but not everyone is convinced. of its foreign policy. obviously, defence and security policy is critical to that. but the arm that relates to foreign aid has been that it's benefited. i think we have to spend more on defence and with but i think we should raise the money in different ways. assets that are sitting in uk banks, confiscate them,

from submarines to nuclear weapons the armed forces and what about the american reaction? here reacquainting himself with france's president macron? offering when he sits in that chair tomorrow. at westminster for us. i guess that is the aim of the uk minister, he will uk prime minister, that he will be sending this message that be stjhg tthreessage that trump be sending th'lsreessage that trump will want to hear donald trump will want to hear when it comes to increasing

whehit senses to ihsreasihg on defence. but it come a cost? i think this twin 77 7 7 7 7w7ru7§§ will go down 77 7 7 7 7w7ru7§§ down well approach will go down well with the us president. both sides of this policy are trump ian, i suppose you could first suppose you could argue first and something presidents have been calling forfor and something presidents have been calling for for many years. donald trump seems to in five or six in office. as the uk been weeks in office. as the uk been bounced into it? no, according bounced intoit? no. according number sources. bounced into it? no. according number sources. the to number ten sources. the other part of the policy, aid and at has happened to us aid development 777�*the7pa7s7t77 77 77 7 7 7 �*the past month, 7 7 7 �*the past month, that 7 . a; 7pa7s7t7month, that he 7 7 over the past month, that has cut in been cut in recent weeks, something the trump seem pretty administration seen-t ere—ttey wewweeeeweweeee e of. administration seem—erettey .,, w , w w . of. there administration seem—erettey eee ee e w w . of. there is a different in the 7 in the uk. 7 in the uk. keir77 7 feeling in the uk. keir starmer does not seem to have found this an easy decision to

are many 7 -£7 who are 777 77 777who are unhappy, privetebj who'ere' unhappy, anxious and that is concerned, anxious and that is we talk about the sector who exceptional charity sector who spend the uk government money. now of course today the and now of course today the process to start cutting programmes starts in the uk. that is going to be very some argue that it difficult. some argue that it could be what 7 7 what are 7 what are long—term and what are the long—term impacts? does it mean for impacts? what does it mean for other states? some would see moving into other spaces them moving into otherspeees by the uk. does it vacated by the uk. what does it mean for the humanitarian disasters? and what disesters?'a'nd'pote'ntietty whet it for disesters?'a'nd'potehtietty whet it for immigration? does it mean for immigration? the uk prime minister has the l1h prime minister has .,......-..uu. .-. on the l1h prime minister hasm , ~ . on tackling the lik. prime minister hasm , ~ . on tackling illegal focused on tackling illegal migration and also legal migration and also legal migration in his first six months in office. of course, humanitarian m 7 if i7to people moving do

i7to people moving around lead to people moving around the world and, therefore, i am told immigration be taken told immigration will be taken into or the impact into account. or the impact on will be taken into immigration, willbe taken into civil servants account when civil servants to look at which pregrammes ts suterr for talking prsgrammes ts fly... for talking us thank you for talking us through that. pike, our through that. joe pike, our correspondent from political correspondent from westminster. much more on all of that, uk defence spending and what is happening in ukraine in terms of that more on that coming much more on that coming up later on here on bbc news and our website. let's go to our website. now let's go to these east. they'll be exchanged for the bodies of four israeli on saturday israel said it was halting the release and thousands of people

have lined the streets to pay their respects during the funeral procession we are watching those pictures, thousands of mourners lining the streets for the funeral procession the family, procession for the family, whom was the youngest amongst whom was the youngest hostage, just months old 7the7 thefamily 7the7family was taken. when the family was taken. right, and it really is right, and it has really been a good of the been a good expression of the grief for this family in public grief for this family in particular. the little boys particular. the two little boys with their red hair were pictured in pictured always in hostage square. they among square. they became among the most recognised most internatisnattu recssnisedw w e of the most internatisnatty recssnisede— ~ , of the plight most internatisnatty recsgfljsedw w e of the plight of most internatisnatty recsgnisede— ~ , of the plight of the hostages, 7 7 hostages, s7natched on israeli hostages, snatched on the 7th of there was much so iong

so much uncertainty for'so tong what had happened to so much uncertainty for'so tong bibas it had happened to so much uncertainty for'so tong bibas and d happened to so much uncertainty for'so tong bibas and her ippened to so much uncertainty for'so tong bibas and her sons. ed to so much uncertainty for'so tong bibas and her sons. ii to shiri bibas and hersons. i think the fact her husband was one of those hostages released in the recent the in the recent handovers, the deal that was struck with hamas, he was returned but only to have it confirmed to him that wife and his children that his wife and his children had been on the 7th of hed been'kitted'on the 7th of shiri bibas and her will be buried alongside sons will be buried alongside her parents in the cemetery close to their home, close to the edge of gaza where her parents also killed in the parents were also killed in the 7th of attacks. taste parents were also killed in the 7th of - attacks. 7th of october attacks. we will be monitoring _ 7th of october attacks. we will be monitoring the _ 7th of october attacks. we will be monitoring the images - 7th of october attacks. we will be monitoring the images as i be monitoring the images as continue to those people continue to lie those streets. but in �*the streets. but in terms of the release of palestinian.- we saw ' i’ocgss as we come of that process as we come towards the end of this first of the ceasefire stage of the ceasefire agreement, negotiators saying an agreement has been reached. talk us through what we can

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to renwable energy. year, significantly down from 15.2 billion dollars in 2023 in the face investors have speculated that bp could this week abandon its pledge to reduce oil production by 25% by 2030 compared to its 2019 levels.

decade compared to 2019 levels. this is down from a previous target of 35—40%. on clean energy objectives. cornelia meyer, is an energy analyst and the ceo of meyer resources, joining us from berlin. welcome. what your assessment of this? how much is a kickback in order to this a kickback in order to increase profits for and how much is being spurned on by donald beir rhetoricrd on by donald beir rhetoric of >n by donald beir rhetoric of drill, donald trump's rhetoric of drill, baby, drill? it trump's rhetoric of drill, baby. drill?— trump's rhetoric of drill, bab , drill? , ., ~ baby, drill? it is both. thank ou for baby, drill? it is both. thank| you for— you you for having me. when you look at bp, its returns 37 77- 77 percent, shell percent, shell is 77%, stus percent. sheurrejw is 147%, stus percent. sheursjw is 147%, so ptus percent. sheurrejw is 147%, so it is not

ptus percent. sheursjw is 147%, so it is not as exxon is 147%, so it is not as profitable as its peers. with profit—abte as its emerita-min '*""”"""* profitabts as its assists-min ” at 100% at 15% discount, bp has shell at 15% discount, bp has not doing well. it net been seine we“ tha= ” '" been much net been seine we“ tha= ” w been much more traditionally been much more into renewables. the previous came in with this very high 7 -75 but those 7 77 but those were 7 77 target, but those were different times. that is when iea came out with its net the iea came out with its net zero and was also zero strategy and it was also just after covid, and then came the war and the world the ukraine war and the world really changed dramatically. it really changed dramatically. it is not arguably the only 9°an 75 ww w' 77goin7g down this 7going down this route. company going down this route. shell 2:1; norwegian company shell and the norwegian company ecuador have been back ecuador have been scaling back their plans on is this 7 is this the 7 is this the direction trav7el s this the direction travel for |is the direction trav7elforthese dire7ction travel for these major on of travel for these major companies in the energy sector? notjust for the energy

companies in the energy sector? not just for the energy sector. you look at big financial when you look at big financial they have also out. with the opted out. with the trump administration the mood music, so to say, has changed. but bp -7= is the last to change. bp has been the most aggressive to go down that route. don't forget it was john brown down that route. don't forget it wasjohn brown in 1997 who came up with the idea of beyond petroleum. so i think bp has waited the longest, has been the most aggressive on this, plus has an activist plus bp has an activist investor, elliott, are investor, elliott, who are very effective, they earn about 5% of the shares, and are of the shares, and they are very active in terms of telling them they need to change their ways. they want to see more

you77777777 you look at profitability. when you look at elliott and what have done elliott and what they have done to other companies they usually tgother companies they usually they want. tnother com 7; get what they want. obviously environmental _ get what they want. obviously environmental groups - get what they want. obviously i environmental groups . really but some shareholders also expressing concern. are also expressing concern. what kind of a sway do you think they have? so what kind of a sway do you think they have? not so much because they _ think they have? not so much because they are _ think they have? not so much because they are not - think they have? not so much because they are not big - because they are not big the big shareholders. the big shareholders. the big shareholders are the who 40% 7 7 40% of 7 7 40% of bp, 7 7 7 77 74(7)7%7of7bp,7h7e7l7d777 77 7 77 71r07�*77e7of7bp,7h7e7ldin77 77 own 40% of bp, held in america by so the us are by us companies. so the us are big investors. ithink blackrock owns they will blackrock owns 10%. they will be that worried about more. lar fink five any more. larry fink five or six years back was worried six years back was very worried 7 the e56 six years back was very worried 7 the esg and they less worried about it now. are less worried about it now. the mood music has again the me“! reusic—has—ee - 7 against again the me“! reusic—has—ee — 7 against esg again the me“! reusic—has—ee - 7 against esg agenda. meier, 77 m77eier, always 7

7 77 increasing; 5070767 77 m77eier, always good to your a. er 55’ w' your perspective. 77 y7ou7r7p7e7rs7pec7tive7.77thank 77 77 y7ou7r7p7e7rs7pec7tive7.7thankyou777 77 get your perspective. thenkryou joining us. skywatchers will be lucky enough to see a planetary parade this week. as clearly until 2040. but four of the planets, mercury, venus, jupiter, and mars, will be visible to the naked eye. sunset to see a spectacular sight in the skies. but higher up, the brightest star is actually venus, which we've got in the telescope now. but now this planetary parade has reached its climax,

of young and old alike. oh, yeah! it's like a rainbow. it was a similar story at the bannau brycheiniog national park, a dark skies area in mid—wales. its director, alan trow, and his 16—year—old grandson, the wonderful crescent that it presents. colour, sort of. it's lovely. it's beautiful. in view from the earth. with the naked eye.

saturn is harder to see because its low on the horizon, because they're so far away. every time you look at the night sky, you're in awe at and you realise how insignificant you actually are. pallab ghosh, bbc news. do let us know if you manage to that delight. i see that planetary delight. i am going to leave you with some am going to teave youwithsome the live shots we are of the live shots we are here. these are the lined the streets as mourners lined the streets as they pay tribute in israel ahead of the funerals of shiri 5 :7 her ahead of the funerals of shiri 5 :rr her two ahead of the funerals of shiri 5 7- her two young ahead of the funerals of shiri 5 if her two young sons. bibas and her two young sons. they were taken hostage in the october the 7th hamas they were killed in attacks and they were killed in gaza. the family have published

the procession route, the funeral procession route, but they want keep the but they want to keep the actual funeral itself private. course very cour7se very difficult time of course very difficult time for the family, the father having been and he haying been released and he been during his time in incarceration that his family a incarceration that his family had passed we are just had passed away. we are just monitoring that. and we are also watching the live shot in rome where pope has spent rome where the pope has spent the rest of night. that is the hospital where he is. we are keeping an eye on any updates from the vatican. hello. there is a fair bit of dry weather in the as dry weather in the outlook as we look towards the end of at the start of march. we do have wednesday to get but we do have wednesday to get first with outbreaks of rain swinging eastward, followed a mix of sunny followed by a mix of sunny showers. the spells and showers. the outbreaks 1653 00: