to prevent the destruction of your country? - a lot of questions.

been a bit more tactile in the face of a verbal attack by the president and vice president of the united states. but broadly speaking, there's a rule in ukraine. there's a pattern. whenever the country is under threat, be it from the invasion or whether it's president zelensky himself, it fuels a political unity where you'll have his most fierce political rivals and they don't hold back in parliament. there is a deep division on domestic issues like mobilisation, for example. but in these periods there is unity because the country does not want to appear divided and not least in the face of russia.

and not perhaps a without that and not perhaps a worse situation than before they went, because there is speculation the us is considering stopping aid to ukraine off the back of that breakdown in talks yesterday. a lot to discuss tomorrow at that summit here in london hosted by

keir starmer between european leaders and president zelensky. we will keep on these pictures while we bring in the bbc russian service. a quote from the russian news agency, quoting the former president saying russia is ready to show flexibility on talks with ukraine but only in accordance with realities and the russian constitution. yesterday medvedev was gleefully responding to those scenes in the oval office. talk through what he has been saying. basically what medvedev said was russia and the kremlin have been sent a very long time. we are open to discussions, happy to negotiate this piece in ukraine but only if it to negotiate this piece in ukrair the it only if it to negotiate this piece in ukrair the conditions that to negotiate this piece in ukrair the condition: hast to negotiate this piece in ukrair the condition: has been want. that basically has been the line for a long time. it is

not something new coming out. it is more important the way he not something new coming out. it is me to mportant the way he not something new coming out. it is me to this irtant the way he not something new coming out. it is me to this argument way he reacted to this argument between president zelensky and president trump and jd vance. he insulin he called zelensky and insulin pay, finally someone gave zelensky a proper slap down. the russian foreign ministry reacted the same that that a spokesperson said that she was a

generally in russia? what is a feeling in terms of their desire for a deal to be struck, a ceasefire deal to be struck? how much concern is there on that front? i how much concern is there on that front?— that front? i think it is hard to say because _ that front? i think it is hard to say because we - that front? i think it is hard to say because we don't - that front? i think it is hard i to say because we don't have any proper sociology because many people are just afraid to say what they think because of the scale of oppression we say what they think because of the scale of op; russia we say what they think because of the scale of op; russia started seen ever since russia started this invasion. we can

definitely see that some people who support and i wore views, russian opposition in exile actually openly supported zelensky yesterday, cited both european leaders had said he behaved very bravely when he chose not to bend down in front of trump. there are people that think what zelensky did yesterday was irresponsible for him. i know some commentators called what he did a suicide, a public called what he did a suicide, a publi this war to end

a ukrainian flag on the tail carrying president zelensky has landed at stansted, and that convoyis landed at stansted, and that convoy is departing stansted airport. a huge number of cars taking people away who have come down the steps from that aeroplane and got into those cars had been

but we were told that the pope was alert throughout. he didn't lose consciousness and even that he was in good

spirits yesterday evening. this was a breathing crisis which happened around about 2:00 in the afternoon. but i think, you know, it has concerned people. the pope is back on the front pages of all of the italian newspapers again. you know, obviously the stories from america, from the white house, the oval office are dominant, are dominating the front pages.

leaving the stars quaking in their boots. if you like adele songs but are finding them too upbeat, you are in for a treat. sam smith will be performing! the ceremony kicks offjust after eight o'clock tonight. mark savage, bbc news. (tx vt) stay with us here on bbc news. hello. it is the start of meteorological spring today and the weather is looking fairly dry and settled through the course of the weekend. it was certainly a chilly start to the morning this morning. a lot of dry weather on the cards, but some frost again tonight and some fog patches as well. they could be quite slow to clear in places, but it's high pressure that's dominating our weather. this is a satellite from earlier. you can see this bank of cloud that's been moving in, this weather front, which is fizzling out as it

pushes south, so not much rain left on it for the remainder of the day as it moves across southern scotland, northern england, clearing out of northern ireland later on today. either side of that, more in the way of sunshine. once the mist and fog clears away, should be a glorious day across central and southern england and wales. ten degrees or so here and we'll see a bit more sunshine following across scotland and northern ireland later in the day too. just this band of cloud through central areas. through this evening and tonight, that's tending to break up a little bit more. once again we'll see some fog developing. could be quite dense for places in the southeast of england in particular. one or two patches elsewhere. temperatures down as low as minus two minus three degrees for some of us, especially in the south. but we could see a frost in the north too. if you want to knowjust how cold it's going to get overnight where you live, you can always find more detail on the overnight temperatures by looking at the bbc weather app. so it starts on that chilly note, then, sunday morning with that fog in the south and southeast, in particular. mist and fog clearing away through the morning, and then actually another dry day with long spells

of sunshine around. still not feeling particularly warm, though. top temperatures up to around about 11, possibly 12 degrees in one or two spots. and we've just got this line of cloud through central areas, which could produce an isolated shower. and this band of rain moving into the far north west, bringing some rain to the western isles later on. a bit of a breezier spell of weather tomorrow as well, and on into monday. so that frontal system just pushes its way across parts of scotland, but high pressure dominates generally. but it will bring a bit more cloud on monday and some slightly windier weather in the far north west. but for most of us, another dry, quiet sort of day on monday. again, the chance of some mist and some fog in the south overnight, but it should clear away. sunny spells and more of us seeing temperatures up to around 12 or 13 degrees, so starting to just nudge up by a degree or so. the outlook really for the rest of next week, then, is for some fine and settled spring weather on the cards. perhaps more of a chance of showers in the north towards the end of the week, but those temperatures on an upward trend. bye for now.

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