the contrast with washington was clear. can a deal be salvaged, president zelensky? the warmest of welcomes at downing street for the president, whojust yesterday was kicked out of the white house. this meeting was hastily arranged, and neither leader mentioned donald trump,

at least in front of the cameras. you're very, very welcome here in downing street. and as you heard from the cheers of the street outside, you have full backing across the united kingdom. so we are happy and we count on your support and really, really, really happy that we have such, such partners and such friends. fantastic. the elephant in the room was this. don't tell us what we're going to feel. i'm not telling you. because you're in no position to dictate that. remember this. you're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. an oval office encounter, which was brutal, bruising, possibly deliberate.

administration. that is important going forward.

keir has had two sunday is the day of a big key course on land, one with course on land, one key course on land, one with emmanuel and president emmanuel macron and president donald trump. —— two 7 _ key callers. very little being given to us by number ten tonight apart from the fact that the cause were constructed and focus on finding a way forward. another interesting point, confirmed in couple of hours, government also told the bbc government also told the bbc that on friday evening, after that pretty bruising encounter in the oval office, members of sir keir starmer�*s that on friday evening, team try to persuade both the americans and the ukrainians that president zelensky zelensky should return to the oval office. evidently, it did not work.

sunday is the day of a big european leaders summit. sir keir starmer, i am told, was action and not words. i am told by another number ten source is about moving from the talking face to the planning phase, so it is likely that the uk pm asks leaders of other european nations how they could contribute toa ukrainian security guarantee and what they could provide in the event of a ukrainian peace process. as for the meeting with king charles, we are told

what? sure. sure. first of all, during the war, everybody has problems, even you. problems, even you. but you have nice ocean and don't feel now, but you will feel it in the future. god bless... you don't know that. you don't know that. god bless you will not have war. don't tell us what we're going to feel. we're trying to solve a problem. don't tell us what we're going to feel... i'm not telling you, i'm answering on this question. ..because you're in no position to dictate that. remember that. i'm not dictating. you're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. we're going to feel very good. you will feel influenced. we're going to feel very good and very strong. you're, right now, not in a very good position.

you've allowed yourself to be in a very bad position. from the very beginning of the war... you're not in a good position. you don't have the cards right now. with us, you start having the cards. i'm not playing cards. i'm very serious, mr president. but right now, you don't have the playing cards. i am the president in war... you're gambling with the lives of millions of people. you're gambling with world war 3. what are you speaking about? you're gambling with world war 3. what are you speaking about? for more on this, i spoke to former us ambassador to ukraine john herbst. after what we just saw, that disastrous meeting with the president trump in the oval office, how important do think it would for mr zelensky to have this meeting on saturday with the uk pm?

i would say that the support zelensky has received from the uk since the big invasion has been extraordinary. i think the greatest statesmen in the western world backing up ukraine have been in britain since 2022 and that remains true today. it is important, the support that zelensky has gotten, notjust from the uk but also from france lately, they are stepping up, to meet the proposal from president trump to put european troops is a wonderful development. for zelensky to gain additional support in the uk after the disastrous meeting in the oval office, it is a very good thing. we saw today, this £2.26 billion loan are being offered to ukraine that would bolster defence and you mentioned there are some kind of vague promises by leaders like france's emmanuel macron,

so do you think look ahead to tomorrow and other european allies offer any material and concrete support to ukraine's war effort? i have been watching very carefully. i have no doubt we will be seeing material support. i also expected at least two, three countries to step up and also offer some troops. sorry to interrupt. do you think these would troops on the ground in ukraine? i think what macron and starmer have been talking about on troops on the ground in ukraine not on the front line but even what they propose is a clear step forward and it is something that should be welcomed. it is also true, i think, that it is important that mr starmer and his government are encouraging mr zelensky

out to you zelensky to fix that spat which needs to be fixed for the interest of the united states, ukraine and europe. are these sorts of offerings from europe enough to replace the us�*s support, we have heard some threats and reports that the white house might be considering cutting of the military funding that it has been given to ukraine? i cannot rule that out but that would be a very serious mistake by the administration which would undercut in a major way american interests. it could happen but i suspect it won't. you are right, even if these proposals, they are not enough to help provide a security ukraine it needs to prevent future russian aggression if in fact the ceasefire is achieved. that is why the uk, france, they were talking about the need for some backstop for the united states and zelensky was making that

point in the oval office and while what zelensky said it was absolutely right, sometimes, you have to make tactical adjustments when your listener are not hearing your argument in the way that you would like. you think that president zelensky will be able to make those adjustments. do you think that confrontation and that we saw has left this relationship beyond repair? can the two sides come back together? it is not beyond repair because trump and asked himself that he would like to get the critical mineral deals done. you would like to get an understanding with ukraine, so he has kept the door open. i think it would be it with that president zelensky could have acknowledged that he couldn't handle the meeting better.

i understand that you say things that you may not percent that you say for diplomatic reasons that you may not completely who believe in which may or may not be consistent with reality. i do not think mr zelensky was new most problematic voice in the exchange there. looking at this more broadly, we see all these european leaders coming together in london, we see the white house are not there. is this a reordering of that transatlantic alliance? it may be. but many american presidents have asked for europe to provide more of its own defence and this seems to be a very clear step in that direction. any american should welcome that. but, i think it is also true that there has been no major war in europe since world war ii when russia launched is big innovation. you cannot step aside, but we still have to maintain a very serious role and i believe all you have to maintain a very serious role and i believe all european leaders understand that. the us says it's boosting military aid to israel,

reversing a partial arms embargo imposed by former presidentjoe biden. in the past hour, top us diplomat marco rubio said — he's using "emergency authorities to expedite the delivery of approximately $4 billion in military assistance. "separately, israel agreed to a us proposal for a temporary extension to the current ceasefire in gaza. the framework, initially floated by president trump's special envoy steve witkoff, would pause fighting in gaza during the muslim holy month of ramadan and thejewish passover holiday in april. but it's unclear whether hamas has agreed to the terms, which would see half of the remaining israeli hostages — both dead and living released. israel's announcement came minutes after a deadline to renew phase one of the ceasefire expired. rallies in tel aviv continued late into the night saturday, calling on prime minister benjamin netanyahu's government to do more to free all remaining hostages, and strike a long—lasting ceasefire deal. for more analysis, i spoke to aaron david miller, senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace and a former senior advisor for arab—israeli negotiations at the us state department. i want to ask first of all

anout the announcement. israel has approved about a 42—day extension of phase one, an exchange for the release of half of the remaining hostages being held by hamas. what you make of this announcement here? does this mean that we have an extension? first of all, it means that it is a bit odd that a us proposal has been announced by the government of israel. the question is whether or not steve whitkoff who may have offered this has been in close consultation with the qataris and egyptians who may or may not be explaining the terms of this proposal to the external leadership of hamas and then has to find a way to communicate with the internal leadership in the ways that the israelis cannot detect. that is number one. and number two, all we have is the israeli version. there is no mention of an asymmetrical number palestinian prisoners returned. there is no mention of a surge

of humanitarian assistance. there is a mention of permanent cessation of hostilities, but not an end to the war and there is no mention of israeli withdrawal which according to the phase two of a three—phase agreement with both sides have been has returned once all of the hostages are released —— of a phase—three agreement. we have not heard from hamas so do think there's enough in there, with they beget enough in return for them to sign off on the other end? i think this is front—loaded in a way that achieves much more for israel interest and preserves all of the israeli action. according to what we know and we know very little, day one of the extension, ten hostages, male soldiers presumably, will be returned as as half of those who are no longer alive.

this is in exchange for a continuation of the ceasefire and then 42 days later, after a negotiation, it is presumably agreed on the second exchange that the remaining hostages, the 12—15 that the israelis believe are alive and that are not, they will be returned in return for a permanent cessation of hostilities. i do not have a crystal ball here but i would think what is it means in practice is probably an extension of phase one. more hostages for prisoners, but i think it is highly likely that you're going to see a resumption of military action for the israelis, sometime either in the beginning in april or after the passover holiday. there has been some speculation about that. if you do think that we will see some sort of military action by israel once again taking place in gaza, what you think is international reaction to that and the us reaction to that?

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and netanahyu, this this cause any concern that american allies could be treated that derisively by a president and vice president, strictly an ally that is fighting for its survival the face of russian aggression, so it is a cautionary tale. it seems to me that this proposal is oriented towards israeli interest and will be quite consistent with the way the trump administration has aligned itself in the first five weeks. the former governor of new york, andrew cuomo, has announced he's running for mayor of new york city. mr cuomo is launching a political comeback four years after he resigned as the state's governor. he stepped down after an investigation found that he sexually harassed 11 women, including state employees — allegations he denies. he gained national prominence during the height of the pandemic for his daily press briefings, watched

by millions of americans. but his handling of the covid pandemic also came under scrunity. the mayoral race will see mr cuomo face off against another politician embroiled in scandal, current new york city mayor eric adams — who faced federal corruption charges. in launching his bid for mayor of america's most populated city, andrew cuomo said new york is in crisis, and needs effective leadership. awards season is well and truly under way — hollywood's finest will be celebrated on sunday at the oscars, one of the most distinguished events in the film industry. musical crime drama emelia perez is going into the 97th academy awards as a frontrunner with 13 nominations. for more, earlier i spoke to marc malkin — senior editor of culture and events at variety. ijust want i just want to talk about eve best picture category festival. a lot of years, it feels preordained and it is not really the case of this year. it may be two or three films have a pretty good shot. not the case at all.

you have an aura and the brutalist, picking up so many awards. conclave picked up best ensemble as the sag awards, the best picture, so it is really anybody was back again and that is what makes the oscars exciting this year because we just do not know he is definitely going to win. a film with 13 nominations, more than any other film, buried now by scandal. i do think that zoe saldana has a very good chance of picking