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a "once in a generation moment" for europe's security. we a!? a we 23; a crossroads we a=5 a crossroads in we 555 a crossroads in history this is not a 27: for more torque. to act, time to step up lead. 77 following the summit, following the summit, president zelensky flies to sandringham president zelensky flies to sandringham for a private audience for a private audience with king charles. was speaking after a key summit hello, i'm samantha simmonds. sir keir starmer says the world is at a "crossroads in history" and that it is "time to act and that it is "time to act and unite around a new plan and unite around a new plan for a just and enduring for a just and enduring peace" in ukraine. peace" in ukraine. the british prime minister the british prime minister was speaking after a key summit of world leaders at lancaster house. he said the leaders agreed four steps to better help ukraine. they included — keeping
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military aid flowing, while increasing economic pressure on russia, ensuring ukraine was at the table for any peace talks, and that a "coalition of the willing" would defend and guarantee any peace in the country. here's more of what he had to say. yesterday evening, the uk signed a £2.2 billion loan to provide more military aid to ukraine, backed not by the british taxpayer but by the profits from frozen russian assets. and today i'm announcing a new deal which allows ukraine to use £1.6 billion of uk export finance to buy more than 5,000 air defence missiles which will be made in belfast, creating jobs in our brilliant defence sector. this will be vital for protecting critical infrastructure now and strengthen ukraine in securing the peace when it comes.
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because we have to learn from the mistakes of the past. we cannot accept a weak deal like minsk which russia can breach with ease. instead, any deal must be backed by strength. every nation must contribute to that in the best way that it can, bringing different capabilities and support to the table. but all taking responsibility to act, all stepping up their own share of the burden. so we agreed some important steps today. first, we will keep the military aid flowing and keep increasing the economic pressure on russia to strengthen ukraine now. second, we agreed that any lasting peace must ensure ukraine's sovereignty and security. and ukraine must be at the table. third, in the event of a peace deal, we will keep boosting
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ukraine's own defensive capabilities, to deter any future invasion. fourth, we will go further to develop a coalition of the willing to defend a deal in ukraine and to guarantee the peace. not every nation will feel able to contribute. but that can't mean that we sit back. instead, those willing will intensify planning now with real urgency. the uk is prepared to back this with boots on the ground
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to keep the pace behind these actions and to keep working towards this shared plan. we are at a crossroads we are at a crossroads in history today. in history today. this is not a moment this is not a moment for more talk. it's time to act, time to step up and lead and unite around for more talk. a new plan for a just and enduring peace. keir starmer talking a few sir keir starmer talking a few hours ago. hours ago. annita mcveigh was outside that summit at lancaster house and gave me her reflections on the diplomatic developments of the day. developments of the day. i would begin much i would begin much earlier in the day, not at lancaster house, earlier in the day, but in downing street and look for the clues that we got for the clues that we got there, and that was there, and that was that bilateral meeting between giorgia meloni, the italian prime minister, the italian prime minister, and sir keir starmer. and sir keir starmer. why is that significant? why is that significant?
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well, we know that giorgia meloni had a phone call with donald trump yesterday. she is much more politically aligned with donald trump's way of thinking. so she is absolutely someone who could talk to donald trump, communicate with him and put forward this european view. but she very much wants donald trump and the us on board with any plan. there may be some european leaders, as much as they say
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from keir starmer that this coalition of the willing that they can speak for themselves." about putting more money into defence and security, well, agreeing new budgets well, agreeing new budgets and procuring more armaments and procuring more armaments and getting those armaments and getting those armaments into use, that takes a period into use, that takes a period of time so there has to be of time so there has to be a group of countries who are willing to step up in the more immediate term to give ukraine a group of countries the support that it needs. annita, we heard from annita, we heard from the prime minister that the uk, the prime minister that the uk, france and others, but others france and others, but others that were not named, that were not named, agreed to work on a plan
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but didn't reveal any details about that plan. about that plan. was it your sense that they perhaps don't have that many details worked out yet because they did say they would meet again soon? well, i think that is a fair assessment. they want to give this very positive sign that european leaders are together, are working on a plan. some are able to contribute more than others but there is a broad sense of unity and support of ukraine. that's the key takeaway from all of this. remember, all of this was planned before that fractious meeting between donald trump and president zelensky on friday in the oval office. so not only were they trying to work on the pre—existing agenda, they had this extra element of trying to figure out how to smooth over relations between ukraine and the united states. so i think it is very much a work in progress. i don't detect that there is a huge amount of detail in there yet, although we did hear sir keir starmer talking
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about boots on the ground and planes in the air. and we have had promises of more money. and sir keir starmer was talking about £1.6 billion that would be used to buy 5,000 missiles for ukraine. so there was some detail in there. but in terms of that bigger a plan, any sort of peace agreement, clearly there are still lots of moving parts, there's lots of haggling to be done between europe and the united states. and of course, then, how does russia fit into all of that? so, many, many questions still to be answered, samantha.
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by president george w bush during the iraq war. both keir starmer and mark rutte the nato secretary general touched on commitments made at that meeting in private from other european leaders. but what are they? i suppose because they have their own domestic audiences, but they maybe need to get approvalfrom cabinets or their own parliaments. or their own parliaments. on security guarantees we may hear more later this we may hear more later this week, and certainly week, and certainly ursula von der leyen, ursula von der leyen, the european commission the european commission president, leaving that president, leaving that meeting, talked about this meeting, talked about this summit on thursday that she will be hosting. unanswered questions, unanswered questions, of course, on the sort of political elephant of course, on the sort of political elephant in the room, donald trump. what will the us�*s role in the room, donald trump. be in all of this?
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will donald trump shift will donald trump shift on security guarantees or on sovereignty? and some would argue, though i suppose, that donald trump, in a quite sort of, unexpected way, may have achieved a lot in recent weeks because certainly european nations seem willing to spend a lot more on defence. and certainly he has said that europe should ultimately be at the heart of security guarantees. and, samantha, arguably he's achieved both of those things. yeah, and certainly we know that the uk is going to put more money towards aid and some specifics today from sir keir starmer saying how much more military aid the uk is going to send to ukraine. absolutely. £1.6 billion, samantha, of uk export finance to fund some air interceptor missiles. i've been speaking to contacts in the mod over the last half hour or so. they say the key with this kit is that it can intercept both enemy drones and enemy missiles. these are light, only about 13kg. they're fast. they can travel about six kilometres. 5,000 of them will be produced in belfast. the uk had already put in an orderfor 650.
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this effectively is ramping up that operation in northern ireland. another example of what the uk is contributing. i asked this also in the mod though, how long does 5000 last? is this something that the ukrainian military will get through in a day or a week or a month? and of course they won't say, their argument was they don't want to tell the russians quite how quickly they're getting through these armaments. but it does seem a significant commitment, especially because the price tag on it, as i say, is £1.6 billion. joe pike there. let's speak to robin niblett, distinguished fellow and former director of the europe programme at chatham house. sir keir starmer described this as a once in a generation moment for european security, do you agree?— do you agree? definitely, once in a generation _ do you agree? definitely, once in a generation in _ do you agree? definitely, once in a generation in the - do you agree? definitely, once in a generation in the sense i in a generation in the sense this is definitely the end of the post—world war ii european security order, it's one in which the us has made clear
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that it's pulling back, that it wants to focus more on china, that, yes, the ukraine conflict is important but also interestingly it's becoming increasingly clear this is an administration that wants to rebuild relations with russia as well so i think when you combine all of that with the debacle of the very argumentative press conference that took place in the white house on friday, europe is having to step up and i'm pleased to see the pace at which they are moving. the prime minister _ which they are moving. the prime minister sir - which they are moving. the prime minister sir keir starmer unveiled the four step plan to guarantee peace in ukraine. it was passed on details that he was passed on details that he was sharing with the media. what is your assessment of what was achieved today?— was achieved today? what was achieved today _ was achieved today? what was achieved today is _ was achieved today? what was achieved today is to _ was achieved today? what was achieved today is to put - was achieved today? what was achieved today is to put some | achieved today is to put some flesh on the bones or at least to create some momentum for which countries will be part of the coalition of the willing, thatis the coalition of the willing, that is incredibly important. secondly, it's a message back to president trump that the europeans are going to want to
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keep our economic pressure, that means keep on sanctions. i think president trump is going to be lifting some of them. and also that europeans want to carry on providing weapons to ukraine during a ceasefire and i heard the words boots on the ground and planes in the air. remember, the big debate when the conflict started, and air freezone, a zone that would prevent the russians from flying over it, caused a huge stir over here, but he's basically leaning forward not just to say to the americans this is what we will provide but if you are in negotiation with the russians you had better let them know this is what we need for a
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crystal palace. take on either nottingham forest or ipswich — who play on monday. two games in the scottish premiership, they're third in the league kevin nisbet getting both goals with the equaliser cricket now. australia. performance from india's spinners with varun chakravarthy taking 5—42. adam cottier reports.
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glen phillips extraordinary catch had been removed. 0ne handed screamer. momentum and at the stand of 98 between the two, spearheaded india's recovery. they set their opponents a target of 250 step forward india's spinners and reply, the first of five wit wickets. control and rhythm was with india. for just 72 runs. india finished top
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of group a and the south africa on wednesday for a place in next sunday's final. cottier, news. more details on those stories the details on those stories on the bbc sport website that's it bbc sport website but that's it now. the month. for now. the month. let's return the day in central return to the day in central london. immediately after the summit, president zelensky left the president flew by helicopter to the royal estate of sandringham in norfolk. and the president at sandringham.
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north—west corner of norfolk. in was that there was a large gathering of people to my right. just below the tree line. in, they all walked very briskly towards the gates at sandringham so they could grab a glimpse. and they were local. and many of them didn't. i thought maybe they had ukrainian families staying or three days.
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alex there. let's on today's glen grant, who is also a former adviser to the defence minister of ukraine. thanks for being with us. what was achieved for ukraine at the today, do you summit today, do you think? not as as summit today, do you think? not as - as people _ summit today, do you think? ijrrit as as people would as much as people would like, in ukraine. this is any in ukraine. this is not any ingratitude, but we have to focus very much on russia, because is talking because everybody is talking about america and they are talking about ukraine, but actually russia is the main problem and russia is trying to break up the established world order. well, it's done a very job in the last two days, goodrjob in thsl—ast two days. it? and they are also hasn't it? and they are also trying to break up nato when we got trump talking about perhaps 77 leaving 77 77 leaving 5575 musk even leaving nato and musk saying exactly the but saying exactly the same, but
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hello. it's a sunny sunday, at least for most of us. more of that to come over gs. more of that to some over next few days. tonight, a in southern insouthern 7 of: insouthern 7 of the fleet in. sssthsffl. eefiefiftne ” ' followed by uk followed by more sunshine tomorrow, but further the country it's acrossthe sogntry it's a story, a eiffersnt story. a weather 5 55 .. is approaching. you can front is approaching. you can see and hear it front is approaching. you can see reach ear it front is approaching. you can see reach scotland it front is approaching. you can see reach scotland and it front is approaching. you can see reach scotland and some on the way where is the is underrthe is under? the influence is underfthe influence of south is under the influence of the high pressure, can see clearer skies earlier the clearer skies earlier on the clearer skies earlier on the picture whereas the satellite picture whereas further north and west we have thick cloud and behind me that the weather so let's to the forecast. rain get to the forecast. rain approaches western isles approaches the western isles and north—west later and north—west scotland later on. it will be raining in the in the last few days. so again, more sunshine on the way. but the fly in the ointment
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on monday could be around lancashire, thicker cloud, maybe even the odd spot this is somewhat milder atlantic air, so 13 in belfast, still around 9 or 10 in the south after that so increasing winds, eventually some climes. it's not particularly mild air, but it's enough for most of us to notice. and you can see that milder air spreading northwards, so i think the low to
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