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mariana evans dean, thanks for joining me. british prime minister keir stormer, and he was president joe biden have health talks in washington on whether to allow ukraine to fire british made cruise missiles into russia. so u. k has signal that it wants to let you crane use. it's storm a shadow missiles which include us technology, but it apparently 1st one's permission from its main ally of the united states. all of this comes as a kremlin ram subs threatening language over the use of western weapons by ukraine, from a russian president to meet trim, a vision of said russia could reduce kids to a quote, giant melted spot with conventional weapons. if it's patients runs out bite and, and stormer, we're far more measured at the start of their negotiations. here's what they have

to say. i want to thank you for, for the u. k. leadership in us from united states as sandy, when you helped him create as a defense against russia is off for the russian clear for making, for prevailing as for the people in the craze really straight out. why is that special relationship? half this time folk about the places you have just $75.00, starting costly ukraine where i think the next few weeks of months fee crucial, very for. and we for to train in this fight for freedom. well for more and this has to bring in military analysts muddy the matter on from the worst of his department at kings college london. but he did tell us why western countries have been resisting urgent calls from ukraine to use restrictions on the use of longer range weapons. and why it's been taking them so long to make

a decision. a good day, maureen. well, what we have to understand is there are practical implications in terms of the inventories of the missiles that ukraine has at its disposal, such as storm shadow slash colt, as well as add accounts. and those inventories are limited in already to make a difference, to queen would need quite a lot of those missiles and this specifically, scalp and storm shadow are quite expensive. and the 2nd issue was, this, is that, that enables, need, are providing the targeting data more specifically it's american navigational data that will be used. this is why is that u. k is asking the last for permission to employ store storm shadow for long range strikes, interruption territory. and obviously there are also political considerations in terms of potential escalation as one a, u. k. diplomatic. put it if put in how strong all these red lines and he hasn't

done anything about, it doesn't mean that he will not do it now. so we shouldn't course him. so there is a sense that it's going to make matters worse in terms of the war and ukraine and for broder geopolitical landscape. this is perhaps why german chancellor shoulds sad that russia should be attending peace a summit in november and that we should rekindle a diplomatic solution to the war. while he mentioned these thrusts from moscow, i live in hearing the presence of landscape urging his western allies just to ignore these so called red lines. as russia has been saying, what are the, the real risks and benefits of adopting this kind of strategy? i am a new one and in terms of risks, of course, um, there was a lot of talk about russia potentially using

a tactical nuclear weapon specifically on ukranian territory. but some even believes that russian might go as far as use it. and one of your work in capitals, however, is there are other options. so it's not black and white in terms of what russia could do as a response. aside from a heavy military response targeting ukrainian cities. it's also acting globally in terms of, um, sharing important military technologies was actors that are hostile to the west and specifically to need to. and that includes countries like run north korea, but also group psych funds are allowed to tease in human for complicating the situation in the red sea. could include potentially have mazda and hospitalized as well. so there are a lot of actors who russia could support as well as acting c economically. um, restricting um, the export of enriched uranium, which would affect us specifically as the united states. the companies which have

a current contracts with russia and in the information on the spectrum was the upcoming elections in the united states. so there might be interference, as well as we have seen in the past. so there are quite a lot of tools that russia can and probably will use. all right, so there are a variety of risks to the western nations for allowing these long range missiles, but how important are they to ukraine? they can already straight targets in russia using drones. do they really need these missiles if it's such a huge risk to the west, to well, it's a huge risk to the west. and it's also questionable whether these missiles are going to and the war. and the answer to it is probably know, not as a quantity is a to crane, have some another kind of missiles that ukraine has, namely, is the storm shadow and the out accounts. and it will look at military history. and they've strikes have never compelled the grocery to capitulate, and in this case,

ukraine would need more deep strike systems in order to make a difference, or at least to affect the battlefield configuration. but as of now, the russians are already worried that there might be this decision taken in order to allow ukraine to strike within that range. so nothing important is located within that range and you more yes, it will be a pleasant probably say strikes that you field, but it's not going to change the dynamics. that was maureen american military analysts from the war studies department at kings college london. thanks for all your insights. thank you for having me. let's get a check now. some of the other stories making news this our, the brazilian supreme court has ordered the fines of more than $3000000.00. the seas from bank accounts belonging to the social media platform x and the satellite internet provider star link, both of which are owned by you on mosque,

the same supreme court justice and now so ruling to bad acts in brazil, 2 weeks ago. flooding, triggered by heavy rain fall, has left at least 5 dead in eastern romanian rescue. services have been deployed to evacuated. residents trapped in their homes. central europe is also bracing for severe flooding firefighters and a check republic of in building flood walls and stacking sandbags. heavy rain is also likely in austria, slovakia, and hungry. the dozens of mourners have been paying their respects to a limbic marathon runner. rebecca chip time, she died last week and kenya after her partners set her on fire for funeral, was held at her incest told village in uganda. the attack is underscore, the high level of violence against women in kenya. nigeria is grappling with devastating flooding several days after a dam collapse, emergency crews are struggling to reach people trapped by the flood waters. authorities say at least 30, have been killed, bought the death toll is expected to rise. a search and rescue missions continue. a

1000000 people are set to be affected, hundreds of thousands are displaced. this is made a good way. almost half the city is submerged often to eventually buy in this cause the time to best earlier this week. well, flooding is not uncommon in this part of northern nigeria. well sorry to say it is the west floods of 3 decades. hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from their homes under need of food and shelter of the united nations. well, food programs sets up soup kitchens, they say the funding has compounded several already existing problems. this region has been facing the tickets. and more recently, we have seen the solution that the way up to has been

a really good thing really affecting our mediums. the people who are facing who do security to the rescue of correction, continues with 1000, still trapped, unable to escape as water levels have yet to receive many. i still missing for duty. i have one son and i have not seen or heard from him and 3 days we got out of the flood or the pallet us. it was really hot, but thanks to the soldiers who helped us to save the date or am i right now we're still searching for my son up the protocol initially we didn't expect to to end up like this. but as it progressed, it kept getting worse to them. eventually we had to leave our home. a lot of people have lost their lives. not julia is already facing acute food shortages. and it's so much family and i want to loved a few minutes heavy and agencies say they still need more assistance. we can now

speak to mohammad malik fall, he's un, she went to terry and coordinator and joins us from my degree nigeria in the affected region. so do tell us what is the humanitarian situation on the ground right now? and for sure thing. thank you for having me. i'm in the program. let me just say that this would you send me ex stream the diet. um, because as we know this is not affected by the but it was by a full time job. so thursday night and found the way it works on the 330 how what goes to students and back to the army. the government did you monitor are working on the books. i'm to give these people, but as we speak we have ordered the 400000 people who are affected in one way. but i mean, you have 100000 was already settled into id accounts. i had visited 2 of them this

morning, which in fact are different screens that work best for me to decide if you have a number of issues there in which you and the fact that the government racing against the i'm to come in there to find a solution to this issues, one is supposed to fund the level of the condition of over 100 people. you didn't want to press on the screen. i have visited this morning. you have for example, deficiencies in our gym and sanitation member of luxury. i've been getting couple of orders and you know, when you have those issues, i don't go through and send addition and part of the water it creates of. so i use of, i think this is our product. and then you have a sore foot, which is becoming a big challenge. and any type of course, and some of this month, the issues like the social is that the sacrilege. people,

perhaps even the one from 10 children. what are nothing but who certainly bedrooms might be lost somewhere or 4 and then yeah. provide the i'm so sorry. so sort of stuff. what's in this context of course. and so these issues of security because when people leave their house under such a rush exposure to have sold to maybe new t, r, and people back into the bridge into the house, do somebody what i'm saying is that the suggestion is extremely dire. and let's be mind, it's coming on top of a situation that was already known for most it was one of the most the agents that by the answers don't see before i can say that, incidentally, it'd be something used to be bought. most of it was ordered this properly with the kids or was the yes or for off displacement of the year. so i thought years so for the sufferings and i think such as so i'm just an increase. i tell him that

to the government that you want me to use just over to all right, so, so many different challenges. if you could just summarize, maybe 3 things of the nigerian government needs to do and also what the international community could do to help. what would those things be for me, it's just a form to risk against that bro. leave and get out those. what's the part on the water? because at some point to the what the delivery. so hi, the dispute that i've described to reach and i think there is the 1st step, needs to be taken to be done to get them out of it. the 2nd it is the shelter for those will have lost everything the to use the life safety aspects for water and sanitation, health and kids. i'm bring couple of the water and the brand to everything that can have someone give me definitely get back. okay. all

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