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ukraine. world leaders here are also worried about the global economy. they fear that donald trump could trigger a devastating trade war if he imposes big tarrifs on chinese imports. >> we've only heard from the spokesman as he describes joe biden's decision on long-range missiles as reckless, as dangerous, because they could spark a new spiral of tensions. ♪ christian: britain andhina, friends again? sir keir starmer says he wants a respectful relationship with xi jinping. there are obviously pitfalls to rebuilding diplomacy with beijing, but what are the upsides for the u.k., and how does the prime minister keep washington on the side? also tonight, joe biden finally relents. ukraine gets the go-ahead to use longer-range missiles inside russia. the un security council will

meet as hour to discuss ukraine. we will take you live to new york with a foreign secretary david lame presiding. and we have a security breach to discuss the implications oall that. you are very welcome to the program. world leaders have gathered at the g 20 in brazil, with the war in ukraine top of the agenda. president putin is not in rio, subject as he is to an international arrest warrant, but the kremlin has reacted seriously today to a change in u.s. policy that means ukraine will in the future use u.s. long-rangeissiles to hit targets inside russia. president putin has yet to, directly on a decision, but he says it will pour oil on the fire. james lander is in rio and has this report. james: a relentless bombardment

on a war almost 1000 days old. one that could be better resisted, now that kyiv can use american missiles against russian airbases across the border. but will that mean britain and france will now allow ukraine to use their own storm shadow missile? also long-range, also able to hit deep into russia. the prime minister, who is attending the g20 summit in brazil says ukraine is his top priority and is urging fellow leaders to step up their support. but he refuses to say british made missiles will be allowed to use against targets in russia. >> putin is the owner went -- i will not get into details, because putin is the only winner in that situation, but i have said we need to double down, make sure ukraine has what is necessary for as long as necessary, because we cannot

allow putin to win this award. james: president biden has long resisted allowing ukraine to use u.s. missiles in russia, fearing escalation, but he has changed his mind, perhaps aware his successor was a fast end to the war, one that may not favor kyiv. and it is not just ukraine. world leaders here are also worried about the global economy. they fear that donald trump could trigger a devastating trade war if he imposes big tariffs on chinese imports, with many other countries getting caught in the crossfire. that is one reason why sir kirk summer met president xi -- sir keir starmer met president xi of china, seeking what he calls a sensible and pragmatic relationship, to boost trade and the economy at home. >> we want our relations to be consistent, durable, respectful, as we ve agreed.

avoid surprises where possible and strengthen dialogue to provide stronger understanding. >> these leaders have their own agenda. they want to discuss ending global hunger, boosting climate finance commander forming national institutions, so their interests are better represented. once again, they are talking about ukraine, and yes, donald trump. james landale, bbc news, rio de janeiro. christian: so big developments regarding ukraine in the past 48 hours, all of which we will come to very shortly. we will turn first to that meeting in rio today between sir keir starmer and chinese president xi jinping viewed as james said, the first such meeting since 2018. today comes hard on the heels of david lammy's visit to beijing, and it seems to mark the beginning of what the prime minister defined as a more pragmatic approach. critics may say it is premature, sitting that his own government oppose owner view into the

relationsh has yet to be completed, but starm er says in the not-too-distant future, it might be an important hedge against the more unpredictable american administration. let's get some reaction. carrie brown is now director of the china institute at king's college in london. it is good to have you on the program. it felt to me today like quite a moment. is that how you see it? prof. brown: it is the first meeting, as you say, for six years, and it has been a turbulent time. the pandemic ceased all contact, and there are continuing problems in hong kong, the detention and trial of jimmy light, so a lot of sensitive issues, but the g20 is about the

common issues in which the u.k. and china. the weird thing is we actually agree on those big issues, on ai, issues around sustainable development, and the u.k. and china at the moment are facing tough but different economic challenges, but they might be able to helpach other despite disagreement in other places. christian: on that point, how does china see the relationship? prof. brown: i think china sees britain as an important mid ranking power. it see as a major ally of the united states, a key player of nato, a member of the u.n. permanent security council. but our economy is about 1/5 is the size of china's. it was not until 2005, bigger than china's, so the last maybe 20 years, you know, breath and has been overtaken, and that is important to remember, because we cannot ignore the world's second-biggest economy. china is our fifth, sixth largest trading partner, only a small investor in the u.k., 2%

of the stock's investment, so there's plenty more we can do with this economy if we find a pathway to do that. christian: well, perhaps sir kier will go further than that. it seems essential to the growth he's promised. when you talk the green transition, that would be expensive, a lot of keeper batteries come from china. the question is, how does he exploit outcome of that relationship, at a time when he's going to have to walk a very tight line with washington? prof. brown: indeed. it's going to need a lot of dexterous diplomacy and pragmatism. trump is also a transitional figure, like the chinese may be accused of the income and he wants a deal. the threat of terrorist have not happened yet. might not happen, because trump may well be people to hammer out a deal, and brings in itself may be able to hammer out a deal.

it's part of a trade deal that the united states wants. the british don't have big access to the 500 million, you know, middle-class chinese in china who might use our services, you know, and other things from britain that would be good to try to do in china. we need more engagement. this today is a positive step, but it will be one of presumably many other steps in the future. christian: you talked about the upside, that there are risks, and you can always be accused politically of putting profit before principle, i should say, but, i mean, are you surprised that the government has not waited at least until the review has come back? it is quite clear there are sks, not least the risk around spying, which has, i think, complicated the relationship in recent years. prof. brown: the g20 is the perfect opportunity to be president xi without a big bilateral meeting with each other. so i think it is opportunistic.

the government audit is in order, in on a wholesale review. the premise of the relationship are pretty clear, to be pragmatic but accept differences. the differences are well-known. we've known them for a long time , consistent values, the legal system. but to see it as part of a more complicated picture, and that has not been the case in the last five years. it has been extremely turbulent, consistency is what he wants. whether we will have that, i don't know, but it will be a good thing to view how much chopping and changing there has been since 2020. christian: kerry brown, thank you for coming on the program. certainly a relationship to watch in the coming months. we will take a short break, across the world and in the u.k., you are watching bbc news.

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welcome back. we are going to take you later this hour to the u.n. in new york, where the security council is about to discuss ukraine. u.k. currently presiding over the security council, so we are expecting foreign secretary david lammy to arrive presently at the podium, so we have the premeeting remarks. we will obviously take you live to that. tomorrow, we will be marking 1000 days sincthe expanded war began. discussions in new york framed no doubt by the decision by joe biden to reverse the decision on the u.s. long-range missiles in russia. we thought we would bring you a special edition tonight of the security brief. it comes late,ome say too late, but joe biden's decision to greenlight the use of the u.s. army's tactical missile system, otherwise known as ta

cm, to be used inside russia, after several days of the bargain and of the ukraine power grid. the question is, what difference will it make, given the short period of time before the incoming u.s. administration withdraws that support. with us in the studio is michael, who flew attack helicopters for many years, and he presents this segment as he would do to his commanding officers. how are you, sir? michael: very good. welcome back. christian: thank you very much. why now? why has he taken this decision, some would say belatedly, but it appears timely. michael: yeah. i know many people and policy decisions around the world that would argue this is kind of late in the day. i think zelenskyy would argue that, you know, he's been trying

to defend ukraine with one arm tied behind his back. but one of the main trigger mechanisms that has instigated all of this is the introduction of north korean troops inside russia. a couple of weeks ago when we were reporting about this, information was telling us that they were going to be probably any thing like 8000 to 10,000 in the region, but there are about 50,000 combined russian troops who are involved in that area, and that has certainly been one trigger mechanism. christian: ok, so what does the tacms give him? time, medium-range tacms in some

2023, and long range in april of this year, which gives them a significant capability when it comes to launching long-range missiles inside russian territory. i think what is important at this point is the information we have is that the approval to use atacms by zielinski is specific to the kursk area, not a wide-ranging blanket to be able to use wherever he wants, for example, in the crimea region, it is specific to the kursk region. what is important here is you see this missile all day. the other important thing is the high mark launcher, which can have a number of different rockets and missiles inside there, and it is highly immovae, which means it's

harder to take out for the russians. christian: it's not hypersonic? mikey: no. this has a speed of about mach three, which is about 2600 miles an hour, which makes it hard to target for many air defense capability. christian: it's harder to stop. mick: yeah. definitely harder to stop. it is very maneuverable, and if we go back to the rangers, we can see that the missile basically has an effect area up to 190 miles, which is greater than any missile system that ukraine has at the moment. christian: you can s clear cut on the northeast corner of ukraine, this is where the ukraine troops are, and you can see further south, there are other more desirable targets, should ukraine want to use them. mikey: yeah. 100%. zelenskyy has been predicated the whole use of attacking on the victory plan, which i would argue now is becoming more of a get yourself into a good

negotiating plan than a victory plan, but anything from commanding and control, anything that would allow zelenskyy to degrade and deter whatever russia has. christian: i'm going to take you straight to new york. david lammy just stood behind the podium in the last few seconds. let's have a listen iwhat he says. sec. lammy: 1000 days. tomorrow marks 1000 days of putin's barbaric, full-scale invasion of ukraine. er the we, we saw the latest brutality, but the biggest aerial attack on ukraine since august, killing and injuring dozens of civilians. it was designed not only to kill ukrainians but to take out effectively ukrainians' power infrastructure and to cause blackouts. putin wants to plunge ukraine into darkness, but today,

standing here with my friend, the ukrainian foreign minister andre celia, the u.k. showing our support to ukraine is ironclad. it will help keep the lights in ukraine on in respect of putin's aggression. for 1000 days, ukraine has courageously resisted russia's aggression, and that matters not just for ukraine security, britton security, or indeed europe security, it matters because putin, if he uses -- if he succeeds in ukraine, he will tip the well beyond the tipping point we are on, a point where the principles of the year end charter, self-determination, territorial integrity, and international law a lost, and there's no meaning. so this is a grim milestone, and i'm here at the united nations

to say to member states unless putin fails, the wars of conquest will be back. unless putin fails, our faith in international law will never return. unless putin fails, all of our borders will not be safe. the equipment has now turned into iran, ballistic missiles, it has turned into north korea for foot soldiers. these are dangerous escalations that show exactly how desperate putin has become. today i can announce that the u.k. is sanctioning iran, sanctioning the islamic republic of iran shipping line, and we are determining the maximum pay for russia's industrial complex, it's marginal groups, and links to the kremlin, its shadow flee

of course we are going after, and malicious cyber gangs and kremlin mouthpieces, and we will have more to say on that in the coming months. my message is very clear -- we will counter russian aggression at every turn. 1000 days in, we still stand for ukraine. 1000 days and, we still stand for international order. 1000 days and, we still stand for principles, which the united nations was founded upon. and 1000 days in, we are ready to face down this aggression. we've seen the wreckage, just today, that russia is capable of. humanitarian catastrophes. let us ensure that they do not succeed in their tyranny in ukraine. andrii?

minister sybiha: i thank my friend, secretary lammy, for russian authority aggression as a priority. christian: ukrainian ambassador addressing journalists they are at the united nations. david lammy will leave the podium shortly. we will be taking you to that through the course of the next hour. mikey kay with me in the studio. the u.k. doubling down despite rhetoric that we are getting from washington. i'm purposely talking about the escalation they have seen from the russians, which i guess is point to, for what, taking a singular decision to the one joe biden is taking? mikey: yeah. what sec. david lammy did not

talk about is the right of sovereignty and the right to independence, and that is what es devlin down on, facing any future support by the u.k. on. you asked a question at the beginning about, why now? kursk is one region we also saw the largest attack by -- one of the largest attacks by who's in on ukraine. a lot of that was taken out. if those threats come from the black sea region, for example, the attacking would be a critical asset to taking some of those out. what can we do to support ukraine? they have been supporting ukraine with the missiles. storm shadow putin, this is a 4 british jet, a missile, which obviously is required to be run from the jet. christian: can they send that to the mig? mikey: yes, they can.

they allowed the storm shadow weighing scout to be fitted to the 29 and the 27. christian: they have platforms to deliver it. mikey: yes. it has 1 155-kilometer range. this is critical for zelenskyy to be able to mobilize, use storm shadow, use scout. christian: it is the same as the, different name, same missile, storm shadow, scout. mikey: yeah. the brits use storm shadow, the french use scout. christian: why does any of the u.s. permission to greenlight the use of that missile, those two missiles? mikey: i think that is more, the u.s. is the biggest funder of nato. the u.s. has been the biggest funder of ukraine. i think it is to show a consistent, solidified approach

to this deep strike capability. i think the trigger mechanisms we just spoke about our they are now. christian: quickly, before we move on, we talked about replenishing ukrainians, and he comes back to our capability. i know it will be sensitive, perhaps even confidential, how many of these storm shadows we have come about what do we have to replace it? mikey: literally in the last week, there have been new trials coming out about what is called a sphere, which is essentially a mini missile. it is not have the range from about 100-kilometer range, whereas storm shadow is looking at 250 kilometers, but in terms of the technical capability, in terms of the warhead, in terms of the scanner it uses, gps coordinates, it is an absolutely potent missile that i don't think ukraine will be getting any time soon, but what it does allow the brits to do and

the u.k. to do is provide more storm shadows. christian: we are mainly talking in the next half-hour on the pressure this puts on the germans, and the germans have said they are not inclined to send come of the german chancellor doubling down on that. what about in moscow? he's planning for an offense in kearns right now. -- kursk right now. how has that changed? mikey: significantly. the course they have taken in terms of using ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, air defense systems, where they will place command and control, all of this now changes. the atacms changes where they put that capability but also the logistical supply. remember at the beginning of the war when they went into kyiv,

they were absolutely decimated by the logistical resupply, so the atacms will allow them to start targeting the logistical resupply routes, which will come into the kursk region, which will cut them off. that is huge. us.istian: mikey will stay with there is an important security council meeting coming up. we will talk about the options in front of ukraine and the difficulties in front of him. donald trump hangs heavy over all of these meetings at the moment. we will take a short announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services fir raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪

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