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within grasp. and prosecutors and trump's hush money trial agreed to delay sentencing possibly until after he completes his presidential term. ♪ welcome to world news america, great to have you with us. ukraine has launched its first barrage of long u.s. missiles into russian territory, marking a shift in dynamics on the battlefield. the strike started tuesday morning and russia's defense minister claims the forces shot down five missiles. ukrainian officials say they struck an ammunition depot 70 miles from the border. sabrina singh says the latest move by the u.s. to support ukraine was a direct response to russia taking in north korean troops to fight on the front lines. >> in terms on -- of comments on

a larger war and escalation, we do not share that but what we do believe is russia has escalated the war by bringing in over 11,000 north korean soldiers into the fight and we will continue to arm correct -- ukraine with what it needs. we do not see that as escalation, we see it as a commitment that we said at the beginning. >> russian ministers warned that russia will respond accordingly. earlier the russia -- earlier, russia changed terms. the u.s. state department says it does not see any reason to adjust their own nuclear posture. the escalation comes as ukraine marks 1000 days since russia began a full-scale invasion, triggering europe's deadliest

conflict since world war ii. nearly 12,000 civilians in ukraine have died since february 2022. ukraine saw more than 10 million residents be displaced after being forced to flee their homes and at least 6 million are now refugees and countries abroad. ukraine's population has dropped by a quarter since the invasion began and more than 19,000 ukrainian children have been forcibly trance ported or deported to russia. some have managed to return. earlier president zelenskyy delivered an impassioned speech to the parliament, saying russia must be pushed towards peace warning that putin will not stop on his own and strong sanctions are needed. prez -- president zelenskyy: while he is focused on winning the war, he will not stop on his own. the more time he has, the worse conditions become. you know very well that putin

does not value people or rules, he values only money and power. we must take this away from him to restore peace. >> russia has gained significant ground, expanding their claim of the south and east of ukraine against troops battling on numerous fronts. ukrainian officials say 11 people including a child were killed by a russian drone attack on a residential building overnight. for insight into the shifting u.s. stance on support i spoke with congresswoman betty mccollum who is the ranking member of the house appropriations subcommittee on defense. i want to get your thoughts on hearing that ukraine is already using u.s. weapons to strike into russian territory. >> ukrainian soldiers and civilian population are very relieved the president has

expanded their use, something i and many members of congress have wanted for a long time. the ukrainian government military have been judicious to avoid civilian casualties and they need to use these weapons to protect their civilian so i am glad they were given the green light to use them. >> is it too little too late that it will not make an impact on the battlefield? >> it is never too late. it would've been nice for it to happen earlier but i understand where our allies and president biden were coming from. the concern that russia would call it a provocation, which they have, and an escalation, which the russians have, are really broad. russia invaded ukraine unjustly 1000 days ago. on the fact that we are seeing north korean troops used now in the russian army to continue

this unjustified war against ukraine, i think russia has clearly shown they are the ones who propagated and need to be held accountable and they need to let that ukrainian soldiers use these weapons. >> where the concerns from european allies justified? rationale says an attack from a nonnuclear state if backed by a nuclear power will be treated as a joint assault on russia. this is a message to the u.s.. >> it is on this is the difference between democracy and countries like russia, communist and a talker sees. -- autocracies. we always try to find a solution to a problem, not make a problem get worse and russia never takes output -- takes advantage of an

opportunity to dial back and withdraw troops and admit they were wrong. >> even if there is not immediate concern russia would deploy nuclear weapons, which is the implied threat, we have heard concerns about hybrid warfare. russia said we will take this as a new face of the western war against russia and react accordingly. we have heard russia might arm the rebels in yemen. >> russian weapons have been found in lebanon. russia and iran have been working together to create terror and use them as proxies to carry out attacks against democracies. democracies have to stand together and that was something i took away when i was in munich before russia invaded.

whether it was germany, japan, nato allies, it was like, it is our time to stand up and say democratic nations will not be silent when another is attacked without provocation for no reason at all. >> does that still stand with the incoming trump administration? the policy to greenlight weapons used in russian territory, that will stand under trump? >> i would hope so. he will be making his own decisions. i have been taken aback by some of the things he and people he has talked about putting in cabinet positions, the misinformation and basically repeating russian propaganda at times about how this is russian territory and russia deserves to be in ukraine and ukraine itself cannot make a decision on if it joins the eu, ukraine has done a lot to make a decision about

what to do with its own defense and if russia had their way ukraine would be a puppet of russia and ukraine is an emerging democracy under threat of russia, a country that does not want democracy to flourish. >> to the middle east. benjamin netanyahu made a rare visit to his troops inside gaza tuesday. he announced a $5 million reward for each hostage held in gaza to anyone who brings them out of captivity. he vowed to continue the search for all hostages, dead or alive. 97 hostages remain in gaza from the 250 one initially kidnapped on october 7 next year. he reiterated that a goal is to eliminate hamas in gaza. >> here in the center of the strip and in all parts of the strip they have achieved excellent results in the important goal. hamas will not rule gaza.

we are eliminating their military capabilities and a very impressive way and moving on to government capabilities in the hand is outstretched. hamas will not be in gaza. >> the u.s. hopes to close the cease-fire deal between israel and hezbollah in a fragile opportunity to prevent further escalation. u.s. special envoy is in lebanon for talk centering on a proposal that was reportedly agreed to by the lebanese government and hezbollah for a truce lasting up to 60 days. soon he will travel to tel aviv to finalize details. bbc has more for beirut. reporter: he has been leading the biden administration efforts for a cease-fire in the conflict between israel and hezbollah on the fact that he came to beirut was seen as an indication of progress in these talks. he had meetings with senior lebanese officials, including parliament speaker who has been supported by hezbollah to

negotiate with these international mediators. he said they had very constructive talks and now is a real opportunity to stop the conflict. the lebanese authorities say any deal should be limited to the terms of the u.n. resolution 1701, which ended the conflict between hezbollah and israel in 2006 and requires hezbollah to remove the fighters and weapons from areas near the border with israel. the israeli authorities are making demands that the lebanese say are unacceptable. they want the right to act inside lebanon if there is a violation of the deal and also the idea of an international mechanism to monitor the implementation of the deal. these talks are expected to continue. at the same time we have seen in the past week and escalation in israel's air across lebanon,

including here in central beirut. israel is described this as the strategy of negotiation and they say this will continue. >> for more i spoke with a member of the parliament in beirut who told us lebanon's government is approaching cease-fire discussions with israel and the u.s.. first of all, is really strikes hit central beirut sunday and monday. can you give us a sense of the security situation now in beirut? >> today the strikes were less than one week before and during the strikes it is very risky to move around and especially that the recent strikes were hitting a very populated area and it was in the center of beirut and that is why we fear for our lives when we do not know where it

will hit and how it will hit and after the strike hits, this is where you see either fire catching up or a black smoke covers the area where the strike hits. at the same time and after that you can see a big cloud of poison hovering around the area for quite some time. what i am trying to say is that not only do we fear for our lives from the bombs, but also we are scared to breathe poison during the day. >> that must be terrifying. we know there are efforts underway to end the fighting. the way hoists -- white house envoy has been holding negotiations with the speaker of the parliament in lebanon and he says there is a real opportunity

to end the conflict. what do you know about the details of any cease-fire agreement they are discussing? >> it is very crucial that the opposing countries reach a cease-fire because we have been experiencing mass destruction and mass killing. at the same time, as a member of the parliament, i am not in a position where i am aware of the discussion and that is a shortcoming form our own government. we have called on our government to discuss the negotiation points with members of parliament so that we also have a say on these important decisions. >> when you say you and other members of parliament want a say on this very important

agreement, what concerns you that you might not know about that is discussed? >> what is discussed is the delineation of the border, and that is important. and at the same time we hear from reporters that they are discussing the type of monitors, they are talking about a committee that will monitor the implementation of the 1701 and a third point that is extremely important is that israel is asking to have the go-ahead to strike at any time right after the cease-fire and after the deal for peace has been done or after the implementation of 1701 whenever it sees there is a threat to their safety. that means they can really

infringe on the sovereignty of our country at any moment it sees fit to do. >> what would a fair agreement look like for the lebanese people? >> it is very important for us that we maintain -- we hold the sovereignty of the country very high and we do not want to accept that israel has the permission to go in and out as they see fit. that is first. second, we need to know what are the conditions for this committee that will be formed from different countries, what is it going to do, what are the terms of reference of this committee, what is the mandate of this committee. those are crucial points that

need to be discussed with all parties of lebanon so that we give our insights and opinion and we stand altogether in some of the decisions that concern all of us. >> are you hopeful there can be a fair agreement that leads to the end of the fighting? >> we definitely want an end to the fighting. it has really caused a lot of destruction in the country. and we definitely sense that any negotiation will be a long-standing agreement, we definitely need to have an equitable and just agreement for our nation. >> thank you so much for your time today. thank you for joining us on bbc. here in the u.s., prosecutors recommended that the sentencing in trump's hush money case be

proposal's -- be postponed. his lawyers want the case dismissed altogether. in may trump was found guilty of falsifying documents to cover up an affair with an adult film star stormy daniels before the 2016 election. prosecutors have opposed this attempt. the people do respect the office of the president and are mindful of the demands and obligations of the presidency and acknowledge the inauguration will raise legal questions. in response to the ta's decision trump's munication's director says this is a total and definitive victory for trump and the people who elected him in a landslide. the cases stayed on trump's legal team is moving to get it dismissed. trump arrived in texas to join

elon musk for his spacex launch. elon musk donated around $200 million to trump and he has been appointed to lead the appointment of government deficiency. let's get more with our correspondent in new york. can you explain what prosecutors are saying about the case? reporter: there was a real acknowledgment that they are weighing competing constitutional protections and prosecutors say in this unprecedented legal territory there is a need to protect the independence of the presidency and integrity of the criminal justice system. this was a jury's verdict, even though trump, a convicted felon, is about to be the next president. what prosecutors said is they reject the idea that the case

that trump's verdict should be dismissed, they say there are no laws that suggest that should be the case but also say they are willing to pause the case and if necessary deposit until the end of trump's presidency so prosecutors laying out some options for the judge but insisting this case in some way should move forward and not be dismissed as the defense wants. >> a different place from may when the conviction came down. what does it mean for trump? reporter: his team put out a statement saying this was a victory for him and the american people. after his conviction trump said the real verdict in the case would come november 5. it is not yet a victory for him. the judge has to decide and it

could be that the case is paused not dismissed as the defense wants because they claim this would impede his ability to govern. but for trump certainly this is an acknowledgment that things have changed after he won the election in november and that this might work in his favor when it comes to this case and other cases. >> thank you. bbc u.s. partners cbs news has learned an unknown and unauthorized third party has gained access to a file containing damaging testimony tied to the investigation of matt gaetz. trump's pick for attorney general. the documents are believed to include sworn testimony of a woman that claim she and he had a sexual relationship when she was a minor. he has been the subject of a

long-running investigation into misconduct. he denies wrongdoing and calls the investigation a smear campaign but as pressure mounts, nearly 100 democratic lawmakers signed a letter requesting the house ethics committee release the report. meanwhile trump continues to assemble his team, tapping celebrity dr. dr. oz to preside over medicaid and medicare. and a wall street executive who was a big donor. mike johnson says the senate must do their job and confirmed trump's [indiscernible] quickly. >> the incoming administration will be filled with great men and women and we trust the senate will perform their constitutional responsibility and a speedy manner and i

believe the senate should do their job. i think it's important principle for us to maintain that an incoming president can select their own team. >> over 40,000 people protested outside new zealand's parliament against a controversial bill seeking to reinterpret the country's founding document between colonizers and the maori people. a process to made its way through the country and many critics of the bills say it as an attempt to take away indigenous rights and supporters say the treaty no longer reflects multicultural society. and condemnation by a hong kong court to the sentencing of activists who were found guilty of subversion for organizing a vote to choose election candidates. beijing praised the courts's ruling. the hong kong court found them guilty in 2020.

bbc found turkish airstrikes cut water and electricity to more than one million people in northeast syria. this adds to the humanitarian crisis in the region reeling from the years long civil war and four years of extreme drought. turkey says it was targeting kurdish separatist groups they consider terrorists. before we go, let us turn back to the spacex launch. it's in texas and the company aborted the engineering marvel it accomplished last month catching the rockets booster in the launch tower arms. spacex has decided to opt for a water landing. this was achieved last month that some speculated what happened tuesday. nasa hopes to use the rockets to land astronauts on the moon this decade where the ambition for

starships include dissenting -- include dissenting humans to mars. you can get more on bbc.com/news and to see what we are working on check us out on social media and we are covering the latest on the top story of ukraine firing long-range missiles into russia supplied by the u.s. and we have reaction and analysis from around the world on that story and much more on our website and for all of us here in washington thank you so much announcer: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... financial services firm, raymond james. announcer: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation, pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs.

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amna: good evening. i'm amna nawaz. on the news hour tonight, ukraine uses u.s.-made long-range missiles for the fire president biden meets with summr the last to cement his legacy before leaving office. donald trump nominates dr. mehmet oz, a celebrity physician who has been accused of

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