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the bbc speaks to the leader of a group of armed rebels who have swept through the eastern democratic republic of congo, seizing two major cities. ♪ you are watching world news america. u.s. president donald trump has accused ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy of not wanting peace, after the ukrainian president said the deal to end the war with russia is still far away. earlier in a social media post, the president said the ukrainian leader is not interested in resolving the crisis while he has u.s. support, adding that america will not put up with his behavior for much longer. that follows that heated exchange between the leaders over how to restore peace in ukraine, during president

zelenskyy's visit on friday. president trump says president zelenskyy should be more appreciative regarding the minerals deal be u.s. has offered. president zelenskyy says his country still needs a security guarantee. here's what president trump had to say about the ukrainian leader's comments earlier. pres. trump: i want to see it end fast. i don't want to see this go on for years and years. president zelenskyy supposedly made a statement today in ap, i am not a big fan of ap so maybe it was an incorrect statement, but he says he thinks the war will go on for a long time. and he better not be right about that. caitriona: president zelenskyy is now back in kyiv after a weekend summit, discussing ukraine's future in london. he says peace in ukraine is needed as soon as possible, while accusing russia of not wanting the war to end. the u.k. prime minister keir starmer has told the parliament he believes president trump's commitment to peace in ukraine is sincere. he announced a four-point plan

to end the war to european leaders over the weekend. the duquesne has committed to boosting its own defense budget and sending peacekeeping troops to ukraine to aid the war effort. keir starmer says the u.s. remains a vital to securing stability in the region. >> we must proceed with the strength. that does now require urgently a coalition of the willing. mr. speaker, we agreed on sunday that those willing to play a role in this will intensify planning now. and as this house would expect, britain will play a leading role. caitriona: let's bring in the democratic congressman ray klinsmann to tell us more about how u.s. lawmakers are responding to everything that has gone on in the last few days and weeks thank you for being with us. when you hear the u.k. prime minister keir starmer saying the u.k. will play a leading role in this, we see the rallying of european leaders and canada as well.

is this all just really diminishing the place of the united states in the world? >> i certainly hope not. the united states congress, which is 535 members, 100 and the senate and 435 of us in the house, that we supported in a bar -- broad bipartisan way significant support last year for ukraine and their effort to get putin out of their country. and to stop a broader war in europe and potentially an even broader war globally. my hope is this congress steps up and is clear about our intention to stand with our ally in ukraine, and to be with our democracies. and to stand up to a brutal dictator in vladimir putin. caitriona: on that, it would appear at an administration level, that foreign policy is

shifting toward ukraine. what role is there for yourself and your congressional colleagues here? rep. landsman: to be outspoken and make sure our voices are heard, and ultimately, to push the majority to hold this president accountable. the administration accountable for standing by our ally in ukraine and our allies in europe. we are always with the democracies of the world, we'd stand up to dictators, and that strength, that is the kind of american leadership that americans and people around the world have expected, have seen. and what we saw last week with sil and ski in the oval office was weak. that is what weak leaders do. instead of doing the hard work of getting a lasting peace which requires real negotiations, trump and vance just went after zelenskyy.

it is just weak, and it is easy. they. think it is good tv but ultimately, the american people and this congress expect a sustainable peace, and want the president, expect the president, to do the hard work of negotiating a sustainable deal here so that putin is out and ukraine and eastern europe is safe. caitriona: the president and vice president would say what happened last week is about trying to get better value for the american taxpayer, and that this is all part of a bigger number -- bigger negotiating tactic. do you see it like that? rep. landsman: i hope so. that is not what i saw. i saw two people who usually like good tv, trying to do good tv. this is serious. this is one of the most serious

things that this country and the global community faces. they should be more serious about the way in which they are negotiating, stop doing this for tv, and start doing the hard work of putting the two countries in a room, and negotiating a lasting, sustainable peace. caitriona: you were speaking a few moments ago about the military aid package you and your colleagues past through congress last year. if president trump does try and withhold some of that funding as has been reported in the last day or two, is there anything you and your colleagues can do to stop that happening? rep. landsman: yeah, of course. the way our constitution is set up is for a moment like that. if the president and the executive branch goes too far, or is not doing their job, the united states congress is supposed to provide oversight

and hold the executive branch and the president accountable. that would be the united states senate saying you can't withhold the resources, and you have to do what we put in place, which is law. caitriona: president trump said, the white house -- at the white house come about this minerals deal which was supposed to be signed on friday and did not end up happening, he will talk about it in his address at the joint houses tomorrow night. do you think that deal should go ahead, needs to go ahead? rep. landsman: none of us have seen the details of that deal. so we can't say. this is one of many situations where you need the president to work with the united states congress, and the american people, at least a transparent so we understand what's going on. so far, all we have seen is the despicable display in the oval office. caitriona: greg landsman,

democratic congressman from ohio, thank you for joining us on bbc news tonight. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has threatened hamas with what he called unimaginable consequences if it does not release all israeli hostages held in gaza. israel has already suspended all aid into gaza after hamas rejected a plan to extend the cease-fire deals first phase which ended saturday. that has caused food prices in gaza to double overnight. hamas says israel must comply with the agreed second phase of the cease-fire, which is aimed at ending the war. and since israel is blatantly trying to avoid negotiations. israel is also continuing to launch attacks in gaza. on monday, an israeli drone strike killed two palestinians in rafa. an israeli helicopter fired on a boat off the coast, injuring free people. the idf says that boat was violating security restrictions.

egypt is set to host an emergency arab summit, where it is expected to unveil this long-awaited plan for the rebuilding of gaza. that plane would reportedly sideline hamas, replacing it with interim bodies. here is our chief international correspondent with more details now. she is in cairo. >> for cease-fire deal was all -- was always seen as fragile from the start. but the very real risk that it could now collapsed is coming on the eve of a major meeting here in the egyptian capital, a gathering of arab leaders and humanitarian chiefs to discuss the rebuilding and governance of gaza once this war ends. there has been huge pressure on arab leaders to come up with a plan to counter the ideas put forward last month by president trump, who talked about taking over the gaza strip, moving out more than 2 million palestinians, and developing what he described as a riviera of the middle east.

a plan which was greeted by the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, as a visionary plan. but which has shocked people across this region and beyond, whom see it as a forced displacement of palestinians, which would be a violation of international law, a potential war crime, and seems to shatter the u.s.'s decades long commitment to a two state solution. they will unveil this plan tomorrow in an egyptian proposal, which we understand will include the suggestion of some kind of a technical committee, which would not include members of hamas or the palestinian authority. there is still a question about who is going to pay for this plan once it is agreed. president trump is saying he is not forcing the plan on anyone. but that he believes it is the only one that can work. tomorrow, we will have a better sense of whether there is a different plan, and whether it

indeed can work. caitriona: lyse doucet in cairo there. police in germany say they have found no media political motive after a man drove a car into a crowd. at least two people died in the incident. the reports are as many as 25 were injured. this is the scene the moments after the incident. police say they have arrested one suspect, a 40-year-old german man. this footage here shows a car accelerating for crashing into the crowd. the city is located in the west of germany between stewed guard and frankfurt. our correspondent is there in mannheim for us and we can speak to her now. what is the situation right now tonight? >> a sense of shock, the mayor has described what happened here at lunchtime as abhorrent and is inhumane. imagine the scene, just down

this road, a pedestrian eyes to grow, plowing into the pedestrians that were out and about enjoying their lunches on what was a very sunny day. during the carnival period here in west germany, just in the lead up to easter. two people lost their lives after that crash into pedestrians in the southwestern german city. a real state of shock and a high police presence. because this is the third such incident in which a car was used as a weapon, police were really quick to bring out and rule out political motives as a potential motive for what happened here earlier on today. with prosecutor saying the 40-year-old german suspect was suffering from serious mental health issues. the german prosecutor adding he was psychologically unwell and showing concrete indications of mental illness. what do we know about this 40-year-old man?

we understand he is a landscape gardener with a minor criminal record who lives in a neighboring city. he is not from mannheim. after driving into pedestrians earlier on today, the suspect shot himself in the mouth, but he survived and he is believed to be in stable condition in hospital. police are adding this was a deliberate act and they are investigating the two deaths as murder. two people, a woman aged 83 and a 50-year-old -- and a 54-year-old man lost their lives. 10 people have suffered from injuries as well, being looked into. the german state interior minister described this as a vehicle being used as a weapon, and also condolences are being paid by the outgoing chancellor, olaf scholz. and a man who is believed to be the new chancellor, the leader of the cdu party, the party that won the most votes in germany's recent elections, that this was an incident, a reminder of the terrible acts of the past, and

that the country must do everything to keep safe. this is the third and seven in which a car has been used as a weapon since christmas here in germany. caitriona: thank you so much for that. let's go back to our top story and bring in our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, who joins us from kyiv. thank you for being with us. these latest lines coming from president trump saying president zelenskyy should be appreciative. what has been the response to that in ukraine? james: well, off the back of president zelenskyy, suggesting over the weekend that this war, the end of the war is a long way off, that irritated donald trump. he has since said he hopes america will still be part of its path to peace. but we are seeing two presidents who both want peace but with different definitions. you have donald trump wanting a quick one, which he said since

before reentering office, he wants a commercial mineral deal signed, that he can show off to america. and ukraine hoax that might give him a reason to provide security guarantees in the future. president zelenskyy wants what he still calls a just peace. i think he points to recent history. you have the 1990 four agreement, the budapest memorandum when ukraine gave up its you -- it's nuclear arsenal, which involved america and russia, in exchange for its territory being recognized. russia invaded ukraine into any 14. the subsequent cease-fires failed and stuttered and allowed russia to launch its full-scale invasion in 2022. he knows he has one shot at this. he does not want hit -- want history to repeat itself. if you look at the growing pressure, he is facing from his own european allies to engage constructively with the white house after everything we saw in the oval office, just wonder how much it will be his choice.

ultimately, ukraine will fight for as long as it can with or without america. but geopolitics makes things a bit different. but that is the inflection point that we are approaching. and we will see whether anything will be signed by could give ukraine anything to hold onto. caitriona: james waterhouse in kyiv, thank you for that. u.s. stocks closed sharply lower after president trump confirmed 25% tariffs on imports from canada and mexico will take effect at midnight tuesday. donald trump said there was no room left for the u.s. neighbors to negotiate. pres. trump: it is going to be very costly for people to take advantage of this country. they can't come in and steal our money and steal our jobs and take our factories and take our businesses, and expect not to be punished. and they are being punished by tariffs. it's a very powerful weapon that politicians have not used because they were either dishonest, stupid, or paid off in some other form.

and now we are using them. caitriona: president trump also announced 10% tariffs on goods from china, in addition to the 10% tariff he imposed on china last month. economists say tariffs will disrupt supply chains in key industries, driving up consumer prices. canada's foreign minister says president trump's terrace amount to an existential threat for canada, and that the country is ready to counter with tariffs of its own. the leader of a group of armed rebels whoswept rough the eastern democratic republic of congo has told the bbc that they will go all the way to the capital, about 1000 miles, 1500 kilometers away, if they come under attack from government forces. the person who heads an alliance claims that they are liberators who are defending themselves against the government. the m23 now controls goma and another place, the largest cities in the mineral rich east.

according to the united nations and the united states, the rebels are backed by rwanda, something rwanda denies. speaking to the bbc, corneal denies receiving assistance from rwanda. he also said he has no knowledge of any human rights abuses by the m23. are senior correspondent orla guerin reports now. orla: though smiling face of the rebels on the march in the drc. self proclaimed liberators coming to clean up corruption. he says they will take the fight all the way to the capital k inshasa if the government keeps attacking them. how did the antigovernment m23 rebel group get this far? with backing, weapons, and 4000 troops from neighboring rwanda, u.n. experts say.

that is something the rebels deny. >> i don't know anything about rwanda. if they say that there are 4000 fighters from rwanda, i don't know why we see them. orla: so you don't receive any assistance? >> i don't see any military assistance from rwanda. orla: even though there is photographic evidence of rwandan troops in drc, you say they are not here or fighting with you. >> they can have the evidence. i say that they do not have that evidence. i have my fighting area and we have our own reason why we are fighting. orla: the m23 have been rounding up recruits to join their fight. willing or otherwise. it does not pay to disagree. here, police officers who surrendered to the rebels when they took the city, are lined up

for retraining. what choice did we have, one told us. little choice but the barrel of a gun. the m23 have a history of brutality, like the congolese army, and many armed groups in the drc. human rights groups have accused the m23 over the past few years of a whole range of abuses, of systematic showing, of mass rape, of killing of civilians. they say this has been carried out by m23 fighters, and they have documented these cases. what is your response? corneille: i didn't see the report. orla: are you not worried about these allegations? they have made for years. corneille: no. i have never said -- seen those allegations.

also, we are also writing our own report for all these issues. orla: as a body like the u.n. or red cross or amnesty or human rights watch, if all of these people are saying the m23 is carrying out human rights abuses, do you not wish to look into that? corneille: i think they know their rights to make a report on this kind of issue. orla: these reports have been made over years. why have you not read them until now? corneille: give me one and i will read it. orla: i can send you many. corneille: please. i would appreciate it. orla: a massive m23 victory rally. there were promises of change and of element. -- and development. then suddenly, panic. explosions killed 11 people on the spot. neighboring armies are already on the ground here. there are growing fears that the drc could once again be at the

center of a regional war. oleg -- orla guerin, bbc news. caitriona: the vatican says pope francis suffered two episodes of acute respiratory failure on his 18th day in a row in hospital, where he has been treated for an ammonia. the breathing problems have been caused by an accumulation of mucus on his lungs, which was removed. the vatican says the pope, who is 88, has been put back on mechanical ventilation, which he had not required on sunday. the vatican also says the head of the roman catholic church has remained alert throughout. the romantic comedy was the big winner at this year's oscar, claiming five awards including best film and best actress for its lead star. the brutalist, which tells the story of a holocaust survivor who emigrants to the u.s., took home three prizes. l.a. correspondent was there. >> ♪ somewhere over the rainbow

♪ >> and wizard of oz themed opening from the stars of "wicked" got the show underway. >> ♪ you and i defying gravity ♪ >> anora. >> skipping the board was anora, an independent film about a prostitute. it made history winning four oscars on one movie, the best picture, director, editing, and screenplay. >> i want to thank the academy for recognizing a truly independent film. this film was made on the blood, sweat, in two years incredible indie artists. and a lovely independent film. emma: mikey madison was named best actress for her portrayal of a lap dancer. >> i also just want to recognize and honor the sex worker community. >> adrien brody. emma: 22 years after his first

oscar win, adrien brody picked up best actor for the 3.5 hour epic "the brutalist." >> let's fight for what's right. keep smiling and loving one another. let's rebuild together. >> conclave. emma: the british screenwriter of conclave excepted the award for best adapted screenplay. >> 97 -- emma: while the host delivered political satire. >> anora is having a good night. that's great. yeah. that's great news. i guess americans are excited to see somebody finally stand up to a powerful russian. >> unlike some previous years, there were pre--- brief political references, which was a largely feel-good ceremony, and a night which highlighted indie filmmaking and saw less traditional choices for the big winners. the growth of streaming services means fewer people are going to the cinema.

even james bond has now been bought by amazon. but the oscars continued its trend of awarding films that are not always big box office winners, but gain the admiration of many other filmmakers. caitriona: you can find out more about the oscars and all of the day's news on our website, bbc.com/news. and you can see what we are working on at any narrator: funding for presentation of this program is provided by... bdo, accountants and advisors, funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation, the judy and peter blum kovler foundation, upholding freedom by strengthening democracies at home and abroad. ♪ ♪ usa today calls it "arguably the best bargain in streaming" that's because the free pbs app let's you watch the best of pbs anytime, anywhere.

♪ ♪ amna: good evening. on the news hour tonight european allies forge ahead with their own plans to bring about peace in ukraine after president trump's public dispute with ukrainian president zelenskyy