this visit by antony blinken, the first by a top us official to kyiv since the counteroffensive beganink secretary blinken wanted to achieve with this trip? he basically _ achieve with this trip? he basically had _ achieve with this trip? he: basically had three goals for his trip to kyiv. the first was to demonstrate us commitment to ukraine in the long term, many of financial assurances that blinken has made really are dedicated to long—term financial planning for ukraine. he also underlined it is not only about the counteroffensive but that it is also about ukrainian democracy and about ukrainian democracy and about ukrainian economy, so taking the long term view. the other point he wanted to make with this visit is to counter the perception that the ukrainian counteroffensive has stalled, that western policy has ended in impasse and that there is no movement on the front. the kind of dissatisfaction we have seen in recent weeks has the counteroffensive has now progressed as fast as possible. and lastly and thirdly, he also wants to have a look himself at what is going on in kyiv,

i mentioned antony blinken. took me _ absolutely vital. i mentioned antony blinken. took me through the - absolutely vital. i mentioned antony blinken. took me through the latest about that trip, because he has been talking today about landmines, and immediate problem for ukraine. and i very much a long—term one as well. absolutely. definitely both. it is part of the aid package he brought with him that had a military component and many, many civilian components too. it is notjust about the minefields we have been hearing a great deal about down on the battlefield in the south, minefields that the ukrainian forces have had to work their way through. it is also about the fact that the vast swathes of this country have been mined, including territory where the ukrainians have taken it back, and at their having to painstakingly go through their territory to make sure there is no unexploded ordinance or mines littered around in the fields near communities, so mr blinken paid a visit to a border guard facility just outside of the city today and had these words to say abou

for mr antony blinken, he received a warm welcome. he has a familiar face.e received a warm welcome. he has a familiarface. before he arrived, there was the sound of war here in the capital. air raid sirens. with america's secretary of state just hours away, a fresh wave of attacks at dawn. kyiv�*s well—drilled air defences called into action once more. outside the city, a supermarket damaged by falling debris, wrecked early in the war, in the process of being repaired, now wrecked again. and a familiar welcome too. mr blinken bringing a fresh pledge, more than $1 billion in security and other assistance. every time i'm here, i'm struck by the extraordinary bravery and resilience of the ukrainian people, the ukrainian forces, ukraine's leadership. and i'm here first and foremost to demonstrate our ongoing and determined support for ukraine as it deals with this aggression. this is mr blinken's first visit since ukraine launched its counteroffensive in june. after weeks of slow progress, ukraine says the pace is picking up. the cost in men and equipment is hi

emotional words are from antony blinken. but behind that emotion thatis blinken. diplomacy that has led to say. some of that has come under criticism from some areas in us politics. that is absolutely — from some areas in us politics. trust is absolutely right. you have several republicans who have criticised the biden administration for this deal. some of them flagging in interview that iranian president did with nbc in which he said the money, the $6 billion that is going to be unfrozen will be iran's to do with it as it pleases. we have heard from several members of the us government to really pushing back against that. we had that again from secretary antony blinken saying that that money, and in fact this deal is held up for a long time was held up until the exact contours of this arrangement was nailed down. that the money that was unfrozen will be used solely for humanitarian processes. it is iranian money that was in south korea that was used as payments from south korea for iranian oil some time ago during the last administration. and that there would be

it coincided with antony blinken's trip to ukraine.e trip he pledged another billion dollar aid package including 170 $5 million of u.s. military equipment. this caused controversy because the equipment includes shells strong enough to pierce through tank armor. russia has expressed anger over this before with the need -- when the u.k. announced it was sending similar shells to ukraine. russia's president vladimir putin described the weapons as having a nuclear component. with the secretary of state's visit to ukraine in the past the bbc's paul adams is back to wrap it up. >> antony blinken's latest visit to kyiv is now over. he was in the country for two days. he is on his way home. i think it is a visit in which he has had an opportunity to spend quite a bit of time looking at the consequences of the conflict in various ways. and also an opportunity to pledge a great deal more american support. clearly the message from him was the united states is anxious to get the kind of support that will allow the ukrainian armed forces to increa

you heard secretary of state antony blinken there announcing new assistance to ukraine.owards military and civilian security assistance. so far, the us has committed more than $43.2 billion in security assistance since the war began. for more on this, my collegue caitriona perry sat down with dan baer, the former us ambassador to the organization for security and cooperation in europe and the current director of the europe programme at the carnegie endowment for international peace. thank you forjoining us. this latest attack feels like an escalation. you had warned that a desperate russia would have desperate consequences for ukraine, is this sort of thing envisaged? i ukraine, is this sort of thing envisaged?— ukraine, is this sort of thing envisaged? i think part of this latest attack _ envisaged? i think part of this latest attack is _ envisaged? i think part of this latest attack is to _ envisaged? i think part of this latest attack is to a _ envisaged? i think part of this latest attack is to a response | latest attack is to a response ljy latest attack is to a res

and yet the signal from the us is as strong as ever, with the visit of antony blinken. does for ukraine, his presence in the country and of course a commitment to a new aid package. commitment to a new aid package-— package. this is a very important _ package. this is a very important thing, - package. this is a very l important thing, blinken announced that not only will this have the counteroffensive but it goes beyond, to rebuild a thriving country, this is a vote of confidence for ukraine's future, it includes also 300 million in that package which will restore and maintain law and order and provide ukraine with much—needed mine resistant, ambush protected vehicles. the us is demonstrating a new—found confidence in the counteroffensive and blinken said that much, and it's very important that it comes amid some slackening of support for ukraine on the part of the american population especially, among republicans, as many as 70% of republicans are saying now that ukraine, maybe they should curtail aid to ukraine. obviously the tone has been set by donald trump, he is

after missiles targeting kyiv were shot down by ukrainian air defenses as secretary of state antony blinken was traveling to the capital by train on an unannounced two-day trip, his first since the start of ukraine's counteroffensive nearly three months ago. and blinken arrived with the promise of a further billion in military aid. that includes controversial depleted uranium munitions. >> in the ongoing counteroffensive, progress has accelerated in the past few weeks. this new assistance will help sustain it and build further momentum. >> reporter: in recent days, ukrainian forces have pushed further south in the zaporizhzhia region, but progress is painfully slow thanks to russian air strikes and mine fields. president zelenskyy also navigates political mine fields. this week he removed defense minister oleksksii reznikov and replaced him someone with a reputation as an anti-corruption campaigner, now responsible for overseeing millions in dollars of military funds. as the war grinds on and ukraine continues to seek outside support, president zelenskyy wants his western backers to know he

stil spend the refs of husband life in bars. >> randi kaye, thank you. >>> secretary of state antony blinkenip to ukraine. still waiting meetings right now between blinken and toppen ukrainian officials, but polls show support for aid is waning. we're going to ask chris murphy about how congress can continue to authorize more funding despite shrinking support. stay with us. you u know you are retired right? am i? yaya! the queen sleep number c2 smart bed is nowow only $999. plus free home delivery when you adadd an adjustable base. shop now only at sleep number. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ wherever you go. wherever you stay. all you need is one key. earn and use rewards across expedia, hotels.com, and vrbo. - [narrator] we just signed the lease on our third shop. my assistant went to customink.com to get new uniforms with all the locations. he found great products, uploaded new art, and had boxes sent to all the shops. custom ink makes it so easy. get started today at customink.com. >>> we're continuing to follow the breaking news. you see saecretary of state antony blinken taking a seat at a surprise visit to

military aid was announced by antony blinken, what did he have to say? >> that's perhaps the most important message, he said the counteroffensive is progressing well after a summer where most people felt the counteroffensive did not deliver the results many people hoped for, though ukrainians would argue they did extremely well to rush into the action while not having the weapons they said they needed. they do not have the jets, the hell of these new brigades especially the americans and they received short training with people who are so freshfaced, nevertheless we are seeing bigger advances and some americans have been criticizing the performance. it's important, everyone knew it would be a difficult fight and that's a signal that they are not about pull the plug, he also announced $1 billion in military aid. the united states is by far largest supporter. >> there was more on the table. what other announcements? >> in addition, the prime minister is more to do with the economy particularly anticorruption reforms, there has been a lot of discussion abou

we have just heard from antony blinken. more commitment of money and support.is a cultural signal for and support. what do you make of it? it is a cultural signalfor ukraine because there are talks about what is next, about the ongoing counteroffensive and some kind of behind closed doors manoeuvres to reopen for negotiations with russia at some point and this is a significant signal towards all of those going into negotiations that military support for ukraine to make russia withdrawal orjust leave the ukraine occupied territory this support is going to be continued. it is crucial because we know that next year is an important year politically in some other important western partners of ukraine. that messa . e western partners of ukraine. that message of— western partners of ukraine. that message of support _ western partners of ukraine. that message of support is the importance of these visits. it is not the first time and you could argue why not make this commitmentjust over a phone call, in a press release, you think it is important that he physically is in

and antony blinken is heading to indonesia. >> carley: 55% of voters disapprove of president biden on foreign policy. lucas tomlinson joins us. good morning. >> lucas: good morning, antony blinken arrived in ukraine for meetings with top shall ifs to announce more funding as u.s. shores up more support for ukraine, russia is turning to north korea. something vice president harris weighed in on moments ago in indonesia. >> i think it is ill-advised for there to be any collaboration between russia and north korea. i'm concerned about it. we are concerned about it. >> lucas: at the white house, national security advisor sullivan says arm you can tas are advancing and provide warning. >> attacking grain silo and heating infrastructure of major cities heading into winter to conquer territory that belongs to another sovereign nation will not reflect well on north korea. >> the department of treasury sanctioned entities involved in this deal and we will not take sanctions off the table. >> lucas: united states exha exhausted -- for ukraine, sending cluster rounds, russia is having problems p

a secretary of state antony blinken and south korea's foreign minister discuss the future of the u.s.-south korea alliance. they stress the importance of the partnership during a daylong forum in washington, d.c. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, we will move on to remarks by the minister of foreign affairs republic of korea. jim park was of the ruling people party and became foreign minister last year. thank you. >> hello, good morning. i am the foreign minister of the republic of korea. i would like to thank the president of the korea foundation, the csis, secretary antony blinken, and all of the friends and supporters of the u.s.-korea alliance for inviting me to speak at today's forum. let me first congratulate the korea foundation and csis on cohosting this forum today. i wish to recognize all they have achieved over many years to promote u.s.-korea relations and our mutual understanding. i also wish to acknowledge the distinguished speakers on participant at this year's forum. all of you have been critical to nurturing, sustaining, and advancing our alliance. i regret that i a

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it is the third time that antony blinken has come here to kyiv since the war started. his fourth visit to ukraine overall since march 2022. and of course he comes at a critical side. what we've been hearing from the state department is that this visit will be first of all about getting the ukrainian assessment of how things are going on the ground with their counteroffensive, although a senior source at the state department says the american assessment is that there has been impressive progress made, impressive gains made both in the east and south of the country. but still what antony blinken is looking ahead to hearing is what the ukrainians think about that. what we understand will happen is even as the americans get that assessment, they will be announcing fresh help not just in terms of military help to make the -- give the ukrainians the ability to help make the difference on the frontlines and take on the very impressive russian defenses that we've been talking about these last few week, but this is also going to be a visit about economic aid, how to help in the

secretary of state antony blinken has arrived in kyiv on an unannounced visit to ukraine. this is blinken's fourth trip to ukraine since the russian invasion but for the first time blinken plans to spend the night. he is expected to announce a new package worth more than $1 billion in u.s. aid for ukraine. >> we want to make sure ukraine has what it needs not only to succeed in the counteroffensive but has what it needs for the long-term to make sure it has a strong defense capacity so that future aggressions like this don't happen again. amy: blinken's visit came just hours after russian cruise missiles hit kyiv in the first aerial attack on the capital in about a week. meanwhile, a russian drone hit the danube port of izmail in the odesa region, killing one person. there are a number of developments in the legal cases against donald trump. former white house chief of staff mark meadows pleaded not guilty tuesday and waived his formal arraignment. meadows is one of trump's 18 co-defendants accused of being part of a criminal enterprise that attempted to overturn the 2020 e

it comes as the us secretary of state antony blinkin continues a two—day visit to kyiv. mr blinkenukraine, including shells to be used on us abrams tanks. they're made of depleted uranium, which is a by—product of uranium enrichment but has stripped of most radioactive material. 0ur diplomatic correspondent is paul adams, he has more for us on those recent statements byjens stoltenberg and antony blinken. well, i don't thinkjens stoltenberg was telling us anything we don't already know. he's the latest figure to acknowledge that progress is being made. antony blinken, during his visit here over the last couple of days, has also been saying that he's encouraged by signs of progress. i think there's a general desire, perhaps on the part of ukraine's western backers, to recognise progress when it is there, because we've had weeks now of a general sense of things not moving as quickly as everyone would like. the ukrainians, about a week or so ago, started saying that they had broken through the first set of russian fortifications in the south. they've had a chance to brief both antony

we'll take a listen starting ukraine, us secretary of state antony blinken has been speaking there in

the united states' secretary of state antony blinken demanded civilians be protected. i will, there are hours of traffic jams as thousands try to cross the border -- meanwhile, there are hours of traffic jams. >> at the border between armenia and azerbaijan, cars and trucks arrived one by one, packed with displaced families fleeing nagorno-karabakh. at the border, people anxiously wait for their relatives to arrive. >> how can we go back? our carob -- our karabakh will no longer exist. there is no help from any country. no country speaks for us. >> exhausted from their journey, they register with the red cross inside these tents before heading to towns across the region. this mountain town has welcomed thousands of refugees. the local theater is being used as a temporary shelter, but it is only a transit point. many are lost, not knowing where to go next, still in shock and grieving over what they've left behind. >> we took our children and left our homes to come here, to find refuge, a new home. our nation has been sold by a government that does not know what it's doi

us secretary of state antony blinken is in ukraine.n the capital kyiv, and he has been pledging continuing us support, military and economic support, military and economic support to ukraine. that includes $665.5 million in new military and civilian security assistance. in total, we've committed over $113 billion in security assistance since the beginning of the russian aggression. now, since i was last here, almost exactly one year ago, ukrainian forces have taken back more than 50% of territory seized by russian forces since february of 2022. in the ongoing counteroffensive, progress has acclerated in the past few weeks. this new assistance will help sustain it and build further momentum. earlier, i talked to maria zolkina, who is a research fellow at london school of economics and a head of regional security and conflict studies at democratic initiatives foundation — a think tank. the first issue is the assessment of the ongoing counteroffensive because nobody has criticised ukraine so far but there is a lot of signal sometime from

but that was antony blinken, the us secretary of state, visiting here.unding to help ukraine with the war against russia. stay with us and bbc news. hello. in the last century there has been only four occasions where the highest average for the year has occurred in september, either today or tomorrow we could make that a fifth time. 32.2 celsius is the highest temperature so far this year, recorded injune, in chertsey and in coningsby. today, we could get up to 32 celsius, if not a little bit more. same again tomorrow. that's because we have high pressure city across central and northern europe. around the fringes, that is storm daniel, producing the flooding in greece. this area across the west is helping to draw humid air away with a general southerly wind. a bit breezy at times and part of scotland. mr blow cloud through shapland, parts of eastern england, and there could be a bit of sea, the isle of man, dumfries and galloway. 26 in northern ireland, 29 in wales, 30 or 32 in the south—east corner. what will follow will be a humid night. low cloud is

secretary of state antony blinken and an emotional antony blinken talking about the freeing of five americans have been wrongfully detained in iran, and in the case of one for eight year, and he talked about the immense amount of work that wept into the release. >> getting your thoughts on what we heard from the secretary of state, christiane? >> it is a human story, first and foremost. i have heard that he carried the name of the wrongfully detained in his breast pocket for a long time the concentrate his mind and the human cost for a long time, for him, it is a big moment, i am sure, and then he is going into the policy-speak, because the question is what do you next? what happen next? and so as siamak said over the past 44 years, the iranian regime has mastered the nasty game of caging americans and other foreign nationals and commercializing their freedom and calls the dystopian state of international hostages. so this is part of the plea that the governments of the world ban together to make this commercialization of the human lives like that null and void. that the costs outweigh the be

you are listening to antony blinken there as well. another trip to ukraine.ip is? —— colonel. absolutely critical. the us and the germans are providing the bulk of ammunition and hardware needed to defeat this illegal invasion. and the fact he is there reassuring ukrainians and also stating that the abrams tanks are on their way, and hopefully, more to follow, and the ammunition that is so much required to keep and sustained ukraine forces, is absolutely key. and let's hope that the rest of the western leaders back up what he is saying, and also back up the deeds, and make sure all the equipment is required. as i've said, it is the civilians who have suffered so terribly in ukraine, because the russians attack hospitals and schools directly, so anything we can give them, including depleted uranium rounds to ensure the defeat is as soon as possible is essential, but let's hope that this will be over soon, and that mr antony blinken doesn't need to go back again and doesn't need to give any more hardware and software to enable the ukrainians to defeat this ille

secretary of state antony blinken. america's top diplomat announces more than $1 billion of new aid for kyiv. africa's climate summit wraps up in nairobi. delicate demand financial -- delegates demand financial aid and help from the bigger polluters. we assessed their chance of getting it. and rolling stones are back. ♪ the rock legends release their first album including new music in 18 years, and it was a noisy affair. welcome to the program. at least 17 people have been killed in a russian attack on a market in eastern ukraine. a rocket exploded in a frontline town in the donetsk region. president volodymyr zelenskyy called the attack heinous people . hours earlier, u.s. secretary of state antony blinken arrived in kyiv on a surprise visit and announced a new u.s. aid package worth over $1 billion. blinken's visit was overshadowed by the deadly market attack. earlier, our correspondent told us more about the strike. >> ahead of this visit last night, there have been attacks on the odessa region with one man being ki

the news came as the us secretary of state antony blinken made an unannounced visit to kyiv.apse. in the commons, the labour leader likened the government to cowboy builders in the way it has responded to the crisis. and the rolling stones have unveiled their first album of new material in 18 years at an event in east london. the album, called hackney diamonds, will be released commercially next month. now, the sports news and a full round—up from the sports centre. we start with football, the spanish footballerjenni hermoso has filed a legal complaint by the kiss —— over the kiss by luis rubiales. she was kissed on the lips after their win over england in the world cup final in sydney and has since said it wasn't consensual. luis rubiales denied that and has refused to resign despite being provisionally suspended by fifa. it means he could face criminal charges. an air accident report into the helicopter crash that killed the leicester city chairman rick in 2018 has found the crash was inevitable after a sequence of mechanical failures.

a familiar backdrop for antony blinken, in kyiv for the fourth time in 18 months.ian forces, ukraine's leadership. plenty to talk about with mr zelensky, the latest on ukraine's offensive in the south, the state of the shattered economy and how to rebuild if and when this finally ends. pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. the bbc has been sent a video of the father and step mother of sara sharif — the 10—year—old found dead at a house in woking last month — in which they claim they're willing to co—operate with british police. it's the couple's first public statement since they left the uk — the day before sara's body was found on august tenth. it's a short video — and the couple focus mainly on the circumstances they now find themselves in. here's our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies. we are coming forward and presenting ourselves... four weeks to the day after they left the uk, this is the first and we've heard from urfan sharif and beinash batool. they're wanted for questioning about the death of sara sharif, urfan's ten—year—old daughter. she was found dead the da

secretary of state antony blinken is arriving in kyiv early this morning with meetings top ukrainian official mr. zelenskyy. >> mr. blinken is expected to announce more funding for the war torn country. >> lucas tomlinson knows this and we hope more because is he in washington to expand on this story. hey, lucas. >> good morning, steve, ainsley and brian. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken on the ground in ukraine for meetings with top officials where he is expected to announce another billion dollars in aid as the u.s. shores up more support for ukraine. russia is turning to one of its allies north korea. something vice president harris weighed in on in indonesia. >> i think it's, um, i will advised for there to be any collaboration between russia, um, and north korea. i'm concerned about it. we are concerned about it. >> not exactly high energy now the white house security adviser jake sullivan say arms talks between russia and north korea are actively advancing and issued the following warning without specifics. >> what i can say is this: providing weapons to russia for use on

antony blinken said progress has accelerated in the past few weeks. about the ukrainian counteroffensive. how much can we read into that? is it just reflecting what we have seen? a few advances in the south through those de mining exercises. is he reflecting what we already know, or should we read more into that? >> i think we will read more into that and find out if he's more into that, especially in the east of ukraine. what we know, what is going on in the south. ukrainians have finally broken one of the most significant lines of defense and as of now, a lot of expectations to how it could open. the road to ukrainian forces. the deconstruction and destruction of other defense lines further. so developments are crucial. the developments in the east especially, in the very east are of special attention. >> thank you very much. >> we are going to stay in ukraine. we have an exclusive interview at the ukrainian security service about how it is using artificial intelligence and drones in this conflict. here is our security correspondent. >> alongside tr

but as i mentioned earlier, this attack came shortly after antony blinken, the us secretary of state,kyiv and a big announcement is expected. what what more do we know about that? yeah. so this is mr blinken�*s fourth visit to kyiv since the full—scale russian invasion, his sixth as secretary of state. and every time he comes here, he comes bearing gifts of some kind or another. there have been dozens now of american pledges over the last 18 months of assistance. we believe this one... some of the details we're likely to hear today, perhaps others later in the week, we think will total something in the region of $1,000,000,000. that's pretty much par for the course. it has to be said, in terms of american pledges, it'll be a mixture of military assistance, assistance, probably the bulk of it, but also civilian assistance, because the americans are very keen to try and prop up ukraine's economy, which has been absolutely devastated by the conflict over the last 18 months. but for mr blinken, this... you know, he received a very warm welcome here. he's a very familiar face. and even bef

. >> secretary of state antony blinken met with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy during a trip to the capital of kyiv. before the meeting, the two spoke briefly to reporters. it's important to visit for us, ukrainians that the force is the full scale war and important message to our, our society especially now when the war you see this, this is the difficult challenge and difficult, tough period for our staff and always the leaders of the united states when they come with great message of support. thank you so much. we are really thankful to you. we are very thankful to white house to, to president biden. and we are thankful to bipartisan support to congress that you show great unity around ukraine and you have different cases. and in the united states that when you and when we speak about ukraine, you also, you always together. thank you so much. it really helps us across the wall, helps us on the battlefield because the united states really the leaders of supporting on the battle my appreciation. and uh we are happy that we can count on you and you know that totals about soci

antony blinken there with a positive note. —— the amount of my macros.ures in london reached around 32 celsius, as was the picture in primrose hill a little bit earlier on. so lots more sunshine, hazy sunshine for some of us in the forecast. now we've got a storm in the mediterranean, storm daniel, that's been bringing really heavy rain and strong winds down towards greece. we've also got low pressure out towards the west of spain and portugal and that combination is drawing in these warm southerly winds. so high pressure sits to the east. that's bringing us the dry weather, the southerly winds bringing the heat and humidity. and overnight we could see a few rumbles of thunder, perhaps heavy showers around the parts of wales, south—west england towards the isle of man by the end of the night. and in the east, we've got a bit of low cloud that's going to be drifting its way onshore. so a few misty, murky patches as you start your thursday morning. but it is going to be a really warm, sticky, humid—feeling night, perhaps not dropping below around 20 degree

secretary of state antony blinken who announced a new billion-dollar aid package. imtiaz tyab reports from kyiv. >> reporter: the moment a russian missile slammed into a busy outdoor market, bringing fire and death to the streets. the carnage in the eastern region is one of the deadliest assaults in months and came shortly after missiles targeting kyiv were shot down by ukrainian air defenses as antony blinken traveled on an unannounced two-day trip. the first after the counter -- counteroffensive nearly three months ago. he arrived product liability issing aid including controversial depleted uranium munitions. >> in the ongoing counteroffensive, progress has accelerated in the past few weeks. this new assistance will help sustain it and build further momentum. >> reporter: in recent days, ukrainian forces have pushed farther south but progress is slow thanks to russian air strikes and minefields. president zelenskyy also navigates political minefields. ththis week he removed the defee minster and replaced him with the anti-corruption campaigner who's now responsi

announcer: coming up next, secretary of state antony blinken meeting with ukrainian president zelenskyying a trip to the capital of kyiv. secretary blinken held a press conference to announce more military aid and resources totaling $1 billion for ukraine.

. >>> a surprise trip to kyiv for secretary of state antony blinken today. he met with ukrainian president zelenskyy, announcing a new billion assistance package for the ongoing war with russia. it is the first time a top u.s. official has been in ukraine since counteroffensive began three months ago. nbc's alice barr has the latest from washington. >> reporter: a show of support today in ukraine where u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is making a surprise visit to draw attention back to the grueling conflict. arriving just hours before a russian missile strike killed at least 17 people in a market near the eastern front lines. in kyiv, secretary blinken meeting with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy. >> we are determined in the united states to continue to walk side by side with you. >> reporter: the u.s. pledging another roughly billion in military and humanitarian assistance. >> your financial support is crucial. >> reporter: crucial cash three months in to ukraine's counteroffensive that has struggled to repel dug-in russian forces, while on c

his top diplomat antony blinken said the swap in negotiations on the nuclear deal are not linked. >>he freedom of these unjustly detained americans has always been a separate track of engagement with iran. irrespective of what was happening, or not happening, in pursuing the effort to return to the nuclear agreement, we've been focused on working independently to bring these americans home. reporter: both sides have been hostile since the 1979 revolution in iran. washington has long opposed tehran expanding its nuclear program and its close ties with russia. and iran has been angered by u.s. support for israel, and involvement in middle east politics, as well as its imposition of sanctions. but tensions have escalated after 2018, when then-president donald trump pulled out of the internationally brokered deal for iran tos -- to scale back on its nuclear program. biden says he wants to return to the deal as long as iran complies. but a new agreement has not yet been reached. >> this could be a beginning for extended and further talks on the negotiations as well as lifting the sanction

us secretary of state, antony blinken, promised a further sixty—five million dollars to help haiti's he said there was no time to lose. washington says twelve countries have pledged to join the force, which kenya is offering to lead. secretary blinken spoke of additional measures the us is taking to support haiti. today, we're taking steps to impose additional visa restrictions on current and former haitian officials who are enabling the violence. and with that step, we have designated more than 50 individuals. a leading activist in china's metoo movement has gone on trialfor subversion. journalist sophia huang xueqin appeared in court in the southern city of guangzhou on friday with her co—accused, labour campaigner wang jianbing. ms huang, a freelance journalist, sparked the first metoo case in 2018 after she helped a graduate student go public with accusations against her phd supervisor. the two were detained in 2021 as part of china's wide crackdown on activists. the bbc�*s sarah campbell spoke to elaine pearson, who's a writer and human rights activist, and an asia director of h

and it came as the us secretary of state, antony blinken, was here in kyiv pledging yet more support.ting troops at the front, gave his visitor a positive account of ukraine's recent advances. in the ongoing counteroffensive, progress has accelerated in the past few weeks. this new assistance will help sustain it and build further momentum. that may be, but this grinding conflict continues to exact a terrible price. pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. pet—owners are being invited to contribute to a review of the veterinary industry being carried out by the competition and markets authority. the watchdog is warning that the cost of animal care is rising at a faster rate than other goods and services and people may not be getting value for money. a scheme that provided free heating on prescription to people with underlying health conditions in the uk has found it reduced the need to see a gp. sheffield hallam university said it was too soon to say if a wider scheme would save the nhs money. the go

the us secretary of state, antony blinken, says he is "deeply concerned" for the safety of ethnic armenians after azerbaijan took control over the long—disputed territory. the state department says mr blinken made the remarks in a conversation with armenia's prime minister, held in the past few hours. the region is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan, but its population is mostly ethnic armenians, who ruled it as a breakaway republic for three decades. earlier this week, an azerbaijani military operation routed the ethnic armenian separatists, and azerbaijan has begun taking full control of the region. now, tens of thousands of armenians have sought refuge in the main city, stepanakert, many of them gathering at the airport. they are coping with dwindling food, medicine and fuel supplies. the red cross has managed to deliver 70 tonnes of aid for the first time since hostilities ended. the organisation's spokesperson, jason straziuso, said the shipments contained basic staples like wheat. it's an indication of how dire the situation is — not enough food, not enough medical suppl

us secretary of state antony blinken in the ukrainian capital kyiv.ised to ukraine. $1 billion in support, largely military obviously, but also reconstruction, civilian non—military support as well. interestingly, when we cover these visits, antony blinken, this isn't his first time, he has been several times. it's interesting to see how the top officials are travelling to the ukrainian capital. just to say, ukraine is the largest country in europe. and there're no civilian flights there, as the airspace is closed. so politicians, even the most high ranked ones, have to follow the same route as thousands of ukrainians do when they return home from abroad. here's one of the routes. a train from a polish city rzeszow, close to the ukrainian border. and then 700km by rail. this is exactly how blinken was travelling today. as we can see here on his photo. in fact, ukraine has now a small park of carriages re—equipped for transporting vip visitors. one of the first vip passengers on this route was former uk prime minister boris johnson. here we can see him

and it came as the us secretary of state, antony blinken, was here in kyiv pledging yet more support.rrival, early this morning, was preceded once more by the sounds of war. air raid sirens wail. russia launching a fresh wave of attacks at dawn. kyiv�*s well—drilled air defences called into action, keeping the capital safe. president zelensky, fresh from visiting troops at the front, gave his visitor a positive account of ukraine's recent advances. in the ongoing counteroffensive, progress has accelerated in the past few weeks. this new assistance will help sustain it and build further momentum. that may be but this grinding conflict continues to exact a terrible price. pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. in an interview with bbc newsnight, former us secretary of state condoleezza rice commented on the sustainability of the us military aid to ukraine. i aid to ukraine. believe the american people have i believe the american people have the dna from our now long years of global leadership to understand that we cannot tolerate a large fleet met larger country decided to distinguish its smaller n

a short time ago we heard from an emotional secretary of state antony blinken. >> it was, for them, fore, an emotional conversation. it's easy in the work that we do every day sometimes to get lost in the abstractions of foreign policy and relations with other countries and forgetting the human element that's at the heart of everything we do. >> three dual u.s. iranian citizens who were imprisoned for more than five years each were released as well as two americans who have not been publicly identified. the u.s. released five iranian nationals, also made billions of dollars in iranian funds available, but solely for humanitarian purposes. cnn national security reporter natasha bertrand is here. natasha, how did this negotiation come together? >> it came together over the last two to three years and started to kcrystallize over th last six months, when the americans started to negotiate with the iranians in qatar with qataris serves as intermediaries. finally we saw last month the real movement began on this prisoner release with iran releasing four out of the five of those american pris

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