and finally, on antony blinken, linked to| on antony blinken, linked to what we have seen in gaza coastng to get a ceasefire, he got 15 of the areas had got agreement, three more remained outstanding but when you hear the americans constantly talking up the hope of getting a ceasefire, how much do you think antony blinken and the americans in effect are being played to give time for a full military operation?— time for a full military operation? allow me to respectfully _ operation? allow me to respectfully disagree i operation? allow me to l respectfully disagree with antony blinken your. the administration has been sounding that optimistic note for months now and we all understand why they need to, for political reasons, we are in election season here in washington and the administration has already staked much of its strategy and approach on that ceasefire in gaza which remains elusive. for him to talk of the details, yes, you can be 90% of where you need to be but that last 10% is crucial and the execution from hamas of the six hostages it had in its possession only further, located

antony blinken has been there so many times and hasn't got an agreement. netanyahu really at this point does not care what israel's allies think around the world just as much as we do. i think the over assumption and aaron is more of an expert on this that i am but i think there is an assumption that the us has a much more influence over israel then it really does. i think that is a significant problem. every blinken is tried everything. he tried to be tough with israel, try to be nice to israel, try to encourage them. one of the things i really find puzzling, maybe you all have a better

tt is by antony blinken. how are haitians creeping?- by antony blinken. how are haitians creeping? now. _ haitians creeping? it is a big issue right now. it _ haitians creeping? it is a big issue right now. it is - issue right now. it is something that they have not known for generations, more than three years now that this hunger that is growing and growing. haiti normally produces its own products, lots of tropical fruits and vegetables to be produced but they cannot come to port—au—prince where half the country lives because all the roads are closed so everybody is complaining their prices are getting higher and higher here in port—au—prince. we have 1.5 million people on the brink of famine. it is really hard for people here and we're not even talking about the people that are displeased, so more than 5 million are on the brink of famine, so we are waiting to see how it will end up and if this force will have concrete advancement in the response there that they are doing to there that they are doing to the criminal gangs controlling most parts of the city. famine is a frighteni

antony blinken has been there so many times and hasn't got an agreement. is that where the lack of agreement is because of a lack of understanding? i don't think it's because secretary blinken doesn't understand the situation, i think netanyahu really at this point does not care what israel's allies think around the world just as much as we do. i think the over assumption and aaron is more of an expert on this that i am but i think there is an assumption that the us has a much more influence over israel then it really does. i think that is a significant problem. every blinken is tried everything. he tried to be tough with israel, try to be nice to israel, try to encourage them. one of the things i really find puzzling, maybe you all have a better answer is why this is not more the responsibility of israel's neighbours, of lebanon said neighbours? why is egypt and the uae and qatar, why are they not more responsible for what is happening in the middle east as well? why are they not more influential with hamas, his brother. that makes no sense to me. �* , . .

we will travel| antony blinken. we will travel to . ether antony blinken.ll travelj together to kyiv this week and it is a — together to kyiv this week and it is a critical moment for ukraine, _ it is a critical moment for ukraine, and in the midst of what— ukraine, and in the midst of what is— ukraine, and in the midst of what isan— ukraine, and in the midst of what is an intense fighting season— what is an intense fighting season with russia continue to escalate — season with russia continue to escalate its aggression against civilians — escalate its aggression against civilians and critical infrastructure and against ukrainian forces, and we see it ranrping — ukrainian forces, and we see it ramping up attacks on cities and — ramping up attacks on cities and people, in particular targeting the energy infrastructure. electricity, all in _ infrastructure. electricity, all in advance of the coldest months _ all in advance of the coldest months will top vladimir putin's_ months will top vladimir putin's winter play book of weapon— putin's winter play book of

i was talking about antony blinken _ to leave. i was talking about antony blinken and - to leave.eave. i was talking about - antony blinken and the message around lebanon and de—escalation, it's worth playing that clip in the next two seconds.— playing that clip in the next two seconds. ., . ., two seconds. france and united states are _ two seconds. france and united states are united _ two seconds. france and united states are united in _ two seconds. france and united states are united in calling - states are united in calling for you _ states are united in calling for you -- _ states are united in calling for you —— restraint states are united in calling foryou —— restraint and states are united in calling for you —— restraint and urging de—escalation when it comes to the middle east in general and when — the middle east in general and when it— the middle east in general and when it comes to lebanon in particular _ when it comes to lebanon in particular. we continue to work to get— particular. we continue to work to get a — particular. we continue to work to get a cease—fire f

antony blinken said the technician stood shoulder to shoulder in support of ukraine. ukrainian leaders are pressing for authorisation to use long—range missiles against targets inside russia. david lambie has told the bbc the delivery of iranian missiles to russia has change the debate about how and when ukraine can use long—range missiles against targets in russia. he was speaking 2a matic responded in the last little while. we speaking 24 matic responded in the last little while.— the last little while. we are seeinu the last little while. we are seeing russia _ the last little while. we are seeing russia amplify - the last little while. we are seeing russia amplify its i the last little while. we are i seeing russia amplify its work with its friends and we have seen this horrendous transfer of ballistic missiles from iran to russia over the last few days. we have sanctioned further the russian shadow fleet, today my colleague has announced more ammunition, more armoured vehicles, more support to ukraine's military effort at this time. and we are here to listen. tha

america's top diplomat, antony blinken, has been speaking on the matter.e will hear from been speaking on the matter. we will hearfrom him been speaking on the matter. we will hear from him shortly. been speaking on the matter. we will hearfrom him shortly. at first this report. hundreds of pagers exploding simultaneously. they have made it hard for the messages to be intercepted but instead they saw a massive security breach. reports a small amount of explosives were hidden in a shipment of pagers earlier this year. hospitals have been overwhelmed by the thousands of casualties, many as they checked an incoming... . when devices have exploded in their faces, the injuries affected their eyes, ears and hands with some losing fingers. a lot required ventilators and had facial swelling. the explosions appear to be the latest blow in appear to be the latest blow in a deepening conflict. ever since hamas attacked israel on october seven, hezbollah has 0ctober seven, hezbollah has been firing missiles into the north in response. although israel has not commented

you have been a treat antony blinken. you have been a great support _ antony blinken.linken. you have been a great support to me as _ antony blinken. you have been a great support to me as foreign i great support to me as foreign secretary and i am grateful because we have spoken almost every other week since i took office. it is a pleasure to welcome you here to london and clearly we are meeting at a critical moment. a critical moment for securing a ceasefire in gaza with the shocking deaths in khan younis this morning only reinforcing how desperately needed that ceasefire is, and a critical moment for supporting ukraine as we enter the third winter of putin �*s illegal war. it is also a critical moment addressing the climate crisis as we head towards cop. as the closest of friends and allies our response is clear. we are united in our desire to address these challenges together. we just opened a new uk— us strategic dialogue, a forum, which i believe can help us remain strategically aligned in tackling these challenges. 0n russia and ukraine, today i can confirm that

we mentioned earlier that us secretary of state antony blinken is in egypt.el to get a deal amidst all of this? there has been huge ongoing pressure from the hostages�* families who feel that their loved ones are not being prioritised by the current israeli government. they particularly attack the israeli prime minister and accuse him of looking to his own political survival, trying to keep his fractious coalition intact rather than prioritising bringing back their loved ones. so the us secretary of state antony blinken back in this region, meeting with the officials, who have also been serving as mediators, trying to get a new hostage and ceasefire deal agreed by israel and hamas. that has hit so many obstacles over recent weeks. but in response to this latest attack on lebanon, israel of course not having taken responsibility for that, the us was at pains to say that it had not been warned in advance about any such attack. it was not part of any such attack but the us state department spokesperson came out saying that diplomacy was the way to de—escalate te

antony blinken is saying that france and the us are united in calling for restraint when it comes tolar. antony blinken saying we don't want to see any escalatory actions by any party that makes a ceasefire even more difficult. the us secretary of state shuttling between the middle east and european capitals, trying to get that ceasefire deal over the line. 0nly trying to get that ceasefire deal over the line. only a couple of days ago he was saying 15 sections of that ceasefire deal had been agreed. there were three others that they were still trying to get over the line. again talking up the possibility of a ceasefire and a hostage deal, but of course that hasn't got across the line. in the meantime we have seen israel open up that new phase of the war, talking about northern israel and of course over tuesday and wednesday we saw those explosive devices going off in lebanon, targeting hezbollah but impacting civilians as well. these pictures are over beirut, apologies, that locator is wrong. these are the pictures over beirut because we had israeli jets flying over beirut a little

the information day of the tv channel continues, but the secretary of the united states antony blinken and the head of the british ministry of foreign affairs have arrived in kyiv. extremely important conversations will take place today, we understand, we will, some will be public, but some will not be public. we think that most of all will be discussed from the perspective of granting our military permission to strike russian military facilities on the territory of the russian federation, at the same time, there is also extremely important news, the enemy has concentrated a certain number. a living resource of armored vehicles, now they have crossed the seim river in the kursk region, yes, and extremely difficult battles are going on with our soldiers who are currently in the kursk region, well , we will talk about this and other things during today's information and analytical day. well, now we will be joined by a deputy from zaporizhzhia oblast serhiy lyshenko of the council, he is already in touch with us. mr. serhiy, i congratulate you, good afternoon, i am ... you know, i look, n

state antony blinken hasjust state antony blinken has just beenin state antony blinken has just beenoday, for discussions with european counterparts about what is going on here. he hasn't, on this occasion, come back to israel. we have had the israeli defence minister yoav gallant talking to lloyd austin the us defence secretary, and the readout from the pentagon really repeating that the us remains very committed to israel's security, when it comes to dealing with the likes of hezbollah and other iranian proxies in this region. but we are really waiting now to see what is announced by the hezbollah leader hassan nasrallah when it comes to his speech later in the day, since the war in gaza started his speeches have been closely listened to around this region for clues of what his organisation, which is very powerful and well armed, is likely to do. in the past he has spoken about acting in solidarity with hamas in gaza and he has said that, if there was a gaza ceasefire deal, then the latest round of rocket fire by hezbollah into israel would stop. on this occasion the reading in the

secretary of state antony blinken was subpoenaed to testify before congress.makers want to know more about the botched afghan withdrawal. jillian turner at the state department. what happens if he does not show up? >> he is not because the secretary is in new york for the un general assembly so what the house foreign affairs committee is planning to do is instead of going forward with the hearing that was supposed to start a few minutes ago they are beginning the process to hold him in contempt of congress. chairman mike mccall says the purpose of this is hopefully to prevent anything like what happened in couple --kabul from happening again. >> us service members, veterans, goldstar families who recently received the congressional gold medal in the capital deserve transparency and accountability. those who support this resolution will deliver both. >> the committee and the state department have been trying to set a date for four months now. foreign affairs alleging antony blinken was a decision-maker in the withdrawal that led to 13 us service members losing

also in the - news conference, antony blinken talked about the american citizen who was killed in thest bank and he used clear language, unprovoked, unjustified. he clear language, unprovoked, unjustified.— clear language, unprovoked, un'ustified. , , ., unjustified. he was pretty hard on that one — unjustified. he was pretty hard on that one and _ unjustified. he was pretty hard on that one and he _ unjustified. he was pretty hard on that one and he said - unjustified. he was pretty hard on that one and he said there l on that one and he said there can be no justification on that one and he said there can be nojustification ever for firing on can be nojustification ever forfiring on peaceful for firing on peaceful protesters, forfiring on peaceful protesters, and one of the interesting things with all of this, and he did not talk much about the middle east but he said they were 90% then getting a ceasefire deal but the last 10% was the hardest. it is up to egypt and qatar and the two main parties, israel and hamas, to bridge the final gap, and that will always be the hardest, but he

the us secretary of state, antony blinken, has urged haiti's interim government to set up an electoral haiti was back on a clear democratic track. he also announced $45,000,000 dollars in new humanitarian aid. his visit comes three months after the installation of a transitional council and the inauguration of an interim prime minister. we are a large distributor of humanitarian assistance to haiti. that includes the additional $45,000,000 in humanitarian aid that i am announcing today. this brings the total us aid to over $210,000,000 this year. that means more food, more water, more sanitation, more health and support services for one and a half million more haitians. it's a powerful sedative commonly used by vets, but now the so—called zombie drug xylazine is set to be banned in the uk under new rules aimed at tackling the growing use of highly addictive synthetic opioids. it's one of more than 20 dangerous substances expected to be re—categorised under new legislation. graham satchell reports. 0n the streets of philadelphia, the paralysing effect of the animal sedative xylazine. it

in other news, us secretary of state, antony blinken, and his uk counterpart, david lammy are in ukrainewhere leaders are calling for permission to use british and american—supplied missiles to strike targets deep inside russia. a new documentary from bbc eye investigations explores the disturbing history of female infanticide in rural india. and pope francis reaches singapore on the last leg of his asia—pacific tour. tens of thousands of catholics are set to hear him speak. welcome to bbc news now. depression. and 'ust hours later, the _ depression. and 'ust hours later, the two _ depression. and just hours later, the two presidential| later, the two presidential candidates meet and shake hands at new york's 9/11 commemorations. in other news, us secretary of state, antony blinken, and his uk counterpart, david lammy are in ukraine, where leaders are calling for permission to use british and american—supplied missiles to strike targets deep inside russia. a new documentary from bbc eye investigations explores the disturbing history of female infanticide in rural india. and pope francis

we heard that message repeated several times by antony blinken.he other interesting thing about this is the way in which they said they're still gathering information. that usually tends to be his kind of wording for when they are really trying to slow walk because i think they're trying to ascertain the damage exactly that was done including civilian casualties, because that will then lead to accusations about how this fits in with international humanitarian law. we've seen videos of these pagers exploding in grocery stores, for example. thousands of them exploding. that will be of question on the minds and the state department very well that they will be asked those questions. what they can publicly support happen, i think very much up in the air. as long as the israelis don't take official responsibility, i think that gives the americans the ability to keep saying they're gathering information to sort of stall around this, but what they will be doing diplomatically and to some extent militarily is again trying to prevent further escalation afte

antony blinken has _ want to cease-fire. antony blinken has spent - want to cease-fire.us have clearly stated and worked for a seaside last year.— clearly stated and worked for a seaside last year. there's been no sanctions. _ seaside last year. there's been no sanctions, there _ seaside last year. there's been no sanctions, there been - seaside last year. there's beenj no sanctions, there been worth to that — no sanctions, there been worth to that effect but there have been — to that effect but there have been empty, so we need to recognize that, because if you took _ recognize that, because if you took at — recognize that, because if you look at the actions of ronald reagan _ look at the actions of ronald reagan in the early 805, the us has the — reagan in the early 805, the us has the power, it is the only superpower in terms of influence over israel, certainly that can bring this conflict _ certainly that can bring this conflict and i get and. he does not want — conflict and i get and. he does not want to,. we conflict and i get and. he does not want to,.— not want t

in other news, the us secretary of state antony blinken and his uk counterpart, david lammy, head tokraine in a joint demonstration of support. i live in care that the ukrainians are hoping to persuade both men to give them permission to use long—range missiles to hit further into russia —— i'm live in kyiv. in the democratic republic of congo, medics on the front line of the battle against mpox are desperate for vaccines to arrive. medics have said those vaccines are essential to stem the rate of new infections here. a warm welcome to bbc news. the two candidates vying to become the next us president have finally met and finally debated. donald trump and kamala harris were on stage in the swing state of pennsylvania, for what turned out to be a fierce clash, with claims, many of them false, hurled in each direction. topics included the economy, abortion and immigration. it was a prime time showdown, which often turned personal. and while pollsters look at data to see how the candidates' performances have gone down with voters, both campaigns are claiming they came out best. moments

america's top diplomat, antony blinken, who is in egypt for talks, said the united states did not knowt happened in lebanon. here's our middle east correspondent yolande knell. lebanon is still reeling from the shock. across the country, hundreds of pagers carried by hezbollah members exploded simultaneously wherever they happened to be. the iran—backed armed group had been using the low—tech devices to try to make it harder for its messages to be intercepted. instead, it saw a massive security breach. reports say small amounts of explosives were hidden in a shipment of pagers earlier this year. hospitals have been overwhelmed by the thousands of casualties. many were maimed as they checked an incoming message. translation: yesterday, - we received 80 people injured when the devices exploded in their faces. the injuries affected their eyes, ears and hands, with some losing fingers. a large number of them required ventilators to prevent suffocation due to facial swelling. the explosions appear to be the latest blow in a deepening conflict. ever since hamas attacked israel on the 7th of

over to you, my american colleague, mr antony blinken.k you for the very good work we've been able to do today _ work we've been able to do today i _ work we've been able to do today. i was very pleased as well — today. i was very pleased as well with _ today. i was very pleased as well with david lammy to spend time _ well with david lammy to spend time with— well with david lammy to spend time with president zelensky and other colleagues. the foreign— and other colleagues. the foreign secretary and i came to ukraine — foreign secretary and i came to ukraine today to really hear from — ukraine today to really hear from our _ ukraine today to really hear from our partners, how we can continue — from our partners, how we can continue to— from our partners, how we can continue to work together to help— continue to work together to help ukraine defend its people, defendants territory, to the full fighting season, into the winter— full fighting season, into the winter as food and continues his vicious_ winter as food and continues his vicious

that was antony blinken in the _ of engagement.gement. that was antony blinken in the news conference l blinken in the news conference with the uk foreign secretary. you are seeing the pictures there as we were hearing that. pitiful house of commons chamber because we are expecting the result of that vote on the winter fuel payments we were talking about right at the start of this hour. you can see both sides of the chamber pitiful so i don't think they're that far away. as we were talking, this is been really controversial for the new labour government with that decision coming to make this cut to winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners and making it in terms of a form that they will have to fill in to see if some of them are entitled to it. they say that they will save £i.2 entitled to it. they say that they will save £1.2 billion and i think the about to happen. you can seejust i think the about to happen. you can see just those former mps lining up in front of the speaker so let's put the microphones up and hear a littl

it's been described by antony blinken as a dramatic escalation.iles that have been shipped clandestinely across the caspian sea to hit ukraine's battle eyes, their front lines. in allowing russia to use its own existing arsenal of longer—range missiles to carry on battering ukraine cities like keith, 0desa leave and others. —— steve. it's bad news for ukraine for the dozens will die from this development. i was at that press conference today. 0ften was at that press conference today. often these things tend today. often these things tend to be about the optics. they are off to ukraine, the two of them, inajoint are off to ukraine, the two of them, in a joint trip. to assess ukraine's needs and then report back to their respective governments. i think earnings would probably say that's welcome, you don't need to come all the way here. i'll tell you what i need, the ability to fire at long range missiles to hit the bases which are views to be doing architectural ukraine. they didn't really address a big question as to whether ukraine will be allowed

the last time antony blinken _ introducing? the last time antony blinken said - introducing?merican messaging to the israeli saying you have got to hold back, you have to resist further escalation. but at the same time the americans will be talking to allies saying any connections you have with hezbollah let's talk, try and pour some oil on these troubled waters just to keep this manageable at the moment. i manageable at the moment. i suppose the worry is whether antony blinken is simply being ignored now. antony blinken is simply being ignored now— ignored now. yes, that is the question- _ ignored now. yes, that is the question. are _ ignored now. yes, that is the question. are we _ ignored now. yes, that is the question. are we seeing - ignored now. yes, that is the question. are we seeing the | question. are we seeing the limits of american influence in the middle east at the moment? the knowledge i would give here, — the knowledge i would give here, is— the knowledge i would give here, is imagine, forgive me for dumbing down a little, but imagine — for dumbing down a litt

the us secretary of state ankeny —— antony blinken has urged haiti's interim government to set up an by the end of next year. mr blinken made the comments on a trip to port—au—prince, he is now arrived in the dominican republic were suspected to meet with the country's president on friday. the ship by america's top diplomat is part of washingtons

secretary of state antony blinken said today that the u.s. is tracking an ongoing threat by iran against multiple u.s. officials. >> i don't have any other other information to share but know that we are watching this. >> reporter: in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, vice president harris was focused on the economy. >> look, i am a capitalist. >> reporter: her top priorities, she said, were cutting taxes for the middle class, lowering the cost of child care and eldercare, expanding access to paid leave, and providing more assistance to start up businesses and first-time home buyers. >> now, by contrast, donald trump has no intention of lowering costs for the middle-class. in fact, his economic agenda would actually raise prices. >> reporter: her speech comes as multiple polls show that number one, americans are starting to feel a little better about the economy, and number two, that harris has begun to chip away at donald trump's advantage on that issue. it's something that president biden tried to do for months without much success, norah, when he

but antony blinken coming up to the podium at the state department.ps citizens understand the issues and affects and events that are affecting their lives, it empowers them engage meaningful in their communities an their country and the world. when state or nonstate actors spread disinformation, the materials deliberately meant to deceive or divide our public, they attack the very foundations of our free and open society. in march, i laid out the comprehensive steps the administration is taking to address this threat to our national security and to our national fabric. first, we're building a more resilient global information system. where objective facts are elevated and deceptive messages gain less traction. we're doing that by promoting policies and programs that protect a free, vibrant and independent press and that foster greater civic -- so people could better distinguish fact from fiction. second, we're working to expose, to disrupt, to deter this information. to the state department global engagement center, we're coordinating government wide

and it is until officials have announced an air alert in kyiv as american secretary of state, antony blinkend lammy visit the city. the uk foreign secretary announced a new £600 million support package for ukraine — including for humanitarion needs. mr blinken said the two nations stood "shoulder to shoulder in the support of ukraine". ukrainian leaders are pressing for authorisation to use long—range missiles against targets in russia. this is change the debate about how and when ukraine can use long—range missiles against targets in russia. have a listen. we are seeing russia amplify its work with its friends and we are seeing this her horrendous transfer of ballistic missiles from iran to russia over the last few days. we have sanctioned further the russian shadow fleet today in my colleague has announced more ammunition, more armoured vehicles and more support to ukraine's military effort and we are here to listen and that is why i am here with the us secretary of state in uk foreign secretary travelling we haven't seen that for well over a decade in our system, travelling here to listen

president zelensky coincides with the visit and the secretary of state antony blinken and the britisheen listening and to how better to help ukraine defend itself and $700 million in new assistance to ukraine. we remain fully _ assistance to ukraine. - remain fully committed to ukraine's victory. to not only ensure that ukraine can defend itself today, but can stand on itself today, but can stand on its own feet strongly, militarily, economically, democratically, for many years to come. to secure the path, ukrainian people have chosen towards greater integration in the atlanta community, including the european union and nato, to getting a just and lasting piece. the bottom line is this, we want to ukraine and to win and we are fully committed to marshalling the support it needs for its great defenders and citizens to do just that. defenders and citizens to do 'ust that. ., just that. the foreign secretary _ just that. the foreign secretary said - just that. the foreign secretary said the - just that. the foreign - secretary said the delivery of missiles to russia changed the debate hi

we are also expecting to hear from the us secretary of state, antony blinken. we also, as all of this is going on, and again this is a reminder of why it is so important to check our bbc live page where we are posting all of these updates, there is a press conference going on, the lebanese health minister is giving updates on the number of casualties, the impact of this attack. he has said that the numbers of those killed was relatively low compared to the scale of the attacks. he said it was less than two per 1000, according to the lebanese health ministry. he has told us in the last few minutes that the number of dead is in fact 12 now, including two children. and he has also said that the total injured was between 2720 800. he said 750 of the injured were in the south. and 1750 in the beirut area. this really gives you a picture of the scale of the attack. in terms of the conditions of those injured, you can see some of the pictures there of those who were in hospital to be treated the lebanese health ministry has said that 10% of the total were in critical

the us secretary of state antony blinken and his uk counterpart david lammy arrive in kyiv to demonstrateport for ukraine. officialfigures their support for ukraine. official figures released their support for ukraine. officialfigures released by the uk economy so that it failed to grow for the second month in a row. —— show that it failed to grow. hello, i'm kasia madera. the two candidates vying to become the next us president have finally met and finally debated. donald trump and kamala harris strode the stage in the swing state of pennsylvania, for what turned out to be a fierce clash with claims, many of them false, hurled in each direction. topics included the economy, abortion and immigration. it was a prime time showdown which often turned personal. we have been monitoring the opinion polls as the pollsters try to track how the two fared, but both candidates and the campaigns are claiming that they came out best. moments after the debate, donald trump entered the spin room to telljournalists he'd won the night. our senior north america correspondent gary o'donoghue was watching th

we've got antony blinken in central london. we've got winter fuel debate. people are mobilising outside parliament to protest this move. pensioners silver voices . you've pensioners silver voices. you've got a coalition of politicians from all sections. >> almost every minute a new prisoner gets released from our prisons as well. we're going to be live, as we say, outside two high security prisons in the uk. it is just such a busy news day, but we're interested in what you think about all that's going on. the prisoner releases the winter fuel cuts and indeed the american visit. how testy might that press conference be.7 questions that press conference be? questions for the foreign secretary and us secretary of state. >> tricky day for keir starmer. and of course, he's been at the tuc tuc congress as well. so gbnews.com/yoursay is the way to get in touch. but let's get the headunes get in touch. but let's get the headlines with sam francis . headlines with sam francis. >> very good afternoon to you. it's just after 12:00. and the top story this lunchtime, as

secretary of state antony blinken are visiting ukraine meeting with president volodymyr zelenskyy whor strong decisions about allowing his country to use a long-range weapons for strikes in russia. western allies have so far resisted the demands over fears of an escalation of violence. the top british and american diplomats each pledged major financial support to kyiv. david lammy said the u.k. would provide six hundred million pounds, $780 million u.s. to help ukraine's energy stabilization needs. antony blinken announced more than $700 million of assistance for kyiv for the purpose of energy and humanitarian support. in a joint press conference the allies underlined their backing of ukraine. >> the bottom line is we want ukraine to win and we are fully committed to keep marshaling the support that it needs for its great defenders and citizens to do that. >> the u.k. commitment isn't just for this winter. we are talking about a 100 year partnership. because we stand with ukraine for the long haul. >> in an interview with the bbc in kyiv, foreign secretary lammy said the conversation

i think the - message you heard from antony blinken. — message you heard from antony blinken, i've heardepeated from officials here in the state _ from officials here in the state department and the last few hours is one of restraint and — few hours is one of restraint and calling on all parties for that— and calling on all parties for that in— and calling on all parties for that in a _ and calling on all parties for that in a sense they know it is a bit — that in a sense they know it is a bit too — that in a sense they know it is a bit too late for that, given the scale _ a bit too late for that, given the scale of these many thousands of explosions that took— thousands of explosions that took place over two days in lebanon _ took place over two days in lebanon. i think the tactic here — lebanon. i think the tactic here by— lebanon. i think the tactic here by the americans is basically to say as little as possible about the nature and walkie—talkie explosions, while at the — walkie—talkie explosions, while at the same time trying to intensify their diplomacy. largely— intensify their di

antony blinken continues but they're becoming pessimistic. where do we stand?at israeli officials have told bloomberg is they are concerned the path is narrow when it comes to the northern border. if they did not believe in a diplomatic solution they would not say they were mobilizing forces in the language has been strong. even the wall street journal are reporting that lloyd austin has started to express concerns about an offensive and the u.s. are trying all angles and then trying to get the deal across the line. antony blinken is urging all parties to de-escalate, met with president macron on and left a statement saying more is not inevitable. tom: thank you indeed. thank you. switching focus up next, the clean energy worlds taken by storm but the promise is running out of gas. see what we did there? hydrogen prospects next, this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: welcome back. hydrogen was predicted to be a major clean energy source but the industry is facing reality. kathy has the details and analysis. hydrogen market has not lived up to expectations. what has gone wro

this was hinted at by antoni blinken during his visit to ukraine, as stated in the article. maris korodilka will tell you everything in detail. excellent work, arrived in the morning, left in the evening in kiev, which is unsafe for the american elite, us secretary of state antoni blinken does not want to spend the night, air raid signals disturb the conflict curators, for instructions, to kiev it doesn't take much time, we appreciate, i know that the ukrainian people appreciate the work that we all do, together, your society needs democracy just as ours does, and we are trying to help you strengthen it. we will continue to help you. but the difference between a newark skyscraper and a ukrainian hut, against which blinken sits, is big. as an understanding of whether ukrainians, with their ruined economy, monstrous corruption and the tyranny of the tcc, need american democracy at such a price. but the flywheel has been launched, this conflict must continue, they say in kiev at the backing vocals zelensky's choir is usually those who exist at the expense of washington. the lea

>> i think theessage you heard from antony blinken, i heard it repeated from officials here in the statet the last few hours, is one of restraint, calling on all parties. in a sense, they know it is a bit too late for that, given the scale of these many thousands of explosions that took place over two days in lebanon. i think the tactic here by the americans is basically to say as little as possible about the pager and walkie-talkies explosions, while at the same time, trying to intensify their diplomacy largely involving their man in the region, who has been shuttling between the israelis and the lebanese, trying to get a resolution to the crisis on the israel-lebanon border. but the americans had always seen the key to that as getting a cease-fire deal between israel and hamas in gaza. now, that effort is stalled, making no progress at all. so they are back into crisis management mode. watching very closely now to what hezbollah do next. one notable point, we just had a briefing from the pentagon, where they were asked about whether the u.s. is moving any other military assets to the r

there circuitry of state antony blinken is urged haiti interim government to set “p haiti interim governmentblinken made the comment on a trip to haiti, has now arrived in the dominican republic ways expected to meet with the country's president on friday. the trip by america's top—level mat is part of washingtons latest efforts to help caribbean

us secretary of state antony blinken and his egyptian counterpart speaking in cairo.aterfront indeed and that— it is a large waterfront indeed and that speaks to the fact that— and that speaks to the fact that for— and that speaks to the fact that for the united states and egypt. — that for the united states and egypt, more than ever, there is so much — egypt, more than ever, there is so much that we're doing together, and so much that we both_ together, and so much that we both benefit from the fact that we're — both benefit from the fact that we're doing it together. i want to thank— we're doing it together. i want to thank you, my friend. and also — to thank you, my friend. and also thank— to thank you, my friend. and also thank president lcc for the very— also thank president lcc for the very warm welcome. here in cairo _ the very warm welcome. here in cairo but — the very warm welcome. here in cairo but alsojust the very warm welcome. here in cairo but also just for the very— cairo but also just for the very high quality of the exchanges we have had today, both _

returning to our top story, the us secretary of state antony blinken is in egypt.relating to the war in gaza. of course in the midst of all of this there are reports that israel's spy agency planted explosive in thousands of pagers used by the armed group, hezbollah. the devices exploded simultaneously, israel has not commented did but this complicates the ceasefire negotiations. as soon as we have any updates or comments from the us secretary of state, we will bring them to you on the bbc news channel. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. here in the uk the rate at which prices are rising remained unchanged last month. the latest figures — released this morning — show prices in august were 2.2% higher compared to the same time last year. that's the same rate as it was injuly. air fares rose sharply but that was offset by a fall in the cost of petrol, hotels and eating out. our business presenter ben boulos has more. this tells us how much prices for the goods and services that we typically spend our money on, how much those prices have gone up com

secretary of state antony blinken said the missiles were intended for use in ukraine and would be deployed on the battlefield within weeks. blinken said iran had ignored warnings that the transfer of those weapons would escalate the conflict. iran's foreign minneistry dismissed it as ugly propaganda. >>> to southern california where there are new evacuations under way as a fire threatens homes and critical communication towers. it has burned more than 20,000 acres and is 0% contained. and a state of emergency has been declared in san bernardino county over the line fire, burning more than 32,000 acres and only 14% contained. for the latest, let's turn back to nbc meteorologist violeta yas. what can people expect today when it comes to this? >> well, we're finally seeing temperatures drop, right, after such a prolonged extreme heat across the western united states. that, alone, is going to help a hill bit. n little bit. the wildfire smoke has continued to drift to the east. we do have numerous red flag warnings in place across the southwest, parts of nevada, utah, up into idaho as well. man

us secretary of state antony blinken announced this during his visit to kyiv. top us diplomat, who is visiting ukraine with his british counterpart david lamy, added that in the coming weeks he would call on the group of seven countries to also provide additional aid to kyiv. by the visit of the officials is monitored by our freelance correspondent anya kostyuchenko. we are bringing her to the studio. hello anya. greetings natalia. anya, what details of the new aid are already known and in... what time frame should it arrive in ukraine? yes, natalya, new millions have been announced for ukraine, in particular, it is about 325 million to strengthen the ukrainian energy industry. mr. blinkin noted that putin will use holot as a weapon against ukraine, so such assistance is necessary. he also announced 290 million for humanitarian needs and 102 million for demining and i note that... few farmers in the de-occupied territories cannot rebuild their farms precisely because of this problem, so this is very relevant. and he also reminded that back in july, joe biden pr

this meeting today, we saw the foreign secretary, antony blinken in kyiv the other day. prime minister is off to rome to meet the italian employment is the upper tail end of the weekend just around the corner. the week after that, it is the un general assembly, world leaders gathering in new york. there is a real sense of place in all of these conversations. western countries trying to come to a collective decision they are all comfortable with and can live with. chris mason there. for more on the reaction we are joined by our diplomatic correspondent catherine hawley. reaction to the expulsion. it looks like a clear link, in terms of the timing between expulsions and meeting of keir starmer and joe biden. what is your analysis of the situation? the timing is interesting because news of the expulsion, it's not news to the foreign office, because what we are told is in early august, the uk was informed the accreditation of the six diplomats was to be removed, it then was removed in mid—august. they are back in the uk, they arejunior diplomats who have been replaced. no ne

and all of them. one is more important than the other, well , united states secretary of state antony blinkennd the head of the british foreign ministry, david lammy, have now arrived in kyiv, and what is important, they will meet, of course, with our high-ranking officials, they arrived in kyiv accompanied by the extraordinary plenipotentiary ambassador of ukraine to the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, valery zaluzhnyi, so at least it could be fixed on photofix. they, their visit to kyiv, we will wait for signals from anthony blinken first of all, but we understand that this is a paired visit, that is, the head of the british foreign ministry and the de facto prime minister of the united states, so they will discuss very, very many important and far-reaching issues, well, about this and about other things during today's information day marta olyarnyk and antin borkovsky live in the studio, and we are already adding ivan stupak of the military. expert and sbu employee from 2004 to 15 years, mr. ivan, we traditionally welcome you to our air: "glory to ukraine". congratula

in other news, the us secretary of state, antony blinken, and his uk counterpart, david lammy are inkraine. they're set to discuss the country's request to use long—range us and british missiles for attacks on russian territory. official figures released for the uk economy showed that the economy failed to grow for two months in a row. paralympian done pembroke who struck gold in the javelin throw. returning to our top story — and it's been a fiery the majority of polls are suggesting that harris outperformed trump. both teams have declared victory. the harris campaign is instantly called for a second debate. us pollster frank luntz said the debate was not donald trump's finest hour. it's not that harris won, it's that donald trump lost, that on several occasions, he spoke in language and with ideas that people who were watching were just simply shocked. the idea that some communities are eating their dogs and cats because they have no food. the idea of who's controlling the media, the concept of the corruption that trump claimed, even going back to the year 2000, 2020, and still pus

and on august 19, second secretary antony blinken, said now hamas is to do the same. the deputy cia director said israel showed seriousness of the negotiations and now hamas make the deal, must make the deal. this was last week. and i ask you... you're watching benjamin netanyahu giving press statement live from jerusalem addressing why he feels the israeli troops have to control that philadelphi corridor, that tiny strip of land between gaza and egypt. a controversial suggestion because the strategic importance strip of land is a major sticking point in further negotiations with hamas over a cease—fire and a hostage release deal and as to to this, will bring that to you here on bbc news. at six: the deaths of all 72 people killed by the fire in grenfell tower in london were avoidable — the final verdict from the public inquiry. it says the catastrophic fire here injune 2017 was the result of a chain of failures by governments and private companies by governments and private companies. grenfell was on a "path to disaster" that began many years ago. 5a adults and 18 ch

i will quote antony blinken from a close meeting. i will say it is doable. and we need to do it. at least 16 people have died after catastrophic flooding caused by a powerful storm across several countries in central europe. the damage, from germany all the way across to romania, has left thousands homeless, and for some areas, more bad weather is on the way. the mayor of the polish city of nysa has asked all a4,000 residents to evacuate, as sarah rainsford reports, from the czech/polish border. in the flood zone of poland, there is an urgent call to evacuate. fears that a stretch of embankment could collapse after days battered by a river swollen by torrential rain. not farfrom here, a dam has burst. the pressure is increasing. nysa has already flooded, but it could get much worse, so residents like teresa have been told to get out to higher ground. "it's the weather, it's nature, what can you do?" she tells me. but nature is powerful. it smashed up the main bridge in the next town and plunged it underwater. when the floods subsided, there was chaos... ..an

us secretary of state antony blinken said that nicolas maduro "must not be allowed to cling "to powerforce." but mr maduro — a socialist who's been in power 11 years — says he won the election. he moved to crush protests and legal challenges to the results, ultimately forcing mr gonzalez to seek protection. before fleeing the country, he took refuge in the spanish embassy in caracas. in the morning. of pressure, coercion and threats that i would not be allowed to leave. and the return to democracy in venezuela. a big hug for everyone. venezuela's opposition says its candidate, mr gonzalez, won the presidential election held on the 28th ofjuly. the us, the eu and other nations backed those voting figures. us secretary of state antony blinken said that nicolas maduro "must not be allowed to cling "to power by force." but mr maduro — a socialist who's been in power 11 years — says he won the election. he moved to crush protests and legal challenges to the results, ultimately forcing mr gonzalez to seek protection. before fleeing the country, he took refuge in the spanish embassy in carac

yes, it was important to be with antony blinken with discussions on ukraine and then withjoe biden and the prime minister, so it has been a big week. it the prime minister, so it has been a bi week. , . , big week. it is an intense time, it is riaht big week. it is an intense time, it is right david _ big week. it is an intense time, it is right david and _ big week. it is an intense time, it is right david and the _ big week. it is an intense time, it is right david and the prime - is right david and the prime minister_ is right david and the prime minister went to the us. our relationship with them is absolutely key and _ relationship with them is absolutely key and must be maintained at all costs _ key and must be maintained at all costs i _ key and must be maintained at all costs. ., ~ ., , ., ., costs. i will talk to you both later in the show _ roll up roll up, it's conference season again.. ed daveyjoins us from the lib dem jamboree. and bond star ben whishaw, the voice of paddington, on his new show, that changed his life when he was 18. young people have all these questions an