for now, benjamin radd, thank you, i'm sure we _ seeing. we will- thank you, i'm sure we will speak to you again soon. us media reports say the new york city mayor, eric adams, has been indicted on criminal charges. the indictment remains sealed, but the mayor has been under federal investigation for campaign fundraising violations and possible influence—peddling. it follows months of investigations, during which federal agents have seized phones and searched the homes of several high—ranking officials and advisers. in a statement on wednesday night, mr adams said he was innocent and would fight any charges. it is now my belief that the federal government intends to charge me cryans. if so, these charges will be entirely false, based on lies. —— charge me with crimes. but they would not be surprising. i always knew that if i stood my ground for all of you, that i would be a target, and a target i became. four months, weeks, my- four months, weeks, my they have been _ four months, weeks, my they have been trying _ four months, weeks, my they

let's speak to benjamin radd, who is a senior fellow at ucla burkle center for international relationso have you on the show. sir keir starmer saying russia must end the war straightaway. do you think that the use of these anglo—french storm shadow cruise missiles within russia would help or hinder that?— within russia would help or hinder that? ~ ., ., hinder that? well, it would aid ukraine has — hinder that? well, it would aid ukraine has 's _ hinder that? well, it would aid ukraine has 's ability _ hinder that? well, it would aid ukraine has 's ability to - hinder that? well, it would aid ukraine has 's ability to not. ukraine has �*s ability to not only respond but also to reach into russian territory and destabilise all we russia's ability to use its own offensive missile capabilities. let's keep in mind ukraine would be using these not for offensive purposes but to reduce the risk of russia's ability to also attack using long—range weapons. now we've seen vladimir putin draw these red lines before and they have shifted throughout throughout the entire two plus years of this cont