britain and china, friends again? sir keir starmer says he wants a respectful relationship with xi xinping. there are obvious pitfalls to rebuilding diplomacy with beijing, but what are the upsides for the uk? and how does the prime minister keep washington on—side? also tonight, joe biden finally relents. ukraine get the go—ahead to use longer range missiles inside russia. the un security council will meet this hour to discuss ukraine — we will take you live to new york, the foreign secretary david lammy, presiding. and we have a special edition of the security brief brief to discuss this. good evening. world leaders have gathered at the 620 summit in brazil with the war in ukraine top of the agenda. president putin is not in rio, subject as he is to an international arrest warrant. but the kremlin has reacted furiously today to a change in us policy that means ukraine will in future be allowed to use long—range us missiles to hit targets inside russia. president putin has yet to comment directly on that decision but

the dream is over too for britain in the billie jean king cup.ir long wait to make another final goes on as they are beaten by slovakia. and job done for wales. they're back up to the top tier of the nations league after a superb win over iceland. hello there, and welcome along to the programme. it was always going to be a momentous and highly charged night of tennis action in malaga, as spain faced the netherlands in the davis cup. it proved to be the last outing for rafael nadal. his illustrious career coming to an end after the men's team event. the deciding doubles match went the way of the dutch in the quarterfinal. even though he had not played competitively for over three months, the 22—time grand slam champion nadal was selected by spain captain david ferrer for the first match, and it backfired. despite a partisan spanish crowd, nadal lost 6—4, 6—4 to botic van de zandschulp as the netherlands went 1—0 ahead in their quarterfinal, and the world number three, carlos alcaraz, put the tie into a deciding doubles after beating tallon grieksp

that's that's how you into something it's like the battle of britain got me into the battle of britaincasablanca got me into taking paris. taking berlin came next because. it was right after, you know, they were we liberated paris, then went straight on towards berlin. and it wasn't it didn't happen that fast. but that was the easy one. and i wanted to go back to london because i feel like i felt like there was unfinished business with the battle britain. again, my fascination with the battle from a young age. and then it just nice to shift gears and when i was working with jim one time, he told me, always play on the big stage. and so instead of looking for a very, very small story, i keep looking these big stories and you got to you got to learn a lot. you got to find a way to take all these details, this this mountain of knowledge and funnel it into simple, concise writing that makes one people keep turning the pages and. and that's where the research comes in. i don't but here's the thing. midway is almost done and i don't know what's next. i don't i don't know if i want to do taki

i'm hugely optimistic about britain and | optimistic about britain and our potential to grow and bringd jobs, our potential to grow and bring goodjobs, paying our potential to grow and bring good jobs, paying decent wages, and for us to be increasingly competitive on the global stage. we have so much going for us as a country, whether it is our cutting—edge industries in life sciences, technology, our brilliant universities and entrepreneurs, but we all know, and this builds on natasha's point, that we need to see that cutting—edge innovation really run through our whole economy, through businesses big and small. government has got to play its part, but it is only one part, and a small part compare to the heavy lifting that businesses need to do. but what government can do is create the conditions to and a grounds for optimism and a confident future? i’m grounds for optimism and a confident future? i'm hugely optimistic — confident future? i'm hugely optimistic about _ confident future? i'm hugely optimistic about britain - confident future? i'm hugely optimistic about britain and | op

made in britain. the science in the first place to the founding investment to actually becoming a long term institution in the uk. so rachel reeves is still having to defend her budget tax and spend experiments, but now she wants to talk about how to grow —— the british economy with a series of big changes to pensions creating mega funds, for example. but at this precise moment, enter donald trump with his own plan that could upend the world economy as we know it. president elect trump has said every import into the us, including even from britain, could face a 20% tax. experts say it could see a £22 billion hit to british exports. i don't think we should jump to any conclusions about what an incoming us administration will do. the uk and the us trade is worth more than £300 billion a year. that's good for britain, but also, frankly, it's good for the united states of america. you can persuade donald trump, you think? well, we have worked with a trump administration in the us before, and trade flows b

we need a movement like maga here in britain, make britain great again, to really get those politicians. i tried back in 2022, but what i found was a bureaucracy was too powerful -- stuart: yeah, they got you. >> we need reinforcements. we need vivek and elon over here in britain. stuart: i'll have a word with them. madam prime minister, hope to see you again soon is. thanks very much. >>> check those markets, i see a little bit of green for the dow, up 30. nasdaq's down 53. no clear trend this morning. still ahead, shannon bream will react to matt gaetz for attorney general. he faces a tough confirmation fight. florida congressman carlos gimenez will join us. with semi house republicans joining the administration -- so many -- how will the gop be able to work with the very small majority that's left over? new l.a. police chief says he's not going to assist i.c.e. with deportations. another one. how will trump handle that? leo terrell has much more on the story. he's going to be on the show later. the 10:00 hour though is next. ♪ they say the the best things in life aren't free. ♪ the g

so despair for great britain, but delight for slovakia.aptain had to say after the tie. still i think we are underdogs, but like you said, our confidence is growing up and we played last night with italy and it was really close, i think it was maybe two points from the victory only. so we are looking forward for that much and we willjust try to enjoy it and maybe take the cup from here. the eight quarterfinalists have already been decided but there's still plenty to play for in the nations league. wales are looking for automatic promotion to the top tier of the competition. they need to beat iceland in cardiff — and hope turkey lose in montenegro. wales 2—1 up there. liam cullen with the wales equaliser after andri gudjohnson opened the scoring early on. : has given them a 2—1 b there. turkey is to — one down to montenegro. elsewhere — germany are already in the quarters, they�* re playing hungary. currently goalless in that one. the netherlands are second in that one too — sealed already — playing bosnia. 1-0 1—0 up there. the us envoy to

made in britain? made in britain.nce in the first place to the founding investment to actually becoming a long term institution in the uk. so rachel reeves is still having to defend her budget tax and spend experiments, but now she wants to talk about how to grow the british economy with a series of big changes to pensions creating mega funds, for example. but at this precise moment, enter donald trump with his own plan that could upend the world economy as we know it. president elect trump has said every import into the us, including even from britain, could face a 20% tax. experts say it could see a £22 billion hit to british exports. i don't think we should jump to any conclusions about what an incoming us administration will do. the uk and the us trade is worth more than £300 billion a year. that's good for britain, but also, frankly, it's good for the united states of america. you can persuade donald trump, you think? well, we have worked with a trump administration in the us before, and trade flows between the u

it is vital that britain _ spending.ld trump decides — of nato, whatever donald trump decides to do, so i think the meeting _ decides to do, so i think the meeting was actually very well time _ meeting was actually very well time to— meeting was actually very well time to talk about ukraine. of course — time to talk about ukraine. of course also to talk about the war that _ course also to talk about the war that continues in gaza, against _ war that continues in gaza, against the background of that deep, — against the background of that deep, deep symbolism of the 11th deep, deep symbolism of the iith of— deep, deep symbolism of the 11th of november and the references back to 1944. lord ricketts and _ references back to 1944. lord ricketts and lindy _ references back to 1944. lord ricketts and lindy li, - references back to 1944. lord ricketts and lindy li, thank. ricketts and lindy li, thank you very much, plenty more to come from both of you. in the meantime, let me tell you about this. donald trump has made three more

corruption, the fact that liberty is in decline in great britain and concerned that britain is go to drag america down the same path. america is going to see liberty erode as a result of that act. by 1774 he is predicting that war is going to come to pass. he said he will take up arms if war happens. he ends up serving on by 1774, he is openly predicting that war is going to come to pass. he says that he will take up arms, if war happens, and he ends up serving on a local committee of correspondence, so he is at the forefront of resistance by 1774, in response to the coercive acts. there are a couple letters in particular that gates writes during these years, and unfortunately, gates did not keep a copy of most of personal correspondence, so we only got limited number of options to choose from outside of 1775 and '83. but, there are a couple letters he writes in 1774 that suive and are really revealing for so, one, he writes charles lee, who is another british officer, who settles in northern virginia, really right down the street from gates, basically they are neighbors. so, when he

global britain , open borders. global britain, remember that slogan? that is what they meant.policy with no support and which they then pretended wasn't happening. >> interesting words from keir there, he says this was by design, a one nation experiment in open borders. keir starmer is pretty close to saying things that would have got you jailed a few months ago. honestly, he's sounding tougher on immigration than reform are the cost to the uk of all this? immigration is extortionate. the total amount spent on hotels and support for asylum seekers ballooned to £5.4 billion in the last year. kemi badenoch this week said that britain isn't a hotel. well, no kemi, because people pay to stay in a hotel. anyone who can get to britain gets to stay here for free. and the government's own figures show that the average low earner, who came to britain aged 25, cost the government more overall than they pay in. from the amount they arrive, each low skilled migrant will cost the taxpayer over half £1 million over the course of their lifetime. mass immigration also exposes the lie of net z

made in britain.lly becoming a long term institution in the uk. so rachel reeves is still having to defend her budget tax and spend experiments, but now she wants to talk about how to grow —— the british economy with a series of big changes to pensions creating mega funds, for example. but at this precise moment, enter donald trump with his own plan that could upend the world economy as we know it. president elect trump has said every import into the us, including even from britain, could face a 20% tax. experts say it could see a £22 billion hit to british exports. i don't think we should jump to any conclusions about what an incoming us administration will do. the uk and the us trade is worth more than £300 billion a year. that's good for britain, but also, frankly, it's good for the united states of america. you can persuade donald trump, you think? well, we have worked with a trump administration in the us before, and trade flows between the uk and the us grew during that period. i'm confident tha

the fact that liberty is in decline in great britain and he's concerned that britain is going to drag america down the same path that america which he really envisioned its last holdout of liberty, is going to see liberty erode as a result of the course of acts by 1774. he is openly predicting that war is going to come to pass. he says that he will take up arms if war happens. a he ends up serving on a local committee of correspondents. he's at the forefront of resistance by. 1774 in response to the course of acts. there are a couple of letters in particular. gates writes, during these years, which which are particularly revealing. and unfortunately, gates did not keep a copy of most of his personal correspondence. so we kind of gather only a limited number of options to choose from of the outside. the period 1875 and 83. but there a couple of letters he writes in 1774 that that survive and are really revealing for for ideology at this point. so one thing that he writes is a charles lee who is another britiscer who who settles in northern virginia, really there, basically.reet from ga

britain will face slovakia in the last four.ovic 6—1, 6—2. spain'sjorge martin has won his first ever motogp world title after getting enough points in barcelona to dethrone last year's champion francesco bagnaia — who won the race in catalonia. martiin, who had to finish no lower than 9th, if bagnaia took the chequered flag, started in fourth and avoided any incidents, moving up one place to finish third. martin's success comes a year after he finished runner up to bagnaia. the italian, who won 11 races this season, ultimately had to settle for second place in the championship standings. just enough time to recap our top story. england have won promotion to the top tier of the nations league after they concluded their campaign with a comprehensive 5—0 win over the republic of ireland at wembley. head over to the bbc sport website. the final t20 with the west indies and england was a washout. england one. that's all for now. hello there. it might be time to break out the winter wardrobe over the next few days. we are heading for

great britain have beaten canada to reach the semi—finals of the billiejean king cup.ing rebecca marino in straight sets, the former us open champion top of your screen here. playing for only the second time in almost two months following a foot injury, opened the quarter—final tie against marino and took that first set 6—0. second set was tighter, raducanu, though, grinding out the win, winning it 7—5 and giving britain the first point of the tie against the defending champions. in the second set, rebecca really upped her level. i think she started swinging on pretty much every ball, whether that was wide, whether that was fast and serving great. a lot more first serves, which made it very difficult to kind of get into her service game, so i'm very pleased with how i managed to fend off my own break points. and, yeah, then sneak that break at 5—5 and close it out. and so that left katie boulter needing to beat canada's leylah fernandez to confirm britain's place in the semi—finals. the world number 2a made a great start, winning the first set 6—2. fernandez, though, f

john of great britain. in fact the two arbitrators didn't use any consist in legal procedure but worked agreements based more on their personal knowledge of the parties. tonin didn't like photo tended to refer willy nilly to legal precedents from other european systems. he spoke something like four languages, which made him popular with diasporas. but he didn't have a consistent legal legal application that tonin could discern. some plaintiffs grumbled the photo most egregiously made his judgments in private and didn't explain his reasoning afterward, tonin suspected fangio was prejudging the cases if he deems to explain, he would come up with the reasons. but governor tonin especially disliked an issue of authority. here, though he disliked how far too young used his appointment by the spanish governor assessment as to puff himself up with a title of and i quote here judge as he styles himself over his britannic majesty's subjects. well, also enriching himself and his friends by prejudging cases. i can giv

as for britain, that's for the alms manufactures of britain and germany. us spending so much pouring into weaponry, causing the massacres that are continuing to go on in western europe. does anyone care? i think someone who should go should be the next head of the justice department in the united states. you should see indictment, seek a lapse to extradite anyone involved with supporting this proxy war on russia through ukraine. if you listen to what are of k junior tools, he gather data on musk and in judging of all autonomy all, tucker carlson, allies of trump. you'd think um, there's gonna be some important retaliation, some important restitution because the united states wasted a lot of public money that could have gone to solve its destructive. it's solely, it's a pulling infrastructure problems in the united states. that's where the money should have been going. as far as a gustavo hopefully trump and his administrator role as a is not welcome in the united states anytime soon. and certainly visa should be revoked. subarus johnson, that is race, former british prime minister wh

bitter enemies, of course, britain, france. but as the war progressed, we began to sell it to france in exchange for arms. hemp was very important and i don't have any but hemp. what else? supplies. i'll poke weed. poke weed is the most beautiful weed. i'm sorry. it's a gorgeous weed. it's a weed. it's a perennial weed. but poke weed is as big a plant with purple stems and purple bright purple berries. and it's poisonous. it's poisonous to us, not to the critters who dine on it. but the reason poke weed. i have a little bit of it. i try to evict it from my garden, but i had a little bit of it. oh, here we are. poke we look at the beauty, see the red stem and the purple berries. it's a beautiful plant. we'll fig, you know. here's my poke. weed was so important as a supply because we didn't have stationary stores, we didn't have staples. but soldiers, those who could read and write wanted to write home, wanted to write to their loved ones or their politicians or whomever. the poke weed, berries, the purple berries make a wonderfu

britain could supply her forces. she could move them rapidly, and she had secure communications on the land. i was also the ever present threat of indian attack in turn supplied by tecumseh's indian confederacy. the american general hall was forced out of detroit in august 1812 by the energetic general brock, using his late craft, brock repelled attacks by larger american land forces to contest british control of the lakes. president madison. the building of american warships on these vital arteries. by 1813, commodore hazard perry had built a fleet on lake erie. the british commodore barclay had lagged behind in this construction race at maldon. barclay waited for the launching of his most powerful ship, the detroit. here he could protect the fort in detroit and cover british water communications for land operations against americans on the miami and sandusky in ohio. perry himself and put in bay in a position to sever british communiques on september 1813. barclay came out to fight and the british the lord were in

britain of course, was a seafaring nation. they built ships. they needed those tree trunks so they chopped them down. they even built special ships to carry the tree trunks away to britain. our resource, our natural resource, away it went. and that was just sort of emblematic of the way they viewed us. so people began to think more and more. what are we going to do here? the idea began to bubble up. we could become the united states of america. we could do this. how wecould we do this? we were a ragtag bunch of upstarts. we didn't have a supply chain. certainly weren't any trains. we didn't have a cdc or an fda. we didn't have a standing army. how on earth were we going to do this? how are we going to become the united states of america? and i just want to pause and remember that we did, obviously, we were successful, unlike south america, which devolved into many different countries. we were epsuccessful in becomin united. so what were we going to do? we were going to fight a war. we were gonna have to fight a war for our independence. and, in

so making pension funds big enough to back britain and persuading trump againsta to back britain androwth. i'm joined now by independent market analyst craig erlam. good morning. managing pension funds in london is big business. give us your take on this news. it business. give us your take on this news-— this news. it is an interesting idea from _ this news. it is an interesting idea from rachel _ this news. it is an interesting idea from rachel reeves - this news. it is an interestingj idea from rachel reeves who clearly wants to invest more in the uk and seat pension funds can help to deliver upon data and deliver greater returns. they said they believed the ideal pension fund size is between 20 and 50 billion in terms of generating returns so if you can combine that factor with the idea that we could see more investment in the uk in particular, in uk infrastructure it is an interesting idea. infrastructure it is an interestin: idea. . , . interesting idea. that is what needs to happen, _ interesting idea. that is what needs to happen, you - interesting idea. that is what needs to

i mean, the regulation britain used to be really well known for good regulation.t more concerns about the way regulation has gone, where we seem to be in a world where, for fear of any horse escaping from the stable, we keep them all locked up. we go and put hobbles... we let them out into the grass again, put hobbles on them for fear that one of them is going to go doolally. now, you have said in the past, and we'll talk about your past, how you became the voice of industry that you're run towards the sound of gunfire. now, you have said in the past, and we'll talk about your past, how you became the voice of industry that you're always attracted to run towards the sound of gunfire. you've kind of done that in this job, haven't you? taking over at the cbi as chair of it at a time that it's in crisis. in your words, going through a near—death experience. what induced you to take this job? but it may have been, but it's not now it's absolutely up and doing itsjob of representing the interests of our members and of business, being the voice of business to government

and the economy in britain and to slump even before the great depression in 1929. so you had people 1936 who'd been out of a job for over years. and he's writing the corrosive impact of lack of opportunity, social inequality on english society, and arguing for the need for dramatic social. and it's just a very moving piece of social investigation and very different from orwell's other writing. you mentioned he died young eric arthur blair is george orwell what appears on his tombstone. david don't know. i mean, it says it says eric blair on his tombstone. but i there's a there was a time when i knew the epithet and i can't remember it he did have he was atheist but he was an atheist who had a christian. he was he had a fondness for the church of england and for the king james bible. he was a lover of the english language and a lover of the forms of, you know, the social of the church. despite his his own kind of atheist and socialist politics. eric arthur blair is george. the book is orwell's ghost wisdom and for the 21st century. laura beres is the author. thanks

storm bert is battering parts of britain for a second day — hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones.me to the programme. police in north wales say they've recovered a body in the search for a 75—year—old man who disappeared on saturday. brian perry was walking his dog in an area affected by significant floodwater, next to the river conwy near trefriw. there's been no formal identification but the police say his family have been informed. storm bert is battering parts of britain for a second day — there are more than 100 flood warnings in place. wales was badly hit this morning. the uk prime minister keir starmer has said on x... "thank you to the emergency services who are working tirelessly to protect communities — my thoughts are with those impacted." danjohnson reports from the river taff, in pontypridd. across south wales, water levels are high, rivers have burst their banks, and homes are flooded, bringing misery for people who in many cases have been hit for a second time. didn't have enough time to move the van. by the time i got back, it went from one foot to a metre and i on

and by britain i by frontier to the scalp, and the french case don't shadow in the case of britain have been deployed in russian territory and a major escalation of your train. your company. of course, in the shadows, the british diplomats are acting as intelligence operators. it's an open secret that the british embassy here has essentially become that unintelligent space used to undermine the operation of the solvent state of the russian federation. that sees that the video determined that the course risk relation not only on the battlefield, but also behind the scenes using that diplomatic channels for ask.

it's the right thing for britain. for speeding up the clean energy transition, which is good for britain protect us against climate change, and that's the right thing to do, and it will also help generate jobs and growth for people in britain. it's an 11th hour deal at the 11th hour for climate and for keeping 1.5 degrees alive. it's the right thing to do for britain and the right thing for the world. some people are saying this deal isn't generous enough, that developed nations are dodging the debt they owe the developing world. others are saying it shows that despite the divisions, despite donald trump threatening to pull america out of the process, the world can come together in this cooperative un effort to tackle the existential threat of climate change. justin rowlatt, bbc news, baku. as we've been reporting, the finance deal drew heated reaction from developing nations. here's the india delegate, chandni raina. this document is nothing more than an optical illusion. this, in our opinion, will not address the enormity of the challenge we all face. therefore, we oppose the adoption

richard meade was one of britain's most succesful equestrians.edals he secured in munich in 1972 being among just four won by great britain during the entire games. now his family's appealing for help from the public to track down the medals after they were stolen in a burglary. they've been speaking to our reporter fi lamdin. commentator: drives him forward, on and over. - the moment richard meade became the first british rider to win an individual title at the olympics in 1972... commentator: and one of the very few clear - rounds to put britain in a commanding position. ..making him one of great britain's most successful male equestrian olympians. commentator: meade had plenty to celebrate. - i have to say, i couldn't really watch. i think i went out of the room. you couldn't believe that it really had happened. it's quite nice knowing the result though. commentator: and so did britain. there was the rest of the team. when i was growing up, i used to hang on his every word, every time there was a mention of the olympics. i remember him sayingj

with the american revolution, britain ceded florida back to spain.1784, 20 years after british rule, the colony was transformed from a sparsely populated military outpost to a nation plantation export colony of 4,000 people, most of whom were enslaved. the war of independence interrupted that transformation and turned st. augustine into a refugee camp for loyalists. the number of people ballooned from the 4,000 locals to 10,000 people by 1778 and then 17,000 after the evacuations of charleston and savannah in 1782. during the war of independence, spain, like france, had entered the conflict against great britain to try to weaken its european rival, and during the peace of paris in 1782 and 1783 spain wanted to trade for gibraltar and they had stacked up a lot of places that they had conquered and occupied, including the bahamas and mobile and pensacola, but britain was not willing to give up gibraltar and spain had to be satisfied with reclaiming the gulf of mexico and keeping what came -- what was now known as west florida with mobile and pensacola

in 1940 and the goal of hitler and bombing britain in 19110 and 1941, and britain in 1940 and 1941,s britain in 1940 and 1941, and that is the cause of leverage on the population of the popular cetaceans of ukraine to try to agree to — essentially the russian demands and then there is an operational goal thatis there is an operational goal that is basically to force the ukrainians to divert more resources to defending the population centres against russian missile strikes, so there are two main goals, the russians have been pursuing both of them and for quite some time and what is different is the scale and the type of weapons they are using. vladimir putin has also threatened to attack decision—making centres in kyiv, what you call those centres, how much of an impact will that have in the ukrainian war effort? 1 will that have in the ukrainian war effort?— war effort? i was listening to earlier your _ war effort? i was listening to earlier your report _ war effort? i was listening to earlier your report and - war effort? i was listening to earlier your report and i - war effort? i

it's the right thing for britain.for speeding up the right thing for speeding up the clean energy transition which is good for britain in that it will help protect us against climate change and that's the right thing to do, and it will also help generate jobs and growth for people in britain. it's an 11th hour deal at the 11th hour for claimant and to keeping 1.5 degrees alive. it's the right thing to do for britain and the right thing for the world.- thing for the world. some --eole thing for the world. some peeple are _ thing for the world. some people are saying - thing for the world. some people are saying this - thing for the world. some | people are saying this deal isn't generous enough, the developed nations are dodging the debt they owe the developing world. 0thers the debt they owe the developing world. others are saying it shows that despite the divisions, despite donald trump threatening to pull america out of the process, the world can come together in this cooperative un effort to tackle the existential

in these times in britain. and i don't know how much any of you have spent in england, but many of our nicknames for foreigners are based on the food that they eat. so the french are the frogs the germans are the krauts. it's based on the national food. the french term, the english is the roast beef's right. so again, reflection of the national dish of great roast beef and. if we get the next slide on this one as well, the roast beef was a a sign british wealth. right. it was the quintessentially english dish, the national icon of cartoon icons. so our version of uncle sam is john bull, who always appears very well-fed, because that's, again, a sign of wealth. and in this cartoon, i know you cannot see the text, but this is from the napoleon time and he's taunting a thin and napoleon who was trying to boycott goods and he's eating this meager soup and john is saying i wonder how it'll take before you want to trade your meager soup for my roast beef. right. and you see the huge steak behind, right? that is this