caroline hawley reports. triomphe in paris, two men sending a powerful message of solidarity. president macron personally invited sir keir to attend france's national commemorations. not since the end of world war ii has a british prime minister done this. grainy images show the french wartime leader charles de gaulle standing beside winston churchill, who you can just see here, tipping his hat. together, today, they laid wreaths of remembrance, but pressing modern day problems also preoccupy these men, which they discussed away from the cameras, including the crisis in the middle east and the war in ukraine. european leaders are unnerved by the implications of donald trump's incoming presidency. kyiv wants more help from western allies to push russian forces back. donald trump said on the campaign trail he could end the war within a day. though no—one knows quite what that means. today, two allies stood side by side, remembering the past and rekindling their country's relationship after brexit. # god save ou

caroline hawley reports.nic arc de triomphe in paris, two men sending a powerful message of solidarity. president macron personally invited sir keir to attend france's national commemorations. not since the end of world war ii has a british prime minister done this. grainy images show the french wartime leader charles de gaulle standing beside winston churchill, who you can just see here, tipping his hat. together, today, they laid wreaths of remembrance, but pressing modern day problems also preoccupy these men, which they discussed away from the cameras, including the crisis in the middle east and the war in ukraine. european leaders are unnerved by the implications of donald trump's incoming presidency. kyiv wants more help from western allies to push russian forces back. donald trump said on the campaign trail he could end the war within a day. though no—one knows quite what that means. today, two allies stood side by side, remembering the past and rekindling their country's relationship after brexit. # g

also claimed it's shot down two british—made storm shadow missiles. 0ur diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley take you to this from the ukrainian president, speaking a short while ago. translation: today there was a new russian missile. j all the characteristics, including speed, altitude, correspond to an intercontinental ballistic missile. expert examinations are under way. it is obvious that putin is using ukraine as a testing ground. i'm joined now by our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford who is monitoring events for us from warsaw. who is monitoring events for us and who is monitoring events for usjessica parker who florida. and jessica parker who is in florida. sarah, to start with you, what are the ukrainian saying about these attacks today and overnight? the report came from _ today and overnight? the report came from the _ today and overnight? the report came from the air _ today and overnight? the report came from the air force - today and overnight? the report came from the air force in - came from the air force in ukraine which said there was an attack on dnipro with a

0ur diplomatic correspondent, caroline hawley, can tell us more.utting costs by retiring aged military equipment early, with the aim of reinvesting the money. what is going? five ships, among them the two amphibious assault ships, designed to land royal marines by air and sea. 0ne assault ships, designed to land royal marines by air and sea. one is hms albion, which we are seeing now. another is called hms bulwark, and the mod says that they were due to be decommissioned in 2033 and 2034 respectively. that has been brought forward now to next year. the mod says that they were not going to go to sea again anyway, but they were costing money in maintenance and manpower. they will be replaced eventually, but there will be a gap. also being retired are 14 old chinook helicopters and 17 puma boro. they were first introduced 70 years ago. and dozens of reconnaissance drones, technology has moved on quickly. not surprisingly, this has been opposed by the conservatives. the shadow defence secretary said that britain's national security was being weakened.

0ur diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley is here.s been the deadliest war between israel and hezbollah in decades, creating a humanitarian disaster in lebanon. so what has been the toll must more than 3,800 lebanese people killed — among them 230 children, more than 15,000 injured. close to one million people have been displaced. it's a small country, so that's about one in five of the population and billions of dollars�* worth of damage. 0n the other side of the border, since october last year when hezbollah began attacking, 47 israeli civilians have been killed and 82 soldiers. the stated objective when the army invaded southern lebanon in early october was to stop the rockets being fired and to allow tens of thousands of israelis to go back to their homes close to the northern border. there's no doubt israel has dealt hezbollah a very heavy blow — benjamin netanyahu says it's not the same hezbollah it was a year ago. remember those crippling pager attacks on the group's operatives in september? israel then targeted infrastructure,

caroline hawley, bbc news.r. the court's chief prosecutor karim khan filed the applications in may against benjamin netanyahu and yoav gallant, as well as senior members of hamas. our middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. yolande, what more can you tell us? this is a very dramatic development this lunchtime. the top international court, based in the hague, has issued these arrest warrants. it says there are reasonable grounds to believe that israel's prime minister and its former defence minister emitted war crimes in gaza during the war. in particular, it talks about using starvation as a method of warfare, intentionally directing attacks against the civilian population. the court said israel's acceptance of its jurisdiction court said israel's acceptance of itsjurisdiction is court said israel's acceptance of its jurisdiction is not court said israel's acceptance of itsjurisdiction is not something thatis itsjurisdiction is not something that is required. israel of course denies carrying out

caroline hawley is with me now. what more do we know about this?? tie: authorities are what more do we know about this? ti2 authorities are saying there were 44 authorities are saying there were a4 people on board this yacht, 13 were crewmembers and there were 31 tourists from various countries. four where british nationals and i understand two were among those 28 people who were rescued but two are unfortunately still missing. the governor of the red sea area says that an investigation has been launched, he said nothing appeared to be wrong with the boat, that initial reports suggest it was hit by a huge wave and then capsized within a few minutes and that some people were not able to get out of their cabins. there had been weather warnings issued and in fact, yesterday at one point in the area, maritime traffic grounded but it appears that when that happened, the yacht had already set off. apparently there was a distress signal that were sent out very early this morning, the egyptian authorities launched a big rescue operation involving navy and

caroline hawley. thank— previous government. you. _ the rate of inflation has seen its steepest month on month rise for two years. it's up to 2.3% from 1.7% in september. the office for national statistics says that's partly down to the increase in the energy price cap, which has meant higher costs for gas and electricity. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam has been to visit an energy company whose customers are struggling with their biils. it is more important to find out what the customer can afford to pay. welcome to the front line of the cost of living crisis.— cost of living crisis. they are in credit by 33 — cost of living crisis. they are in credit by 33 p- _ cost of living crisis. they are in credit by 33 p. for _ cost of living crisis. they are in credit by 33 p. for millions - cost of living crisis. they are in credit by 33 p. for millions of. credit by 33 p. for millions of households _ credit by 33 p. for millions of households it _ credit by 33 p. for millions of households it is _ credit by 33 p. for millions of ho

caroline hawley, bbc news. hearing — the two european leaders were expected to discuss the relationship between the white house and the kremlin. in a moment we can speak to our our correspondent samira hussain in washington. but first our russia editor steve rosenberg is in moscow. and reports today that the president—elect has had a conversation with vladimir putin. what more do we know? those reports you refer to appeared in the washington post which alleges that last week there was a conversation between donald trump and president putin on ukraine and i can tell you that today the kremlin categorically denied that there was any such call or conversation for putin, his spokesman said that the reports in the washington post do not correspond at all to reality and are completely made up and pulls information. he added that putin has no concrete plans at the moment to make contact with trump but having said that i saw the spokesman on state television yesterday talking about positive signals coming from the trum