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the chief of defence staff would always want more money for defence. chief secretary is that we want to really invest in the mechanism that the government has got to address these issues. that is a defence review alongside a spending review and the crucial thing for people like me and the other chiefs is that we get things into balance. the ambition of the nation and the prime minister against the resources to match that ambition. is 2.5% enough? that is for the review to assess and to do that in a much more significant way than the usual ding—dong with every year, how much money have we got? we want a longer term stability and longer—term clarity. i am not going to give you a date today because it relies on the outcome of the strategic defence review which will decide what the priorities are. you made the promise during the election you would hit that target. today, our viewers will hear you are not even committing to doing it by 2029. you might not win the next election. a commitment without any data at all is no commitment. a promise on the manifest

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and we had their spain's defence minister talking about | defence minister talking about the armed forces as was necessary to help with the towns that were affected by the flooding. how much do we know about the scale of the recovery and the clear up of the recovery and the clear up operation that is left? well, it is enormous, still. the road surrounding valencia have meant most of them have been cleared. those cards that were turned over by the flood water, many of them have been cleared up. but the prime minister presented a 10 billion rescue package last week, an initial package to the coordination between the central governments and the regional government here is not central governments and the regic it l government here is not central governments and the regic it should nment here is not central governments and the regic it should have it here is not central governments and the regic it should have been} is not central governments and the regic it should have been either: what it should have been either so they say that the central decisive as well so there has been a lot of critic

we see the need to ramp up our own defences, to ramp up the defence industry, but also to provide significantt that i have been the prime minister. i've been a politician for many years, and i know that if you spend an extra billion on defence, you have one billion less for health, for education, for climate, for all the other important things. but unless we have security and unless we preserve peace, or then, then we cannot address all the other issues. so we are in a world where we need to invest more in security, and that is more than 2%. so donald trump has started to put together his new team. let's have a listen to his choice for defence secretary. i found overinflated - from the beginning, this idea that vladimir putin's attack i on ukraine was going to lead to nuclear war or warj across the continent. i've always felt like it. was from the beginning, like a couple days in, - i was like, this feels like a putin's, give me my bleep war. it kind of feels like, . i feel like you've been pushing pretty hard, _ and we used to have the former soviet union, and we were pretty proud of that. -

the chief of the _ could spend on defence. tue: chief of the defence could spend on defence.ow crucial he sees the need to increase defence spending. labour, they worded it carefully, they promised to set out the path of spending two point 5% of gdp on defence. they set out the path to spending 2.5%, they did not say when it would happen or if it would happen in this parliament. darrenjones was asked about that again this morning. he said there would be a timeline set out in spring, we expect the spending review of all government spending in the spring and it will be announced then. i have spoken to sources in the last few months, it is when not in. they say that election of donald trump has in their words focused minds on the need to increase military spending. thank you very much. there are reports that dozens of palestinians were killed overnight by two israeli airstrikes in northern gaza. according to the hamas—run civil defence agency, an attack on a house injabalia left at least 25 people dead — including 13 children. and in a seperate attack, 5 people were killed in a

the defence team _ before the inauguration? the defence team are _ before the inauguration?nce team are definitely trying to get this case dismissed. looking ahead to the presidential term, though, what the prosecution have signalled — they may be open to — is to delay sentencing for quite an extra ordinary length of time, until the end of his presidential term. until the end of his presidentialterm. bear until the end of his presidential term. bear in mind he wouldn't lead office —— leave office for four years starting on january the 20th next year, so 2029, but that is what the prosecution has signalled — some openness. what is defence team have done is try to get the case thrown out on a ruling that gave the partial immunity. there is still quite a lot of uncertainty hanging over this case, but there are questions about when the sentencing really can happen and if actually it will happen at all. jessica, thank you very much. meanwhile, donald trump has nominated former prosecutor pam bondi as his new pick for attorney general, after his previous nominee, matt gaetz, who w

spending comes up whether defence spending comes up as part of that.— up as part of that. - let's speak to ?0rysia lutsevych, head of the ukraine forum at chatham house. thanks for being with us. is it clear at this stage what difference the storm shadow deployments will make? these long-range _ deployments will make? these long-range missiles _ deployments will make? these long-range missiles are - deployments will make? these long-range missiles are crucialj long—range missiles are crucial for kyiv to slow down the russian advance in the eastern part of ukraine, and to destroy russian capability to attack ukrainian cities. we should remember that it's now 1000 days of almost daily attacks by russia, by combined missile and drones against ukrainian cities, energy infrastructure, and the fact that ukraine was unable to reach significantly munition storages, airfields and destroy some of this capability. we do know now that the damage of direct russian intervention is almost 400 us dollars, so we are looking at capability that allows kyiv to defend itself better, for sure.

russia's defence ministry said it attacked facilities that support defence industry. further south, the black sea port of odesa experienced a city—wide power cut. and neigbouring poland says it's scrambled fighter jets in response to what it called a massive russian missile and drone attack on western ukraine. in a statement, warsaw confirmed that operations by polish and allied aircraft were underway. our correspondent paul adams is in dnipro for us. we had sirens in the early hours, and the latest information from the city was that two railway workers were killed among five people killed across the country overnight, in what seems to have been the largest concerted russian drone and missile attack, certainly since early september. and it does seem as though the principal targets were once again ukraine's energy infrastructure. i was speaking to someone from one of the largest energy companies just a short time ago who said, it looks like they're starting again. in other words, as winter arrives and we have had the first snow here in the last few days, once again, ru

i start play more defence than france? ~ ., start play more defence than france?, france? i think we have seen a lot of defence _ france? i think we have seen a lot of defence by _ france? i think we have seen a lot of defence by ukraine - france? i think we have seen a lot of defence by ukraine since i lot of defence by ukraine since more than a fair amount of office. this has caused russia many lives and also lots of equipment but has still made some progress, the landmines will make that progress if any, even harder to come by and it may stop it altogether. the us blocked a un _ may stop it altogether. the us blocked a un security - may stop it altogether. the us blocked a un security council. blocked a un security council and demanded an unconditional and demanded an unconditional and immediate ceasefire in gaza as part of israel's bombardment continued. the us says it cannot agree to an unconditional ceasefire that is not linked to the immediate release of hostages. however it comes as the u—n's humanitarian affairs coordination office says that virtually no

their belief is because there are flood defences in place, the flood defences work.s you have probably seen yourself, the flood defences don't work. this is the desperate effort to try and stop the river water getting back into these houses — at the moment, they are winning, but the fear is the river level will rise further because the rain keeps coming down. in parts of wales, a month's worth of rain has fallen over the past 2a hours. it's been a very busy time for the emergency services, who declared a major incident this morning when they were inundated with calls. and listen to the local council leaders�* assessment of how well this rainfall and its impact were forecast. we took decisions ourselves to step up our resources and have a depot and crews in. but even as bad as things were this morning, unless i have missed it because i've been up since 5.30am, i don't think an amber warning was issued. i've not seen it and i am surprised there wasn't a red warning, because due to storm dennis, we saw an amber warning well in advance and a red warning issued in the ear

at least 25 people, including 13 children, according to gaza's civil defence agency. a massacre." israel's renewed offensive in northern gaza has now been going on for weeks, targeting, it says, hamas, who it accuses of hiding behind civilians. and after more than a year of war, israel's leader is feeling strong and with a new ally. translation: in the last few | days, i have spoken three times with president—elect donald trump. these were good and very important conversations, conversations designed to further tighten the firm alliance between israel and the united states. for months, america has been urging israel to limit the number of civilian casualties in gaza. donald trump has pledged to end the war. and benjamin netanyahu might be ready to listen. jon donnison, bbc news, jerusalem. king charles has led the uk in two minutes of silence at the national service of remembrance ceremony at the cenotaph, in central london. he was joined by the prince and princess of wales along with political leaders. 10,000 veterans and civilians also took part, paying their respec

- cyber defence alliance? nato has been _ cyber defence alliance?has been focused on - cyber defence alliance? nato has been focused on the - cyber defence alliance? matt? has been focused on the cyber threat for quite some time now, and working with critical infrastructure, so this is not a new issue for them, but i think what we're hearing in these warnings, both in september and the speech tomorrow, is that we need to be prepared for stepped—up activity from russia and by non—state actors, by organised crime, by so—called activists, by those who are not part of the government but are acting at the behest of an on behalf of the government. —— hackivists. so it is a mix. suzanne spaulding, thank you for sharing your expertise with us. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's take a look at some other stories making news now. and it seniorfaith stories making news now. and it senior faith leaders seniorfaith leaders representing senior faith leaders representing christians, muslims, jews, hindus and sikhs have ordered vulnerable p

to 3% of gdp — spending on defence to 3% of gdp the _ spending on defence to 3% of gdp.dp. the problem is how do you balance this with other policies such as decoupling from — policies such as decoupling from russian energy resources. you have — from russian energy resources. you have to then convince your constituents and populations as european — constituents and populations as european leaders that europe or european — european leaders that europe or european countries need to invest— european countries need to invest more in defence. that is one problem. the other problem is the _ one problem. the other problem is the defence industry in europe, _ is the defence industry in europe, european government have _ europe, european government have been very reluctant to sign — have been very reluctant to sign long—term contracts with defence — sign long—term contracts with defence companies in europe in order— defence companies in europe in order to — defence companies in europe in order to produce the likes of ammunition or tanks. these companies of course don't want to ma

the defence ministry said more than 30 drones even approached moscow.hat forced flights to be diverted from three of the capital's major airports. these are pictures of the aftermath released by russian media. officials say five people were injured in an area near moscow and four houses caught fire due to falling debris. as for ukraine, its air force said russia launched 145 drones across the country, with most shot down. this barrage of attacks comes amid donald trump, who is now the president—elect of the united states, pledging he wants a quick end to the war. what that means for ukraine's territory is anyone�*s guess. speaking to the bbc�*s us partner cbs news — the white house national security adviserjake sullivan said presidentjoe biden will urge mr trump to not walk away from ukraine. president biden will have the opportunity over the next 70 days the united states should not walk away from ukraine, doing that means more instability in europe and ultimately as the japanese prime minister said, if we walk away from ukraine and europe, the questio

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ukraine's air defence says they were able to down 62 drones.eanwhile, russian officials stated that they had destroyed 70 ukrainian drones across six regions. according to the mayor of moscow, 32 ukrainian drones were destroyed as they approached the russian capital, resulting in the temporary closure of two of moscow's international airports. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has the latest from kyiv. ever since russia started targeting ukrainian cities in this way, with these unmanned drones and 2022, we are seeing an unprecedented number of strikes. just last night, we were told 140 russian drones were told 140 russian drones were intercepted, or were intercepted to an extent. they are mostly cheap iranian made drones with this distinctive wing spans and propeller engines, and pretty nasty warheads packed with explosives, and they hit regions right across ukraine. given the centre of what i am, kharkiv in the north —— kyiv in the centre where i am. they are not typically used to hit military sites, you can hear their motors, signs g

yes, his pick for defence _ of days? yes, his pick for defence secretary, - of days? defence secretary, hegseth, of days? yes, his pick for - defence secretary, hegseth, has some serious assault allegations. it is an open question what role the demise of matt gaetz will play. there are two ways of looking at it. senators have already shown they have a back bone, they are not going to rubberstamp all of trump's nominations, and they will go along with this one. another way of looking at it is they have a taste for it now, they have a taste for it now, they have a taste for it now, they have proved they are willing to stand up for him, so maybe they will do it again. how much will these people say policy? how much will it be a 2—way street and how much will be having to implement what president trump wants? i think that's a great — president trump wants? i think that's a great question. - that's a great question. traditionally, conservatives in the us view the presidency as the us view the presidency as the unitary head of the executive that makes all of the decisions.

.— the defence.ou can see the high level of trust _ the defence. you can see the high level of trust that - the defence. you can see the high level of trust that there | high level of trust that there are any unit. they are able to come out and win a clean bowl which they didn't made it really difficult for england to get that ball through so both teams will have to go back tonight, have a look at their homework and see where the i% as have to bring tomorrow for the game because i cannot see this getting any... it will not get any easier. this getting any. .. it will not get any easier.— this getting any... it will not get any easier. looking back across the — get any easier. looking back across the game, _ get any easier. looking back across the game, the - get any easier. looking back across the game, the first i get any easier. looking back l across the game, the first half really belonged to england, they were up at the half—time point but the second half, those last two quarters really belong to

the uk i defence secretary john healey defence secretary john healey today defence secretaryjohn healeye than at any point since the beginning of the invasion of ukraine by ukraine and take ukrainian people because he needs our children to take the next countries, poland, romania, and in the baltic countries he will also meet british soldiers and that will also mean nato. if the world wants to prevent such a scenario, maximum support should be sent now. the time has arrived.— should be sent now. the time has arrived. between now and the arrival _ has arrived. between now and the arrival of _ has arrived. between now and the arrival of donald - has arrived. between now and the arrival of donald trump i has arrived. between now and the arrival of donald trump in | the arrival of donald trump in the arrival of donald trump in the white house, do you think the white house, do you think the plan will be for ukraine to use as many of these longer range missiles as possible to make inroads in terms of the front line? in the latest news we are seeing that ukraine is going to allow deserters to

. appropriate in the name of self-defence.— appropriate in the name of self-defence. ., ~ ., ., self-defencesome of the reticence was _ self-defence. you know some of the reticence was based - self-defence. you know some of the reticence was based on - self-defence. you know some of the reticence was based on the l the reticence was based on the rational response and russia now says its response will be appropriate if ukraine uses these missiles to strike its territory. are you concerned about what it might look like? i'm always concerned but on the other hand we can't be deterred in being able to provide ukraine what it needs to defend itself. unfortunately vladimir putin has gravely escalated this crisis repeatedly, including in regard to bringing ten or 15,000 north korean troops into this criminal invasion of ukraine so given that he keeps raising the stakes i think it's appropriate that ukraine has what it needs to defend itself. to follow up on that, we saw the hungarian foreign minister calling the decision of the last desperate attack of pro—war forces against the new reality. can th

there are, however, conditions, the defence officials are telling us. landmines will not be permitted for use in highly populated areas. and they will be short—lived in the sense that they can only be active for a certain amount of time. thus potentially limiting the risk of civilian casualties. but of course, you don't need me to tell you the use of landmines in any circumstances is as i say highly controversial, sally. is as i say highly controversial, sall . �* , controversial, sally. and this comes the — controversial, sally. and this comes the day _ controversial, sally. and this comes the day after - controversial, sally. and this | comes the day after american provided missiles have been fired across into russia. another controversial step, of course. russia will see this as a further escalation, no doubt. absolutely. and the agreement or the authorisation for those long—range american made missiles coming at the weekend, or word of it coming at the weekend, also controversial. and on tuesday came news that the first of those weapons have been us

and obviously there was no reaction from the russian ministry of defence.re also some reports about the briefing of the russian spokeswoman of the russian spokeswoman of the russian ministry of foreign affairs who does those briefings quite regularly and as i was looking whether she would be asked anything about that, there was an interesting piece that in the middle of her briefing in russian, she suddenly received a phone call, hopefully we can sit on the video, and you can hear also on that video that the sound told her, i will say exactly what was said in russian, that there was said in russian, that there was a ballistic missiles attacks which is forbidden, this is a quote, which is forbidden to speak about so please don't comment on it. then she said thank you and finished the call and carried on with the briefing. obviously changing the topic to other questions. changing the topic to other question— changing the topic to other cuestions. ., questions. 0k, olga, we will leave it questions. ok, olga, we will leave it there _ questions. ok, olga, we wil

the defence secretary has told the defence committee that he won't comment on the use of storm shadowy that defence intelligence will reveal today that the front line is now less stable than at any time since the early days of the full—scale russian invasion in 2022. so no comment from the defence secretary on those storm shadow missiles. plenty more coverage i'm going on the bbc live page on events in ukraine. i am going to take you to some other live pictures now, a volcano erupting it again in iceland. thankfully, the damage not significant as yet. this is not farfrom the capital. 0ne town nearby has been evacuated as a precaution, but no major damage taking place. this is the tenth time this volcano has erupted in the last few years. more coverage online and we will be back in just a few minutes with all the headlines at the top of the hour. forthe headlines at the top of the hour. for the moment, headlines at the top of the hour. forthe moment, i'm lewis vaughanjones. this is bbc news. hello again. we've had a combination of rain, sleet and also some snow across the south—west of

as such, he said britain had to invest more in defence. said their support for ukraine was resolute and they would spend more — 2.5% of national income, but wouldn't say when they'll meet the target until after a defence review. but in the meantime, will president—elect trump continue to support president zelensky? he says he wants the war to end, but on what terms? the kremlin said it saw positive signals. firstly to you, lord mandelson... the man tipped as a possible future ambassador to the united states suggested ukraine might have to compromise, giving up nato membership ambitions and even what he called the fringes of its territory. we've got to act in a way, together with the united states, to secure ukraine's freedom and secure its borders so that russia can't invade again. now, i think both those things are possible, not by ukraine joining nato but by nato members offering security guarantees. for now, the fighting in the east of ukraine continues, with analysts expecting russia to try to press home its advantage as power is trans

pete hegseth, as you say, tapped earlier this week to be defence secretary. to be defence secretary,p the pentagon in charge of running the world's most powerful military. his appointment because of some raised eyebrows. he didn't really have any government experience. he's a former combat veteran, outspoken on exposing woke military culture. but now what's emerged over the last 2a hours or so is he was investigated for sexual assault in 2017 in california. he has denied wrongdoing and he was never arrested or charged. there is reporting in us media tonight that this allegation has caught the trump transition team off guard. but what his lawyer has said is it shouldn't impact the confirmation process in their view. the nominations come on the heels of an election which saw republicans grab widespread control of the us government. i've been speaking about that with axios senior contributor margaret talev. always good to speak to you. what you think that will mean for the party. how easy or difficult will it be for donald trump's agenda. it's a great question. '5 who a friendly posture

capacity, defence industrial capacity now are much bigger to...elf—sufficient on everything. interesting you say that "we're self—sufficient on everything". what is undoubtedly true is that russia has turned its economy into a war economy. a fully mobilised, militarised economy. more than one third of government spending now is devoted to defence and the military. that's not long—term sustainable, is it? i can tell you that the official figure, and it's not official — real figure is that our military spending makes 6.8% of gdp. so it is not quite a lot. not very different from the united states. i think you'll find... i think you'll find that nobody finds that figure credible. it's roughly a third of your spending. neither me or you have said... you talk about the budget and we talk about gdp. so the budget can differ from one year into the other. i heard this morning that your government decided to spend another 3 billion. 3 billion of dollars on defence. it is quite a lot for the country which has a hole in its budget, an enormous hole in the bu

"are we only going to get the minister for paperclips instead "of the foreign secretary or the defenceretary "or the prime minister?" but i don't know if there is a minister for paperclips. but also... it gets back. we were sort of talking about this a bit with louise hague. it's not a bad thing to be a minister with a point of view or an interest in anything. it's interesting how labour is going to play. can i say what i think? can i be an individual? that's right. and it also is a reminderjust actually, of how massive the reach of government is. and in a democracy like ours, actually, we do expect the government to have a handle on absolutely everything, whether it is spoons or paperclips or defence or foreign affairs or all these hugely serious things. and it is an interesting thing to observe, as you suggest, labour still going through the sort of growing pains of working out how actually they do government and how they should respond — and we are grateful to sarah jones for getting in touch with us to talk about her job — maybe you need a new soubriquet, but what we have no shorta

you can also hear air defences as well. honest, this is a record night which follows a record month in october. more than 2,000 drones like this were launched across ukraine. sirens go almost every night and people have disturbed night's sleep. but this was also a night when ukraine launched its own drone attack on russia. you have the mayor of moscow saying more than 30 were intercepted on their way to the city. it caused two international airports to be closed. there's footage of of these unmanned ukrainian drones which are manufactured here in ukraine, flying overhead in russia. intercepted in western russia on targets close to the border with ukraine. we've got the military here saying that they successfully hit an ammunition depot. so it really has been an eventful... night in the skies. and this all this always goes in tandem with the fighting on the ground. we're still seeing fierce battles in the east, where russia is inching forward. but still moscow is able to wage these aerial campaigns and ukraine tries to hit b

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president zelensky congratulated the men and women of ukraine's air defences.someone asks? "yes", comes the answer. it is difficult to find any place round ukraine where the missiles were not targeting and one of the missiles even crossed the moldova border. in kyiv, parts of a missile shot down by ukraine's air defence, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. when the sirens sounded some headed for the capital's famously deep underground. after almost three years most now stay at home but winter is approaching and russian forces are advancing in the east, there is a renewed sense of pessimism and danger. pauljoins us live from dnipro and you end the report saying there is a renewed sense of pessimism and danger. is there a feeling that this war is going to intensify further? i don't think people necessarily think it will intensify but they do feel they are in for another rough winter. i was talking earlier to an official from one of the large private energy generating companies and he said here we go again. they have been through this for two winters alrea

the defence ministry said more than 30 drones even approached moscow.ed flights to be diverted from three of the capital's major airports. these are pictures of the aftermath released by russian media. officials say five people were injured in an area near moscow and four houses caught fire due to falling debris. as for ukraine, its air force said russia launched 145 drones across the country, with most shot down. this barrage of attacks comes as donald trump, who is now the president—elect of the united states, has pledged a quick end to the war. speaking to the bbc�*s us partner cbs news — the white house national security adviserjake sullivan has said that biden will urge trump not to abandon ukraine. president biden will have the opportunity over the next 70 days to make the case to the congress and the incoming administration that united states should not walk away from ukraine, doing that means more doing that means more instability in europe and ultimately as the japanese prime minister said, if we walk away from ukraine in europe, the question a

ms bondi was one of mr trump's defence lawyers during his first impeachment trial in 2020.f florida. mr trump said in that role she worked to stop trafficking of deadly drugs and reduced deaths from fentanyl overdose. the decision comes as mr gaetz was facing new allegations about a second sexual encounter, with a girl he had met at a party. the girl was reportedly 17 at the time. mr gaetz announced he was stepping down on x, saying: and we should be clear matt gaetz denies any wrongdoing. no criminal charges have ever been brought against him. the president—elect responded to gaetz, saying: that was from donald trump. for more i've been speaking to molly ball, senior political correspondent for the wall streetjournal. there has been pressure on matt gaetz and the senate is responsible for his confirmation ultimately for days, weeks since he was nominated, but do we know ultimately will led to him stepping down of all days? well, matt gaetz was in washington this week meeting with senators to gauge their receptiveness to his nomination, the senators were quite concerned by

russia's defence ministry claimed it attacked facilities that support ukraine's defence industry.resident of neighbouring moldova, maia sandu, has "strongly condemned russia's massive air strikes". on his x account, president zelensky shared video from the scenes of sunday's attacks. the video was given an audio track, and is a call for more support from ukraine's allies. we will shortly go live to kyiv to speak to a ukrainian politician. but first we can have an update. our correspondent paul adams joined us from dnipro. we had sirens in the early hours, and the latest information from the city was that two railway workers were killed, among five people killed across the country overnight, in what seems to have been the largest concerted russian drone and missile attack, certainly since early september. and it does seem as though the principal targets were once again ukraine's energy infrastructure. i was speaking to someone from one of the largest energy companies just a short time ago who said, it looks like they're starting again. in other words, as winter arrives and we have

its leader, kimjong—un, ratified a defence treaty that requires north korea to come to russia's defencend vice—versa. nato secretary—general, mark rutte, condemned the deal and said the growing military cooperation between russia and its allies poses a threat to global security. russia working together with north korea, iran and china is not only threatening europe, it threatens peace and security, yes, here in europe, but also in the indo—pacific and in north america, so we must send together. donald trump's re—election has generated some uncertainty regarding the us role in nato. the nato chief met with french president emmanuel macron in paris. without directlly mentioning trump, mr macron acknowledged the importance of europe becoming more self—sufficient in its defence strategy. channels blamed ukraine. amid heavy losses, russia is getting military support from north korea. its leader, kimjong—un, ratified a defence treaty that requires north korea to come to russia's defence in wartime, and vice—versa. nato secretary—general, mark rutte, condemned the deal and said the growing mil

the defence ministry said more than 30 drones even approached moscow.forced flights to be diverted from three of the capital's major airports. these are pictures of the aftermath released by russian media. republicans edge closer to securing control of the us house of repesentatives, potentially giving the party, and donald trump, a clean sweep of all levers of government. and honoring the fallen — king charles joins other senior royals for events to mark remembrance sunday. we start in europe — where russia and ukraine have carried out their biggest drone attacks against each other, since the start of the invasion. russia says it has intercepted 84 ukrainian drones over six regions. the defence ministry said more than 30 drones even approached moscow. that forced flights to be diverted from three of the capital's major airports. these are pictures of the aftermath released by russian media. officials say five people were injured in an area near moscow and four houses caught fire due to falling debris. as for ukraine, its air force said russia launched

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the defence secretary would say only this. ukraine's action on the battlefield speaks for itself. we'll be asking what this means for ukraine and the west — and looking at one uk company which appears to be busting sanctions and exporting to russia. also tonight... it's more important to find out what the customer can afford to pay. worries about household bills as inflation went up in october — with rising energy prices largely to blame. linda mcmahon! entering the ring — donald trump's nominee for education secretary. she was formerly head of world wrestling entertainment. the funeral of the singer, liam payne, has taken place in buckinghamshire. and it's country music awards night in nashville — with a growing band of fans over here. on newsnight at 10.30pm, we'll bring you fresh insight on the stories of the day, with big interviews and our regular panel of newsnighters, and of course look at what the papers are saying about tomorrow's news. good evening. in a week of spiralling developments in the war in ukraine, the bbc understands that kyiv has fired uk—made storm shadow mi

its leader, kimjong—un, ratified a defence treaty that requires north korea to come to russia's defenceid the growing military cooperation between russia and its allies poses a threat to global security. russia working together with north korea, iran and china is not only threatening europe, it threatens peace and security, yes, here in europe, but also in the indo—pacific and in north america, so we must stand together. donald trump's re—election has generated some uncertainty regarding the us role in nato. the nato chief met with french president emmanuel macron in paris. without directlly mentioning trump, mr macron acknowledged the importance of europe becoming more self—sufficient in its defense strategy. telegram channels blamed ukraine. amid heavy losses, russia is getting military support from north korea. requires north korea to come to russia's defence in wartime, and vice versa. nato secretary—general, mark rutte, condemned the deal and its allies poses a threat to global security. and china is not only threatening europe, it threatens peace and security, yes, here in europe,