dr hasanen al-taiar, thank ou ve public. dr hasanen al-taiar, thank you very much _ public. k you very much for your— public. dr hasanen al-taiar, thank you very much for your thoughts i public. dr hasanen al-taiar, thank| you very much for your thoughts on that story today. breaking news about the situation in ukraine. president zelensky of ukraine. president zelensky of ukraine said in the last few minutes that the country now controls 7a ruston settlements. this follows the week—long incursion into the kursk region and the belgorod region. ukrainian troops are in that area, too, so president zelensky saying ukraine now controls 7a russian settlements. we heard from ukraine as well today that they will withdraw from this area when president putin begins to talk about peace. we'll bring you any more developments from president zelensky, any more news from him or any other developments on that story throughout the rest of the day here on bbc news. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. to the continuing tension in the middle east now — the military wing of hama