james landale, bbc news, rio dejaneiro.eign minister has said the use of long—range missiles inside russia will have a positive impact on the battlefield. for more on the difference they could make, here's our security correspondent 6ordon corera. they have a range of nearly 200 miles, more than other systems that will allow them to target positions behind russian fronts and hit concentrations of troops, including the north koreans, as well as ammunition and supply depots. one problem, though, is the supply of missiles may be limited, and the russians have had time to move aircraft out of range. let's speak to peter zalmayev, director of eurasia democracy initiative kyiv. lovely to see you again on bbc news. i wasjust lovely to see you again on bbc news. i was just telling my producer that we've been talking for producer that we've been talkin: for , developments. we are seeing obviously a — developments. we are seeing obviously a positive _ obviously a positive development and we are still trying to unpack all of the polit

james landale, bbc news, in rio dejaneiro.ickly condemned the move — the kremlin describing the decision as adding fuel to the fire of the conflict. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, is in moscow. well, most russians know the sort of the picture, the story that is told by state television. and it's a very different picture, a very different story to the one that is told in the west. remember, there is this sort of parallel reality going on here. russians are told that their army are liberators. russia is a victim, not the aggressor in this war. russians are told that the west is waging a war against russia on the territory of ukraine. and at the moment, russians are being told that the war is going russia's way. and you can see the growing confidence, i think, with vladimir putin, he seems to be emboldened at the moment. he's emboldened by recent military success on the battlefield in eastern ukraine. things seem to be going his way there. i think he's been emboldened by the result of the us presidential election. now, in a

james landale, bbc news, rio dejaneiro.nts regarding ukraine in the past 48 hours, all of which we will come to you very shortly. but we are going to turn to first to that meeting in rio today between sir keir starmer and the chinese president xi xinping. as james said, the first such meeting since 2018. but today's meeting comes hard on the heels of david lammy�*s recent visit to beijing and it would seem to mark the beginning of what the prime minister defines as a more "pragmatic approach". his critics might say it's premature given that the government's own review into this relationship has yet to be completed. but starmer, like sunak before him, believes there are upsides that cannot be ignored. the green transition will be expensive. china a source of cheaper production, and who knows, in the not too distant future it might be an important hedge against a more unpredictable american administration. so let's get some reaction to that. kerry brown served as first secretary at the british embassy in beijing. he's now dir

james landale, bbc news, rio dejaneiro.ake a closer look at what atacms missiles offer ukraine. the army tactical missile system is a surface to surface ballistic missile, capable of hitting targets up to 300km away, much further than is currently in kyiv�*s military arsenal. they will be used to hit key russian targets far behind the front line, like russian military bases, infrastructure and ammunition stores. the missiles travel at supersonic speeds, and packs a 227 kilogram explosive warhead or cluster munitions which when opened above a target, scatter hundreds of bomblets over a wide area. it's believed that the missiles will be used to stop a russian counter offensive in the kursk region where ukraine has recaptured over 1,000 square kilometres of territory in recent months. let's speak to our deputy political editor vicki young, who is in rio dejaneiro. the headlines here have been dominated by this announcement byjoe biden. 0bviously keir starmer is there, the uk prime minister, he met the russian premier, what are

james landale, bbc news.octoral researcher at the war studies department of king's college london, told us more about the recent attacks. thank you so much for your time. could you put this into perspective for us how does this compare to the exchanges that we have seen so far in this war?— that we have seen so far in this war? �*, . , .,, ., , this war? it's a pleasure to be here, this war? it's a pleasure to be here. first _ this war? it's a pleasure to be here, first of _ this war? it's a pleasure to be here, first of all _ this war? it's a pleasure to be here, first of all what - this war? it's a pleasure to be here, first of all what we - this war? it's a pleasure to be here, first of all what we are i here, first of all what we are seeing — here, first of all what we are seeing here, this is the biggest drone attack related to both sides, now russia and ukraine~ _ both sides, now russia and ukraine. 0n the ukrainian side, of course— ukraine. 0n the ukrainian side, of course we have to consider the timin

james landale, has more. another day, another round of air strikes on ukraine.the streets of odesa on the black sea. the devastating impact of a russian missile in a residential area — leaving ten dead, more than a0 wounded. just the latest bombardment in a war almost a 1,000 days old. a strike that could be resisted better now kyiv can use these american missiles against russian air bases across the border. but will the us permission mean britain and france will now allow ukraine to use their own storm shadow missiles in the same way? the prime minister, who is attending the 620 summit in brazil, said ukraine was his top priority but refused to say if he would allow british made missiles to be launched against targets in russia. i'm not going to get into operational details because putin is the only winner in that situation. but i've been really clear for a long time now, we need to double down, we need to make sure ukraine has what is necessary for as long as necessary because we cannot allow putin to win this war. but what does russia think? it's foreign mini

james landale, bbc news.ed earlier, the lobbying around what the trump administration's policy might be in ukraine is intensifying. helena humphrey is in west palm beach, florida, and has more details on the reported call between trump and vladimir putin. on the campaign trail, donald trump repeatedly said he would solve the war in ukraine within 2a hours, without saying how he would achieve that. i think the anxiety for kyiv is that that could be achieved through territorial concessions, negotiations essentially which would not be in their favour. we've now been hearing from the washington post, citing unnamed sources, that a phone call has been held between president—elect donald trump, here in mar—a—lago, and the russian president, vladimir putin. that's not something the bbc has been able to verify. nevertheless there has been a statement from the trump team, saying, "we do not comment on private calls between president trump and other world leaders, but those calls have begun to begin the process of deve

james landale, bbc news.ost is reporting that donald trump has spoken to vladimir putin for the first time since his re—election — and that he urged the russian leader not to escalate the war in ukraine. we know that over the course of his presidential campaign, the president—elect pledged an immediate end to the war — though he didn't offer details of how he would do so. our north america correspondent david willis has been following that report from the washington post. there is been a lot of uncertainty regarding donald trump's intentions in regards to ukraine, now it would appear that discussions have already begun. that is if the report in the washington post today is to believed, which says donald trump and vladimir putin spoke by phone last thursday, and discussed the situation in ukraine, with mr trump as you just pointed out, warning that mr putin should not seek to escalate the conflict in ukraine, warning washington has a sizeable military presence in europe. mr trump's press spokesman would not co

james landale, bbc news, rio dejaneiro.says its security staff have killed more than 20 members of criminal gangs involved in stealing aid trucks. the un says hundreds of aid trucks were attacked over the weekend. humanitarian workers described the attack as the worst of its kind since the start of the war in gaza. the un continues to sound the alarm about what it says is a worsening humanitarian situation. leaders on the un security council — including from the us and uk — have been calling for action. we need a huge rise in aid, and 400 days into this war, it is totally unacceptable that it is harder to get aid into 6aza. we need to see all the steps fully implemented and sustained, and we need to see country improvement in the humanitarian situation on the ground. that includes israel allowing commercial trucks trucks to move into gaza alongside humanitarian assistance. in lebanon — authorities say an israeli air strike on central beirut has killed at least five people. it's the second day in a row that the heart of leba

that was james landale. peter collecott is the former uk ambassador to brazil.t to the news of the united states allowing ukraine to use long—range missiles to strike targets in russia. i can imagine that a summit like the g20, such things will probably talk be talked about in the margins rather than the plenary meetings amongst the g20. i'm sure there will be discussions of ukraine, discussions of the middle east conflict and i'm sure there will be discussions between lots of leaders, as you said earlier, about how to deal with a new american administration under president trump from january. but i suspect the plenary sessions themselves which come at the end of the year of putting together various ideas for the g20 to agree at this summit will probably restrict itself to that kind of agenda which, as we heard, is really about launching a global alliance against hunger and poverty, discussion of energy transition and reform of the global governance institutions, which is what they have all under the brazilian chairmanship been working on over the last year. pre

james landale, bbc news, northern iraq. the latest from georgia over the last hour or so where there are protests taking place after the country's prime minister said that georgia would not pursue accession to the european union for several more years. until 2028, in fact. the georgian government has accused the european parliament and some european parliament and some european politicians of black male. georgia has been divided between those who want to join the eu and those who want to stay in the wider orbit of russia. let's go live to our tbilisi correspondent rayhan demytrie. this is the latest stage in a long—running saga, really, in terms of the divisions between those who want to align more with the west and those who want to align with moscow.- align with moscow. lots of an: align with moscow. lots of angry protesters, - angry protesters, spontaneously, came out and they filled the streets of not only in the capital tbilisi but also in most of other major cities across georgia. this happened just hours after the co

james landale, bbc news.octoral researcher at the war studies department of king's college london, told us more about the recent attacks. thank you so much for your time. could you put this into perspective for us? how does this compare to the exchanges that we've seen so far in this war? it's a pleasure to be here. what we're seeing here allegedly, this is the biggest drone attack related to both sides now, russia and ukraine. on the ukrainian side of course we have to consider the timing and the timing comes right after we got to know the results of the us presidential election as a matter of fact, just a couple of days before ukrainian sources were speculating about the possible ukrainian counteroffensive. from that ukrainian perspective this is a sign that ukraine is not going to back down. even if it's not seeing any advancements on the battlefield, that it still has the capacity to strike russia and moscow of course being a symbolic target, causing some disruptions of moscow's airports. to that point, w

james landale, bbc news, rio dejaneiro.ly confirmed its change of policy, but ukraine's president zelensky said "the missiles will speak for themselves". the army tactical missile system, known as atacms, have a long range — nearly 190 miles. it would mean ukraine could hit targets deep inside russia including, potentially, some of the russian military targets shown here, as red dots. their use is most likely to focus on the defence of the kursk region, where ukraine holds over 380 square miles of russian territory, and where they're soon expecting a counter—offensive by russian forces, boosted by troops from north korea. 0ur correspondent paul adams reports now from dnipro, near the front line. more traumatic scenes on the streets of 0desa this morning. a russian missile, shot down by ukraine's air defences, bringing death and destruction to a busy neighbourhood. translation: i was blown over. i was getting out of the rubble. there were dead bodies everywhere. none of this will change when ukraine starts using america's lo

james landale, bbc news.st and former british army captain, patrick bury, explains the significance of the latest exchange of drone attacks. i think really the drone attacks are interesting, because usually you use the drones to try to use up your adversaries�* air defence assets. so, the way the attacks have been happening in recent times, especially from the russians in terms of attacking kyiv and other places, is that they send the drones first, try to overwhelm the air defence, and then behind it or simultaneously with it they send their cruise and ballistic missiles, which cause way more damage. and so, what's interesting now to see is what is going to come after, if anything. if nothing comes after, then, like the chief of defence staff said, maybe there's some signs that those russian stockpiles of missiles are starting to wane. but on the other hand, usually what they do is they wait for a few months. if you remember, it was a couple of months ago there was a large attack across ukraine using the comb

james landale, bbc news, northern iraq.in the country's senate. prime minister anthony albanese said the legislation was needed to protect young people from the harms of social media. katy watson reports from sydney. it's a global problem with a solution being offered up by australia. a world—first piece of legislation, it boasts, that the prime minister said was for the mums and dads worried about their kids. i want young australians to grow up happy, active and safe. playing outside with their friends, off their phones and onto the footy and cricket field, or indeed just engaging with each other on a face—to—face basis. while australia isn't the first country to try and limit children's social media use, this is the highest age limit set by any country. unsurprisingly, it's not a popular move for those impacted by the law. i'll be annoyed. like, i'd like to keep using it. and, i don't know, it'd be a weird feeling to not have it and be able to talk to all my friends at home. i'm pretty sure kids know how- to make themselv

that was our diplomatic correspondent james landale. let's speak now to peter collecott.il and joins me now from bath. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. global headlines obviously focused on the news coming out of the us, the us giving ukraine permission to use longer range missiles to target and strike sites inside russia. how do you think that will play out at the g20 summit, considering you have different countries with different countries with different alliances with ukraine and russia? i different alliances with ukraine and russia? i can imagine _ ukraine and russia? i can imagine that _ ukraine and russia? i can imagine that a _ ukraine and russia? i can imagine that a summit. ukraine and russia? i canl imagine that a summit like ukraine and russia? i can - imagine that a summit like the 620, imagine that a summit like the g20, such things will probably talk be talked about in the margins rather than the plenary meetings amongst the g20. i'm sure there will be discussions of ukraine, i'm sure there will be discussions of the middle east conflict and i'm sure the

james landale, bbc news, northern iraq.prison in london by strapping himself beneath a catering van has been found guilty of spying for iran. woolwich crown court heard that 23—year—old daniel khalife was serving in the british army when he was paid by iranian agents to gather the names of serving uk soldiers, including members of the special forces. our uk correspondent daniel sandford reports. in the blue top, this was daniel khalife in wandsworth prison kitchen, just before his escape. 15 minutes later, he was driven out of the jail, clinging to the bottom of this catering truck, suspended by a sling made of kitchen trousers. the driver, unaware of the stowaway, made his way through the morning traffic. the lorry, with daniel khalife clinging on underneath, stopped at these lights, and a motorist following behind saw him drop to the ground, roll out, stand up, flick his fringe, and casually walk off. it was the beginning of a massive nationwide manhunt. by 5 o'clock that afternoon, he was six miles away, stealing a baseb

james landale, bbc news, rio de janeiro.: so big developments regarding ukraine in the past 48 hours, all of which we will come to very shortly. we will turn first to that meeting in rio today between sir keir starmer and chinese president xi jinping viewed as james said, the first such meeting since 2018. today comes hard on the heels of david lammy's visit to beijing, and it seems to mark the beginning of what the prime minister defined as a more pragmatic approach. critics may say it is premature, sitting that his own government oppose owner view into the relationsh has yet to be completed, but starm er says in the not-too-distant future, it might be an important hedge against the more unpredictable american administration. let's get some reaction. carrie brown is now director of the china institute at king's college in london. it is good to have you on the program. it felt to me today like quite a moment. is that how you see it? prof. brown: it is the first meeting, as you say, for six years, and it has been a turbulent

james landale reports. aftermath of a massive drone strike, but this is not kyiv, this is the outskirts of moscow after up with of largest ukrainian drone attacks on russia since the war began. across the border, this was the scene in western ukraine, after russia's own offensive. almost 150 drones, according to kyiv, thought also to be one of the largest attacks in the war. russia is making tactical gains on the battlefield and putting pressure on ukraine's energy infrastructure, at least according to this man, the head of the uk's armed force. but he said russia was also suffering huge losses — 1,500 killed or wounded every day. as you look through next year and into 2026, the russian economy is under more and more pressure. and the western approach has been to be really clear that western countries will maintain their support to ukraine and to do that for as long as it takes. as such, he said britain had to invest more in defence and urged ministers to act in the forthcoming defence review. she sheep min

i asked the bbc�*s diplomatic correspondent james landale for his reflections.ark ii. so, there's a certain amount that we do know about him that we didn't know last time round. we know that he doesn't like alliances. he's very cautious about multilateralism. we know that he jumps from subject to subject. there's no consistency in a lot of the strategy. so, on ukraine, there are some ukrainian voices who are saying, look, actually, this might be good news for ukraine because in the past, they had joe biden and the ukrainian perspective was one of gradual decline of the us not giving the ukrainians enough arms and support, enough to survive, not to win. the refusal, for example, to give the ukrainians the ability to fire missiles deep into russia. so, they are hoping, perhaps, unpredictable donald trump might be a catalyst to shake things up. then there is a sort of more pessimistic view which is saying, look, there is a high degree of possibility that donald trump will, to try and get a deal, say to the ukrainians, "we're not going to carry on giving you us supp

our diplomatic correspondent james landale is here.onald trump's policy towards iran once he's president injanuary? well, as sarah made clear in her report, donald trump and iran have history. not only did he order the assassination of that iranian general qassem soleimani, he also had a policy of what he called maximum pressure on iran, effectively stiff economic sanctions, designed to make it harderfor iran to sanctions, designed to make it harder for iran to fund its proxies. he also pulled iran and the united states of an international deal, there was design to curb iran's nuclear ambitions. that was four years ago, the world is very different now. iran is locked in a direct war with israel, and the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu wants to israeli prime minister benjamin neta nyahu wants to step israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu wants to step up his attacks on iran, potentially even targeting its nuclear and energy facilities. the spa joe biden has resisted the escalation. —— thus far. but will donald trump say ac

refused to agree to the request — fearing it would escalate the war. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale 1,000 days old. but now perhaps a chance for ukraine to fight back in a new way, with permission to use these american long—range missiles known as atacms against targets in

this report from our diplomatic correspondent, james landale.

james landale reports. the aftermath of a massive drone strike. moscow after one of the largest ukrainian drone attacks on russia since the war began. across the border, this was the scene in western ukraine after russia's own offensive, thought to be one of its largest drone attacks. russia is making gains on the battlefield and putting pressure on ukraine's energy network — at least according to this man, the head of the uk's armed forces. but he said russia was also suffering huge losses — 1500 killed or wounded every day. and... the russian economy is under more and more pressure. and the western approach has been to be really clear that western countries will maintain their support to ukraine, and to do that for as long as it takes. as such, he said britain had to invest more to strengthen the armed forces. ministers insist their support for ukraine was resolute, ministers insist their support for ukraine is resolute, but this treasury minister refused to say when the government would meets its target of spending 2.5% of national income on de

for a preview of what leaders are hoping to achieve, here's our diplomatic correspondent james landale a summit of the worlds most powerful countries with the biggest economies representing about 85% of global wealth, 75% of global trade. president xi of china will be here, prior mr moodie of india will be here and the brazilian hosts have a packed agenda wanted to talk about plans to tackle poverty and hunger, want to boost climate finance, want to discuss reform of international institutions, but the expectation is amongst diplomats this summit will be overshadowed by the i—man who is not coming and that is president—elect donald trump. people are trying to scratch their heads to work out what he may do — trigger an international trade war by imposing tariffs on goods entering the united states? will give the israelis a freer hand to prosecute their war against and its proxies? will he try to force an end to the war in ukraine benefits russia? whiley escalate tensions between the us and china? much will depend on how world leaders here respond. —— will he. will they try to plan for w

james landale, bbc news, in rio de janeiro.e'll talk to our correspondent paul adams who's in eastern ukraine. but first live to moscow and our russia editor steve rosenberg — and steve, an angry response from the kremlin to mr biden�*s decision on the use of these american missiles? yes, indeed, ben. although i have to say compared to what one russian senator said yesterday when he suggested we were already on the way to world war iii, i thought his comments were quite low—key today compared to that. presidential spokesman dmitry peskov said he had noted the reports coming out of america aboutjoe biden permitting ukraine to strike russia with us supplied long—range missiles. he said that if such a decision has been taken, that would mean a whole new spiral of tension. he said it would be a reckless decision, a dangerous decision. then he came out with that phrase, the criticism accusing the biden administration of adding fuel to the fire. western leaders would say that if anyone now was adding fuel to the fire, that would be r

james landale, bbc news.ed earlier, the lobbying around what the trump administration's policy might be in ukraine is intensifying. let's speak to helena humphrey, who is in florida near donald trump's residence. it sounds as though that topic will be high on the agenda went mr trump and will be high on the agenda went mrtrump and mr will be high on the agenda went mr trump and mr biden on wednesday?— mr trump and mr biden on wednesday? let's “ust take a look at the h wednesday? let'sjust take a look at the backdrop - wednesday? let'sjust take a look at the backdrop of - wednesday? let'sjust take a look at the backdrop of all. look at the backdrop of all this. on the campaign trail donald trump repeatedly said he would solve the war in ukraine within 2a hours, without saying how he would achieve that. i think the anxiety for kyiv as that could be achieved through territorial concessions which would not be in their favour. we are now hearing from the washington post, citing unnamed sources, that a phone call h

james landale, bbc news.ak to patrick bury, a defence analyst and former british army captain. thanks for being with us. how do you view these significant latest exchange of drone attacks? i latest exchange of drone attacks?— latest exchange of drone attacks? ~' ., attacks? i think the drone attacks? i think the drone attacks are _ attacks? i think the drone attacks are interesting, i attacks are interesting, because usually they use the drones to try and use that adversary�*s air defence assets. the attacks in recent times, especially from the russians in kyiv and other places, is to send drones first to overwhelm the ed defence and then sending their and ballistic missiles, which cause way more damage. what is interesting now is what's going to come after, if anything. if nothing comes after, then like the chief of defence staff said, those russian stockpiles of missiles are to wane, but on the other hand, usually what they do is wait for a few months, if you're few months ago there was a large attack acros

james landale reporting.unt is under way for the husband of a woman, whose body was found in the boot of a car in east london. 24—year—old harshita brella was discovered on thursday. officers are treating pankaj lamba as the prime suspect in their murder investigation. aruna iyengarjoins us now with the latest. aruna, what do we know about the investigation so far? yes, well the body of 24—year—old harshita brella was found here in ilford outside this park, valentines park, in east london. it is believed she was killed around 90 miles away in her home town of corby in northamptonshire, and she was driven here where her body was left. police say they have about 60 officers investigating. they have named their suspect as the husband of harshita brella, and that is pankaj lamba, and they believe he may have fred —— fled the country. they have issued from children's homes in england are being set out by the government today. it's part of a major overhaul of the children's social care system. 0ur social affairs ed