james landale is here with that story.ants a piece namel some of its of ukraine. namely some of its valuable mineral resources. president is resisting and president zelensky is resisting and that it seems has a that it seems has provoked a president can president trump's fury. as you can see from this map from ukraine's geological more than $11 trillion. materials". these 17 metallic elements are used in everything and superconductors. us military support. america £400 billion for its previous military support. translation: i am defending ukraine. i cannot sell our country, that is all. i say, ok, let's have something positive. you will write down some guarantees and we will write a memorandum i was told only 50%. isaid, ok, no. economic to extract. there are very much estimates. to the united states, either by extorting minerals from ukraine or securing access to markets in russia. james landale, our diplomatic how you characterise us— ukraine relations in ukraine relations tonight? broken. i think the pieces, broken. i t

james landale there. of hostages whose bodies are to be released those names won't be officially revealed children — in exchange for hundreds of palestinian prisoners on saturday. hamas says it's ready to release all remaining hostages during phase two of the ceasefire agreement, in exchange for a permanent ceasefire and a full israeli withdrawal from gaza. of the gaza ceasefire. iran is the chief backer of hamas and hezbollah. hamas has now said that it would be willing to hand over, in one single swap, all of the hostages but it has said that it would also demand a full now, israel has said for its part that it would only accept a post—war gaza without the presence of hamas. begun, what you're seeing now is both sides laying the bodies of the first dead hostages, as hamas says it family, whose two sons were the youngest of those kidnapped on the 7th of october. tomorrow and then on saturday, six living hostages will come will be handed over from israeli jails. and today, an indictment was filed against five israeli prisoner last year in detention, who was left with fractured ribs, to hi

promise to ukraine that as part of a peace deal, they with me is our diplomatic correspondent james landalets hours earlier, namely that 44 hours earlier, namely that nato for ukraine as nato membership for ukraine as a result of peace talks was a res8lt at peace tsl'ss was and that a res8lt at peace tal'ss was and that there unrealistic and that there would be not a return unrealistic and that there would b

he 9513�*s james landale, news.sion. oleksandr used to fish these waters. funerals are constant. donald trump says he wants the killing to stop. yes, and wheneverjd vance opened his remarks he talked about thrilled he has to be in munich. importance partnerships 2:22 the special eh message, european trump's message, that european countries had to much on countries had to spend much morefonff f �*own defence, but countries had to spend much morefonff f �* own defence, but when he their own defence, but when he took to the main in a hotel behind ekpected he would give one 7 one president 7 more detail one president trump's plan for ukraine. he the audience 7 told the audience that theizrmain wasn't russia china but threat wasn't russia or china but europe itself. a stunned eufeee itself. tiff! a stunned audience accused eufeeie. itself. tie! a stunned audience accused european eufeee itself. tiff! a stunned audience accused european of he accused european nations of information and political 77 britain w negating sin?

urgency being felt about president trump's plans to resolve the war. 0ur diplomatic correspondent, james landales all the latest on the day's events. a moment of history — americans on the left, russians on the right. senior officials face to face for the first time in years. both sides silent and grim—faced for the media. but, russia back at the top table without making a single concession and clearly glad to come in from the cold. america's top diplomat marco rubio said they had agreed to improve diplomatic relations and appoint negotiators to find what he called "a fair and enduring solution" to the war in ukraine. i came away today convinced they are willing to begin to engage in a serious process to determine how and how quickly and through what mechanism can an end be brought to this war. whether we can ultimately reach that outcome will obviously depend on every side in this conflict�*s willingness to agree to certain things. so today russia moved from being international pariah to america's partner. the us insisted no one was being sidelined, but just look around that table — no european

james landale, bbc news.e global magnitsky act, named after his colleague who died in russian co custody after exposing government corruption there. thanks for being with us on bbc news. why is it that the u.s. appears to be offering concessions to moscow, do you think? >> well, i think that is an extremely good question. vladimir putin is the one who launched this war of aggression. he is the one who has been responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent ukrainians. he continues to push forward and take over a neighboring country that does not belong to him, and for america to say that russia should be brought in from the cold and somehow ukraine is at fault for not cutting a deal is just incomprehensible for anybody paying any attention to this war since the start. caitriona: discussing the move or sanctions allowing more diplomats at this point, does it undermine any future potential negotiations? sir bill: well, i mean, pressure should withdraw from ukraine, and until they do come and un

trump mr trump wants access in exchange for america's past here's our diplomatic correspondent, james landaleump's fury. survey, the country is rich in raw materials as well as oil and gas. more than $11 trillion. this includes critical minerals such as graphite, lithium, titanium and zirconium and what are called "rare earth materials". these 17 metallic elements are used in everything and superconductors. identified as critical. but mr trump's team have demanded as much as 50% owes america £400 billion for its previous translation: i am defending ukraine. | i say, ok, let's have something positive. you will write down some guarantees and we will write a memorandum with some percentages. i was told only 50%. i said, ok, no. and despite all this diplomatic to and fro, minerals out of the earth. come into production. so for those reasons, the estimates that have deposits into economic reserves. but right now, volodymyr zelensky is not playing ball. james there. fellow at the council on foreign relations. administration. good to have you with us. a day we have had and what a there is to reflect

here's our diplomatic correspodent james landale. a piece of ukraine — namely, some of its valuable mineral as critical. now, last year — as part of his peace plan — president zelensky suggested american firms could get access owes america £400 billion for its previous military support. mr zelensky says this is not a serious conversation. translation: i am defending ukraine. | you will write down some guarantees and we will write minerals out of the earth. soviet era will be economic to extract. some of those will not be and will never there needs to be a lot more work to prove those mineral deposits into economic reserves. benefits to the united states, either by extorting minerals but right now, volodymyr zelensky is not playing ball. this is bbc news. inflation jumped sharply injanuary, with prices the uk government is warning that the path to lower inflation will be "bumpy". last months 3% increase was driven by a rise in air eggs and butter all more expensive than a year ago. the home secretary has announced forthcoming laws media platforms, after an increase in knife crime who sell kn

james landale, bbc news. is in munich with the latest. a lot more to pay for its own defence.nd i just saw the nato secretary general, mark rutte, and he agreed withjd vance, saying, yes, is quite another thing. a process for discussion. here in munich, after that 90—minute telephone at the delegates and said, "your main threat is not russia on religious rights. and i think it underlined for most delegates here what this conference, indeed, all of europe, believes our thanks to lyse doucet, who spoke to us munich conference a little security conference a little bit earlier on. we have a lot to discuss. we have got two excellent ian,lesser is a: . ,, at the german marshall fund of the united states. he also serves on the advisory boards of the nato defence both of you, welcome. let's just with you. the let's just start with you. the idea 21:5 once idea that the audience once i listening tojd vance done i listening tojd vance were stunned, he was educating on what 77 7 ”o; m173}: " {holt} ”5.41531 w {hold}; them on what they should be doing rather than outlining the plan doing r

our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports.leak morning in munich as delegates headed home, to be part of these scheduled talks. in saudi arabia, where a us team of representatives is on its way. the year “wei here of ** russia. 2:27; — — ., — and said they were working in full cooperation. we have a common strategy, and we cannot always share the details of this strategy with the public, including when the gates of hell will be open, as they surely will, if all of our hostages are not released. until the last one of them. israel is determined to achieve all the war objectives we set after the horrific attack on october 7th, the we have a common strategy, and we cannot always share worst attack on jews since the holocaust. we will eliminate hamas�*s military capability and its political rule in gaza. we will bring all our hostages home and we will ensure that gaza never again poses a threat to israel. the unequivocal support of the united states on gaza will help us achieve these objectives faster and set us on a path for a dif

our diplomatic correspondent james landale explained the wider impact of transatlantic divide on globalurity. what they can do is they can make themselves relevant. amongst european leaders. and that will take place at this meeting in paris tomorrow. ourselves so important that both the russians in other words, what is the european role generally in the future? what role maybe the europeans play in any of ukraine in the future? all of those kinds of issues. but at the moment, european leaders are genuinely reeling from what's happened over the last 48 hours, simply because the americans have pulled the rug less on the american relationship and lean more into other relationships around the world so that they can accept that we're now in much more of a multipolar world. so that, yes, the uk and the us, for example, will continue to be close partners when it comes to military and security and defence cooperation. but there are things that this administration is doing at the moment, you know, whether it's imposing tariffs on things like that that are not in the uk national interest. and so

our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, reports.trump �*s on ukraine visiting kyiv, he says, to understand their concerns. all the while his boss makes false attacks president zelensky and with 7 with moscow. amid this war of favour with moscow. amid this war of words general kellogg met mr zelensky�*s topites and senior commanders but today, he is holding commandersbuttoday, he is holding with commandershuttoday, he is holding with the commanderehutrtoday, he ie holding with the president himself, talks with the president himself, who said it was the his country's 77 his country's withé us country's withé us was 1try�*s withé us was constructive. withé i——————: ’ ' ' 7 . translation: we stand strong and i would two feet- _ translation: we stand strong and i would two feet. i _ translation: we stand strong and i would two feet. i rely _ translation: we stand strong and i would two feet. i rely on _ translation: we stand strong and i would two feet. i rely on ukrainian i would two feet. i rely on ukrainian unity, on ukrainian courage

our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. morning in munich as delegates headed home, echo in history. part in talks to try to end the war in ukraine. can you assure this audience that ukrainians will be to answer the last question just as you framed it, the answer is no. of course that ukrainians will be at the table. a “i“ shape its the dme'f . —— ~ —~— —— , ukraine general. will general. fffififf him kyiv ”its, ,, s-.,- ,,,, , to front in of what skids a... mea ns benjamin there. of h. sgt-l ' l: g: . |s and r cannot we that went in, lots of shameless puns as well, but who would have thought? and i also think, you know, i created the characters day out, and to think it has come to this, it is incredible. a british inst...institution. i can't even say it! kieran culkin won the award for best supporting actor for his performance in a real pain, but was unable to appear at the ceremony due to a family emergency. his co—starjesse eisenberg accepted the award on his behalf and told the bbc about why he chose to cast him. i had se

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and has suggested ukraine started the war. here to answer them is our diplomatic correspondent, james landalerussia editor for bbc monitoring, vitaliy shevchenko. in kyiv we have our correspondent abdujalil abduraslov. welcome you all, so many questions, will try to get questions, we will try to get to as many as we can. seems to as many as we can. it seems that even have extraordinary that we even have to ask a question but people are, because donald trump is suggesting here that russia somehow is the victim, that the war. remind ukraine started the war. remind us how this war began. it ukraine started the war. remind us how this war began.- more than morezthan 11 years ago, at more than 11 years ago, i remember the really. i remember the time well when troops known as really. i remember the time wellv green oops known as really. i remember the time wellv green oops because 5 [giggle green men because they no began little green men because they no began pouring had no insignia began pouring into ukraine, into crimea, and mm was den in that it was russia was denying that it was troops. years