it's about cyber attacks. for mark rutte. it's about cyberattacks. it's for mark rutte.critical infrastructure like energy or the underwater cables that are used for billions of pounds of transactions a day. his basic message — cough up a bit more now or risk paying dearly now if we don't protect ourselves. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. president biden has issued a raft of pardons and sentence commutations — the biggest single day act of clemency in modern us history. 1,500 people saw their sentences downgraded. nearly a0 non—violent criminals had theirs written off. the decision to grant mass clemency follows a backlash over the pardon the outgoing president gave to his son, hunter, for gun and tax offences. here's our north america correspondent david willis. not sincejimmy not since jimmy carter on not sincejimmy carter on his first full day in office granted a blanket pardon to those found guilty of evading the vietnam war draft have so many people been granted clemency on the same day. the 39 people pardoned by president biden were all found

well, mark rutte said today that that is not good enough.ut them there, to try to persuade them that spending more on defence is about safeguarding the future. but obviously, clive, the timing of this speech has also got to do with donald trump being re—elected to the white house. he is known as not being a fan of nato, and that is putting it politely. he views some european countries as freeloaders, and he knows that this continent still relies heavily on the us for its security. my plea here is, if you have children and grandchildren, if you think our way of life should be preserved, democracy, ourvalues, then we have to prioritise defence. the united states, donald trump, he says europe has to pay its way. are you worried that if europe doesn't up its spending, that he could turn his back on this transatlantic alliance? but we will spend more. are you worried he might turn his back, though? no, i'm not, because it won't come to that and i don't want to spend more because of donald trump. he's right we have to spend more, absolutely. he wa

the head of nato, mark rutte| the head of nato, mark rutte they are speaking outside of his residencealso heard from nato that they should focus on sending more arms to ukraine to improve its position with russia and not debate in public the terms of a possible cease—fire. let's returned to syria. satellite images analysed by bbc verify show sustained activity around russian bases in syria — in a sign moscow is preparing for at least a partial evacuation from the country. russia had an established military presence under the assad regime — but that's now in question. nick eardley from bbc verify has more. yes, there is a big question over russia's future in syria after the fall of president bashar al—assad. we've been tracking activity at two big russian bases in syria. there's a naval port here at tartus, and if you go a bit further north, the air base at khmeimim as well. experts think the evidence suggests that moscow is preparing for at least a partial withdrawal from syria. let me show you a bit about how they've come to those conclusions. this image here is from the 15th of dece

so it's notjust about conventional warfare or ukraine for mark rutte.s about cyberattacks, it's about destabilisation through disinformation, it's about attacks on critical infrastructure like energy grids or those underwater internet cables that are used for billions of pounds' worth of financial transactions a day. his basic message — cough up a bit more now or risk paying dearly later if we don't protect ourselves. our europe editor, katya adler. one of myanmar s most powerful ethnic insurgent groups has taken control of the country s border with bangladesh after capturing the last military base in northern rakhine state. the arakan army had been besieging the base, in the border town of maungdaw, for more than two months. hundreds of soldiers surrendered to the insurgents and hundreds more are believed to have been killed. our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head, gave this update. well, this has probably been the most bloody and protracted battle of the entire myanmar civil war. the civil war has been going on for more than three years. it

so it's notjust about conventional warfare or ukraine for mark rutte.out destabilisation through disinformation, it's about attacks on critical infrastructure like energy grids or those underwater internet cables that are used for billions of pounds�* worth of financial transactions a day. his basic message — cough up a bit more now or risk paying dearly later if we don't protect ourselves. europe editor katya adler. british transport police is urging passengers on trains and at railway stations in england, wales and scotland to be vigilant, after an increase in thefts and robberies. more than 21,000 incidents were recorded in the first ten months of this year, according to freedom of information data, but that number is expected to increase during the winter months. the majority of crimes take place in london, but other hotspots include the west midlands, manchester and leeds. our transport correspondent sean dilley reports. captured. these suspected phone snatchers are coming in. they were seen wearing balaclavas, forcing their way through ticket gate

the nato secretary—general, mark rutte, has been speaking this morning in brussels. alliance's support for ukraine in its war against russia, as it enters winter. israel and the eu must work closely together in our support for ukraine. ukraine is entering another crucial winter and russia's aggression shows no sign of abating. just the opposite, putin is ramping up his rhetoric and reckless actions. he is using ukraine as a testing ground for experimental missiles and is deploying north korean soldiers in this illegal war. putin is not interested in peace. he is pressing on, trying to take more territory because he thinks he can break ukraine's resolve and ours. but he is wrong. ukraine has a right to defend itself and we have a duty to help them, so we need to continue our steadfast support. earlier us secretary of state antony blinken spoke about the importance of the nato alliance. the reason so many countries are invested in this alliance, the reason that new countries, finland and sweden, have joined the alliance, the reason the alliance is stronger than ever is

the head of nato mark rutte has said in a statement that he hopes for a "peaceful transition of powerad regime, and they share the responsibility for the crimes committed against the syrian people. and in russia — the kremlin said discussions will be held with syria's new administration on the future of their military bases in the country. spokesman dmitry peskov said the decision to grant bashar al—assad and his family asylum was made personally by vladimir putin. so what do people in moscow make of it all — let's take a look. translation: the man simply had no other choice. it could have ended up badly for him if he remained in his country. perhaps he didn't have any supporters left. the only option for him was to flee. otherwise, he would have shared the fate of gadafi, who had been very brutally killed. listen, whatever my country is doing is right. i can't comment differently. i entirely agree with everything because i live here. we can't dump our friends. syrian media reports say israeli warplanes have carried out dozens of attacks across the country, including on damascus. a re

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the nato secretary general mark rutte urged the united states to send more ammunition to ukraine.wednesday he said it was necessary for ukraine to get from being on the back foot, as he put it, in its war, to a position of strength before peace talks with russia could be considered. he also said russia was supporting north korea's nuclear and missile programmes in exchange the deployment of north korean troops to ukraine.— troops to ukraine. allies are workin: troops to ukraine. allies are working on _ troops to ukraine. allies are working on financial - troops to ukraine. allies are i working on financial assistance and security assistance for ukraine in 2024, and i expect the new commands in this to be fully operational by the end of this year. but we must do more thanjust keep ukraine in the fight. we must provide enough support to change the trajectory of this conflict, once and for all. a landmark case is before the us supreme court, involving access to gender—affirming care for minors experiencing gender dysphoria. conservative justices seemed skeptical of a challenge to a l

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in brussels, nato chief mark rutte said european nations need to shift to a wartime mindset and boostpending to address the threat from russia. >> the security tuation does not look good. it's undoubtedly the worst in my lifetime, and i suspect in yours too. what is happening in ukraine could happen here, too. and regardless of the outcome of this war, we will not be safe in the future unless we are prepared to deal with danger. stephanie: later in the day, the biden administration announced a 500 million dollar weapons package for ukraine that includes high mobility artillery rocket systems. in south korea, president yoon suk yeol is doubling down on his martial law degree that prompted hundreds of protesters to clash with police outside yoon's residence. they're calling for him to step down a sentiment echoed by , members of his own party. >> the president should be immediately excluded from state administration, including the military leadership. as long as it has been confirmed that the president has no intention of stepping down early, an immediate suspension of his duties is req

and from nato secretary general mark rutte. horrific scenes from a christmas market in magdeburg. i've reached out to the german chancellor to offer my condolences. my thoughts are with the victims and their families. nato stands with germany. israeli authorities say a projectile launched from yemen struck tel aviv overnight in a rare instance of the city's air defenses failing to intercept a target though sirens you're hearing there rang out over central israel. at least 30 people suffered minor injuries in the attack, with the projectile landing in tel aviv's southern jaffa area. the houthis say they launched a hypersonic ballistic missile at an israeli military target. residents in tel aviv say the attack came in the middle of the night while they were asleep. >> we had a siren and then actually a siren on top of a siren, and we obviously were all sleeping in the building and then. before there was even time to get out the door, it exploded. the ballistic missile landed right behind our building and all the windows blew in. and the first, second floor and the whole area. it was

cram in as much support as possible in the immediate term and this was one of the questions the mark rutte going into the meeting this morning from a ukrainian journalist saying, look, the foreign minister was here, he had dinner with you last night. he said, we've got these 19 critical energy infrastructure locations. they need this important vital air defense commitment. and can you give it? and this was russia's reply to the journalist this morning there was a clear agreement on the table last night that to help ukraine, particularly with its infrastructure, has to be a priority. >> and i'm confident that allies will follow up in the coming days and weeks in making sure that whatever they can supply to ukraine will be supplied but he also went on to say that look those supplies aren't unlimited. >> there isn't overflowing stocks of air defense systems. so i think the message here for ukraine is you're getting a lot and going forward, we don't there there is uncertainty they are astutely aware of that. but i think the framing that you get from from nato, from the secretary general today,

meantime in brussels, nato chief mark rutte said european nations need to shift to a wartime mindset,ir defense spending, to address the threat from russia. >> the security situation does not look good. it's undoubtedly the worst in my lifetime, and i suspect in yours, too. what is happening in ukraine could happen here, too. and regardless of the outcome of this war, we will not be safe in the future unless we are prepared to deal with danger. geoff: his comments come amid broader uncertainty over how incoming president donald trump will approach the alliance, and its commitment to ukraine's war effort. in south korea, president yoon suk yeol is doubling down on his martial law decree. in a televised address today, he called his actions an act of governance against criminal groups and vowed to fight to the end. his comments come as the nation's parliament passed motions today to impeach the national police chief and justice minister over their enforcement of the martial law order. meantime, hundreds of protesters clashed with police outside yoon's residence. they're calling for him t

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. >> and the city exploded the rest of mark rutte it enrages the black leaders of the city. >> now giuliani heels because he has no relationship with any of them. >> this is outright slaughter. if he was facing a firing squad, he would not have been shot at 41 times, mark emmert sharpton was an albatross around giuliani's neck, and the mayor couldn't shake him. >> it becomes part of this litany in which people can talk about the utterly abusive policing under giuliani hundreds were going to jail nonviolently laying out in front of one police plaza, a demonstrations continued day after day. >> the arrests continued day after day. it was very little coming from the mayor. >> people think it's a systemic problem within the nypd. >> well, actually it isn't. violence by police officers has gone down by about 50% over the last five years. >> the last time amadou called me, he said i'm happy i have saved enough money. i saved $9,000, and i'm ready to go to college. mom, i'm going to college. that was his last words to me. we were denied justice. my son was denied his dream, but his inspired hundre

>> mark rutte. >> how has your life changed since the day gabby went missing?other than that void that we can never fill anymore? my life has changed in a way that i didn't think was possible. >> we all know who gets attention. >> we all know who gets coverage. >> i'd like to see all missing people get the same attention. the overwhelming support that people have given us powers us to help as many people as we can. we're not the type of people to just sit and do nothing. >> and joseph petito joins us now. joseph, great to have you today. thank you. >> thank you for having me. i appreciate your time. >> so talk to us a little bit about first how you felt when you even first heard the term white woman missing white woman syndrome. what were your thoughts? >> it was i was taken aback by it. i didn't like hearing it. i guess, uh, the way it was worded, it just didn't sit well with me. but, um, that being said, i looked into it, you know, and it's it's it's a real thing, you know, but when it comes to missing people, a lot of stories don't get shared. and the ones t

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the german people and expresses its full solidarity, and this from the nato secretary general, mark rutte. horrific scenes from a christmas market in germany. i have reached out to the german chancellor to offer my condolences. my thoughts are with the victims and their families. nato stands with germany and from here in italy, prime minister giorgia meloni posted this. i'm deeply shocked by the brutal attack that struck the helpless crowd at the christmas market. i stand with the entire government by the families of the victims, the injured and all the german people. violence must have no place in our democracies. of course, you know, these sorts of christmas markets are so popular here in europe, all across europe, especially in germany. this would have been the last friday before christmas. lots of people there enjoying their time together. families, young people, old people. so it's really a shocking. it's sent shockwaves across europe. kim my worries turn to other similar christmas events and new year's events that are planned for the next week and so on. >> bari, laterza in rome. th

nato's secretary general, mark rutte, described the scenes at the christmas market as horrific, addinga social media post that the alliance stands with germany at this time. while european commission president ursula von der leyen said that her thoughts are with the victims of this brutal and cowardly act, she said the attack must be investigated and severely punished. german officials say the suspect rented the car that was used in the attack. cnn's senior national security analyst juliette kayyem explains that could provide valuable clues to investigators well, the the fact that they have the car is going to tell them a lot, not just the rental, but who rented it. >> when was it rented, how much thought went into this? that then will give you a sense of of of how much planning and whether others were involved. the assailants, the killers ties to germany were deep. he had been there almost 20 years. you are not talking of the sort of, you know, is it a syrian refugee or is it a young person, you know, recently from another part of the country who got radicalized? it's that deepness of

pain of the german people and expresses its full solidarity from the nato secretary general, mark mark rutte. horrific scenes from the christmas market. i have reached out to the german chancellor to offer my condolences. my thoughts are with the victims and their families. nato stands with germany and of course here in italy, prime minister george meloni posted this. i'm deeply shocked by the brutal attack that struck the helpless crowd at the christmas market. i stand with the entire government by the families and the victims, the injured and all the german people. violence must not have a place in our democracies. and of course, that just underscores how concerned the people are here across europe for security in these big events coming in the next week ahead. ben? >> yes, indeed. well, bobby, thank you for joining me. for now, i want to stay on this story. so we're going to bring in glenn schoon, a security expert and terrorism expert. he's joining us live from the hague in the netherlands. thank you so much for joining me. obviously this attack is terrible, but is it truly surprising? i

except at christmas mark schamel mark rutte. everybody knows the words to at least a few christmas songs. that's one last little remnant of communal life. and. celebration. to towns in a christmas song. >> more than set decoration or prop design can really signify to an audience what time of year it is. but more importantly, the vibe of the story that your nose. it's like putting a little tinsel around the framing of the movie. >> meet me in saint louis takes place at the turn of the century, but it's released during world war ii, when so many families are separated. >> merry christmas! >> there was a sense of nostalgia, a sense of missing what people, in some ways perceived as the innocence of the pre-war years. >> mgm at that time was bringing color, bringing music and all of this sort of pageantry to an america that did not have that. >> santa claus brings me any toys. i'm taking them with me. >> but the film's biggest introduction to the culture was have yourself a merry little christmas, and the iconic performance of it tha

nato secretary—general mark rutte has issued a stark warning to the west, this time to shift to a wartimearge our defence, production and defence spending. he warned the military alliance's members were not spending enough to prepare for the threat of a future conflict with russia. mr rudd said moscow was preparing for long term confrontation with ukraine and with us, describing the current security situation as the worst in his lifetime. his comments come weeks before president elect donald trump takes office, having previously suggested the us would not protect nato allies that were failing to spend enough on defence. nato members have pledged to spend at least 2% of the value of their economies, measured by gdp, on defence per yean measured by gdp, on defence per year, by 2024. the chief constable of lincolnshire says he'll need to lose more than 400 officers without extra funding. paul gibson's warning comes days after his counterparts in the metropolitan police and essex said they would also have to cut staff if shortfalls in their budgets are not addressed. mr gibson says funding ha

nato secretary general mark rutte, thank you very much for joining us this morning.h us. >> thank you so much. >> a really important point that he makes that some americans who may say, hey, we shouldn't just invest overseas in this war in ukraine, i think i saw a stat earlier this year that about 60%, 65% of the funding goes to america's industrial base in building the weapons, in building the technology that would help ukraine out. so ed luce, how does this work? do we think we get to a point where bluntly members of the biden administration in february of '22 are actually -- in november of '22 were saying we don't expect the spring offensive to work, we don't expect the lines to move much more, at some point we need to get to a settlement that exchanges land for peace. i'm curious, where do we stand? will nato step forward and provide that guarantee and will that be acceptable to vladimir putin? >> yeah, that's the key $60 billion question is whether putin can be brought to the negotiating table, and he shows no signs of wanting to talk at the moment because his t

mark ruta said president biden's approach is shared by members of the nato alliance. quote, so i would say more military aid and less discussions on what the peace process could look like, rutte, at nato's headquarters in brussels today. time is running out, russia's deputy ambassador to the united nations said last week that the trump white house cutting off aid would deliver what he called a death sentence to ukraine. russia's state media propagandists are gloating over the trump cabinet picks and are confident that they will serve vladimir putin's interest. >> [ speaking in a global language ] >> [ speaking in a global language ] >> joining our discussion now, timothy snyder. professor snyder, this latest rush of aid to ukraine is probably the last from the biden administration, can't be sure of that, but how much difference can it make at this point? >> well, it can keep the ukrainians going. i mean, the combination of getting these things off the shelf, plus the permission to use short range missiles across the border with russia. gives the ukrainians a fighting chance going into the winter. and it's certainly a morale booster. 2025, though, is going to see whether we wi

here's mark rutte., one day, when they decide so, to start peace talks. and that means that we have to do everything now to make sure that when it comes to air defence, when it comes to other weapon systems, that we make sure that we provide whatever we can. we know your requests, volodymyr, to make sure that i think it is 19 systems are delivered to ukraine to protect the critical infrastructure. i think it's a very good opportunity to speak about security guarantees for ukraine, for today and for tomorrow, as you said. but it's really very important to use these two days in brussels to meet with all our partners and to have the same — what is very important, not divided — the same joint position of europe, the prime minister, kim, was in tallinn yesterday. the nordic countries frustrated there was no clarity from the uk on when the uk government will increase spending to 2.5%. when you're talking about tomorrow, when they discuss in brussels they are, how can you do that when you don't know what the b

>> the nato secretary—general, mark rutte, issues a stark warning to the west. >> it is time to shifto a wartime mindset and turbocharge our defence, production and defence spending. >> time magazine once again names president elect donald trump person of the year. he celebrates by opening trading at the new york stock exchange. >> should there be freedom of movement for under 30s in the eu? we are debating whether it's a good idea . after a very young a good idea. after a very young christopher hope grilled germany's ambassador to the uk will be many things on the agenda. >> the security pact, which is proposed by the british government. so cooperation on a wide area of topics respecting the red lines, but including the idea of under 30, it will be included as 1 idea of under 30, it will be included as1 in idea of under 30, it will be included as 1 in 4 idea of under 30, it will be included as1 in 4 say idea of under 30, it will be included as 1 in 4 say they charge christmas day guests for dinner. >> we're asking whether it's great or grinch. >> and in sport and the europa europa le

the nato secretary general mark rutte described the situation as "deeply concerning". bbc has decided not to show two masterchef christmas specials, while allegations about one of the presenters, gregg wallace, are investigated. he has been accused of inappropriate comments and actions. he denies engaging in harassing behaviour. if you're just if you'rejustjoining if you're justjoining the programme, a very warm welcome. for the first time since the 1970's a south korean president yoon said his decision to call in the army, was necessary to protect his country from north korean threats. translation: i hereby declare an emergency martial law- in order to defend the free republic of korea from the threat of north korean communist forces and to eradicate the shameless pro—north, anti—state forces that are depriving our people of their freedom and happiness. this measure is necessary to safeguard our constitutional order of freedom. but it soon became clear the president had taken this drastic decision in response to a series of recent political defeats. which set off an s