sanctions should target putin's war machine. putin's war economy.ssible, for putin's regime to continue conducting this criminal war... so you're saying that the baltic states and poland, which have made it virtually impossible for a russian to enter their territory, you're saying that that's fundamentally misguided, are you? yes, i am, because this doesn't affect putin, this doesn't affect lavrov. i don't think they were planning to drive in the baltic states with a russian number plate on the car. but you know who it affects? it affects independent journalists. it affects human rights activists. it affects lawyers who are helping political prisoners in russia because they cannot enter these countries because they hold russian passports. you know, the last i've looked at the european convention on human rights, article 1a expressly prohibited discrimination based, among otherfactors, on nationality. so this is unacceptable to me, in the 21st century, to be labelling entire nations of peoples as that there's something wrong with them. look, hannah a

he poured cold water on expectations in moscow that he would be easy on putin and let putin win in someof aggression against ukraine. while tariffs will not help much to persuade putin, the tough sanctions, especially those put in place in the biden administration on the fleet of oil tankers, it will have a serious impact. but the chances are it will not draw putin to the negotiating table in the near term. it might work overtime but probably not to help trump metres deadlines, six months to achieve it. ~ . metres deadlines, six months to achieve it— achieve it. what other tools do ou think achieve it. what other tools do you think donald _ achieve it. what other tools do you think donald trump - achieve it. what other tools do you think donald trump has i achieve it. what other tools do you think donald trump has in | you think donald trump has in his back pocket to entice russia to end this war? it his back pocket to entice russia to end this war? if you want to and — russia to end this war? if you want to and putin _ russia to end this war? if you want to and putin was - russia to en

we all remember that. about vladimir putin. we all rememberthat. but about vladimir putin.er that. but when you go back and look at his record in the first term when he was president, not that long ago, he was actually pretty tough on putin. he authorised javelins when obama wouldn't. he kept the sanctions in place over crimea. he also was the one who shot down the pipeline. let's fast—forwa rd to shot down the pipeline. let's fast—forward to where we are now. he is saying i'm not going to be pushed around. he is sending vladimir putin into the war, we are going to face severe consequences. it's really game on is what trump is saying today. really game on is what trump is saying today-— saying today. he's been very clear. saying today. he's been very clear- he _ saying today. he's been very clear. he wants _ saying today. he's been very clear. he wants to _ saying today. he's been very clear. he wants to see - saying today. he's been very clear. he wants to see a - saying today. he's been very| clear. he wants to see a deal made. what could that look like from the perspecti

and let putin win in some fashion.inst ukraine. and while tariffs are not going to help much to persuade putin, enhancing sanctions, especially the tough sanctions that were put in place at the end of the biden administration on the russian ghost fleet of oil tankers, could have a serious impact. but chances are it's not going to draw putin to the negotiating table in the near term. it might take it might work over time, but probably not to help trump meet his deadline of six months to achieve an agreement. so what other tools do you think donald trump has in his back pocket with regards to trying entice russia to end this war? if you understand putin's motivation, which is to take effective political control of ukraine, he believes that since he's able to, you know, inch by inch, take additional ukrainian land at massive cost in terms of russian and north korean lives, he could have a better position on the negotiating table. the longer the fighting continues. so the best way to tell putin that's not going to work is

putin signed a new strategic deal with iran. he already has a comprehensive treaty with north korea. who do they make such deals against? against you, against us, against europe, against america. we must not forget about it. it's not by chance these are there strategic priorities and our priorities must match the challenge in politics, in defense and in the economy. such threats can only be counted together. even when it comes to army size, russia can fill 1.3 million troops. we have more than 800,000 in our military. second after us comes france with over 200,000. then, germany, italy and u.k. everyone else has less. this is not a situation where one country can secure itself alone. that is about all of us standing together to mean something. for now, thankfully, the influence of iran's regime is weakened. this gives hope for syria and lebanon, and they should become examples of how life can recover after war. ukraine is already supporting the new syria. our ministers have been to damascus and we have launched a food aid progra

i too kind towards vladimir putin, for example.- too kind towards vladimir putin, for example.amused when people say - putin, for example. i am always amused when people say that, l amused when people say that, because let's not forget that donald trump is the only president of our last for that vladimir putin did not invade another country. he invaded georgia under bush, ukraine under obama, and then again it ukraine underjoe biden. i think that peace through strength will come through, this war has gone on for way too long. hundreds of thousands of ukrainians have died and it russians have died, and nobody can say what the end goal is here. so the winners will most likely be the soldiers and civilians who are not going to continue to be killed. i think peace negotiations do need to happen, and i think he is going, he is already working on that. whether he says i will solve it in 24 hours, i don't know. but what we do know for sure is that there is a lot more diplomacy that is going on then went on with the biden harris administration, who, from my understanding, had very litt

putin is not afraid of war. that's what gives putin his advantage. um, we know that the u.s. government has been intimidated by the saber rattling, the nuclear saber rattling. do you really think that he would have followed through with that? and should you have called his bluff as a massive us and nato force? >> well, i'll take i'll take objection to one part of your question. the notion that we've been intimidated. we certainly haven't. look at what we've been able to do, not only ourselves, but dozens of other countries that we brought together and that we've kept together in terms of what we provided. ukraine and ukrainians have been willing themselves to carry this fight. president biden has a responsibility that none of us ultimately have. the buck really does stop with the president. and that's to make sure, on the one hand, that we provide all the support that we can for ukraine so that it can effectively defend itself, but also, yes, avoid getting into a direct conflict with a nuclear power. and he's managed, i think, to do both very, very well. we also have a nato a

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it is the army that is capable of repelling putin and he understands that.s to push the united states that ukraine and to push the other allies they push for ukraine. this is what happened. this is what he wants. this will not happen we will not allow them to do that. he will try to do that. and it seems to me the main strategy with president trump's we reallyy have good relations with him. but we have pragmatic times. for us it is very important that excessive voices that are sometimes around president trump delivering disinformation or pro- russian messages. for us is very important that europe is allowed so there are more voices around trump he understands the details and the risks. the risk that can be in the future. he has told me and later publicly stated he will be doing everything to end the war this year. i told him that we are your partner. we have this war in our territory. we understand how painful this for us. we have lost our people that's the biggest loss for us we want to end the war this year. but not only the word rapidly but just delete fi

the president said he is keen to meet vladimir putin.ut he has been taking a more confrontational tone. he has warned on social media that he will be forced to impose more tariffs if the kremlin won't deal. and he told leaders at the world economic forum today that they need to cut the price of oil to force the russians to the table. if the price came down, the russia ukraine wari would end immediately. right now, the price is high enough thatl the war will continue. you got to bring down the oil price, you're . going to end that war. putin's spokesman, dmitry peskov said they are "waiting for signals that are yet to arrive". their team at the un say they want to see what president trump wants in the deal before taking any further steps. the ukrainians are warming to the idea. starved of resources, by europe's flagging supply lines, a ceasefire, pending negotiation could offer welcome relief. asked for his reaction to donald trump's warning to russia, the ukrainian foreign minister had this to say. it was a really strong message, and str

i used to talk to putin about it. ukraine was the apple of his eye, but there was no chance that he would ever do it. and he didn't do it for four years. he didn't do it. >> have you spoken to him? >> i don't want to say, but i will tell you it's got to end. and if you look at the. i'm just talking from a human life, i don't care. russia, ukraine, u.s, these are human beings that are just being slaughtered on this battlefield by the millions. they've already died in cities. the cities are like demolition sites. they're many people died. one thing with the ukraine war, you're going to find many more people died than think. this is a war that should have never started. biden did a horrible, horrible job in allowing that war to start. it should have never started. it would have never started. it wasn't even tough from that standpoint. one thing. so he allowed energy to go up, way up. if he brought it down, the war wouldn't have started because putin wouldn't wouldn't have had the money. putin makes all his money on energ

we help ukrainians stop putin, now nearly three years later putin has failed to achieve any of his strategicectives. he has failed the star to subjugate ukraine. failed to break the unity of nato. failed to make large territorial gain. there's more to do. we can't walk away. we rallied 15 mentions to stand with ukraine. not just in europe. for the first time in asia as well. those countries in asia no what happens in ukraine matters to them as well. we delivered their interceptors come much the number of munitions, and acted relentless unprecedented sanctions to keep ukraine in the fight. now russia struggling to replace what they are losing on the battlefield. in terms of military equipment and fighters. and the ruble is under enormous pressure. as i saw it, putin launched his invasion i had two jobs. one come to rally the world to defend ukraine, and the other was to avoid war between two nuclear powers. we did both of those things. today, ukraine is still free, independent country with the potential, potential for a bright future. and we laid the foundation for the next administration so

but the way for him to do that is to communicate with putin. his intention to continue robust and unrelenting support for ukraine on the battlefield. and that might actually bring putin to the table. >> as senator, would you support the u.s. potentially brokering a deal to end the war that includes ukraine giving, excuse me, giving up some land, land to russia. >> if president zelenskyy, on behalf of ukraine, were willing to do that, i don't think we should be coercing the ukrainians into giving up their sovereign territory or accepting russian occupation. look, wolf, as you know better than anyone, the ukrainians have fought bravely. they have lost thousands and thousands of fighters. the russian occupation of the eastern part of ukraine has been brutal. they have committed horrific war crimes. so to force them to concede their sovereignty and their land for which they have paid so much in blood, would be a tragedy and would send a signal to other authoritarians around the world that their aggression might well be rewarded. and our commitment

and assad has lost all the value that putin even saw in him, so pressuring russia and pressuring putinomething that is very realistic and can be done. i don't want to see assad poisoned off in some apartment in moscow. i want to see him come back to damascus, where, in damascus, a syrian court can try this dictator for the horrific genocidal massacres that he's perpetrated. ahmed al—sharaa, the leader of hay�*at tahrir al—sham, was, until very recently, seen by much of the western world as a jihadist terrorist, a man associated with islamic state—style militancy. why do you now place so much faith in his ability and willingness to move forward with a free syria, committed to equal rights for all? well, first of all, it's not just now, all of a sudden, you know, he's somehow changed hats and overnight he changed. that's not what happened. i've watched ahmed al—sharaa and hts rule idlib for about a decade, a decade of rule under the management of only one group that's part of the joint operations command room that liberated the whole country. and i want to reiterate that we cannot reduce

can china push putin and do you have any contact with the chinese?d some contacts with xi jinping. we had phone call during the war, not too much, not enough, i think. yes, he can push putin to peace, i'm sure. i think that's only president trump. it is strongest as xi jinping. i think there is no other allies who can really do ital yeah, because his economy, putin is -- depends very much of china. >> you would like donald trump and xi jinping of china to work together to push -- >> yes. but not without us. it's important. scarlet: and that was bloomberg editor-in-chief, john micklethwait, speaking with the president of ukraine. and we would like you to stay tuned all week for bloomberg coverage from the world economic forum in davos. before we close out the hour, a reminder here that we have u.s. stocks at record highs right now. the s&p 500 sitting near its best levels of the session, up by .8%. well above that 6090 level. you have the nasdaq leading the way up 1.6% thanks to big gains in netflix today. treasuries and the dollar, not moving a whole

for president putin, he's been at this warfor almost three president putin, he's been at this war foruding his economic crisis that's taking place right now with very high inflation. so he hasn't wavered from a strong stance himself, but it is trump who has the momentum at the moment. what about his assertion _ momentum at the moment. what about his assertion that _ about his assertion that bringing down global oil prices would end this war? would that work? ~ ., , ., , work? well, that is a very direct economic _ work? well, that is a very direct economic analysis, | work? well, that is a very - direct economic analysis, which is the kind of thing we are accustomed to seeing from donald trump, he puts things together very directly and simply. to be honest, i'm not an energy economist so i can't say for sure, but it is a clear signal that he will be pressuring putin and the russians at a time when they've managed to escape a lot of sanctions by their gray market approach to oil exports and trying in every way they can to escape the sanctions that have been placed on so far.- been plac

i also want president putin to hear this message.ction to protect this country. now, there are thousands of miles of undersea cables connecting both europe and north america. they carry more than 90% of the world's internet traffic. part of europe's critical national infrastructure, which could be targeted. and in the baltic sea, russia's suspected of using merchant ships — a so—called "shadow fleet" — to sabotage those cables, something moscow denies. but over the past two months, there have been several incidents where undersea cables here have been damaged. the most recent, involving this oil tanker, the eagle s. last month, finland boarded and then impounded the vessel. it's accused of dragging its anchor for more than 50 miles. the question, was it deliberate? but in response, britain and its nato allies have said they're now stepping up their monitoring and patrols around europe's critical undersea cables. sophie. jonathan, thank you. a 26—year—old man who shot and killed his ex—girlfriend and her sister with a crossbow and sta

and putin should have done it. he should have done it and i has to stop.t 850,000 russian soldiers and we'll be a negotiated settlement that they don't do that i will put national tariffs they don't settle it immediately i will put massive to tariffs and taxes and sanctions on russia there great people i want to do that if they don't make a settlement that fast as a zelenskyy he wants acetylation of allow that to happen he is no angel shown of allow that he's fighting a much bigger entity as he was talking so brave and all that and their brave giving them billions they spent 200 billion more than europe. biden never asked europe to spend more with the u.s. proxy war and zelenskyy you is fighting a much bigger entity. much more powerful he should a done that. we could've made a deal and it would have been nothing deal. i could've made that so easily and he decided he wanted to fight with 30,000 army tanks and the lengths he had none practically you don't fight and we started equipment pouring and they have the bravery to using this but in the end it has to

it comes as president trump is striking a more critical tone with putin. russian state media is now fighting back an unexpected turn for some. fred pleitgen is out front. >> powerful barrages of deadly russian thermobaric missiles raining down on ukrainian positions in russia's kursk region as vladimir putin's army continues its assault. president trump, now changing his once positive tone towards the kremlin, threatening moscow with tough sanctions. if we don't make a deal and soon, i have no other choice but to put high levels of taxes, tariffs and sanctions on anything being sold by russia to the united states and various other participating countries. trump wrote on his social media account and then added, quote, we can do it the easy way or the hard way. trump, also criticizing putin himself. >> zelenskyy wants to make a deal. i don't know if putin does. he might not. i don't know. he should make a deal. i think he's destroying russia by not making a deal. i think russia's going to be in big trouble. >> the president's remarks breaking news on kremlin

and i also want president putin to hear this message.y away from robust action to protect this country. there are thousands of miles of undersea cables connecting both europe and north america. they carry more than 90% of the world's internet traffic, part of europe's critical national infrastructure. in the baltic sea, russia's suspected of using merchant ships — a so—called shadow fleet — to sabotage those cables, something moscow denies. but several cables have been damaged here, the most recent involving this oil tanker, the eagle s. last month, finland seized the vessel. it's accused of dragging its anchor for more than 50 miles. the question — was it deliberate? in response, britain and its allies have said they're now stepping up patrols around europe's critical undersea cables. jonathan, thank you. a 12—year—old boy who was stabbed to death on his way home from school yesterday in birmingham has been named as leo ross. his family described him as "the most beautiful, kind child" who "had not one aggressive bone in his body." a 14

he is weighing up and putting pressure on putin. kriti gupta, on that significant lines that are crossed around tiktok, ai and the competition between musk and sam altman. meanwhile, trump links to everything. argentine ef president javier milei is willing to leave the markets or trade pact if necessary to cement a free-trade deal with the u.s., adding he hopes that is not needed. he spoke to our editor-in-chief john micklethwait at bloomberg house in davis. >> if the extreme condition where that, yes. however there are mechanisms that can be used even being within mercosur. so we think that it can be done without necessarily having to leave mercosur. tom: we have a great lineup of guests, possibly with less good sideburns, from the world economic forum. david velez founder of nuba nk. those exclusive conversations coming up. stay with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ tom: brazilian fintech nubank now has reached 10 million users in mexico and plans to expand its product portfolio. the bank is considering moving his legal base here to brita

of putin's war in ukraine. and today, putin signed a new pact with iran's new president. so there's this new pact that got signed already. close relationship between the two. we know iran is such a crucial provider of the shahed drones and other things, but how significant is this deal that was just signed? >> it's significant in that it reminds you once again that putin is in bad shape. putin needs arms from iran. he needs the drone technology that they have. imagine that iran is providing russia, once considered one of the most advanced, technologically sophisticated countries in the world, with weapons technology. he needs north korea for personnel, for military forces, and he needs china for all kinds of technology, computer goods and money without china. putin would not be able to do what he's doing in ukraine. and so it's it's an absolutely critical meeting. and by the way, back to our earlier discussion, if trump wanted to achieve something really heroic on foreign policy, it would be to take his new rel

putin would dare take out an american president. i was worried concerned about a radical element within ukraine that was under the control or working with the russians. might try to do. that's why we went so way out of our way to get the best people to travel in that ten hour ride in that train, and but i thought it was important that we demonstrate to the rest of the european leaders, stand up man, we can stand up and do this. we can prevent this from happening. my concern was if we didn't go, we didn't show up. then who leads? what happens? i didn't think, by the way. i didn't think it was i've got to go to ukraine, but i think it was important that we treat ukraine like an independent country, want us to talk to them, wanted them to. i wanted them to know that we were with them, and it was the best way to do that. >> after this commercial break, will resume the unedited interview exactly where we left off. i feel like new sunglasses, like a brand new pair of jeans. >> i feel like taking chances. i feel a lot. feel a lot. >> brand

>> i think that's a motivator for putin, but remember, putin doesn't care about human life.ike: right. >> he's been spending 1,000 to 1500 lives per day. he only cares about restoring the russian empire and it's a critical u.s. security objective not to let that happen. i'm sure that's part of president trump's calculus, but we need to keep the pressure on russia as it's in our strategic interest to see them further weakened. mike: lieutenant general david deptula, appreciate your time and ananalysis. >> have a great day. mike: you, too. and californians returning to see the damage from the massive wildfires. who will help them rebuild. we'll speak with habitat for humanity in the los angeles area next and nominee pete hegseth on the hot seat and whether or not he has the vote. ? like you know to check your desktop first, before sharing your screen. ahh...that is not. uhh, oh no. no no no. i don't know how that got in there. no. that, uhh. yeah, checking first is smart. okay, uhh. everybody get out. so check allstate first for a quote that could save you hundreds. you're in

putin, of course, launched his full scale invasion of ukraine in in 2022, when joe biden was u.s. president. back to you. >> thanks so much to matthew chance for that update. president trump today is actually defending his decision to terminate the private security details of doctor anthony fauci. former secretary of state mike pompeo and former national security advisor john bolton. listen to this. >> when you work for a government, at some point, your security detail comes off. and you know you can't have them forever. >> would you feel partially. >> responsible if something were to happen to. >> say. >> doctor fauci. >> or john bolton? >> no. you know, they all made a lot of money. they can hire their own security to all the people you're talking about. they can go out. i can give them some good numbers. they're very good security people. >> doctor fauci discussed the threats against his life during a congressional hearing last year. >> there have been. >> credible death threats leading to the. >> arrests of two individuals, and credible death threats mean someone who clearly w

putin shouldn't have done it. putin shouldn't have done it.t have done it and it has to stop. >> dana: president trump pushing for an end to russia's invasion of ukraine. given my next guest 100 days to broker a deal. retired general keith kellogg, special envoy to russia and ukraine. you had some back and forth between putin's people, zelenskyy, trump trying to figure out could this actually come to an end. you are at the helm, how do you rate the chances? >> hi, dana. thanks for having me. i think will it come to an end and president trump the only guy who can do it. i talked to him earlier this morning and talked about the strategy going forward and how it will play out. he is absolutely right talking about stopping the killing. stopping the carnage. to give you a couple of examples. the major cities mariupol, a city of 500,000. think of a city like denver or atlanta, 500,000 totally destroyed. hundreds of thousands of casualties on both sides. just ukraine alone, they have lost more soldiers in three years than we lost in the entire vietna

trump, also criticizing putin himself. >> zelenskyy wants to make a deal. i don't know, putin does. you might not. i don't know. he should make a deal. i think he is destroying russia by not making a deal. i think russia's going to be in big trouble. >> the president's remarks, breaking news on kremlin controlled tv, ripping into what they call trump's ultimatum to putin. >> ultimatum. >> neither in 100 days or in 180 days will trump resolve or settle the conflict in ukraine. this member of parliament says the russian army will do this within the time frame set by its supreme commander in chief, our president vladimir vladimirovich putin, on moscow's frigid streets. what had been real optimism about the trump presidency and a possible improvement of u.s. russian relations, seemed to be fading fast. he's a businessman, after all, not a politician. this woman says he will pursue his goals and put pressure on us. he will strengthen the sanctions and will keep supplying ukraine with weapons. ladies at the world economic forum in davos, ukraine's president upbeat, saying his country not

interest in defending europe and american interests from russia and vladimir putin. now, the sudden reversal is welcome, because i think it's very important that our secretary of defense understand how critical nato is and that it's stronger now than it was in the last -- anytime in the last since it was formed probably. we now have 32 members of nato. but mr. hegseth's 11th hour conversion to understanding the importance of our allies and partners raises questions about what he really believes. we asked in our questions for the record about nato, and we didn't get much of a response. now, if i had had the opportunity, i would have also brought up ukraine and mr. hegseth's head-spinning contradiction on this matter. just as america's national security interests are not to be trifled with, neither should be our commitment to defending democracy and the international world order, and any inconsistency in that committee -- let me start that again because this is really important. any inconsistency in our commitment to support our allies and partners, to support democrac

but putin i'm not so sure.the implication of that is that he doesn't believe that, that they're ready and he's kind of trolling putin, isn't he? >> yeah. well, having covered trump's first administration, i mean, his instinct has always been just get in the room and talk. and to that end, he said that he has set a meeting with russian president vladimir putin. i mean, you have briefed the president in your previous role as deputy director of intelligence. i'm curious how trump approaches these meetings and what you expect from that sitdown. >> well, i think they're dangling that, but they're not saying when it is, because i think what we heard right now is part of the negotiation. right. and trump is always negotiating. so he's trolling. he's dangling the opportunity because putin wants that one on one. that great man to great man negotiation. and president trump definitely understands that. so you know he is now trying to play on putin's vulnerabilities by saying you know that's not a good look right. that doe

i, i knew what putin was doing when he was amassing forces. everybody said he's not going to go into i knew he was going to do so. >> i when did you know he was going to go in? >> i knew he was going to go in about. three weeks before he amassed those extra troops along the border. >> and when did you decide when did you make the presidential decision about what your response to this country's response would be? >> because you you had to be given a menu. >> there's a menu, always a menu. >> but the menu, the menu includes doing nothing. a lot of times, right there is a menu. >> but i wrote i already knew the menu was, you know, look, henry kissinger called me ten days before he died, and he said, not since napoleon has europe not looked over its shoulder at russia with the sense of dread. until now. i started, you know, i when putin said to me he wanted to see the federalization of europe, i said, i'll tell you what you're going to get. you're going to get the federalization. you get the nato ization of finland. and i was talking to the leader

i don't know if putin does, he might not, i don't know. he should make a deal. russia by not making a deal. president trump used to boast about his great relationship with vladimir putin and insists russia would not have invaded ukraine if he had still been in the white house. but now he seems to be rapidly losing patience. without american—supplied weapons, ukraine could not continue theirfight. mr trump had said he would stop paying for ukraine's defence, but hasn't yet moved to cut their funding. he does think, though, america is paying too much compared to other nations. one thing i do feel, the european union should be paying a lot more than they're paying, because under biden, i mean, we're in there for $200 billion more. now, it affects them more than it affects us. we have an ocean in between, right? a little thing called an ocean. 0n america's southern border, donald trump has introduced strict new immigration laws that have banned refugees and asylum claimants from entering the us. last year, he said he would close the border. now he's sending 1,500 tr

trump really wants to meet with putin. >> i really would like to be able to meet with president putinsoon and get that war ended. from what i hear, putin would like to see me and will meet as soon as we can. i'd meet immediately. >> and meet immediately. i mean, he said it today twice. it comes as he has talked tough on russia by threatening sanctions. so is it just talk? matthew chance is out front. >> tonight. >> the kremlin is stepping. up attacks across ukraine, seizing as much territory as possible ahead of a potential cease fire in this. >> brutal war. >> this as the u.s. president speaking to the world economic. >> forum in davos, made an. >> impassioned call for peace. >> our efforts to secure a peace settlement between russia and ukraine are now hopefully underway. it's so important to get that done. that is an absolute killing field. millions of soldiers are being killed and nobody's seen anything like it since world war two. they are laying dead all over the flat fields. it's a flat field, farmland, and there's millions of russians and millions of ukrainians. and nobody's s

invasion of ukraine. ., ~ relating to putin's invasion of ukraine. ., ,, , ., relating to putin's invasionws. let's look at some other stories making news. the bbc understands the government will make an announcement on hospital funding in england next week. this includes hundreds of millions of pounds previously promised to london hospitals, including st helier hospital in sutton. chancellor rachel reeves announced injuly that a review would be carried out on hospital, road and rail projects. the chancellor's deputy darrenjones says donald trump will want to do a good deal with the uk. jones, who is chief secretary to the treasury, said he was confident uk—us trade relations could be deepened. however, reform uk leader nigel farage has claimed prime minster sir keir starmer is in a weak negotiating position due to his wish to strengthen ties with the eu. kent police say a woman has been charged with attempted murder after a knife attack in dover.emergency services were called after a woman in her 50s was attacked while out walking.security staff at a nearby pub disarmed and restrained the

has actually issued a few threats to putin. if you don't come to the negotiating table, if you don't solve this problem, i'm going to impose tariffs on you. now, let's stipulate for a moment that there are so many sanctions that the biden administration put on trade with russia, that there is almost nothing to tariff, there is almost nothing left to sanction. but at least he's coming off at the beginning saying, i'm going to have some leverage in this. the big question is whether or not he is willing to have the united states participate in some kind of security guarantee for ukraine, should the moment come where there really was an agreement, because otherwise the ukrainians will fear that russia will simply take the time to put their troops back together and re-invade the country. and donald trump doesn't want that happening on his watch. >> there are still a lot of questions, phil mattingly, about what donald trump is going to do about the economy, right? i mean, that was one of his big campaign pledges. he's going to lower

notably, he talked about wanting to meet with vladimir putin right away. that is a stark and important statement because vladimir putin has been exiled in the world community. he is not at the major meetings of world leaders. he is not speaking by phone to many of the world leaders because of his war in ukraine. and so to reach a point where he would get parity with a us president in a meeting, something that putin would want very much is a very notable thing. perhaps it is the best way for president trump to use the influence he would have to bring about an end to that war, if he chooses to have that kind of a meeting. and soon, as he described it, that's very notable. he talked about his relationship with president xi of china that is critical for the competition and the global positioning of the us and china, especially when you consider that china has an ability to show aggression to places like taiwan. so many of these things are about projecting his influence, trying to get leaders to capitulate, to go along, to see his point of view, that whole rang

well, why is putin so powerful? he's partly powerful because he's made sure that his friends have become insanely rich, uh, obscenely wealthy. there is a playbook here that is not an american playbook. it is a it is a foreign playbook. and as you begin to see elements of that, i'm not saying that's happening, but you begin to see elements of that. some people are getting very, very concerned. joe biden was speaking for those people tonight. >> van jones, thank you for your insights. and we've also got a source here who is one of president biden's former senate seat, but also one of his closest allies on capitol hill, senator chris of delaware. um, i was going to ask you about biden's just address overall, reflecting on his his years in service as they're coming to an end, as he's leaving the white house. but but what did you make of his warning there on the way out the door? >> well, first he began his address with good news, as was referenced, that there is a hostage deal, that there's going to be a ceasefire in ga

was and that he wanted to see putin -- quote -- "immediately.” do you get russia to agree to a deal? it has become increasingly clear that ukraine on the battlefield cannot put enough pressure on the russian military to create pressure on putin. senior trump officials tell me that they believe it's more effective to pressure putin economically or via china. and for the first time last night, we saw that trump himself said he was willing to use economic pressure. he wrote on truth social -- quote -- "if we don't make a deal, and soon, i have no other choice but to put high levels of taxes, tariffs and sanctions on anything being sold by russia to the united states and various other participating countries.” now, russia doesn't sell very much to the u.s. anymore, amna. but the bottom line is, he is threatening or appears to be threatening the russian economy. and the best way to do that is to attack the lifeblood of the russian economy, and that is oil exports. the biden administration only used that tool at the end because they were worried about

we'll ask a defence minister what president putin is up to. good evening, welcome to newsnight live each weeknight from broadcasting house. your panellists tonight are marvin rees, who will soon become a labour peer in the house of lords, and anita boateng, former conservative advisor. the owners of the sun — rupert murdoch's news group newspapers — admitted for the first time today that there was unlawful activity by private investigators hired by the paper in order to pry into the private life of prince harry. they said sorry to him and for intruding into the life of his late mother diana. they also apologised to tom watson the former deputy leader of labour for "unwarranted intrusion" into his life. today's acknowledgement of those unlawful actitivies by private investigators working for the sun comes 1a years after rebekah brooks, the former editor of the sun and news of the world, was questioned by a committee of mps, including tom watson, on the subject of phone hacking, and she was asked this by mr watson — "as a journalist and editor o

putin will be a tough negotiator.to strike a good deal and insure that ukraine has no ability to defend themselves or protect their sovereignty from the united states perspective the last thing we want is for ukraine to fall under russian dominance and for putin's shadow to be cast over europe and threaten the trillion dollars worth of trade we enjoy with europe. another one that will test the administration's ability to strike the art of the deal to protect our national security interests. >> dana: we need to keep an eye on retired general kellogg who our audience knows well. he is there to try to figure all of this out. >> godspeed, general kellogg. this is going to be a tough one. he has had an incredible career going back to serving in vietnam. he has got a great team behind him and we'll see him engage in discussion and negotiation. this is going to take some time. the trump administration has said don't expect anything for as much as 100 days and that's a good amount of time for general kellogg to get up to spee

and president trump says he would like to meet with and talk to vladimir putin. he's always been so many hoped aid in that discussion who believes conversation is a good thing. even with our adversary for here is the russian deputy u.n. ambassador response to this. he says it is not merely a question of ending the war, its first and foremost a question of addressing the root causes of ukrainians crisis. so we have to see what does diehl mean in president trump's understanding? how do you read that? >> yeah, the story putin has told the whole time was this somehow said nato would invade them which is ludicrous. that's an echo at least of that. they are going to chart shows try to create space they know there is a new leader and america and there will be real consequences, "serious ones as i think presidential alluded to to their economy if they do not bring down the violence and actually bring a settlement. i think the deputy u.n. ambassador knows exactly what they're up against and i think he is looking for a bit of space they so they can see how they will respon

vladimir putin. knows very well how to. >> get president. >> trump on his side. affirmation, praise. flattery. and, you know, this interview that he gave on russian state television was was full of of of all of those things we heard about him sort of repeating that that trump claim that he was robbed of the 2020 election. it was stolen from him. well, there was also other stuff as well. putin described their relationship in the past, which of course has been dogged by allegations of collusion as being totally professional and business like and trustworthy. and he went on to talk about some of the personal traits of of president trump, as well as he agreed that it would be a good time for them to meet. take a listen to what putin had to say. >> he is not only a smart person, he is a pragmatic person. and i can hardly imagine that decisions will be made that will harm the american economy. therefore, most likely it would be better for us to meet and talk calmly about all those areas that are of interest to both the u.s. and russia. we are ready, but this primarily

reporter: [indiscernible] -- president putin? pres. trump: i will be meeting with president putin. reporter: when? pres. trump: i don't know, i can't speak for him. so the first foreign trip, typically have been with the u.k.. but i did it with saudi arabia last time because they agreed to buy for $50 billion worth of our product. i said, i will do it, but you have to buy american products, and they agreed. they bought 450 billion dollars. it was the least reported story i have ever been involved in. reporter: and now? pres. trump: i don't know. if saudi arabia wanted to buy another 450 or 500, will operate for inflation -- i think it would probably go. reporter: how do you plan to end a preneur? pres. trump: well, we will try to ended as quickly as possible. it should have never started. the war with ukraine and russia should have never started. it would have never started if i were president. reporter: will you push israel and saudi arabia to normalize relations? pres. trump: i don't think i have to push them. it'll happen. maybe not quite yet. it will end up being in the abraham