sarah rainsford, bbc news, kyiv. the american film—maker david lynch has died at the age of 78.aks and for films including mulholland drive and the elephant man. our arts correspondent david sillito looks back at his life: twin peaks was a tv landmark. a murder mystery unlike anything that had gone before. i carry a log, yes. is it funny to you? laura palmer. strange, surreal, disturbing, and very david lynch. his first love was painting. he had a feel for surrealism, the hidden. and his childhood had many echoes of the white picket fence perfection of his film blue velvet. # she wore blue velvet #. but in his movies there was always something lurking in the undergrowth. the elephant man. eraserhead. you were left wondering what sort of mind created this. but in person he had a folksy charm, all good cheer and passionate about meditation and positivity. negativity is the enemy, i say, of creativity. if you are super angry, you're... you're poisoning yourself. and while perhaps not everyone's taste, a poll of critics declared his mulholland drive the greatest movie of the 21st ce

sarah rainsford, bbc news, kyiv.n the government to negotiate a new customs union with the eu to improve trade with europe. in his first major speech of the year, sir ed said the incoming president trump would be an unreliable partner — and that closer eu trade ties could help mitigate any tariffs the new us administration might impose. he also said that britain should offer a state visit for mr trump as leverage — but only if he signs up to continuing us support for ukraine. a teenager who repeatedly stabbed a 15—year—old outside a shopping centre in croydon as she was on her way to school in south london has been found guilty of her murder. elianne andam had been a promising student who wanted to be a lawyer. the jury rejected hassan sentamu's defence that his autism meant he didn't know what he was doing when he attacked her in september 2023. elianne was friends with semtamu's ex—girlfriend and ran off with some of his possessions, as he'd refused to return a teddy bear to his ex. the 18—year—old will be sentence

sarah rainsford, bbc news, kyiv.g ready to say goodbye to the chinese—owned social media app tiktok. it's set to be banned here in just over one week — unless bytedance sells off the company in the us. tiktok�*s legal team gave theirfinal plea in hopes of overturning the ban at a us supreme court hearing on friday. they were joined by content creators, many of which rely on the platform as a means of income. they were joined by content creators, many of which rely on the platform as a means of income. president—elect donald trump has also argued against a ban. and while more than a third of americans use tiktok, some us lawmakers and supreme courtjustices are wary of potential surveillance or interference from the chinese government. tiktok accusses the us of unfairly targetting the rapidly growing social media company and says that implementing a ban violates free speech. for more now, let's speak to jacob huebert, president of the liberty justice center. walk us through these arguments against these laws. yes, we r

sarah rainsford, bbc news, kyiv. and let me take you to live pictures coming out of hawaii.ing lava fountains 200 feet into the air. rocks and debris can be seen falling. geologists are collecting them in a closed area of hawaii volcanoes national park. the lava doesn't pose a hazard to homes or infrastructure. we will be keeping an eye on this as it develops. in the meantime, though. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. a looming tiktok ban in the us has connected chinese and american citizens like never before in what one user described as a "historic moment". self—professed us tiktok refugees have been seeking a new home on the internet — and they've flocked to popular chinese social media app rednote, which does not have the usual internet firewall that separates china from the rest of the world. american actor and director justin baldoni has hit back at his co—star blake lively in the film it ends with us, with a lawsuit against her and her husband ryan reynolds. it comes after lively filed a legal complaint against baldoni in december, alleging sex

sarah rainsford in kyiv.in two weeks' time on the next stage of the deal. us president donald trump says he is "not confident" that the gaza ceasefire deal will be upheld. here's our middle east correspondent yolande knell, injerusalem. president trump didn't really allay those fears when he was asked by reporters in the oval office if he thought that all three phases of this ceasefire and hostage release deal that he has been taking credit for would be implemented. he said to reporters, "it is not our war, it is their war, i am not confident." but at the same time we have been hearing from his new special envoy to the middle east, steve wheatcroft, who was also very much involved in those indirect negotiations between israel and hamas, and he was indicating his ongoing commitment to this deal being implemented, outlining what he says was president trump's bold vision for the middle east and seeking to ultimately build new relations between israel and other arab countries, dangling out there the possibility t

our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has the latest from kyiv.s and the video that have been released by the ukrainian authorities show two young men being held in cells used for prisoners of war. one had his face bandaged and the doctor said he has an injured jaw and a busted lip, and another has his hand and edged and says he also has a fractured leg. they are being held in kyiv where they are being questioned by the ukrainian intelligence service. they say the two men were captured in the kursk region of southern russia by ukrainian troops, that's the part of southern russia that ukraine is partially occupied the several months now. we cannot verify the details of where they were captured and who they are and in one of the photographs, there is a russian military document that was found of one of the man. ukraine are saying that as a fake document produced by russia to disguise the use of foreign troops in its war against ukraine. that document suggests that the man comes from siberia, although ukraine is saying he is clearly north korean. in

wounded men, but no evidence was provided that were north korean. 0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford that have been released by the ukrainian authorities show two young men being held in cells used for prisoners of war. one had his face bandaged and the doctor said he has an injured jaw and a blooded lip, and another has his hand and who they are and in one of the photographs, there is a russian military document that was found of one document that was found on one of the man. ukraine are saying that is a fake document produced by russia to disguise the use of foreign troops in its war against ukraine. that document suggests that the man comes from siberia, although ukraine is saying he is clearly north korean. in questioning by the sbu, apparently these men have both said they were professional soldiers in north korea and they went to russia believing they were going there for training, but then they have been used in this full—scale war against ukraine. the americans have previously said that they believe there are 12,000 north korean troops deployed with russian troops to fight ag

earlier we heard from our eastern european correspondent, sarah rainsford.s up—to—date with what she knows. the full picture are still emerging but wejust the full picture are still emerging but we just heard from president zelensky radio social media and talking about what he described as a massive missile strike overnight. he said there was some 70 drones launched by russia and some a0 missiles. he said at least 30 of those missiles were downed by ukrainian air defences but it does mean some of them reached their target. the president suggested the targets were again energy infrastructure in ukraine and also he described gas facilities being targeted. we understand from the authorities in will be in the west of the country. two targets were hit there. they described it as critical infrastructure. the broader picture is beginning to emerge. mr zelensky used the occasion to call again for help from ukraine western allies particularly in terms of our defence. it is a plea we have heard many times urging western allies to send more air defence units to ukraine

let's speak to our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford. good morning. difficult picture across, especially, western ukraine. bring us up to date with what you know. i bring us up to date with what you know. ~ , . know. i think the full, full picture is still emerging. _ know. i think the full, full picture is still emerging. we _ know. i think the full, full picture is still emerging. we have - know. i think the full, full picture is still emerging. we have just i is still emerging. we havejust heard from president zelensky writing on social media, what he described as a massive missile strike overnight. he said there were some 70 transit launched by russia and some a0 missiles. he said at least 30 of those missiles were downed by ukrainian air defences but that does mean some of them reached their targets. and the president suggested the targets were again energy infrastructure in ukraine and also he described gas facilities being targeted. now, we understand from the authorities in lviv in the west of the country that suddenly two of the targets were

let's speak to our correspondent sarah rainsford who's in kyiv. good morning.e plans to meet his russian counterpart vladimir putin soon. but as ever, no further detail on that.- further detail on that. no, i think we — further detail on that. no, i think we are _ further detail on that. no, i think we are basically - further detail on that. no, i think we are basically in - further detail on that. no, i think we are basically in a l think we are basically in a waiting game. a lot of big words and promises about ending the war by donald trump when on the war by donald trump when on the campaign trail, but that 24—hour clock has started ticking and clearly ending the war in a day will not happen. there is more realism in the white house now that donald trump has returned to office. interesting that people in ukraine, to notice in his speech, the inauguration speech, the inauguration speech, he made no direct reference to this country. he simply talks about america as a peacemaker and he pledged to end all wars. presumably including this one in ukraine but no dir

our correspondent sarah rainsford gave us the latest from kyiv.e here. lots of big words and big promises about ending the war here in ukraine by donald trump, but that was when on the campaign trail, but that 24—hour clock has started ticking and clearly ending the war in a day will not happen. there is more realism in the white house now that donald trump has returned to office. interesting that people in ukraine, to notice in his speech, his big inauguration speech, he made no direct reference to this country. he simply talks about america as a peacemaker and he pledged to end all wars. presumably including the one in ukraine but no direct reference to ukraine. it is interesting looking at how the ukrainian leadership is responding. i think president zelensky is trying to look at the positive and to be hopeful, trying a little to flatter donald trump, talking about him as a decisive and strong leader and talking about his inauguration as a moment of hope and opportunity for the world and ukraine. but for ukraine, i think the biggest hope is don

president zelensky twice at downing street since entering office. 0ur eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsfordof contact between volodymyr zelensky and keir starmer but this is his first visit as prime minister and it has taken him six months since he became permitted to make it here so not quite rushing like previous british prime ministers have done to ukraine but certainly making clear that he is coming here with something significant to sign. he is calling it a 100 year partnership with ukraine and i think it's meant to underline the long—term commitment for supporting ukraine from britain. for supporting ukraine from britain. of course britain has been at the forefront of efforts to support ukraine up until now, supplying missiles, supplying military training, supplying a lot of economic aid and military aid in kind. so a lot of support is going to carry on going forward. keir starmer will also be visiting a school here to underline those kinds of ties, there is going to be a linkup with a school in britain, he will be visiting a hospital as well. more money is going to be offered today b

campaign about the war in ukraine, saying he could end it within 2a hours. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsfordlly in a waiting game here. lots of big words, big promises about ending the war here in ukraine by donald trump when he was on the campaign trail. but of course, that 2a hour clock started ticking already. and and clearly, you know, ending this war in a day is not going to happen. i think there's a lot more realism now in the white house now that donald trump has returned to office. and it was interesting, i think, for people here in ukraine to notice that, in fact, in his speech, his big inauguration speech, he in fact made no direct reference to this country at all. he simply talked about america being a peacemaker, and he pledged to end all wars, which presumably includes the one here in ukraine. although, as i say, absolutely no direct reference to ukraine. i think it's interesting looking at how the ukrainian leadership is responding. i think president zelenskyy is trying to look to the positive, trying to be optimistic, to be hopeful, trying a little bit to flatter donald trump,

are also reports of water being cut off in parts of the city. 0ur eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsforde strike. this is the scene after that russian missile landed on here. it woke us at around 6am. then the air raid sirens went off and now we can see what it was all about. this is the building, a business centre that has been extremely badly damaged. it had been damaged with previous missile strikes on the city but much, much worse today. this is the scene with rescuer officers. this was caused, we havejust been with rescuer officers. this was caused, we have just been told, by a direct hit, by a russian ballistic missile. 0bviously, ballistic missile. obviously, the rescue and clean—up teams are at the scene and there are also forensic experts ever stop one of those just told me that the reason the sirens went off where after the explosions was because the missiles move so quickly and it is difficult to intercept them. the damage here is extreme. we also know that several people have been killed. two people this forensic expert told me were killed in a minibus, in their vehicle on th

— but did not provide evidence that they were north korean. 0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford from kyiv. the photos and the video that have been released by the ukrainian authorities show two young men, both of them being held in cells used for prisoners of war. now one has his face bandaged and a doctor says he has an injured jaw. he has a bloodied lip as well. the other has his hands bandaged, and a doctor says that he also has a fractured leg. but they are, we are told, being held here in kyiv, where they are being questioned by the ukrainian intelligence service. and what they are saying is that the two men were captured in the kursk region of southern russia by ukrainian troops. of course, that's the part of russia that ukraine has partially occupied for several months now. we can't verify any of the details about where they were captured and exactly who they are. and in fact, in one of the photographs, there is a russian military document which was found on one of the men. ukraine is saying that that is a fake document produced by russia to disguise the use of foreign tr

are also reports of water being cut off in parts of the city. 0ur eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsfords the scene after that russian _ this is the scene after that russian missile attack on kyiv this morning. it woke us around 66m _ this morning. it woke us around 66m loud _ this morning. it woke us around 6am. loud explosions in the city— 6am. loud explosions in the city and _ 6am. loud explosions in the city and then the air raid sirens— city and then the air raid sirens went off. we can see what — sirens went off. we can see what it _ sirens went off. we can see what it was all about. this is the building, a business centre that has— the building, a business centre that has been extremely badly damaged. it was damaged in previous— damaged. it was damaged in previous strikes on the city but — previous strikes on the city but it— previous strikes on the city but it is— previous strikes on the city but it is much, much worse today _ but it is much, much worse today. lots of rescuers at the scene — today. lots of rescuers at the scene. this is the very, very large — scene. this is the v

from kyiv, our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford reports.ed at ukraine's capital as many were still asleep. two of the dead were a couple killed in their car. by daylight, the destruction was even clearer. this business centre, damaged before, is nowjust a shell. at a dental clinic, they were salvaging anything still intact, which is not much here. when i asked because she is, this woman shrugs and tells me... it is the third year of war. . , me... it is the third year of war. ., , ., . ., war. that is the giant crater ri . ht in war. that is the giant crater right in the _ war. that is the giant crater right in the middle - war. that is the giant crater right in the middle of- war. that is the giant crater right in the middle of the i war. that is the giant crater i right in the middle of the main road here in the centre of kyiv, we do not know what the russians were targeting, but we can see what damage they did. this was caused by ballistic missile which hit right in the middle of the street. forensics teams are now collecting chunks of i

our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, analyses the visit from kyiv quite a lot of contactng clear that he is coming here with something significant to sign. he is calling it a ioo—year partnership treaty with ukraine and i think it's meant to underline the long—term commitment for supporting ukraine from britain. of course britain has been at the forefront of efforts to support ukraine up until now, supplying missiles, supplying military training, supplying a lot of economic aid and military aid in kind. so a lot of support is going to carry on going forward. more money is going to be offered today but i think it's also about that symbolic support which is important particularly now because donald trump is about to return to the white house as us president, and as he was running for thatjob, for that role, he was underlining time and again that it was time to scale back american support for ukraine and almost pushing the onus on to europe to help ukraine and britain is of course a key part of that. in the uk the royal college of nursing has warned that patients are being p

our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, is in kyiv for us.to the scene now to see what exactly happened. and we've seen the evidence for ourselves. there's a huge craterjust in the main road behind me. that's the middle of the road, just in front of a big business centre. the business centre itself very, very badly damaged. it had been damaged in previous missile attacks on this area of kyiv. but it is pretty devastated this morning. and the crater is large in the road. there were some reports that perhaps this was debris from missiles that had fallen and caused this damage. but i spoke to a forensics expert here at the scene who was picking up mangled bits of grey metal from the crater and from around it, and he said, no, this was a direct impact by an iskander ballistic missile. and i asked him, you know, why did the sirens only go off after the missile had hit? and he said, it moves so fast, ballistic missiles move so quickly, it is extremely difficult to intercept them and you can see what they do. i mean, it's not just the crater. that g

let�*s speak to our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford, who�*s in kyiv.you�*re seeing there? we welcome, can you describe what you're seeing there?— you're seeing there? we were awoken by — you're seeing there? we were awoken by those _ you're seeing there? we were awoken by those very - you're seeing there? we were awoken by those very loud - awoken by those very loud explosions earlier this morning, as you say, it was not until after those explosions that the air raid sirens sounded and we have just come down to the scene to see what exactly happened. and we have seen the evidence for ourselves, a huge craterjust in the main road behind me, thatis in the main road behind me, that is the middle—of—the—road, just in front of a big business centre. the business centre itself, very badly damaged. it had been damaged in previous missile attacks on this area of kyiv, but it is pretty devastated this morning now. the crater is large in the road, there were some reports that perhaps this was debris from missiles that had fallen and caused this damage, i spoke t

our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford is in kyiv. how significant is this?e heard those air raid sirens _ how significant is this? we heard those air raid sirens going - how significant is this? we heard those air raid sirens going off - how significant is this? we heard those air raid sirens going off as| those air raid sirens going off as keir starmer was meeting president zelensky here in kyiv, and he later said that was a reminder of what ukrainians here face every day. in fact there was a drone, a decoy drone we think. at that time president zelensky and keir starmer were going to work discussing their bilateral negotiations and support from west for ukraine more than three years into this conflict. there were strong words from both men talking about relations being at a historic level, historically close, closer than ever as keir starmer said. and there was that strong message as well from the prime minister that britain will stay with ukraine in terms of military support, in terms of financial support, for as long as it takes. as there are concerns ab