its forces fanned out in three directions from their main base at sudzha.ecent weeks, moscow has been trying to squeeze the ukrainians out of kursk, with the support of north korean troops. our correspondent will vernon is in kyiv and spoke about how the ukrainian incursion into the kursk region back in august is now picking back up. it wasn't entirely clear what the intention was, speculation they were trying to draw russian forces away from other parts of the battlefield in the east of the country for example. president zelensky later said the operation which is designed to be use as a bargaining chip in any future peace talk with russia. but the ukrainians have made good progress but then russian forces counter—attacked and in recent weeks ukraine has been losing ground in the kursk region, russian forces bolstered by the presence of several thousand troops from north korea. ukraine has been on the back foot in the kursk region, russia not managing to knock them out of the area altogether, ukraine has hung on theirfor altogether, ukraine has hung on thei

it has hung on, for example, onto the key town of sudzha.is new operation that appears to have been launched today will make any difference. if it'll be able to be sustained, right? because ukrainian forces badly need a victory. morale here is low. ukraine is losing ground in the east of the country. russia has made significant gains there. so ukrainians really need to show to their own people here, to western countries and most importantly of all, to the incoming donald trump administration, that they can still mount offensive operations and they can still win, they can still achieve victories, even ones that are relatively small. the health secretary, wes streeting, has accused elon musk of a "disgraceful smear" after he attacked labour over the grooming gangs scandal. the tech tycoon called the home office minister, jess philips, "a rape apologist" after she rejected a request for a national inquiry into child sexual exploitation in 0ldham. there have been past inquiries into the issue. here's our political correspondent, harry farley. co

continues for a second day in the russian region of kursk after ukraine launched a new offensive near sudzhathe scale of the latest attack. israel says hamas has not given any details about the status of the hostages it claims its ready to release in the first phase of a potential deal. a senior hamas official showed the bbc a list of 3a hostages that he says the group is willing to release which include all the women, children, elderly and sick captives. but, it's unclear how many of them are alive. it comes as negotiators from both sides have been holding indirect talks in qatar. meanwhile, a police officer is among three israelis who have been shot dead in the occupied west bank. seven others were injured in the attack. the israeli military says gunmen opened fire at a bus and another vehicle near kedumim. it added that it was pursuing the attackers, whom they believe to be affiliated with the palestinian islamichhad. there's been increased violence in the west bank since the start of the war in gaza fifteen months ago. the un world food programme accuses you of firing clearly marked vehi

continues for a second day in the russian region of kursk after ukraine launched a new offensive near sudzha. russia's military has played down the scale of the latest attack. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky gave an update on the incursion. translation: today marks exactly five months since i the beginning of our action and the kursk region and we maintain a buffer zone on russian territory, actively destroying russian military potential there. during the kursk operation, russia has already lost over 38,000 of its soldiers, just in this one direction, of which about 15,000 are irreversible losses. the russians have deployed strong units to kursk with soldiers from north korea involved. our correspondent will vernon has been following developments from kyiv. a spokesperson said fighting was ongoing in the city and two weeks ago, ukraine announced it was withdrawing some of its units from the area to prevent them from being encircled. we didn't expect this to a certain extent. it is not a big city, largely in ruins, as are most of the towns that russia is fighting for in the east. much

continues for a second day in the russian region of kursk — after ukraine launched a new offensive near sudzhaave an update on the incursion. translation: today marks exactly five months since the beginning of our action in the curst region. we maintain a buffer zone on the russian territory, actively destroying military potential there for that during the operation russia has already lost over 38,000 of its soldiers just in this one direction of which about 15,000 are irreversible about 15, 000 are irreversible losses. about 15,000 are irreversible losses. the russians have deployed a strong units to curst with soldiers from north korea involved. —— curst. our correspondent will vernon has been following developments from kyiv. a spokesperson said that fighting was ongoing in the city. two weeks ago ukraine announced it was withdrawing some of those units from the area to prevent them from being in circles. they did expect this to a certain extent. kurakhove is not a big city. it�*s largely in ruins as are most of the towns that russia is fighting for in the east. much more important and pote

the incursion near sudzha, follows an assault there five months ago.t weeks, moscow has been trying to squeeze ukrainians out of the area, with the support of north korean troops. meanwhile, president zelensky has stressed that security guarantees leading to an end to the war with russia would only be effective if provided by the us under donald trump. let's speak to our correspondent will vernon, who's in kyiv for us. just bring us up—to—date on the latest developments? the just bring us up-to-date on the latest developments? the latest is the full, _ latest developments? the latest is the full, reported _ latest developments? the latest is the full, reported full- latest developments? the latest is the full, reported full of - is the full, reported full of the russian defence ministry say this morning that it had captured that town. there has been no comment from ukraine yet in its morning update, the ukrainian military said that it was continuing to repel attacks in the area. it is not a big city, about 22,000 people live there before the war and is

the incursion near sudzha, follows an assault there five months ago.e latest attack. in recent weeks, moscow has been trying to squeeze ukrainians out of the area, with the support of north korean troops. meanwhile, president zelensky has stressed that security guarantees leading to an end to the war with russia would only be effective if provided by the us under donald trump. 0ur correspondent will vernon has been following developments from kyiv. it's pretty difficult to tell what exactly is going on, frankly, in kursk region. ukrainian officials, the russian defence ministry and pro—kremlin military bloggers all reported that ukrainian forces had launched a fresh offensive in the area, and several of those bloggers said that this was a major assault and that it had, you know, caused some surprise, that it had had some effect on the russian forces, but that russia had brought the situation under control. now, we don't really know more than that yet. we haven't had any update from the ukrainians. you'd expect by this time, kind of 2a hours or so after

its forces fanned out in three directions from their main base at sudzha.ensky�*s chief—of—staff said russia was getting what it deserved. in recent weeks, moscow has been trying to squeeze the ukrainians out of kursk, with the support of north korean troops. let's speak to our correspondent will vernon in kyiv. what do we know about this operation? it what do we know about this operation?— operation? it is still in its early hours. _ operation? it is still in its early hours. the - operation? it is still in its early hours. the russianl early hours. the russian defence and military in a statement earlier said the offensive was launched at around eight o'clock this morning local time and that fighting was ongoing. you mentioned the head of the ukrainian presidential administration who —— didn't confirm. he said the russians were getting what they deserved. i have been reading pro—kremlin military bloggers who have been saying that ukraine has launched a major operation in the kursk region. but there is a lot we don't know. we don't know what scale this is o

its forces fanned out in three directions from their main base at sudzha.nians out of kursk, with the support of north korean troops. in gaza, there have been reports of further israeli strikes overnight. local officials say areas of the central part of the strip have been hit. the attacks come after prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that israel planned to resume indirect talks with hamas to end the war. 0ur correspondentjonah fisher gave us this update from jerusalem. those strikes continued overnight, as you mention, in the central part of gaza, in particular. we are hearing hearing reports that at least ten people were killed. in a central part of gaza, also report elsewhere. —— also reports of strike elsewhere. it has clearly been a very bloody few days in both central and northern gaza. the hamas—run ministry of health but as one of their regular updates at this morning, saying that 88 people had been killed in the last 2a hours, bringing the total to more than 200 since thursday. we've also heard from the idf in the last 2a hours and it is clear

its forces fanned out in three directions from their main base at sudzha.ced himself from mr musk�*s support forjailed political activist tommy robinson. and in a post on x on sunday mr musk said: "the reform party needs a new leader. farage doesn't have what it takes." nigel farage has now responded, saying that musk�*s statement is a surprise — and that "elon is a remarkable individual but on this i am afraid i disagree." early the health secretary, wes streeting, accused elon musk of a "disgraceful smear" after he attacked labour over the grooming gangs scandal. the tech tycoon called the home office minister, jess philips, "a rape apologist" after she rejected a request for a national inquiry into child sexual exploitation in oldham. there have been past inquiries into the issue. here's our political correspondent, harry farley. come here. take over, elon, just take over. the richest man in the world and owner of the social media site x, elon musk will have a key role in donald trump's administration. but he's also supported nigel farage's reform uk par

its forces fanned out in three directions from their main base at sudzha.id russia is getting what it deserves. in recent weeks, moscow has been trying to squeeze the ukrainians out of kursk, with the support of north korean troops. i spoke with melinda haring — senior fellow at the atlantic council's eurasia centre for more on this. we know not that ukraine has launched what is a new offensive in the kursk region offensive in the kursk region of russia, how significant do you see that as being? it is aood to you see that as being? it is good to be _ you see that as being? it is good to be back, _ you see that as being? it is good to be back, so - you see that as being? it is good to be back, so i - you see that as being? it 3 good to be back, so i think that ukraine launching of another initiative in kursk is quite significant, timing is everything. donald trump is going to be president on general 20th, and that may limit ukraine's hand, so it is important for the ukrainians to show that they still have momentum and initiative, and thatis momentum and init