that dominates the conversation between the us and the uk. here was a lot of talk about the us being a real target for a us - uk the us being a real target for a us — uk trade deal. that has sort of got away now, hasn't it? you - uk trade deal. that has sort of got away now, hasn't it? you don't hear that mention _ got away now, hasn't it? you don't hear that mention much _ got away now, hasn't it? you don't hear that mention much anymore. | got away now, hasn't it? you don't - hear that mention much anymore. you are right absolutely. one of the big prizes post—brexit some people talked about was the idea of eight mega trade deal with the united states. it's never been something that president biden appears to be particularly enthusiastic or rushing towards as an idea. when rishi sunak came here quite recently for a visit in the white house and there were more red carpets but all that kind of pomp and ceremony they did announce a kind of more narrow sectoral working together, collaboration r&d type of deals with them i think rishi sunak wanted

let’s uproar amongst the ukrainian allies including the us and uk.— including the us and uk. ook at the relationship between - including the us and uk. let's look at the relationship between the - including the us and uk. let's look at the relationship between the uki at the relationship between the uk and the us ahead of the trip and in and the us ahead of the trip and in a statement yesterday rishi sunak said they are the most important trait, defence and diplomatic partner of the us, is that true? we always get the sense uk seems to be slightly more keen on stressing the special relationship perhaps in america? ~ ., , special relationship perhaps in america? ~ ., ., , america? when i was a boy growing up the only two — america? when i was a boy growing up the only two english _ america? when i was a boy growing up the only two english people _ america? when i was a boy growing up the only two english people my - the only two english people my parents knew about were the queen and benny hill! why do i mention that? historically you're absolutely right, the uk builds up this

the resident between the uk and the us. the president of _ between the uk and the us. president of the between the uk and the us. tte: president of the united between the uk and the us. "tte: president of the united states, joe biden. ,, , , joe biden. downing street sees the president's _ joe biden. downing street sees the president's visit _ joe biden. downing street sees the president's visit as - joe biden. downing street sees the president's visit as an - the president's visit as an opportunity to take stock of progress on the so—called atlantic declaration, ahead of his arrival, rishi sunak said the us was the uk's most important trade, defence and diplomatic partner and the alliance was part of the foundation of britain's strength and security. but that alliance is being tested on the issue of cluster bombs, which the us is applying to ukraine. the uk is one of many countries to have banned the weapons with the record of killing civilians. yesterday, the prime minister said the uk discouraged the use. minister said the uk discouraaed the use. , discouraged the us

ahead of that prime minister rishi sunak said that us and uk stand as two of the firmest allies in that we wait for official statements from both sides. let us speak to our political correspondent, rob watson. lots of issues that were being discussed. we do not know what the statements are at the moment. we do get the sense that ukraine is almost certainly going to dominate those talks. thatis talks. that is likely. for both united states and for the uk war in ukraine, the geopolitical consequence of it, the fallout, economic and security followed, they are massive issues for both sides, for both countries. and both of the us and the uk, this is the build—up to that summit that both leaders are going to in vilnius in lithuania, the nato summit. whatever differences and nuances of approach there are, both nato allies will be wanting to send a united message on russia. this is part of that choreography. we talked about some of the reported differences. let us first look at the us decision to said cluster munitions to ukraine. that comes amid some criticism. when you think of the fact that

thirdly, being frank, there is not a great deal to do when it comes to uk, us trade. huge barriers between the two had it comes to trade, it is already a huge trading partner of the uk. for those reasons, whilst we might hear some optimistic and warm words about the desire to do something in the future, we should not expect anything substantial, any breakthroughs on that. i don't think we should expect that, certainly for the rest of biden�*s administration, possibly beyond. the? the rest of biden's administration, possibly beyond-— the rest of biden's administration, possibly beyond. they have met at silicon valley _ possibly beyond. they have met at silicon valley in _ possibly beyond. they have met at silicon valley in prior— possibly beyond. they have met at silicon valley in prior meetings, i silicon valley in prior meetings, they have met all round the world, they have met all round the world, the two leaders. artificial intelligence seems to be a very key area of partnership between the two countries. talk of having a special summit later in the year to discuss

doctor norman, talked me through the us- uk - talked me through the us— uk politics because of course is a king, not the prime minister, the uk and us politics are very much front and centre of the visit and they are why he is here. that is true and joe biden warmly welcome — that is true and joe biden warmly welcome this invitation from king charles_ welcome this invitation from king charles to — welcome this invitation from king charles to meet today in person having _ charles to meet today in person having not — charles to meet today in person having not been at the coronation watch _ having not been at the coronation watch was — having not been at the coronation watch was not intended to be a snob but this_ watch was not intended to be a snob but this is— watch was not intended to be a snob but this is really a symbol of the relationship thatjoe but this is really a symbol of the relationship that joe biden sees as very strong between the us and uk and that— very strong between the us and uk and that was reiterated in his meeting _ and that was reiterated in his meeting with rishi

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let's move on to other news and here in the uk... usn visits the uk, holding talks at windsor castle with king charles. earlier, mr biden met prime minister rishi sunak in downing street , describing the us—uk relationship as "rock solid". both leaders are travelling to that nato summit tomorrow and we can now go to my colleague in windsor were king charles has been meeting joe biden. ., ~' ,, , . king charles has been meeting joe biden. . ~ , . , , biden. thank you very much, yes, windsor has _ biden. thank you very much, yes, windsor has hosted _ biden. thank you very much, yes, windsor has hosted many - biden. thank you very much, yes, windsor has hosted many head i biden. thank you very much, yes, windsor has hosted many head of| windsor has hosted many head of state and many us presidents and the king's late mother elizabeth ii famously met 13 us presidents and even the king himself met his first us president at the age of ten when president eisenhower came to visit the king's mother way back in bell moral but this meeting today al

the uk has used them in _ germany and canada. the uk has used them in the _ germany and canada. , in the gulf war, and it— them in the past, in the gulf war, and it is_ them in the past, in the gulf war, and it is only— them in the past, in the gulf war, and it is only fairly recently that they— and it is only fairly recently that they have — and it is only fairly recently that they have been banned by these 123 countries _ they have been banned by these 123 countries but the issue is notjust that they— countries but the issue is notjust that they leave the dud rate, the ones _ that they leave the dud rate, the ones that— that they leave the dud rate, the ones that do not explode, but they also disperse over a wide area and they are _ also disperse over a wide area and they are regarded, their use in total— they are regarded, their use in total is— they are regarded, their use in total is regarded by many human rights _ total is regarded by many human rights organisations as a war cry because — rights organisations as a war cry because are so indiscriminate and they are _ because

it's not good for wildlife are not good for us either, - uk. either, and - uk. it's not good for wildlife are | not good for us either, and many uk. it's not good for wildlife are - not good for us either, and many old people are dying early because of very high temperatures. and we are seeing records being smashed around the world. thejune temperature record hasjust the world. thejune temperature record has just been comprehensively smashed. it's a 0.9 degrees higher than the previous records in 1940 and 1976, some of us can remember the 76 summer the battle of britain summer and so on. these are really grim statistics, and you have built up grim statistics, and you have built up quite a few yourself. you have got canada burning so badly that it is closing down airports in new york, 1000 miles to the south so we have even seen smoke from the canadian first coming over to the uk. in the middle is is becoming virtually uninhabitable. it is 50 degrees at the moment. these are grim statistics, and it is adding into it really difficult nature crisi

he calls the us—uk relationship "rock solid".olice say further inquiries are taking place into whether a bbc presenter — alleged to have paid a teenager for explicit photos — committed a criminal offence. the kremlin says the wagner boss, yevgeny prigozhin, met vladimir putin five days after he led a failed mutiny. the un's weather agency says it is extremely worried about record high temperatures recorded around the world. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's gavin. hello from the bbc sport centre. let's bring you up to speed with wimbledon, as the tournament enters the second week. novak djokovic and daniil medvedev are through to the quarter finals, medvedev progressing by virtue of his opponent retiring. he was two sets up at the time. the women's champion elena rybkahina also through without needed to complete her match. chetan pathak is there for us. djokovic dropped one set, but looking in good shape to retain his title here. and potentially level that famous landmark set by roger federer. jaco

and yesterday, the prime minister said the uk discouraged their use. of cluster munitions and will continue to do our part to support ukraine against the illegal russian invasion. a sensitive subject and difference of opinion on the crucial issue of support for ukraine in response to the russian invasion. but there will be ceremony as well as substance to this visit. after talks with the prime minister in downing street, the president will meet the king at windsor castle. jonathan blake, bbc news. the united states' treasury secretary, janet yellen, is leaving china after a visit to try to strengthen economic ties, saying she believes the two countries can have a healthy relationship. while in china, ms yellen held 10 hours of talks with senior chinese officials — saying the meetings had put relations between the 2 countries on a "surerfooting" — after a long period of tensions over trade and other issues. here's ms yellen speaking at a press conference earlier. us and china have significant disagreements. those disagreements need to be communicated cle

uk, until quite recently used to post it was a on climate change. argets. will you tell the uk to move faster? we won�*t sit there and tell people things, i think that is the kind of diplomacy that doesn�*t work. i think that president biden looks forward to having conversations. i know that he will be meeting with the prime minister and i am sure that climate will be a critical component of that conversation. it has to be, if we don�*t do this, the disruption to all investment, the disruption to supply chains, the movement in migration of tens of millions of people, you have food production including in africa, for example. or the heat that we are now seeing in various parts of the world, people can�*t work outdoors in that kind of heat. we are seeing, already, in every aspect of life, it is now being affected by the climate crisis. again, i say this is not something where everybody has to go, oh, my god! i don�*t want to do this because it is scary as hell and because we are not going to live the way we did. no, we will have a better quality—of—lif

said he is focussing on opening shops in airports and train stations in the us and europe, rather than in its traditional ukng said that wh smith's biggest growth market is the us where it has captured about 12% of the retail market in airports. he spoke to our world service marketplace reporter, leanna byrne. we opened our first store at euston station in london, back at the beginning of the 19th century. so we've had stores in travel for 180 years, and one of the first ever airport stores was heathrow. and we had we had a store at heathrow airport back 85 years ago. and we've always sold products that people need for their travel journey. increasingly, we've branched out into selling all of the travel essentials that people need for their journey. so tech accessories products, products that make your hardware work, health and beauty, pain relief, as well as food to go. all of those products. about four years ago, we acquired a business in the us called inmotion, which sells tech accessories. and a year after that, we acquired another business in the us called nrg and they have a variety of brands. so in a

that with the recovery in the supply chain issues, we saw that in the developed economies like the us, uk been slowing down actually. producer prices as well. but the problem with the western world is prices generated by the strong labour market, generated by strong labour market, generated by strong wage growth figures, so the inflation story is helpful on the good side... while economists are worried about global recession and a slowing china economy, slower competence and weak business investment is just not helpful in the whole narrative. in march 2019, an aircraft with 157 people on board crashed minutes after take—off from the ethiopian capital addis ababa. the aircraft, a brand new boeing 737 max, was equipped with software that was fatally flawed. boeing has since admitted responsibility — but under a controversial $2.5 billion deal with the us government, it avoided prosecution. today, after years of delays, an inquest has opened into the deaths of three of the british citizens who were aboard the plane. for their relatives, it is a landmark moment. theo leggett reports. that was

and yesterday, the prime minister said the uk discouraged their use. s the use of cluster munitions and will continue to do our part to support ukraine against the illegal and unprovoked russian invasion. a sensitive subject and difference of opinion on the crucial issue of support for ukraine in response to the russian invasion. but there will be ceremony as well as substance to this visit. after talks with the prime minister in downing street, the president will meet the king at windsor castle. jonathan blake, bbc news. ukraine has welcomed home five army commanders who were being held in turkey, after a prisoner swap. the men were captured over a year ago, during the fierce and prolonged battle for control of the azovstal steel plant in mariupol. russia has condemed their return, saying it breaks the terms of a prisoner swap agreement. here's lee milner. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky welcoming home five commanders of ukraine's former garrison in mariupol at a ceremony in lviv. they were brought home by the president after a visit to turkey.

we start here in the uk where us presidentjoe biden has been welcomed by king charles at windsor castle. his brief visit to the uk comes ahead of a nato summit in lithuania tomorrow. earlier, he met prime minister rishi sunak at downing street, with the war in ukraine high on the agenda. during the meeting — the president described the us—uk relationship as �*rock solid' — with rishi sunak adding that the two countries were the �*firmest allies�*. both leaders are travelling to that nato summit tomorrow. but that meeting with the king is still on going at windsor — and my colleague maryam moshiri is there now. yes, the helicopter on marine one left windsor castle around about 30 minutes ago after what felt at least from what we were looking at a very relaxed and happy and warm meeting between the two men, as we saw earlier in pictures, they greeted each other quite warmly and that was followed by an inspection of the welsh guard and after that the two men entered into windsor castle and together they spent we believe a bit of time having afternoon tea or lunch and then discussing the su

the us and uk have disagreed in public over the decision to send american cluster bombs to ukraine. eslie vinjamuri, director of the us and americas programme at chatham house. thank you very much for being with us. what does president biden want to get out of this visit? i us. what does president biden want to get out of this visit?— to get out of this visit? i think it is very clear _ to get out of this visit? i think it is very clear that _ to get out of this visit? i think it is very clear that for _ to get out of this visit? i think it is very clear that for starters, i is very clear that for starters, really demonstrating the importance of this partnership, this alliance in the run—up to the nato summit, which will be a difficult summit because there are some very big issues on the table, which not all nato members are agreed. 0f issues on the table, which not all nato members are agreed. of course, we are thinking here about sweden's membership bid to be a full member of nato, which turkey has held up. and there is a very significant question about what terms and conditions wi

the uk in the us— not really know. kuwait. the uk in the us are — not really know. kuwait. for uk, 134 out of 157 for us. they are not so miserable, let's put it that _ they are not so miserable, let's put it that way — they are not so miserable, let's put it that way-— they are not so miserable, let's put it that way. jenny come over to you. i want to it that way. jenny come over to you. i want to talk— it that way. jenny come over to you. i want to talk about _ it that way. jenny come over to you. i want to talk about other _ it that way. jenny come over to you. i want to talk about other liberal - i want to talk about other liberal democrats are not miserable at all after the victory in the by election and despite ridiculous the tenth of and despite ridiculous the tenth of a pull fired a circus cannon which said get these clowns out of number ten and this is just one of many lipton victories stunts and dave knocked on a blue wall after the by election and the marked up a literal door to say it was time to show borisjohnson the door to celebrate a victory last year and i t

earlier, mr biden met prime minister rishi sunak in downing street — describing the us—uk relationship. for talks with king charles. earlier, mr biden met prime minister rishi sunak

at the same time, countries like the uk and the us and australia | like the uk and the us and australia, of course, hong kong. so are these people really safe in the likes of the us and uk, or is a a potential for them to be handed over? weill. for them to be handed over? well, the uk authorities _ for them to be handed over? well, the uk authorities and _ for them to be handed over? well, the uk authorities and even - for them to be handed over? -ii the uk authorities and even more so the uk authorities and even more so the american authorities, have given a repeated assurance that they are safe here. the problem with british policy is that it is not consistent. let me give you an example. during the short lived liz truss administration, it was decided to shut down the confucius institutes, which are chinese state—run bodies in british universities, in a great number of british universities incidentally. after the end of that brief premiership, the new foreign secretary, james cleverly, an that no we don't really want to do this. so i think the signal which is being given from britain

northern ireland has been a key bone of contention between the us and uk in the last year or so. has been very clear about his commitment to the good friday agreement, about his expectation that the uk will do everything that it can to secure the sanctity of that agreement and of that border, which is seen to be and is so critical for peace, between northern ireland and ireland. but i think that, you know, again, in recent months, president biden and prime minister sunak have both worked very hard, not only in real terms, but also symbolically, to demonstrate that they are moving past what has been... in the scheme of a very robust and very serious partnership, they're moving past what's been undoubtedly a very difficult period through the brexit years, through the transition, through the upheaval domestically here in the uk. in september and october. i think since we've seen several meetings — prime minister sunak travelling to san diego, the announcement of the aukus deal, the his recent visit to washington and the announcement of the atlantic declaration. and now it's a short t

and northern ireland has been a key bone of contention between the us and uk in the last year or so. think that president biden has been very clear about his commitment to the good friday agreement, about his expectation that the uk will do everything that it can to secure the sanctity of that agreement and of that border, which is seen to be and is so critical for peace between northern ireland and ireland. but i think that, you know, again, in recent months, president biden and prime minister sunak have both worked very hard, not only in real terms, but also symbolically, to demonstrate that they are moving past what has been... in the scheme of a very robust and very serious partnership, they're moving past what's been undoubtedly a very difficult period through the brexit years, through the transition, through the upheaval domestically here in the uk in september and october. since, we've seen several meetings — prime minister sunak travelling to san diego, the announcement of the aukus deal, his recent visit to washington and the announcement of the atlantic declaration. and now

the us ambassador to the uk. president— house is. the us ambassador to the uk. - house is. the us ambassador to the uk. president biden is - the uk. president biden is spending the night there and in the morning, he will head over to downing street to meet with rishi sunak. it will be the multiple times they have met, they will address a range of issues and cheaper than will be the war in ukraine. like he said again, there is a source of tension as a backdrop to this meeting because the us is sending these cluster munitions and fees munitions dropped multiple bombs on an area there is a risk that some of these bomblets do not detonate in their cold duds and there's a risk that later down the line, civilians may pick them up and more casualties will be cost. the uk is one of the 123 signatories to the convention which may supply or use these weapons, the us, the ukraine and russia are not, but the fact that the uss decided to send them raises some questions about the us moral authority when it comes to the war in ukraine whether many issues that the prime ministe

use of them. and it is notjust the uk _ that bans the use of them. was short of ammunition and that is why they made the decision. iterate ammunition and that is why they made the decision-— the decision. we talk about potential — the decision. we talk about potential differences, i the decision. we talk about i potential differences, another the decision. we talk about - potential differences, another one thatis potential differences, another one that is looming ahead of that nato summit is the question of whether and when ukraine should become a member of nato? whether join nato, if so, when that happens. russia would see that as a provocative move by uneasy nato, some governments are uneasy about it. that's will be on the agenda as well as a myriad of about it. that's will be on the agenda there las a myriad of about it. that's will be on the agenda there is is a myriad of about it. that's will be on the agenda there is no myriad of about it. that's will be on the agenda there is no shortagef about it. that's will be on the agenda there is no 5 le

one of them was associated with acute disagreement between the us and the uk over the transfer of the kiev regime of cluster munitions, but another highlighted the fact that the american president did not write english etiquette more about everything our own correspondent in the united kingdom alexander khabarov to the nato summit but for the british cabinet, the arrival of biden is an occasion to confirm its privileged position in the eyes of other partners in the alliance at the doorstep the residence of the prime minister of great britain this morning a red carpet appeared, a battered rug before coming to visit and decided to place it to inspect the results of the preparation, the code came out to lara, but so that he would not get in the way, he was soon hidden back out the door. the president of the united states is no stranger to having dust blown off in front of him, although this time the closest nato allies publicly disagreed on at least one issue. cluster bombs. he said that britain had signed and would abide by the convention on the non-use of such ammunition in london , th

the president described the us—uk relationship as �*rock solid' — with rishi sunak adding that the two security adviser. he says... well, i think it was a signal of a reaffirmation, if you like, of the transatlantic relationship in advance of the nato summit in vilnius, which both leaders are obviously on their way to this evening. it's true, they've had a lot of meetings, but this was the first meeting actually in downing street. and so it was the first chance for rishi sunak to host president biden in downing street. and therefore, it was symbolically important. but in terms of the substance, i'm sure the talks would have been dominated by the forthcoming nato's summit. ukraine. how much support can the west give to ukraine and tackling some of the tricky issues and divisions between nato's allies towards the conflict in ukraine. and you're quite right. we did hearfrom a spokesman for the prime minister who said that the prime minister and president biden discussed the decision by the us to supply controversial cluster bombs to ukraine. i mean, that is an instance in which the two co

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us and uk and very fully on the same .tae, ., ~' us and uk and very fully on the same “ae- ., " , ., ge of her life. across the net, the defending champion, elena rybakina. but if boulter was nervous... ..well, at first, she didn't show it. rybakina isn't the world number three for nothing, though, and it wasn't long before she seized the initiative. she raced to the first set, 6—1. umpire: game, and first set. boulter�*s uphill task now even steeper. amid the struggle, there were moments to smile about. commentator: that is it! a beaming boulter showing what she can do. but it wasn't nearly enough as rybakina wrapped up an emphatic victory. all over in just 57 minutes, rybakina showing her title credentials on a day when the gulf in class was all too clear. disappointment then for katie boulter, but also, for the home fans. with more than a week still to go here, britain's hope in the men's and women's singles are already over. andy swiss, bbc news, wimbledon. well, despite losing in straight sets, boulter said there were a lot of positives to take out of her performance and her wimb

artillery shells, and south korea has been facing growing pressure from its main allies in the us and in the ukstart providing lethal aid to ukraine. but, interestingly, neither president zelensky nor his south korean counterpart mentioned about lethal aid today at all. they spoke about economic assistance, about humanitarian aid, but nothing about weapons or ammunition. president of south korea spoke about the military aid, but only in the context of providing helmets and body armour. he also mentioned about de—mining equipment that south korea provided in the past, and he said that he hopes his country would provide even more of such aid in the future. but state policy of south korea prohibits providing any military aid to a state that is at war. so south korea is unwilling to break this rule because it could antagonize russia as well, which has a serious influence on its neighbour in north korea. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has been telling us about the significance of a visit to kyiv from an asian leader. we don't often see them there, we — the president of indonesia went t

the uk figure is higher than it is in europe and the us in the uk is by no means are self—sufficientb of cutting their electricity needs and sourcing alternative products to those delivered by natural gas. bank of england still a dilemma and i think there�*s an expectation of another increase in the uk right now and the fact the bank of england may have to go further than its european and american cousinsjust further than its european and american cousins just because of the inflation figures so much further target. inflation figures so much further tar: et. ., inflation figures so much further taruet. ., 1, ~ ., ., target. the former bank of england governor, though, _ target. the former bank of england governor, though, warning - target. the former bank of england | governor, though, warning recently of the risks of going to harden the likelihood of the session. is that particularly pronounced in the uk? i think it applies to europe and the us in the uk equally and for all of the optimism that financial markets are showing right now, if you look at america and its enormous debt pil

it was that tape that led us authorities _ uk government... es to - uk government... it was that tape that led us authorities to launch . that led us authorities to launch criminal prosecutions, and injune 2012, regulators fined barclays a record amount for rigging interest rates. their boss, bob diamond, was forced to resign. evidence leaked out that the bank of england had been involved. so, the bank of england appeared to be encouraging barclays for doing the very thing that it was punished for. but mps were told it was all a misunderstanding. bob diamond blamed traders and the bank of england denied any knowledge of manipulation. the crucial tape that led to the prosecutions in the first place was covered up. no one told parliament about it. in 2015, tom hayes became the first trader to be prosecuted for manipulating libor. in the middle of his trial, then bank of england governor mark carney gave a speech calling for tougher sentences for rogue traders. a few weeks later the judge sentenced tom hayes to 1a years. he was incarcerated for fi

russia has been using the weapons since the start of the war. prime minister rishi sunak said the uk was a signatory to a convention which prohibits the production or use of cluster munitions and discourages their use. but added the uk would continue to play its part in supporting ukraine. our washington correspondent jessica parker has been about president biden�*s reasons for sending the cluster bombs. president biden has been talking about this in an interview with cnn. what he, basically, said is that he has been thinking about this for some time, he describes it as a difficult decision, but he gives two main reasons for deciding to send these cluster munitions to ukraine. he says firstly, that russia is continuing to brutally attack ukraine, including with cluster bombs. and secondly, and this seems to be a crucial element, that kyiv is running out of its standard ammunition, it is firing off thousands of rounds every day, both for defence and the counter offensive. this is being described by the white house as a transitional measure. they will send these cluster bombs while pro

us through that. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.s thousands of visitors flock to the county. it often means health care services are put under extreme pressure. as the summer holiday start, the nhs is hoping people can help them by notjust turning up here, unless there is an urgent need. turning up here, unless there is an urgent need-— turning up here, unless there is an urgent need. what we want to do is help people — urgent need. what we want to do is help people get _ urgent need. what we want to do is help people get to _ urgent need. what we want to do is help people get to the _ urgent need. what we want to do is help people get to the right - urgent need. what we want to do is help people get to the right place i help people get to the right place and seen in a timely fashion. that is really important to us in the emergency department because we want to be able to treat people who have emergency conditions in a really timely way. emergency conditions in a really timely way-— emergency conditions in a really timel wa. . ., .,

in the us uk and others declared to zelensky with reinforced concrete we will support you, we will armney as much as necessary , we will never leave, and then zelensky’s wings appeared, he flew. what's going on? now he finally understood that he would not win this war, that this counter nastur would not end with anything for him, except for the death of thousands and thousands of people, and he gradually gradually began to make claims to them, apparently in the form of money and new weapons two employees died in yekaterinburg ozon companies that had previously been identified meningococcal infection reported by the regional ministry of health infected a total of seven people. all of them are employees of the distribution center of the online store on the territory of the logopark. koltsovsky as noted in rospotrebnadzor, despite the outbreak of infection for recipients, no risk parcels, bacteria, meningococcus, for a long time, do not survive on the surface. all employees of the azone warehouse, as well as employees of providing organizations - these are security companies - this is a c

there was some controversy that the us is sending ukraine cluster bombs. 128 countries, including the uking charles in the past as prince charles perhaps would have become involved in some discussion such as these, but how did things change now that he is king? how different will this meeting we now with president biden? i different will this meeting we now with president biden?— with president biden? i think he have to tread _ with president biden? i think he have to tread carefully - with president biden? i think he. have to tread carefully differently now. _ have to tread carefully differently now. but — have to tread carefully differently now, but he was a prince for a very long _ now, but he was a prince for a very long time — now, but he was a prince for a very long time i— now, but he was a prince for a very long time. i don't think they will long time. idon't think they will privately— long time. i don't think they will privately steer away from the politics _ privately steer away from the politics. it is like the weekly audience _ politics. it is like the weekly audience that th

we do expect and what our forecast now assumes is a big surge in gas supplies coming into the uk from the usatar, which would mean that there's a danger that we do get stuck with gas dependency as prices come back down. as uk investment dips, the us is transforming its energy industrial infrastructure as part of what the president calls bidenomics, investing hundreds of billions of dollars in its inflation reduction act, a bill designed to promote the green economy for american—made eco—friendly products, like electric cars. and yet at the same time the usa, as the 0br points out, has become the key supplier of gas to europe, after the russian invasion of ukraine. the largest oil and gas producer country in the world is saying, "we're getting off it, we're moving into this direction." of course we're going to keep the economy moving and where there is demand that is necessary to keep economies moving and not have people freezing or out ofjobs, have economies suddenly crunched, we are supplying gas to make up for what was lost from russia. but we want the transition to take place and the tran

he says the us and the uk are not on amazon service for weapons says the us and the uk are not on icountry service for weapons says the us and the uk are not on icountry .ervice for weapons says the us and the uk are not on icountry . butze for weapons says the us and the uk are not on icountry . but the r weapons says the us and the uk are not on icountry . but the primeons the country. but the prime minister says president zelenskyy has expressed of gratitude on a number of occasions. president zelenskyy reiterated he is thankful for all the help and he understands that being part of nato is not possible just yet . possible just yet. >> i believe that we will be in nato when the security situation will be stabilised and that means in when in the war will be finished, ukraine will definitely be invited to nato , definitely be invited to nato, and ukraine will definitely become a member nation to the alliance . alliance. >> i haven't heard any other opinion today. >> i haven't heard any other opinion today . for me, it was opinion today. for me, it was important that the nato declaration c

uk. so in terms of the special relation ship, there seems to be an underlying tone from the us that the ukot the close and important ally that other presidents have wanted . presidents have wanted. >> i don't think that is the case and let's be honest about joe biden . it will be as much joe biden. it will be as much about the people who are around him as it is himself and how they see the importance of doing business with the european union rather than doing it with an individual country like the united kingdom. and that's what they've priority list in this instance, isn't it .7 and all that instance, isn't it.7 and all that stems, i think, from the brexit, the failure to get brexit done and then to deliver on brexit because we've had continual turmoil at the centre of government, but the centre of your government nato well, the king's government, not mine, to give it to me, but nato has always been separate from the european union . european union. >> the european union has had member states that have been neutral and so on. nato has really benefited and been strengthened in its unity in

thank you for dropping by for a cup of strong english tea on downing street, biden said us-uk relations rock but it seems that such statements are needed in order to hide from the public the differences between the partners. after all, london opposes the use of cluster munitions that the united states plans to supply to ukraine. the uk has signed a convention that prohibits the production or use of cluster munitions and should they be used , we will continue to contribute to support ukraine in the fight against the russian invasion by providing heavy battle tanks and long-range weapons. and hoping all countries will be able to continue to support ukraine, according to experts , the contradictions between london and washington became the reason for biden's refusal to support the candidacy of the british minister of defense, who claimed the post of nato secretary general. ben wallace, the american president wants to see the head of the european commission, ursula von deryang, who is much less experienced in military affairs, in this place. but more convenient for the united states, many b

in the gulf war, and three weeks the us and uk i civilians. 00,000 submunitions the real problem with them is that they are hard to disarm apart from detonating them. obviously that is slightly different from a normal mind where you can remove the fuse and that renders a taste of these are actually very difficult to defuse. probably will just have to set the ball. i think it is a fair point, where russian minds go, even if i there were areas around where the russians were in the 80s and to the state there are areas that you just do not go to because they are so heavily minds. on top of that topsoil tends to shift and bosnia has this problem, yesterday made maps back in the day on work maps were relayed but topsoil shifts in there for the minds. so the mining is an incredibly challenging and difficult thing and there are potentially arguably using cluster munitions will make thatjob even harder. mas will make that 'ob even harder. was talk about the — will make thatjob even harder. was talk about the conflict as i made the point at the top that

these long—term commitments from the us, uk, and otherfrom the g7, is in support for the ukraine.te for nato membership. that is a message to president zelensky as much as anyone else. reassuring zelensky and ensuring vladimir pretend that ukraine's feature is a nato, as a nato member. because nato have not given a timeline, they will effectively step down as a g7. there is a long—term commitment to support ukraine before that. they were all on stage, the g7 leaders, within the last hours, and we heard us presidentjoe biden. last hours, and we heard us president joe biden.- last hours, and we heard us president joe biden. today the members of — president joe biden. today the members of the _ president joe biden. today the members of the g7 _ president joe biden. today the members of the g7 supports . president joe biden. today the members of the g7 supports a | members of the g7 supports a declaration for the... a process by which each of our nations, and any nation which wished to participate... we are going to help ukraine build a strong, capable across land, airand ukraine buil

2 m in wingspan, so the ukrainian president should be about 2.5 m tall. journalists, including the us ukar, what was the focus of anastasia sakhovskaya's story? west never admitted his mistakes and now does not recognize the obvious that the kiev regime sponsored by them is already using openly terrorist methods , the us comedy policy needs to be balanced with other world poles and the transition to multipolarity. there is no stopping 19 journalists from eight countries from direct dialogue at the round table, by the way, it was in this hall that the final meetings of the normandy four were held in 2015 and the minsk agreements on the settlement of the conflict in ukraine were finalized right here and today. also there was a lot about ukraine zelensky is still trying to drag nato into the conflict. although it is clear to her husband that russia cannot be defeated, the united states is primarily supported by their thoughtless e-satellites. in the united states, great britain and others told zelensky with reinforced concrete we will support you, we will arm you, we will give you as much m

it was initally made up of 12 countries including the us uk canada and france. since then, the membership has grown to 31 with finland the very latest to join. the central principle of nato, is its commitment to collective defence. under article 5 of the treaty, all member countries agree to help each other, if one of them is attacked. and it's that commitment which makes many countries wary about allowing ukraine to join. let's cross live to my colleague lewis vaughanjones in vilnius. over lewis vaughanjones in vilnius. to you. over lewis vau:han jones in vilnius. to ou. ., , plenty of warm words and support for ukraine in the last couple of hours, or updates like denmark, training f-165, or updates like denmark, training f—16s, fighterjets, ukrainian f—16s, fighter jets, ukrainian pilots f—16s, fighterjets, ukrainian pilots in august and the packages of military support from germany and france sending long—range missiles. and practical military support for ukraine and plenty of warm words about ukraine at some point becoming about ukraine at some point becomin

d0 between the uk and the us are rock solid. ~' ., between the uk and the us are rock solid. ~ ., .,ussed? _ solid. do we know what was discussed? i— solid. do we know what was discussed? i would - solid. do we know what was discussed? i would not - solid. do we know what was l discussed? i would not expect solid. do we know what was - discussed? i would not expect much of substance, no big announcements to come out of today. they did discuss things like economic cooperation and, of course, the war in ukraine. 0n cooperation and, of course, the war in ukraine. on that latter point of the war in ukraine, the president is en route to lithuania. he stopped off in london. what happens next with ukraine is going to be a key talking point. what is the reaction to the us decision to send those cluster bombs to kyiv? i have to tell you, number10, there cluster bombs to kyiv? i have to tell you, number 10, there is some discomfort at that. the prime minister said he would discourage the ukrainians from using them. then the ukrainians from using them. then the question of when ukraine might be

i think where the uk is compared to the where us - as well? where the uk is compared to the where us is i as well? i think where the uk is i compared to the where us is very different. the direction of inflation rates we've seen prices starting to moderate. it is getting closer to that 2% target that the federal reserve has built up look at what's happening in the united kingdom, the them flashing picture is still dominant prices remain elevated. you keep hearing from the bank of england that they've got more work to do on that front. interestingly enough we've heard yesterday from the international monetary fund, one of the key messages they had was things were looking betterfor messages they had was things were looking better for global growth but the big caveat was central banks around the world still had to be vigilant and continue fighting, getting inflation under control. miles taylor, as michelle suggests you are closer to the 2% that we're here in question that we have is whetherjerome powell can maintain whether jerome powell can maint

we have seen that here in the uk but also in the us— seen that here in the uk but also in the us and uk but also in the us and in china. now we're seeing— the us and in china. now we're seeing them impacts over the summer and the _ seeing them impacts over the summer and the last— seeing them impacts over the summer and the last year, countries want to accelerate _ and the last year, countries want to accelerate that. the biggest live in that our— accelerate that. the biggest live in that our construction, and making sure we _ that our construction, and making sure we have the resources and minerals — sure we have the resources and minerals available. there are a number— minerals available. there are a numberof— minerals available. there are a number of policies that can be put in place _ number of policies that can be put in place to— number of policies that can be put in place to make sure that that process — in place to make sure that that process is— in place to make sure that that process is accelerated, whether that is unlocking more funding, making the planning rules and regula