The United States and ukraines other allies are, quote, Directly At War with moscow. Lavrov also blamed the collapse of the black sea grain deal on ukraine. He further criticized kyiv� s peace plan as, not feasible or realistic. Heres mr lavrov addressing the Un General Assembly on saturday. Translation the collective west has a calling card and its long been to reject the principle of equality and their Total Inability to reach agreement. Being used to looking down at the rest of the world, americans and europeans make all sorts of promises and they take on commitments, written ones and legally binding ones, and then they just dont fulfil them. As President Putin pointed out, the west is one that is truly an empire of lies. Russia, like many countries, knows about this first hand. My colleague Samantha Simmons spoke earlier to phillips obrien, professor of strategic studies at st andrews university. He said there was a lot missing from mr lavrov� s address. You cannot mention the ukraine war. It is a speech that comes from the Point Of View of weakness but he did not even mention the it was a speech that you would say really comes from the Point Of View of weakness on ukraine, that he couldnt even mention the ukraine war, that there was no discussion of russias right to invade ukraine, of russias annexation of ukraine, the parts of ukraine. So, in that sense, it was really running away from the story of the moment which is the fact that the russian army is an ukraine and fighting a huge war. So i think we have to say it is expected but it is not a speech of strength. He also said that ukraine peace formula was completely not feasible, what do you mean by that . President Zelensky Sing The Rich would have to leave every inch of ukraine for peace to be declared . To be declared . That is exactly riuht. To be declared . That is exactly right. Ukrainian to be declared . That is exactly right. Ukrainian position to be declared . 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They do not release figures on those killed and injured with the bbc has been given access to major hospitals or doctors say they have treated more than 20,000 soldiers since russias invasion. 0rla guerin reports. My my neck each one is numbered in each twin husband, a father or a son. This is the pain of a generation and staff you treat 50 1200 new casualties every day. Another badly Wounded Soldiers just been brought in and he is in his 20s and when of his legs have already been amputated. This is where you can see the cost of the war, the cost for soldiers, the cost for ukraine and there is no let up. The casualties keep coming. 38 and days before, lost both his legs. 38 and days before, lost both his lens. ,. , his legs. The inuries are very severe. I am his legs. The injuries are very severe. I am very his legs. The injuries are very severe. I am very glad his legs. The injuries are very severe. I am very glad that i his legs. The injuries are very| severe. I am very glad that he survived. This was caused by a mine explosion. Unfortunately, his friends are no longer alive. ~. , alive. War is frightening he sa s. Alive. War is frightening he says only alive. War is frightening he says only a alive. War is frightening he says. Only a fool alive. War is frightening he says. Only a fool would alive. War is frightening he j says. Only a fool would not alive. War is frightening he i says. Only a fool would not be scared. What more can i say, bullets whistle, minds explode. More than 20,000 injured soldiers have passed through these doors and europes war. A Conveyor Belt of broken bodies. Even when the fighting is over, for many, the battle will last a lifetime. The us secretary of state, antony blinken, says he is � deeply concerned for the safety of Ethnic Armenians in nagorno karabakh, four days after azerbaijan took control over the long disputed territory. The state Department Says mr blinken made the remarks in a conversation with armenias Prime Minister held in the past few hours. The region is internationally recognized as part of azerbaijan but its population is mostly Ethnic Armenians, who ruled it as a Breakaway Republic earlier this week, an Azerbaijani Military operation routed the Ethnic Armenian separatists, and azerbaijan has begun taking full control of the region. Now, Tens Of Thousands of armenians have sought refuge in the main city, stepanakert many of them gathering at the airport. They are coping with dwindling food, medicine and fuel supplies. The red cross has managed to deliver seventy tonnes of aid for the First Time Since hostilities ended. The organisations spokesperson, jason straziuso, said the shipments contained basic staples like wheat. That is an indication of how dire the situation is. Not enough food, not of medical supplies in the convoy that we sendin supplies in the convoy that we send in today to drop off some medical supplies and it also dropped off body bags, not so pleasant to think about it but an important aspect of this is the dignified management of the dead. Earlier on saturday, Azerbaijani Forces showed off weapons captured from Ethnic Armenian forces. Local officials said the terms of a ceasefire were now being implemented, including evacuating the wounded. But later the truce was apparently violated, with an azeri soldier wounded in an exchange of fire. In new york, azerbaijans foreign minister Jeyhun Bayramov told the Un General Assembly that baku was determined to, quote, reintegrate Karabakh Armenians as equal citizens. But his armenian counterpart demanded the un establish a mission in the region to prevent further killings of Ethnic Armenians. The bbc� s 0lga ivshina is one of the first journalists to have reached the region since this weeks hostilities began. She filed this report. Is the first time theyve been around since responsibilities, we are currently in the current key part of the area. 0verlooking several strategic routes. The conflict between azerbaijan and armenia has taken Tens Of Thousands of lives. So, the question everyone is asking now, with the latest Cease Fire Hold . Azerbaijan militaries told us that are currently in control of the city down there which the consider their capital. So, it is very important. But azerbaijan is provided no details, no evidence and strict guidance on where we are allowed to go. What happens to the armenians who lived here for several decades and an officialjust for several decades and an official just told for several decades and an officialjust told me that there will only target on the rebels and provide security for the civilians. We rebels and provide security for the civilians. The civilians. We are currently doinu the civilians. We are currently doing my the civilians. We are currently doing my cleaning the civilians. We are currently doing my cleaning and doing my cleaning and establishing camps and in these camps establishing camps and in these camps we can provide food, water, camps we can provide food, water, electricity and also heating water, electricity and also heating up to 1000 more people in each heating up to 1000 more people in each camp. Heating up to 1000 more people in each camp in each camp. There is a lot of mistrust in each camp. There is a lot of mistrust on in each camp. There is a lot of mistrust on both in each camp. There is a lot of mistrust on both sides, in each camp. There is a lot of mistrust on both sides, this i in each camp. There is a lot of mistrust on both sides, this is| mistrust on both sides, this is now defective. Now defacto. Turning to sudan now. The head of the army claims hes ready to talk peace with the rebel commander whom he is battling for control of the country. The brutal civil war has left more than 5,000 people dead according to the un, with five million displaced. General Abdel Fattah Al burhan, of the Sudanese Armed forces, has told the bbc hes prepared in principle to sit down with Mohamed Hamdan dagalo, leader of the of the rebel Rapid Support forces. 0ur Diplomatic CorrespondentJames Landale reports from new york. Since april, sudan has been gripped by fighting. The army and rebel forces locked in a bitter struggle for power. Thousands have died, millions displaced. At the heart of the conflict is this man, general Abdel Fattah Al burhan, leader of the Sudanese Armed forces who seized power two years ago. His enemy, Mohammed Hamdan dagalo, also known as hemmati, leader of the so called Rapid Support forces, a group accused of horrific war crimes. General, how did you do . I met general al burhan in new york, where he had addressed the United Nations and he claimed he was ready to consider a cease fire. Are you prepared to sit down and talk with the leader, hemmati . Absolutely. Whenever he commits to what we agreed injeddah, we will sit to resolve this problem. At those talks injeddah, in saudi arabia during the summer. Both sides agreed to protect civilians, something both sides have failed to do. The Sudanese Armed forces have been accused by the un and charities of Targeting Civilians with indiscriminate air strikes on residential parts of khartoum. Why are the civilian casualties so high . Why are your forces deliberately Targeting Civilians . This is not correct. They are fabrications of some stories by the rebel forces. They bomb civilians and film it as if it was the armed forces. We are professional forces. We walk with precision and select our targets in areas where only the enemy is present. Is the future of south sudan a failed state like somalia or a divided state like libya . Well, sudan, the sudan will remain united. The sudan, because of its sons, will remain a state intact, not a failure state. But right now, it looks like one with a humanitarian crisis and millions fleeing their homes, many into neighboring countries, prompting fears the fighting could spread. James landale, bbc news, new york. Haitis Prime Minister, ariel henry has called for urgent United Nations action to bring stability to his country. He says the Security Situation has led to a new humanitarian crisis displacing thousands of people. Mr henry said kidnappings for ransom, arson, massacres, sexual violence, and people trafficking are all on the rise since violent gangs took control. He told the General Assembly the Security Council must act to authorise an international force, to help haitis overstretched police and military subdue rampant armed gangs. The countrys stability has deteriorated, as its largest economic driver, agriculture production, slowed due to natural disasters like the devastating earthquake in 2010. Those have led to illnesses, such as cholera, spreading on a mass scale. Meanwhile, political corruption has made it nearly impossible for the Prime Minister to manage the chaos. The un says more than 2 thousand people have been killed in haiti since the start of this year. While the Biden Administration said they will not be sending troops to haiti, they will continue to offer financial and humanitarian support. Us secretary of state, antony blinken, promised a further sixty five Million Dollars to help haitis police, and he prompted the council to sanction the deployment. He said there was no time to lose. Washington says twelve countries have pledged to join the force, which kenya is offering to lead. Secretary blinken spoke of additional measures the us is taking to support haiti. Today, were taking steps to impose additional Visa Restrictions on current and former haitian officials who are enabling the violence. And with that step, we have designated more than 50 individuals. A leading activist in chinas Metoo Movement has gone on trialfor subversion. Journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin appeared in court in the Southern City of guangzhou on friday with her co accused, labour campaigner wang jianbing. Ms huang, a freelance journalist, sparked the first metoo case in 2018 after she helped a Graduate Student Go Public with accusations against her phd supervisor. The two were detained in 2021 as part of chinas wide crackdown on activists. The bbc� s Sarah Campbell spoke to elaine pearson, whos a writer and human rights activist, and an asia director of human rights watch. So, this was a trial that is two years in the making. These two activists were very prominent in the Metoo Movement. They were picked up two years ago, as you said, on charges of subversion. We know very little, actually, about the trial because the evidence has been kept secret. We do know that they didnt have access to lawyers of their own choosing. We know that over the past two years, theyve been kept pretty much in isolation. Family members have not been able to visit them. Diplomats from the uk, the us and a number of European Union countries tried to go but were blocked by the police. And you know, this really represents the types of trials that happen on National Security charges in china today. They are held in secrecy. There is absolutely no due process and there will certainly no verdict today. Can you tell us a little bit more, first of all, about how seating, what what what she was doing . She was a journalist and now being held on subversion charges. Well, thats right. Sophia huang, she was a journalist. She reported and actually was detained previously after her reporting about the hong kong protests. She became a lot more prominent in the womens rights movement. She did a survey actually looking at Sexual Harassment and sexual abuse of women in the media in china, and as a result of that, became a very prominent womens rights spokesperson on the eve of the day that she was picked up, she was actually about to go to the uk. She was about to start her masters. She got a very prestigious chevening scholarship and was about to start at the university of sussex. But sadly, Police Detained her on on the eve of her departure, and that was two years ago now. That was two years ago and one him that was two years ago and the other . Well, he is a Labour Rights activist. Hes worked for ngos on disabilities, on Occupational Health issues. The two of them were friends and that is why they were picked up together. They sometimes held weekly meetings, talking a bit about the shrinking civil space for civil society. He was also a prominent metoo campaigner. And i think, you know, at a time when other activists are being lauded for their role in the Metoo Movement in other countries in china, such bravery actually lands you in prison. So, i think this really tells you about the state of Human Rights Defenders in china today and just the very fierce repression that they face on a daily basis. And elaine, how difficult is it to find out . I mean, you said that its very difficult to find out what happened in court today. How difficult is it from a Human Rights Perspective to keep across whats happening to them . Its incredibly difficult, largely because when people are arrested and detained, they were initially held in a black site. Sometimes information is able to be passed from other prisoners whove had contact with them. But these are people who are very isolated in the prison system, and its getting harder and harder forjournalists to report on whats happening in china today, which is why the work of brave chinese journalists really needs to be appreciated because they are doing this work despite the risks to their own safety and their own freedom. For the past year, italy has had the most right wing government since world war ii. Now its planning to criminalise people who travel abroad to have children via surrogacy, which is already banned at home. While the majority of italians who seek surrogacy abroad are believed to be heterosexual, many same sex parents fear the new law is targeting Lgbt Families, by making it harder for them to have children. A recent ipsos poll shows that 45 of italians oppose the idea of surrogacy, but 45 were also in favour of granting legal recognition for children born via surrogacy. 0ur Correspondent Sofia Bettiza has this report. Applause. Since Georgia Meloni swept to power as italys first female Prime Minister, Lgbt Families have felt under attack. A few months ago, the government ordered City Councils to stop the registration of most children with same sex parents. This has left hundreds of children in legal limbo, like mauro and mauricios twins. They were born in america through surrogacy when a woman carries a pregnancy for another couple. Something happened and we have to go to the hospital. We legally, we cannot take decision for them. We should call a judge. Under the eye of italian law we have no relationships whatsoever with these children now. The ideological battle of the government is actually damaging the children. And now, the Italian Government is planning to make Surrogacy A Universal Crime. That means that couples who go abroad to countries where it is legal could face a 1 euro million fine and up to two years in jail. So, what is a universal crime . Its a crime so serious that its prosecuted even if committed abroad, but that is normally human trafficking, paedophilia or war crimes. It feels odd that surrogacy, which is legal in many countries, would fall under this category. I asked the mp who designed the bill if this is an attack on the Lgbt Community. The bill if this is an Attack Translation absolutely false. The bill if this is an attack most people who use surrogacy are heterosexual. This is a law that protects women from being exploited. We are not discriminating against children. This bill only targets the parents who commission a baby. Were on our way to meet two men who are expecting a baby through a surrogacy. They are really scared of what could happen to them and their baby. And so theyve asked us not to reveal their identities. They might be forced to leave italy for a more gay friendly country. Im afraid that our child wont have his parentsl because their parents are ihiait so do you feel like you are having to seek political asylum . Yes, i do. Im feeling like we have to be. To be ready to escape as quick as possible. I the Lgbt Community is fighting back. Chanting but the proposal to make Surrogacy A Universal Crime is likely to become law, chipping away at the already fragile status of italys same sex families. Sofia bettiza, bbc news, italy. Lets take a look at some other stories making headlines. Tropical storm 0phelia is bringing heavy rain, storm surges and winds up and down the east coast of the u s. The storm made landfall in North Carolina saturday morning and is now working its way north. The main concerns are Power Outages and flooding. Tensions erupted in paris during a protest against French Police tactics. Protestors broke away from the main march, smashing the windows of a bank and, according to officials, attacking a police car. The interior minister, gerald darmanin, said the police had been subjected to unacceptable violence. The action comes just under three months since a Police Officer shot and killed a young man at a traffic stop. Hundreds of people turned out in england to welcome back a couple whove spent six years sailing around the world. After Matt Humphreys lost his job, he and Amy Cartwright sold everything and set off on their epicjourney. Theyve been battered by storms, and almost gave up. But they stuck at it and Duncan Kennedy saw them arrive back in portsmouth. Sun, sea and a sailing epic. Matt humphries and Amy Cartwright home after six years. Applause and cheering hundreds of people came to witness the couples elation. Can you believe how many people are here . Cheering thank you, guys. How would you summarise the last six years . The best way to summarise it, i want to turn around and go again. The atlantic was their first big test when they left in 2016. Last night we broke the boom which is pretty major. Before this, they had only sailed inshore. Merry christmas now, across vast oceans, every occasion. Whoa and every experience has filled their lives. Look at this whopper they did it after matt lost his job, selling everything. Enduring rough seas. Isolation on this tiny island because of covid. But seeing a World Of Culture on the way. Its a very simple life on a boat. I i think that has been. One of the best things. Yeah. If you are prepared to abandon Everything Else and put everything into going for that dream, it is unbelievable what is actually possible. Two intrepid explorers who turned adversity into adventure. Duncan kennedy, bbc news. Washington, dc� s national zoo is preparing to say farewell to three of its most popular celebrities giant pandas tian tian, mei xiang and xiao qiji will be feted at a nine day Panda Palooza starting this saturday through 0ctober1st. The party will celebrate dc� s famous furry residents before they return to china as part of the zoos agreement with the china wildlife conservation. The departure will leave the us capitol panda less for the First Time Since 1999. The zoo has worked with china to house pandas since 1972. The giant pandas are expected to leave for china no later than december 7th. Stay with us here on bbc news. Hello. The weather in the North Atlantic is becoming a lot more turbulent. Thejet stream is increasing in strength and the weather will be turning more and more unsettled in the coming days, in fact, rest of the weekend. For some of us, its going to be a real mixed bag with spells of wind and Rain Sweeping across the country. Heres one such Weather Front thats sweeping across the uk right now. Its bringing outbreaks of rain almost anywhere. It wont be raining all the time. You can see sort of these distinct clumps of Rain Crossing the country, but with that also strengthening winds. And they are coming in from the southwest. Actually, remnants of an old hurricane here. So temperatures early in the morning, 16 in plymouth, even about 1a or 15 there in the lowlands of scotland. And it is a large area of low pressure ahead of it. The winds are coming in from the southwest. So a relatively warm direction. And these Weather Fronts will be brushing the uk all through the day on sunday. But it is not a coherent area of rain. In fact, pulses of Rain Sweeping across the country could be wet for a time in the morning. Then the sun will come out. Then the winds will strengthen again. And then towards the second half of the afternoon, i think thats when well see the really heavy rain and Gale Force Winds around western parts of the uk. But all the while i think in central and eastern parts of the uk its not bad at all. Warm by day and actually the evening is not looking bad at all either. But this is 7 00. Look at that heavy Rain Sweeping across western parts of the uk. The wind rose as theyre showing gusts of wind in some places, 50, 60, maybe even approaching 70 miles an hour around scottish coasts. And then that Weather Front sweeps across the uk monday and behind it i think its going to be quite a strong west south westerly wind. Itll bring showers to scotland, but elsewhere i think a pretty decent day and quite warm highs, approaching 20 degrees widely across england, high teens there in scotland and northern ireland. And then midweek were watching a particularly potentially particularly nasty low coming our way, could bring severe gales, perhaps even stormy conditions around some coasts. So i think the time when thats going to happen will be around about wednesday. So if youre travelling this week, especially middle parts of the week, keep track of the weather. I think well firm up the forecast sometime late sunday and into monday. Bye bye. This is bbc news. Well have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. Hello, everybody. A very warm welcome to this Special Edition of talking business weekly. With me, aaron hazelhurst, coming to you from long beach, california. Lets go and take a look at whats on the show. A flight full of dollars. Thats right. The Airline Industry is on course to return to profit this year after the turbulence of covid. So were going to find out how theyre investing that cash in the next leg of our journeys. Holy cow. From Virtual Reality to robot wheelchairs, were here at the Airline Passenger experience expo to find out what airlines are doing with the latest technology and innovations to help us enjoy our flights