his abraham accords helped normalize relations between it and some arab states but if re elected, perhaps his most controversial intervention could be on russia and ukraine. he said this on gb news. if i were president and i say this, i will end that war in one day. it ll take 2a hours. president zelensky has called his rhetoric dangerous . and on climate change, donald trump pulled out of the paris climate accords. this pulitzer prize winning historian argues that although america first isn t new, and there s long been a tension in the us politics between interventionism and isolationism, donald trump s first term still saw a shift. american power, no matter how great, in relative terms, it s ultimately limited. so you ve got to work with others. trump, of course, as we know, questioned this, to say the least, was inclined to pursue a much more unilateral, unilateralist course. and i say inclined because, in practice, one could argue that donald trump didn t change things
the houthi movement to endanger shipping in the red sea. the iran backed houthis have been targeting ships that they say are linked to israel and the west, and which travel through an important red sea trade route. houthi officials have said they will respond to the latest strikes, which targeted eight different locations. these included missile launchers, radarsites and underground weapons stores. qatar has said that escalation in the red sea represents a big danger. this report is from our defence correspondent, jonathan beale. is this to become a recurring mission? rafjets loaded with guided bombs flew from cyprus last night, for the second time within a fortnight. the aim, once again, to prevent the houthis from launching drones and missiles at merchant shipping in the red sea. the prime minister making clear, as before, that, if necessary, they will do it all again. we are not seeking a confrontation. we urge the houthis and those who enable them to stop these illegal an
we ll hear from an expert about the remarkable discovery. first, though, a bbc investigation suggests at least 25,000 russian soldiers have been killed in ukraine, four times higher than the figure acknowledged by moscow. the research also suggests many of the casualties are now older fighters, with little or no training. significant numbers have been recruited from prisons. 0ur correspondent 0lga ivshina has this special report. these are the war graves russia doesn t want to talk about. since december, the bbc has located seven new cemeteries dotted across russia and occupied ukraine. they re filled with the graves of poorly trained fighters. many were prisoners recruited by the notorious wagner mercenary group. and the cemeteries are growing rapidly. this one is about 20 times bigger than it was six months ago. since the start of the war, we have been verifying photos of graves and social media posts with the independent russian website mediazona and volunteers inside the
thunderstorms expected at edgbaston. talking thunderstorms, some of you had a talking thunderstorms, some of you had a pretty disturbing night last night, had a pretty disturbing night last night, lightning and thunder across parts night, lightning and thunder across parts of night, lightning and thunder across parts of the uk and more severe storms parts of the uk and more severe storms to parts of the uk and more severe storms to come today. i will have your storms to come today. i will have your full forecast here on breakfast. it s sunday the 18th ofjune. our main story: a video has emerged showing some conservative party workers drinking and dancing at a christmas party during covid lockdown. the footage, published by the sunday mirror, was taken at the conservatives headquarters in westminster in december 2020, when london was in tier 2 restrictions. our political correspondent iain watson has more. some conservatives will not want to look in the mirror toda
the daily global and we will be bringing you the top stories from around the world. with the war in ukraine at a special series of reports of my colleagues, they spent the day in the village on the outskirts of the capital, ukrainian militaries this key if you monitor missile attack as a delegation visits the country to promote dialogue to end the war with russia. starting the report from the capital. starting the report from the ca - ital. ~ starting the report from the caital. ~ , , starting the report from the caital.~ ,, starting the report from the caital. . ,, , ~ capital. we spent the past week lookin: at capital. we spent the past week looking at various capital. we spent the past week looking at various issues - capital. we spent the past week looking at various issues that i looking at various issues that ukraine is facing, including the very latest on the counter offensive in the east and southeast of the country is well as the humanitarian crisis developing acr