On thursday, President Putin warned western governments not to let ukraine Target Russia with western arms. We can cross live now to warsaw and speak to our eastern Europe Correspondent Sarah Rainsford. Always good to talk to you. First of all, i wanted your reaction to the news of the expulsion. Reaction to the news of the Emulsion Reaction to the news of the expulsion. Yes, i think it is fair to say expulsion. Yes, i think it is fair to say the expulsion. Yes, i think it is fair to say the timing expulsion. Yes, i think it is fair to say the timing is expulsion. Yes, i think it is fair to say the timing is no | fair to say the timing is no accident. I think this is quite clearly, the timing of the announcement, linked to the talks are taking place. It should be allowed to use long range Western Missiles. I think it is connected as a statement to what we had from the fsb, the Security Service in russia. They say that they remove the accreditation from six british diplomats at the Brit
With the kremlin saying mr putins words were extremely unambiguous. The meeting between Mr Biden and Sir Keir comes as news emerged of Russias Expulsion of six british diplomats from moscow, accusing them of spying and sabotage, claims the Uk Government says are completely baseless. The kremlin said london had engaged in Multiple Unfriendly Acts and that actions of the British Embassy In Moscow aimed to cause harm to russias people, but the Uk Government says it believes the suspension came after it brought in measures against the russian embassy earlier in the year. Well discuss the expulsion of those diplomats shortly and also how the west is interpreting those comments from President Putin. But first our political editor chris mason, whos travelling with the british Prime Minister, has been talking about the meeting with President Biden about ukraine. They met at the White House in july shortly after the Prime Minister had taken office and when the uk general election. He was here f
Their restrictions on the use of long range missiles. He said such action would mean nato would be directly participating in the conflict. The meeting between Mr Biden and Sir Keir comes as news emerged of Russias Expulsion of six british diplomats from moscow, accusing them of spying and sabotage, claims the Uk Government says are completely baseless. The kremlin said london had engaged in Multiple Unfriendly Acts and that actions of the British Embassy In Moscow aimed to cause harm to russias people. But the Uk Government says it believes the suspension came after it brought in measures against the russian embassy earlier in the year. Well discuss the expulsion of those diplomats shortly and also how the west is interpreting those comments from President Putin, but first our political editor chris mason, whos travelling with the british Prime Minister has been talking about the meeting with President Biden about ukraine. They met at the White House injuly, shortly after the Prime Min
Philippe lazzarini, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you, stephen. You run the unwra relief agency. You have 13,000 staff inside gaza. You currently are not able to visit gaza. What is it like when you hear that, as yesterday, wednesday, six members of your staff have been killed in an israeli bomb attack? this is always absolutely devastating. Yesterday i was boarding the plane coming from cairo to london, when i heard the news. And this happened in a school which was also sheltering at that time 12,000 people. And they are in this school because they still believe that the united nations flag can protect them. Yesterday, six staff working in the shelter, providing assistance, organising, in fact, the lives of these families, have been killed. Now 220 staff since the beginning of the war. The worst, stephen, is to know that maybe tomorrow we will even have more staff being killed. And the question is, when will this end? not only staff is being targeted, but we have also the united nations
In the war in ukraine. It is their direct participation and this, of course, significantly changes the very essence and the very nature of the conflict. This will mean that nato countries are at war with russia. Meanwhile, moscow s defence ministry says its forces have recaptured 10 settlements over the past two days and that ukraine s military has suffered heavy casualties. But president zelensky says kyiv anticipated russia s counteroffensive and knows how to respond. As russian troops continue to push back against ukrainian forces in kursk, the international committee of the red cross says says three of its workers were killed in an air strike. A spokesperson said the icrc is outraged by the attack. The bbc s ukraine correspondent james waterhouse is following reaction from kyiv. Attacks like this or humanitarian vehicles being struck in this way is rare. I think a couple of months ago we saw a vehicle belonging to the international food kitchen get hit. But this is certainly cert