until they were stymied, they were stopped, now they have doubled down with fires to try to wear down the adversary before they continue operations of some kind. we before they continue operations of some kind. of some kind. we appreciate our of some kind. we appreciate your thoughts of some kind. we appreciate your thoughts and of some kind. we appreciate your thoughts and analysis l of some kind. we appreciate | your thoughts and analysis on this ongoing conflict. make you very much for being on the bbc. meanwhile, president biden has told reporters that he wasn t calling for regime change in russia when he said in a speech in poland that president putin cannot remain in power. his comments on saturday led to the us secretary of state, anthony blinken, denying that it was white house policy to seek regime change in moscow. the french president, emmanuel macron, said such comments could escalate the conflict. there s been real life drama at the academy awards in los angeles, wh
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this is bbc news. i m sally bundock, with the latest headlines, for viewers in the uk, and around the world. ukraine s president zelensky says his country could become neutral, as part of a peace deal to end russia s invasion. translation: i understand it is impossible to force - russia completely from ukrainian territory. it would lead to a third world war. i understand it and that s why i m talking about a compromise. president biden revises his comments on president putin not staying in power, saying he wasn t calling for regime change. iam i am peter bowes in los angeles, where there has been high drama at the oscars. will
he is traded on stage, he punched chris rock and then went back to his seat and then engaged in this slanging match, with some pretty uncouth language that i ve got to say wasn t broadcast here in the united states. it did go out on the air in some other countries, and it has really left everyone in the auditorium quite gobsmacked. if you look at social media, there are some extraordinary photos of some of the stars, how they reacted to that size moment. let me bring on our guests here, sandro minette he is a los angeles based journalist and the bbc s tom brook is with us as well. sandro, it was indeed an extraordinary moment. 50 as well. sandro, it was indeed an extraordinary moment. so we were watching an extraordinary moment. so we were watching the an extraordinary moment. so we were watching the oscars - an extraordinary moment. so we were watching the oscars and i were watching the oscars and then were watching the oscars and then a were watching the oscars and then a boxi
will smith then returned to his seat and shouted, while chris rock tried to continue. it has rather taken the attention off the awards and the winners, and the big winner in the past hour is coda which has won the best picture award. let s cross to our correspondent, peter bowes in la. vote he has been following every twist and turn. peter, what a night. what a night. what a night, indeed. we what a night. what a night, indeed. we were what a night. what a night, indeed. we were promised | what a night. what a night, l indeed. we were promised a what a night. what a night, - indeed. we were promised a new style show, perhaps edgier, and that s what we got, but i think more by accident than design here, because nobody really expected this encounter between chris rock and will smith. everyone still here really trying to fathom out what happened, why it happened. it seems that chris rock was making a joke at the expense of will smith s wife, jada, over her bald head, and will smith d