after talks in brussels. at the same summit, leaders agreed to open membership talks with ukraine and moldova and to grant candidate status to the country of georgia. all three nations have been pushing to join the alliance. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, called the decision a victory for ukraine . the president of the european council charles michel said age talks would continue next year. he said important progress had been achieved at the summit. tonight we sent a very achieved at the summit. tonight we sent a very powerful - achieved at the summit. tonight we sent a very powerful signal i we sent a very powerful signal to the european citizens, a very powerful signal to the ukrainian citizens because we have decided to grant status to georgia to open negotiations with ukraine, and with moldova to make a very important step with bosnia and herzegovina, because we will open the decisions and a report will be issued by the commission in the coming weeks to make
in the bitter cold of winter, this deadly war grinds on, and big guns, provided by western partners, still play a crucial role. ukraine s 93rd brigade is stationed near bakhmut. they say the russians attack at least twice a day. theirjob, to stop them advancing. as the conflict turns to stalemate, ukrainian soldiers say they need the support of their international partners more than ever. it is demoralising for them to hear that, instead, america s funding for ukraine has ground to a halt. translation: if there is no support from the western i countries, then it s going to get really bad. russia will seize ukraine, then it will be the turn of the baltic states and poland. i don t think the russians will stop here. our conversation is interrupted by orders to destroy a new target. the crew has to be quick. after a long silence, they re told to stand down and hide the howitzer. but these soldiers worry their guns will remain silent for much longer without new us funding and sup
with just two days to go into the coronation, excitement is building on the mall where the clouds are camped out. hello, welcome to bbc news. i am lewis vaughan jones. we are starting in russia where president vladimir putin has made his first tv appearance since an alleged attempt on his life. we have got these pictures in the last couple of hours. here he is in these pictures released by the kremlin in a routine meeting with economic development minister maxim reshetnikov. presumably projecting an image of business as usual. russia claims ukraine was targeting putin in this drone atack on the kremlin on wednesday following orders from the united states. both kyiv and washington have denied any involvement. russia launched a series of air raids on kyiv overnight, in apparent retaliation. but authorities say all the strikes were intercepted by air defences which you can see working here. strikes were also reported in zaporizhizhia and odessa. our russia editor, st
safety concern. we are monitoring this developing story and keep you updated as we learn more. breaking tonight, in austin texas, governor greg abbott says is working swiftly pardon army sgt. convicted of murder during the 2020 black lives matter right. hey shooting police originally deemed self-defense but a liberal prosecutor decided to pursue the case anyway. even after the lead detective accused him of withholding evidence and witness tampering. now the fate of the sgt. mcdaniel sits in the hands of texas border pardon pearls. joining me now exclusively to break down the case, who today governor dan patrick. thank you for joining me on this story. when you have a lead detective accusing the prosecutor of witness tampering, i don t understand what s going on when you have a da who typically is not tough on crime, all of a sudden going after this guy, what can you tell us? the da like a lot of the das around the country in big blue cities seem to let criminals go free and
police say there s no public safety concern. we are monitoring this developing story and keep you updated as we learn more. breaking tonight, in austin texas, governor greg abbott says is working swiftly pardon army sgt. convicted of murder during the 2020 black lives matter right. hey shooting police originally deemed self-defense but a liberal prosecutor decided to pursue the case anyway. even after the lead detective accused him of withholding evidence and witness tampering. now the fate of the sgt. mcdaniel sits in the hands of texas border pardon pearls. joining me now exclusively to break down the case, who today governor dan patrick. thank you for joining me on this story. when you have a lead detective accusing the prosecutor of witness tampering, i don t understand what s going on when you have a da who typically is not tough on crime, all of a sudden going after this guy, what can you tell us? the da like a lot of the das around the country in big blue cities seem