and the before having a lot to show for it. and the reality is that if russia doesn t and the reality is that if russia doesn t stop, a peace negotiation is incredibly doesn t stop, a peace negotiation is incredibly difficult, and suppo president zelenskiy is talking about event president zelenskiy is talking about event today announced a stopping of the conflict this year, and everyone would the conflict this year, and everyone would desperately like that to happen, the military reality does not lend happen, the military reality does not lend itself to that conversation at this not lend itself to that conversation at this moment. the border of turkey and syria has been struck by another earthquake just two weeks after the region was devastated by a larger quake that has killed more than 47,000 and destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes. the quake, that hitjust a few hours ago, had a magnitude of 6.3 and was centred near the southern turkish city of antakya. it was felt a
this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is? president biden has said the united states will back ukraine in its fight against russia for as long as it takes during an unannounced visit to kyiv. famed japanese manga and anime creator leiji matsumoto, whose real name was akira matsumoto, has died aged 85, his studio has announced. mr matsumoto was known for his epic science fiction sagas, including galaxy express 999, queen emeraldas and space battleship yamato. his work often included anti war themes and emotional storylines. his works have long since been adapted and had spin offs due to their popularity, influencing generations of manga and anime fans. he was only 15 when his debut work, honey bee s adventures, was published in a manga magazine. his big break came a decade later after he published otoko oidon, a series about the life of a poor, young man preparing for university exams.
for them to be produce. and we have to use what is already been produced and has already been contracted and will be produced in the coming days. so an urgent appeal to eu member countries to supply their own stocks of ammunition to ukraine and this is why. mr borrell says it is taking up to 10 months for european armies to order and receive a single bullet. he said the russian forces fire about 50,000 rounds a day, and ukraine needs to be at the same level of capacity. mr burrell said he expressed his strong concern about china providing arms to russia. for strong concern about china providing arms to russia. arms to russia. for us, it would be in red line arms to russia. for us, it would be in red line in arms to russia. for us, it would be in red line in a arms to russia. for us, it would be in red line in a relationship. -
and the democratic world must end with the clearing of all ukrainian land from russian occupation and firm guarantees of long term security for both our country and the whole europe and the whole world. let s look at the military aid announced. the us has already given $24.9 billion in aid to ukraine. today, mr biden promised to release another $500 million in military aid in coming days. that will include more rockets for himars rocket systems, javelin missiles and howitzers. but he did not mention the advanced arms orfighterjets that ukraine has sought. here s vitaliy shevchenko, who is russia editor at bbc monitoring. one thing that was missing from the press statements made by both presidents is the f 16fighterjets. compare it to president zelensky s visit to the uk, to london earlier this year, where he mentioned warplanes repeatedly. what he said in kyiv is different.
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