Hello. Im mark lobel. The prime Minister Sir Keir starmer is meeting President Biden In Washington today, as allies of kyiv discuss giving Ukraine Permission to fire their missiles at targets inside russia. President putin has warned that doing so would be a serious escalation of the war, but Sir Keir said moscow started the conflict, and can end it by withdrawing its troops from ukraine. Our political editor Chris Mason was on the prime Ministers Plane and sent this report shortly after landing. The Prime Minister arriving here In Washington with the foreign secretary david lammy. Sir Keir Starmer s second visit to the White House in two months. Ukraines allies remain rather guarded in their public remarks about a change in policy on the use of western missiles inside russia, but the diplomatic dashing to arrive at a decision is in plain sight. And that has proved enough for President Putin to see this. And that has proved enough for president Putii It see this. And that has proved en
Footage claiming to show them leaving the country. The Foreign Office here in london has yet to comment. For the very latest on this developing story, i spoke to our eastern European Correspondent sarah rainsford. I think the timing of this is key, its not accidental that this has been released, that this has been released, that this is happening precisely as those discussions are taking place in washington about whether or not ukraine can use western long range missiles to strike inside russia. They are absolutely connected. Its interesting looking of a statement from the fsb, the russian security agency, when they are talking about X Bellingham essentially six members of the british embassy, accusing them of espionage and subversive activity. It is interesting, they also go on to talk about britain being responsible for escalating what they describe as the military political situation right now, they say britain is coordinating all of this and claiming that there is a department of t
Good evenIng. PresIdent putIn wIll not prevaIl. The words of PresIdent BIden, who has been HoldIng Talks wIth SIr KeIr Starmer In the WhIte House talks whIch could pave the way for ukraIne to use long range mIssIles, supplIed by the west, on russIan terrItory. It comes as moscow contInues to warn of the consequences of any such move wIth Its ambassador to the un tellIng the SecurIty CouncIl that It would mean nato was conductIng dIrect war wIth russIa. In another sIgn of the raIsed tensIons, sIx brItIsh dIplomatIc staff have been expelled from russIa, accused of spyIng. The ForeIgn OffIce says the claIm Is baseless. Lets joIn ChrIs Mason, whos In washIngton for us now. Yes, good evenIng to you, reeta. The Central QuestIon here tonIght buIlds on those remarks from the presIdent. How does the west avoId vladImIr putIn from prevaIlIng In ukraIne . And there Is a subtlety of dIfference In InstInct, both wIthIn and between countrIes that are allIed to ukraIne, partIcularly on thIs Central Q
Those poor children, the victims. Lets take a quick look at a few of the stories on the front pages. It isa it is a varied bunch. The Daily Telegraph, the secrets of how five tory mps were felled, from a memoir. The mirror celebrates the life of Sven Goran Eriksson, the former england manager, whose funeral was today with David Beckham one of the guests. The times looks at the story, Volodymyr Zelensky, putin burns our city as west delays. The plea from Volodymyr Zelensky to allow. Any computer has died and i will have to read it from here. The ft, I Cant read it. An economic story on ft weekend. The Daily Express Prime Minister, please keep promise to change cruel law. Relating to assisted dying and the campaign to bring in assisted dying, Ester Ra Ntzen campaign to bring in assisted dying, Ester Rantzen has said. A surge in uk private Health Care as people turn from the nhs. Those are the papers. You can get tomorrow. Thank you to everyone who has come on the show. Alison, john and e
Countries were fighting with russia. Our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. What we heard from vladimir putin today was a clear warning to the west do not do this, do not allow ukraine to use your missiles to strike russian territory. What we didn t hear from vladimir putin was what russia s going to do if this actually happens. He talked about taking appropriate decisions but without any detail. Now, what might those decisions be? well, in the past, president putin has proposed providing advanced longrange weapons to western adversaries, to strike western targets abroad. He s also suggested in the past deploying conventional missiles within striking distance of america and its european allies. Now, russian officials many times have accused the west of fighting russia, waging war against russia, on the territory of ukraine. Putin made it clear today that if this goes ahead, if western missiles are used to target russian territory, this will take things to a whole new level. So,