and counterclaim from both sides. both sides are reporting heavy losses. and as we have been hearing, this counteroffensive is going to take many months, really the focus has been on the spring and now very much the summer offensive, which will last until about october or november before the rainy season begins. and as we have also reported, it is quite difficult to fight when the weather becomes colder. it becomes difficult for the tanks that go off road to be operating on wetland. so, they had this window where they need to try and make as many gains as possible. joining me live from fife in scotland, kezia dugdale, former leader of the scottish labour party, and from washington, bryan lanza, republican strategist and former director of communications in donald trump s transition team. looking at these developments in ukraine, this counteroffensive is something that has been anticipated for a while now. keep has been quick to talk about successes, but brian, these are small
newscast from the bbc. hello. it s adam in the studio. hello, it s alex in the studio. and there is a chris mason shaped hole just on that side of the table because he s off on his travels. he s in washington dc where he s been for the last day or two with rishi sunak, the prime minister who has been visiting joe biden. and on thursday evening they had a press conference. and alex, the centrepiece of this visit is this communique they ve put out where they ve talked about this new, new trade relationship. but don t call it a trade deal. because there s definitely not a trade deal. but what is not the trade deal that the conservatives promised they d get with the us and clearly haven t got it is. the atlantic declaration. so what effectively this is is them talking about how they re going to continue to strengthen their economic ties and work together and do some like deals which aren t trade deals they re little deals to help each other s economies work in tandem, particularl
can we believe anything we re told about the war in ukraine? i was in this fog of war where you basically can t trust anyone or anything that you see, it s so important to bring people the truth, whatever that truth is. and are the weird creatures who we re only now discovering in the depths of the oceans threatened with destruction by deep sea mining? the scientists would say, - until we actually know what s there and we study the ecosystem better then we just cannot - understand the risks. it took russia s invasion of ukraine for germany and other european countries to realise it might not be an altogether good idea to be quite so dependent on russian oil and gas. but as the ukraine war drags on, western countries, especially the us, are starting to think that it might be better to lessen their dependence on china as well, which has made everything for us, from beach balls to nuclear power stations. almost unnoticed by the outside world, president biden has been pushing ahe
fabric of a whole belt of america. can we believe anything we re told about the war in ukraine? in this fog of war where you basically can t trust anyone or anything that you see, it s so important to bring people the truth, whatever that truth is. and are the weird creatures who we re only now discovering in the depths of the oceans threatened with destruction by deep sea mining? the scientists would say, - until we actually know what s there and we study the ecosystem better then we just cannot - understand the risks. it took russia s invasion of ukraine for germany and other european countries to realise it might not be an altogether good idea to be quite so dependent on russian oil and gas. but as the ukraine war drags on, western countries, especially the us, are starting to think that it might be better to lessen their dependence on china as well, which has made everything for us, from beach balls to nuclear power stations. almost unnoticed by the outside world, preside