european nations have also been reacting to the news spain s defence minister, margarita robles, said. but germany, which is also a signatory of the treaty, said. while it would not provide such weapons we re certain that our us friends didn t take the decision about supplying such ammunition lightly. my colleague, rich preston has been speaking to kurt volker a former us ambassador to nato and also the us special representative for ukraine. he s told him why he backs the move. ukraine is facing and give ukraine is facing and give ukraine the equipment that they needin ukraine the equipment that they need in order to fight back and push the russians out of the territory. meditate would say two wrongs don t make a right. the us has previously criticised russian forces for setting what it describes as exceptionally lethal weaponry
it s rare to see members of the lgbtq+ community claim public spaces like these in a country like india, where social stigma and taboo are still very much associated with sexual identity. people over here say that gatherings like these are a show of strength. global estimates say the community is now 10% of india s population. this decision is not just about same sex marriage, but also about the path the country takes for equal rights. the dutch prime minister has been meeting with the country s king to discuss the formation of a caretaker administration after the collapse of his coalition government. mark rutte left the palace after talks with king willem alexander. mr rutte announced late on friday that his entire cabinet had resigned after it failed to agree on stricter immigration policies. new elections are not expected to be held before mid november.
were killed in a russian rocket attack on a residential area of an eastern ukrainian town. the governor of the donetsk region said multiple rockets struck the town mid morning, setting cars and buildings on fire. it is is a major rail hub. it was recaptured by ukrainian forces last october. as ukraine s counter offensive grinds on, the us has committed to sending controversial cluster munitions. but divisions within nato countries about supplying the weapons are starting to emerge. british prime minister rishi sunak has confirmed that the uk like several other nato countries is signed up to a convention that bans their use. on friday, president biden said the weapons transfer was a difficult decision. he arrives in the uk on sunday. rishi sunak is playing down any differences. well, the uk is a signatory to a convention which prohibits the production or use of cluster munitions, and discourages their use. we will continue to do our
fighterjets for the ukraine has asked for is fighter jets for the couldn t america have given fighterjets instead? america have given fighter ets instead? ., ., ., , ., instead? could have and should have it still instead? could have and should have it still must instead? could have and should have it still must do. instead? could have and should have it still must do. there s i have it still must do. there s a decision made that f 16s will in fact go to ukraine and consortium countries, including the uk and the netherlands and denmark are working to make that happen. requires american support. we only made the decision to go forward with this just decision to go forward with thisjust a decision to go forward with this just a little over a month ago. this could have been done ago. this could have been done a year ago. ukraine would already have those things and now it s still going to take around next year each for the plates to be ready. fine around next year each for the plat