translation: we would i like to get very fast results, but in reality, it s practically impossible. this entire area is well prepared with defences, so all advances are not going as fast as we would like. so far, the advances have only been modest. most of the front remains relatively static. these ukrainian trench lines in the east haven t budged since 2014. ukraine has still to commit all its forces, but it s yet to break through russia s heavily mined main lines of defence. jonathan beale, bbc news, eastern ukraine. the future of the commonwealth games has been thrown into doubt after the australian state of victoria announced it was pulling out of hosting the event in 2026. officials said they could no longer afford to stage them, as costs had tripled, but the commonwealth games federation said they were hugely disappointed by the decision.
he s lionized by his troops. and now his eyes are firmly set on retaking bakhmut. and you will take it back, bakhmut? yes, of course i try to do it. the offensive has been going on for more than a month now. even president zelensky has said it is slower than ukraine had hoped for. is that true? translation: we would i like to get very fast results, but in reality, it s practically impossible. this entire area is well prepared with defences, so all advances are not going as fast as we would like. so far, the advances have only been modest. most of the front remains relatively static. these ukrainian trench lines in the east haven t budged since 2014. ukraine has still to commit all its forces,
prepared with defences, so all advances are not going as fast as we would like. so far, the advances have only been modest. most of the front remains relatively static. these ukrainian trench lines in the east haven t budged since 2014. ukraine has still to commit all its forces, but it s yet to break through russia s heavily mined main lines of defence. jonathan beale, bbc news, eastern ukraine. let s take a look at some other global stories in the headlines. donald trump has said that he expects to be arrested and indicted in connection with the attack on the us capitol building in washington onjanuary the 6th. in a posting on his social media site, mr trump said he had been sent a letter stating he is a target of the investigation, and has been given four days to report to a grand jury.
i strongly support the decision, jake, and i do believe that the employment of these weapons will have a significant effect. there is a need for this kind of munitions to help the ukrainians to break through these belts of mine fields, tank ditches, trench lines, dragons teeth and so forth. they re doing that very painstakingly right now. in fact, they re carrying out a strategy that might be described and in fact the u.k. chief of defense staff described it as starved, stretched and strike. so they re specifically going after key locations like that strike announced not verified but announced against a reserved force s area, headquarters, supply points, fuel depots and artillery pieces. and that s the challenge as they re trying to painstakingly
huge trench areas, lines over 600 miles of trenches. if they can punch through those two trench lines, then they are into the rear of the russian areas and then maneuver warfare, wide open. i think the russians would be vulnerable. unless you punch through that, it would be hard in maneuver warfare. it s a 5-1 ratio, and i think it s important that they win this fight, and if we want to support them, then support them with the weapons they need. so we are slow giving it to them and improve the dud rate, we have 3 million rounds. we are not going to make now weapons systems. we will give old ammunition that has the higher dud rate. so we give new equipment a lower dud rate, you have to manufacture it that way. we are going to give them the old stuff. mike: look at the map of ukraine, not much has changed in terms of who controls what