Newscast from the bbc. Hello. Its adam in the studio. Hello, its alex in the studio. And there is a chris mason shaped hole just on that side of the table because hes off on his travels. Hes in Washington Dc where hes 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 theyve put out where theyve talked about this new, new trade relationship. But dont call it a trade deal. Because theres definitely not a trade deal. But what is not the trade deal that the conservatives promised theyd get with the us and clearly havent got it is. The atlantic declaration. So what effectively this is is them talking about how theyre going to continue to strengthen their economic ties and Work Together and do some like deals which arent trade deals theyre little deals to help each other s economies work in tandem, particularly when it comes to thing
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
on lips. they ve been building up to this for months and months and months. there have been thousands of ukrainian troops have been taken out of the country and trained in poland, in germany, in the uk they gave the bbc some access up there and otherjournalists. all those new heavy weapons that they ve been getting, not just tanks but other kinds of fighting vehicles, they are with those newly trained soldiers. so they built up a force for this counteroffensive, amounting to nine brigades in terms of soldiers that s something like 50,000. so the the pluses of all of that. are as follows that they are fresh troops, that they ve got all these western. they re western trained western gear, western equipment is better than the russian stuff. the ukrainians in general have been fighting way, way better