stories are now to sierra. a bipartisan group of us senators has agreed on a framework for new gun control laws and having rising gun violence. the main proposals include funding to help states create and administer red flagged laws, ensuring weapons are kept out of the hands of dangerous individuals. president joe biden has hailed the proposals as important steps, even though they fall far short of the ones he s called for. rosalind jordan has moved from washington dc. well, it s the 1st significant effort to change gun laws in the united states in about 30 years. and that is a long time because we have seen so many mass shootings starting with the shooting at columbine high school in colorado. back in 1099. but this is a matter of trying to actually get this agreement between 20 senators, 10 democratic, 10 republican from an agreement, a handshake as it were to actual legislation that is housed both in the senate and in the house. the u. s president joe biden wants to see q
i m homage of german door. how these are the top stories on al jazeera, russian president vladimir putin has accused the white house of fighting a proxy war, saying the us is using ukrainian soldiers instead of its own. it follows a visit to washington by ukrainian president followed him here. zalinski. put an offer, dismiss the patriot missile defense system pledged by the u. s. for ukrainian forces . no actual, closer to put us regarding patriot missiles. it s a relatively old system. it doesn t work as well as our if 300. no. nonetheless, those who were confronting outside this as a defense of weapon, well ok, but they will always be an antidote. so the people who are doing this are doing it in vain. it s just prolonging the conflict. betsel fighting continues to rage and back moot and eastern ukraine. ukrainian forces have held their ground and territory that russia could use to advance on other cities. present. zalinski has accused moscow of turning the city into burnt r