zircon missiles. they conducted drills earlier in the atlantic. but cuba s foreign ministry says none of those ships are carrying nuclear arms, and that russia s five day visit does not pose a threat to region. this all comes as cuba s foreign minister bruno rodriguez and his russian counterpart sergei lavrov, met in moscow. earlier i spoke with our cuba and america correspondent for more. you have heard there that they are at pains to stress that there is no threat to the region by these naval exercises. that this is simply and they have been underlining this a friendship between the communist run island and russia. that it underscores that friendship, that between of coorporation between long standing allies, notjust as russia, but previously of course with the soviet union. they want to remove any senses of echoes of the cold war at such a time of heightened tensions, and focus, if you like, on the fact that there is a bilateral relationship here between russia and cub
of the alleged proposed changes were workable, but some went beyond what the group had previously agreed to in talks for a ceasefire. speaking in qatar wednesday, secretary blinken reiterated that hamas was the party holding back an agreement. a deal was on the table that was virtually identical to the proposal that hamas put forward on may 6th. a deal that the entire world was behind, a deal israel has accepted, and hamas could have answered with a single word, yesi. instead, hamas waited nearly two weeks, and then proposed more changes, a number of which go beyond positions it had previously taken and accepted. the senior hamas official mentioned earlier responded to secretary blinken. osama hamdan told the bbc that mr blinken is part of the problem, not the solution. he said hamas designated a terrorist organization by the us maintains its demands for a permanent ceasefire and a complete withdrawal of israeli forces from gaza. that s a slight variation from the three pha
sunak and keir starmer are being quizzed by beth rigby, this evening s live show that started at 7pm. so let s speak to our political correspondent hannah miller who is inside the spin room for us, where journalists and politicians will be dissecting the leader s performances. hannah, isn t quite a debate, it s a different format so what can we expect? what can we expect? quite an interesting what can we expect? quite an interesting format, what can we expect? quite an interesting format, actually, i what can we expect? quite an - interesting format, actually, here this evening. both leaders will face a 20 minute interview with political editor beth rigby, that will be alive. after that they will have a 25 minute grilling by a studio audience, that has been made out to be politically representative of the whole country, it s got people from grimsley on the local area as well as some people who live around the country. from grimsby. whether they get into more policy, w
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