Doing so would be a serious escalation of the war, but Keir Starmer said moscow started the conflict and can end it by withdrawing its troops from ukraine. Our Political Editor Chris Mason was on the prime Ministers Plane, and sent this report shortly after landing. The Prime Minister arriving here in washington with the foreign secretary, David Lammy Sir Keir Starmer s second visit to the White House in two months. Ukraines allies remain rather guarded in their public remarks about a change in policy on the use of Western Missiles inside russia. But the diplomatic dashing to arrive at a decision is in plain sight and that has proved enough for President Putin to say this. Translation if this decision is made, it will mean nothing other than direct participation of nato countries, the United States, I European countries. In the war in ukraine. It is their direct participation and this, of course, significantly changes the very essence of the conflict. This will mean that nato countries
landfall in recent hours in western cuba, bringing winds of up to 125 mph. it is heading north, florida is bracing for man is full on thursday. it will bring a storm surge up to ten feet around the tampa bay region, half a metre of rainfall and winds other road 120 mph, so really dangerous conditions with both of those storms. closer to home, typically autumnal, lots of rainbows because we have the mix of sunny spells in blustery showers staying with those for the rest of the day. low pressure towards the east at the moment is driving and showers for part of eastern scotland, heading south into eastern england and there will also be rain towards the south west, so for the likes of cornwall towards the channel islands, more prolonged spells of rain, sunny intervals elsewhere and peppering a fairly heavy showers, winds of 30 to a0 mph but not so windy as over the past 2a hours also. temperatures between about 11 and 16, feeling cool by you are exposed to the brisk north westerl
speaking in brussels earlier, us secretary of state antony blinken outlined what was expressed in that phone call. the president emphasised that the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable. he made clear the need for israel to announce a series of specific, concrete and measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering and the safety of aid workers. he made clear that us policy with respect to gaza will be determined by our assessment of israel s immediate action on these steps. he underscored as well that an immediate ceasefire is essential to stabilise and improve the humanitarian situation and protect innocent civilians and he urged netanyahu to empower his negotiators to conclude a deal without delay to bring the hostages home. in an effort to bring those hostages home, the director of the us central intelligence agency, bill burns, is expected to travel to cairo this weekend to meet with his egyptian and isr
the white house national security council said we welcome the steps announced by the israeli government tonight at the president s request following his call with prime minister netanyahu. these steps, the statement said must now be fully and rapidly implemented. speaking in brussels earlier, us secretary of state antony blinken outlined what was expressed in that phone call. the president emphasised that the strikes on humanitarian workers and the overall humanitarian situation are unacceptable. he made clear the need for israel to announce a series of specific, concrete and measurable steps to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering and the safety of aid workers. he made clear that us policy in respect to gaza will be determined by our assessment of israel s immediate action on the steps. he underscored as well that an immediate ceasefire is essential to stabilise and improve the humanitarian situation and protect innocent civilians and he urged neta nyahu to em
7 international aid workers from the charity group world central kitchen, sparking international outrage. the white house is urging israel to allow a dramatic increase of aid into gaza within hours or days. sean dilley reports. in the heart of the white house, a phone call with israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu and a clear message from the us president that he is patience is running low. joe biden told his counterpart that israel must do more immediately to protect civilians and aid workers in gaza if he wants american support to continue. it is no secret that tensions between the two leaders have been bubbling for quite some time. the us is israel s most powerful ally. the us is israel s most powerfulally. in the us is israel s most powerful ally. in his hardest criticism yet, joe biden called the growing humanitarian crisis unacceptable said he expects benjamin netanyahu to take steps towards an immediate ceasefire. steps towards an immediate ceasefire- steps to