In the war in ukraine. It is their direct participation and this, of course, significantly changes the very essence and the very nature of the conflict. This will mean that nato countries are at war with russia. Meanwhile, moscow s defence ministry says its forces have recaptured 10 settlements over the past two days and that ukraine s military has suffered heavy casualties. But president zelensky says kyiv anticipated russia s counteroffensive and knows how to respond. As russian troops continue to push back against ukrainian forces in kursk, the international committee of the red cross says says three of its workers were killed in an air strike. A spokesperson said the icrc is outraged by the attack. The bbc s ukraine correspondent james waterhouse is following reaction from kyiv. Attacks like this or humanitarian vehicles being struck in this way is rare. I think a couple of months ago we saw a vehicle belonging to the international food kitchen get hit. But this is certainly cert
Hello im sarah campbell. It has just been announced that It Macron has appointed a new Prime Minister. This of course, the European Unions former Brexit Negotiator. He the European Unions former Brexit Negotiator. The European Unions former Brexit Negotiator. He has been asked to form Brexit Negotiator. He has been asked to form a Brexit Negotiator. He has been asked to form a new Brexit Negotiator. He has been i asked to form a new government and it is hoped this will end weeks of deadlock. This is after Emmanuel Macron called that Snap Election that delivered a hung parliament recently, we are just looking at wires copy here, from reuters, talking about the fact that he will have quite a challenge in this new role pushing through reforms, the 2025 budget, and at this of course with france under pressure from the European Commission and the Bond Markets to reduce its deficit. So, once again, Breaking Newsjust in. The french president Emmanuel Macron has appointed Michel Barnier as his
That is getting to people inside gaza. The situation for children, women and men who are caught in the crossfire is unacceptable and not sustainable. Israel has to maximise every possible means, every possible method of getting assistance to people who need it. Meanwhile on the ground in gaza, the war continues. There have been more air strikes in the south of the territory, including here, in the Southern City of rafah. The World Health Organisation says some Eight Thousand patients in gaza, many of them badly injured in israels bombardment, urgently need to be moved out of the territory. It is also warning of extreme malnutrition among children there. One other line to bring you from the middle east a un team of experts has concluded there are reasonable grounds to believe Sexual Violence, including rape and gang rape, took place in at least three locations during the hamas attacks on israel on the 7th of october. They also said there was convincing information that some hostages cou
Virginia but elsewhere, especially considering Different Things happening especially up and down the ballot. In the one hand and we Pay Attention to what is happening with the former president , certainly riding high following the decision yesterday from the Us Supreme Court saying that his name shall remain on the ballot. Of course the state of colorado try to use a civil war ever provision to try to remove his name from the ballot citing his participation in an insurrection or alleged participation in a insurrection with the Supreme Court saying states cannot describe that an sway an election so the former president riding high there. As for President Biden, he is fine tuning his message as far as his campaign. We talked about Vice President kamal harris talking about the need for humanitarian assistance in gaza. Kamala harris talking about the need. People in the United States having critical of the Biden Administration for their stance in support of israel and they are warm with ha
dmytro kuleba, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. i think we have to begin with the military situation. details are limited, but would you accept that right now the ukrainian counteroffensive has not succeeded in punching a significant hole in russia s defensive line in your country? we are moving forward. that s the most important thing. when we speak with our generals and with independent experts, they all say that in the counter offensive, the most important thing is to keep moving forward, whatever the pace is. i wish we broke all the lines by now and reached the sea of azov, but we re not stopping. and you have to take into account that for nine months russia was literally digging into the land, into the soil, reinforcing its trenches with concrete and steel, and mining virtually every square metre. in some areas, our soldiers are moving only 200 or 300 metres per day, crawling. at terrible cost, too. this is a war. and the difference between now and the russians is that we