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
but even before the game kicks off, there s been trouble. hammers fans have been attacked by fiorentina supporters in the city. three people were injured in a bar. police also confirmed an officer had also been attacked during the incident. czech police released this image of the supporters from the italian club who had been detained. they said in all 16 people were held after the incident. live now to bbc sport centre in salford, where i am joined by marc edwards. we will talk about the significance of the game, but first of we will talk about the significance of the game, but first of all, we will talk about the significance of the game, but first of all, what can you tell us about this trouble, particularly problematic after the semifinal as well. . particularly problematic after the semifinal as well. semifinal as well. , and it was a lot of fans semifinal as well. , and it was a lot of fans congregating - semifinal as well. , and it was a lot of fans congregating in -
captain is said to have rejected a more lucrative offer from the saudi arabian side al hilal to move to major league soccer. it s thought messi wanted to stay in europe but there were no satista ctory offers. messi already owns a house in florida and his contract with inter miami includes sponsorship deals with adidas and apple. elsewhere, real madrid have agreed a deal with borussia dortmund to sign the england midfielder jude bellingham for $ 107 million dollars or £86 million pounds. 19 year old bellingham, who joined dortmund only three years ago from birmingham city, was one of england s top performers at last year s world cup in qatar and was recently voted player of the year in the bundesliga. bellingham who s agreed a six year deal with real madrid is due to have medical in the next few days. staying with football, the final of the europa conference league is well under way in prague where fiorentina are playing west ham united. west ham are looking to
a ban on buy one get one free deals on unhealthy food in england is to be put on hold for a year to help families coping with the cost of living crisis. police in india have arrested two people after a fire destroyed an office building in delhi and killed at least 27 people. #upin # up in space, man. # bookmakers are predicting a rare good result for the uk at tonight s eurovision. but will it be enough to hold back the favourites, ukraine? hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. ukraine appears to have won the battle for its second biggest city, kharkiv according to the us thinktank, the institute for the study of war. it says russia has failed in its efforts to encircle the city, and now appears to be focused on withdrawing its troops safely across the border. but russian troops are intensifying their attacks in the donbas region, which is now seeing some of the heaviest fighting. our correspondent in lviv, joe inwood, told us more about the ba