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in his nightly video address he said g7 leaders had provided ukraine with long term security guarantees, which it had never had before. sounding a more positive note than in earlier statements, he said the summit in lithuania had removed any doubts about whether ukraine would join nato. here s the bbc s security correspondent, gordon corera, with more on the outcome and reaction in ukraine to the summit. the reaction here in ukraine to the end of that nato summit in vilnius is one of muted satisfaction, rather than celebration. there is a sense they achieve some of what they wanted but certainly, not all of it. there were promises of more weapons supplies, some of those are important like the french longer range missiles, also fighterjet training, and longer term security guarantees, including from the g7. those are all considered important in the short term and the long term. on the crucial issue of nato membership, ukraine certainly did not get all that wanted. pres ....
british scientists develop a blood test, which can detect the return of lung cancer, before it shows on conventional scans. and, the concert hall in bristol, soon to be renamed, because of associations with the slave trade. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: tottenham needed a win tonight at crystal palace to reduce chelsea s lead at the top of the premier league to four points find out how they got on at selhurst park. good evening. all members of the us senate, have been at the white house this evening, to be briefed on the deepening crisis, involving north korea. the americans have started installing an anti missile defence system, in neighbouring south korea, in response to the weapons programmes being developed by the north. china has accused the americans of destabilising the entire region. but the us state department said tonight it was still open to negotiations to try to resolve the crisis, as our north america editorjon sopel reports. this isn t for rea ....
members of the us senate have been at the white house today to be briefed on the deepening crisis involving north korea. the americans have started installing an anti missile defence system in neighbouring south korea in response to the weapons programmes being developed by pyongyang. china has accused the us of destabilising the region. but the state department said it was still open to negotiations to resolve the crisis. our north america editor jon sopel reports. this isn t for real but it looks terrifyingly like it. a live fire exercise conducted by 2000 us and south korean troops, just miles from the north korean border at a time of extraordinary tension. it s a show of force, and a show of unity. a military exercise with an unmistakable message to the south s unpredictable northern neighbour we want peace, but we are ready for all eventualities. in washington this morning, the head of us pacific command put it like this. as president trump and secretary mattis h ....
into place, the question remains of how to persuade north korea to give up its weapons programmes? after years of efforts by the us and un the trump administration has now shed more light on how it hopes to do it. all 100 us senators were briefed on it on wednesday. it is almost the same policy as the past few years. more diplomatic pressure, tougher sanctions, more calls on china to help. jon sopel reports. this isn t for real but it looks terrifyingly like it. a live fire exercise conducted by 2,000 us and south korean troops, just miles from the north korean border at a time of extraordinary tension. it s a show of force, a show of unity. a military exercise with an unmistakable message to the south s unpredictable northern neighbour, we want peace, but we re ready for all eventualities. in washington this morning, the head of us pacific command put it like this. as president trump and secretary mattis have made clear, all options are on the table. we want to bring k ....
after years of efforts by the us and un, the trump administration has now shed more light on how it hopes to do it. all 100 us senators were briefed on it on wednesday. it is almost the same policy as the past few years. more diplomatic pressure, tougher sanctions, more calls on china to help. jon sopel reports. this isn t for real but it looks terrifyingly like it. a live fire exercise conducted by 2,000 us and south korean troops, just miles from the north korean border at a time of extraordinary tension. it s a show of force, a show of unity. a military exercise with an unmistakable message to the south s unpredictable northern neighbour we want peace, but we re ready for all eventualities. in washington this morning, the head of us pacific command put it like this. as president trump and secretary mattis have made clear, all options are on the table. we want to bring kim jong un to his senses, not to his knees. and he said the us had no option but to take the nort ....