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Joe Biden Hasjust delivered. Very strong words about ukraine, the aggression russia is pressing on that country. It aggression russia is pressing on that country aggression russia is pressing on that country. It was an important messa. E that country. It was an Important Message because that country. It was an Important Message because its that country. It was an Important Message because its about message because its about protecting the sovereignty of ukraine protecting the sovereignty of ukraine but its not only about ukraine, ukraine but its not only about ukraine, its about all nations because ukraine, its about all nations because if ukraine, its about all nations because if we dont stand up for ukraine because if we dont stand up for ukraine no because if we dont stand up for ukraine no nation in the world is safe ukraine no nation in the world is safe that ukraine no nation in the world is safe. That was the main message from the president and i totally agree with hinr~ the president and i totally agree with him. He the president and i totally agree with him. , ,. , the president and i totally agree with him. ,. , with him. He was very strong as well that this is the with him. He was very strong as well that this is the second with him. He was very strong as well that this is the second year with him. He was very strong as well that this is the second year the that this is the second year the gathering is meeting under the shadow of war. The International Community has appeared relatively powerless to stop that. Man . Powerless to stop that. Many countries. Powerless to stop that. Many countries, more powerless to stop that. Many countries, more than powerless to stop that. Many countries, more than 50 powerless to stop that. Many countries, more than 50 countries, are part countries, more than 50 countries, are part of countries, more than 50 countries, are part of the us led effort to provide are part of the us led effort to provide an unprecedented level of military provide an unprecedented level of military support ukraine. The uk, many military support ukraine. The uk, nrany 0ther military support ukraine. The uk, many other nato allies. This strong support many other nato allies. This strong support to many other nato allies. This strong support to ukraine has enabled them to push support to ukraine has enabled them to push back the russian invaders, to push back the russian invaders, to liberate to push back the russian invaders, to liberate the territory and conduct to liberate the territory and conduct an offensive which is gaining conduct an offensive which is gaining ground. Nobody knows how lon gaining ground. Nobody knows how long the gaining ground. Nobody knows how long the war will last but we have seen long the war will last but we have seen that long the war will last but we have seen that ukraine has been able to make seen that ukraine has been able to make progress. Seen that ukraine has been able to make progress seen that ukraine has been able to make progress. They may have made troress make progress. They may have made Progress But Make progress. They may have made progress but russia make progress. They may have made progress but russia pushes make progress. They may have made progress but russia pushes on make progress. They may have made progress but russia pushes on and i progress but russia pushes on and the International Community has not been able to stop russia even though it is a member of the security council, why is that . It is a member of the security council, why is that . What we have seen is that council, why is that . What we have seen is that russia council, why is that . What we have seen is that russia is council, why is that . What we have seen is that russia is a council, why is that . What we have seen is that russia is a permanentl seen is that russia is a permanent member seen is that russia is a permanent member of seen is that russia is a permanent member of the Un Security Council and is member of the Un Security Council and is violating the Core Principles of this and is violating the Core Principles of this organisations. It has not respected of this organisations. It has not respected the sovereignty of all the members respected the sovereignty of all the members. Therefore, its important they are members. Therefore, its important they are criticised openly at the un but even they are criticised openly at the un but even more important is that we stand but even more important is that we stand by but even more important is that we stand by ukraine and continue to provide stand by ukraine and continue to provide support to them. The carriage provide support to them. The carriage of ukrainian people has impressed the whole world but i also think President Putin underestimated the strength of nato allies and partners the strength of nato allies and partners in our resolve to provide Support Partners in our resolve to provide support to partners in our resolve to provide support to ukraine. Partners in our resolve to provide support to ukraine. Ukraine is also lookin for support to ukraine. Ukraine is also looking for nato support to ukraine. Ukraine is also looking for nato membership. Support to ukraine. Ukraine is also i looking for nato membership. Where is that at at the moment . We had a summit injuly. Brute is that at at the moment . We had a Summit In July Summit In July. We made important decisions to Summit In July. We made important decisions to award Summit In July. We made important decisions to award ukraine Summit In July. We made important decisions to award ukraine closer. Summit in july. We made important| decisions to award ukraine closer to nato~ decisions to award ukraine closer to nato. Ukraine has never been closer to nato nato. Ukraine has never been closer to nato membership partly by the fact we to nato membership partly by the fact we agreed a 1 step process towards fact we agreed a 1 step process towards membership for ukraine. We also agreed a Big Programme to ensure also agreed a Big Programme to ensure Ukrainian Forces becomes involved ensure Ukrainian Forces becomes involved with nato forces so we are moving involved with nato forces so we are moving towards nato membership for ukraine moving towards nato membership for ukraine and allies have stated Cieariv Ukraine and allies have stated clearly that ukraine will become a member clearly that ukraine will become a member of the alliance. This clearly that ukraine will become a member of the alliance. Clearly that ukraine will become a member of the alliance. This has led to new alliances member of the alliance. This has led to new alliances forming, member of the alliance. This has led to new alliances forming, president l to new alliances forming, President Putin met with kim jong un to new alliances forming, President Putin met with Kimjong Un On recently, does that cause concern . Yes but it demonstrates how isolated russia yes but it demonstrates how isolated russia is yes but it demonstrates how isolated russia is. They have to go to north korea russia is. They have to go to north korea to russia is. They have to go to north korea to get weapons and ammunition. Any agreement with north korea to provide any agreement with north korea to provide support for russias illegal war will provide support for russias illegal war will be a blatant violation of Un Security Council resolutions. We saw joe Un Security Council resolutions. Sanoe biden so a delicate line when he was speaking about us relations with china, saying its in for interests to Work Together but to be careful to tip into conflict, is that something that gives you concern. Its exactly the same message as nato allies. China is not an adversary. We need to engage with them on Climate Change and arms control and all other issues but at the same time we see how china is investing heavily in more military capabilities and long range missiles and Nuclear Weapons and also how china and russia are becoming closer and closer. We have an agreement between russia and china just days before the invasion with a state of the partnership between russia and china is without any limits. So this is something we have to follow closely. We need a strong reason to keep nato because as long as North America and europe stand together we are safe. If I Canjust America and europe stand together we are safe. If i can just ask you one question on the developing story, we see an issue with the f 13 planes in the us and the us military losing for a time one of those planes and its now grounded the rest of them pending an investigation, its the plane of choice for nato i am confident that the us can look into it and find the reason why. Thank you very much for your time. That it from here. We will be back later but for now back to the studio. We have a live page with all the latest updates from the United Nations General Assembly in new york so you can follow updates. The Director General of the bbc has announced a review to look at any complaints against Russell Brand. It will examine what was known and what was done. It will also scrutinise any issues about cars used by the bbc at that time, after one alleged victim says mr brand sent a bbc car to take her from school to his house when she was 16, and he was 30. Mr brand has denied the allegations against him. read on earlier i spoke to our correspondent, louisa pilbeam, who gave us the latest. This news just into us that the Director General of the bbc, tim davie, has announced the bbc will carry out a review led by peterjohnson, who is the director of complaints and editorial reviews. And this review will look at any complaints against Russell Brand, any contact that the bbc had with him at the time, what was known and what was done about it. This review will also examine any issues about cars used by the bbc and i willjust remind you about this point. One of the accusers of Russell Brand claims that he organised a bbc car to collect her from school because she said she was only 16 at the time and this bbc Organised Car then took her to Russell Brands house. So the review will go into that. Tim davie released this information and also spoke to an all Staff Briefing and he announced that peterjohnson will head this up and he also made clear that he expects this review to be carried out swiftly. He says he is hoping for an initial report within the next weeks rather than months. He really wants this dealt with quickly. Just to remind you, Russell Brand is facing accusations of rape, Sexual Assault and Emotional Abuse over a seven year period. Allegations which he denies. And also an update from youtube, a platform in which Russell Brand has a huge number of subscribers. They are now suspending his videos from producing revenue and making money from adverts. Tell us more about that development. He has around six million subscribers to his channel on youtube and nowadays Youtube Channels are where a lot of people are actually tuning in rather than television for example. So the numbers are huge and what happens is he can make money from that. Those numbers mean he can make money from advertisements where various Companies Want to sponsor his content, and he can also make money from sponsored content within the show, for example product placement, because the rules in terms of the internet and those kind of channels are different from broadcast. But as you say, that has now come to an end. It now means he will not be able to make any money from his youtube channel. Also we do also have a live page running on the bbc website on the Russell Brand story. Also live page running on this next story as well. Relations between canada and india have further deteriorated, with india expelling a Senior Canadian diplomat. It was in response to allegations that indian agents might have been involved in the murder of a canadian sikh activist. Hardeep singh nijjar was shot dead outside a temple in British Columbia less than three years after india designated him a terrorist. The Indian Foreign ministry described the allegations they were behind his death as absurd and motivated. The canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, told parliament hed raised the issue with his Indian Counterpart Narendra Modi at the g20 summit. Canada has also expelled an indian official. Over the past number of weeks, canadian Security Agencies have been actively pursuing credible allegations of a potential link between agents of the Government Of India and the killing of a canadian citizen, Hardeep Singh nijjar. Canada is a rule of law country. The protection of our citizens and defence of our sovereignty are fundamental. Our Top Priorities have therefore been, one, that our Law Enforcement and Security Agencies ensure the continued safety of all canadians, and, two, that all steps be taken to hold perpetrators of this murder to account. Canada has declared its deep concerns to the top intelligence and Security Officials of the Indian Government. Last week, at the g20, i brought them personally and directly to Prime Minister modi in no uncertain terms. With me now is jasjaran sanhu, from the World Sikh Organisation of canada, where he was former the Executive Director and now sits on the board. What is your reaction to those comments and the diplomatic spat thatis comments and the diplomatic spat that is now ensued . I comments and the diplomatic spat that is now ensued . Comments and the diplomatic spat that is now ensued . I think what is ve clear that is now ensued . I think what is very clear after that is now ensued . I think what is very clear after yesterday that is now ensued . I think what is very clear after yesterday is that is now ensued . I think what is| very clear after yesterday is canada needs to respond strongly to what is an affront to its sovereignty, International Norms and an attack on its sikh community. Im of two minds about yesterday. From the mainstream prospective, shock. India billed itself as a democracy even though things show otherwise. But also not surprise as a sea canadian. We have been at the Receiving End of interference are now violent interference are now violent interference for decades and this is true notjust of seek canadians but sikh communities around the world. I am looking forward to canada continuing to push forjustice and look forward to the Global Community Standing Shoulder to shoulder with canada. I Standing Shoulder to shoulder with canada. ,. , Standing Shoulder to shoulder with canada. ,. ,. , canada. I should say is of the Indian Government canada. I should say is of the Indian Government has canada. I should say is of the Indian Government has a canada. I should say is of the Indian Government has a different take on this. They say the allegations are unsubstantiated and did describe them as absurd and politically motivated. And crucially that canada has long provided shelter to khalistan a terrorist and extremist who they say threaten india � s security. They have designated him as a terrorist, what would you say to that . I designated him as a terrorist, what would you say to that . Would you say to that . I would say The Indian Statement would you say to that . I would say The Indian Statement is would you say to that . I would say The Indian Statement is total The Indian Statement is total hogwash. They are used to making things up but now we have International Scrutiny and thats whats different. The indian statement is full of lies. There is no evidence whatsoever of him being part of any type of terrorist or extremist conspiracy. No evidence of the sort provided to canadian officials or otherwise. Officials or otherwise. What evidence officials or otherwise. What evidence do officials or otherwise. What evidence do you officials or otherwise. What evidence do you have officials or otherwise. What evidence do you have that l officials or otherwise. What evidence do you have that shows officials or otherwise. What evidence do you have that shows the indian authorities or agents may have been responsible for his death . I would ask viewers to think about the last time theyve seen the Prime Minister of ag 20 country and a member of nato stand up in parliament to make a statement in clear terms that canadian intelligence believes The Indian State is behind the assassination of a canadian on canadian soil. This is absolutely ludicrous to suggest that this is somehow made up or simply a political manoeuvre that the indians are claiming it to be. No Prime Minister will stand up and put themselves in the crossfire is of International Ridicule unless they have something very concrete and i can tell you that we truly that he was assassinated by The Indian State and yesterdays announcement vindicates what the community has been saying. We vindicates what the community has been saving vindicates what the community has been sa int. ~. ,. , been saying. We have heard from the Us State Department been saying. We have heard from the Us State Department on been saying. We have heard from the Us State Department on this been saying. We have heard from the Us State Department on this and been saying. We have heard from the | Us State Department on this and they say they are quite concerned over these allegations and have urged new delhi to cooperate with a full and open investigation. I want to ask you more about where you see india and canada relations in the wake of this . I and canada relations in the wake of this . , � ,. , and canada relations in the wake of this . ,. ,. ,. ,. , and canada relations in the wake of this . , � ,. ,. ,. ,. , this . I dont see how canada can continue to this . I dont see how canada can continue to work this . I dont see how canada can continue to work with this . I dont see how canada can continue to work with india continue to work with india considering that india is not a good faith actor. Its a Rogue Irrational state in the global arena. This will have an impact on trade relations, and impact on intelligence sharing and impact on intelligence sharing and again canada is a middle power with strong allies like the uk and the us, i look forward to the Global Communityjoining canada in calling on The Indian State to contribute and take part in any investigation that exposes their hands in the murder of a canadian citizen. This is a ridiculous scenario that india is a ridiculous scenario that india is responsible for and they should take responsibility for it and it will have huge ramifications not just for Canada Indian Relations but Global Politics as it relates to whats happening in india and outside of it. I whats happening in india and outside of it. Whats happening in india and outside of it. I am ust going to reiterate the h outside of it. I am just going to reiterate the Statement Outside of it. I am just going to reiterate the statement for outside of it. I am just going to reiterate the statement for ourj outside of it. I am just going to reiterate the statement for our view is that we got from indias foreign ministry. They say the allegations from Justin Trudeau have been rejected, they describe them as absurd and politically motivated and Indian Foreign ministry has added that canada has long provided shelter to khalistan terrorists and extremists who threaten indias security. Plenty more on that story on the bbc news website. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Lets look at some other stories making news. Commissioners have been appointed to run Birmingham City council after the local authority this month declared itself effectively bankrupt. The Labour Led Council is facing a bill of £760 million to settle equal pay claims. The levelling up secretary, michael gove, said a local inquiry was to be launched. The labour leader, sir keir starmer, has met the french president Emmanuel Macron and French Business leaders in paris. The trip is the latest in a number of International Trips by the labour leader, in which hes discussed trade, migration and co operation with the eu. Unesco, the United Nations� cultural body, has urged the government to amend a controversial plan to construct a road tunnel near stonehenge. Highways england says it wanted to build the tunnel to reduce traffic on the a303, but there is concern among activists and unesco that stonehenge could lose its World Heritage status if the plan goes ahead. Youre live with bbc news. Azerbaijan says its taking Military Action after six people were killed by land mines in the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh. Four of the dead were staff of the azerbaijan interior ministry, with some reports describing them as Police Officers. Nagorno karabakh is legally recognised as part of azerbaijan, but the local population are mostly ethnic armenians. Theres a lot of background to this story and to help us understand it lets get more from paul moss, the Europe Regional Editor for the bbc world service. The tensions in Nagorno Karabakh really go back to the Old Soviet Union, which was a collection of 15 different republics, hence the name, the union of soviet socialist republics. In the far south west over there were azerbaijan and armenia as neighbours. Two very different countries. Azerbaijan predominantly muslim, armenia predominantly christian. The two of them having very different languages with different alphabets. In 1991, the Old Soviet Union fell apart and at that point there were particular tensions over this region, Nagorno Karabakh. As you can see, its in azerbaijan, but the population are mostly ethnic armenians. Most of them wanted tojoin with armenia. There were protests, there were local acts of violence, but eventually a full scale war broke out. And this really was an ugly war. There was shelling, there was bombing, but there were also lots of attacks on civilians, lots of suggestions of atrocities committed by both sides. The ceasefire was agreed in1991t but this never really addressed the underlying issues, the underlying tensions. And so in 2020, once again a war broke out. Again, a very ugly war with some close hand to hand fighting. At this time, azerbaijan had the advantage, partly because turkey gave them advanced drones to use and azerbaijan managed to seize a whole chunk of Nagorno Karabakh. Once again, a ceasefire was agreed. Part of the problem was the people monitoring the ceasefire were russian peacekeepers and the Russian Military were to say the least distracted with other things the war in ukraine having broken out. Both sides allege the russian peacekeepers were not able to do theirjobs. There were particular problems with bringing aid from armenia into Nagorno Karabakh down this road called the lachin corridor. The strange thing is, only on Monday Aid For The First Time came in from armenia into Nagorno Karabakh. Medical supplies and food. People thought that was a sign that tensions were easing. But then six azerbaijanis were killed by two landmine explosions, four of them we understand were Azerbaijani Police officers. But it seems that azerbaijan has now retaliated and it seems that tensions in this contested area once again are rising. There have been angry protests in libya after the collapse of two dams triggered disastrous flooding in the countrys east. Hundreds of people in the worst affected city of derna vented their fury at officials, including the head of the eastern based parliament. Libya has two Rival Administrations an internationally recognised government in the west, and a self proclaimed government in the east. There are also reports that the mayors house was burned down. The extensive Recovery Process continues in the region. The United Nations has revised down its estimate of the number of deaths, to four thousand, with at least Five Thousand missing. The ai firm Google Deepmind has used its technology to identify parts of human dna that might be responsible for the development of thousands of diseases. The development is expected to speed up efforts on diagnosis and treatment of many conditions such as brain disorders, Heart Disease and many cancers. Heres out science correspondent, pallab ghosh. Dna is the stuff of life. It contains the information to build a human body. If there is a mistake in the genes it contains, it can lead to disease. Scientists at this lab in cambridge are looking for those mistakes using these powerful machines. Their search is about to be hugely accelerated by artificial intelligence. I expect it to become just a massive part of how we do Molecular Biology and life sciences. I dont know where it is going to end, but it is changing nearly everything we do. Experts at Google Deepmind have developed an ai tool called alphamissense that is about to make the search for faulty genes and mutations much easier. The knowledge that we have acquired until now is fairly limited. Only a very small fraction, 0. 1 , of the missense mutations are known to be either benign or disease causing. With our model, that proportion goes to 89 . The dna is read by the body to create long chains of chemicals called proteins. They are the Building Blocks that produce the tissues that make our bodies our muscles, skin, and nerve cells. The new system can tell if parts of the dna will produce a healthy protein. If not, it is listed as potentially disease causing. The system has been tested by an organisation that does research for the nhs, which will be well placed to make use of the research. The new tool will help those clinical scientists do the really importantjob that they do in making sense of genomic data to make sure that it is useful for patients and for their clinical teams. Ai is a powerful new tool for science. It is enabling researchers to see things they could not see before and speed up the development of new treatments. Pallab ghosh, bbc news. We have some dramatic bodycam video from the United States where police in atlanta rescued a man trapped in his car, during rising floodwaters. Officers had been dealing with a string of emergencies caused by the heavy rain, when they came across a partially submerged car and the driver still inside. The water was so deep that the vehicle was being lifted off the ground and they couldnt open the car doors. The Police Officer broke the car window with his baton and they were able drag the driver to safety. Some good news to end the programme. We do of course have the latest from the un in new york and plenty more of the rest of the days news. To stay with issue on bbc news. Do stay with issue on bbc news. Do stay with issue on bbc news. Do stay with us. It has been a very wet and windy day for a number of you today and weve had some large waves running in of cardigan bay pummelling the coastline of west wales and it was wales that had some of the strongest winds, 68 mph in aberdaron. Earlier on today the m lto winds, 68 mph in aberdaron. Earlier on today the m a0 87 crossing was shut during the morning the m4 crossing has been running with speed restrictions. This area of low pressure contains the remnants of Hurricane Lee and its this that will continue to bring wet and windy weather overnight and into wednesday as well. Its not been that windy in scotland today but things will change overnight as heavy rain moves in and the winds strengthen. Its going to be a gusty night for the majority of us. Very mild. But the strong winds have the potential to cause problems. Gusts of 60 miles an hour tomorrow morning might lead to some disruption. Strong enough to cause one or two issues and weve got similar wind speeds for Northern Ireland and scotland. The strongest winds working into western scotland. Once this band of really heavy rain has moved through the winds will drop pretty quickly behind it across the midlands, wales and Western Areas of england. By thursday the areas of england. By thursday the area of low pressure becomes slow moving to the north of scotland. It will bring a band of Heavy Rain Across Scotland and Northern Ireland with gale force winds. England and wales, the winds calming down a bit but its an unsettled day. A day of sunny spells and showers. Temperatures edging down a degree or two. That continues to be the case on friday. Again unsettled day. North westerly winds and showers most frequent across Western Areas. So no one is immune to seeing an odd downpour and those Temperatures Edging back a little bit closer to average for the time of year. This weekend, saturday is the better of the two days. Dry and sunny for most of the day and a bit of rain in the west but back to wet and windy conditions by sunday. This is bbc news. The headlines President Biden appeals to the United Nations General Assembly, urging World Leaders to stop russias Naked Aggression against ukraine. The bbc removes some content featuring Russell Brand from iplayer and bbc sounds and initiates a review into complaints against him. Azerbaijan launches a Military Operation in the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh, describing it as an Anti Terrorism action. Time for a look at the Business News now with lukwesa burak. Lets start in the United States, where elon musk has suggested that all users of the x platform, formerly known as twitter, may have to pay to use the service. The billionaire made the remarks at an event in california, where he appeared in conversation with israels Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu. Mr musk argued that a Payment System was the only way to counter bots, or automated accounts. Our north America Business correspondent. Erin delmorejoins us. He has not confirmed it is going to happen but what is the feeling in