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Expect russia to make a renewed push for the city in the coming weeks. 0rla guerin, bbc news, on the outskirts of kyiv. in the us, president biden says the russian leader, president putin, has his back to the wall as a result of ukrainian military resistance and the united response of the west. he said russia may be seeking to create a pretext to use them himself. lets have a listen. his back is against the wall, and now hes talking about new false setting up, including he is asserting that we, ...

This footage from a drone showing mariupol being destroyed with reports the attacks are stalling in places. further east, parts of the city of mariupol — the centre and suburbs here — shelled and empty, a further 3,000 people were evacuated yesterday. satellite images show the smoke rising across the city. the united states has said that russia may soon turn to using chemical weapons, following false claims that ukraine was poised to use them. his back is against the wall, and now he is talk...

Democrat -- republican on the house foreign affairs committee, has said that a no-fly zone would result in automatic world war iii. senator rubio says the same. why on earth, then, are you still advocating for something that even top republicans say will start world war iii? >> this is not about democrats or republicans, mehdi. its about what our allies and the united states will accept in ukraine. we see them come across the border illegally, we see them escalate, blowup apartment buildings, go...

To create a pretext, to use them itself. lets have a listen to what he said. his back is against the wall, and now hes talking about new false flags hes setting up, including hes asserting that we, america, have biological, as well as chemical weapons in europe. simply not true — i guarantee you. theyre also suggesting that ukraine has biological and chemical weapons in ukraine. thats a clear sign hes considering using both of those. president biden also said the us had "evolving intelligence"...

Nearby, a woman has buried her only son with her own hands. it falls into a pattern of behaviour which is consistent with anti—partisan warfare, or mopping—up operations, that the russian military has conducted in a number of conflicts in the past, and essentially it is aimed at terrorising the population in response to insurgents or resistance fighters operating from their communities. and so the intent is to make the population pay a collective price for sustaining resistance. the preceden...

The precedent for holding political and military leaders responsible was established at nuremberg in 1916. this was the founding moment of international criminal law and the new concept of the crime of aggression acquired legal force, including crimes against humanity. during the war in former yugoslavia in the 1990s, that concept was invoked again with the setting—up of a special war crimes tribunal in the hague. it took many years, but, in the end, prominent military and political leaders we...

House reporter jasmine wright in washington. good morning. what do we know about bidens message to putin and the sanctions that could be on the table here? >> reporter: well, christine, sanctions on the table are aggressive. that is how they have been described to cnn. they could target as you said, russian oligarchs, russian banks, russian debt. one nuclear to remove the country from the payment plan, swift which is what most banks use -- which is what a lot of banks use across the country. off...

Saying, the prime minister talked about the, he said, we still have the afghan resettlement scheme to help people to whom we owe obligations. thats the scheme for government announced at the time, said it would bring 20,000 people here, details to be announced. if you go onto the commit website, i have just literally done it, you go onto the commit website, i havejust literally done it, it you go onto the commit website, i have just literally done it, it says if you are in afghanistan are trying...

Do a bargain with the united states essentially to get some legal agreement to exclude them from any kind of inclusion in the western military alliance in the future, jim. >> interesting ukraine sensitive to what washington might do to defuse this. matthew chance, kay kylie atwood, thanks so much. setting up for a big political rematch, stacey abrams announcing another run at the georgia governor mention, but kemp might have competition with his own party first. how it could be a preview of th...

Safe if we use them, and this is a national mission, and we all have a role to— national mission, and we all have a role to plav — national mission, and we all have a role to play. if we want to give ourselves _ role to play. if we want to give ourselves the best chance of a christmas _ ourselves the best chance of a christmas with our loved ones, the best thing — christmas with our loved ones, the best thing we can all do is step up, roll up— best thing we can all do is step up, rollup ...