Eastern Borders News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

good evening. there are 600,000 russian troops in ukraine. they are firing seven shells for every one the ukrainians can fire in return. yesterday, the russian president said they he continue to wage war until all the kremlin objectives are met. —— he will continue. compare that with the statement from president biden on tuesday, who said america will continue to fund ukraine "as long as we can". but there is no sign the 60 billion aid budget will be passed by congress this side of christmas, if at all. and in europe, similar problems. here's the european commission president urs...

what else are you learning about when this call could happen? >> reporter: well, it's going to be pretty soon according to the sources i have spoken to inside ukraine. but nothing concrete, i have been told, by senior officials have been scheduled. so it's still very much in the -- it could possibly happen stage. if it does happen, it would be the first time that president zelenskyy of ukraine has spoken with xi jinping and that contrasts starkly with the amount of contact there has been between the chinese and russian presidents. it's been more than 40 occasions that they have had f...

that has just wrapped up with russian president vladimir putin calling his meeting with chinese president xi jingping successful. today, the two leaders signing a joint declaration deepening their partnership. and the summit obviously comes at a critical time for the war in ukraine. there are strong indications now that russia and china are moving closer both economically and militarily. >> xi is framing himself as a possible peace broker and they say it could be the basis for ending the war. but the u.s. and western allies remain deeply sceptical. there are signs that russia has req...

the only survivor behind the gun and bomb attacks that killed 130 people in the biggest trial in modern french history following the country's worst peacetime attack. it shook paris to its core in november 2015. as well as those killed, hundreds were injured during horrendous attacks on bars, restaurants, the national football stadium and the bataclan music venue. arrested in brussels four months after the attacks, salah abdeslam said he was a soldier of the so—called islamic state group, but later apologised to victims and claimed he decided not to detonate his suicide vest on th...

the governor of the bank of england has warned the uk economy is suffering a faster downturn than other countries and interest rates could rise again. and coming up this hour, we bring you the latest from wimbledon�*s centre court, after british hopefuls emma raducanu and andy murray crash out. hello and welcome to bbc news. the uk will provide an extra £1 billion of military aid to ukraine, almost doubling the amount of support provided to fight the russian invasion. it's after president zelensky urged nato leaders to give more help to the country, saying the war effort was costi...