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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 decis...

beijing. china has slapped export controls on two rare metals used in the manufacture of semiconductors. the move by the chinese ministry of commerce targets the metals gallium and germanium. china is a major producer of both. from august, exports of these metals will require a licence. michelle fleury has more. us treasury secretary janet yellen is headed to berlin, and hers is the second trip by a cabinet official to china since ties between the world's two top economies deteriorated earlier this year. her goal is to study the relationship, but she has got her work cut out for her....

and months of negotiation. and in fact, the deal was meant to expire today. they've now got an entirely new deal which will carry them through for another nine months. and as you say, it's going to be about three billion usd, which is more than they were expecting if they'd managed to negotiate the end of the last deal. so that is a relief. but at the same time, lots of analysts that i've been speaking to have also emphasised the fact that this is reallyjust patching up just for now, it's a sticking plaster to be able to get pakistan through to the end of the year and the beginning o...

Is being transformed by a year long festival of arts and culture. Anne marie tasker and kofi smiles report on the highlights. Hello, and welcome to hull, which, for the whole of 2017 is the uks City Of Culture. And this is the Humber Bridge, just the latest location to take part in the 365 Day Celebration of arts and culture. Pulled between stars and asteroids, meteors and satellites. This Stuning Landmark is being turned into a giant musical instrument, taking you on a sonic journey across the humber. And ive been on myjourneys, too, exploring the cultural links between this maritime city and...

Is being transformed by a year long festival of arts and culture. Anne marie tasker and kofi smiles report on the highlights. Hello, and welcome to hull, which, for the whole of 2017 is the uks City Of Culture. And this is the Humber Bridge, just the latest location to take part in the 365 Day Celebration of arts and culture. Pulled between stars and asteroids, meteors and satellites. This Stuning Landmark is being turned into a giant musical instrument, taking you on a sonic journey across the humber. And ive been on myjourneys, too, exploring the cultural links between this maritime city and...