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afield. so it bring us up to date on what was an important visit for the ukrainian leader that's right. >> so secretary of defense lloyd austin, he actually match with president zelenskyy yesterday and they discussed it this very thing. i mean, for the most part, so zelenskyy has expressed deep appreciation for the united states decision to allow ukraine to use american made weapons to strike into russia at all. but for now, it is only limited to just across the border from kharkiv and ukraine into russia, where russia has been launching a missile attacks onto the city from and ukraine greene says that it's going to better allow itself to defend itself, something that secretary austin echoed in a press conference earlier today, but still, he told reporters that right now the us policy has not changed. that they do not want to see ukraine firing long long-range american weapons, including those attack them systems. deep
but others holding signs of support for the new peace proposal now, ukraine's presence is continuing his asia-pacific trip with a visit to the philippines. volodymyr zelenskyy thanked filipino president ferdinand marcos junior for agreeing to participate in the upcoming ukraine peace conference in switzerland mr. zelenskyy also says ukraine intends to open an embassy in the philippines this year. and present marcos said his country would help ukraine in any way possible on sundays. let's get wrapped up his surprise meeting at asia's top security conference in singapore, where he met with the country's president and prime minister. so that's key is making personal appeals to leaders in the region to join the peace conference in switzerland. he also met with us defense secretary lloyd austin in singapore. he thanked us for giving limited permission to fire us weapons into russian territory. but he says washington needs to lift more restraints. so ukraine can properly defend itself. sin and national security correspondent natasha bro trial and joins us
now from singapore, what chances are there for zelenskyy to convince them, the americans to be more flexible tasha well, look, i mean originally it was a red line for the us to allow ukraine to use american made weapons to strike inside russian territory at all. >> and now we see that they have loosened those restrictions after many of its european partners already did so, as well as amid pressure from nato countries and the neto secretary generals. of course it's possible that yet again, the administration at shifts its posture to allow ukraine to strike deeper into russian territory using american made weapons or simply in other areas along the border. but for now, the us says that its policy has not changed, that they do not want, ukraine to speak to use long-range american weapons. those atacms, for example, to strike deep inside russian territory because they don't want to see the conflict escalate and spread beyond ukraine. they say hey, that
president biden's redline. critics say mr. biden is caving on his promise of withholding certain weapons if israel launched a major military operation there. drawing redlines in the middle east has been a controversial topic for decades. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu pushed for his own redline in 2012 when he appeared on this program on the topic of iran. >> i think a redline in this case works to reduce the chances of the need for military action because once the iranians understand that there's no -- there's a line that they can't cross they're not likely to cross it. you know when president kennedy sets a redline in the cuban missile crisis, he was criticized, and it turns out it didn't bring war. it pushed war back and pushed peace with the former soviet union. when there was no redline set, saddam hussain innovated kuwait. they had the uranium for an atom
they are allowing ukraine now to use the weapons to strike just narrowly over the border there so that you ukraine can basically defend itself against these missile attacks that russia is launching from belgorod, from right across the border. so that for now is the policy and secretary of defense, lloyd austin. he spoke to reporters a little bit earlier today and he said that he does think that that's going to make a difference for the ukrainians amid this major russian offensive on the city of kharkiv. but again, that he does not believe that now is the time for ukraine to using those weapons to strike any further into russian territory. but secretary of defense, austin, he he met was zelenskyy and they discussed the battlefield needs yesterday here in singapore. the need for additional air defenses, which you create has really been struggling to find those air defenses are running short really. and not only the us, but also among the us's allies. so kind of scrambling to find every last air defense system and munitions that they can to help protect their skies. also, zelenskyy, of course, he he met with asian
600-mile front line, and it's having an impact. the russians is made some limited tactical gains boo kharkiv, some smaller towns, but have not made headway. this is always where they're frankly building capacity, building forces, getting weapons from what need from the west, in order to go on an offensive next week. ukraine is not the top issues that voters seem to be caring about. why are you running in the 7th district. how do you explain yourself to voters? >> so, the reason i'm running is i think democracy is on the line here. in 2024 we're at a crossroads in this country. we can go down a dark path, which is what the former
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how close its. >> hoe close is it to the border? >> 20 miles. >> wow. >> so that's within a few artillery pieces on the border, they can actually shoot. nobody does that, but they could shoot right into the city of dar confident. the ukrainians need to hit those staging areas. if the russians realize they have safe harbor, they'll put everything right on the border. it's important they receive this authorization, so they can strike targets, staging area, and logistics bases that the russians are maintaining right across the border. >> are they getting the weapons that were approve finally. >> they're start you to flow into country. i think about a week ago they said they finally have sufficient ammunition, which is hard to believe. they have sufficient ammunition to defend across this massive
waiting list at the moment. ok, andrew, thank _ waiting list at the moment. ok, andrew, thank you _ waiting list at the moment. 0k, andrew, thank you very much. lucinda, thanks to you both for updating us from your regions. here are the candidates who have been selected so far to battle it out in that constituency that andrew was talking about of norwich north. the bbc will have a full list of candidates once nominations close. here are the candidates who have been selected so far in lewes. again, the bbc will have a full list of candidates once nominations close. more now on the general election campaign. labour leader sir keir starmer will reaffirm his commitment to the uk's nuclear deterrent, describing labour as the party of national security. he says keeping britain safe should be the "bedrock" of any government. labour's shadow defence secretaryjohn healey was also on the today programme a little earlier. healey was pressed on david lammy voting against trident in 2016 and his moral argument against nuclear weapons at the time. the world has changed fundamentally
debate, and we will have to see as well in terms of what the snp say on many issues. of course they are the government in scotland, but a lot of this is interesting because a lot of the debate in scotland has been playing out in this campaign about issues that are actually devolved to the scottish government, not under the scottish government, not under the power of westminster. but scottish voters in this election won't be making that distinction, and certainly for the opposition parties here, they'll be using the debate tonight as an opportunity to put the snp on the spot. they'll be using that as the record and government.— using that as the record and government. using that as the record and covernment. , ., ., , government. georgia roberts in glas . ow, government. georgia roberts in glasgow. thank— government. georgia roberts in glasgow, thank you. _ the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says if he becomes prime minister, he would be prepared to use nuclear weapons to defend the uk. at a campaign event in bury, he said his party would increase defence spending and update the country's nuclear arsenal. both the tories and labour are keen to make national security a prominent issue in this election — as chris mason reports.