A wave of overnight Russian missile strikes have killed at least 12 people in and around Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv.

Apartment blocks, warehouses and a children’s hospital were hit in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Meanwhile, Romania said one drone crossed into its territory at the northern border with Ukraine triggering an air alert siren.

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Former Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who modernised the military and pioneered drone warfare, was fired last month after reportedly falling out with the head of Ukraine’s armed forces.

Now, he wants elections to be held in Ukraine.

BBC Correspondent Dan Johnson sat down with Fedorov to ask about his ambitions.

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The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency has travelled to Moscow for secret, unnannounced talks, according to multiple sources in the United States

John Ratcliffe is understood to have arrived in the Russian capital. Neither Washington or Moscow have confirmed the nature of the visit or who he was due to meet.

In-person talks between high-level American and Russian officials are rare.

Flight tracking data confirmed a large US military aircraft travelled to Russia from the US via Latvia. Footage posted on social media showed the C-17 transport plane approaching Moscow’s Vnukovo international airport.

It departed Riga airport at 05:50 GMT and appeared to have landed in the Russian capital at around 07:04 GMT, according to data from FlightRadar24. It returned to Riga shortly before 17:00 GMT.

Footage on social media also purported to show a diplomatic motorcade travelling through Moscow.

Ahead of the trip, the US told Ukraine that a senior delegation would be travelling to Moscow and asked Kyiv to suspend strikes until they had left, a senior Ukrainian official said.

Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Tom Bateman in Washington.

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Russia has threatened the UK with “consequences” and said it will pay a price, after it was confirmed that British drones had been …

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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham will hand over blueprints to Ukraine so Kyiv can build its own long-range missiles.

On a visit to Kyiv to meet with President Zelensky, the PM promised to keep up the pressure on Russia despite Moscow’s “outrageous threats”. Diplomatic correspondent James Landale is in the studio to discuss with Adam.

Plus, President Trump and Canada’s Mark Carney are in the midst of a trade war after negotiations between the two countries collapsed on Friday. Trump announced a 50% tariff on Canada goods, with Carney promising the same ‘dollar-for-dollar’.

How will this impact the US and Canadian economies? And what has the reaction been inside Canada and the US? Adam talks to chief Washington presenter Caitriona Perry, and presenter of CBC’s Front Burner podcast Jayme Poisson.

00:00 – Intro
00:52 – Andy Burnham’s first foreign trip to Ukraine
02:22 – The Storm Shadow missile deal explained
04:19 – Why the UK and France are sharing this technology
05:30 – The Patriot interceptors problem
07:02 – The Kremlin’s reaction
09:22 – The UK’s long-term commitment and defence spending
10:49 – Zelensky under pressure over elections
15:24 – US-Canada trade row
17:10 – Why Trump and Canada are at odds over trade

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