Zelensky says he's asked Keir Starmer for permission to strike inside Russia with British weapons

The World Tonight

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky told the BBC's Chris Mason he had met Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer with just one request: to strike inside Russia with British weapons. Zelensky said Ukraine needed to take out launch sites for missiles which are hitting his country's civilian infrastructure. During the exclusive interview after the European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace, he also said Ukraine would never be pressured by a US administration to surrender to Russia.

In the US, President Biden faced renewed pressure to end his bid for re-election. Reports claim Barack Obama has said Biden must rethink whether he can win.

And in Bangladesh dozens of people have been killed in clashes between police and students, who are protesting over a law that withholds a quota of civil service jobs for relatives of those who fought in Bangladesh's war of independence from Pakistan.