President Volodymyr Zelensky is in London today for a summit of the "coalition of the willing" - more than 20 of Ukraine's allies who have agreed to provide Kyiv with security guarantees once a ceasefire is agreed in the war with Russia.

Among the leaders attending today’s summit, hosted by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, are Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Netherlands' Dick Schoof. Others including French President Emmanuel Macron are taking part via videolink.

The chart below tracks military aid sent to Ukraine since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, as well as its immediate run-up.

Washington remains the top donor of military aid by a significant margin, although there have been repeated threats from US President Donald Trump to cut further support for Ukraine.

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Kumar Malhotra
BBC Verify senior journalist

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US President Donald Trump says he’s ended trade talks with Canada after an advert sponsored by the Ontario provincial government criticised his use of tariffs.

The advert quoted Ronald Reagan saying in 1987 that tariffs "hurt every American". Trump described the Ontario ad as, external , external“fake”, external , externaland shared a statement from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library saying it had used “selective audio and video” to “misrepresent” his predecessor’s remarks.

The audio used in the Ontario ad, external, which is about a minute long, is from Reagan's original radio address. But it has made selective use of the approximately five minute-long speech - in some cases re-ordering the remarks.

In the original, which the Reagan Library has uploaded to YouTube, external, the former president starts by speaking about a forthcoming visit by the then Japanese Prime Minister, Yasuhiro Nakasone. He says he’s imposed some tariffs on Japan in a dispute over semiconductors because “we had clear evidence that Japanese companies were engaging in unfair trade practices”. The Ontario advert omits these comments.

It’s worth pointing out that Reagan goes on to say, external that imposing tariffs or trade barriers of any kind “are steps that I am loathe to take” and the speech overall argues against them.

The Ontario ad includes comments making that case, such as when Reagan says “sometimes for a short while, it [imposing tariffs] works - but only for a short time".

The ad also features Reagan saying in the speech that “over the long run such trade barriers hurt every American worker and consumer”.

Thomas Copeland
BBC Verify Live journalist

Publicly available flight-tracking data shows the US military flew two supersonic heavy bombers off the coast of Venezuela yesterday.

The US Air Force B-1 Lancer bombers were first seen on flight-tracking site Flightradar24 taking off from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas.

They stopped broadcasting their positions until some time later when they appeared on Flightradar24 around 50 miles off the Venezuelan coast.

Despite the flights being seen on flight tracking sites, when President Donald Trump was asked about them he replied: “It's not accurate. It's false. But we're not happy with Venezuela.”

The US military has been building up a force of warships, fighter jets, bombers, drones and spy planes in the Caribbean Sea for the past two months. The White House also claims to have killed dozens of people in strikes on what it says are small boats carrying drugs.

According to the US Air Force, the B-1 has a top speed of more than 900 mph (1,448km/h) and an intercontinental range, meaning it can reach anywhere in the Caribbean from the US.

If you want to read more about the American military build-up in the southern Caribbean, then click here.

Emma Pengelly
BBC Verify journalist

We’ve verified images showing an explosion on the 14th floor of a 16-storey apartment block in the town of Krasnogorsk on the western outskirts of the capital, Moscow.

Moscow regional governor Andrey Vorobyov posted on Telegram, external that a drone attack in the early hours of this morning injured five people including a child.

One verified video captures the moment of the blast but we cannot tell whether it was caused by a drone. However, we’ve shown a picture of debris reportedly found near the scene to an expert.

Trevor Lawrence, head of the Centre for Energetics Technology at Cranfield University, said it shows a section of a weapon system with “guidance surfaces attached” which “may” be from a drone system.

He also said the explosion seen in the video is either from inside the building or on its opposite side due to the direction of travel of ejected debris.

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Becky Dale and Elizabeth Dawson
BBC Verify

The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions reached a new record low in 2024, according to provisional data released today, external by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The 2024 emissions were 0.5% lower than the year before and continue a downward trend.

The UK emitted 476.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) last year in “residential emissions” - those produced from economic activity by UK residents and businesses, whether they occur at home or abroad.

This means they include emissions produced by British tourists outside the UK and from international aviation and shipping run by British operators or carriers.

Progress in decarbonising the energy sector has driven a major decline in emissions overall since 1990.

Today’s data release is different from what the government uses to calculate progress towards its environmental targets, such as net zero. For that it relies on “territorial emissions”, external - all those produced within the borders of the UK - which in 2024 were 371 Mt CO2e.

Territorial emissions don’t include emissions produced from international shipping and aviation, nor any imported emissions.

Tamara Kovacevic
BBC Verify senior journalist

We’ve been listening to what the political parties have been saying on TV and radio this morning following Plaid Cymru’s victory in the Caerphilly by-election for the Welsh parliament.

David Bull of Reform UK, which came second, told LBC’s Breakfast programme that “20% of young people in Wales are not in education, employment or training”.

The figure isn’t quite as high as Bull claimed.

According to the Welsh government’s Annual Population Survey, external the proportion of young people aged 16 to 24 who were not in employment, education or training (NEET) was 15.1% in the year ending June 2025 - an increase of 3.6 percentage points compared with the previous 12 months.

Jake Horton
BBC Verify journalist

As we reported earlier, new satellite images show the entire East Wing of the White House has been demolished. It’s part of President Donald Trump’s project to build a new ballroom on the site.

How did we get here?

Back in July Trump said the work wouldn’t “interfere with the current building,” adding: “It will be near it but not touching it."

This week, Trump said the East Wing is "completely separate" from the White House. However, it was attached to the main residence where the president lives while in Washington.

But the latest pictures show the hallway and colonnade connecting the residence to the East Wing has been demolished. We’ve asked the White House for comment.

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The Trump administration has defended the demolition work following calls for a proper review process and scrutiny of the plans from Democratic politicians and conservation groups.

So does the president actually have the authority to do it?

In short: Yes.

We looked into this earlier in the week when the initial pictures of the demolition emerged - click play below to see what we found.

Peter Mwai and Richard Irvine-Brown
BBC Verify

We have been closely monitoring operations at Sudan’s Khartoum International Airport after the resumption of civilian flights this week. They’d been suspended for more than two years following the outbreak of civil war.

We use a variety of methods to track flights, including verified video and images of landings and departures, but a key tool has been flight tracking sites such as Flightradar24.

We noticed that the site would give arrival and departure times but after those had passed it would add the label “unknown” with no subsequent tracking data available on the site.

We approached Flightradar24 for clarification and they said airlines sometimes fail to remove their regular schedules from the third party sites it uses for data even when an airport has been closed down, so flights still appear as due to arrive or depart.

“Flights are listed as unknown after the scheduled time of departure/arrival has passed and we have not received an updated schedule or tracked the aircraft” Ian Petchenik, the company’s communications director told us.

Since Khartoum airport officially opened for commercial traffic on Wednesday, with the arrival and departure of the first passenger flight since 2023, we have not identified any further arrivals or departures.

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Matt Murphy
BBC Verify senior journalist

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Hundreds of Russian soldiers from a new paramilitary force have been deployed to Mali to help quash a growing Islamist insurgency against the ruling military junta, a senior French defence official has told BBC Verify.

Following the withdrawal of the Wagner Group - a Russian private military company - in June, French defence officials have been tracking the influx of the Moscow-backed Africa Corps and believe there are now 2,500 mercenaries operating in the West African country.

BBC Verify has authenticated footage showing heavily armed troops associated with the paramilitary force active in combat operations in rural areas since the deployment began in June.

Africa Corps operations have been extensively documented on the group’s Telegram channel and other allied social media accounts. In one clip, geolocated by BBC Verify to the town of Niono in the central Segou region, heavily armed troops could be seen in the aftermath of intense clashes. The men carried AK-style assault rifles and at least one was armed with a GP-25 grenade launcher.

Other clips posted to the Telegram channel and also geolocated to the outskirts of Niono showed dozens of bodies, apparently of insurgents who were likely killed in the operation along with large quantities of arms and motorcycles being recovered by Africa Corps and Malian military forces.

Jake Horton
BBC Verify journalist

BBC Verify has seen new satellite images that show the East Wing of the White House has now been completely demolished.

Pictures emerged on Monday showing construction crews tearing down the facade as part of US President Donald Trump’s ambitious plan to build a ballroom which he says will cost some $300m (£225m).

The latest images - taken yesterday - show the entire structure of the East Wing as well as the hallway and colonnade connecting it to the presidential residence at the White House have been flattened.

The East Wing - which was constructed in 1902 and was last modified in 1942 - was where the first lady and other staff had their offices. It also contained a movie theatre.

The new ballroom will be able to seat 650 people, according to the White House.

Trump administration officials say the rebuild will be complete “long before” his term ends in January 2029.

Rob Corp
BBC Verify Live editor

Good morning.

We’re starting the day with some new satellite imagery that shows the East Wing of the White House in Washington has been completely demolished to make way for US President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom.

Trump had previously said the project would not "interfere with the current building" before confirming on Wednesday the “existing structure” must be torn down.

We’ll also bring you updates on other stories we’re working on today, including:

• Investigating the Russian paramilitary unit that has replaced the mercenaries of the Wagner Group in Mali
• Explaining why there are “ghost flights” at the recently reopened Khartoum airport
• How we verified video showing the alleged Louvre Museum robbers apparently making their escape

As well as those stories we’ll be keeping an eye on the Coalition of the Willing meeting in London where more than 20 of Ukraine’s allies are gathering to discuss military support for the government in Kyiv.