Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the World Service of the BBC, live from London.

This is Owen Bennett Jones.

And later in the programme, we'll be hearing how the Indian Prime Minister is on a mission to get his country a permanent seat on the UN Security Council.

That issue has come up again.

And we hear from a friend of a Lebanese national

level football player who was critically injured during a strike on Beirut on Saturday.

It's hard to find words for what we're going through between the constant fear of the bombing,

the stress of waiting for news about Thalien, the uncertainty of everything, it's overwhelming.

But we're beginning with Ukraine because US media are reporting that President Joe Biden

has now authorized Ukraine to use US-provided weapons to make limited strikes but deep into

Russian territory. Now, this is a significant reversal in US policy. It's

been under discussion for months and despite repeated Ukrainian pleas, the White House seemed firm on this,

but that seems to have changed, although I have to say there's been no formal confirmation

by the White House. Well, the BBC's correspondent in Ukraine.

Paul Adams is in Denepro.

Now, Paul, you've been following this for, you know, since this conflict began.

This is quite a, quite a big moment.

Yeah, it is, Aaron.

You're right to say that it hasn't been confirmed,

but the fact that it's been so widely reported across the American media

suggests that there's very little doubt about this.

And in fact, correct me if you've already played this,

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