Celia Hatton

The last few weeks have seen a flurry of diplomatic activity as the Trump administration tries to secure backing for its latest plan to end the war between Russia and Ukraine. On Thursday all eyes will be on Florida, where the U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Ukraine's top negotiator Rustam Umarov.

They'll discuss the outcome of Tuesday's meeting in Moscow between President Putin, Mr. Wyckoff and President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. Those talks failed to produce any breakthrough, although the Kremlin described them as productive. Speaking at the Oval Office, here was Donald Trump's assessment of those Moscow talks.

David Petraeus is a retired U.S. Army general and former director of the CIA. He told the BBC's Evan Davis it's not surprising President Putin has so far not agreed to a deal.

The war in Ukraine is also on the agenda in the Chinese capital Beijing, where the French president Emmanuel Macron has met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Officially Beijing maintains a neutral stance on the conflict between Ukraine and Russia.

but has been accused of supporting Moscow by buying large quantities of raw materials and selling dual-use technology to the Russians. Ukraine's allies want China to use its economic influence to pressure Russia to end the fighting. With more, here's our correspondent in Beijing, Stephen McDonnell.

Stephen McDonald. Well, it's not just Emmanuel Macron on the move. Vladimir Putin begins a two-day visit to India today. It comes as Moscow's been looking eastward for economic partners. New Delhi is trying to balance its longstanding ties with Russia amid growing pressure from the United States. Our correspondent Davina Gupta has been speaking to people in India to find out how they're viewing this visit.

I'm in central Delhi and if you spend a few minutes here through the traffic and the winter smog, you'll spot rows of Indian flags, orange, white, green and blue, flying alongside Russia's colors of red, blue and white. These flags are doting the street to welcome Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, who is visiting New Delhi for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine. So how are people here feeling about this visit? Let's find out.

Se on 27-vuotias Deepak Kumar, joka seuraa kehityksiä Kazakstaan, jossa hän nyt elää. Deepak oli yli 1000 indian opiskelijaa, jotka opiskelevat Ukrainassa, kun konfliktit alkoivat. Hän meni kampussaan bussissa yhden opiskelijan kanssa, mutta jäi vähin puolivuotiaana. Hän oli vahvistunut kävelemään kaksi päivää ennen kuin pääsi rannasta turvallisuuteen.

It was such a traumatic experience. I've lost money and time to complete my studies and be a doctor. I just wish that Mr. Putin stops this war in Ukraine and sends a message for peace from India.

India has called for a peaceful resolution to the war. But it has also continued to buy large amounts of discounted Russian crude, which have drawn close scrutiny from Washington. Ajay Srivastava is with the New Delhi-based think tank GTRI.

US president Donald Trump argues that India's oil imports help fund Moscow's war, a claim New Delhi firmly denies. But he has now imposed steep tariffs on a wide range of Indian exports to America and also sanctioned two of Russia's largest oil refineries. India has said it will no longer import crude from those companies. If India doesn't buy oil...

But analyst Ajay Shrivastava says the timing of Putin's visit indicates not much has changed. Putin's visit signifies that India was a non-aligned or multi-aligned nation and wants to stress and give a loud message to the world that while the relationship with other big nations like US or European Union, they have been changing based on trade or strategic needs of both the sides. With Russia, they were almost constant.

And so on the agenda now is everything from new defense deals to a rethink of energy ties with Moscow, all while India tries to walk that diplomatic tightrope with the US. Davina Gupta in India.

The former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernandez has made his first statement since being released from a high security prison in the US. He thanked President Trump for changing his life by issuing him a pardon. Mr. Hernandez was serving a 45-year sentence in an American prison. He'd been found guilty for operating at the center of a ring which smuggled more than 400 tons of cocaine into the United States.

However, Mr. Trump pardoned him last week, saying he'd been the victim of what he called a Biden administration setup. From Honduras, here's our Central America correspondent Will Grant. From an undisclosed location in the United States, Juan Orlando Hernandez returned to his social media accounts to make his first statement since his controversial pardon and release from prison. Giving thanks first to God and then to President Trump,

The ex-Honduran president reiterated his argument that he was wrongfully convicted and was, he claimed, innocent. To President Trump, who gave him a pardon on his 45-year jail sentence for drug smuggling and weapons charges, Mr. Hernandez wrote, You changed my life, sir, and I will never forget it. He continued to repeat his claims that he was the victim of a rigged trial based on the accusations of criminals who sought revenge.

There was no indication on whether he will return to Honduras, although officials say he would theoretically still face charges in his home nation if he were to come back now. Mr. Hernandez simply said he would have more to share soon.

Meanwhile the vote count in the Honduran election continues to creep forward. The former vice president Salvador Nasralla has a fractional lead over the conservative candidate Nasri Asfura. However there are still thousands of ballots left to tally and the process has been painfully slow. Will Grant.

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