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im victor blackwell. welcome to cnn newsroom. >> were hours away from president bidens state of the union address tonight, his first to a divided congress. instead of nancy pelosi over the presidents left shoulder, it will be speaker kevin mccarthy. the speech is expected to draw the largest television audience for the president this year. americans will hear biden lay out why he believes the state of the union is strong as he said last week. >> hes expected to talk about lowering infl...

and driving hands free around the streets of london, we take a look at the driverless car that may be a gamechanger. lets now get down to business. lets start in the us, where it looks like interest rates will be headed higher and higher. speaking to a senate committee the chair of the federal reserve, jerome powell warned more action might be needed to stabilise prices and tame inflation. many analysts had been expecting another quarter percent rise when the fed meets later this month...

in their dispute over pay. the cost of some sandwiches rockets by almost 40% in the past year, as the cost of living crisis continues to bite. and could spain see its hottest april day on record? scientists predict it may hit a0 degrees celsius. and coming up on bbc news, chelsea, a goal down, but emma hayes wants her team to stay calm in the second leg of their champions league semifinal in barcelona. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. ministers have announced the bigg...

there for the moment. and the u.s. is warning china that it is going to face stiff consequences if beijing goes ahead to give weapons including drones and ammunition to russia for the ongoing invasion of ukraine. this is two ukrainian worker were killed amid a fresh wave of russian attacks. and we have the late west the storms overnight. >> at least seven tornadoes touching down in oklahoma. we have ed lavandera in norman which is south of oklahoma city. you been doing a good job this ...

ed, ive been to norman a bunch of times. i know this is the worst thing to wake up to. its the toughest to be able to make sure youre in a safe place? >> well, ive always said, theres nothing worse than the overnight tornadoes in the dark. you have no idea, really, where its coming from. and this is what the neighbors -- the residents in this neighborhood are dealing with. trees, about a foot in diameter, snapped in half. take a look way up there in the tree, about 30 feet high, a gian...

the governments asylum policy was "like 1930s germany." also in the programme this lunchtime. an arctic blast sweeps through many parts of the uk — with snow and ice causing travel problems. a big rise in the number of dog attacks recorded by police in england and wales. and a month on from the dramatic rescue of this man from the rubble of the turkish earthquake, hes reunited with the british search team who saved his life. and coming up on the bbc news channel — andy murray expec...

efforts are being stepped up in sudan to try and extend a fragile ceasefire between troops loyal to rival generals. these pictures have come into our newsroom. the outbreak of violence in the country has left more than 500 people dead and forced thousands to flee. the current truce, brokered by the us, is due to expire later on thursday. both the un and south sudan are rapidly trying to organise a three—day extension to it. the sudanese army says its approved the idea of discussing t...

khartoum are stepped up. in cyprus we havejust had khartoum are stepped up. in cyprus we have just had another 150 people arrive on the latest plane and they are expected to arrive in cyprus in the hours ahead the british government promises and tougher rules to tackle smartphone betting. industrial action in england as teachers go on strike. welcome to bbc news. the 72 hour ceasefire is in its final hours in sudan. james cleverly told the bbc now is the time for people to move. it is ...

welcome to bbc news. we start in sudan, where the 72—hour ceasefire is in its final hours. the uk foreign secretary told the bbc that now is the time for people to move. its totally unclear what happens after the midnight deadline local time — efforts continue to extend the truce. the uk operation, with round the clock flights, has so far evacuated 536 british nationals. many have been speaking about the nightmare of the last few days and the perils of the escape. the flights are o...

that that she would not be part of the cabinet so i am not sure at this stage if there is a place for her. humza yousaf made it a priority to speak to kate forbes and ash regan as soon as it was announced on monday that he was to be the leader of the snp. we dont know what the conversation with ash regan entailed. ash regan is not here today and she will not form part of this new cabinet with the new six first minister of scotland and the youngest at 37. and also the first muslim first...