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get rough, but the white house wont paint that bleak picture tonight. instead, the president is making a bet that many democrats before him have made. go high when they go low. think unity. a traditional victory lap touting his administrative wins over a tough two years. emphasizing that democrats and republicans can get things done together. its what the country wants, a senior white house official told me. so where does he go from here? what bipartisan deal with the white house worki...

♪♪ hi there, everyone. its 4:00 in new york on state of the union day when president joe biden delivers that state of the union address to we thought it was important to remember that that address will take place in what amounts to a crime scene. for which there has yet to be accountability for many of its perpetrators. members of the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6th have been swept into the largest investigation in justice department history. more than 950 of them fro...

ukraines president gets the red—carpet treatment in poland — and a pledge of fighterjets. one of the worlds biggest online, crime websites is shut down by police in 17 countries. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. chinas foreign ministry has condemned a meeting between tsai ing—wen and the us speaker of the house in california. it vowed a resolute response. mr mccarthy as the most senior american politician to mee...

during nigerias closest presidential election in decades — as poor organisation and logistical problems led to severe delay at polling stations. there were also reports of violence, including gunshots near a polling station in lagos. chinas decsion not to condemn russias invasion of ukraine, has caused tensions at a meeting of the g20�*s major economies. russia accused western countries of destabilising the event by references to the conflict. india has issued a "chair�*s summary...

have produced a second record breaking result in weeks, this a first world championship medal in 84 years. was this you watching the final episode of happy valley last night? weve no spoilers, but we will be discussing the end of the biggest drama so far this year. thank goodness there are no spoilers, i have not seen any of it yet and i cannot wait to watch it! a cold start today, some frost and fog, that will lift your england and wales where it will be sunny, scotland and northern i...

at auction next week. a very warm welcome to th programme. president macron of france and the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, are in beijing, where theyre holding talks the chinese leadership. the joint trip is the latest push by europe to engage with china, and they are expected to urge it to use its influence on russia to halt the war in ukraine. this was a short time ago at the great hall of the people. the europeans meeting chinas premier, li qiang. in h...

a cold weather front from the arctic has caused disruption along americas west coast. youre watching bbc news. now its time for talking movies: berlin film festival special. hello from berlin. im tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. in todays programme, highlights from the berlin international film festival. over 11 days, some 280 films are shown, with big names from the world of cinema gathering here in the german capital. we sat down with sean penn, whose documentary superpower ...

and iran says it has foiled an unsuccessful drone attack on a military facility in central isfahan province. here in the uk, allies of the prime minister rishi sunak have defended his decision to wait for the outcome of an inquiry before sacking the chairman of the conservative party nadim zahawi. the investigation judged the former chancellor had failed to be open about his finances in a serious breach of the ministerial code. opposition parties say mr zahawi should have been dismisse...

and iran says it has foiled an unsuccessful drone attack on a military facility in central isfahan province. here in the uk, allies of the prime minister rishi sunak have defended his decision to wait for the outcome of an inquiry before sacking the chairman of the conservative party nadim zahawi. the investigation judged the former chancellor had failed to be open about his finances in a serious breach of the ministerial code. opposition parties say mr zahawi should have been dismisse...

wrong because if putin-- im sorry, if president xi successfully invades taiwan that would have a huge impact on the global economy, whether its on semiconductors, closing off shipping routes. it would have a massive impact and what it would show is it would show that china and its authoritarian allies are on the march and thats what we cannot allow to happen. neil: all right, former and brief british prime minister liz truss saying shes concerned about a comment made by emmanuel macron...