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Especially springlike with lots of cloud and outbreaks of rain and i will have more details throughout the programme. Its sunday the 10th of march. Our main story the us military ship is on its way to the middle east, carrying the first equipment to construct a temporary peer off the coast of gaza. It is hoped this will help more aid into the territory as deliveries by land and air have proved difficult and dangerous. And while a ship holding 200 tons of food is making final preparations to set ...

Soon. Very nice to have your company this morning. The top story on this Tuesday Morning is were one day out from the chancellor handing down his spnng chancellor handing down his Spring Budget, where rejuvenating the economy and addressing the cost of living will be front and centre. Politically, though, there is pressure to try and turn the tide in the polls as the conservative supporters fallen to its lowest level on record, according to a new humiliate ing ipsos poll. And to top it off overn...

Which is marking 25 years since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. The historic peace deal largely ended decades of violence in Northern Ireland. But Prime Minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified to restore the Power Sharing government that was central to the deal. It collapsed in the fallout from brexit and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to overshadow the historic milestone. Rishi sunak willjoin the us president , joe biden, on a visit t...

mr xi said their two countries had the "ability and responsibility" to safeguard world peace. the french leader is on a state visit to china, which has refused to condemn russias invasion of ukraine. mr macron isjoined on this visit by european commission chief ursula von der leyen, as well as a large business delegation to try and bolster trade ties. isabel hilton is the founder of the nonprofit organisation china dialogue. yesterday the strip was very much about pressure related to u...

bring russia to its senses". thats the message the french president emmanuel macron has delivered on thursday to the man who can, maybe, influence vladimir putin, the chinese leader xi jinping. applying pressure on ukraine isnt an an easy sell after years of worsening relations between the west and china, and president xis recent visit to moscow. heres some of what president macron had to say. decades of peace in europe. i know i can count on you to bring russia to its senses and every...

by russias invasion of ukraine. in response, moscow says the finland nato alliance increases the risk of conflict and that it will strengthen its military presence in the region. the head of the military alliance, jens stoltenberg, is calling finlands accession a historic moment. heres what he said earlier. in a few hours we will welcome finland as the slst member of our alliance. this will make finland safer and nato stronger. on this very day in 1949 the washington treaty, natos foun...

lets get down to business and we start with the big picture. the global economy is expected to grow a paltry 3% over the next five years according to the head of the international monetary fund, kristalina geogieva. her comments were made ahead of the imf and world banks spring meetings which kick off today in washington. our north america business correspondent samira hussain is there. high inflation continues to plague countries around the world. bankers are raising interest rates to...

In the past decade, ten us states have given parents an option on school choice. If they choose to they can opt to send their children to Private Schools and in return they will get some tax relief to help offset those fees. That gives countless families says jo, particularly those who live in inner cities with underperforming schools the chance to attend a Private School. Makes it more affordable. But this side of the pond, the opposition wants to go the other way. Labour say they will add vat ...

Now lets go over to westminster and join that bbc special on the budget with andrew neil. It is budget day, thejohnson government unveils its new plans, with special emphasis on its new voters in the midlands and the north. But for a rookie chancellor, only 28 days in the job, the north. But for a rookie chancellor, only 28 days in thejob, the biggest challenge is the growing Economic Impact of the coronavirus, and what he can do to vaccinate the economy from it. With me for this politics live b...

Four billion dollars worth of annual u. S. Imports are expected to be hit by the new measures ranging from Agricultural Products to steel bourbon whiskey that list could also be expanded in the future according to e. U. Officials. Found this doesnt only affect businesses of course earlier we spoke to our financial correspondent in frankfurt all the spots and i asked him how these tariffs could impact the average citizen. Yeah for example in the United States steel tariffs are used by the Steel C...