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threat. tens of thousands of adults with disabilities and long—term illnesses are being sued by local councils for failing to pay their social care bills. we have a special report on the impact of a year of war on the children of ukraine. bells ring. calling all bell—ringers — a campaign is launched to fill vacancies ahead of the kings coronation. and coming up on the bbc news channel. a pivotal day for welsh sport and the six nations as the players are due to reveal whether they...

we do have some showers. you can see the extent of the cloud across the country, some of the heavy showers working in across western scotland and northern ireland and across wales at the moment whereas across eastern scotland and central and eastern scotland and central and eastern england not much in the way of sunshine. most of that rain tending to come through quite light and patchy but nevertheless are not off through the afternoon. temperatures are lower than at the week but close...

there was a time, before the war in ukraine, when europe thought about its place in the world, and how it could become less dependent on the united states. as washington turned inwards, and administrations refocused us foreign policy towards asia, france and germany talked about the need for "strategic autonomy". but today in warsaw, at a meeting of the bucharest 9, it was the american president sat at the head of the table. all nine members of this group were part of the former soviet...

silicon valley banks collapse on friday has sent shock waves around the world. its forced central banks and regulators to act. on friday, california banking regulators closed down svb financial group — the largest bank failure since the global financial crisis. since then, two other regional banks have also gone bankrupt — silvergate, signature bank in new york while first republic was also forced to reassure investors after its shares plunged 60% in pre—market trading. in a bid ...

five or ten years being really characterised by a lot of churn and push towards more statism. we remain quite sceptical of the ability to turn the economic fortunes. there have been good signs in the past, a few days that they are a bit more rational, realistic, setting the gross targeted 5% but the end of the day, the composition of the committee is reallyjust where xi jinping is, that shows that politics will be there for a little while longer so we take the news with a grain of salt...

scare today after word that local police lost documents with sensitive security information. the trip is meant to celebrate the presidents irish roots and the anniversary of historic peace agreement. the presidents insistence on pushing green energy, specifically electric vehicles is causing some problems back home. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is in dublin, ireland tonight 2r58ing with the president. good evening, jacqui. >> good evening to you, bret. never mind the cost ...

rewarded him with one of the most prestigious committee assignments in this congress. dont tell me this is about consistency. >> republicans remove congresswoman ilhan omar from the foreign affairs committee. another example of house republicans putting the show ahead of any policy agenda. >> also tonight, president biden talks policing reform with the congressional black caucus. but theres still almost zero chance of getting enough republican support for anything meaningful. >> plus, ...

the biden administration approves a controversial oil drilling project in alaska despite fierce opposition from environmentalists no losses will be borne by the taxpayers. the money would come from the fees the bank pays in the deposit insurance fund. junior doctors in england begin three days of strike action — in their dispute over pay and conditions and at the academy awards, one film wins almost everything all at once, including best actress the uks prime minister — rishi sunak...

murder charges this evening over the death of a black motorist during a traffic stop. memphis officials are worried about civil unrest tonight. the district attorney says the city will release body cam video tomorrow. correspondent charles watson is in memphis tonight with the latest. good evening, charles. >> good evening, bret. all five memphis police officers face second degree murder charges in the death of nichols. steve announced the charges this afternoon after a grand jury conv...

and, the oscars gets its first �*best actress�*, from an asian background. its seven in the morning in singapore, and 4pm in san diego in the united states — where a trilateral gathering of some of the worlds key democracies has been taking place. president biden, uk prime minister rishi sunak and the australian prime minister, anthony albanese, have met in california to confirm the aukus security agreement. under the pact, australia will receive nuclear—powered submarines from...