address, president biden is expected to present a picture of a nation on the rebound making solid progress, especially in regards to the u.s. economy. republicans will portray the president as largely failing. and they have a boat load of new poll numbers to back them up. perhaps, most striking of all those polls, results showing a majority of americans and most democrats do not want president biden to run for re-election. and after the spy balloon journey across the country and increasing aggressive actions around the world, china is expected to be a major topic tonight as well. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off live tonight from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. good evening, bret. this speech is widely seen as an anchor to president biden s 2024 announcement. but, looming over it is the fallout from his handling of the chinese spy balloon exposing division within his own party and doubts about his job in office. hours before his speech, the pent
city in the uk to introduce a clean air zone. drivers of the most polluting vehicles will be charged for entering a designated area. the uk prime minister, rishi sunak, will meet the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, on monday. the meeting is expected to revolve around the post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland in a joint statement said they would work towards finding a solution to the dispute. the talks are due to be held late lunchtime on monday and if a deal is reached mr sunak will make a statement to parliament. our political editor chris mason has more. here stands the ultimate prize in all of these negotiations. this is stormont in belfast, the home of the northern ireland assembly. getting it and an executive here up and running again would be quite a moment. doing a deal with brussels does not guarantee that, but there are other potential prizes, improving internal uk trade and resetting relations with the european union. if
world leaders have offered help with rescue operations following two huge earthquakes which have devastated parts of southern turkey and northern syria. at least 4300 people are known to have died. rescuers are racing to save those trapped beneath the rubble. the first earthquake struck in the early hours of monday morning while people were asleep. the epicentre was near the turkish city of gaziantep, which is near the border with syria and measured a magnitude of 7.8. the second earthquake measured 7.5 magnitude and hit 130 kilometres, about 80 miles to the north of the first. millions of people across turkey, syria, lebanon, cyprus and israel felt the earthquake. freezing temperatures and the closure of airports make getting aid into the area more challenging. years of civil war and political isolation present obstacles to helping syria. 0ur middle east correspondent anna foster is in turkey, and is travelling towards the epicentre of the earthquake, close to the border wit
a clean air zone. and one of the most hyped bouts in the history of boxing tommy fury wins his grudge match by a split decision. at least 59 migrants have drowned after their boat broke up in rough seas and sank off the southern coast of italy, including a number of children. the boat was said to be overloaded with close to 150 people. it s thought the vessel left izmir, in eastern turkey, three days ago. those who survived came ashore near the town of crotone, on the calabrian coast, and are being helped by the red cross. jon donnison has the latest. overnight, another tragedy in the mediterranean. by daylight, this was all that was left of the migrant boat that broke up in rough seas just off the calabrian coast. rescue workers struggled in the conditions to recover bodies from the water. it s thought around 150 people were onboard. dozens, including a baby, are known to have drowned. the regional governor visited the scene. translation: calabria is - a region that welcom
were shot dead in their car. and one of the most hyped bouts in the history of boxing tommy fury wins his bout against jake paul. by bya by a split decision. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. welcome to the programme. the european commission president, ursula von der leyen, is to meet the british prime minister later today, with expectations rising that they ll finalise a new post brexit trading deal for northern ireland. if agreement is reached, rishi sunak will make a statement to the uk parliament. our political editor chris mason has more. here stands the ultimate prize in all of these negotiations. this is stormont, in belfast, the home of the northern ireland assembly. getting it and an executive here up and running again would be quite a moment. doing a deal with brussels does not guarantee that, but there are other potential prizes, improving internal uk trade and resetting relations with the european union. if we can get it over the line, we re o