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and virtual passport to paradise: why a remote pacific island nation is offering digital citizenship to people around the world. so, lets get down to business. we start here in the uk, where companies are begging the chancellorjeremy hunt to provide more support for business when he announces his budget next week. as it stands, firms face a sharp rise in corporation tax at the end of the month, just as government help with energy bills is scaled back and tax breaks on investment are ph...

the paramilitary group the rapid support forces came to that agreementjust hours before a previous ceasefire was due to expire. despite these agreements, clashes have been reported with gunshots heard and fighterjets seen in parts of the country. our correspondent paul adams has more on the origins of the conflict. khartoum obviously was the focus of that popular revolt backin focus of that popular revolt back in 2019, which was, you know, the thing that brought to an end 30 years of a...

we start with some breaking news from ukraine. local media is reporting that loud explosions in kyiv and the surrounding region are happening. no reports as of yet on any specific targets or damage, but there were earlier reports of explosions in cities from central ukraine to the mykolaiv region. air raid alerts sounded throughout the country. the uk ambassador to ukraine dame melinda simmons has tweeted: apparently, confirming those reports we are hearing about explosions. and these ...

now, for the business news, im victoria valentine. we start in the us where there is more evidence that, after tens of thousands ofjob cuts, big tech is pulling out of its post—pandemic slump. amazon is the latest to reveal its making much more money than wall street was expecting. sales hit more than $127 billion in the first three months of the year, and the online retail giant says that figure will be higher in the current quarter. it comes after alphabet, the owner of google and ...

give us ofgem, they sit as a negotiator, they dont have net zero has a priority and that is something we have been calling for time and again. the government ambitions aims, we need to internet millions more homes. it is the greenest form of energy is spending because we dont spend the energy in the first place. there is no real change of the de facto ban on onshore wind which again is the cheapest form of energy so what is the government doing, going along again with plans that have a...

lethal aid in its war against ukraine. it comes the secretary of state anthony blinken met with chinas top diplomat this weekend. exchanging strong words two weeks after the u.s. shut down a chinese spy balloon off the carolina coast. earlier today, and i see spokesperson john kirby stress the importance of repairing the u.s. china relationship. >> the president said he billing to dock to president xi in the future. and he will. we still have lansing on occasion open with china as you ...

fortune 500 made profit and paid zero in federal taxes? zero. >> todd: boos, yelling and outburst during unprecedented state of the union address focused on bashing republicans. im todd piro. >> ashley: im ashley strohmier in for carley shimkus. "new york post" isul caing the president joe lie-den, he told so many fibs last night we cant keep track. we have guests on deck to give reaction, tom homan, pete hegseth, joe concha and kellyanne conway will be here live. >> todd: lucas has th...

submitted a bid to buy manchester united — bbc sport understands that a rival bid was also tabled by ineos, owned by british billionaire, sirjim ratcliffe, before fridays deadline. now its time for talking business. on the show, the windfalls of war, $200 billion, total amount of profit torrent last year alone by the worlds major oil companies. president biden and other world leaders are accusing the oil companies of war profiteering at a time of a cost of living crisis not seenin ti...

pittsburgh pirates in an 8-1 win over the dodgers. today he got his first start at third base. the news continues. cnn "prime time" with michael smerconish starts now. thank you. he was once a politician but it wasnt until he pumped up the volume on talk tv that this provocateur defined todays era of politics. im michael smerconish in new york. [ crowd chanting ] >> for nearly three decades, that was the chant heard over the course you have more than 4,000 episodes. controversial, ...

>> border crisis caused by the biden administration. >> never a good bet to bet against america, never. [chanting u.s.a.] >> newark can once again be the land of the free and the home of the brave. >> pete hegseth is live in carthage in north carolina where hes going to be talking to voters. >> who here watched the speech last night? who loved the speech last night? ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ainsley: last night was joe bidens second state of the union address. we all watched it. we watched sarah ...