hello and welcome to the programme. we will start with breaking news from pakistan. we have been following events in pakistan after the arrest this week of the former prime minister imran khan and we havejust had an prime minister imran khan and we have just had an announcement from the supreme court saying that his arrest earlier this week was illegal. nearly 2000 people have been arrested so far and five have been arrested so far and five have been killed. this is after imran khan s supporters clashed with the police in a number of cities across the country. this related to his arrest on corruption charges. he has beenin arrest on corruption charges. he has been in a long running battle with the authorities in pakistan relating to a number charges that had been brought against him. since he was ousted from office last year. the news on the screen from pakistan, suggesting that the arrest of imran khan earlier this week was illegal. very few details about what else we know r
eurovision fever heats up with 16 countries taking to the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. hello and welcome to the programme. we start with the war in ukraine and confirmation from the british defence secretary that storm shadow cruise missiles are being sent to ukraine. the missiles have a long range capability and are typically launched from the air. the move prompted an instant response from the kremlin saying the decision would require an adequate response from the russian military. we will hear from of the from the russian military. we will hearfrom of the un s humanitarian coordinator in ukraine but first we have ben wallace in the house of commons. in december i informed the house i was developing options to respond to russia s continued aggression and today i can confirm the uk is sending storm shadow missiles to ukraine, storm shadow is a long range conventional only precision strike capability and it compliments the long range system already gifte
success welcome to the programme. in the us, just hours to go until donald trump s controversial immigration legislation title 42 expires. the us homeland security secretary says their borders are not open and warns of tougher consequences for those who try to cross illegally. we ll look at what will it mean for people waiting to cross the us mexico border. also in the programme. the uk is to supply ukraine with long range cruise missiles to help push back russian forces. we ll look at exactly what these missiles are. interest rates in the uk go up again. now at their highest level in the uk for nearly 15 years. what does that mean for the economy? and it s eurovision the second semifinal is getting under way right now in liverpool. we ll be live with the latest from the contest. we re going to start in the us with title a2. that s the name of the legislation that makes it easier to expel people he who cross the border from mexico. it was introduced in covid times, on pub
sending u.s. troop s is on the table if china invades taiwan. reporter: so, speaker mccarthy and yourself have said that multiple times now, that we need to arm taiwan now before there s any sort of invasion. what about u.s. troops? i think, you know, then you re talking about an authorized use of military force that would comauthe out of myat committee or a w declaration of war which we haven t utilized since world war ii. reporter: would you supportda that? i think if communist china invades taiwan, i think that ise certainly if the american people support this, the congress will follow. sean: this visit came days after house speaker kevin mccarthyn and other lawmakers meant with taiwan s leader at the ronald reagan presidential library in california.s mccarthy says the country siw support foanr taiwan is resolute and unwavering. house china committee chairman mike gallagher said moments after th ge meeting that washington shouldn t be scared b to have these kind of
selling the speech, public confirmation of private plans, and new help now on the ground. up first, president biden taking his state of the union to the union, pointing to the economy, saying his plans are working, but what about those calls for bipartisanship with republicans ramping up their investigations on capitol hill? we ll take you there live. also this hour, a new global response in the headlines over that chinese spy balloon. the secretary of state this afternoon appearing alongside the head of nato revealing the u.s. was not beijing s only target as the u.s. gets ready to declassify aspects of the program sometime soon. dozens of americans now on site in turkey helping in that huge rescue operation from those devastating earthquakes. we re learning now even more people have been killed. we ll take you to the scene live. i m hallie jackson in washington. let s start with nbc s mike memoli with the president in wisconsin. chad brewster is in the key voting state. a