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country, actually worldwide. we are going to ask them about lowering the price of insuli and making drugs affordable fo everybody in this country. >> bernie sanders, a pleasur as always. thats all in on this thursday alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex >> theres a lot of people underestimate in - great show, as always. and thanks to you at home fo joining us this evening. it is a big test for the vic president of the united states a test of his competence, an of hi...

im martine croxall in the studio in london. also in the headlines this morning. more than 60 people are now confirmed dead — including 12 children — after a boat carrying migrants sank off the southern coast of italy. fresh calls for the uk government to stop energy bill rises in april as the energy regulator announces a new price cap. early results from the nigerian elections show support for the governing party is holding firm. observers say its still too early to predict wholl w...

new york. we have a lot of news to get to on this busy friday morning including a seismic development in the special counsel investigation into former president donald trump. his vice president, mike pence, appearing before the grand jury probing his former bosss efforts to overturn the 2020 election, according to a source familiar with the matter. this morning, new reaction including this from a member of congress who investigated the capitol attack. >> i think that the vice president...

covid-19 pandemic. thats according to a newly updated classified intelligence report from the u.s. energy department. according to two sources energy officials have low confidence in this latest assessment. that means the information is either not reliable enough or its too fragmented to know for sure. it only adds to this big divide within the u.s. government over whether the pandemic began in china 2019, as a result of a lab leak, or whether it emerged naturally. >> president biden s...

hello and welcome to the programme. a group of big american banks has injected 30 billion dollars into a smaller regional bank, first republic, which had been seen as at risk of failure. it comes as fears grow of a crisis in the global financial sector. shares in european banks hit a two—month low — after the eurozone�*s central bank hiked interest rates by a half—of—one percent. the us treasury secretary, janet yellen, has insisted the us financial system remains sound despi...

israel has the most far—right government in its history. palestinian disillusion with the status quo seems to be stoking militancy. my guest is palestinian politician, physician and civil rights activist mustafa barghouti. what, if anything, can the palestinians do to improve their situation? mustafa barghouti, in ramallah, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. nice to be with you. thank you. good to have you on the show. lets start with the situation in the west bank, where you sit, in ra...

died suddenly aged 67. king charles has arrived in germany for his first overseas state visit since succeeding his mother as the british monarch. he and his wife camilla, the queen consort, were greeted with a ceremonial gun salute shortly after their plane landed in berlin. they then travelled on to the brandenburg gate. where there was an official welcome hosted by president frank—walter steinmeier. the landmark was once associated with the countrys division during the cold war, an...

that that she would not be part of the cabinet so i am not sure at this stage if there is a place for her. humza yousaf made it a priority to speak to kate forbes and ash regan as soon as it was announced on monday that he was to be the leader of the snp. we dont know what the conversation with ash regan entailed. ash regan is not here today and she will not form part of this new cabinet with the new six first minister of scotland and the youngest at 37. and also the first muslim first...

voice-over: live from our studio in singapore, - this is bbc news. its newsday. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, and around the globe. eleven of americas biggest private banks have stepped forward with a $30 billion rescue package for the troubled first republic bank. fears had been growing that the regional lender might be at risk of failure, as a result of market turmoil. the us treasury secretary, janet yellen, insists the rescue deal is evidence of resilience in the countr...

the chinese owners, bytedance, deny passing users�* information to the chinese government. the uk is following the us and european commission in banning the app from government devices. now on bbc news, the programme, fault line: the un and the quake in syria. screaming. the earthquake strikes. un aid arrives in turkey immediately, but take several days to reach northwest syria. bbc news arabic investigates. un teams are supposed to deploy within 48 hours of a request. in northwest s...