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forces are close to encircling bakhmut. the u.s. is downplaying the strategic significance if russia wins this round of the war. also tonight, republicans are presented with the sharpest contrast yet between donald trump and ron desantis. were breaking down dueling speeches by the former president and the current florida governor as they gear up for a potential 2024 primary showdown. and a series of new airline scares is raising serious questions about aviation safety here in the u...

lets start with china, because its currently holding its annual two—day national peoples congress and has set out its economic forecast for the year. premier li keqiang told a packed audience in beijing on sunday, that the government hoped to achieve economic growth of around 5% in 2023. the figure is in—line with most analyst predictions. last year, successive strict lockdowns slowed chinas growth. official figures show the worlds second largest economy grew by 3% last year, which...

it comes as theres been fresh gunfire in the capital and another failed ceasefire, with many people trapped inside the city after nearly a week of fighting between rival military factions. the violence is now thought to have killed at least 330 people, with thousands more injured. earlier, us national security council spokesmanjohn kirby said president biden is following the situation very closely. he authorised the military to move forward with pre— positioning forces and to develop...

welcome to the programme. it was budget day here in britain today. a big set piece annual event in which the chancellor stairs into the crystal ball, and tries to predict the future — and how best to steer the uk economy through it. the obstacles in his way are common to europe and the united states. high inflation, higher interest rates, and since the pandemic, an intractably acute labour shortage. this graph trackjob vacancies across europe since august 2022, historically high afte...

great britains women. huge celebrations. theyve won a first ever team gold at the european gymnastic championships in turkey. it we are at a very windy aintree ahead of the grand national on saturday. animal—rights activists say the race is cruel and should be cancelled. a cold start to the day today- _ should be cancelled. a cold start to the day today. not _ should be cancelled. a cold start to the day today. not as _ should be cancelled. a cold start to the day today. not as wild ...

into administration. hundreds of staff have been made redundant youre watching bbc news. now its time for the media show. hello. with the conservative chairman nadhim zahawis tax affairs dominating the headlines, we will be talking to two of the people behind the story. and later in the programme, netflix films have picked up programme, netflix films have picked up a load of oscar nominations. closer to home, the streamer has just bought its first welsh language tv drama. llinos—grif...

lets get more on that unexpected interview the bbc conducted with elon musk. it came about after the bbc objected to a new tag describing it as "government funded media" on its main twitter account. in the interview, the billionaire agreed to change this to publicy—funded. he also defended the sites policing of hate speech and the mass sackings of staff — and described taking over the social media firm as painful. im joined now by social media commentator and ceo of communication c...

in belfast, to mark the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, and to show americas commitment to the peace process. twitter owner elon musk, one of the worlds richest men, gives a rare exclusive interview to the bbc where he admits to mistakes when buying the social media giant twitter. this the pain level of twitter has been extremely high. it hasnt been some sort of party. so, its been really quite a stressful situation. could there be good news on the way for homeowners? af...

and the biggest event in americas sporting calendar, the super bowl, is about to kick off with the kansas city chiefs playing the philadelphia eagles in phoenix, arizona. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. its almost a week since the devastating earthquakes in turkey and syria, in which so far, more than 33,000 people have died. the united nations however says it expects that figure to double. remarkably though survivors are still being pulled ...

word with the great lawrence odonnell. good evening >> hey there when i heard elizabeth warren say that she want banking to be boring, i, thought mission accomplished my entire life i hav considered those two words hav always gotten together banking and warren until one of them fails. and so, here we are. >> you are either a person who is excited by the movement o money, or you are lulled t sleep by it i, mean yeah. i took a lot of economics in college, and definitely put in my hours i...