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hello and welcome. at least 60 people have been killed in winter storms across the united states and canada. president biden has approved an emergency declaration allowing federal support for new york state. the city of buffalo, in new york state, has borne the brunt of the arctic conditions. it lies in the great lakes region and near the canadian border — 27 bodies have been recovered there, and more are expected to be found in cars buried in the snow. blizzards have blocked roads and brought down power lines, making it hard to get food and medicine. sean dilley reports. forfive d...

who's lost her sight since she last visited the famous music festival. hello and welcome to the programme. afghanistan's taliban rulers have urged aid agencies and other countries to intensify relief efforts after an earthquake in the south—east of the country that's believed to have killed 1,000 people. un agencies are scrambling to get emergency shelter, food and medicine to the worst—hit province, paktika, but access to remote areas has been hampered by heavy rain and flooding. 0ur correspondent secunder kermani is in sharana, the capital of pa ktika province, where casualties...

a pay rise for two or three years. the more the strikes go on, the more money that costs the industry, the more disruption it causes. that means i have less money available to make a pay award. it makes it harder to get a deal. the european union is expected to approve ukraine as a candidate for membership when it meets in brussels later. borisjohnson arrives in rwanda for a meeting of the commonwealth's heads of government with food security, climate change and the government's migrants policy expected to be on the agenda. the american artistic swimmer anita alvarez has been rescued...

realistic or deluded? akinwumi adesina, welcome to hardtalk. it's good to see you, stephen. it's great to have you here. you need the world to believe in a bright african future. how is that going right now? it's going pretty well. if you take a look at the african economic outlook we had from the african development bank, the gdp growth rate, gdp growth rates last year was 3.1%. this year, it's 3.7%. and next year, it's going to be 4.3%. now, why that is important is that that is well above the global average. you still have ten out of the 20 fastest growing economies in the world b...

another busy programme. let's get started. world leaders are meeting at the g7 summit in southern italy later to impose fresh economic pressure on russia in response to its war against ukraine. there is a lot to discuss. the leaders of the seven powerful economies are expected to agree to use the interest from frozen russian assets to raise $50 billion a year for ukraine. but some european countries are nervous about who ultimately will bear the risk. president biden is also due to sign a new security agreement with president zelensky, as part of long term support to kyiv. for more o...