expansion of free childcare provision in england in his budget on wednesday. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 7pm in washington dc in the united states where the us military has said that a russian fighterjet has collided with an american military drone over the black sea. officials said the plane was struck in what it called a reckless and unprofessional action. russia s ambassador to the us has been summoned to the state department to explain the incident. the us says the drone was involved in a routine operation in international airspace when the russianjets tried to intercept it. at a press conference, a pentagon spokesman gave more detail. at spokesman gave more detail. approximately 7:03 i the at approximately 7:03 a:m., one of the russian aircraft struck the propeller of the m2 nine causing forces them to bring it down in international waters. several times before the collision, the dumped fuel on influent front of the m2 nine and a reckless and unprofessi
welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and in manila where there s been a big strategic development in the pacific rivalry between the us and china, with america sealing a deal to greatly increase its military presence in the philippines. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and in manila the agreement was signed off by the us defence secretary lloyd austin, after talks in the capital of the philippines. it represents a change in approach by president marcos. previous adminstrations tended to weaken their ties to washington. the deal gives the us access to four more military bases in the philippines, which will make a total of nine. neither country has said exactly where the new locations would be although it has been acknowledged that washington has requested access to bases on the northern land mass of luzon, the closest part of the philippines to taiwan, and on the island of palawan, facing
analysis from moscow, warsaw, kyiv, and beijing, on china s potential role in the war. and the other main stories on tonight s programme. nurses in england suspend next week s 48 hour strike action to restart pay talks with the government. supply problems with fruit and veg now some supermarkets are limiting the amount you can buy. and liverpool are trounced by real madrid in the champions league. and coming up on the bbc news channel. leeds united have their man at last. former watford boss javi gracia takes charge, following the sacking ofjesse marsch with the club currently in the relegation zone. good evening, live from kharkiv in north east ukraine just 20 miles from the russian border, just over there. air raid sirens have been going off, and we are within the range of long range missiles from russia. behind me is the city but you cannot see it because we are in curfew and also people are trying to conserve energy in the middle of this war. this is the day that pr
two weeks since nicola bulley disappeared whilst walking her dog in lancashire. now the police are extending their search downstream. and 10,000 tickets to a concert to mark the king s coronation in may are on offer via a ballot. the uk saw no economic growth in the final three months of last year according to the latest official statistics released this morning. it means the country narrowly avoided what s defined as a recession two consecutive quarters when the economy shrinks. the government says it shows the uk was more resilient than expected, after the bank of england had warned of a long period of stagnation. but the economy did shrink by 0.5% in december, and business leaders warn that firms are still struggling. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, says there is reason for optimism. well, the fact that we have avoided a recession, in fact we were the fastest growing major country last year, shows there is underlying resilience in the uk economy. but we are not out of the w
i am clear that our children s education is precious, and they deserve to be in school today, being taught. the day also saw action by thousands of university lecturers, civil servants, and train and bus drivers. we ll have the details. also tonight. in memphis, national and local leaders pay tribute to tyre nichols, the 29 year old black man who died after a beating by police. one of the biggest theatres in the north of england cancels all its shows from the end of march, after losing all of its funding from arts council england. martial waits. rashford, and finished off by fred. and two goals in three minutes ensure manchester united are heading to wembley. and coming up on the bbc news channel, jofra archer is on target for england. six wickets for him on his return as they salvage some pride in south africa. good evening. as many as 500,000 workers have been on strike today across the united kingdom, in the biggest single day of industrial action in over a decade. marches