a total of thirty seven people including 23 children were killed in an attack that has shocked the nation. those are the headlines. now on bbc news it s time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. lebanon is experiencing one of the most disastrous economic collapses of the last 100 years. the national economy is less than half the size it was just three years ago. one powerful symbol of the catastrophe, people are holding up banks in a desperate attempt to get their money out, amid rampant inflation and a currency crisis. my guest is lebanon s minister of economy and trade, amin salam. politicians have failed lebanon for decades. will that change before the meltdown is complete? minister amin salam, currently in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. thank you, stephen, glad to be with you. well, we re delighted to have you in our washington studio. let me ask you, minister, do you think you and your government are levelling with the lebanese peop
and dame angela lansbury, one of the stars of hollywood s golden age, has died at the age of 96. hello. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden and g7 leaders have held an emergency meeting to discuss what more they can do to support ukraine, after a second day of russian missile strikes. they condemned those attacks, and reassured president zelensky that they were steadfast in their commitment to ukraine. they said irresponsible nuclear rhetoric risked global peace and security. ukraine s president zelensky addressed the g7 meeting, calling for more help with air defence, and presented his peace formula . from kyiv, here s paul adams. in kyiv, a day of welcome calm after yesterday s storm. air raid sirens did sound briefly, citizens heeding their government s warning to seek shelter, some heading for the metro. translation: we don t feel safe, because we don t knowi what s coming next. nevertheless, i hope that what happened yesterday
and so into housing and also business lending. the chancellor now has three weeks to find tens of billions in spending cuts that are both economically credible and politically viable. faisal islam, bbc news, at the imf in washington. let s take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the biden administration has urged the us supreme court to reject an emergency appeal by former president donald trump in his legalfight over confiscated classified documents. mr trump has asked the supreme court to intervene, and permit an independent arbiter to review around 100 classified documents that were seized by the fbi at his florida residence in august. us prosecutors have dropped all charges against adnan syed, a baltimore man at the centre of a murder case which gave rise to the true crime podcast, serial. he was released from prison last month. adnan syed served 23 years in prison after he was convicted
welcome to bbc news. our top stories as russia launches more missile strikes against ukraine, western countries say they will support the ukranians for as long as it takes. what us prosecutors drop all charges against adnan syed, a baltimore man at the centre of a medic as that gave rise to the true chrome podcast, serial. at the centre of a murder trial. serial. at the centre of a murdertrial. serial. at the centre of a murder trial. true chrome podcast. a royal date for the diary buckingham palace announces that king charles will be crowned at westminster abbey on saturday 6th may.
this is bbc news. the latest headlines g7 leaders have reassured ukraine s president zelenskyy that they are steadfast in their commitment to ukraine, during an emergency meeting. us prosecutors dropped all charges against adnan syed, a baltimore man at the centre of a murder case, which gave rise to the true crime podcast, serial. defender of the planet is quite a title, isn t it? and it s one that nasa is now claiming after it said its mission to deflect the course of an asteroid was a success. a small spacecraft smashed into an asteroid, millions of kilometers from earth, two weeks ago. observations by telescope show that the orbit of the asteroid was shortened by half an hour as a result of the collision. rebecca morelle has more.