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[inaudible conversations] and good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, take you for being here today for the briefing. I have a couple of guests with me today. Susan rice and the National Security adviser that are here to give you a preview of the president s Upcoming Trip and then we will take questions on that trip. Then we will start with an overview of the schedule and ambassador price will provide a systematic overview then we will take questions on those topics areas. Then i will stick around for questions. I will start with the interview with the president over the course of the trip on sunday night in arrived on it a 8 00 in the morning said he will go to the museum where he will meet with the Prime Minister of the netherlands. They will then have the bilateral meeting there as well. Following that the president will go to the soviet side id have a bilateral meetings to initiate the meeting with trade and this is the first since the g20 in september and they could agree to this is
Would be possible. And risking temperatures down to 70 to scale the worlds second highest mountain the nepalese mountaineers tell the bbc about their historic ascent. More than 70 protesters have been detained in russia as they demanded the release of the Opposition Leader, Alexei Navalny, who was arrested on his return to moscow on sunday. Mr navalny, whod been recovering in germany from a nerve agent attack, had called for demonstrations. Hell be detained for 30 days and another hearing at the end of the month could result in a lengthy prison sentence. From moscow, our correspondent steve rosenberg. Chanting. Were for navalny, it says. Alexei, alexei they shout. Mr navalny s supporters came to the Police Station where he was being held. A makeshift court room had been set up inside. It would rule on whether the kremlin critic should be sent to jail. In a freezing cold russian winter, piping hot tea was a welcome relief. Its bitterly cold here. Its 20. But supporters of mr navalny are
Tonight, the noreaster hitting in just hours. Slamming the east coast, up to two feet of snow expected in some places. Schools in philadelphia already closed. Bracing from philly to new york city to boston tonight. Nearly 200,000 without power, without heat, already because of the last storm, and now this. Also breaking, at this hour, yet another major departure at the white house tonight. Just as the president declares Everyone Wants to work in the white house. And the emergency evacuations tonight. The train slamming into a truck hauling hydrochloric acid. A dangerous chemical cloud above the crash site. Families rushed to safety. Former dr. Larry nassar. First, more than 260 women coming forward. Now, the first male gymnast breaking his silence. What he says the doctor did to him. Was it a russian poison plot . Tonight, you can see the new
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This is bbc news. Im mike embley with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Supporters of the jailed russian activist Alexei Navalny have been arrested after he urged people to protest against president putins government the fbi vets all 25,000 National Guard troops on duty in washington for wednesdays inauguration, looking for possible right wing extremists. The covid pandemic leaves some uk hospitals at breaking point. We have a special report from london where staff are stretched to the limit. I wasnt convinced we were going to have a second wave at all, and the huge numbers that havejust, absolutely
all, and the huge numbers that have just, absolutely slammed us, itsjust. I never thought it would be possible. And risking temperatures of up to minus 70 to scale the worlds second highest mountain the nepalese mountaineers tell the bbc about their historic ascent. Hello and welcome. More than 70 protesters have been detained in russia as they demanded the re