lowers the price cap for gas and electricity but bills are still expected to rise because of less government support. i think it is time that members of this house grew up. betty boothroyd the first woman to be elected speaker of the house of commons has died at the age of 93. and a former love island star takes on a youtuber in boxing s most anticipated contest between two novices. and coming up on the bbc news channel. a moment to remember for 16 year old mia brookes, becoming britain s first snowboard slopestyle world champion in georgia. good afternoon. a deal could finally be agreed today on post brexit trading arrangements for northern ireland, after more than a year of negotiations between the uk and european union. talks will begin shortly in windsor between the prime minister rishi sunak and the european commission president ursula von der leyen it s thought the two leaders could sign off a deal in the next few hours. ursula von der leyen says she is looking
i m martine croxall in the studio in london. also in the headlines this morning. more than 60 people are now confirmed dead including 12 children after a boat carrying migrants sank off the southern coast of italy. fresh calls for the uk government to stop energy bill rises in april as the energy regulator announces a new price cap. early results from the nigerian elections show support for the governing party is holding firm. observers say it s still too early to predict who ll win the presidency. and big wins ahead of the oscars for the fantasy adventure film everything everywhere all at once, at the screen actors guild awards in hollywood. hello and welcome to bbc news. we are in windsor, about an hour outside london, not in westminster, which has seen of course so much of the brexit drama, but we are here today because we are told that ursula von der leyen and rishi sunak will be here in a couple of hours time, also, in orderto will be here in a couple of hours time
hello i m abby phillip in washington. welcome to cnn newsroom we begin this hour in the middle east, where both violence and tensions are escalating. today israeli forces unleashed air strikes in southern lebanon and gaza and israel says it struck targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. israel blames hamas for firing 34 rockets from lebanon yesterday and the latest barrage since the two countries were at war back in 20 in 2006. now that has raised fears of an escalating conflict across the region, and just overnight, we learned that israel has mobilized some of its military reserves. a short time ago, israel s defense minister ordered security bolstered across the country after two israeli women were shot to death in the west bank. israel has called it an act of terror. let s get straight to cnn s fred pleitgen, who is near the israeli gaza border, and scott mclean is in beirut, lebanon, for us as well. but let s start with you, fred. fred you did talk to t
president of the united states. failure to act now will turn crisis into a catastrophe. this is not health reform, this is control. how is that hope-y, change-y stuff working out for ya? the american people have sent a resounding and unmistakable message of change and new direction for america. it s been just five days since democrats took control of both houses of congress, but already the focus is shifting to the next big political prize, the white house. when the election season begins in 2007, the climate is not very good if you are a republican. the war in iraq is very unpopular. and many democrats think they can win the presidency. senator biden now joining a growing list of democratic candidates who are announcing their intentions for 08. on the democratic side, you had a lot of candidates, senators like chris dodd and joe biden, john edwards, bill richardson. we looked at all of these people who are running, and in the end, you thought, well, thi
i m fareed zakaria. today we devote the program to that sobering anniversary. one year since russia s full-scale invasion of ukraine. i ll bring you my interview with the national security adviser jake sullivan and u.s. aid administrator samantha power about where the war and america s assistance go from here. also, who should foot the bill for the hundreds of billions of dollars in damage to ukraine? former treasury secretary larry summers said the answer is easy. listen to him explain his plan. then, why putin s war on ukraine might not be proceeding as he hoped. the russian president may be getting exactly what he always wanted back home in russia. the new york times valerie hopkins will explain. but first, here is my take. one year into russia s naked aggression against ukraine it is become clear that neither side is strong enough to win the war, nor weak enough to sue for peace. the conflict has settled into a stalemate. after making impressive gains, ukraine s arm