consequence opportunity a war crime. here s what she said. there s records of illegal cluster bombs being used by the russians. if that s true, what is the next step of this administration, and is there a red line for how much violence will be tolerated against civilians in this manner that s illegal and potential a war crime? it would be. i don t have any confirmation of that. we have seen the reports. if that were true, it would potentially bell a war crime. this is something the administration has grappled with for months and months, especially since ukraine started asking for the munitions saying they could make a difference, particularly baas russia has been using them. as jake sullivan said today, the u.s. had been deferring, making a decision on this, kind of punting this down the road until it became absolutely necessary. now they feel ukraine does need it on the battlefield, because they were running low on ammunition. president biden said that in an bur view e
biden administration is trying to focus on the jobs report and shut down accusations if the drugs belonged to anyone in the first family. lucas tomlinson kicks things off for us right now. what s the latest? good afternoon, griff and aishah. white house officials say they hope to have this investigation wrapped up as early as early next week. we re not sure if we re going to hear about a list of suspects or somebody being arrested or charged, however. now, jean-pierre has been asked about the caper and this pointed question. i m asking again, can we say once and for all, whether or not the cocaine belonged to the biden family. i was very clear when talking about this over and over again as i was being asked the question, as you know, and the media outlets reported this, the biden family was not here. so to ask that question is actually incredibly irresponsible and i ll just leave it there. the biden family including first son hunter, who admitted to using crack every
support in next week s budget. we ll catch up with lesley paterson the triathlete who s in the running at this weekend s oscars for her screenplay of a german first world war epic i went iwent up i went up to tom cruise and i said, hi, i went up to tom cruise and i said, hi. tom, i went up to tom cruise and i said, hi. tom, my i went up to tom cruise and i said, hi, tom, my name is lesley paterson. he said i hi, tom, my name is lesley paterson. he said i know hi, tom, my name is lesley paterson. he said i know your story. he said how many he said i know your story. he said how many hours a day do you dream? the six nations roars back into life this afternoon, as england meet france, both needing to win to keep title hopes alive, while wales are aiming to avoid a new low in rome. and after a frosty and icy start of the weekend there is a bit more snow to come the weekend there is a bit more snow to come tonight in northern parts but tomorrow looking much milder. al
motorway drivers stuck for hours overnight, as heavy snow and strong winds cause travel chaos in parts of the country. keep getting called to stranded motorists on the cross pennines routes, cars that can t progress because of the snow, some medical emergencies. fears of a recession ease as new figures show uk economic output bounced back slightly injanuary by 0.3%. and there s a new duke of edinburgh prince edward is given the title of his late father, prince philip. and coming up on the bbc news channel despite injury and illness struggles, emma raducanu has returned to winning ways in her first match since the australian open injanuary. good afternoon. the prime minister is in paris today for a summit meeting with the french president emmanuel macron. rishi sunak says it s a new chapter in anglo french relations. he s pushing france for more action to stop migrants crossing the channel in small boats and is likely to offer the french authorities more money to help th
the disruption caused by the snow. there was a lot, some impressive snowfall totals as well, particularly across northern england and north wales too but for the vast majority of us it is a much quieter day of weather today, the amber warnings for snow and ice have expired, and there is lots of sunshine developing too, this is edinburgh, plenty of blue sky and sunshine, gorgeous day for much of scotland, even where we saw the blizzards earlier this morning across northern england. the winds have eased, they will continue to lighten as we head through the rest of the afternoon. why? because the deep area of low pressure has been giving us the snow but it is spinning away into the near continent as we head towards the end of the day. it will clear, the wintry mix across east anglia, the south east of england, will also clear away, the winds will ease down and it should brighten up here. there is lots of sunshine around. watch out for one or two showers, bit of a wintry flavour