the wake of brexiter. in its place, a commitment to co operate on defence, trade, a deal on data protection and ways to regulate new ai technology. the uk prime minister hailed this approach as a better response to the challenges the two countries face. the economic relationship between our two countries has never been stronger. the trade is worth hundreds of billions of pounds, dollars, a year. over a million of our citizens in each other s countries work in each other s companies. in each other s countries. and that trade is growing as something like 20% last year. as part of the atlantic declaration, president biden pledged to give uk exporters access to critical minerals needed for electric car batteries. similar to an agreement the us made with japan. there is no reason why great britain will not play a major role in not only critical material but in investing in united states of america and all of our initiatives relating to the need for critical materials, including ba
for a new age a kind that has never been agreed before that s how uk prime minister rishi sunak is billing the atlantic declaration he signed with president biden at the white house on thursday. it promises cooperation on advanced tech, clean energy and critical minerals. but it falls far short of the comprehensive free trade agreement with the us that the british government has been hoping for, and had promised as a benefit of leaving the european union. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has been looking at the details. gone was the mention of an all encompassing trade deal promised in the wake of brexit. in its place, a commitment to co operate on defence, trade, a deal on data protection and ways to regulate new ai deal on data protection and ways to regulate new al to ology. the uk prime minister failed this approach is a better response to the challenges the two countries face. . ., ., . challenges the two countries face. ., . ., ., , , face.
imran khan was released on protected bail, meaning he can not be re arrested for at least two weeks. what you can see now was the scene as mr khan arrived at court he s in the middle of this crowd, wearing sunglasses at the centre of the crowd. earlier, he told the bbc he believed he would be detained again immediately after his release. nearly 2,000 people have been arrested for violence since his detention on tuesday and at least eight have been killed. we are still waiting to see his departure. this is the scene hours later, you can see the assembled security forces around that court building and numerous press and media waiting to hear from the former prime minister. it has been a dramatic 2a hours with the intervention of the supreme court and before that the extraordinary arrest on tuesday that the supreme court deemed it illegal that sparked so much unrest in many parts of pakistan. we are continuing to watch the pictures and haven t seen or heard from imran khan sin
city year. in other news president biden will give his state of the union address tonight to a divided congress and flanked by a republican speaker of the house. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the devastated region of southern turkey and northern syria, where the search for survivors from monday s huge earthquake has entered a second night. the death toll continues to escalate rapidly. more than 7 thousand people are known to have lost their lives and officials are warning that number could rise significantly in the days to come. thousands are thought to be trapped under collapsed buildings and the rescue efforts are being hampered by power supply disruptions, damaged roads and freezing temperatures. there s particular concern for those in syria, a country where the infrastructure has already devastated by years of conflict. our middle east correspondent anna foster has spent the past two days travelling alone towards the epicentre of the earthquake in sout
pension reform plans. it took minutes for this peaceful process to turn violent peaceful process to turn violent. masked protesters viole nt. masked protesters taking violent. masked protesters taking on the police. and the bbc is granted rare access to london s new £5 billion super sewer aimed at cleaning up the river thames. welcome to the programme. we begin today in the united states, where police who are investigating a mass shooting at a primary school in nashville say the attacker had legally purchased seven guns and hid them at the family house. audrey hale, a 28 year old former pupil, shot six people dead, including three children, all nine years old, and the school s head teacher before being shot and killed by officers. let s take a look at gun violence in the us. a mass shooting is defined as four or more people being injured or killed. it s only march and there ve been over 130 mass shootings across the us so far this year. and there ve been more than 60