Where the eyes of Tens Of Millions of americans will be trained, in just a few hours time, for the annual State Of The Union address. It could be one of the most important Speechesjoe Biden delivers this year. The concerns about the president s age have intensified in recent months. His average Approval Rating is 38 the lowest mark in his presidency. He is facing a host of International Crises and domestic challenges. So its notjust what he says tonight it is how he delivers it. The white house recognises the significance. They have been rehearsing for days because they know that, right now, the election is a coin flip, and this is a valuable opportunity for President Biden to stake his case to four more years. We are told that in this speech tonight, President Biden will announce to congress that he has ordered the us military to build a Temporary Port in gaza to help with the transfer of humanitarian aid from cyprus. The pontoon on gazas mediterranean coast, which you would think wou
right now on andrea mitchell reports live from munich, but reporting that the georgia special grand jury report has been made public today against the objections of the district attorney that it could hurt imminent prosecutions. the president will finally speak out about the chinese spy balloon and other shootdowns. will he explain his policy after bipartisan criticism? and here in germany, vice president kamala harris attending the munich security conference and world leaders gathering to talk about how to help ukraine survive russia s onslaught. i ll speak to the ambassador and richard engle from the front lines. good day, i m andrea mitchell in munich. it s 6:00 here. you can hear the bells tolling. world leaders, including vice president harris, gathering at a critical time in the war in ukraine. i ll be interviewing the vice president tomorrow on administration plans to help ukraine defend against russiaes spring i ve and hold vladimir putin accountable. breaking
hello and welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news fron sudan: the paramilitary rapid support forces say they have agreed to a three day pause in the fighting on humanitarian grounds, starting about now. so far, there s been no comment from the sudanese army. clashes in the capital khartoum continued overnight, with bombing and artillery shelling. many people have been trapped by the fighting for days. there s been growing diplomatic pressure on the warring factions to agree to a ceasefire. the un, the us and a number of other countries have been trying to persuade the two sides to agree to a truce to mark the muslim holiday of eid. more than 300 people have been killed in the past week. so the breaking news reports of a 72 hour ceasefire and when we have more news we will be bringing it to you. the politcal future of dominic raab, the ukjustice secretary, still hangs in the balance as the prime minister considers the findings of an inquiry into bullying allegati
after a drop off in donations as the cost of living crisis bites. and the british built space rover looking for work after its mission to mars was cancelled. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has refused to rule out a real terms cut in benefits despite growing pressure to do so. liz truss faces a fresh battle with some conservative mps who want her to promise welfare payments will rise in line with inflation rather than earnings a lower percentage figure that would save the government billions of pounds. there s already a cabinet split on the issue. the leader of the commons penny morduant has openly demanded that benefits do go up in line with prices. this morning the prime minister told the bbc she would still like to see the rate of tax paid by the highest earners to be lower, despite ditching her plan to do just that only yesterday. iain watson reports from the conservative party conference. it s tin hat time for liz truss. she and her chancel
ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is getting ready to head to washington as congress remains deadlocked on sending more military aid to his country. se said to me, the entire house house and speaker mike johnson. they have been repeatedly sounding the alarm for weeks, running dry and the dire consequences of that happening. saying, quote, in the midst of a border crisis, zelenskyy will come to washington, and care more about his border than our own. arlette sainz joins us now. arl arlette, does the white house sound like this visit and its profile could change the dynamics of the negotiations? well, we certainly hope so, phil, and volodymyr zelenskyy is often viewed as the best advocate for his own country s needs, and the white house is hoping by having zelenskyy here in washington, that that will apply some additional pressure on lawmakers up on capitol hill. now zelenskyy will meet here at the white house with president biden, but he also will have a series of