even as the threat of a north korea missile test looms during this visit. all this is a balancing act as russia s war in ukraine hangs over the white house. today in another public show of support, the president met with leaders of finland and sweden as they pushed to join nato, a historic step as more countries unite against russia and condemn its invasion. the big question here is can turkey get on board? we are following all the headlines out of ukraine and the state of play there. first, let s start at the white house and we are joined now. arlette, tell us more about the president s message and his mind set as he s embarking on this. he s flying to asia for his first trip to the region as president. officials said he had hoped to get there earlier in his presidency, but was constrained due to covid-19 and other crises such as the war in ukraine. but the president will be traveling to both south korea and japan to meet with the leaders of each of the countries as well a
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Are up at 7. 6 million. Lets bring you up to date with some other news now, and the publisher of the memoir of the former Prime Minister liz truss has apologised after the Board Of Deputies of britishjews flagged a made up, anti semitic quote in her memoir ten years to save the west. Historians claim that the quote, attributed to the founder of the Rothschild Banking Dynasty about his desire to gain control of a nations money, is falsely attributed, and may have been presented as his by those holding anti semitic views. Liz truss spokesperson says she had believed it was a useful way of illustrating a point about the bank of england. Her publisher, biteback, have promised it will be removed from the e book version and any future print editions. Joining me now is director of Public Affairs for the Board Of Deputies of britishjews, daniel sugarman. What was your reaction to the comments and the response from liz truss and her publishers . I comments and the response from liz truss and h
just one in six female victims of sexual assault tell the police about it we ll be asking why they re so reluctant. and in rugby union, wales have their sights on a six nations grand slam. coming up on bbc news, four wickets forjofra archer, as england s cricketers chase 186 to seal a t20 series win against india. good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. the eu medical regulator has, in the clearest possible terms, backed the oxford astrazeneca vaccine. it follows a week in which several eu countries suspended their roll out of the jab citing fears over a link to blood clots in a small number of people. here, the regulator confirmed it s been investigating five cases of a rare blood clot, but confirmed its longstanding view that the oxford jab was safe. there s been some more detail about why there s been a problem with the supply of vaccines to the uk, but the health secretary said no appointments would be cancelled. tonight, borisjohnson said we remain on track