Refining crude oil in venezuela as the countries continue to boost bilateral ties amid pressure from us sanctions. With moscow to the world. This is our see international. My name is peter scott taking over from Rachel Blevins and these the top stories this hour. We begin with a developing story in russias cross nadar region where 13 people have been killed, including 3 children, and 19 more injured after jet fighter crushed into a residential building. Now the Health Ministry does say that several people are still in a serious condition. Now heres some c, c t, v footage, showing the moment that the fighter jet plummeted into the building coaching, causing a large fire in our officials. Say that there was no explosion after the playing crushed but a few leak caused the blaze. Heres what i witnesses had to say. I oh, the national. Oh boy youll, youll be a good. A local Officials Say the fire in the residential building has now been extinguished. Emergency services have finished searchin
Of the president s cabinet walk in, theres panetta, the defense secretary and, of course eric holdier, the attorney general norah, youve been talking with the white house and you have some of the high points from the president s speech that were about to here. Odonnell i spoke with a senior white house advisor who said this will be more like a Campaign Speech than an inaugural address. The president is emboldened by his victory. They know chef a short window of time to get things done so tonight the big fuse that comes out of the speech is this the president will call for prek education for all american children. He will also call for raising of the minimum wage to 9 an hour. The federal minimum wage. Its at 7. 25. Finally what you reported tonight that he will call for withdrawing 34,000 troops out of afghanistan by the end of the year and, of course, were still scheduled to be in afghanistan until the end of 2014 to have some troops there. Pelley were waiting for president to enter t
We have created just over 3000 manufacturing jobs each month over the last year. At the current rate it will take as 41 years to get back to the number of people working in manufacturing that we had in december 2007. And it aint going to get better. Its going to get worse. Between december 2007 and december 2014 when we will theoretically get back to the same level, the workforce will have grown by 12 main people. Theres no job. Some kid gets out of school with a degree and they selected to get a job at every step. Some mom reenters the workforce, kids on the school and she renders the workforce, no jobs available. Some veteran gets out of the military and there are no jobs. Both parties have economic challenges and both parties need to have a robust debate internally about what they propose to do about it. I think mike is right. It needs to be inside the lid expensive most americans. The idea that this has somehow been settled by what has happened over the last five years, you know, d
Finally what you reported tonight that he will call for withdrawing 34,000 troops out of afghanistan by the end of the year and, of course, were still scheduled to be in afghanistan until the end of 2014 to have some troops there. Pelley were waiting for president to enter the chamber here. We expect that in another minute or two. Nancy cordes is our capitol hill correspondent and nancy, after the president makes his remarks tonight, well be hearing the republican response from senator marco rubio of florida. Reporter thats right, scott. Hes expected to say he hopes the president will abandon his obsession with raising taxes and hell say president obama believes that Free Enterprise is the source of all of our problems. Mr. Rubio is really going to be focusing on the middle class were told, in his speech tonight. He is going to make the argument that the republican party, not the democrats are the party that is better situated to help the middleclass and to help more people get into th
This is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. The uk economy shrinks by over 20 in april, the first full month of lockdown. This is bbc news large swathes of the economy ground with the latest headlines to a halt, in the sharpest for viewers in the uk contraction on record and around the world. The uk economy shrinks by over 20 in april, the first full month of lockdown. It is going to be tough for a few large swathes of the economy ground months but we will get through, we will bounce back. To a halt, in the sharpest contraction on record. The uk government rules out prolonging trade talks with the eu beyond december but checks on goods coming to the uk will be phased in next year. It is going to be tough for a few the uk Prime Minister says its months but we will get through it absurd and shameful that a statue and we will bounce back very of churchill has had to be boxed up, strongly indeed. To protect it from anti racism protesters. India ov