this is new day and it will be an historic day in the u.s. congress. you re looking at live pictures of the u.s. capitol where later this morning, we do expect final passage of the $1.9 trillion relief package. this is a monumental piece of legislation that will have a huge impact. a new round of direct payments, the largest ever to americans, but it does much much more than that. child tax credits, more money for schools and health care on and on. the president will sign it ahead of his first prime-time address to the nation tomorrow night. and then he ll hit the road to sell the plan, which may not be that hard. we have a brand-new cnn poll which shows strong bipartisan support for the bill and especially what s inside it. the president s prime-time address will mark one year since the official start of the pandemic. today, nearly one in ten americans have been fully vaccinated, but there s still a along way to go for herd immunity. and public health officials say peopl
Expected this, had we . Suddenly reuters started talking about. Well, a month ago, i was told by people that this friday was the unofficial deadline because after this friday it is very difficult to make substantive changes to European Council draft conclusions. Progress has been made today. I am told it has been a decent day in comparison to yesterday which was described as a holding pattern. So the Prime Minister has talking to the taoiseach, leo varadkar, and discussions have taken place through the normal channels and i am told it is not impossible that the Prime Minister could make an Early Morning visit to brussels tomorrow morning to stand alongside the president of the European Council, donald tusk, because of course he is in the Decision Making and it is up to the European Council to decide if we move onto the next stage. The message is that we are making progress but were not quite there. Talks are continuing through the night and for the Prime Minister, the most crucial talk
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A 2 day curfew is imposed in indian administered kashmir ahead of the First Anniversary of delhis decision to revoke the special status of the region. And why the latest issue of British Vogue is making history, in front of and behind the camera. Hello. A huge blast in the port area of the lebanese capital beirut has killed almost 80 people and injured more than 4000. Many people are still missing, believed to be trapped under the rubble. The explosion was so powerful it caused extensive damage to buildings over much of the city and hospitals have been overwhelmed. Officials say tons of confiscated Ammonium Nitrate caused the blast. 0ur middle east editor, jeremy bowen, has been following developments. Just to warn you his report contains distressing images. Explosion. It was a massive explosion. Shouting. Another view from the bay. And from the streets. What happened 7 oh, my god oh, my god. It looks as if dozens are dead and several thousand injured. And a country already deep in cri
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