discussions with the prime minister ofjapan, the prime minister of australia and presidents and important meetings. we also hold another meeting here rather than an australian patent bilateral discussions with the prime minister ofjapan, the prime minister of australia president simmons king of ukraine as well as the parents television. this is my third trip to the pacific as president, look forward to scheduling my strips and guinea and australia later. spoken of the feminist and secretary blinken is travelling bed to meet with specific partners at that moment, and i will also host, and of the prime minister, who still notice of the pacific in the four. mr albanese, a state visit later this year. and i also want to thank the president of his outstanding leadership of the g7. they have shown to joe, leadership of the g7. they have shown tojoe, a team hospitality. the city and visiting and visiting on friday was a painful reminder of the devastating reality of nuclear war, and
look forward to rescheduling my stops in papua new guinea and australia later. i ve spoken with the prime minister papa new guinea and secretary blinken is traveling there to meet with his pacific islander partners at that moment and i m also going to be hosting and i ve spoken with the prime minister and hosting the pacific island forum in washington this fall because i m unable to meet and papa new guinea. the prime minister, were you have a state visit later this year end i would think the president for his outstanding. is not hyperbole that is outstanding leadership. as well as the entire japanese government. they ve shown to jill, myself and the whole team. being in the city and visiting the memorial on friday was a powerful reminder of nuclear war, and a shared responsibility to never cease our efforts to build for peace and together with the leaders of the g7 we have read iterated our commitment to work toward a world free and the threat of nuclear weapons. over the pa
a way of transforming songs. - tribute to the music legend. she had a way of transforming songs. so - tribute to the music legend. she hadi a way of transforming songs. so that she owns them, they were hers. she was worshipped. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to bbc news now. we start here in the uk where new figures show net migration hit a record high in 2022, despite the government s promise to reduce it. net migration is the difference between the number of people coming to live in the uk and the number leaving. it rose to 606,000 last year, driven by people from non eu countries arriving for work and study, after the pandemic. that s up from 488,000 in 2021. the figure includes people coming to the uk under resettlement schemes from both ukraine, because of the war, and hong kong, after a political crackdown in the former british territory. i asked peter walsh from the oxford university migration 0bservatory his reaction to the net migration numbers. it is doubl
my body clenched up. my stomach was in knots. and i just began praying. i just began praying for the return of them. a frndiend of the four americans kidnapped in mexico describing the moment she knew something was terribly wrong. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. let s begin with one trump investigation that could be close to a dramatic end. the new york times reporting that the manhattan d.a. s office has offered to let the former president testify next week before a grand jury. the times saying it is a signal that criminal charges are likely. this all has to do with that $130,000 in hush money paid to stormy daniels just before the 2016 presidential election. the adult film star claimed she had an affair with trump a decade earlier which he denies. investigators are looking into whether that payment for her silence broke campaign finance laws. trump has denied knowing about that payment. want to bring in david a
was evacuated and is safe after a blast at a speech in wakayama according to reports byjapanese media. nhk is reporting that loud explosions have been heard at the western port where the prime minister was visiting. local media are also reporting that a person has been apprehended. report at the scene, at around 1115 on the 15th, he was visiting a fishing port, he was there according to this report to support the by election of the house of representatives for the wakayama district wine, and this reporter said an explosion sounded just before he began his speech, and it sounded like something was thrown in and exploded. that is the reporting from nhk, the broadcaster, it s a moving situation and we will bring you all the latest details on that story as they come into us, but at the moment, that is the information we have that breaking story from japan. montana has become the first us state to pass legislation imposing a total ban on the popular app, tiktok. the bill is the fi