hello, everyone. i m bianna golodryga. welcome to cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. good to be with you. president biden is taking his state of the union pitch on the road. right now he s speaking in the battleground state of wisconsin focusing on his administration s effort to boost manufacturing in america. this is part of a two-day swing. biden is also going to tampa, florida, to reinforce last night s message which is seen as a preview of his expected 2024 re-election campaign. cnn s phil mattingly joins us now. so what more do we expect to hear from the president today? i know he s feeling good from that speech last night. i don t think white house officials could be happier in the wake of the speech last night, not because they feel like they delivered on the extensive remarks they spent months probing and in the off-the-cuff moments he had with republicans back and forth where they felt the president demonstrated a level of vigor they wanted him to show but als
the bbc football commentator john motson, who has died at the age of 77. also coming up in the programme. australia hold their nerve to reach their seventh consecutive women s t20 world cup final with a tense five run win over india. hello and welcome to sportsday. we start today s programme with news that a new independent regulator of men s football in england is to be established for the first time. the announcement follows a recommendation by a fan led review last year. the main purposes of the proposed new regulator will be stopping english clubs from joining european breakaway leagues, preventing financial failings at clubs, introducing more stringent owners and directors tests, giving fans more power and ensuring a fairer distribution of money down the english football pyramid. the significant move aims to protect english football s cultural heritage. here s just some of the reaction to the proposals starting with the premier league chief executive richard masters. w
first satellite mission launched from british soil malfunctions. home entertainment sales go through the roof as households spend big on videos, music and gaming. and coming up on the bbc news channel, could we see more cup upsets later? newcastle will be hoping to right the wrongs of their fa cup shock. they are in league cup quarterfinal action tonight. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. as strike action today continues for some public sector workers, the government is to introduce a bill to ensure a minimum level of service during periods of industrial action. under the proposals affecting england, wales and scotland, some trade union members would be required to continue working. today in scotland, primary school teachers are closed as teachers strike in their dispute over pay. last ditch talks with the scottish government yesterday, failed to reach agreement. the unions rejected a 5% pay rise, with further walk outs planned tomorrow, hitting state seconda
we begin with developing news from south korea. it s reported that at least 59 people have been killed in a stampede and crush in the capital, seoul. it happened as huge crowds gathered for halloween festivities in a busy bar district. up to 100,000 people are said to have been celebrating in a popular night spot. many of those out during the evening were young party goers. more than 150 people are injured and it s feared the number of dead could rise. videos show medical teams giving cpr treatment to rows of people lying in the middle of crowded streets. earlier on the programme, my colleague david eades spoke to an eyewitness freelance journalist raphael rashid. let s hear what he said. it isa it is a night out for a lot of people, including myself. iwas in the area. when i arrived to ward 7pm it was very clear that there were so many people here, probably the most i have ever seen in this district, and the crowds were just gathering more and more and towards ten p m or 1