of the government s plans. hundreds of thousands of workers go on strike in uk today more could be the biggest walk of industrial action since last year. a state of emergency has been declared in malawi with more than 200 people now confirmed dead after storm freddy hit southern africa for the second time in a month. and a small number of wolves have started to settle in belgium, for the first time in more than 100 years, as numbers increase across europe. hello and welcome to bbc news. let s begin today with the latest from pakistan, where the police appear to have stopped the operation to arrest the former prime minister imran khan. it appears to be due to a cricket match taking place. they say they will resume trying to arrest him afterwards. unrest continued in lahore through the night as imran khan s supporters clashed with security forces after police made another attempt to arrest him on a court order. he has accused the authorities there of acting outside the law in t
at least 10 people have now died because of it. four of those deaths in kentucky where the issue have issued including flooding and damaging winds. nearly 1,000,000 1/2 ohms business or power, kentucky, tennessee and michigan now reported the highest number of outages. the northern part of the storm, and the northeast with heavy snow. which is expected to last throughout saturday, parts of new england might see as much as 16 inches of snow. winter storm warnings are now up from michigan to maine, winter storm warnings are up again and parts of the west as a new system moves in, some places in northern california can see more than two places of snow officials say they have had more snow this winter than they have had in two decades, that has been critical in helping replenish some of the states reservoirs, even so the water flow is still well below average, only a year ago, the entire state was in a drought. now thanks to these winter storms it has been cut in half
at local high schools to aid residents. still no word on what started the fire. but thankfully nobody has been hurt. for the latest on the jersey wildfire, head to the fox weather app. or stream fox weather on any tv or connected device. should point out that april is peak wildfire season in new jersey, the garden state. ainsley: very rare. we think of wildfires out in california and not new jersey. steve: you do. look at that this is literally 90 miles south of where we are sitting. not too far from the jersey shore inland a little bit. but, a lot of people waking up this morning along the jersey shore where it smells like smoke. ainsley: you will probably be able to smell that from several towns over. steve: it s a big mess. be careful down there. ainsley: no fatalities. steve: none so far. it looks like they are getting a handle on it. meanwhile the u.s. defense department is still scrambling to try to plug that leak of classified documents that poses a very se
my guest is us congressman richard neal, a democrat and co chair of the friends of ireland caucus group. to what extent is the wider us uk relationship tied to the situation in northern ireland? congressman richard neal in springfield, massachusetts, welcome to hardtalk. pleased to be with you. well, it s a pleasure to have you on the show. what doesjoe biden s determination to be on the island of ireland to mark this 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement, what does it tell us about the priority he puts on doing what he can to maintaining the solidity of the peace there? well, i think it s a historic anniversary and i think america served as an honest broker through the negotiations and they were able through, i think, strategy and patience to bring about a successful conclusion to the agreement, recalling that before the agreement, there were 30,000 british soldiers in an area the size of our state of connecticut. there were 106 military installations, there was a ro
we ll today, ashleigh. good morning, you know, over the weekend, the government also shut down new york signature bank, so this action will apply to those customers as well. even uninsured depositors have been given the guarantee that their money will be returned in a joint statement by the treasury. federal reserve at f d. i c reads quote, depositors will have access to all of their money starting monday, march 13th no losses associated with the resolution of silicon valley bank will be worn by the taxpayer, the president said. that more will come today. president over the crisis. what s that? , access to all of their money starting monday march 13, what is that? we are expecting to hear from the president at 8:00 and all of this emergency action was a ripple effect. and also protect the payroll for companies with svp. may need recognize like fitbit , there is no consequences to their actions. treasury secretary janet yellen said a bank by little else was never on the