be the most pro union president ever. i m proud you have my back. let me say, i m honoreded to have your back and you have mine. i was so damn proud to stand in that picket line with you. the united auto workers union is here. your union has more than 400,000 members. how many do you think voted for joe biden in 2020? i saw an analysis that suggested that union members broke for biden over trump 56-40. but i m soird, they broke for biden over trump. but members in ohio and pennsylvania went for trump. is that your understanding? i would put it this simple. the majority of our members voted for president biden. do you think the endorsement is a big reason for that? without the endorsement, might they have, more of them gone to trump? given the demographics and such? i don t think so. i think even going forward, when you look at both candidates, it is very clear which one supports working class people and which one doesn t. by two simple sentences. joe biden bet on th
help france and the uk. we have to work closely together if we re going to dismantle these groups and be more efficient. a gunman opens fire at a jehovah s witness hall in the german city of hamburg. police say at least 7 people have been killed including an unborn baby. saudi arabia and iran have agreed to re establish diplomatic ties, seven years after riyadh s embassy in tehran was attacked following the saudi execution of a shia cleric. and with days to go until the stars hit the red carpet, who will be the biggest winners at this year s oscars? the bbc says it s highest paid star sports presenter, gary lineker, will step back from fronting its flagship football programme after he criticised the british government s migration policy. the broadcaster said that lineker a former england footballer would not present his popular programme, match of the day, until an agreement was reached over his social media use. in a tweet, he d compared the language used by the governme
we start with some breaking news from ukraine. local media is reporting that loud explosions in kyiv and the surrounding region are happening. no reports as of yet on any specific targets or damage, but there were earlier reports of explosions in cities from central ukraine to the mykolaiv region. air raid alerts sounded throughout the country. the uk ambassador to ukraine dame melinda simmons has tweeted: apparently, confirming those reports we are hearing about explosions. and these pictures on social media, shared by our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse, show apartment buildings ablaze in the town of uman, which is in central ukraine. the bbc has not yet verified these pictures but they are being widely shared. we are of course working to verify those images and get more information about what is happening overnight and in kyiv and central ukraine, where those reports of explosions have happened and we are getting our correspondence set to confirm some of those det
now it s time for the travel show. coming up this week: the canadian dog race in 30 degrees celsius. the dogs are so excited. it s utter chaos! they re literally trying to pull the sled now. just one second! wait, wait! the first arab woman to scale one of the world s toughest mountains. taking a little break on this very awkward rock formation. never give up. and the former notorious mexican prison that s now been given over to nature. bordering alaska and the arctic ocean, the yukon territory in northern canada is wild, sparsely populated and unrelenting. this must be one of the most remote places i have ever been to. it s just snow and mountains and forest as far as the eye can see. this year marks 125 years since one of the most frantic gold rushes in history reached its peak. when gold was discovered here, over 100,000 prospectors travelled north, hoping to get lucky, but the extreme conditions caused many to turn back. many of those who did make it settled here in daws
ever april day. hello, a very warm welcome. i m samantha simmonds. efforts are being stepped up in sudan to try and extend a fragile ceasefire between troops loyal to rival generals. the outbreak of violence in the country has left more than 500 people dead and forced thousands to flee. the current truce brokered by the us is due to expire later on thursday. both the un and south sudan are rapidly trying to organise a three day extension to it. the sudanese army says it s approved the idea of discussing the proposal but its rival, the rapid support forces, has not yet responded. here s our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, with the latest. there is an invitation from salva kiir, south sudan s president, to both the warring generals to try and get them to go to the south sudanese capital to sit down and talk about another three day ceasefire, to carry on when the current one expires later today. and also to talk about humanitarian corridors within khartoum and perhaps to t