as thousands of teachers and junior doctors walk out in disputes over pay. oscars glory for the short film an irish goodbye. james martin talks to us about hobnobbing with the stars on the day he turned 31. manchester city in seventh heaven as star man erling haaland scores five. pep guardiola s side thrash rb leipzig and ease into the champions league quarterfinals. good morning. under clear skies last night, the northern lights once again when clearview, but under those same clear skies it is a cold start with a widespread frost, the risk of ice and some sunshine, but rain piling in from the west preceded by snow, but also milder air. i will have more later. good morning. it s wednesday 15th march. our main story. chancellorjeremy hunt will today announce his spring budget, with an expansion of free childcare for working parents in england expected to be top of the list. getting thousands of people into work, including those with disabilities and people on universal credit,
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
..to the drama of the kenyan bush. hi! welcome to paris, where i m soaking up the sun on the banks of the river seine. it s lovely. both the left bank and right banks of the river seine are unesco world heritage sites. the left is famous for inspiring generations of artists and intellectuals, while the right is home to the world s most visited museum, the louvre. and with all this heritage to soak up here, it s the perfect setting to take an amble down memory lane and revisit some of our favourite historical journeys. and let s begin right here in paris. in 2018, one of the classics of the french car industry turned 70. and christa managed to get behind the wheel to give it a spin. i m definitely going to need a lesson, vincent. vincent takes guided tours around paris. now, where is the gear stick? the gear stick is there. laughs: 0k! so, you just turn that, if you want to pass the first one. and pull this is first, 0k? then back to neutral. there? ..and push, second. secon
shares in the swiss banking giant credit suisse fall to a record low as investors remain worried after the collapse of silicon valley bank. a high court in pakistan orders police to halt their operation to arrest former prime minister imran khan until thursday, following clashes between police and his supporters. conflicting accounts from washington and moscow as a us drone crashes into the black sea after an encounter with russian fighter jets. and a small number of wolves settle in belgium for the first time in more than 100 years as numbers rise across europe. hello. we start here in the uk where the chancellorjeremy hunt has been setting out his budget, pledging to build for the future . the uk economy is set to shrink this year, but it is no longer expected to enter a recession. mr hunt also says the inflation forecast is to fall from above 10%, to just under 3% by the end of 2023. but the labour leader, sir keir starmer, accuses the government of dressing up stagnat
welcome to world news america, in the uk, on pbs, and around the globe. we begin here in washington, where the us defense secretary had a rare phone call with his russian counterpart in the aftermath of a collision between a russian warplane and an american surveillance drone. russia s security council says it will try and retrieve the wreckage of the us drone that crashed into the black sea on tuesday. moscow has told washington to keep well away from its air space, as the two sides blamed each other for the incident, which took place in international air space near territory russia claims to have annexed from ukraine. the us says russian fighterjets intercepted the drone, causing it to crash, but moscow denies this. a senior official in washington says the us is also assessing whether it can retrieve the drone, which is in very deep waters. the us defense secretary said today the episode was part of a pattern of aggressive, risky and unsafe actions by russian pilots in in