Live to westminster, and our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas as the budget gets of a closer, what more are you hearing . Just as the budget gets of a closer, what more are you hearing . More are you hearing . Just hours awa and more are you hearing . Just hours away and lunchtime more are you hearing . Just hours away and lunchtime tomorrow more are you hearing . Just hours| away and lunchtime tomorrow and more are you hearing . Just hours away and lunchtime tomorrow and they will be on their feet in parliament laying out the budget and it is a pretty important moment an important moment in any normal year in the political Financial Calendar but this one particularly because it is the last budget before we have to have an election, everyone is passing every word and looking at this and pretty much saying there that the indication is that we know the Prime Minister and the chancellor have said they want to cut personal taxes and the court taxes and individuals pay and within
Automatically qualify, while the third and fourth placed nations will go into the play . Offs. The 12 best ranked teams in league b will face eachother for a place in the final play off round. Scotland are in a group with serbia, slovakia and israel; Northern Ireland were drawn with portugal, Bosnia And Herzegovina and malta; while wales will play croatia, ukrane and kosovo. Qualifying begins in april. Former world number one simona halep has had herfour year ban for doping reduced to nine months by the court of arbitration for sport. The two time grand slam winner tested positive for an anti anaemia drug after the us open in 2022. Cas have since ruled halep did not take it intentionally. Having feared her career was over,s the 32 old can now return to tennis immediately. And thats all the sport for now. Heres the eastern time and gmt time, east coast west coast. Weve got a Night Of Special Coverage Tonight on the bbc, Super Tuesday will be coming from washington, dc, looked across to
In beijing would like to see winning the race for the white house. 0ur china correspondent Steve Mcdonell went to the Great Hall Of The People to try to find out. Later this year, the us announces their new president. What were the chinese comic party believe the of this equipment communist party. Its like pulling teeth. All clamouring there is a sense from the delegates that they dont want to speak out of turn when it comes to expressing an opinion on us politics. But they are worried about china us relations and they want them to improve. Good effort from Steven Mcdonald there. Lets get more on chinas Economic Vision for the future now, and its leaders have set out what theyre calling an ambitious Economic Growth target of around 5 this year. China is facing a property crisis, falling prices and high youth unemployment. Heres chinas premier li qiang on their strategy going forward. Translation these expected targets i are proposed taking into account. Both domestic and international
In the primary calendar that in previous cycles has given us a clear indication of which candidates will win their parties president ial nomination. But this year, there is far less suspense. Both parties have already steered us to who their nominees will be, as biden and trump cruised through the early voting states. The republican president ial candidate nikki haley is still in the race, for now, but the expectations are low. These are the states voting today. The us territory of american samoa, also staging a democratic caucus, tuesday is also the last day for democrats in iowa to mail in their primary ballots. Almost a third of the delegates will be up for grabs on Super Tuesday. On the republican side of the ledger, the winning candidate needs 1,215 delegates to capture the nomination. A clean sweep today would put donald trump within touching distance of the nomination. And if the polling is right, then the 2024 election will be the contest 70 of the country didnt want. Biden ver