between israel and the palestinians have any future at all after the gaza war? there was always, at the heart of it, almost a denial of the other perspective. now there s a complete rejection of it wholesale. and, following the attempt on the life of the slovak prime minister, we look at the worrying stresses and strains in european politics. these are times of crisis in europe, and these are times of confrontation. and i think very worrying for many is the fact that robert fico, divisive and controversial as he is, there was an attempt at an assassination. vladimir putin and xijinping have already met more than a0 times over the years, and, after their meeting last week, they ve agreed to get together yet again in july. but the balance of power has clearly switched from the days when the soviet union was dominant and china was the junior partner. as the old chinese saying goes, same bed, different dreams . i asked the bbc s russia editor, steve rosenberg, for his thoughts.
thejunior partner. does the old idea of a two state solution between israel and the palestinians have any future at all after the gaza war? there was always, at the heart of it, almost a denial of the other perspective. now there s a complete rejection of it wholesale. and, following the attempt on the life of the slovak prime minister, we look at the worrying stresses and strains in european politics. these are times of crisis in europe, and these are times of confrontation. and i think very worrying for many is the fact that robert fico, divisive and controversial as he is, there was an attempt at an assassination. vladimir putin and xijinping have already met more than a0 times over the years, and, after their meeting last week, they ve agreed to get together yet again in july. but the balance of power has clearly switched from the days when the soviet union was dominant and china was the junior partner. as the old chinese saying goes, same bed, different dreams . i asked
hello and welcome. you join us as us presidentjoe biden prepares to deliver his first primetime address to mark a year since the covid 19 pandemic struck. he is expected to tell americans he is taking a more aggressive action to speed covid 19 vaccinations and move the country closer to normality byjuly 4th. a few hours ago the president signed into law his $1.9 trillion stimulus bill. lets go live to the white house and have a look at the scene of the east room. traditionally, presidents beforehand spoke in prime time from the oval office but this is the east room of the white house and mr biden in a few seconds time will walk down that red carpet of the cross hall and deliver the address that was the same place in which obama spoke and occasionally mr donald trump. as you can see at the end, the door has opened and the president is approaching the podium. president is approaching the odium. ,., ., , president is approaching the odium, ,., ., , ., podium. good evening, my fe
probe ageing candidates can run for parliament. pro beijing. and a piece of art that only exists digitally sells for a record breaking $70 million at auction. presidentjoe biden has told america that better days lie ahead after a year of lockdown and loss follwoing the coronovirus pandemic. in his first prime time televised address since his inauguration, he said the country would have enough supplies to vaccinate the entire adult population by the end of may. he said he hoped people would be able to celebrate independence day onjuly 4th with theirfamily. but he also reminded people of the dark days behind them. i v e i ve told you before, i carry a card in my pocket with the number of americans who died from covid to date, it s on the back of my schedule. as of now, total deaths in america, 527,726. that is more deaths than world war i, world war ii, the vietnam war and 9/11 combined. the bbc s david willis joins us to discuss. take us through the first bit of the speech