Just as america was the arsenal of democracy during world war ii. Excitement in rome where the european championship finals are set to kick off on friday, with italy playing turkey. And spectacular skies as star gazers across the northern hemisphere are treated to a partial eclipse of the sun. Hello and welcome. The uk prime minister boris johnson has held his first face to face meeting with president biden ahead of the g7 summit in cornwall and committed to working together on a number of global challenges. The two leaders also discussed post brexit trade problems in northern ireland after mr biden warned that the uk s dispute with the eu over border controls must not put the peace process at risk. Our political editor laura kuenssberg reports. Quite the hello. The american president, the new mrsjohnson. The prime minister hosting this new quartet. No handshakes, the era doesn t allow. But a historic bump, the first lady s description. After a stroll on this exclusive cornish
Get their populations vaccinated. America will be the arsenal of vaccine clinic in our fight against covid 19. Just as america was the arsenal of democracy during world war ii. Will of democracy during world war ii. Have all the late cornwall. Also on the programme tonight. The health secretary matt hancock defends his handling of the covid pandemic amid questions over the timing of the first lockdown. You are pressured to accept the sexual harassment we deal with. Nine out of ten school girls in england experience some form of sexual harassment, according to the schools watchdog, with most of it unreported. A woman who lost herjob after claiming people can t change their biological sex wins her appeal against an employment tribunal ruling. And last minute training for the euros scotland prepare for their first major tournament in more than 20 years. And coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, england are still in it but they struggled against new zealand s swing bowling on t
for an automatic forfeit of games for teams whose fans commit racist abuse. it s after two incidents in serie a and the championship this weekend. good afternoon. storm isha has wreaked havoc across large parts of the uk. with gusts of up to around 100mph last night, the storm has left tens of thousands of homes without power, especially in northern ireland and scotland. at least two people are feared dead after the storm including an 84 year old man whose car was hit by a fallen tree in grangemouth. there s been widespread disruption to flights and rail services though most are now getting back to normal, as storm isha moves away from the uk. in a moment we ll be live with our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie, but first here s chris page in belfast. storm isha smashed into northern ireland with blasts of wind up to 80 miles an hour. at one point, 53,000 homes were without electricity. after darkness passed, people saw the frightening scale and severity of the dam
to avoid spiralling costs. history for harry, as england get their euro 2024 qualifying campaign off to a winning start. he becomes england s record goalscorer to help england see off italy in naples. how you can follow in the footsteps of king charles but only if you re wearing socks. good morning from wadhurst in east sussex, voted the best place to live in the uk. i will be finding out why andi in the uk. i will be finding out why and i will bring you a full weather forecast. a blustery and unsettled speu forecast. a blustery and unsettled speuin forecast. a blustery and unsettled spell in the next few days. good morning. it s friday, the 24th of march. the education watchdog ofsted says school inspections must continue, despite calls from unions and head teachers to pause them. it follows the death of a primary school head, ruth perry, who took her own life after an inspection which, according to her family, caused intolerable stress . speaking for the first time since
cristiano ronaldo is hit with a five match ban after pushing the referee who sent him off in real madrid s super cup win over barcelona. polive are to investigate complaints over neil lennon s so called inflammatory goal celebrations, in hibs‘ victory over rangers. and rory mcilroy warns he may not play again this year, because of a long standing rib injury. welcome to the programme. cristiano ronaldo has been banned for five games after pushing a referee in the spanish super cup first leg. he d already scored in real madrid s 3 1win over barcelona at the camp nou and was reacting to being sent off, after picking up a second yellow. he has ten days to appeal. hugh ferris reports. voiceover: cristiano ronaldo has had a taxing summer, given extended time by real madrid due to footballing and then legal commitments, this is the moment that will give him even more of a break(!) any of that has its fair share of drama, especially when the trophy there is a trophy at stake,