the uk s entry, mae muller, will be the last of the 26 acts to perform. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week, it s time to party. it it is the birthplace of the olympic games, french and ancient philosophers and democracy. home to the acropolis and whitewashed houses set against stunning blue sea and sky. we are in greece. greece, a firm favourite with package holiday and culture lovers alike. in fact, almost a million of them arrived here every week last summer to soak up the sun. with summer fast approaching in europe, we thought it s time to take a look back at some travel show greek adventures. and what better place to start than athens, the country s capital city? we went to see the ancient monument of the acropolis, which is facing up to the challenge of becoming more accessible, proving even historical sites need to move with the times. that was a bit of a mission! i m making my way up to the acropolis which, in greek, means high city, which doesn t look nor
we begin in the middle east where israeli officials say two israeli women have been killed in an attack in the occupied west bank. in an attack in the these pictures of the attack have just come in. the authorities say a third person was also seriously wounded in the incident, near the settlement of hamra. the israeli military says troops are searching for suspects who opened fire at a car, causing it to crash. this latest development come after the israeli military hit targets belonging to the palestinian militant group hamas. the air strikes hit areas of the gaza strip and lebanon israel says they re in retaliation for a major rocket attack on israel launched from southern lebanon which the israelis blamed on hamas. these are the latest images showing the aftermath of the attack in gaza. the air strikes are the heaviest since last august. our correspondent lucy williamson spoke to us from jerusalem. israel says it carried out a series of strikes overnight against targ
three more people charged with murder after a virginia man died in custody, his family calling for justice after seeing video of his last moments. and growing legal problems for donald trump. thousa now dozens of staffers at mar-a-lago are receiving subpoenas. here we go, friday, st. patrick s day, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. we begin with china s president xi jinping set to meet with vladimir putin next week in russia. the kremlin says the two will discuss strategic cooperation. this is amid fears that beijing might provide weapons to russia for its war in ukraine. kristie lu stout in hong kong for us. what else do we know about this meeting? reporter: chinese leader xi jinping will be traveling to russia to meet with vladimir putin from march 20th to the 22nd. according to a spokesman earlier day, they will discuss bilateral relations, regional issues, while drawing a blueprint for the two countries relation
we will be live in belfast in a moment or two. sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre now. we ll start with the first 147 maximim break at this year s world snooker championship, it s come on day 5 at the crucible is sheffield from kyren wilson in his 2nd round match against ryan day. the maximum break, where you pot all 15 reds, 15 blacks and all the colours has only been done 12 times before in the history of the tournament. and what about this for nerves of steel? there s also a prize pot totalling £55,000 that wilson would take home if no one else can match him. as for the match itself they ll resume this evening in sheffield with wilson leading day by 6 frames to 3. the winner plastohn higgins in the second round. 0n the other table, england s jack lisowski has beaten noppon saengkham of thailand by ten frames to seven. lisowski will face the winner of the match betweenjudd trump and anthony mcgill, that s going on right now. mcgill leads 7 5. later, m
whelan and brittney griner. president biden preparing to speak to chinese leader xi jinping today amid rising tension was taiwan. how will the surprising deal involving moderate democrat joe manchin impact the economy and the biden presidency? and live during this show, what will the gdp report tell us about a potential recession? former white house aide cassidy hutchinson now cooperating with the justice department s january 6 investigation. who else is talking? and is mike pompeo the next to sit before the january 6th committee? we have new reporting this morning. let s go first, though, to the state department for new developments on the proposed prisoner swap of a convicted russian arms dealer for brittney griner and paul whelan. cnn s kylie atwood broke this story and is at the state department this morning. what movement have you seen? reporter: the biden administration has put this offer on the table for viktor bout, a convicted arms trafficker as part of a