i m pamela brown in washington. and you re in the cnn newsroom. historic, timely, brave, those words from ukraine s president zelenskyy about president biden s surprise trip to kyiv just hours ago. biden walking the embattled capital streets, promising america s unwavering support as air raid sirens blared. and as russia s brutal assault nears the one-year mark. a consequential trip at a consequential moment on this president s day. biden laying a wreath inside ukraine, which is an active war zone, where the u.s. military has no control. the white house giving russia a heads up only a few hours before president biden arrived and delivered this message. russia s aim was to wipe ukraine off the map. putin s war of conquest is failing. one year later kyiv stands. and ukraine stands. democracy stands. the americans stand with you, and the world stands with you. and we have teams standing by in kyiv and in moscow, but we begin in warsaw, poland, president bide listen give a
government s planned pension reform as demonstrations grow across the country. global financial markets react nervously to the emergency takeover of the swiss bank credit suisse but are the fears now easing. and turning powder into beer. a german brewery comes up with a new product that could change the entire alcohol market and be good for the planet. president xi of china is on a state visit to russia where he s been warmly greeted by president putin. the summit has been the focus of a good deal of speculation following the publication of china s plan to settle the acute crisis in ukraine . mr putin said that moscow was always open to negotiation. but the americans have already warned that the chinese peace plan could be a just a delaying tactic. the visit comes just days after the international criminal court issued an arrest warrant for president putin in relation to alleged war crimes. from moscow, our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. just three days ago, vladim
explosion for 75 years, as redcar steelworks is demolished. we ll have a report from the teesside site. and these beavers have been recognised as a protected species in england, making it illegal to deliberately capture, kill or disturb them. good afternoon. welcome to bbc news. more than 50,000 rail workers are walking out today, causing the biggest strike disruption on the railways this year. 0nly around 11% of the usual saturday timetable will be able to run. ba rely barely any trains are operating in some parts of the country. members of four unions are taking part in the strike in a long running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions. 0ur transport correspondent, katy austin reports. another train strike, and it s the biggest yet. karen from staffordshire is running the london marathon tomorrow to fundraise for the hospital where she had breast cancer treatment. news of the strike meant she had to make other plans to get there. so, for me, thisjust blew everything apart.
no new speaker of the house. will there be a breakthrough today? the food & drug administration just cleared the way for abortion pills by prescription at your local pharmacy. i m not a cryer, but like i never cried so hard in my life, man. damar hamlin s uncle relives the moment he watched his nephew collapse on the field. the latest on how hamlin s doing now. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m christine romans. good morning, everyone. in just hours republicans are expected to try again to elect a speaker of the house. yesterday after three ballots no one reached the 218 vote threshold to win that job. congressman kevin mccarthy earned the vast majority of republican votes, 202 on the final tally, but a small group of hard right conservatives is holding out keeping him from the speaker s gavel. members are talking. we re walking through. i think we ll find our way to get there and this is a healthy debate. might not happen on the
you will see it like never before. tonight with the context, the former mayor of baltimore, stephanie rawlings blake, and the former uk ambassador to paris and national security advisor, lord peter ricketts. hello, welcome to the programme. it s hard to overstate how poorly the british government s fiscal event on friday has been received by financial markets. nothing in recent history compares with the price moves we have seen since. not brexit, not covid, 9/11 not even the uk s ejection from the exchange rate mechanism. the pound has slumped to its lowest ever level against the dollar. and the rate on short term gilts is now higher than italy or greece. 0rdinarily, tax cuts to promote growth might be welcomed by the city, when they are properly costed. but the government s critics would say that if there s no framework for the size of borrowing, nor any timeframe established to deliver the growth the treasury is chasing, then don t be surprised if markets are spooked. s