Ahead of missouris primary on tuesday, where joe biden will speak to voters at a town hall in st. Louis. Award 78 will delegates. Gentlemen, lets not increased forest fires in california and australia. In 30 to 40 years, billions of people around the world being unemployed and displaced. I dont want to live in a world like that. You know who else doesnt want to live in a world like that . Oe biden [cheering and applause] he passed the first for environmental reform, you rally entire world with the paris climate accords. Ofot to lead a delegate white house personnel in the First National oceans they establish that green protected area. I got to see the empathy and compassion and care that Vice President joe biden and the people he appointed to high levels took in all of the works that they do. We need that now where than ever. Ladies and gentlemen, this election could decide the fate of my generation in all generations to come. We cannot risk this election by standing on the sidelines.
Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Lets get started regarding the Winter Olympics. Russian officials have confirmed that one of their neutral athletes competing at the Winter Olympics is suspected of failing a drugs test. Alexander krushelnitsky won a bronze medal in curling alongside his wife. He has now left the Olympic Village and surrendered his accreditation. The ioc have so far said very little about the case saying due process must be allowed to take place. On the one hand, it is extremely disappointing when prohibited su bsta nces disappointing when prohibited substances may have been used. But on the other hand it shows the effectiveness of the anti doping system at the games, which protects the rights of all the clean athletes. If this case is concerned, if this case is confirmed, it will be considered by the oa are in fermentation group, chaired by an ioc member, which will report to them by the end of the olympic games. Lets get the lat
Has been reshaping its trading relationship with the rest of the world. Over the weekend china threatened to retaliate if the us went ahead with proposed tariffs on steel and aluminium imports. So a high level un led meeting in geneva is looking at the way ahead. In many parts of the world the importance of multilateral trade deals can be seen in the number of people theyve lifted out of poverty. The World Bank Says the number of People Living in extreme poverty has halved since 1990 because of free trade. But President Trump has been wringing the changes. He pulled out of the Trans Pacific partnership which would have covered about 40 of the World Economy and is seeking major changes to the nafta free deal between mexico, the us and canada which is worth more than 1 trillion a year. Whilst President Trump says hes trying to secure american jobs the us chamber of commerce says 41 million of them depend on international trade. But the relationships behind it are showing signs of strain.
People, and wounded hundreds more. It was an act of pure evil. Well have the latest from las vegas and well be talking to an expert on gun control. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. Monarch airlines, one of britains biggest carriers, has gone into administration, leaving more than 100,000 customers stranded abroad. At the conservative conference, the chancellor, Philip Hammond, strikes a note of caution about brexit, saying britain needs to proceed with care. And after yesterdays disputed referendum, and the violent scenes in catalonia, the regions leader says hes not seeking an abrupt break from spain. Its 5. 00. Our main story is the mass shooting in las vegas, in which than 58 people were killed and hundreds injured. It happened during an open air Music Festival attended by thousands of people when a gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of a nearby hotel. Police say the man, thought to be a 64 year old resident of nevada called Stephen Paddock, killed himself as officers st
Law enforceme lawmakers approved a bill to remove the debt ceiling. They could not agree on a spending bill so at the beginning of the month the government started laying off 800,000 employees. Now fair lowed staff at the white house and government offices have returned to work. And museums and monuments and memorials are opened again. Im personally glad that all the memorials are open for the tour guiding business and so that students can learn. More than 100 people lined up to get into the Smithsonian National air and space museum. Translator the exhibition was great. I came all the way to the u. S. To see this. Many Business People welcomed the deal to pay the governments bills over the next four months. Others are skeptical. I think it was forced and not well thought out but we got to a time crunch and needed to be done. I mean, around the world, our reputation is slowly dwindling. The lawmakers reached their compromise hours before a deadline that would see the government default