Im kylie atwood in charleston, South Carolina this is cnn its on after Super Tuesday joe biden and donald trump have all but locked down their partys nomination, setting up a rematch of the race from four years ago, who has the upper hand here, the election is just under 18 months away and a strike by russia in odessa nearly hit Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is convoy as he was traveling with greeces Prime Minister, at least five people were killed as the president s delegation felt the impact of the strike and saw a Mushroom Cloud of smoke. Zelenskyy calling on allies again for more Air Defense Plus theres vaccinated and then theres what, 162 yearold man does getting the covid vaccine, 217 times. That is way too many needles will tell you how it affected his health as we follow these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central in unprecedented election battle. Now, in view, presumptive president ial nominees, joe biden and donald trump
better than any other time we ve had discussions. hello and welcome to the programme i m samantha simmomds. let s start with some breaking news coming in from washington. authorities say they have detained the driver of a truck after crashing into security barriers adjacent to the white house grounds, according to a us secret service spokesperson. this is the scene, as you can see a police cordon has been set up. we are hearing there were no reports of any injuries to any secret service or white house personnel and the cause, and the man in the crash will remain under investigation, according to the chief of communications from the secret service. he said on twitter, some pedestrian walkways have been closed and the nearby hotel has been evacuated. we have got these live pictures coming in. we know that law enforcement officers have approached a vehicle, a remote controlled robot opened the truck s door, revealing a dolly, but no other obvious cargo. after crashing the driv
but not fast enough to keep up with price rises. our economics correspondent, andy verity, has more details. all good? business has been challenging, up and down. it has been consistently inconsistent. one day we are super busy, we can t keep up. the next day we don t have any work on. a year ago, construction companies like this builder of grand design style renovations, based near heathrow airport, were struggling to cope with the surge in demand for new projects as the economy bounced back from the pandemic. there was no lack of work, but profits were squeezed by the rocketing cost of raw materials and the shortage of skilled staff that sent wages soaring. it is difficult to meet demand when there is also less money in the jobs because the cost of labour has risen so much. so we have labourers earning the money which plumbers and carpenters were earning, like, two and a half, three years ago. but everybody wants the job to be cheaper because they have no certainty and the
health check. a court in belarus sentences the nobel peace prize winner ales bialiatski to 10 years in prison for smuggling money into belarus and financing protests. he says the charges are politically motivated. and memories of 1930 s glasgow we meet the artist holding his first exhibition at the age of 95. i think i got the right atmosphere here. i think ijust got it right. hello and welcome to the programme. the former uk prime minister, borisjohnson, may have repeatedly misled parliament over social gatherings held at downing street during covid restrictions. that s according to mps investigating his conduct, who said that evidence strongly indicates that breaches of covid rules inside number 10 whilst he was prime minister would have been obvious to him. mrjohnson was among those fined by police for breaking lockdown rules, but he said there was no evidence he had knowingly misled parliament over the issue. our political correspondent helen catt reports. did borisjohn
and while we were running there was an explosion. a probe into lockdown parties at downing street indicates the former british prime minister borisjohnson should have known rules were being broken. i believed implicitly that these events were within the rules, nor did anybody tell me before or afterwards anything to the contrary. and memories of 1930 s glasgow we meet the artist holding his first exhibition at the age of 95. i think i got the right atmosphere here. i think ijust got it right. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. russian mercenaries say they have surrounded most of bakhmut in eastern ukraine. the city has been the focus of extensive fighting in recent weeks. ukraine has acknowledged that its troops in bakhmut are under severe pressure, and may have to pull out. meanwhile, kyiv has ordered some residents in the the north eastern city of kupiansk to leave, because of constant russian shelling from across the border. our reporter sofia