row with the debris mixed together it is astonishing and thatis together it is astonishing and that is replicated across what is a big city here. denmark, germany and the netherlands agree to supply ukraine with at least 100 leopard 1 tanks. and showcasing the work of a 17th century dutch master. the largest ever collection of vermeer paintings goes on show, at the national museum of the netherlands. this use of light and colour and of sharpness and blurred things makes the painting the experience of viewing. hello and welcome. president biden has delivered his state of the union address. he told the joint session of congress that american democracy is bruised but unbroken following his predecessor donald trump s attempt to overturn the 2020 election. the president touted his administration s record onjob creation and said the country had overcome the coronavirus pandemic and the assault on the us capitol. he urged republicans, who now hold a majority in the house of repr
we begin in the united states where president biden hasjust wrapped up his state of the union address seen as his big pitch for a second term in office. the strength of the economy and its resilience in bouncing back from the global pandemic was front and centre in his speech. but the president said there is much to do and promised to tax the wealthy more and squeeze profits from industrys such as big pharma and oil. we are the only country who has emerged from every crisis we enter into stronger than we got into it stop and that is what we are doing again.- into it stop and that is what we are doing again. years ago the economy we are doing again. years ago the economy was we are doing again. years ago the economy was reeling, - we are doing again. years ago the economy was reeling, i i the economy was reeling, i stand here tonight after we created 12 million newjobs, morejobs created 12 million newjobs, more jobs created created 12 million newjobs, morejobs created in c
city year. in other news president biden will give his state of the union address tonight to a divided congress and flanked by a republican speaker of the house. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the devastated region of southern turkey and northern syria, where the search for survivors from monday s huge earthquake has entered a second night. the death toll continues to escalate rapidly. more than 7 thousand people are known to have lost their lives and officials are warning that number could rise significantly in the days to come. thousands are thought to be trapped under collapsed buildings and the rescue efforts are being hampered by power supply disruptions, damaged roads and freezing temperatures. there s particular concern for those in syria, a country where the infrastructure has already devastated by years of conflict. our middle east correspondent anna foster has spent the past two days travelling alone towards the epicentre of the earthquake in sout
a huge fire has ripped through one of the rohingya refugee camps in cox s bazar in south east bangladesh. the charity action aid said their initial assessment was that more than 2000 shelters had been gutted, leaving around 12,000 people homeless. hundreds of thousands of rohingya refugees, who escaped violence in neighbouring myanmar, have been living in crammed camps near the border in bangladesh. earlier i spoke to farah kabir, the country director of action aid bangladesh, about what happened. it s a very densely populated camp. we host more than a million people in the rohingya refugee camps. and so far, over 12,000 people have been affected. a lot of people have been temporarily evacuated. they came to the centres action aid has some community centres in camp 11 and they are taking refuge there. and the water points, as already mentioned by your colleague, and two of the health centres, primary health centres, were affected. and tomorrow morning we will have a clear
our overheads have increased, and unfortunately that funding amount has remained the same, and so that means that we are just in a deficit. we should not be having to close our doors, and we should not be leaving children without provision. this nursery is the victim of a nationwide problem. and one leading childcare charity says more than 5,000 providers have closed in the last year. i have never witnessed such a difficult time for parents to find a place for their child, and it will not get better, this will get considerably worse, unless there is adequate investment, make sure the infrastructure is strong, but it has never been this bad. in a statement, the department for education says it recognises the financial pressures faced by parents and providers. it says it has spent more than £20 billion over the past five years to support families with the cost of childcare and provided unprecedented support to protect all businesses from high energy prices. but it has not been