American Steel Company and said its vital that the company remain owned and operated in the states. This is a big deal and notjust politically. And not just politically. Nippon and notjust politically. Nippon steel is said to pay 14. 9 billion to acquire us giant. But politically, this is territory President Biden knows too well. He is custom self as a champion of the Working Class and called themselves the most prounion president in history. He made headlines for walking the picket line with striking order Union Workers last fall. Unionised steelworkers could land the president support in his election bid, the North American Lustrous Union and for its part, former President Donald Trump pledged to block the deal if he retakes the white house. The president of the United Steelworkers International welcome to the coal from International Welcome to the coalfrom biden on International Welcome to the coal from biden on thursday, agreeing that Foreign Ownership will leave the us more honour
American Steel Company and said it is vital that the company remain owned and operated in the us. This is a big deal and notjust politically. Nippon steel is set to pay 14. 9 billion to acquire the us giant. But politically, this is territory President Biden knows well. He has cast himself as the champion of the Working Class and has called himself the most pro Union President in history. He made headlines for walking the picket line with striking Auto Union Workers last fall. Unionised steelworkers could land the president supporting his election bid. The four north americas largest industrial union. For his part, former President Donald Trump pledged to block the deal if he retakes the white house. The president of the United Steel Workers International welcomed the call from biden on thursday, agreeing that Foreign Ownership would leave the us vulnerable when it comes to prioritising its own defence and infrastructure. It is bound to be a topic of conversation between key allies whe
as he claimed on a number of occasions that the number on payrolls was higher than before the pandemic. but that was because a lot of the self employed people gave up self employment during the pandemic or afterwards and became employees on payrolls instead. the letter from the director general having had no impact, the chair of the uk statistics authority, that then chair wrote to the prime minister on the 24th of february 2022. dear prime minister, he wrote. it is wrong to claim that there are no more people and work than before the pandemic began. the increase in the number of people who are on payrolls is more than offset by the reduction in the number of people who are self employed. so at the liaison committee in march, i asked the prime minister whether he accepted that correction in sir david s letter. his reply wasn t straightforward, but the transcript of that meeting does show that mr johnson understood fully and clearly what had happened in the labour market. he d
was organised electronic voting in the us election. and the former strictly and dancing with the stars judge len goodman has died at the age of 78. now more on the crisis in sudan as there is growing frustration among british civilians in the country. dual mats have been evacuated but civilians speaking about feeling abandoned by the government as its thaw upward of 4000 britons are in sudan given the strong historic links between the two countries. 0n the ground, there is no sign of a cease fire. we have seen rebel forces there moving around the capital so let s head to amsterdam where we are joined by a british sudanese writer born here in london and raised in khartoum where his family remained until 1990. welcome to the programme. when you watch what is happening there in sudan, no sign of any pause despite the repeated pleas from the international community. what do you make of the situation? this international community. what do you make of the situation? make of the s
protests are on everyone s minds. and a line up fit for a king the artists performing at the coronation concert are announced. some rain across some rain gci’oss eastern some rain across eastern england today, many, it is drier, brighter and milder, details on that and the full weekend forecast coming up here breakfast. it s saturday 15th april. japan s prime minister has been evacuated from a public event after an explosion was heard as he was about to give a speech. police in the city of wakayama have arrested a man on suspicion of throwing a smoke bomb. we re joined now by our tokyo correspondent, shaimaa khalil. very good morning to you. this incident happening in the last two hours or so, just take us through what happened. i will put the question again, can you hear us? it is charlie from the bbc breakfast studio. i think we can show you the pictures of the moment the drama happened? this is the immediate aftermath, the japanese prime minister at an event and there