it is a great honour to be welcome to the white house to discuss the issues of anti asian hate crimes, inclusion, and diversity. hello, thanks for joining hello, thanks forjoining us. we start with a significant development in the russia ukraine conflict. president biden has confirmed that the united states will provide ukraine with more advanced rocket systems and munitions, something the ukrainians have long been requesting. writing in the new york times, mr biden said the weapons would enable ukraine to strike russian targets more precisely on the battlefield. he did not mention what weapons would be provided, but a senior official said the m142 high mobility artillery rocket system would be provided. meanwhile, a russian air strike has hit a chemical plant in the embattled city of severodonetsk, releasing a cloud of dangerous gas. residents have been told to stay in bomb shelters to avoid the fumes. the ukrainians say russian forces now control most of severodonetsk, the
arena bomb that killed 22 people. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. australia s incoming prime minister, anthony albanese has vowed to sweep aside his country s reputation for dragging its heels in the fight against climate change. wildfires, bleached out coral reefs and flooding has made made australia a byword for climate fuelled disruption. mr albanese looks set to be sworn in as prime minister on monday, before he heads to tokyo for a meeting with the leaders of the us, japan and india. he s signalled a major shift in climate change policy, saying australia could become a renewable energy superpower. our sydney correspondent, shaimaa khalil, has more the shaimaa khalil, has more meeting is a priority for australia the meeting is a priority for australia and it enables us to send a message to the world that there is a message to the world that there is a change of government, there will be some changes in policy, but clearly with regard to
two hostages have been released by hamas. they are yocheved lifshitz and nurit yitzhak, two elderly women, according to a source. a release falling mediation by cutter and egypt. they were taken out of gaza by the red cross. the source telling nbc news that they are in good health. one of the hostages was in dire need of medication. you can see here, according to the times in israel, she was a founder of the of some of the most horrific violence that was inflicted upon israelis and the terrorisattack of october 7 by hamas. lifshitz is his peace activist who readily transported patients from gaza for medical treatment inside israel. her husband is believed to still be held captive i hamas. the release of two hostages comes days after two americans, judith and natalie were free from hamas on friday. this is where we start the hour with josh letterman. former cia director, senior national kersey as, john brennan is back. and then we have john hudson with us. with us at the table
carrying a knife near the houses of parliament has been arrested on terrorism suspicions. the 27 year old was stopped on parliament street close to whitehall. us president donald trump has come to the end of his first 100 days in office. we take a look at what he has achieved on the economic front. and profits jump at google‘s parent company alphabet as a search engine continues to dominate digital advertising. welcome to asian business report. saturday marks the 100 days of donald trump s presidency. 0n the campaign trail, he made bold promises of what he would do in his first 100 days in office. but, being the president turns out to be quite different than getting elected. and very little of mr trump s plan has been carried out. on the economy, much of what it wa nts to out. on the economy, much of what it wants to do relies on getting congress to work with the white house and that is proving difficult. we have more from new york. asa as a candidate, donald trump had ambi