To help priced out renters find somewhere to live . In sport, theres no stopping liverpool as they hit five in europe against Sparta Prague including a stunner from in form darwin nunez. Including a stunner good morning. A good deal of dry weather on the cards today, some will say sunshine but they will be a cold easterly wind blowing. I will have all the details for today and for the weekend throughout the programme. Its friday the 8th of march. President joe biden has used his state of the Union Address to criticise donald trump his likely opponent in the election and to claim that freedom and democracy are under assault around the world. President biden also announced that the us military will construct a port in gaza to allow the delivery of more humanitarian aid to the territory. Tonight, im directing the us military to lead an Emergency Mission to establish a temporary pier in the mediterranean on the coast of gaza that can receive large shipments carrying food, water, medicine a
a warm welcome to bbc news. brazil s new president, the veteran left wing politician luiz inacio lula da silva, has vowed to make his country a great environmental power . he was speaking at his inauguration ceremony in the capital, brasilia. large crowds gathered on the streets to watch lula s cavalcade travel to the event which followed a narrow election victory in october over the far right leader, jair bolsonaro. mr bolsonaro, who refused to accept defeat, boycotted the inauguration and is in florida. let s have a look at some of the live images we ve been monitoring throughout the day as this official inauguration ceremony has been taking place. luiz inacio lula da silva taking a third term as brazil s president, and he has promised during his formal part of the ceremony, he promised to fight for the poor and for the environment and to rebuild the country after the previous term of jair bolsonaro and his very divisive administration. luis da silva narrowly won in a very
Of where he starts, what is the most crucial point that he needs to focus in on? is that the amazon, is that the poverty of the population? i think it s the budget itself, because previous administrations have left a gap in the budget, and so in orderfor his government so in order for his government to accomplish protecting the environment, protecting the rights of minorities, including indigenous populations and afro descendents and women, and culture which was obliterated in the previous administration, there needs to be a budget. that is already a point of contention. budget. that is already a point of contention- budget. that is already a point of contention. ~ . . , contention. we re watching president lula with the contention. we re watching president lula with the presidential contention. we re watching president lula with the presidential sash. - contention. we re watching president lula with the presidential sash. a - lula with the presidential sash. a lot was made of th
Statement on my behalf at any time. there is inevitably, there is inevitably a large number of people have to be involved in the preparation of a government statement from the many officials involved, but across a whole range of different organisations, but i give you my categorical assurance as a member of this parliament since its foundation in 1999 that no individual was authorised on my behalf to disclose any information. that was the start of the session. in the budget itself, he confirmed that the top two income tax rates will rise by a penny in the pound, starting in april next year. lorna gordon explained more. lorna gordon explained more. an unusual delivery of that statement this afternoon, delayed by half an hour by the presiding officer in the parliament behind me.
Efforts there. you guys asked me yesterday, you know, show me how we think he s prioritizing, that s one of the ways we think he s trying to prioritize the donbas region. yeah. so the department has released its budget and now we are in budget season, going to the hill justifying what you want to do. i m sure lawmakers want to know what the department is doing, vis-a-vis russia and the new reality of russia invading ukraine and being an acute threat. what is the department s response to congress, how will it describe what it s doing to kind of counter this new reality with russia? i think if you look at the budget itself, the reason why we wanted to do a national defense strategy in concert with the budget, to show that the budget is strategically aligned with what we are trying to do in the department, and the pacing