ah, without his era, these are the top stories down. a flag raising ceremony has taken place in hong kong. walking 25 years was apparently returned to china. chinese president sheet and pang is visiting to mark the occasion on common also swearing. a new leader with john lee said to officially take office as chief executive us crescent. joe biden has called on the well to stand behind ukraine at the close of the nato summit. in madrid, he also announced another $800000000.00 of us weaponry for keith. an attack on one is an attack on all we will defend every edge of nato territory. every inch of nato territory. for our part, the united states is doing exactly what i said, we do it food and invaded enhance our forest posture in europe. will station more ships in here in spain, where station, the more air defense in italy and germany. more at $35.00 the united kingdom and to strengthen our eastern flank new permanent headquarters for their army. 5th corps in poland. tennis in st
on kerry johnston and joe, how the top stories here on al jazeera, a flag raising ceremony, has been held in hong kong marking 25 years since the territory was returned to china, president, she jim pings visiting to mark the occasion. hong kong new leader, former security chief. don t leave also be sworn. adrian brown has more from oak. the itinerary of president changing ping has been kept very secret. we don t even know, for instance, at exactly what time the swearing in ceremony is going to take place. now. there are a number of dignitaries attending this event, but we do know that a number of foreign and local journalists have been barred from covering the event for security reasons. that is a reflection of just how tight the security is here right now. and also a reflection measure of the nervousness of president changing things on to raj. us present, joe biden has a cold on the world to stand behind ukraine. his remarks came to the end of the nato summit in madrid. righ
let s take a live look outside at i-85 and avondale drive where you can see traffic is moving just fine this morning. that light traffic volume is in that area. that s the case on most of the thoroughfares on the triangle this morning. let s look at the traffic map showing a couple of minor incidents. we had one accident on holly springs on sunset lake road. there s an accident right at west cot ridge drive. use caution in that area. keep in mind, we have the ongoing closures through project fortify, and overnight tonight, the ramp to i-40 westbound will be closing from midnight to 5:00 a.m. for repaving. that should be reopened by the time the morning rush hits tomorrow morning. so if you are traveling during the overnight hours, find a detour around that area. we ll have more weather and traffic coming up in a few minutes. right now, the fbi is agist bill january officials in the search for the coordinated attacks in brussels. authorities say the back-to- back terror at
russia s lower house of parliament ratifies its claimed annexation of ukrainian territory. ah, i m thorough venue. you re watching the al jazeera life from doha. also coming up in the show more protests in iran over the death of a woman in police custody. the supreme leader blamed the us and israel for the unrest. i know the plan, what for what any 10 days has caused a little turbulence. i get it. i get it, we are listening and have this the u. k. budget, you turn the government abandoned plans to give tax cuts to some of the richest people in the country. and this years nobel prize of medicine has been awarded to sweden s months table for his work on human evolution. ah rushes lower house of parliament has approved moscow s claimed annexation of 4 regions in ukraine. what could i do for a new law now? formally incorporates her son done yet, school hands, kids, apple read your regions into the russian federation. russian controlled areas within these regions. just held refere