declared dead. and the medical breakthrough that could help stroke victims regain control of parts of their body. president biden has arrived in poland after an extraordinary visit, to an active war zone on monday. joe biden s unannounced and surprise trip to kyiv was short on time, but long on symbolism, ahead of the first anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine. he said america would stand with ukraine for as long as it takes and pledged another $500 million of military aid. speaking while air raid sirens were going off, president biden added that vladimir putin s war of conquest was failing. our international editor, jeremy bowen has this report. (air-raid siren wails) the air raid alarm, as the two presidents arrived at st michael s church, where ukraine commemorates its war dead, felt too well timed to be a coincidence. with unprecedented security in kyiv, the americans had warned the kremlin that joe biden was coming. he had just arrived from a long trainjourney
Defeating a Labour Amendment to the queens speech. It should also win the final vote on that queens speech tomorrow. So it will then have shown it can survive. But thrive . Not so clear. In the last 2a hours or so, weve seen raggedness of thought and ill discipline of purpose. We thought the goals for this government were to deliver brexit and reduce the deficit, but unity on both those looks to be disintegrating. Chancellor Philip Hammond made a thinly veiled joke at the expense of borisjohnson last night, and appeared at odds with david davis over transitional brexit arrangements. And more confusion today on austerity. There were hints that the Public Sector pay cap would be dropped, and then those hints were played down later on. When a teacher loses control of a class, its hard to get it back. Is that where mrs may finds herself at the dawn of this parliament . Well, nick watt, our political editor, is with me. First, there is Public Sector pay staff and the morning story was one t
months before starting. the participants of our study, one was nine years before the stroke after the stroke and the other was three years after the other was three years after the stroke. so right now we only know it works for people who are chronic but that means that most likely the earlier you intervene the better the result you could probably have. but we just do not know yet and we need to do more research to find out the optimal timeframe. here in the uk, the heated debate on updating the books of roald dahl has drawn the attention of the prime minister rishi sunak. he s the latest to criticise changes to some of the books, including the big friendly giant, and charlie and the chocolate factory, to update references to the characters appearance and weight. words such as fat, ugly, crazy and mad have been updated to be more suitable for modern audiences according to the publishers. mr sunak s spokesman said works of fiction should be preserved and not airbrushed . our arts c
broadcasting. we ll have more straight ahead. we begin with that breaking news. also today fears that al qaeda could try to explode explosives hidden inside the bodies of terrorists. the warning comes on the one-year anniversary of the death of osama bin laden. reports in america and the middle east have been stepped up as we get new intelligence with hints at potential and future al qaeda threats. german agents found a memory chip in his underwear. first it looked like it was a pornographic movie but what they found was actual operations drawn up some of al qaeda s, drawn up by some of al qaeda s most senior operatives, the plans include hijacking a cruise ship, dressing the passengers in orange jumpsuits to mimic guantanamo bay prisoners. this morning we join commissioner ray kelly. nice to see you. when you hear about threats like this, a consistent drip, drip, drip of what s happening in the world and what could impact us here. how does that change how new york law enfo
senior administration official tells me this was international murder for hire. here s what we have been told. two men charged in an alleged plot to assassinate the saudi arabiian ambassador to the united states. both are iranian. one is also a naturalized u.s. citizen, who s in custody and identified as 56-year-old manssor arbabsiar. manssor arbabsiar appeared in a federal courthouse in downtown manhattan this afternoon. he did not enter a plea. according to the complaint that we read, manssor arbabsiar planned for someone to kill the saudi arabian ambassador at one of his favorite restaurants in washington, d.c. he told an informant that mass casualties didn t matter saying if the hundred go with him, exbest metive them. . the plot is a work of intrigue. manssor arbabsiar met with a dea member posing as a member of one of mexico s biggest violent drug cartels. it got them to agree to assassinate the ambassador for $1.5 million. he planned to pursue an attack on the israel