hello, and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states, and all around the world. welcome to cnn newsroom, i m rosemary church. just ahead. some republicans want medicare and social security sunset. i m not saying it is a majority. let me give you decorum goes out the window during president biden s state of the union address, some republicans openly booed and heckled him mid speech. rescuers racing against time to find survivors after the devastating earthquake that has left more than 8700 dead in turkey and syria. thank you for joining us. the u.s. president has delivered his first state of the union address with a republican majority in the house of representatives. he brought an energetic, optimistic message to the country, despite facing some open hostility. one of joe biden s big themes was working across the aisle and he made a huge push for bipartisanship. i signed over 300 bipartisan pieces of legislation since becoming president. from rea
ukraine hasn t declared any involvement. also in the programme, the latest trial of the hollywood film producer harvey weinstein has begun at a court in los angeles, where he is facing 11 further charges of abuse. and good news for sea life in britain, as the uk begins recycling fishing nets dumped at sea. a bumpy ride for the iphone m as roller coasters reportedly trigger the latest apple product to make emergency distress calls. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in ukraine, where russia has launched a wave of missile strikes across the country. president volodymyr zelensky described the escalation as an effort to wipe ukraine off the face of the earth. president biden says the us will provide ukraine with advanced air defence systems in response. killing at least 11 people and damaging infrastructure. the capital kyiv has been targeted for the first time in
International condemnation from around the world as iran executes british iranian, Dual National, Alireza Akbari, on charges of Spying For The Uk which hed denied. Britains Prime Minister calls it, a callous and cowardly act. A further five classified documents have been found at the delaware home of us president , joe biden relating to his time as Barack Obamas vice president. His lawyers says they were immediately handed to thejustice department. At ten oclock, lucy will be here with a full round up of the days news. First, reporting iran inside bbc persian. Here we go in ten, nine, eight, seven, six. Thank you very much, everybody, thank you. Lovely, good stuff, well done. That was the toughest interview of my entire career. We didnt know that we were going to get him. I had no idea that we might get him. So just literally five seconds before the interview, the producer shouted in my ear, saying that we have mahsas father on the line. I just didnt know what to tell him. What do yo
a month, but the chinese government has been accused of not releasing the full details of the pandemic. now on bbc news, reporting iran: inside bbc persian. here we go in ten, nine, eight, seven, six. - hi right, so you want me to. up sound next, up sound. woman sobbing phone line cuts off. phone line cuts off give me a thumbs up, l rana, that you can hear. phone line cuts off thank you very much, everybody, thank you. lovely, good stuff, well done. that was the toughest interview of my entire career. we didn t know that we were going to get him. i had no idea that we might get him. so just literally five seconds before the interview, the producer shouted in my ear, saying that we have mahsa s father on the line. i just didn t know what to tell him. what do you tell someone who spent all his life, raising his daughter to the age of 22, and now she s gone? over, just for nothing. right, so we need to choreograph it a bit. so we are getting ready for our live at 12.30, which
against the proposals. now on bbc news, time for reporting iran: inside bbc persian. here we go in ten, nine, eight, seven, six. - hi right, so you want me to. up sound next, up sound. phone line cuts off. give me a thumbs up, l rana, that you can hear. phone line cuts off. thank you very much, everybody, thank you. lovely, good stuff, well done. that was the toughest interview of my entire career. we didn t know that we were going to get him. i had no idea that we might get him. so just literally five seconds before the interview, the producer shouted in my ear, saying that we have mahsa s father on the line. i just didn t know what to tell him. what do you tell someone who spent all his life, raising his daughter to the age of 22, and now she s gone? over, just for nothing. right, so we need to choreograph it a bit. so we are getting ready for our live at 12.30, which on normal days, i go downstairs to the bbc world studio. but today, because it s iran special, we re goin