jeopardy. israel bombs gaza days after a new government takes shape. what led to this latest flare-up of violence. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we begin today with our world lead, and this historic high-stakes summit president president joe biden and russian president vladimir putin. the summit lasted roughly three hours with both leaders describing it as constructive and positive. they said there were no threats or ultimatums, and putin called biden balanced, professional and experienced. i did what i came to do. the tone of the entire meetings, i guess it was a total of four hours, was what was was good, positive. there wasn t any any strident action taken. where we disagreed, disagreed, stated where it was and where he disagreed it was stated but it was not done in a hyperbolic atmosphere. translator: the meeting was actually very efficient. it was substantive. it was specific. and it was aimed at achieving results. one of t
Roll out and falling case numbers. Are you in scotland? what do you think about the easing being brought forward? are you planning to take advantage, or are you holding back for a little longer. Do get in touch with me with your comments, on twitter @annita mcveigh and use bbcyourquestions. Also coming up this hour. Caravans, tents and glamping with the ongoing uncertainty around foreign travel, uk holiday destinations are seeing huge demand for staycations this summer. Good morning, welcome to bbc news. Final preparations are being made ahead of the duke of edinburgh s funeral, which will take place at st george s chapel in windsor tomorrow afternoon. The service for prince philip, who died last week at the age of 99, will be attended by 30 guests, including all his children and grandchildren, alongside personnel from the armed forces. Buckingham palace said the plans very much reflected the duke s wishes. Charlotte wright reports. It s a funeral that will, in many ways, depart from
russian invasion. we are live in moscow this hour. anti-vaxx and antimandates. thousands take to the streets from d.c. to brussels. we have the very latest on the state of the pandemic. and with less than two weeks to go before the winter olympics and just days before the chinese new year, we look at china s covid policy two years after wuhan. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is monday, january 24th, and u.s. president joe biden is set to be considering option to bolster troop levels in eastern europe amid fears of a possible russian invasion against ukraine. now, according to ukrainian intelligence, russia has now massed more than 127,000 troops in the region, and as tensions remain high, america s top diplomat has issued one of the strongest warnings yet. have a listen. if a single additional russian force goes into ukraine in an aggressive way, as i said, that would trigger a swift, a severe an
let s cross to the bbc sport centre and join gavin. it s not looking good for england in adelaide. australia declared setting them a total of 468 to win, but with the end of the fourth day of the second test in sight, they have a battle to stay in this. things began well for england jos buttler making up for dropping steve smith, the australia captain for this test. smith went for just six, but australia found their rhythm and half centuries from travis head, and marnus labuschagne helped them to declare on 230 9. england s second innings got off to a poor start. haseeb hameed out for 0. england a few moments ago 39 1. it was an odd premier league saturday with five games postponed because of covid, so it was up to to arsenal and leeds to be the sole entertainment. and it didn t disappoint with five goals in total as the gunners comfortably won 4 1, gabrielle martinelli getting the first two. england internationals bukayo saka and emile smith rowe also both got on the sco