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for a new age a kind that has never been agreed before that s how uk prime minister rishi sunak is billing the atlantic declaration he signed with president biden at the white house on thursday. it promises cooperation on advanced tech, clean energy and critical minerals. but it falls far short of the comprehensive free trade agreement with the us that the british government has been hoping for, and had promised as a benefit of leaving the european union. our north america business correspondent michelle fleury has been looking at the details. gone was the mention of an all encompassing trade deal promised in the wake of brexit. in its place, a commitment to co operate on defence, trade, a deal on data protection and ways to regulate new ai deal on data protection and ways to regulate new al to ology. the uk prime minister failed this approach is a better response to the challenges the two countries face. . ., ., . challenges the two countries face. ., . ., ., , , ....
for this year s song contest. here in the uk it s been an historic coronation weekend starting with the pomp and pagentry then street parties and a night of music to round off the celebrations. at last night s coronation concert at winsdor, a crowd of 20,000 people saw performances from stars including katy perry and take that. the prince of wales paid tribute to his pa king charles, saying the late queen elizabeth ii would be a proud mother . well, as we ve just seen, the uk s flair for pomp and ceremony has been on full display this coronation weekend. but will all that splendour be a benefit or burden to the uk economy? joining me now is independent economist julianjessop. how much the coronation will cost the taxpayer? there are two ways of looking at this. the first is the cost of the celebrations themselves. that might be of the order of the cost to the taxpayer but that part for more than pay for its because of the additional spending in sectors like hospi ....
left the hall, black rod closed the doors and for 45 minutes or so, this ancient space was prepared for the arrival of members of the public. the jewellers placed the orb and sceptre which is used at coronations, a representation of the power the dominion of christ over the world. it sits there alongside the world. it sits there alongside the imperial state crown. and that arrangement of flowers, some from balmoral, some from windsor. the duty officer bangs his stick twice. to signal a change of the guard. yeomen of the guard and the gentlemen at arms make their way into the centre of westminster hall. they will be on duty around the clock between now and monday morning. when the coffins carried to westminster abbey for the funeral. these ancient orders of royal body guards will be joined by member of the royal company of archers, the queen s body guard in scotland. who we saw on duty at st giles cathedral in edinburgh. the yeomen of the guard, soldiers from all branches of ....
for god s sake? another huge hike in energy bills. the price cap looks set to go up another £800 within months. a government support plan could be announced tomorrow. will it be enough? railway workers have voted to go on national strike, threatening major summer travel disruption across the uk. and we speak to radio 1 dj adele roberts about living with a stoma after bowel cancer surgery. good morning. rain currently in the west. that will be moving south and east through the day, weakening all the time. behind it we are back to sunshine and showers and it will be a blustery day. all the details later in the programme. it s wednesday, 25th may. our main story. at least 19 children and two adults have been killed in a shooting at a primary school in texas. an 18 year old gunman opened fire at robb elementary school in the city of uvalde, before he was killed by police. our us correspondent david willis reports. every pa rent s worst every parent s worst nightmare a reality on ....
Of foreign aid is set to clear a final hurdle here in washington as the us senate is set to vote to advance long delayed assistance for american allies. This is a live look at the floor of the us senate as they prepare to vote. President biden says hell sign the bill into law as soon as it reaches his desk. The final passage of the aid package is expected in the next few hours. The legislation includes nearly 61 billion in aid to ukraine, over 26 billion for israel and more than 8 billion for the indo pacific. Its passage follows a months long stalemate in the House Of Representatives, where some republicans held the bill up, arguing domestic issues should be dealt with before foreign ones. The developments here in washington coincide with a similar announcement from uk Prime Minister rishi sunak. He said britain would spend an additional £75 billion, or 93 billion ....