president in us history asks a divided nation to assess his achievements of the first term. there is much to debate. sweeping economic legislation and the recovery after the pandemic at the foreign policy front, marshalling the western alliance to support ukraine, but there s also the withdrawal from afghanistan on his record and high inflation that continues to undercut the efforts to stage an economic revival across the country. with all of that in mind, we can speak to michelle in new york. this announcement was not met with surprise but has it been met with surprise but has it been met with much enthusiasm? if with surprise but has it been met with much enthusiasm?- with surprise but has it been met with much enthusiasm? if you go by the polling. with much enthusiasm? if you go by the polling, there s with much enthusiasm? if you go by the polling, there s a with much enthusiasm? if you go by the polling, there s a sense - with much enthusiasm? if you go by the poll
moment but now we can head to the sport. hello from the bbc sport centre. there s a big game at the bottom of the premier league this evening as leicester city travel to elland road to take on leeds united. javi gracia s side have lost their last three games and conceded 13 goals in the process sliding down the table and now sitting just a point above tonight s opponents. leicester picked up their first win under new manager dean smith at the weekend. he is hoping thatjamie vardy, harvey barnes and james maddison will be available. they have had a struggle so far, a bit like us, they have been on the back of a couple of heavy defeats at home. but i m sure they will see this game as a big one to try and pull away from the position they are in, like ourselves. all of the remaining games are important and you never know where you will be able to get points. but of course playing at home is the next game and we have to be focused on this game, knowing we are playing against leice
says it is trying to get in touch with since being detained by secret police in afghanistan. more than 100,000 people take part in protests across israel for the 13th consecutive week against judicial reforms despite the government s decision to pause the legislation. the uk s home secretary tells the bbc the government is looking at further land sites and vessels to house migrants. we do need to increase our detention. we have several thousand places that we use and we have capacity. we will need to increase some of our detention capacity. hello and welcome to bbc news. pope francis is presiding over palm sunday mass at the vatican shortly just a day after leaving hospital in rome. the 86 year old was admitted with breathing difficulties, and later diagnosed with bronchitis. the pontiff s admission to hospital came ahead of the busiest week in the christian calendar. these are live pictures coming to us now, of st peter s square where the pope is taking part in this week
Lose their bid to trademark the fourfinger bar. And Coming Up In Sportsday later in the hour, on bbc news. England cricket could be back on free to air television, as the ecb offer up a new rights package to broadacsters. Good evening, and welcome to the bbc news at six. The liberal democrat Election Manifesto is out today, and at the heart of it is a pledge to offer another referendum on any brexit deal. According to party leader tim farron, it would give voters a chance to say they want to remain in the eu. The lib dems are also offering several new policies aimed at young people, including dropping the voting age to 16 and a rent to own housing scheme. More on that in a moment, but first, heres our Political Correspondent viki young. He says his policies offer young people a brighter future. And tim farron has put brexit at the heart of his campaign. Sun, sun, sun, here it comes. The lib dems hope the promise of a referendum on any brexit deal the government negotiates will persuade