the brutal winter storms across the south and east of the us have left millions without power and more snow is on the way. nowhere has been hit harder than texas nearly three million texans are facing a third day without light or heat. a blanket of snow has fallen across northern parts of mexico, and southern us states from texas to north carolina. at least 21 people are reported killed. barbara plett usher reports. another day of winter misery for texas. millions of people are still without power. this historic storm has generated an epic energy crisis in america s energy state. it s freezing cold and people are seeking warmth wherever they can find it, even in this furniture store. getting food has also become a mission, rationed out in places as supplies have started to run low. and the catastrophe has triggered the politics of climate change. the republican governor blamed clean energy for the scale of the power failure. ourwind and oursolar got shut down, and they we
the go ahead in the uk. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. nato defence ministers are meeting to discuss the future of the alliance s 10,000 troops in afghanistan, in what will be a critical decision with profound implications. hanging over them, a deadline of may the first, which was agreed between the taliban and the us, for troops to leave the country. that move by donald trump has been described as premature by critics and is now under review by president biden. lyse doucet reports from kabul. a stark snapshot of a gathering storm the national police hospital. doctors tell us they ve never seen so many patients. there s fighting in so many provinces now. this policeman took a bullet. translation: the taliban blew up a vehicle outside school, so i went there to help get the children out. the taliban started shooting and we fired back. i was shot. the bullet hit me here and come out the other side. gunfire. and they re braced for more. this w
by the immune system. hello and welcome to the programme. we start in the uk. buckingham palace has revealed that queen elizabeth has spent a night in hospital after cancelling a visit to northern ireland. a spokesperson said the queen, who s 95, underwent preliminary investigations at a private hospital in central london. she returned to windsor castle on thursday. she s said to be in good spirits. i spoke to our news correspondent megan paterson who told us the latest. last night around 10:30pm uk time, we are told the queen attended hospital in central london on wednesday afternoon for preliminary investigations. she saw a specialist and for practical reasons, the palace say, she then stayed in hospital overnight. she then returned to windsor castle yesterday afternoon, thursday afternoon. we re told you was in good spirits and then returned to her desk for lighter duties yesterday afternoon. this is the first time that the queen has had an overnight stay in hospital f
hello there. we start with the row over taxing big tech. britain along with france, austria, italy and spain have agreed to roll back their multibillion dollar digital services tax on the likes of facebook and amazon. it s part of a transition to a global minimum tax on all big companies due to come in from 2023. in return, the us is removing the threat of punishing tariffs that could have seen 25% import taxes slapped on european goods, from anything from clothing to shoes to cosmetics. from new york, michelle fleury has more. it s spelt out easily enough, how do you the digital world, but it turned into an ugly fight. the good forget the sparring between emmanuel macron and donald trump over this very issue? europeans want attacks for silicon valley giants like amazon and facebook and argued it was a matter of fairness and equity. the americans for their part suspected the goal was to hurt its businesses and so threatened retaliatory measures. by agreeing to drop the th