Midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where injust two hours donald trump will address a joint session of the us congress for the first time. Its a much anticipated event with ramifications for policy and politics. Lets go straight to washington and speak to our correspondent Laura Trevelya n. Speak to our correspondent Laura Trevelyan. We know this president ial address to both houses of congress is not a State Of The Union but it sounds and looks like one. What are we expecting . It is in effect a State Of The Union, were expecting an optimistic speech from the president. He was widely criticised for the dark apocalyptic tone of his Inauguration Address when he talked about American College but tonight the white house says he will be upbeat and lay out a vision for all americans despite interest groups, but this will be a uniting speech, this is what the white house is aiming at. Republicans in congress are saying they dont want to hear about the president s twitter account or fa
Could take further Military Action against the Syrian Government. It comes after washington fired missiles at an airbase from which it believes president assads forces launched a Chemical Weapons attack. Addressing an Emergency Meeting of the United Nations security council, the American Ambassador to the un, nikki haley, said it is in americas Vital National Security Interest to prevent the use of Chemical Weapons. Our military destroyed the airfield from which this weeks chemical strike took place. We were fullyjustified in doing so. The moral stain of the assad regime could no longer go unanswered. His crimes against humanity could no longer be met with empty words. It was time to say enough but not only say it, it was time to act. Bashar al assad must never use Chemical Weapons again. Ever. The Syrian Government denounced the attack as reckless and irresponsible but america has had support from other countries. It was after dark on the East Coast Of America and before the sun had r
Day s news will be here. First of all, time for newswatch. Welcome to newswatch. With me, samira ahmed. The bbc gets an independent and external regulator, what difference will that make to viewers concerned about whether News Coverage is fairand impartial . And. So what does britain think . Are we on the brink of a bright new dawn, or might we sink . A measured analysis of brexit from David Dimbleby in the form of a rap. First, one of the survivors of the westminster attack a couple of weeks ago, melissa cochrane, gave an emotional interview to the bbc on wednesday. Her husband was killed and she herself was badly injured. Heres a clip from that. Melissa cochrane has spoken exclusively to fiona bruce. Kurt was probably the best man i have ever met. He was. Sweet and kind. And, im extremely proud of him. Im very happy that the world now knows what a wonderful man he was. Two viewers recorded their thoughts on that for us. They were divided about the interview itself, but united in thei
and if a charity goes insolvent, it will not open again after the recession is over. communities are turning to charities for help, but the charities themselves are fighting for their own survival. that s no problem whatsoever. if predictions are correct, not all will be here to pick up the pieces this time next year. caroline bilton, bbc news. the time is 13.17. our top story this lunchtime. another 48 hour strike by members of the rmt union has brought rail services in england, scotland and wales to an almost complete standstill. it s estimated only one in five trains will run today and tomorrow. and thousands of documents on the murder of us presidentjohn f kennedy have been released by the white house in full for the first time. coming up on the bbc news channel. he s still the fastest man in the world and jamaican sprinter usain bolt will be honoured with the lifetime achievement award