Details here on breakfast. Its sunday 3 march. Our top story The Chancellor, jeremy hunt, has tried to play down expectations about tax cuts in wednesdays budget, telling the Sunday Telegraph he has to act responsibly. With three days to go until mr hunt lays out his plans, the treasury says measures worth millions of pounds will be introduced to boost productivity in the public sector. Here is our Political Correspondent hannah miller. Police drones that can assess Road Traffic Accidents one solution chosen by The Chancellor as he takes an overview of the economy that doesnt make easy reading. But jeremy hunt says £800 million worth of Technology Like this will help to make police and hospitals more efficient and save almost £2 billion in five years it was time. Five years time. At a time when he has less money to play with them he would have hoped for, he is weighing up would have hoped for, he is weighing up what he can do to win votes. The chancellor is under pressure to make tax
world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom. ukraine s president zelenskyy is urging the world to respond after russia launched what ukraine calls the largest attack on it since the beginning of the war. fighting to stay on the ballot. former president donald trump is trying to keep his name from being removed from yet another state s primary election. and new york beefs up security ahead of new year s eve. an inside look at how police are keeping an eye on the celebrations. announcer: live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. three regions in ukraine are holding a day of mourning right now after what military officials called the largest russian attack on the country since the war began. in the city of odesa, a christmas tree is standing in a courtyard damaged in the strikes. the tree was praised as a victory of light over darkness. kyiv says russian drones and missiles pummeled cities across the country on friday, killing at least 31 people
in a statement, us defense secretary lloyd austin said that military forces conducted necessary and proportionate strikes on kataib hezbollah and affiliated groups in iraq. he added, we are committed and fully prepared to take further necessary measures to protect our people and ourfacilities. shahin modarres is the director of the iran desk at itss verona, an independent think tank. he told me about the possibility of the war between israel and hamas escalating into a wider regional conflict. it is possible that the war breaks out somehow from the region. it is most important to understand the reason behind the idiosyncrasy the islamic republic has put into play what we are facing today are a series of proxy and satellite groups that we have. the fact is, after the 1979 revolution, and the lack of r and d and sanctions regimes, the islamic republic international community is somehow came to an alternative way of using and creating those proxy groups and ballistic missiles as
after days of negotiations. it does not call for a ceasefire and leaves israel in control of monitoring aid deliveries. but the united arab emirates, which sponsored the resolution, says it can make a real difference for palestinian civilians. the united states and russia were the only two members of the secuirty council to abstain. the united states ambassador to the un, linda thomas greenfield, spoke after the resolution was passed here s some of what she had to say. it took many days and many, many long nights of negotiating to get this right. but today, this counseled provided a glimmer of hope amongst a sea of unimaginable suffering. today, this council called for urgent steps to immediately allow safe, unhindered and expanded humanitarian access. and to create the conditions for sustainable cessation of hostilities. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, spoke after the resolution was passed. he says despite the diplomatic pressure, nothing seems to be changing i
it looks like australia might have had its wettest day on record, thanks to the cyclone. back home, it s not as bad as that, but it s not looking particularly festive. through the week we will see further rain at times, and we will also become very windy. it may be later in the week that some of us do see some snow. but i think it will only be some of us. we are in a battle ground right now. cold air to the north, mild airto ground right now. cold air to the north, mild air to the south. in between, the winds high in the atmosphere, driving weather systems around the world. the strong jet stream will spin up a various weather systems through the next few days. as cold air digs in from time to time, that is where we may see a little bit of snow. patchy rain across england and wales. northern ireland and scotland, a little bit brighter, at least for a time, and it is mild out there. temperatures up it is mild out there. temperatures up to around 13 or 1a degrees. through this e