this is bbc news. i'm sally bundock with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. madam speaker, the president of the united states. "america is on the move again". president biden marks one hundred days in office in a speech to the us congress. he received a warm reception from both democrats and republicans, before laying out an ambitious spending plan. thanks to the american rescue plan, we are on track to cut child poverty in america in half this year. his supporters call his $6 trillion rescue plan a bold move — his opponents say its a risk that's too high a price to pay.

arlene foster steps down as colleague say they have lost confidence in her. and the president pays tribute to michael collins — one of the original members of the apollo 11 mission to the moon, who's died, aged 90. a warm welcome to the in a speech to a joint session of congress, president biden has marked his one hundred days in office with the phrase "america is on the move again". mr biden hailed as a success the massive vaccination and he remarked on the historic moment.

thank you all, madam speaker, madam vice president. no president has ever said those words from this podium. no president has ever said those words, and it's about time. let's speak to the bbc�*s lebo diseko on capitol hill who has been listening to president biden�*s speech. reducing poverty was one of the big themes. lets get stuck in. america is on the move, it began with him hailing his success as president, especially when it comes to tackling covid—19. absolutely, you mentioned earlier he was talking about the vaccination rates. he has gone past is 200 million vaccinations that he had set as a target, also talking about the money he was able to put

into america's bank accounts as a result of the stimulus. the real centrepiece of this speech was the two proposals that he has that will put trillions into really reshaping and reforming the social welfare system here in this country, so we are looking at over $4 trillion in these two fans, but he did talk about his first 100 days, all that has been achieved in his american rescue plan, particularly things like cutting child poverty. thanks to the american rescue plan we are on track to cut child poverty in america in half this year. (applause).

in the process, while this is all going on the economy created more than 1,300,000 newjobs in 100 days. more jobs in the first... (applause). more jobs in the first 100 days than any president on record. (applause). the international monetary fund is now estimating our economy will grow at a rate of 1.6% this year. will grow at a rate of more than 6% this year. that will be the fastest pace of economic growth in this country in nearly four decades. america is moving, moving forward, but we can't stop now. we are in competition with china and other countries to win the 21st century,

we are at a great inflection point in history. we have to do more than just build back better, we have to do more thanjust build back better, we have to build back better. we have to compete more strenuously than we have. talk us through some of the other highlights in this speech. other highlights in this seech. �* , other highlights in this speech-— speech. it's difficult understate - speech. it's difficult understate the - speech. it's difficult - understate the importance, speech. it's difficult _ understate the importance, the thing that really stood out to me, joe biden said, trickle—down economics doesn't work, and the spending for jobs, imaginejobs 43 work, and the spending for jobs, imagine jobs 43 times, spending to compete abroad which in turn will help the economy back here at home. talking socially, he spoke about gun control and also the need to reform the criminal justice system, particularly when it comes to what he explicitly called systemic racism, and urged senators to

pass into law the george floyd police reform bill, i think it was quite a powerful moment to hear the american president pushing for that in that speech. pushing for that in that speech-— pushing for that in that seech. ., ~' y., ., ., pushing for that in that seech. ., ~ ., ., ., speech. thank you for now. from ca - itol speech. thank you for now. from capitol hill. _ speech. thank you for now. from capitol hill, looking _ speech. thank you for now. from capitol hill, looking at _ speech. thank you for now. from capitol hill, looking at the - capitol hill, looking at the speed coming from president biden. we will have so much more later on in the programme on this, i will be talking to the chief executive, the global chief executive of boston consulting to find out what business leaders are saying about this speech, and the shift in the middle classes and giving the poor more in the trillions of dollars that he is looking to spend, so we will then discuss —— discuss that in detail later. let's get some of the day's other news. the manhattan home and office of rudy giuliani have been searched by the fbi as part of their investigation into the business dealings in ukraine of former president trump's personal lawyer. electronic devices were among items seized. investigators are trying to establish whether mr giuliani illegally lobbied the trump administration on behalf of the ukrainian government, as well as looking into allegations of money laundering and campaignfinance

violations. northern ireland's democratic unionist party ajudge in north carolina has blocked the body camera footage of the police officers who shot dead american brown —— andrew brown. he was delaying the release for up to 45 days to allow for the completion of the investigation. an international charity has documented the devastating effect of war on the mental health of young syrians. save the children says in the last three months of 2021 in five of all suicides were attempted in north—west syria by children, which the agency says is a worrying increase. northern ireland's democratic unionist party is beginning the process of selecting its next leader, and a new first minister in the devolved government.

on wednesday arlene foster announced she was standing down from both of the jobs after most of the dup�*s senior elected representatives said they wanted her to quit. here's our ireland correspondent chris page. arlene foster began her leadership with enthusiastic allies and electoral success, but yesterday, with her support base all but gone, she conceded her time at the top was over. for me, the decision to enter politics was never about parties or a person, it was about speaking up for the voiceless and building a northern ireland which could could prosper and be at peace within the united kingdom. unionists have felt that northern ireland's place in the uk has been threatened from the fallout from brexit, a new trade border meaning that there are steps on goods arriving from the rest of the uk. her

critics felt that she should have opposed the arrangements more strongly and strategically. and early favourite to replace her as first minister is currently in charge of agriculture in the devolved government. 0thers devolved government. others that are linked to the position of uup leader i'd jeffrey donaldson and gavin robinson stop at the du peoples's main partner in the power—sharing executive is the irish republican party sinn fein, said the main priority should be making sure that the coalition works. . we be making sure that the coalition works. . we all have a “ob coalition works. . we all have a job here. — coalition works. . we all have ajob here. it— coalition works. . we all have a job here, it should - coalition works. . we all have a job here, it should work - coalition works. . we all have a job here, it should work for| a job here, it should work for everybody, and i hope that the du pea — everybody, and i hope that the du pea find a partner that is also — du pea find a partner that is also willing to do this. this is a huge _ also willing to do this. this is a huge moment - also willing to do this. this is a huge moment in - also willing to do this. this is a huge moment in the i also willing to do this. ti 3 is a huge moment in the complex and contentious politics of northern ireland. webber takes over as the leader of unionism and would have a defining role in shaping its future. the

images out of india in recent weeks have been harrowing. 0ne weeks have been harrowing. one of the reporters say he has covered conflicts in war zones around the world but the second wave of the pandemic sweeping across his own country is unlike anything has faced before. every day, we're seeing pictures like these out of india — people pleading for oxygen, hospitals overwhelmed, and mass cremations. the images drive home the scale of the crisis, but often, we don't think about who's behind the lens capturing the grief and suffering. these men have just lost their brother to covid—19. prize photographer danish siddiqui. he says the brothers were adamant he tell their story. the story can't be told from the newsrooms. you have to have boots on the ground. and when you have boots on the ground, you have to take a call as a journalist or an individual —

where is the redline? but this story is so important, and we don't want this story to be just about the numbers. there are people who are dying, families who are losing their loved ones. danish has been covering the pandemic for more than a year — but says, in recent weeks, he says it's resembled a conflict zone. last year, the situation in the same room where i went a couple of weeks back was totally different. this time, i was totally shocked, once i stepped into that room, because i wasn't expecting in the centre of delhi, in one delhi's largest covid facility, people would be sharing beds — and people not even from their own families, total strangers would be sharing beds, sometimes three people sharing a bit. it was very shocking. but many people can't even get into hospitals. these pictures show breathless patients receiving oxygen in their cars. and of course, there is a risk for danish and his family, too. when you're coming back home, you don't know whether you're taking back something —

whether the enemy, which is the virus, is coming back with you. so you're taking all the precautions. there's always the fear. there's no safe zone, even at home. you are always worried about it. danish says documenting the crisis is a delicate task, but he feels a duty to show what is happening around him. courtney bembridge, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: manchester still to come: city come away from paris manchester city come away from paris with the champions league when as two of the world's best clubs battle for a place in the final. nothing, it seemed, was too big to withstand the force of the tornado. the extent of the devastation will lead to renewed calls for government help to build better housing. internationally, there have already been protests. sweden says it received no warning of the accident. indeed, the russians at first denied anything had gone wrong. only when radioactivity levels began to increase outside russia were they forced

to admit the accident. for the mujahideen, the mood here is of great celebration. this is the end of a 12—year war for them. they have taken the capital which they have been fighting for for so long. it was 7 o'clock in _ the morning when power began to pass from the minority- to the majority, when africa, this is bbc news, our main headline: president biden has marked his 100 days in office with an address to congress. he hailed the massive vaccination programme a success and said his administration has created a record number ofjobs and an economic rescue plan

to tackle child poverty. the european parliament has approved the post—brexit trade and cooperation deal with britain by an overwhelming majority. it's been operating provisionally since january, and allows for tariff— and quota—free trade. this week my colleague ros atkins is examining whether promises made during the brexit referendum and the 5 years since have been met — today he's looking at trade between the uk and eu. trade was that the heart of what brexiteers promised the uk. i what brexiteers promised the uk. , , uk. i genuinely believe our future will _ uk. i genuinely believe our future will be _ uk. i genuinely believe our future will be so _ uk. i genuinely believe our future will be so much - uk. i genuinely believe our- future will be so much brighter if we vote leave and take back control of our trade. it if we vote leave and take back control of our trade.— control of our trade. it was this promise _ control of our trade. it was this promise as _ control of our trade. it was this promise as well. - control of our trade. it was this promise as well. we i control of our trade. it was - this promise as well. we would have the capacity _ this promise as well. we would have the capacity to _ this promise as well. we would have the capacity to trade - have the capacity to trade freely _ have the capacity to trade freely with all of the countries of the european union and it_ countries of the european union and it wouldn't be in their interest_ and it wouldn't be in their interest to create barriers.

and — interest to create barriers. and vote _ interest to create barriers. and vote leave told us: and if that was the brexiteers, there are opponents had predictions as well. .., ., . are opponents had predictions as well. _, ., . ., as well. the economic argument is be ond as well. the economic argument is beyond doubt. _ as well. the economic argument is beyond doubt. leaving - as well. the economic argument is beyond doubt. leaving the - as well. the economic argument is beyond doubt. leaving the eu j is beyond doubt. leaving the eu is beyond doubt. leaving the eu is a one—way ticket to a poorer britain. fist is a one-way ticket to a poorer britain. �* , britain. at the time, my colleague _ britain. at the time, my colleague alex - britain. at the time, my colleague alex fourth i britain. at the time, my i colleague alex fourth site outlined other warnings. house prices will fall, food prices will rise, jobs will be lost on holidays more expensive. just some of the warnings this week about what might happen if we leave the eu. and then this government assessment addict did: well, the uk voted out and brexit is now here, so what did happen? house prices didn't fall between 2016 in early 2020 when the pandemic started. unemployment figures didn't rise for the same period. food prices haven't risen since the

new trade deal came into force injanuary and a recession didn't follow the uk voting out. however, look at this graph from the bank of england in 2018. its calculations found all brexit scenarios producing all brexit scenarios producing a smaller uk economy than if drugs it hadn't happened. and what about the uk's new trade deals around the world? here is the trade minister tweeting this month: 68 deals done, but many of them are direct copies of the existing eu deal with those countries, and deals with india and the us are a good way off. then there is the promise of trading freely with the eu. here is the european parliament ratifying the new deal. it allows for tariff free and quota free trade in goods but there are new taxes to pay. in some cases additional bat, in some cases additional bat, in some cases additional bat, in some cases goods are not tariff free. in some cases goods are not tariff free. ,., some cases goods are not tariff free. , ., . , free. in some instances we can't get — free. in some instances we can't get it _ free. in some instances we can't get it to _ free. in some instances we can't get it to them - free. in some instances we

can't get it to them at - free. in some instances we can't get it to them at all l free. in some instances we i can't get it to them at all and in other instances, such a large amount of import duty that they arejust large amount of import duty that they are just not going to do that, we will lose our custom. do that, we will lose our custom-— do that, we will lose our custom. and these other figures- _ custom. and these other figures. uk _ custom. and these other figures. uk exports - custom. and these other figures. uk exports and l custom. and these other - figures. uk exports and imports with the eu fell when the deal came in and then recovered but not to where they were and one of the reasons for that is something vote leave said brexit would reduce, bureaucracy.- brexit would reduce, bureaucra . , ., , bureaucracy. these forms don't make any _ bureaucracy. these forms don't make any sense, _ bureaucracy. these forms don't make any sense, they - bureaucracy. these forms don't make any sense, they are - make any sense, they are nonsensical. the messaging from government is we are helping, helping, helping. the answer from me is you are not helping at all. ~ ~' ., from me is you are not helping atall. ~ ~ ., ., ~ from me is you are not helping atall. ~ ., ., ~ at all. we know paperwork has increased- _ at all. we know paperwork has increased. there _ at all. we know paperwork has increased. there in _ at all. we know paperwork has increased. there in mind - at all. we know paperwork has increased. there in mind this i increased. there in mind this new trade deal covers goods are not services in the uk economy is dominated by services like banking and insurance but a dealfor the banking and insurance but a deal for the city of london to access the eu still has to be done. so where does this all of this leave us? the german commentator wolfgang says: and

if you look but i growth forecasts for the world's wealthiest countries, the uk's third—highest but bear in mind all gdp figures are dominated by the pandemic. certainly though some of the catastrophic exit predictions have not come to pass, nor there is evidence of a brexit used to trade and some argue in time, the uk will pay for its desire to take back control. this week though borisjohnson has talked of the trade deal is the final step in a long journey and it is undoubtedly a political landmark really this is just the start. evidence of that came this week. france is demanding uk fishing guarantees and blocks on financial services. trade deal might be done but the negotiating isn't,

nor the ramifications for trade brexit will bring. now it's time for the latest sport from the bbc sports centre. hello, this is your sports news where we start with football and manchester city will take a 2—1 advantage into the second leg of their champions league semi—final tie against paris saint germain next tuesday. the hosts went ahead at the parc des princes thanks to a marquinhos header 15 minutes in — but second half goals from kevin de bruyne and riyadh marhez put them in pole position for their home game next week as they look to reach the final for the first time. i was happy that in the locker room after the game, the players were so calm. not cheering, just calm, and some hugs, because we know every can happen in the second leg. now there is going to be a big opportunity to the premier league and try to play a good

game against paris saint jermaine again. staying with champions league news where real madrid defender marcelo could miss the second leg of their semi—final at chelsea because he's been called up to monitor a polling station during local elections.the elections for the madrid assembly take place on tuesday the 4th of may. real, who were held 1—1 at home in the first leg, play the second leg at stamford bridge the following day. the europa league semi—finals take place later with unai emery�*s villarreal up against his former club arsenal in spain. emery lead the gunners to the final of this competition in 2019 before being sacked later inthe year and replaced by mikel arteta, while manchester unitedhost roma in the first leg of the night's other tie. united have lost all four semi—finals they have played in under former united striker 0le gunnar solskjaer in the past 18 months as they look to replicate their campaign in 2017 which saw them lift this trophy. it will be a dream come true,

the day i can lift the trophy for this club, as a manager of course. that is what we are hoping for. as you said, we've been close, we are building step—by—step but to take the next step, it is ifs and buts and this than that. you always talk about that but for this team and myself, to our ambition this season, it's to finish it with lifting the trophy and being able to celebrate. world number one judd trump is out of the world snooker championship after losing his quarter—final match up against shaun murphy.trump who won this tournament in 2019 had a chance to take the match to a deciding frame before missing this red. former champion murphy edged the closely contested match 13 frames to 11 and will play last year's beaten finalist kyren wilson for a place in the final. and three—time winner mark selby is also into the final four. he started the day 6—2 ahead of another former champion in mark williams but lost just one more frame, on his way to a commanding 13—3 win. he'll now play stuart bingham

who beat anthony mcgill13—12. to tennis and the top seed alexander zverev is safely through to the quarter—finals of the bmw open in munich. the world number 6 and home favourite beat lithuania's lucky loser ricardas berankis in straight sets to reach the last four. zverev — a two—time former champion — won 6—2, 6—4, and will now face the belarussian qualifier ilya ivashka. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport.but from me tt and the rest of the team that's your sports news for now michael collins, one of the three us astronauts who flew to the moon in 1969, has died at the age of 90. it was his job to keep the apollo 11 command module orbiting the moon, while his crewmates neil armstrong and buzz aldrin stepped onto the planet's surface for the very first time.

you neil armstrong, buzz aldrin, and michael collins achieved you hael collins achieved something extraordinary that, even now, 52 years later, still stirs a sense of wonder. armstrong is no longer with us — he died in 2012. and now comes the news of the passing of another member of this remarkable apollo 11 trio, michael collins. his family and nasa have announce his death from cancer at the age of 90. collins was an integral part of the mission, but is often labelled the "forgotten man" because he didn't actually go down to the surface. he stayed in the command module circling the moon, while armstrong and aldrin made their boot marks in the lunar soil. that he missed out was something he never complained about. i did not have the best seat of the three on apollo 11.

but i can say, in all honesty, i was thrilled with the seat that i did have. i knew that i had somehow lucked into being one third of the team that was going to do this wonderful thing — and my function suited me fine. i mean, yeah, sure, iwould've preferred to walk on the moon, but that really seemed a trivial distinction at the time. i was very pleased with my responsibilities on the flight. his responsibilities on that mission included making sure armstrong and aldrin could get home. if something had gone wrong during the ascent from the lunar surface, collins would be their only help. when the three men returned to earth, they all had to deal with the adulation in their own way. like armstrong, collins didn't particularly like the limelight and rejected the idea they were celebrities. he saw the moon missions as a great collective effort. i remember so vividly the trip that the three of us took

after the flight of apollo 11. and we were surprised that, everywhere we went, every city we visited, we were not greeted with, "oh, well, you americans finally did it." we were greeted with, "we did it! we, humanity, we human beings have put ourselves, our talents together and we've done it." michael collins left nasa very soon after coming home, although he continued in public service. his death comesjust as the us space agency plans a return to the lunar surface with new rockets and space capsules. a new generation of astronauts will soon walk in apollo's footsteps. whether they can ever recreate quite the aura that surrounded michael collins and his crewmates, though, is open to question. jonathan amos, bbc news. do stay with us. so much more to come. more analysis of that address to congress of resident biden to mark its first 100

daysin biden to mark its first 100 days in office. one of the first comment see make is that trickle—down economics don't work. see you soon. hello there. it took till the end of the month before they started to make an appearance, but april showers feature quite heavily in the forecast through the rest of this week and into the weekend. and don't expect things to warm up as we see april out and go into may. it is going to be on the chilly side. area of low pressure with this weather front, which brought rain to end wednesday across southern counties. continues to push away eastwards, opening the door to north to north—easterly winds for all, all the way from the arctic. the blue colours indicating that cold air in place, and once again this morning, a fairly widespread frost away from the towns and city centres. that makes it every day

in april so far, somewhere in the uk has seen a frost. 1—2 early showers, wales and the southwest, but the bulk of the showers will be north—east england, eastern scotland, northern ireland. some of these could be heavy with hail and thunder. just watch how they develop through the day — become a bit more widespread, pushing a bit further southwards. now, it is going to be a day where some of you stay completely dry. temperatures will be down on where we should be. should be around 12 in aberdeen, just eight. should be 15 in london, just 12, as we go through the second half of the day. now, into the evening and through thursday night into friday, we will see clear skies return once again. a few showers to continue through the night, but another frosty night to see the last morning of the month. just about anywhere again away from towns and city centres. could have a bit of ice, too. we've seen some overnight showers and, like thursday, showers will start to develop, becoming heavy with hail and thunder. more, though, compared with thursday across parts of wales, central and southern england, particularly southernmost counties, and it will still stay chilly even though the breeze is not desperately strong.

and that breeze becomes even less of a feature as we go through friday night into saturday. notice how the isobars aligned, opening out, fairly light winds across the uk, and that does mean as the showers develop through the day after a sunny — in places, frosty — start, where you do catch some, they will be slow moving. most prone towards the south and southwest of the uk, western scotland and northern ireland. temperatures still down on where we should be for the time of year. fewer showers potentially on sunday, butjust watch what happens as we head into a bank holiday monday. deep area of low pressure pushes its way towards us, could be bringing, after a bright start, some heavy rain and strong winds. we'll keep you updated.

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