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glasgow has offered itself as a potential host for the 2026 commonwealth games. 14. glasgow could be a back—up after the australian state of victoria withdrew as hosts last july because of rising costs. the commonwealth games federation has said it is "considering multiple proposals". more from the newsroom. could glasgow save the troubled 2026 commonwealth games? victorio stood down their bid and that means two years out from the event, it still does not have a host. commonwealth games scotland and have provided what it says is an innovative concept that may prove to be a solution. let's take a look at that concept now. in this plan, they would be a reduced budget of between 130- £150 would be a reduced budget of between 130— £150 million. there would also be a reduced pool of sporting programmes of between 10—13 sports. that's down from 20 in birmingham two years ago. it would also see the use of existing sporting venues and accommodations utilised, meaning that no more facilities would need to be built. the chair of commonwealth games scotland said that... he a

could we see glasgow stage the commonwealth games again?lled out of bidding to host the event. he's just come back from surgery, but you wouldn't know it — england's danny willett makes a great start at the masters in augusta. com pletely completely unexpected. sometimes that helps, you start to make a couple of birdies and think i could do it. it was nice to keep chilled out. and heads are turning at aintree on ladies' day! we'll have more on the daring outfits and the runners and riders later in the programme. ten years on from staging the commonwealth games, glasgow have said they would be prepared to step in the host the next ones, if no alternative can be found. it's after singapore joined malaysia in ruling out a bid and follows the australian state of victoria withdrawing last year because of rising costs. commonwealth games scotland said existing venues would be used from glasgow 2014 and hosting the games would come at no cost to the public purse. chris mclaughlin has more. yes, ten years after glasgow 2014, could this city be read

i want to talk about who will host the commonwealth games because glasco has offered to host the game found, but it would have to be scaled back. can you talk us through it. if it would have to be scaled back. can you talk us through it.— you talk us through it. if you are a new who would _ you talk us through it. if you are a new who would host _ you talk us through it. if you are a - new who would host the commonwealth game, a major event in it few years' time, we would have to tell, but we simply don't know, the reason that glasgow has made the offer to potentially be the fallback option if no other host was found, the commonwealth games federation is confident they can do that with an announcement next month, glasgow hosted in 2014. there accommodations and structures in place, but it would be a very different looking commonwealth games to what we were this accustomed to. birmingham in 2022, 20 sports were there, there should be ten — 13 if glasgow steps and at this late hour, and the money is very important so glasgow, having spent money on the commonwealth games in 2014. they wi

the quest to find a host city for the commonwealth games in 2026 continues.e australian state of victoria withdrew as host because of rising costs. now commonwealth games scotland says glasgow, which hosted the games in 2014, could step in with a scaled—back offering should no other host be found. chris mclaughlin has more. come on in, australia! it was a summer in glasgow to remember. 2014, the sun shone and the city put on a show. memories were made for athletes and fans alike. but in recent years, the commonwealth games has struggled to excite countries to get involved. victoria in australia pulled out of 2026, seeing the cost outweighed the benefits. that has left organisers with a huge headache. so glasgow's rescue plan is a streamlined version. it would have a core sport programming between 10—13 sports. no athletes' village, hotels will be used. and they say the majority of the bill would be picked up by the commonwealth games federation. what we have said to both the commonwealth games federation, scottish government and others is we want to use a con

but the commonwealth games federation said it was "excited "by the early concepts, which aim to resete games". on to nba and the los angeles lakers had to do without superstars lebronjames and antony davis as they were beaten by minnesota. james was out before the start with flu—like symptoms, while davis was forced off in the first quarter after being hit in the face while making a tip in basket. it exacerbated an eye injury from a game last month and with davis off, the timberwolves pushed into the lead, anthony edwards adding 26 points in their 127—117 victory. what he heard in terms of him getting hit in the eye, the injury was the same, but that is it. no updates right now. and that's all the sport. her talent was indisputable. now, the life and music of amy winehouse is the subject of a new film, back to black. it follows her journey to becoming a star — as well as her later struggles with addiction. before this evening's premiere, our culture correspondent, charlotte gallagher, sat down with the film's director and its star. # tried to make me go to rehab, isaid no, no, no.# am

organisers of the commonwealth games say they're "considering multiple proposals" to host the event in over the games�* future since the australian state of victoria withdrew because of rising costs. the 2022 hosts birmingham spent almost £780 million prompting a former adviser to the city council said hosting it was a mistake. last week, singaporejoined malaysia in ruling out a bid for 2026. but the commonwealth games federation said it was "excited "by the early concepts." golf's first major of the year — the masters — starts on thursday. it's the first time this year that all the world's best golfers will compete together — because of course, many of them now play on the liv tour — including the reigning masters champion —john rahm who made the move in december. rahm is looking forward to defending his augusta title and although he understands his defection made a huge impact, the spaniard believes there is hope the two sides can come to an agreement. the landscape of golf looks different this year than it did last year. in my transition and expected an amount of people not to be ha

numerous world and european championships, the second european games, last year the second commonwealth gamesnstruction of many cultural objects became truly popular. together we built the new building of the museum. the great patriotic war, together we are building the republican youth patriotic center of the press region, we have modernized and re-equipped all existing cultural facilities, there are more than enough platforms for performances by our cultural workers. ide shows his skills, and we, if you are interested in us, will come. it is very expensive to buy tickets that you will sell, as our big theater does, in my opinion, what is important is that over three decades we have almost doubled the proximity of roads, while one and a half times the mileage of paved roads has increased ; as of january 1, 2020 it was almost 800 km; we connected them with express roads. they write four times that in terms of price-quality ratio our neighbors compare the belarusian mtz tractor with the trouble-free kalashnikov assault rifle, thank you, very nice, thanks to modern oil refineries, we have high-

last year -ot of the commonwealth games last year got four— of the commonwealth games last yearelections and what individual events people go for, but i know that i'm — events people go for, but i know that i'm going to paris, i will be racing _ that i'm going to paris, i will be racing individual races in doing relay— racing individual races in doing relay events and try and come home with as _ relay events and try and come home with as many of these as possible. the watch — with as many of these as possible. the watch party in the garden was a special moment. so to was his return as 700 people surprised him outside his house to welcome him home. your friends were — his house to welcome him home. your friends were sitting _ his house to welcome him home. lj’f7i.“ friends were sitting on this wall here setting off layers. we painted the bends gold. 0h, here setting off layers. we painted the bends gold. oh, it's wearing off. we didn't get permission to do this, wejust did it. off. we didn't get permission to do this, we just did it.— this, wejust did it. it's crazy. i remember—

that's the commonwealth games which ahead because that's the commonwealth games wifunding aheadnwealth games wifunding issues. ahead because that's the commonwealth games wifunding issues. am ad because that's the commonwealth games wifunding issues. am h because that's the commonwealth games wifunding issues. am i right. use of funding issues. am i right. >> yeah. and i think a little bit of this is because we're turning these major events into such a massive circus and it's not necessary. you know, we spent so money on spent so much money on birmingham commonwealth birmingham at the commonwealth games incredible. but games and it was incredible. but the was to build the money that was used to build brand was brand new facilities, that was built to, know, build new built to, you know, build new facilities to house the facilities to, to house the athletes and not necessarily use facilities we use facilities that we have use student accommodation providing athletes have got bed and athletes have got a good bed and good food. what they need then is a good track and a good pool, bu

the head of the commonwealth games hopes to name the 2026 hosts next month. e the australian state of victoria withdrew last year because of rising costs, singapore and malaysia have both turned down the chance to step in, and if no one does, then will the commonwealths cease to exist. the ceo, kate sadleir is positive that the next games will go ahead. i'm very confident. i mean, i think that they're really exciting. we've been spending quite a bit of time over the last nine months doing quite an intensive discussion about what the future of the games might look like. we always were going to do that. we have a new strategic plan. we launched it last year and we it was about resetting and reframing, looking at the games differently and these concepts that have come in give us the opportunity to test some of those concepts as well. so yes, i'm very excited about the opportunities. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app or the website but from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. everton have been deducted two p

sports news and glasgow offering to host the commonwealth games if no other host can be found for '26gapore joining malaysia saying they would not bid for it. the brightest of all time. scientists worked out what caused of the most brilliant burst of light ever recorded but it has thrown up other questions. like, where do heavy elements like gold come from? u.s. officials have warned iran could launch an attack on israel soon. this follows an airstrike in syria last week on an iranian diplomatic compound in damascus. u.s. officials say it could involve 100 drones and dozens of missiles. washington says it is taking the threat seriously. >> we are watching this closely. we deem the potential threat to be real. we are watching as closely as we can. right now our focus is conversation with israeli counterparts, making sure they have what they need and are able to defend themselves. as i think you know, clearly, it would be imprudent if we didn't, look at our own posture in the region to make sure we are prepared. lucy: hezbollah in lebanon said it has fired dozens of rockets at artillery

it comes after scotland's commonwealth games body commissioned a feasibility study after the australianpulled out of hosting the event . the final hosting the event. the final decision is due next month . for decision is due next month. for the latest stories, sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the code on your screen or go to gb news. com slash alerts i >> -- >> good afternoon. britain. it's just coming up to 20 to 1. now. france has told all of its citizens to not travel to iran , citizens to not travel to iran, lebanon, israel or palestine . lebanon, israel or palestine. >> yes. this comes as iran is reportedly preparing to launch a retaliatory attack on israel within the next 48 hours. that's after two iranian generals were killed in an airstrike in syria, an attack that tehran has blamed on the israeli defence forces. >> iran's supreme leader sent out a chilling warning that israel will be punished , with israel will be punished, with one of his advisors saying that no israeli embassies were safe. and of course, the americans have said they will stand by israel. many commentator

scotland is proposing an alternative funding method to host the commonwealth games in 2026.ctive and would reportedly not require significant public investment, with money instead coming from ticket sales and broadcasting rights. it comes after scotland's commonwealth games body commissioned a feasibility study , after the australian study, after the australian state of victoria pulled out of hosting the event. a final decision is due next month and concerned kids around the world are breathing a sigh of relief after it was confirmed that the cartoon dog bluey, will return for another season and possibly a movie. this series executive producer has told australia's abc radio that an upcoming extended episode is intended as a test for a planned feature film. bluey was the second most streamed show in the us last yean streamed show in the us last year, just behind us drama suits . for the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts. just scan the qr code on your screen or go to gbnews.com. alerts . alerts. >> for stunning gold and silver coins, you'll always value. rosali

the head of the commonwealth games says they will name the 2026 hosts next month. been huge uncertainty over the future of the games since the australian state of victoria withdrew last year because of rising costs, singapore and malaysia have both turned down the chance to step in, and if no one does, then will the commonwealths cease to exist. the ceo, kate sadleir is positive that they will be saved. iam i am very confident. i think they are really exciting. we have been spending quite a time doing quite a tense of discussion discussion of the future of the games. we always were going to do that. we have a new strategic plan launched last year and it was about resetting and reframing and looking at the games differently. the concepts that have come and give of the opportunity to test those concepts as well so i'm very excited about the opportunities. the clay court season is under way, building up to next month's french open. the world's best players are taking part at the monte carlo masters. the russian kharen khachanov. losing the first set, second go into a t

we'll have all the day's sports news, and look at glasgow offering to host the commonwealth games ifother host can be found for 2026. this is after singapore joined malaysia in saying they won't bid for it. the australian state of victoria pulled out of hosting back injuly because of costs. 0rganisers say a glasgow games would have to be scaled back, and we'll talk about the boat that's the brightest of all time — scientists have worked out what caused the most brilliant burst of light ever recorded, but it's thrown up other big questions they thought they had the answers to like, where do heavy elements like gold actually come from? —— and we'll talk about the boat — that's the brightest of all time — us officials have warned that iran could launch a major attack on israel, and that it could happen soon. these warnings follow an air strike in syria last week on an iranian diplomatic compound in damascus, that killed several military advisers, including a top general. us officials have told cbs news an attack could involve more than 100 drones and dozens of missiles. washington has s

well, organisers of the commonwealth games say they are "considering multiple proposals" to host the rfinals. setting up a home against south africa bulls. publicans will travel to bordeaux. exeter chiefs face a different away trip to five—time winners, toulouse. thank you very much. now for a look at the weather. we had talked about the total solar eclipse happening in the united states. unfortunately, seems like it will be cloudy. we will see a partial solar eclipse. it is about 115 miles wide. some places will see it, some will not because of the cloud cover. in the uk, west is best. this evening it would be cloudy and wet. your best chance is the outer hebrides, possibly parts of northern ireland. do not look directly at it this week will stand settled. often wet and windy. cooler than at the weekend until we get to the latter part of the week when it warms up once again. if you are stepping out not particularly cold. a new peak, it is 11 degrees. a wee bit cooler in belfast had only five. this is what is left of storm kathleen which brought all the wet and windy weather this week

glasgow could step in to stage the commonwealth games in 2026, if other options fall through.of it, as well. the idea would be for the city to stage a scaled—down games, with fewer sports and all the costs covered by the commonwealth games federation, as uncertainty continues over the event's long—term future. a final decision is expected by the end of may. that is just about it from aintree but i am distracted by these wonderful hats. i'm not really a hat person, i would look like the artful dodgerfrom oliver person, i would look like the artful dodger from oliver twist, person, i would look like the artful dodgerfrom oliver twist, butjanice dodger from oliver twist, but janice and dodgerfrom oliver twist, butjanice and charlotte look fantastic. apparently the theme is a celebration, which the flowers on top of your head, it certainly is that. pansies, and this is my favourite. to bee or not to bee. i want to be a peacock with the finest feathers! that's it, the flat cap. the big question for all the hat wearers and waistcoats today is whether you need to tether them down, li

world and european championships, the second european games, and last year the second national games. commonwealthopular, together we built the national library, the new building of the museum of the great patriotic war, together we are building the republican youth patriotic center of the press region, modernized and re-equipped all existing cultural objects, platforms for the performance of our cultural works... more than enough, go and show your skills, and we, if you interest us, will come to buy very expensive tickets, which you will sell, as our big theater does, in my opinion, what is important, over the course of three decades, we have almost doubled the extent of roads, while the mileage of paved roads has increased by one and a half times... we have connected highways to the capital with almost all regional centers. the route, minsk, polosk, vitebsk, is the final one. i think in we will do this in the coming years, even a year. all this is our common success. we have preserved and increased our industrial potential. mas, belaz, mtz, gomselmash, others. how to refuel and bring harvesting

you've got a world championships european championships at european championships and commonwealth gamesto do when they they sort of they when they first sort of represent their is go represent their countries is go to olympic games, is win an to the olympic games, is win an olympic medal, to speak. so olympic medal, so to speak. so yeah, know, we all look at yeah, you know, we all look at things different ways. things in different ways. i looked at it in terms of swimming is a game. looked at it in terms of swimming is a game . and as kids swimming is a game. and as kids we all love playing games. and that's why we got into sport in the first place. and i kind of like i felt very lucky that sport a game was my living. sport or a game was my living. so i kind of just every day was, was a blessing in a sense. but yeah, it's hard to pick yourself up and it's ultimately any athlete will tell you every day they're beating themselves up physically. they're trying to push to extremes . push their body to extremes. we're going to have to leave it. >> we're going to have to leave it appreciate i

now, with the olympics in paris this year, nobody wants the commonwealth games in 2026, so glasgow couldsonally, as sport pastimes and fashion specialist here @gbnews, i'll be combining all three with olympic opening ceremony clothing . ceremony clothing. >> it's a beautiful start out there for many places and there's more sunshine to come this weekend , but before that this weekend, but before that happens, there is some rain to talk about in the forecast coming up shortly. >> morning to you. i'm stephen dixon and i'm ellie costello and this is breakfast on gb news is. the expensive coffee we were talking about a minute ago. £265 per shot. it's in mayfair in london. i mean, who is going to buy it? well, frankly , who? buy it? well, frankly, who? >> i was thinking of you because when we went to a coffee shop, which we probably shouldn't name. no, but close to here, it was. how much for coffees? >> it was for coffees . we went >> it was for coffees. we went with paul coyte and his daughter and think 2 or 3 of you had and i think 2 or 3 of you had like a croissant or something, and it was

. >> okay, went to the >> okay, i went to the commonwealth when they commonwealth games when they werer saw rain like it. >> oh, it was awful, wasn't it? >> oh, it was awful, wasn't it? >> yeah, really sat beside chene >> yeah, really sat beside cherie blair. >> i was going to guess that . do >> i was going to guess that. do you know who i sat beside? >> she was good crack. i reckon. i bet you had a good chat with her. >> really friendly with her. i saw the other athletics too. >> she. >> she. >> no, i don't know, but i saw. i saw where she works. i was, i had i passed by her office from her and she came out. >> she's not a shopper. >> she's not a shopper. >> not because she knew i was there, but i just came out and got into a car. >> do you remember we sat next to 5000m or we had. to you in the 5000m or we had. yeah >> all yeai1 >> all yeah >> all she will. >> all that she will. >> all that she will. >> she will. yeah. did you go to the olympics see the london olympics though. see that no, that was that was fabulous. no, that was fabulous. gearing fabulous. paris is gearing up because

if i finished tokyo, the year after i got seven medals at the commonwealth games and last year i gotng individual races, i'll be doing relay events, and yeah, try and come home with hopefully as many of these as possible. the watch party in the garden was a special moment. so too was his return, as 700 people surprised him outside his house to welcome him home. your friends were sitting on this wall here setting off flares. a lot of flares, yeah. we painted the bins gold. oh, it's wearing off. we didn't get permission to do this, wejust did it. it was crazy, wasn't it? i remember i stood here with a microphone and i addressed all the people. you said something churchillian like, "these are for you." i thought that watch party was quite something and this is like a level above. thank you so, so much, guys. and these medals are yours just as much as they are mine, so thank you. whilst it's quieter now, excitement will be ramped up again as he aims for another golden summer and as his olympic preparations continue, tom hopes his mark on the sport goes beyond medals. over the last few ye

competitions we competed at the world cup, at the olympic games we were always close, smolsky overtook latypov belarus. in the overall standings of the commonwealth40 games 39 defeats, back miminsk set an anti-record for the season, which... will soon be surpassed, i ask, what is my result? the doctor says that you need to go to the hospital urgently. the courageous guy survived cancer and returned to basketball. tearjerker. in belarus they have already managed to change jackets to t-shirts and back again. and in murmonsk on april 14, the biathlon season ended. the archivist needs to dig into his records to find out if this is a record for duration, exact record. belarusians-russians started at the beginning of september. last year, of course, when the leaders of our women's team try to combine their professional career and personal life, we should expect any surprises, neither anna sola nor dinara smolskaya after the birth of their children claimed victory in the overall standings, but they were pleased with episodes, here in morvansk at the cup the commonwealth team brilliantly won the sprint, and this was our best performance at the finish lin

2007 and serve as a kind of growth games, today these are beginner athletes, and tomorrow they will defend the honor of belarus in the international arena. the commonwealthiathlon cup ends today in murmansk, the program of the final day of the competition includes big starts, by this moment it has already the women's race ended, anna sola stopped one step from the pedestal, the belarusian made it. torpeda bela beats boti and rises to intermediate third place in the standings of the belarusian football championship. the automakers hit the visitors' goal twice in the second half, in the seventy-first minute kirill premudrov opened the scoring, and 7 minutes later ilya vasilyevich increased the hosts' advantage (2:0). the zhoden team are three points behind the leader neman and have caught up with the second team - slavia, but the mazyryans have their fourth round match. lead today in soligorsk against shakhtar and if successful they will be equal on points with grodno. meshkov brest begins the final series of the national handball championship with a victory. on the home court, the southerners defeated minsk sk 30-27. the hosts made a good start before the

commonwealth, european, world and — at tokyo 2020 — olympic champion. incredibly, this summer he's heading to his fifth gamesl. so it's, like, smart, yet comfy and casual, which is nice. his diving cv starts atjust aged seven and... ..a three time winner of young sports personality of the year, he's now 29 and may be the ideal teammate for a gb squad brimming with talent — the likes of noah williams and andrea spendolini—sirieix. being part of team gb is something that is so special. it is something that every single athlete works so hard for. previous 0lympics, i kind of used to torture myself through the whole experience. because you want to do well so badly that you put everything on the line. and i think that's the difference this time round, i've not been diving for two years. so i think, for me, it's all excitement right now. famously, to keep calm during competitions, knitting is the olympic champion�*s go—to. and, while covid prevented his family being in tokyo, they will be in the french capital, including eldest son robbie. he's five now. so he can swim, hejumps in. and he's very much set in his wa

game together. from then, our strategy has always been equal opportunity. parity in price money. 0n court right now in front of her home crowd, london's very own. she is the commonwealthedy, she is world number seven, she's taking on fellow englishwoman, ranks number 25. you grew up watching the london squash classic and it was purely for men. this is the first time it's been a women's event. what does it like to into play here? something i never really thought would happen. i even did a little exhibition match there before the men's matches when i was about 16 years old, so i've grown up kind of idolizing these players and now that we as women get to play next to the men, just as we deserve to do so, i think it is very cool. for years, squash was trying to get into the olympics and for years it was, no, no, no. what does that mean for the sport? it's incredible. it makes me a bit nervous because it's been a goal of mine since i was younger when i was in a different sport and i always thought that was the road for me, but i thought when i won the commonwealth gold, that was as close as i would ever get to an olympic medal, but now that is not the case and all eyes are

victory of lock, who was stronger in four games 3:1, 25:19, 27:25, 24-26 and 25:18 in favor of lokomotiv from kaliningrad. as part of the final stage of the commonwealthl race of the season for women took place in murmansk. after finishing the mastart , world champion ekaterina yurlova perkht announced her retirement from her sports career. traditionally, the biathlon season in russia ends in the first half in tyumen or khantomantiysk, but this time there are competitions. 10 years ago we returned to murmansk, men, first place in the overall standings of the commonwealth cup was taken by belarusian anton smolsky, who became third in the mastart, losing to tsvetkov and khalili. in the women's overall standings , irina kazakevich won, who was also third in the mastart, losing to shevchenko and goreeva. pilot of the lada sport rosneft racing team leonid panfilov twice stood on the podium at the first stage of the russian circuit racing series. the competition is over. weekend at the fortress grozny circuit in the capital of the chechen republic, on saturday lada sport rosneft driver, manager factory turbocharged car of the superproduction class, in the l

commonwealth to others. from the companies i talked about earlier to the organizers and the fifa world cup and the mlb all-star game, right here in 2026, they all want clean, safe, and on-time public transit. that is what pennsylvanians deserve. it is what our economy needs. that is why i'm proposing the first major new investment in public transit in more than a decade. [cheering and applauding] across pennsylvania receiving $1.5 billion it would mean $40 billion this year alone, in under my plan, transit systems across pennsylvania will receive $1.5 billion over the next five years. that would mean nearly $40 million more for prt in allegheny county , this year alone. millions more for other systems across the state. i know this is important in southeastern pennsylvania. that is why my administration has been working for months to address their unique challenges and come up with a solution. i insisted that they address concerns about cleanliness and safety. and i asked the local counties whose residence benefit from that system to meet this moment with additional support. i can report that they have produced plan

commonwealth, european, world and at tokyo 2020, olympic champion. after starting diving at age seven, he is now 29 and going into his fifth games.s he is heading to paris to professionally relaxed as he's ever been. , ., ., ., been. used to torture through the whole experience _ been. used to torture through the whole experience because - been. used to torture through the whole experience because you i been. used to torture through the i whole experience because you want to do well so badly that you put everything on the line and i think that's the difference this time around, not been diving for two years, so i think for me, it's all excitement right now. how much loner excitement right now. how much longer have _ excitement right now. how much longer have you _ excitement right now. how much longer have you got _ excitement right now. how much longer have you got left? - excitement right now. how much longer have you got left? good l longer have you got left? good question- _ longer have you got left? good question. after _ longer have you got left? good question. after tokyo - longer have you got left? good question. after to

game at home against brest, but the golden series has essentially just started the surroundings around the meeting. expectation. the denouement of the eleventh international tournament among women's teams, the commonwealth cup, is getting closer. from a wedding salon in her own apartment to a showroom on the champs-elysees, how belarusian designer natalya minina and belarusian len conquered paris. fashionable natural plot coming soon. a unique industrial cluster, and also a youth, creative sports city, a satellite of which the belarusian the capital, getting to know fannipolis better, the plot of the business card in the project is a place to live. a day filled with unforgettable emotions, euphoria and pride, a new frontier for our country as a space power. the first cosmonaut of sovereign belarus. marina vasilevskaya returned to her homeland today, warm hugs, flowers, bread, salt, words of gratitude and admiration, the belarusians greeted their famous countrywoman so cordially from the very morning. i am very glad and happy to set foot on belarusian soil, these were the first words to marina vasilevskaya upon returning to her native land belarus. and straight from the airport marina went to the palace

we need to play a game of addition, not subtraction, and focus on building a world-class system of higher education. one that keeps our young people in the commonwealth, helps our students gain the skills they need, and provides businesses with the workforce they require to grow and be successful. a system focused on competitiveness, grounded in access and affordability. last year, i promised you i would come back with a plan. after a year of gathering feedback from higher education leaders across the commonwealth, i'm proud to present to you my blueprint for higher education. a blueprint that has earned the support of higher ed leaders from every sector, from our community colleges and passhe schools to our hbcus and state-related universities. this plan has earned the support of students, workers, ceos, county commissioners, and mayors, and a good number of the folks in this room. a bold, forward-looking vision that i believe we can make happen. together. let me walk you through my three-part plan. first, we will build a new system for higher education that unites our passhe schools and our 15 community colleges. this new system will preserve local