nomia, not a nomia, nota huge nomia, not a huge amount of detail, but how would you assess the level3 really interesting. i was inside that presser, so the white house gives daily briefings that we as the press attend, and today, top of the agenda, they respected to go about the ongoing war in ukraine, also the assistance that the us is giving the turkey in the visit of brazil's president lula. he is meeting president lula. he is meeting president biden for the first time since they both took office, so we were inside and john kirby, who we heard from there, revealed in the last hour or so so about 1:30pm eastern time, that this object was shot down, so of course, the pressure was entirely dominated by this specific story. just a recap of some of the things mr kirby said, it was 40,000 feet high, it was a high—altitude object, and they said it posed a threat to civilian aircraft. that is why president biden ordered fruit to be shot down, and he emphasised that president biden order that happen. just right now there is another press conference taking place by the pentagon and they are

nomia. yes, this press conference _ she is in washington. nomia., this press conference was - she is in washington. nomia. 133 this press conference was held a short while ago. at the top of the agenda we were expecting to hear about the latest on the ukraine war, also america's assistance for turkey following that devastating earthquake and also president lula of brazil is visiting, but it was complete dominated once it was revered by the white house spokespersonjohn kirby revered by the white house spokesperson john kirby that around 1:30pm eastern time here in the us, this high—altitude object was shot down. it was travelling at 40,000 feet, which was lower than the chinese spy balloon. that was floating across america last week, it was smaller in size, but we are being told that... they are not saying it was not a spy balloon, but they are not see either way at the moment. we got more details, but have a listen to the white house spokesmanjohn kirby. we're calling this an object because that's the best description we have right now. we do not k

nomia iqbal, thank you. nomia iqbalfor us in washington.ing tens of thousands of homes without power. a state of emergency has been declared in five regions on the country's north island. richard galpin has the latest. cyclone gabrielle has battered much of the north islands, including the most popular city of auckland. the authorities say tens of thousands of people have lost power. fearing the worst, many here have been going to the shops to stockpile food and water, leaving the shelves empty. we are seeing the impact of the cyclone across the top of the north island. as at 1.30 today, around 116,000 customers have lost their power. as a result, a major operation is now under way to ensure people are safe. civil defence centres and shelters have been set up across the top of the north island, and are ready to use in case people have to evacuate. i can't stress enough that please have a plan to leave your home if you see water levels rising around you, or if you are worried about land stability around your property. don't wait to be told t

nomia iqbal, bbc news, east palestine, ohio., and a 42—year—woman has been pulled alive from the rubble 11 days after those two powerful tremors struck. neslihan kilic had survived for 258 hours under the wreckage of her home near the epicentre in kahramanmaras. her husband and two children are still missing. almost 42,000 people are known to have died. the united nations has launched a $1 billion humanitarian appeal for the turkish people. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a blast from the past — a letter lost in 1916 has been delivered to a flat in london more than 100 years later. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order but the army defeated in the task it was sent to perform. malcolm has been murdered. that has a terrible effect for the morale of the people. i'm terrified of the reprecussions in the streets. one wonders who is next. explosions. as the airlift got under way there was no let—up in the eruption itse

from east palestine, our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports.rash hangs over this town like a dark cloud. the train was leaving east palestine on febuary 3rd when it went off the tracks, leaving hazardous material. the smell of sulphur still lingers in the air, people say it has been suffering from headaches, they feel ill, their pets are ill, and dead fish have appeared in some of the creeks. for ben, even the sound of trains is now unnerving. he says the noise is getting louder. this morning, waking up before my alarm because there is a train going off with these umpteen horns, and ifeel they are stating they are here, they are not going anywhere, and they are bigger and more powerful than the town and the entities that are put in place to regulate them. like many of the town's nearly 5,000 residents, he is worried about drinking the water. officials say is safe. he isn't taking any chances, though, especially as he has kids. for the town, it's going to be like a 9/11 moment, it's going to be like a pearl harbor moment where people remember wh

nomia iqbal, bbc news, east palestine, 0hio.concerns. the national highway — traffic safety administration on thursday said the company's full self—driving software may cause a crash. the agency said the tesla software allows a vehicle to "exceed speed limits or travel through intersections in an unlawful or unpredictable manner". tesla said it's not aware of any injuries or deaths related to the recall issue. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme... the state of western australia tries to poach more than 30,000 key workers from the uk. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order but the army defeated in the task it was sent to perform. malcolm has been murdered. that has a terrible effect for the morale of the people. i'm terrified of the reprecussions in the streets. one wonders who is next. explosions. as the airlift got under way there was no let—up in the erruption itself. lava streams from a ve

nomia iqbal, bbc news, east palestine, ohio.a now, and 11 days on, people are still remarkably being pulled alive from the rubble left by the powerful earthquakes that hit the region. and a 42—year—woman has been pulled alive from the rubble, eleven days after two powerful tremors hit the area. stay with us on bbc news, still to come... the fashion and film worlds come together to pay tribute to designer, dame vivienne westwood who died — aged 81 — in december. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order but the army defeated in the task it was sent to perform. malcolm has been murdered. that has a terrible effect for the morale of the people. i'm terrified of the reprecussions in the streets. one wonders who is next. explosions. as the airlift got under way there was no let—up in the eruption itself. lava streams from a vent low in the crater flow down to the sea on the east of the island, away from the town for the time being.

nomia iqbal reporting.n bombing the country's power network relentlessly. energy companies in ukraine have been working around the clock to repair the damage and to keep electricity flowing during the cold winter months. the bbc�*s paul adams and cameraman david mcilveen have been granted rare access to the energy network and the teams involved. ukraine's energy war — a constant battle for heat and light. a race to keep up with russian attacks. air siren wails. for a week, we follow the teams fighting this war. what the missiles destroy, they rebuild in places where people are living on the edge. for months, russian missiles and drones have rained down on ukraine's civilian infrastructure, causing untold damage all across this vast country. so, what happened here? this power plant in central ukraine has been hit repeatedly. it's a huge place, but this is what well—aimed russian missiles have done to its transformers — vital links to the world outside. for security reasons, we've been asked not to identify t

nomia iqbal, bbc news, east palestine, ohio.as frontotemporal dementia, which affects behaviour and language. willis, who starred in blockbuster films such as die hard and pulp fiction, is 67. he announced his retirement in spring last year, following a diagnosis of aphasia — which causes difficulties with speech. the actor's family said his condition had since worsened. there are currently no specific treatments for frontotemporal dementia, which is an uncommon form of the disease. a memorial service for dame vivienne westwood has been held on thursday in london, with famous faces from around the world paying their respects. the legendary fashion designer and environmental activist died in december aged 81. stephanie prentice has more. here to honour the life of the fond friend, victoria beckham in blackjoined by helena bonham carterfor a memorial to bonham carter for a memorial to the bonham carterfor a memorial to the late vivian westwood. her lost felt strongly by the british fashion scene with models turning out to pay thei

nomia iqbal, bbc news, east palestine, ohio.its us vehicles due to safety concerns. the national highway traffic safety administration said the company's full self—driving software may cause a crash. tesla said it's not aware of any injuries or deaths related to the recall issue. this self—driving technology for tesla is a big part of its business plan. it's what tesla and elon musk has been pushing and they believe it is the absolute future. elon musk has also said this self—driving technology is better, and in many cases, safer than just regular drivers. this self—driving technology for tesla is a big part but what tests have shown is there has been incidents in which some of these technologies have caused accidents. while in this particular software update instance, they are saying that, look, what we are doing is to try and get this update to happen because there could be some issues when going through traffic circles, going through intersections, they are constantly updating this kind of software and this kind of informatio

of a small car and could have posed a threat to commercial planes. 0ur north america correspondent nomiaal gave us this update. it nomia iqbal gave us this update. was revealed by1 spokesman it was revealed by the white house spokesmanjohn kirby it was revealed by the white house spokesman john kirby that around about 130 eastern time here in the us there is high altitude object was shot down. it was travelling at 40,000 feet, which was lower than the chinese by balloon, that was floating across america last week, it was smaller in size but we're being told... that matt did not say it wasn't us by balloon but they're not saying either way at the moment. we're calling this an object because that's the best description we have right now. we do not know who owns it. whether it's state owned or corporate owned or privately owned, we just don't know. we don't know. state owned, we don't know if it's state owned. and we don't understand the full purpose. we don't have any information that would confirm a stated purpose of this object. fitter stated purpose of this ob'ect. after we were given *

it nomia, some of this was put to president trump today.- nomia, some of this was put to president trumpge collection business with her husband, and they were really distraught about what had happened. they said to me that this would affect their business, and she brought it up. she said as a matter of fact, everything about donald trump, his administration is to blame for what happened here. that was put to donald trump, who to it completely. he's obviously mating play out of this —— making play out —— who dismissed it. it's been dismissed by the democrats as a political stud, dismissed by the democrats as a politicalstud, but dismissed by the democrats as a political stud, but they're under fire. . , political stud, but they're under fire. ., , �*, i. fire. donald trump 's ride, joe biden is fire. donald trump 's ride, joe itiden is in _ fire. donald trump 's ride, joe biden is in europe. _ fire. donald trump 's ride, joe biden is in europe. the - fire. donald trump 's ride, joe i biden is in europe. the transport secretary hasn't been. this is what the local mayor had to say on fox ne

ok, nomia iqbal, thank you very much 0k, nomia iqbal, thank you very much indeed.e in the uk, the prime minister has looked to reassure the public that uk airspace is protected. well, i want people to know that we'll do whatever it takes to keep the country safe. we have something called the quick reaction alert force, which involves typhoon planes which are kept on 24/7 readiness to police our airspace, which is incredibly important. i can't obviously comment in detail on national security matters, but we are in constant touch with our allies and, as i said, we will do whatever it takes to keep the country safe. now let's talk with tony ingesson, who isjoining us from lund in sweden, where he is a senior lecturer specialising in intelligence analysis. a very good afternoon to you. we have just had the british prime minister reassuring the british public. are you reassured? yes. minister reassuring the british public. are you reassured? yes, i don't think _ public. are you reassured? yes, i don't think we _ public. are you reassured? yes, i don't think we should _

defence systems, anti—tank missiles and armoured infantry vehicles. 0ur north america correspondent nomiaturnaround for the us in that ukraine really wanted this longer—range missile. it's effectively twice the range of ukraine's weaponry. it's normally launched from the air — this one is launched from the ground — but it doesn't actually exist in the us military stockpile, so it has to be made by the weapons industry. it is thought it could take some time for ukraine to, therefore, get it, probably around about nine months. ukraine actually wanted missiles that cover a much longer distance, but the us is still uncomfortable about that — there's concerns that it could be used to hit targets deep inside russia. now, it's nearly a year since the invasion and the us has given more than $2112 billion in security assistance, and so far, there has been broad support, there has been a bipartisan support for president biden�*s position in helping ukraine. but there are some cracks in that consensus. you have republicans who are now in control of the house who have said that they will not give a b

democratic party colleagues say it's the republicans taking revenge, as our correspondent in washington nomiaouse minority leader hakeem jeffries called it that. he said this is political revenge and citing the fact that democrats kicked off two republicans from committees two years ago. you know, ilhan omar has been somewhat of a fixation for the republicans. they've been — a lot of them have been wanting to get rid of herfor a long time and, obviously, they are now newly empowered in the house, they've wasted no time removing her. however, kevin mccarthy, the house republican leader, didn't get all the votes he wanted to begin with, but he did once he agreed that she could appeal, so she can appeal this removal. just to give you a reaction from others. you have alexandria ocasio—cortez, who is very close to omar. she's also, like omar, a very progressive democrat. she said, just to her that, "she was being targeted "for being a woman of colour." she pointed out that there are members of the republican party who have made comments that could also be considered anti—semitic and nothing has ev

we've also heard from our north america correspondent nomia iqbal, she gave us this update.te house spokesman, john kirby, said that this unidentified object was flying at an altitude that was lower than the chinese spy balloon and therefore it posed a risk to commercial aircraft, which is what they were worried about. it was spotted about 24—hours ago but they shot it down at around about 1.30 eastern time on friday. mr kirby emphasised that it was the president, president biden, who ordered for it to be shot down. this was after a fighterjet approached the object and assessed that it was unmanned. they will now assess the debris to find out exactly what this object was. mr kirby said that the president ordered for the shoot down out of an abundance of caution but there is a lot of political pressure on him following the chinese spy balloon. republicans have criticised him for not acting more quickly, saying he is weak on china. he was also heckled at his state of the union address about it. mr kirby said that the president has no regrets about how he handled the chinese sp

lets speak to our north america correspondent, nomia iqbal. what exactly has the us announced? a bit of a turnaround for the us. new longer—range bomb which is sunday they have not given ukraine so far. basically, this bomb is doubled the range of ukraine's weapons and something they really wanted. it is normally launched from the air and this one, doesn't actually exist in the us military, they do not have it and so they have to have it made by the weapons industry and it might take some time for ukraine to get it. it could take up for ukraine to get it. it could take up to nine months. ukraine wanted missiles that are longer—range by the us is still uncomfortable about that it be used it targets deep inside russia. also mentioning the defence systems in terms of equipment in the package that basically allows defence weapons to be integrated in the thin defence systems, and the last month, the third largest aid package the us assent ukraine and overall, up to nearly a year before the invasion of ukraine, the us is committed more than $24.2 billion in security systems. than $24

nomia iqbal there.o in london and the west midlands, they have been experimenting with a new way of dealing with calls in an effort to make sure help gets where its needed the most. this new system will allow a clinical conversation between a nurse, a paramedic or a doctor and the patient, and between them they will be able to decide whether an ambulance is the best response for that patient, or they are better cared for in a different environment. it's really important that people know it does not mean anyone loses their place in the queue. what it does is provide more individualised care for an individual patient. but also allows us to free up the resources for our most vulnerable patients. category two ambulance call—outs make up over half of all emergency calls. they're meant to cover an immediate risk to life, things like a heart attack or stroke, but they also include conditions such as burns, diabetes or headaches, where the severity of the problems can vary enormously and some of which do not al

let's speak to nomia iqbal in washington. what more do we know about this object? states to the comments about not ruling out aliens! element the truth is, we don't have that many details.— that many details. ufos, unidentified _ that many details. ufos, unidentified flying - that many details. ufos, | unidentified flying objects that many details. ufos, i unidentified flying objects in that many details. ufos, - unidentified flying objects in the three their shutdown of the weekend and we know the shape of them, when shut down on friday was the science of a car, the one on saturday was a cylindrical shape in the one michigan was an octagon will shape and that's all the details we have so far. the us is pretty sure about the first incident that triggered all of this, i guess you could say. the balloon on february four with a maintain is a chinese balloon that was used for spying purposes. in terms of the rest of these devices, or that we know is that they were unmanned and flying at a pretty low altitude which posed a risk to commercial aircraft which is our presid

nomia iqbal was at the meeting in ohio.n said to me that she believes that if this had happened in a bigger city in america, they would be getting answers. they want to know why did a train carrying chemical toxins pass through their town without any warning. they tell me they are too scared to drink the water, even though officials here say it is safe. they say their pets have fallen ill, they feel ill, their houses are of no value, and so they want to get down to the bottom of it. what's made it worse for many of them is that the train company, norfolk southern, which owns the train, didn't show up here, their representatives. they said it was out of fear of their safety, which has really angered residents. the firm has provided a fund of more than $1 million to help people, but everyone here is worried about the long—term effects when it comes to the environment and their health. hollywood star raquel welch, who will be remembered as an international sex symbol in the 1960s, has died aged 82, following a brief illness. t

balloon, nearly a week after it was discovered in american airspace. 0ur north america correspondent nomia far on this are vague but the white house spokesmanjohn kirby said that this unidentified object was flying at an altitude that was lower than the chinese spy balloon, and therefore it posed a risk to commercial aircraft, which is what they were worried about. it was spotted about 2k hours ago, but they shut it down around about 1:30am eastern time on friday, and mr kirby emphasised that it was the president, president biden, who ordered for it to be shut down —— shot down. and this is after a fighterjet approach the object and assess that it was unmanned. they will now assess the debris to find out exact there were the subject was. mr kirby said that the president ordered for the shootdown out of an abundance of caution, but of course there's a lot of political pressure on following the chinese spy balloon. republicans have criticised him for not acting more quickly, saying that he was weak on china. he was also heckled at the state of the union address about it. mr kirby said that t

he has been speaking with my colleague nomia iqbal.y other generations country. and you know what it's like. and i know what it's like, too. ijoke. people know me for being genz for being able to not afford an apartment here in dc. so this is a part of this greater struggle to ensure people have the resources they need to have true freedom in this country. the court has to decide two things, first whether the republican states have the right to sue the government, and if they do, then secondly they must decide whether the president has the power to cancel the debt. what are the limits of executive power? what power do the states have to challenge an executive order. the president is relying here on the heroes act 2003. which states that... "the secretary of education can waive or modify...student financial assistance progs...as the secretary deems necessary in connection with a war or other miltiary operation or national emergency. joseph zebay is domestic policy & politics reporter for semafor. welcome to the programme. the president

well, those residents were speaking to our correspondent nomia iqbal, who is in east palestine.ast night, they were handing out bottled water. so people basically told me they aren't taking any chances, they'lljust stick basically told me they aren't taking any chances, they'll just stick to bottled water. the other problem is when you go further out of east palestine, it's obviously a very small town but there are rural areas to it, and people don't actually use bottled water, the use wells — and those private wells are of a huge concern to locals there. so at some of them are even wondering if they should even shower with bottled water. there's still lots of concerns, it is notjust the short term effects, but long—term effects — people are wondering what it might mean for their health and the environment, and also psychologically — just to go to one man, he said to me, "the sound of trains is usually such a beautiful thing, it's a very romantic thing, very americana, you hear them in the distance, it's nice to hear in the evening. but now when he hears them, he panics because