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hello and welcome to bbc news. pakistans former president, general pervez musharraf, has died following a long illnes. he was 79. president musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1999 — serving in office for seven years from 2001. and in 2019 he was sentenced to death in absentia, for treason charges for absconding the murder trial of one of his successors, benazir bhutto. at the time of his death he had been living in exile in dubai, recieving medical treatment. the ...

form after a backlash against editing them for modern audiences. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has ruled out sending f—16fighterjets to ukraine, saying the planes are not needed for now. it comes despite increased pressure from ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky for urgent air support to help protect its skies from russian attacks. president zelensky has marked the first anniversary of russias invasion of ukraine by hailing his nat...

immune to the "venom of hatred" to achieve the peace and prosperity that have eluded them through years of bloody ethnic conflicts. more news at the top of the hour. now its time for political thinking with nick robinson. his guest this week as mary bousted, one of the teaching union leaders. hello and welcome to political thinking. it was another week when children and parents had to wait anxiously for an early morning text or an email to tell them whether their classroom or their sch...

heavy rain. two brothers from pakistan who were held in the us military prison at guantanamo bay for nearly 20 years are released without charge. and roald dahl�*s multimillion selling childrens books are to be printed in their original form after a backlash against editing them for modern audiences. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has ruled out sending f—16fighterjets to ukraine, saying the planes are not needed for now. it comes desp...

pakistans former president, general pervez musharraf, has died following a long illness. he was 79 years old. president musharraf seized power in a bloodless military coup in 1999, serving in office for seven years from 2001. and in 2019 he was sentenced to death in absentia, for treason charges for absconding the murder trial of one of his successors, bennazir bhuto. at the time of his death, he had been living in exile in dubai, receiving medical treatment. the bbc�*s gordon corera...

should happen now it should get dismissed. >> were not going to stop on this nothings changed. we believe hes overstepped. >> two top republicans in the house are promising to investigate the manhattan district attorney following the indictment of donald trump that comes as the former president is escalating his attacks on social media which now include a call to defund federal law enforcement. meanwhile mike pence will soon have to testify before a federal grand jury in one of the cas...

soon because time is running out. >> congress is ready to get on the easter recess. they had gop priorities, too, into the administration, all sidelined because theyre rallying again to the defense of donald trump who continues to exert influence over the party thank you, as always great to see you this morning. thanks to all of you for getting up "way too early" with us on this thursday morning. "morning joe" starts now. after he was arrested, apparently today, donald trump has ca...

has died in hospital at the age of seventy nine. youre watching bbc news. now its time for the media show. a warning — this programme contains flashing images. hello, and welcome to this weeks edition of the media show. now in a minute, were going to talk about spotify. its the worlds most popular music streaming platform. it spent close to $1 billion on podcasting, too, but there are all sorts of different developments coming out of spotify at the moment. and its ceo has said that p...

live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. breaking right now, an unprecedented move republicans trying to expel three democratic lawmakers in tennessee for protesting gun violence on the state house floor after the nashville shootings. hundreds packing the state house to protest one of the democrats being targeted calls todays vote, quote, morally insane. and court dates are on a collision course with campaign events in 2024 as attorneys for former president donald trump try to de...

im lindsey reiser. we have a lot to get to this busy tuesday, starting with a terrifying kidnapping in mexico. the fbi now offering a $50,000 reward for the safe return of four u.s. citizens taken at gunpoint. this video youre watching now shows part of that kidnapping according to a law enforcement official. a gunman appears to drag people into a white pickup truck, one of whom was in mexico for cosmetic surgery. the u.s. ambassador to mexico saying an innocent mexican citizen was kil...