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Baroness mone takes a leave of absense from the house of lords following allegations about links to a ppe firm awarded a covid contract by the government. lets stay with that story. 0ur political correspondent helen catt has the latest from westminsterhelen explain whats happening here and whats been announced in the past few hours. a leave of absence, butjust explain the back ground to this and the opposition motion as well. so this is about baroness _ opposition motion as well. so this is abou...

Months since last g7, the pull—out from afghanistan. and its as if afghanistan hasnt happened. nobody talked about it. even at nato or g7, which is a pretty damning admission, by its absense, of quite how dramatic its been and nobody wants to talk about it. but the other thing was in terms of china. and this investment strategy, i wonder what you made of that? this commitment to provide money, £400 billion over a number of years, which seemed to be aimed at the road and belt problem. built an...

Sometimes in this sport you just can�*t explain everything and i don�*t know where the speed went today. it has been a very tough two years for everybody and i think i should be very proud of the fact that i�*m here, i have made it to the start line, i am healthy, i have got a great team around me and my family and friends at home are so supportive so i couldn�*t be more thankful for that. joe marchant will start at outside centre for england against italy on sunday, in one of six change...

Over 100 countries have signed up to a plan to cut emissions of methane — a potent greenhouse gas which causes global warming. and, a new initiative to boost the use of clean technologies in industries such as steel, road transport and agriculture. but theres been disappointments too, with criticism from the us president at the absense of some leaders. heres our political editor, laura kuenssberg. when cultures clash can they still agree? when there is so much difference, there can be dissent....

Will get on board and they can push him through, break that democratic filibuster tomorrow for that confirmation vote saturday but members reviewing this behind closed doors expect it to happen tonight ahead of the key vote tomorrow. >> manu raju in capitol hill. thank you. more breaking news tonight. cnn learned the fbi report sent to capitol hill includes 45 pages of interview summaries as well as 1600 extra pages of information that the fbi collected from its tipline. lets talk about the inve...

Running for relek shun and how do you explain them saying that this is not a reasonable request, and that she should avail herself of the opportunity monday or proceed to the vote. >> i have been disappointed in the statements and to me it is the republicans are closing rank and the path forward to give judge kavanaugh a opportunity to test fishgs and with the absense of any testimony or remarks by professor ford to proceed with the confirmation. >> do you think that she should yield and this is...

Rode that wall of anger last night, concerns about obamacare, what hell do to protect individuals health insurance, about donald trumps policies. one of the challenges for dave brat and other lawmakers there isnt any specific replacement being proposed for obamacare so in the absense of something to show the process of showing up has been a lot more challenging for these individuals. this was quite a night. there was a lot of anxiety, and there was a lot of anger right now. nobody we met was a p...

The state department called assads initiative "detached" from reality in an attempt to cling to power. venezuelas leader hugo chavez is still in cuba following a cancer operation last month. chavez is set to be inaugurated for a fourth presidential term on thursday. it may be postponed if not returned in time. his absense would create a constitutional crisis, possibly leading to an interim government and another election. coming up next, why the bill to avert the first round of the fiscal cl...

why some cuban-americans are furious. were going in-depth. first the secret service and now dea agents are under investigation for allegedly hiring prostitutes in colombia. im wolf blitzer. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> the high-powered campaign surrogate is on the hot seat for going off message after newarks democratic mayor cory booker spoke about the attacks on mitt romneys old firm bane capital. he had to struggle to do d...

were only a day away from a crucial primary that could determine where this republican marathon is headed. fresh off a run away win in puerto rico, mitt romney is now looking to score big in illinois. rick santorum needs a strong showing as he tries to deny romney the nomination. the two rivals have long since taken off the gloves, but now they have put on some brass knuckles as well. our national correspondent jim accosta is in chicago with the very latest. >> the top two gop contende...