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asi as i said earlier this week people know i take classified documents seriously. russians fighting in ukraine claimed they have found the body of one of two british aid workers whove been reported missing. bumper christmas sales for some of britains biggest retailers despite the cost of living crisis. and tributes for the legendary rock guitaristjeff beck who died at the age of 78. theres more evidence today of the crisis in the nhs in england: ambulance response times in december we...

and tributes for the legendary rock guitaristjeff beck whos died at the age of 78. theres more evidence today of the crisis in the nhs in england, ambulance response times in december were the worse on record. were the worst on record. for category two emergency calls, including strokes, they were more than an hour and a half on average. the target is 18 minutes. the highest priority calls — with an immediate threat to life — took almost 11 minutes on average, the target is seven. ...

welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in america where there are now two special counsels investigating whether two us presidents broke the law in their handling of classified records. after a second set of classified documents were found atjoe biden�*s home, the us attorney general has appointed robert hur to investigate whether any crimes have been committed. former president donald rrump is also facing a criminal investigation for...

a cold start to the day in highlands, temperatures overnight falling to three degrees but for many of us it will be dry with some sunny spells, just a few showers around, and into the weekend it all changes as we start to see some rain. its wednesday the 31st of august. our main story. the last leader of the soviet union, mikhail gorbachev has died, aged 91, following a long illness. mr gorbachev was crucial to ending the cold war and is widely considered one of the most influential po...

the vice presidents residence here in washington, d.c. all sent by republican governors who have pledged to make a point about the crisis they see at the border. the white house called it inhumane to use migrants as political pawns. this comes as one of the products of the border crisis. the opioid outbreak the boom of fentanyl hits home for returning college and university students. we have fox team coverage tonight. increasing danger from the fentanyl laced drugs. reaction to the rep...

will be — injust a few hours time, this will be blasting off. the first step — will be blasting off. the first step in — will be blasting off. the first step in our return to the moon for 50 — step in our return to the moon for 50 years. legacy of covid — the new zealand museum collection, recording the countrys response to the pandemic. music and europes biggest carnival returns to the streets of london, after a three—year break, due to the pandemic. live from our studio i...

more than a thousand people have now died in pakistan, where floods have been described by the countrys foreign minister as a catastrophe. bilawal bhutto zardari told the bbc the disaster was on a scale he has never seen before. pakistans government has issued a fresh appeal for more international aid. heavy rains have caused flooding sincejune, overwhelming rivers. around a sixth of the population are said to have been affected, with millions left homeless. officials in the southern p...

and the scottish city returning cultural artefacts looted from india during british rule in the 19th century. hello and welcome to bbc news. we start in the us, where a former british member of the islamic state group has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in virginia. 34—year—old el shafee elsheikh was among a group of british is members who carried out a brutal reign of terror in syria. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports from virginia. and then they woul...

hello. more than a thousand people have now died in pakistan, where floods have been described by the countrys foreign minister as a catastrophe. bilawal butto zardari told the bbc the disaster was on a scale he has never seen before. pakistans government has issued a fresh appeal for more international aid. heavy rains have caused flooding sincejune, overwhelming rivers. around one—sixth of the population are said to have been affected — with millions left homeless. officials in t...

more than a thousand people have now died in pakistan where floods have been described by the countrys foreign minister as a catastrophe. bilawal butto zardari told the bbc the disaster was on a scale he has never seen before. pakistans government has issued a fresh appeal for more international aid. heavy rains have caused flooding sincejune, overwhelming rivers. around one—sixth of the population are said to have been affected — with millions left homeless. officials in the south...