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to pay stamp duty. i found that out this morning. thats good. its a trickle—down budget. sometime in the future, we may see a benefit, if all goes well. but the poor need help right now. in nother news, four russian—occupied areas of ukraine are staging referendums on whether to become part of russia. western governments call them a sham. the first woman to win the booker prize twice, the celebrated author dame hilary mantel, has died at the age of 70. hello. in a massive shake up ...

of potential security risks from classified materials recovered from donald trumps home in florida earlier this month. a spokesman for mr trump accused the democrats of �*weaponising the intelligence community. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together some of the best—known british commentators and correspondents who write, blog, podcast and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week, britain...

wheres it going in the united states? and in australia, how come much of it ended up in the hands ofjust one man? and even his his friends arent happy about it. to discuss all of that, in the studio, we have latika bourke, a correspondent for the australian newspapers the age and the sydney morning herald, a writer who has been writing a weekly column for the guardian since 1987, polly toynbee, and michael goldfarb, who was a foreign correspondent for national public radio in the unite...

commentators and correspondents who write, blog, podcast and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week, britains elusive prime minister turned up... in ukraine, as the country marks the six months since the war there began. we now know in the uk how much energy bills will rise in the uk, in october, but not what the new prime minister will do when they take over from boris johnson. where is power going in the uk? where is it going in the united states and, in...

to the country today, this as johnson has been rocked by a new wave of resignations. joining us now from london, nada bashir. good morning, weve been following these developments the past few hours. what do we know so far about the reports that johnson will step down? >> reporter: good morning, christine. just gone 10:00 a.m. here in london and clearly a lot has happened. boris johnson now expected to stand down from his post as prime minister. we are expecting him according to downing...

australia, how, much of it ended up injust the australia, how, much of it ended up in just the hands of one man and injust the hands of one man and his friends? to discuss all of that in the studio, we have a correspondent for the australian newspapers, the age and the sydney morning herald, a writer who has been writing a weekly column for the guardian since 19 87, as a foreign correspondent in the united states, his podcast is called the first draft. lovely to have you all in the dat...

with every crime imaginable if we make that move happen. >> what we know about pat cipollones upcoming testimony. then president biden and vice president harris just called the wife of brittney griner whos being held in russia. well speak with the family of another american detained in russia for years. what they want to hear from the president. welcome to the lead. im erica hill in for jake tapper. we begin with the deadly july fourth shooting in illinois. police now saw the alleg...

on friday? as fighting rages in eastern ukraine, hundreds of thousands of ukrainian civilians are being urged to evacuate from the region to escape russias brutal advance. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and arnold the world. im wolf blitzer and youre in "the situation room." disturbing new details of the deadly july fourth parade shooting in illinois. some coming from the gunman himself who has confessed to the mass killing and now were learning it could hav...

democracy and suppression of freedom of speech. you played the video and we heard those two gunshots ring out. earlier today around 11:30 a.m. local time, nhk reported that shinzo abe had been shot twice, once in the chest and according to the fire and disaster management agency, once in the neck. it happened while delivering a speech, a stump speech around 11:30 this morning local time in western japan about an hour and a half, two hours ago the current prime minister held a press con...

there really is no i in team. former star quarterback ben roethlisberger is calling out whats happening in football today. former vice president al gore has what seems to be an inconvenient truth. >> climate deniers are really in some ways similar to all of those almost 400 law enforcement officers in uvalde, texas, who were waiting outside an unlocked door, while the children were being massacred. they heard the screams. they heard the gunshots, and nobody stepped forward. confronte...