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at home safely. lung disease costs the nhs billions. ministers say more funding for research and new targets to cut pollution and smoking should make a difference. but doctors think more still needs to be done to improve and save thousands of lives. jim reed, bbc news. lets return to todays scathing review of londons metropolitan police — which found it to be institutionally racist, misogynistic and homophobic. the reports author — baronness casey — said many londoners had lost f...

is at its lowest level for almost 50 years, according to figures released this morning. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng will meet the treasury select committee to bring you his economic plans. we will have updates about shortly. a hearing is under way at the supreme court on whether scotland can call an independence referendum without the consent of the uk government. there is at the wreck of the mary rose. it has come to the surface and its exactly a0 years since henry viiis flagship �...

they also discussed chinas12—point plan to bring an end to the war in ukraine. in a statement issued after the meeting they said: "the russian side welcomes chinas willingness to play a positive role for the political and diplomatic settlement of the ukraine crisis, and welcomes the constructive proposals set forth in chinas position on the political settlement of the ukraine crisis." at the white house today, us officials took pains to point out what they think china could do to end...

we start in france, where hundreds of thousands of workers are out on strike for a second time. theyre protesting against president emmanuel macron�*s plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. eight big unions are taking part in the strike, which has disrupted schools, public transport and oil refineries. lets take a look. the first marches had started in the morning across the country, like this one, in rennes in north—western france. thousand of people also took to the str...

have been empty for more than six weeks. >> reporter: as for this family -- >> its frustrating and its scary. first we couldnt feed our children because of the infant formula shortage and now were facing another challenge with being able to take basic care of them. >> reporter: athena jones, cnn, new york. hello. im kristen fisher. welcome to "cnn newsroom." this massive winter storm system is barrelling towards the east coast this hour, and this arctic chill is straining the power g...

Weekend and now the blast forward to election day nine weeks away. Peter doocy at the white house neal, good afternoon we spent time with President Biden on the campaign as he tried to make the case he thinks republicans like donald trump more than they like entitlement programs. Speak with the biggest contrast from maga republicans the extreme right, the trumpies. They want to these maga republicans in congress are coming for your Social Security as well. You, by the way, as i said, you might t...

president bidens lawyers alert the justice department they discovered obama-era classified documents at a washington office biden used during the trump presidency. plus, a juggling act abroad today. the president sitting down with neighbors to the north and south. the biden white house wants help curbing migration and drug trafficking. mexicos president says the united states needs to pay for attention and give more respect to latin america. first on cnn the special counsel jack smit...

leaders of canada and mexico. the record-breaking surge of migrants along with how to better secure the u.s. southern border is a major focus. >> also on the agenda, trade, economic issue, climate change and the renewed efforts to combat the flow of illegal drugs into the u.s. from mexico. cnns priscilla alvarez in is mexico city. what are the big takeaways so far? >> reporter: well, so far all the leaders have been reaffirming their strong relationship but its a rubber hits the road m...

show our dear leader and the best possible light. >> here you have joe biden going right there to the border to see what is going on, so i give them a lot of credit for that. >> visiting the border making sure the conservatives in that area know that he really is listening to their concerns about border security. >> he does seem to be working directly on this issue. >> he is very aware of what is going on in the border, coming down and seeing it has really made a big difference. >> ...

that has just wrapped up with russian president vladimir putin calling his meeting with chinese president xi jingping successful. today, the two leaders signing a joint declaration deepening their partnership. and the summit obviously comes at a critical time for the war in ukraine. there are strong indications now that russia and china are moving closer both economically and militarily. >> xi is framing himself as a possible peace broker and they say it could be the basis for ending t...