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movements on college campuses, but now, the mere existence, the visibility of black and brown people in a fantasy tv show or a movie is slammed as woke. and a look, like you said -- who plays one of these major characters and house of the dragon, he recently said when he was criticized by these white fans for being cast in a series, they are happy with a dragon flying, theyre happy with white hair and violent colored eyes, but a rich black guy? that is beyond the pale. as they say, the...

i can get my lips to work tonight ill be able to have to get some questions. how are you doing, good to see you. carrots i wanna get your reaction to the news that tornado is leaving the secret service. any of location for the january six investigation? >> well this figure is one who has been controversial within the secret service for sometime. and his departure from the secret service comes just as the january six commission now has him in their sights. this is a moment of some trans...

and you know, we get into law school every so often on this program and we get into barack obamas unearthed law school manuscript and what he says about safeguarding american democracy, which is pretty relevant. but we begin with huge breaking news. a billion dollar verdict. that is the total damages for the liar proven in court to be a liar and right wing conspiracy theorist, alex jones. the lies matter. because the sanctions for them matter. because what is happening right now tonigh...

the office of the prince of wales has insisted that all rules were followed when the princes charitable fund took a donation of a millon pounds from the bin laden family of saudi arabia two years after osama bin laden was killed. the chair of the public inquiry investigating a major post office scandal has called for the process of compensation for victims to be sped up. more than 600 subpostmasters were given criminal convictions when a faulty it system made it look like money was mis...

hurricane-stricken puerto rico and are set to visit florida later this week. in cuba, another wave of protests sweeping the island following a nationwide blackout. cuba is once again demanding freedom. meanwhile in washington, the new supreme court term begins today as the court prepares to take up a number of consequential cases. also this morning, opening arguments are happening right now in the conspiracy trial for five members of the oathkeepers militia group in connection to...

hello, this is bbc news. im kasia madera. the headlines: donald trumps former strategist steve bannon has been found guilty of contempt of congress. he was charged after refusing to testify to the inquiry into the january 6 riots at the us capitol and could face two years in prison. ukraine and russia have signed a deal which will allow the resumption of ukrainian grain exports from ports on the black sea. they had been blocked by russia, following the military invasion. russian export...

brokered by turkey. conservative party leadership candidate rishi sunak says he will cut the basic rate of income tax from 20% to 16% if he becomes prime minister. and scientists supercharge one of earths most powerful telescopes with new technology that will reveal how our galaxy formed, in unprecedented detail. englands lionesses have been celebrating with thousands of fans at a massive party in trafalgar square, after their historic 2—1victory against germany last night. the title...

now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. welcome to political thinking, a conversation with, rather than an interrogation of, someone who shapes our thinking about what has shaped theirs. well, you know what they say about a week in politics. what a long time this week has felt since that budget that was officially not a budget. weve seen the pound go down, interest rates go up, mortgages being cancelled, and billions and billions and billions of pounds being spent by th...

return to the campaign trail. cnns joe johns joins us from the white house. joe, what does biden have on his agenda for this week? >> battleground states. hes about to go to wisconsin, pennsylvania, also ohio to a groundbreaking for a semiconductor plant there. a huge $20 billion semiconductor plant. so this time of year the labor day weekend is traditionally the time when campaigns start bearing down. the voters start focusing on the candidates. joe bidens name, of course, nowhere on ...

with police. plus, florida still reeling from hurricane ians devastation as rescue efforts continue and the death toll keeps climb joog and ukraine recaptures a crucial city in the east, just one day after moscow tried to claim the territory for itself.crucial ci one day after moscow tried to claim the territory for itself. >> announcer: live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom," with kim brunhuber. we are following a developing story out of indonesia. police say at least 129 pe...