Relations committee. This is an hour and a half. This hearing of the subcommittee. Civilian security democracy human rights and global womens issues will come to order. And the title of the hearing is tax on u. S. Diplomats in cuba. Response and over sight. We have one Government Panel testifying today with the following three witnesses who are here. And were grateful if r you joining us here today on behalf of the executive branch. The acting assistant secretary of state. For the bureau of western hems fear. Todd brown. The department of state. And the medical director of the bur reof medical services. For the department of state. Thank you all again for being here. There are two goals to the hearing today. The first, is to accompliestabl facts of what occurred. The second is conduct over sight over the conduct and the activities of the United States state department. Here are the facts as will be testified to today. By our panel. Late 2016, staff at the United States embassy in havan
Hello and welcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed. Coming up has bbc News Coverage of the Winter Olympics been too focused on badly performing brits . We speak to the head of bbc sports journalism. Certain newspaper front pages made a lot of allegations about Jeremy Corbyn and a czech spy. Did the bbc make too little . And, as kfc Stores Across the uk temporarily shut this week, did bbc news get clucking mad with its coverage . First, for the past week many of our National Newspapers have featured headlines such as corbyn the collaborator and corbyn urged to reveal his stasi file. Allegations that the labour lady had questionable contacts with a czech diplomat and agent in the 1980s emerged from files held by the Czech Security service archive. The labour leader called the story nonsense and accused the newspapers of covering it of lies and smears. But not all newswatch viewers were so dismissive of the claims. This anonymous telephone caller thought they were at least worthy of an a
Gbs most successful Winter Olympics ever. Billy morgan bagged bronze in the big air snowboard event with the jump of his life. And coming until econ test thinking, im shooting for a medal, you are ready for it. But ijust didnt. And Great Britain could win, medal number six today, the Womens Curling Team, playjapan for the bronze medal, later this morning. Almost here this morning, taking a stand. Big Companies Cut ties with 5555 e5 25355555 541155 313 nra, after last weeks mass the nra, after last weeks mass shooting at a Florida School. Fresh revelations of misconduct by aid workers uk Charity Plan International admits to six cases of sexual abuse and exploitation of children by its staff and associates. As britain braces itself for an arctic blast, well be getting some top tips on how walkers can stay safe in the snow. And philip avery has the weather. And i morning. Y has the weather. And i morning. Dry 5 the weather. And i morning. Dry and 5 weather. And i morning. Dry and bright 1
And Barbara Stevens had the same question. Well, we put that to bbc news and they told us. Here a couple of weeks ago by pascal freeman, who describes himself as an incredulous licence fee payer. We tried to find out an answer for mr freeman and bbc news told us. Now, the Winter Olympics come to an end this weekend and for the next four years, most of us will probably forget what the difference is between the skeleton and the luge and exactly how russian competitors there are not competing for russia. But for the past fortnight, the games have occupied a lot of airtime on bbc one and two, online and also on bbc news, with much focused on british performance some of which was pretty poor. Lets look at examples from the news at ten and breakfast. So, its heartbreak for Elise Christie yet again. After failing to win a medal at the last olympics four years ago, history has repeated itself here in pyeongchang. Morning from Pendle Ski Club in lancashire, where weve been up all night cheering
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