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We will have a special programme in 30 minutes. Hello, im nicky schiller. We start in the United States where President Biden has delivered his last state of the Union Address before the president ial election in november. In a fiery speech he warned that the us is facing a greater threat to its freedom and democracy than at any time since the presidency of Abraham Lincoln in the 1860s. He repeatedly took swipes at donald trump, using the term, My Predecessor 13 times. He described mr trumps rec...

suspected of being used for spying — which was brought down by an american fighter jet yesterday. the former president of pakistan, general pervez musharraf, has died at the age of 79 — following a long illness. hello, welcome to bbc news. irans supreme leader is pardoning a large number of prisoners, including some of those arrested during the past months of protests. the pardon by ayatollah khamenei comes on the eve of the anniversary of the islamic revolution in 1979 — a date ...

Strikes hitting buildings in the territory earlier. Israel has cut off fuel, water, and electricity supplies to more than two Million People in an effort to force hamas to release some 150 israeli hostages. Amid the destruction on the ground, the un also warns some 50,000 pregnant women in gaza are unable to Access Essential Health services or clean water. Israeli tanks were seen gathering thursday along the boundary with gaza signs of a possible ground invasion. Meanwhile, the confirmed death t...

Make of that? we found out today that sadly the chancellor - make of that? we found out today that sadly the chancellor was - make of that? we found out today i that sadly the chancellor was warned in early september, two weeks before the many budgets, he was given a briefing, his officials and the treasury were given a briefing about the risks associated with ldi, and if that didnt then, you know, transfer itself from the treasury from the chancellor to the prime minister, that is a failure of ...

Make no mistake about president trump wanting american forces out of afghanistan. just how and when that might happen is still up for debate. that was a purpose of yesterdays important pivotal meeting here. a briefing given by u.s. negotiators to the president. the president afterwards tweeted about it. he said this on social media. he talked about the conclusion of it. just completed a very good meeting on afghanistan. many on the opposite side of this 19 year war. looking to make a deal if pos...

Make no mistake about president trump wanting american forces out of afghanistan. just how and when that might happen is still up for debate. that was a purpose of yesterdays important pivotal meeting here. a briefing given by u.s. negotiators to the president. the president afterwards tweeted about it. he said this on social media. he talked about the conclusion of it. just completed a very good meeting on afghanistan. many on the opposite side of this 19 year war. looking to make a deal if pos...

And woke up this morning with the news media dominated by this potentially explosive story that broke last night. it was about donald trump being the target of compromising information that the soviets had on him personally and financially, and more than that, that there was some indication of continued contact between team trump and the russians. this was apparently a kind of addendum that was added to a briefing given concurrently but separately to both president obama and donald trump. our se...

When it did people started freaking out in the administration. how did they get this, what did they know. there was a briefing given by brennan. >> john brennan, now head of the cia. >> he was. someone who knows about yemen, counterterrorism. he went out to try to also calm some public opinion. he said, look, yes, there was this plot but the bomb has always been in our possession. it was always under our control was the specific word, which means that there was never a threat that this bomb that...

Hand. it was at the lab in quantico. an ap ran with that story and when it did people started freaking out in the administration. how did they get this, what did they know. there was a briefing given by brennan. >> john brennan, now head of the cia. >> he was. someone who knows about yemen, counterterrorism. he went out to try to also calm some public opinion. he said, look, yes, there was this plot but the bomb has always been in our possession. it was always under our control was the specific ...

Departure but did not pick him coming back, correct? >> the fbi text alert on him at that point was more than a year old and had expired. >> napolitanos pluck contradict briefing given by the fbi director. >> after talking to the fbi they told me they had no knowledge of him leaving or coming back. the name was misspelled. and when we say there was no broader plot here, i dont know how in the world we know that at this early stage. >> the democratic chair of the senate intelligence committee als...