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and rina shah, a political strategist and former republican aide. a powerful earthquake has killed at least 1,000 people and injured 1,500 in eastern afghanistan. it is the deadliest earthquake in the country in two decades and a major challenge for the taliban, the islamist movement which regained power last year after the western—backed government collapsed. the quake hit near the pakitsan border, with tremors felt as far away as india. the extent of the damage is still emerging �...

despite a chinese threat that america will "pay the price" for her visit. liz truss scraps a plan to link public sector pay to local living costs following a backlash from a number of senior conservatives. hello, welcome to bbc news. the energy company bp has reported its second highest quarterly profit in its history. between april and june it made £6.9 billion pounds in profit — three times the figure for the same period last year. the company said its oil trading performance was ...

saying he declassified all those documents. in reaction and a second lets go to david spunt, there is a lot of new since then. >> a lot of news and weve been on tv and we will continue to do so. check with the department of justice, no further comment from the doj after merrick garlands comments were he announced he was behind an order of the application the search warrant in mar-a-lago. this is the search and seizure warrant released today and the federal search and seizure warrant fo...

refining capacity. the administration estimates the moves could lower gas prices by at least $1 a gallon, if they can get it all through congress. i should say, this faces steep opposition from some on capitol hill, even from some of the presidents own party, and members of the administration have even conceded there are significant downsides to do this, jim. plus, significant new evidence in the latest hearing from the january 6th committee, witnesses testify that former president t...

the lead in testifying against the former president in yesterdays hearing, including the speaker of arizonas house, who says he told trump in late december 2020 that he would not go along with the scheme to steal joe bidens win in his state. >> youre asking me to do something thats never been done in history, the history of the united states, and im going to put my state through that without sufficient, and thats going to be good enough for me? >> i do not want to be a winner by cheati...

just in, new details on the united states killing one of the worlds most wanted terrorist, al-qaeda leader ayman al-zawahiri, with a 25 million dollar reward on his head. osama bin ladens right-hand man. president joe biden addressing the nation from the blue room on the -- white house declaring justice has been delivered. warning that the united states will defend the american people. >> no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the unit...

safe house. the president stressed his death sends a message. >> no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. >> administration is now warning that the taliban could face consequences for harboring al say -- al-zawahri. president biden meeting "the situation room" discussing the operation to kill al-zawahri. lets bring in john harwood at the white house. this was in the works for months and m...

stand by the high stakes missions to take out the worlds most wanted terrorist. the pentagon wiped the phones at the end of the trump admini administration. ill get reaction from a member of the january 6th select committee. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world, wolf blitzer is off, im pamela brown and youre in "the situation room." ♪ we begin with house speaker nancy pelosis controversial trip to taiwan and the added strain its putting on already tens...

it certainly goes further than a lot of republicans would like it to go. but there is no doubt this bill is going to save thousands of lives. >> ahead not next 15 minutes ill speak with the democratic senator chris coons of delaware, a voice that worked on the deal and one of president bidens top allies. and relief at the pump, thats president bidens goal this afternoon, asking congress to pass a three month federal gas tax holiday, but its already facing stiff resistance from democr...

the massive wildfire burning out of control in northern california. the mckinney fire is now the states largest fire this year. more than 55,000 acres burned. more than 100 structures destroyed. at least two people killed, apparently trying to escape the flames. matt gutman on the fire line. ginger zee tonight on the red flag warnings in the west and the new flood watch issued for eastern kentucky. severe storms possible in the same area. the monkeypox outbreak spreading in the u.s...