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elected as leader of the conservative party. politics comes at us rather fast these days, doesnt it? this autumn�*s second new prime minister inherits a nightmarish soup of political and economic gloom. he moves in there tomorrow to try and sort it out. well have more from chris, in this extended edition of bbc news at ten, as we consider the prospects for a sunak premiership. at westminster the main opposition parties are united on the demand for a general election, so that millions...

of an investigation into beijings activities in america. and — disgraced former hollywood mogul — harvey weinsteen — faces charges of rape and sexual assault in los angeles. its seven in the morning in singapore, and midnight in london where rishi sunak will formally become british prime minister on tuesday morning after an audience with king charles at buckingham palace. he was named conservative leader after his only challenger, penny mordaunt, pulled out of the contest just be...

there. he got stuck there on the border between the two countries and a frozen forest lined with barbed wire, because he tried to cross the border from belarus into poland. and neither country would take him. his experience is the same as tens of thousands of migrants in country is experiencing war and violence like sudan, iraq, syria, and yemen. that is because the leader of belarus, alexandra lukashenko, has been using tens of thousands of black and brown migrants as pawns since 2021...

that is how cold it gets on the border of belarus and poland in the month of february. that is about 19 degrees fahrenheit below freezing. that is the low. the high is a bombing 30 degrees fahrenheit. negative one degrees celsius. still below the freezing point. that is why it looked like this on polands border with belarus in february, when a 24-year-old refugee arrived there. he got stuck there on the border between the two countries and a frozen forest lined with barbed wire, becaus...

who will win a second term in the white house, or might someone else get the chance of a first? and can china survive a third term for president xi? in the studio are: jeff mcallister, time magazines white house correspondent during the clinton years, and then chief of the magazines london bureau. he and his wife now run their own international law firm. eunice goes, a portuguese writer and academic, lectures on comparative government which, i guess, is how countries learn from each ot...

thomas putting the subpoena for lindsey graham on ice for now. new reaction from capitol hill, we want to start with white house correspondent mark memoli, and ali vitali and steve kornacki at the big board. weve seen the president out with what you can call a presidential pep talk, trying to get everybody rolling in the same direction, ahead of election day, now just 15 days away, even as steve will talk through, some of the environment is changing for democrats, who have seen new pol...

so well lose people, well lose weapons, and well lose our ability to defend. >> and that fact that the russian army is suffering these setbacks and that is fuelling anger, isnt it? not just amongst liberal but amongst hardliners as well. theyre furious? >> yeah. actually war activities, they are now really feeling betrayed and that there is a point where both liberal group of people and the pro-war group of people can have the same goal. >> reporter: unlike the early anti-war protester...

territory from russia. whether villages like this are occupied or liberated, the result is the same. communities are destroyed. but there is relief here for the end to belief that people can one—day heels. the first birthday cards from king charles and the queen consort, camilla have been delivered to people across the uk celebrating their 100th and 105th birthdays. thank you forjoining us. you are joining us at a critical moment because werejust joining us at a critical moment becau...

chairwoman betty thompson said, quote, unless something else develops, at this point, this hearing is the final hearing. just last, night committee vice chair liz cheney told a crowd at the texas tribune festival that she doesnt think this weeks hearing will in fact be the last. she shared new information about what the committee obtained from the secret service around the time of the insurrection. >> we have received very significant production of information, material from the secret...

a fifth general election in four years could benjamin netanyahu return to office? hello and welcome. the chief inspector of prisons in the uk says that the government the chief inspector of prisons in the uk says that the government must the chief inspector of prisons in the uk says that the government must get the chief inspector of prisons in the uk says that the government must get a the chief inspector of prisons in the uk says that the government must get a grip. the chief inspect...