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has died while being detained by russian—backed separatists in eastern ukraine. as covid levels go on rising — the vaccine booster is to be offered to everyone over 50 this autumn. and at the open, tiger woods bids farewell to st andrews for this year — and perhaps for the last time. coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel — the world athletics championships are under way in oregon. were going to hearfrom one of great britains medal contenders. good eve...

only 1% of those facing trials in russia are acquitted. 99% are found guilty. reaction from a few moments from the executive director of the womens national basketball players association, who has been fighting for her return. plus, any moment, were expecting a civil rights announcement from attorney general merrick garland at the department of justice. but we begin this hour, of course, with the brittney griner drug trial in in russia. the russian court finding her guilty. they have a...

a few weeks when he is back for the scottish open-— time for a look at the weather. heres darren bett. i want to focus on temperatures because over the weekend our heat came to an end, but we still have record—breaking temperatures for a while in spain and france and that pushed its way across austria, switzerland, the czech republic and germany. but how things have changed because today we are forecasting 22 degrees, a drop of 20 degrees in san sebastian in biarritz and france. no...

it comes after easyjet announced plans to cut more flights over summer. a setback for french president emmanuel macron as he loses his majority in parliament after elections over the weekend. a report into grooming and child sexual exploitation in oldham between 2011 and 2014 finds there were serious failings in the handling of some cases by the council and police. in sport, a first major trophy for englands matt fitzpatrick whos won the us open. and...up close and personal — we have...

also on the ballot today, reproductive rights in kansas. a referendum there would strip women of their rights to choose unless enough people vote no. and we all know speaker nancy pelosi is a bad ass. she arrived in taiwan today even though china is furious about the trip. plus, trevor reed the former marine who spent three years behind bars in russia and is now speaking out for the release of brittney griner and paul whelan. he joins me right here tonight. we begin with a huge nig...

disability campaigners raised concerns about the lyrics. hello and welcome to the programme. president biden says an american drone strike has killed the al-qaeda leader, ayman al—zawahiri. he said the operation, which he authorised, took place in the afghan capital kabul on saturday. mr biden described ayman al—zawahiri as having been deeply involved in the september the eleventh attacks as well as earlier attacks on us embassies in africa and the uss cole in the late nineties. za...

one of her new songs, replacing a word, after disability campaigners raised concerns about the lyrics. and how virtual reality surgery has enabled doctors to separate conjoined twins with shared fused brains. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe president biden says an american drone strike has killed the al-qaeda leader, ayman al—zawahiri. he said the operation, which he authorised, took place in the afghan capital kabul on saturday. mr biden said ayman al�...

any tax suspension would require of course action by congress. but the president will give a speech today throwing the administration support behind a three month gas tax holiday which would breathe new life into an issue that has so far been stalled on capitol hill. kevin liptak is live for us with this news. what is the administration saying about this? >> reporter: officials are certainly very bullish on this move. and it is something that the white house had been considering for mo...

this evening. >> justice has been delivered. and this terrorist leader is no more. after carefully considering the clear and convincing evidence of a location, i authorized a precision strike that would remove him from the battlefield once and for all. one week ago, after being advised of the conditions were optimal. i gave the final approval to go get him! >> biden described al-zawahiri, as a terrorist to quote, carved a trail unquote. of violence against u.s. citizens, reminding that...

side. and, the january 6th hearing that was set for this morning aimed at trumps influence on the department of justice has been postponed. well tell you whats next for the investigation into the insurrection. ♪♪ good morning. welcome to "way too early" on this wednesday, june 15th. im jonathan lemire. were learning new details about the next january 6th committee hearing which will now take place tomorrow afternoon. a hearing originally scheduled for today has been postponed. ...