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however, the leaders are still at odds over taiwan. beijing considers it part of its territory while the us maintains unofficial relations with the democratically self—governed island. biden updated apec leaders on the uss relationship with china on thursday. let me be clear. were de—risking and diversifying our economic relationship with the prc. not decoupling, not decoupling. well be firm standing up for our values and our interest. and i was very straightforward, as he was with...

last christmas, scotlands health secretary michael matheson went on a week—long holiday to morocco. he brought along his ipad, which was issued by parliament, and while he was there he racked up a data roaming bill of almost £11,000. this is a breakdown of his ee usage, which was released by parliament, and it shows that he used more than six gigabytes of data while on that trip. he assured staff that the ipad was being used for parliamentary business, and of that business the parli...

i was like, should i ask her about mike johnson learning on the job with a cr bill that gets shut down by -- five minutes of it coming out. >> you had to kind of appreciate the hubris and go, no, the last guy couldnt do it, but ill be the one that -- >> is that the fundamental problem, is that the republicans have not address the ideological divides within their party? so you can rotate the speaker out as much as you want, the next guy comes in, he may have a lot of bluster, but once h...

in the handover. unlike, should i ask her about mike johnson on the job, and putting forward a bill that gets shut down by a spotty within five minutes of it coming out? do i? >> you have to appreciate the hubris of being like no, the last guy could, not do it but im going to be the one who really manages to -- isnt that the fundamental problem, is that the republicans have not addressed the ideological divides within their party. so you can rotate the speaker out as much as you, want ...

couldnt do it, but im going to be the one who really manages to rile these people out. >> is that the fundamental problem, that the republicans have not read dressed the ideological divides within their party? so you can rotate the speaker out as much as you want, the next guy comes in, he may have a lot of bluster, but once hes in that position and has to actually put forward a bill, they realize that they still have that extreme maga wing in the party thats going to shoot it down. th...

with the prime ministers statement on wednesday. while he opposes a pro—palestinian rally being held on armistice day, he has ultimately backed the "right to peaceful protest". and while ms braverman does have the tools and authority to remove the police commissioner, she doesnt have free reign to involve herself in daily policing decisions. so where does this leave the commissioner, mark rowley? to exit stage left at this point — no matter how honourable, that might be the right t...

>> after months of deliberation and long conversation with my family, i believe in my heart of hearts that i have accomplished what i set out to do for west virginia. i have made one of the toughest decisions of my life, and decided that i will not be running for reelection to the united states senate. but what i will be doing is traveling the country and speaking out to see if theres an interest this creating a movement to mobilize the middle and bring americans together. >> sure soun...

maybe pandas will return to the national zoo at some point. >> tom, thanks. thats going to do it for us. "katy tur reports" starts right now. good to be with you, im katy tur. it might have been a rocky week for president biden in the polls, but democrats are doing just fine at the ballot box. so what gives? in virginia, republican governor glenn youngkin failed to get gop control of the state house. democrats there held on to the senate chamber and regained the house. how much of it...

on the supreme courts ruling. it gives donald trumps some immunity in the january 6, as were going to bring you the presidents remarks live >> plus tone deaf, new cnn reporting that thats exactly how some democrats for describing the biden campaigns response to calls for the president to drop out of the 2024 race. ill speak with the top democratic donor about whether he plans to stick by the president and trumps take does a former president believes hes better off facing off against jo...

trial in his federal election interference case, and for the very first time revealing a key case against donald trump. for months now, questions house world about how much donald trumps state of mind matters in this case. did he actually believe that the election was stolen from him, and prosecutors need to show that the ex president knew he had lost the election? well washington post is now reporting this. the justice department weighed in on thedete for the first ti saying that what...