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christine todd whitman. welcome to the programme. we start with the latest development in the search of donald trumps mar—a—lago estate two weeks ago. a usjudge has ordered the release by tomorrow at noon eastern—time of a redacted version of the affidavit that supported its application for a search warrant. its a document that contains a lot of detail. in it, thejustice department had to lay out for the judge why they thought there was a probable cause for a crime and that evide...

archie battersbees parents apply to the european court of human rights to try to postpone the removal of his life support, which was due to begin today. a review has found former met police chief, dame cressida dick, "may have breached professional standards" during an investigation into the murder of the private detective daniel morgan. the delivery of ballots for the conservative leadership election is delayed, after the security agency gchq warned that cyber hackers could change peo...

time for a look at the weather. heres darren bett. earlier in the programme it was all about money, money, money, now its allabout about money, money, money, now its all about highs and lows. the wind is strongest in scotland. we got some sunshine here and some sharp showers. furthersouth, quite cloudy and damp across much of northern england and north wales. weve had a bit of rain and drizzle. thats moving southwards. this is whats happened over the past few hours. this raining wester...

Leaking pipes, leaking cash. And now parasites leaking into the water supply. Can anyone fix the Water Industry . The Water Companies were passed into the private sector debt free, but with the public now revolting against a tide of effluent in our rivers and seas will they now have to pick up the bill . Also tonight, the godfather of Artificial Intelligence Geoffrey Hinton has a warning for humanity. My guess is in between five and 20 years from now. Theres a probability of about a half that we...

The top two sides in the World Go Head to head in paris. Ireland have named their squad to face reigning champions south africa at the stade de france in paris. Head coach andy farrell has made one change to the starting 15 that Beat Tonga Last saturday. Scrum halfjamison Gibson Park Returns in place of conor murray. Plenty at stake, with the winner of the match likely to top the group and avoid hosts france, with a probable quarter final against new zealand. Liverpool begin their Europa League ...

A target for what theyll do for decarbonisation. Weve committed to reducing our emissions by 68 . We remain absolutely committed to that target. Here are some of the other countries� targets. The eu just 55 . Australia 45 . America a0 . Canada around 20, new zealand 18. So if people want to talk about global leadership, those are the facts that they should be dealing with. The problem with that, Prime Minister, is thats talking about where weve been. No. Were talking about where were going. Th...

Car sharing. So in other words, no mention of making it compulsory. In the final one here, this is insulation. Rishi sunak says we are stopping insulation upgrades. The Prime Minister has said that homeowners and landlords will no longer have to upgrade homes to an Energy Performance certificate grade c by Energy Performance certificate grade c by 2035. Energy performance certificate grade c by 2035. Flannels have welcomed their say that they wont have to pay for expensive upgrades, but bodies r...

To the announcement. In some ways this was inevitable. Yes, Rupert Murdoch always said he would never retire. His son lachlan always said his dad would never retire. But his companies have been shrinking over the years and struggling against the Media Headwinds that all Media Companies are facing. For example, streaming and the struggles of newspapers. So Rupert Murdoch is not the swashbuckling feared and reviled media mogul that he once was that he was for decades. He was strangely passive in r...

Farmers and agribusiness want to take advantage of drone spraying technology. Too bad it’s illegal in Canada. Industry is frustrated with rules it says aren’t keeping up with technological advance, and are leaving farmers at a competitive disadvantage globally.

The search of Prairie Green landfill for the remains of two Indigenous women who were killed by an admitted serial killer is another step closer Tuesday as the Manitoba government has approved an alteration to the Environment Act licence.