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six become five in the conservative leadership contest race — with the attorney general knocked out. rishi sunak remains in front — with penny mordaunt in second. current polling suggests she would win a head—to—head contest against any of the other candidates if she is one of the two put forward to the tory membership. liz truss finished third in the ballot today among tory mps — and earlier she launched her campaign — as our political editor chris mason explains. the name...

new president, despite his unpopularity with the public. he faces the task of leading the country out of its economic collapse and restoring order. his disgraced predecessor, gotabaya rajapaksa, resigned after months of protests. now on bbc news, hardtalk with stephen sackur. more news coming up in half—an—hour. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. around the world, there are signs of deepening worker discontent. inflation is outstripping wages. global corporations stand accused...

and good morning, everyone. this is "andrea mitchell reports" in washington following the continuing devastation from historic floods in kentucky. at this time at least 30 people are dead. thousands more are still trapped in their communities. with residents desperate for food, shelter, electricity, and clean drinking water. this morning kentucky governor andy beshear updating reporters on the devastation and search for survivors. >> i got to talk to some of the families here and the o...

of too many central banks raising interest rates. we are not in a period where we can discount the fact that if you have growth way below profits and inflation, then you are, in fact, facing grim economic circumstances. and unless we share prosperity, workers are the victims. but arent you trying to reinvent economics if you argue that workers pushing for massive pay rises right now is not going to be inflationary? all the evidence over many years suggests that once you get into that w...

and, the race to save the giant sequoias in yosemite national park as a wildfire threatens trees that have stood for thousands of years. but we start with the january 6 house select committee final push with two more public hearings set to take place this week. this is going to be a really big week for the investigation. committee members are looking to build on the momentum. from the previous six hearings. the next one is set for tomorrow afternoon and will focus on what some panel me...

the woman wanted a bag of potato chips, but there was no money left and her governmentac issued food stampk card to the clerk tried to take back the chips. the became enraged and went and got her boyfriend. now the boyfriend, austin simon, had a long history of violent crime. someone had spent at leastlt three years in prison for assault. his most recent parole expired last may, so simon had no apparent job. he was h wearing a three designr t-shirt and a gold earring and he was extreme...

there isnt a world leader that she didnt meet or hold court with so to speak. and each and every single one of them, from presidents to despot to dictators, all respecting. >> im taken by as max said the lockstep march that the bearers, security and the royals, the left right, left right. it is very difficult to do. but of course, the princes and the princesses, theyve been in military service or theyre been aware. >> speaking of. lets just listen for a moment . [ sound of gunfire ] ...

is out of this world. >> oh my god. it just melts in your mouth. >> im stanley tucci, i am fascinated by my italian heritage, so i am traveling across italy to discover how the food in each of this country 20 regions is as unique as the people, and their past. >> the creations of famous tuscans are known the world over. >> calendula, if he would come back today, i think he would still be able to walk around florence pickett hasnt changed. >> but the hands of the ordinary crafted the in...

everything. and trump was pretty upset about the search and he put out a statement that said "they even broke into my safe." they even broke into my safe [ laughter ] trump is like, dammit, i knew i should have flushed that safe down the toilet, i knew it. all right. 6:00 on the east coast, there are new developments on the justice department investigation of donald trump including confirmation that the fbi search of his florida home, mar-a-lago, was related to the handling of classi...

inflation reduction act. would it were that simple. another bad memory from the 1980s, the threat to kill the author sir salman rushdie, came close to being fulfilled. liberals are relieved he survived, but have they helped to fuel intolerance? to discuss all that, in the studio are maria margaronis, a documentary—maker who, among other projects, has charted the crises, financial and environmental, which have afflicted greece. henry chu is part of the editorial team at the los angele...