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hollywood mogul, harvey weinstein, faces charges of rape and sexual assault in los angeles. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the uks formerfinance minister rishi sunak will formally become prime minister later on tuesday, 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. mr sunak promised to work to bring the party and the country together. it is...

justice system as he announced indictments against 13 of its nationals. in one case, the department ofjustice nationals. in one case, the department of justice accused two chinese intelligence agents of attempted bribery and espionage in america. now on bbc news its hardtalk with zeinab badawi. welcome to this special edition of hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi, from the taiwanese capital, taipei. people here in taiwan, which is self governed, live under a constant threat from china, wh...

hello and welcome. rishi sunak will be appointed as britains third prime minister in seven weeks later, as he meets the king at buckingham palace. the former chancellor won the tory leadership contest yesterday without a vote being cast, after borisjohnson and penny mordaunt dropped out of the race. he has promised to serve with "integrity", and told the party they must "unite or die". mr sunak will be the first british asian to lead the government, and at 42 — the youngest prime min...

profits but the money is rolling in as it benefits from high interest rates. and qatar looks to cash in on the world cup to boost its economy — we have a special report from doha. financial markets reacted calmly as it emerged that rishi sunak is set to be the uks next prime minister. the pound is broadly unchanged against the dollar and government borrowing costs stayed lower after commons leader penny mordaunt dropped out of the leadership race. but the new prime minister inherits ...

a year, with businesses also in line for help. its expected to be funded by £100 billion of government borrowing. in germany, the government has already brought in subsidies for low—income households along with other measures, costing about about 60 billion euros which is £51 billion. injanuary, the french government forced the state—owned energy provider to cap wholesale price rises to 4% for a year and they also brought it other measures. thats all expected to cost 45 billion e...

>> no person, having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. >> so, they voted again. >> no person having received the majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. >> so, the third time was not the charm. and this lasted for almost five hours. were talking about three consecutive ballots. and they could not elect a speaker of the house. and this was frankly a once in a century occurren...

we are only a matter of hours away now from in the house is gonna be back in session tomorrow at noon, and they will do what they did today all over again, after they failed to elect a speaker on three consecutive ballots today, leaving kevin mccarthy fighting for his political life. but there is a lot going on behind the scene as we speak, including an effort by the so-called cover never kevin republicans to turn things in their direction. that as kevin mccarthy tells cnn he spoke to ...

that third ballot, where he failed to get the votes. its been back to the drawing board for ken mccarthy and his allies. we have seen supporters going into his office. we are told he has been working the phones. he still hoping to negotiate and not planning to drop out. but meanwhile, i spoke to a gop lawmaker. this is some breaking news here. this lawmaker texted me and said this is someone who supported mccarthy. they said they have just gotten a phone call from one of the never kevi...

holiday. ahead of the 40th anniversary. the presidents powerful call for action, what he calls an inflection point for the nation. plus, dr. kings granddaughter will join me here in person. i will ask about carrying forward the legacy of dr. king, and the important work shes doing for her generation. i am symone sanders-townsend, i have something to say. history has thrust something upon me from which i cannot turn away. that is what the reverend dr. martin luther king junior told jet ...

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