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lets have a closer look at some of the recommendations. police officers have been offered 7%. consultants, dentists and gps — 6%. junior doctors — 6%. prison officers 7%. the armed forces — 5%. teachers 6.5%. what do we want? fair pay! when do we want it? now! teachers protesting, education disrupted, classrooms empty. for months, pupils and parents in england have been caught up in an angry row between teaching unions and the government. but could a 6.5% pay rise, alongside this...

foreign aid bill failed a procedural vote in the senate. both sides now blaming each other for tanking the measure. and now they are trying to get the funding for ukraine, taiwan, and israel. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie tells us what is causing the hiccups from capitol hill. good evening, aishah. >> good evening to you, bret. so, right now, the senate is paralyzed. we are waiting to see if there is a path forward on a foreign aid only package. some republicans want to be ...

subpoenas for and asked questions of some of the lawyers associated with donald trumps efforts to over turn the results of the 2020 election. among the names, some of them you probably recognize. sidney powell, for example. so central sp spending baseless accusations of voter fraud. and then emily knewmon who worked with her and mike roman and we told you last week about rudy giulianis conversation with investigators. the result of a so-called proffer agreement. we now know that meetin...

ju julie banderas , dr. janet nesheiwat and ian prior. we begin with shannon bream, who is live at the supreme court. shannon. >> shannon: kayleigh, we had talked about student loans and issue was standing, state of missouri had standing to bring this legal challenge and secretary of education went too far using the heroes act to wipe out student loans. the 6-3 opinion, the heroes act gives authority to cancel money for student loans, it does not. the secretary can modify regulatory pr...

about. alexandria hoff joins us. it was virginia, maryland, people in d.c. what the heck was that noise. >> yeah, there was a bit of panic. you saw it social media on social media. people captured it on their home cameras in the d.c. area there can be reason to be concerned when you hear something like this. let me say, this is a story that would have been heart breaking all the same had this this plane simply and quietly crashed in central virginia. pilot list flight thousands on the ...

look it up. "the lead" starts right now. from canada all the way down to the cloipiasarolinas, wildfie been burning for more than a month, why did it get so bad for today, and how long will this last, and former president donald trump swears hes being attacked up fairly again and desperately wants you to hear his side of the story, and hes just released a new tv ad starring some wild animals to make sure you get the message. all this while former vice president mike pence jumps in th...

live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. its six in the morning in singapore, and 7am in hiroshima, japan, where president zelensky has thanked g7 leaders for their enduring support of ukraine. speaking at the end of a summit, mr zelensky said that russias defeat would result in lasting world peace. it comes after conflicting reports of who is now in control of the eastern city of bakhmut. russian president putin has congratulated the wagner mercenary group f...

russia collusionp 2016 campaign was a sham. john durhams conclusions werent that brutal but his 306 page report was blunt and damning. after reading through as much of the report as i could stomach tonight i was disgusted. i was so sickened by what they did to donald trump, what the they did to carter page and so many others on the way. we see in black and white in facts presented what was obvious and pervasive corruption. now, there was clear political bias at work. durham calls it co...

Class is fascinating to us as a culture. I never check my baggage. I cant stand that wait, baggage area. Its good to laugh at it, to get it all out on the table youre going to have to go back to your seat. You know, our goal should be a Society Without classes if we didnt laugh about social class in the United States, we would engage in class warfare. Do you realize the people up here are getting cookies . mmm that is not a show about nothing. Oh, come inside. So, to the left we have the bar, to...

or rather an old one. and its all change from the brechin - or rather an old one. and its all change from the brechin begins| or rather an old one. and its all l change from the brechin begins as the national part will now be known by its welsh language in name only. hello and welcome. we start in moscow, where a prominent critic of vladimir putin has sentenced to 25 years in prison. theres been widespread international condemnation of the decision by court in moscow to jail the opposi...