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good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. five bulgarian nationals have been sentenced to a total of 25 years in prison after being convicted of the biggest benefit fraud ever in britain. the gang stole almost £54 million by making thousands of fraudulent claims for universal credit. the judge said theyd "systemically plundered the states "support mechanism" to steal "eye—watering sums." our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. taxpayers�* money thrown a...

newsnight programme. which means he is up when the uk sleeps making sure national news in the us as well reported in the uk is sleeping his probably find a felt stories here to, so he never rests. sunday was commonwealth day — the annual celebration of an institution created to maintain links which in the past were the result of exploration, colonisation and conquest. queen elizabeth, its head since august 1952, may see it as proof that empire has given way to equality. yet hours lat...

Of defense for whatever reason, i cant answer the question why, that information wasnt shared. >> laura: joining us now is kentucky senator rand paul the author of deception, the great covid cover-up. senator, again, i think the sail grant point apparently we have a defense secretary who regularly isnt in touch with the white house officials and kirby punted that question. >> i think it is sort of an indictment that really the administration that people around the president is he sort of a figur...

Of defense for whatever reasono, i cant answer the question why that information wasnt shared. >> laura: joining us now is kentucky senator rand paul the author of deception, the greatpa covid cover-upul. senator, again, i think the sail -- point apparently we have a defense secretary who regularly isnt in touch with the white house officials and kirby punted that question. >> i think it is sort of an indictment that really the administration that people around the president is he sort of a figu...

They informed the president thursday evening. >> kayleigh: great question, thursday evening, not friday, get your facts straight. >> emily: what i find troubling about john kirbys explanation, figure head of cabinets, there is a group, it is okay, we dont want decisions in hands of one set. the worry is not only that chain of succession was out of the country, sick, in the hospital, whatever, the president and no one else noticed. why is this such a big deal? >> white house had to come out with ...

Def was in a daily call with all the principles. i get everything is going so well to us they can just blow that all off. remember the biden folks thought hiring first was more important than hiring excellence. they have a vice president who cant really be trusted with pretty much anything, not even campaigning. she san embarrassment. they have a press secretary who essentially has to step aside for john kirby when the really hard issues come up. and its so obvious that even kjp is grousing abou...

Think? >> lawrence: i agree, brian. i purchase his service. im shocked he conducted himself in this way it there is a rank and file. there is command procedures that you must follow and the president is the commander-in-chief. im also concerned with everything thats happening in the middle east. all these conflicts, when china knocking at our door russia new yorking at our door. what is happening in ukraine. just the general defense that the president didnt speak to the secretary of defense for ...

The iranian nuclear threat. the israeli president something of a figure head essentially said iran being on the threshold of having them is unacceptable. obviously dont agree with the prime minister on questions of judicial reform, obviously dont agree on a lot of policy and how to deal with the palestinians. so, yes, if you will, youve got the historical momentum in this relationship. but netanyahu who controls power in israel and joe biden are on very different pages. >> lets continue our tour...

Plan bs are nonstarters. >> biden is a figure head, but even biden without a brain, he is less terrifying than kamala with half of one. >> culture is -- it is a reflection of our moment in our time, right? and -- and present culture is the way we express how we are feeling about the moment. and -- and we should always find times to express how we feel about the moment that is a reflection of joy because -- you know, it comes in the morning. >> speaking of joy, it wont be found in that gavin news...

Angle. now it seems to me that the democrats know theyre in one big hole. now, first, having joe biden as their nominee, its very risky. at the same time not having them as their nominee may be even riskier. now, how did this happen? well, during the 2020 campaign, when everyone in the press already knew biden was failing, well, they propped him up in a full weekend at biden style production. they and the dnc knew then what they know now, they could market him though as kind of an older and more...