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that does it for me. "the reidout" with joy reid is up next. ♪♪ good evening. we are awaiting the start of president bidens news conference following his bilateral meeting today with chinese leader xi jinping. when it starts, we will bring it to you live. but we begin tonight with a wild day in court in fulton county, georgia, as we learned the source of the leaked confidential interviews between d.a. fani williss office and key figures in her january 6th rico case. fulton county...

of england andrew bailey dismissed any hopes of an interest rate cut in the near term. speaking at a conference hosted by the central bank of ireland in dublin earlier today, bailey said that its "too early" to talk about a rate cut, given the continued risk of inflation. also today the international monetary fund warned that rapid wage growth in the eurozone will also keep inflation higher for longer. the imf urged the european central bank to hold interest rates at or near record hig...

by special counsel jack smith here in the district. she imposed this gag order, barring trump from targeting witnesses in the case, members of the court staff, and even the special counsel itself. t she imposed that gag order at the request of prosecutors, but she did not limit his ability to talk about washington, d.c., the potential jury pool, or the justice department, which prosecutors had also sought protection for those two groups. but here, she has argued, she has said look, i u...

getting out of gaza, hundreds of people have now been able to evacuate gaza. americans are now getting out as well. on the list to get out today, possibly 400 names of u.s. nationals. theres a lot of action at the rafah crossing. well take you there. >> israeli forces say they have broken through the front lines of hamas fighters and are at the gates of gaza city. don junior back on the stand. the former presidents season is headed back to court soon. what he is and isnt saying about...

>> sure, but really the slice of the electorate that biden needs to reach. >> i think thats totally plausible, yes. >> the difference maker, tiktok, thats where we are, 2024. thank you, my friend. today the jurors in donald trumps hush money case began deliberating, and while we have no idea what they will decide, trump himself and his conservative apologists are already setting their expectations. >> what did i say from the beginning of this trial? donald trump cannot get a fair tri...

♪ ♪ for the first time since hamas attacked israel, the rafah crossing in gaza is opening up to civilians to cross through. what israel, egypt and hamas all had to agree to and who is now making their move through the crossing. israel acknowledges an air strike on a refugee camp in northern gaza. israeli officials say they killed a hamas terror leader there, but the pictures show many, many dead. one israeli official told me he did not know how many civilians, but hospital offi...

good morning. it is 10:00 eastern. im ana cabrera alongside my colleague and friend jose diaz-balart, bringing you special coverage as history unfolds this morning in a new york courthouse. closing arguments now under way in the first criminal trial of a former president. the dramatic final phase of donald trumps hush money case after 21 days in court, 22 witnesses and 80 hours of testimony. >> up first in todays closing arguments, trumps defense team. attorney todd blanche trying to c...

his lawyers say its all lies. palestinians flee rafah in southern gaza — as israeli tanks arrive in the city for the first time. giving babies and young children smooth peanut butter could give them lifelong protection from peanut allergies say researchers. and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing covering, coverage and analysis for correspondence in the uk and the rental world. —— and around the world. good evening. the veteran mp diane abbott has been reinstated by labo...

of high pressure will be nosing its way in from the west. now, some big areas of cloud moving around the highs. so its not going to be completely sunny, but it will be largely dry. and, actually, across northern areas, particularly parts of scotland, it is going to turn very warm indeed, with temperatures by sunday of 22 or 23 degrees. hello, im christian fraser. youre watching the context on bbc news. a "full blown freak out" at democratic party headquarters — according to politi...

# and sent them homeward. with each game, the volume of their anthem has grown. along with the popularity of the tartan army. delighting and bewildering wherever they go. that has been their strength, but on the pitch scotland have work to do. inside, tens of thousands sang with the squad and their leader. time to swallow the nerves. losing to hungary isnt an option. they want to witness history. but they almost watched scotland concede an early goal. angus gunn getting a safe hand to ...