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July 7, 2024
of an investigation into beijings activities in america. and — disgraced former hollywood mogul — harvey weinsteen — faces charges of rape and sexual assault in los angeles. its seven in the morning in singapore, and midnight in london where rishi sunak will formally become british prime minister on tuesday morning 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 just be...
July 7, 2024
crowds have again filled the streets of zahedan — the city where dozens of people were reportedly killed by the security forces. now on bbc news, the media show. hello. as the war in ukraine continues to escalate, what role does journalism play in peacemaking, in dialling down the rhetoric? the bbc�*sjon simpson, was in kyiv last week to interview president zelensky. in a moment, we will hear his take. and with me in the studio is another giant ofjournalism, emma tucker is the edit...
July 7, 2024
we dont take whole trees. you do. and how billions of pounds of our cash is funding this. logging naturalforests and converting them into pellets to be burned for electricity, that is absolutely insane. theres no other word for it. this is britains biggest single source of electricity. the drax power station in yorkshire used to burn coal, but its switched to burning wood pellets as part of the uks drive to cut carbon emissions. and that means the company has received around £6 billio...
July 7, 2024
and hurricane irma, which veered at the last second. businesses are putting plywood up on windows. this is an ice cream shot trying to inject some levity, "no ice cream for ian." sandbags are on the ground to prevent flooding. thats small potatoes in terms of mandatory evacuations. pinellas county and hillsborough county have about 2.5 million people collectively. the whole tampa bay area is 3.2. 75%, 08% of the people are in two counties that have mandatory evacuations. theyre looking...
July 7, 2024
the rac says major retailers, including the supermarkets, are not cutting prices enough and accuses them of pocketing extra profits. trent alexander—arnolds free kick helped see off rangers in the champions league against liverpool. # diamonds are forever, forever, forever #. double oh heaven! dame shirley basseyjoins a string of stars celebrating 60 years of james bond themes. ill start to the day across england and wales. cool in scotland and northern ireland. rain clearing leaving...
July 7, 2024
its leader stewart rhodes gets ready to stand trial, facing allegations he helped to plot to end the transfer of power through violence. >> plus, young iranians risking everything to demand an end to ultra conservative religious government oppression and violence against women and the outrage is only growing. >> we begin with the return of the house january 6th committee. we are now less than 48 hours from the committees next public hearing on wednesday. committee members remain mostly...
July 7, 2024
elle edwards was enjoying a night out at the lighthouse in wallasey, when she was shot ten minutes before midnight on christmas eve. the 26—year—old beautician had been standing outside the pub when shots were fired towards the doorway. detectives said at the time they did not believe she was intended target of the attack, which also injured four other people. 0vernight, merseyside police charged 22—year—old connor chapman, from nearby woodchurch, with elle�*s �*s murder, a...
July 7, 2024
forever, forever, forever. and the stars come out to celebrate james bond — on the 60th anniversary of the premiere of the first bond film, dr no. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. after a bruising week for the prime minister, which included a row about a possible squeeze on benefits and a u—turn on tax, liz truss has given her first speech as leader to the conservative party conference — and insisted "we must stay the course". the address was interrupted by gre...
July 7, 2024
you will see it like never before. tonight with the context, the former mayor of baltimore, stephanie rawlings—blake, and the former uk ambassador to paris and national security advisor, lord peter ricketts. hello, welcome to the programme. its hard to overstate how poorly the british governments "fiscal event" on friday has been received by financial markets. nothing in recent history compares with the price moves we have seen since. not brexit, not covid, 9/11 — not even the uks ...
July 7, 2024
in a lengthy letter with indiscriminate capitalization committee chair bennie thompson sends it to him and trump doubled down on fraudulent claims that the 2020 election was stolen. a reminder, it was not. >> facts. once the subpoena is formally issued there will be specific deadlines for when the former president must testify. if he defies it, he could then be held in contempt of congress. yesterdays subpoena vote was the committees mic drop moment before the november midterms. they a...