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they are praising the return of rapper kendrick lamar. we will go through the messages behind his new music later on in the show. first, we begin with an extraordinary step in the house investigation into the january 6th insurrection. five sitting republican members of congress have been subpoenaed by the committee, each of them believed to have relevant information about the attack on the u.s. capitol and the events that led up to it. scott perry was the first lawmaker to ask to be as...

republican lead states. known as title 42 on the 23rd of may, that is ten days from now. republicans and testimonies have criticized plans to lift title 42. they worry border communities could be overwhelmed by tens of thousands of migrants waiting in camps like this one you see here in mexico for the opportunity to cross into the u.s. and seek asylum. all of this as it plays out here, the coast guard is looking for migrants after a boat capsized yesterday. at least 11 people are dead....

address to the country since anti—government protests erupted last month. his brother, the prime minister, resigned on monday. now on bbc news, its time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk from washington, im stephen sackur. when vladimir putin made that momentous decision to invade ukraine, maybe he calculated that the us was too weak, too polarised to offer anything more than ritual condemnation. if so, he was wrong. american weapons are now flowing into ukraine. unprecedented sancti...

could the uk be heading for a trade war with the european union? thats certainly the fear of some in the business world, as tensions grow over the post—brexit deal on northern ireland. uk foreign secretary liz truss is holding talks with the vice—president of the european commission in the next few hours, as her government threatens to tear up large parts of the agreement. that could trigger legal action or trade sanctions from the eu as our deputy political editor vicki young repo...

democrat senator mark warner. is this ukraine war the wake—up call america needed? senator mark warner, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much. is there an attitude in this city, washington, dc, that you politicians are now prepared to do whatever it takes to ensure ukraines victory in the war with vladimir putin? well, my sense, stephen, is that this is not only an attitude thats reflected by politicians, by the american public, quite honestly, i think it is the british governmen...

journalists were targeted. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the journalist and times radio presenterjenny kleeman — and kate ferguson whos deputy political editor of the sun. hello deputy political editor of the sun. to you both. let at hello to you both. lets have a look at some of the headlines that have come in tonight. uks new defence pact of sweden and finland on the front pages, including the times. saying brit...

of a key supreme court ruling. shanghai residents face more covid—19 restrictions as china tries to crush an outbreak. millions have now been locked in their homes for seven weeks we are restricted on the food we can get over the next few days. no commercial deliveries, no group buys — just government—approved food deliveries. theres also further restrictions on access to the hospitals. and a passenger with no idea how to fly is given instructions to land a plane in florida, afte...

Including 2 3s of democrats saying that President Biden is too old for another term. Today in pennsylvania, he said hes going to be there next year right at the top of the ticket. I tell you what, someone said, you know, that biden, hes getting old, man. I tell you what. Well, guess what . The only thing that comes with age is a little wisdom. Ive been doing this longer than anybody. Guess what . Im going to continue to do it with your help. That seems to be a subtle response made by an author t...

That simply wasnt made to last. Raac was a postwar solution, now causing a headache for 21st century britain. More than 100 schools in britain have been told they need to close. Labour has announced it will force the government to reveal a complete list of affected schools, and now calls for transparency on the scale of the problem and for fast solutions. Its been known for a while and what we have also known for a while is there is a squeeze on school funding, and my committee has highlighted t...

In person classes this week due to a rise in illnesses among staff and students. School officials said the drop off in attendance was due to a mixture of viruses including covid 19 and influenza. And frances Education Minister announced the Country Will Ban Schoolchildren from wearing the abaya, a loose fitting full length robe worn by some muslim women, in state run schools when classes begin this month. My colleague Sumi Somaskanda spoke this week with us education secretary Miguel Cardona to ...