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to pay stamp duty. i found that out this morning. thats good. its a trickle—down budget. sometime in the future, we may see a benefit, if all goes well. but the poor need help right now. in nother news, four russian—occupied areas of ukraine are staging referendums on whether to become part of russia. western governments call them a sham. the first woman to win the booker prize twice, the celebrated author dame hilary mantel, has died at the age of 70. hello. in a massive shake up ...

times higher than when president biden took office. >> bill: threatening to make it worse a possible strike by tens of thousands of railroad workers. could happen as soon as friday. stoppage would cost the economy $2 billion a day. that leaves about a third of the u.s. freight in the lurch. >> dana: biden administration is working to broker a deal between unions and rail companies. the dispute is already impacting service with amtrak suspending some trains. kelly ogrady has the latest ...

everyday americans. listen. >> i didnt change my mind. i never changed at all. this is fighting inflation. weve closed loopholes and didnt raise taex. it doesnt raise taxes. it is an investment. i wont be responsible for inflaming the inflation rate. it is a red, white and blue deal. >> his colleagues in the senate disagree. pat toomey said manchin got duped. >> he got taken to the cleaners. the same gimmick he said he was opposed to. they claim the revenue over a 10-year window from t...

23—time grand slam champion, serena williams suggests shes planning to retire. us animal protection workers, carry out the largest ever masss dog rescue — freeing around 4,000 beagles from a drug experiment lab, in virginia. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. senior republicans in the us have condemned the fbis unprecedented search of donald trumps florida home on monday as an abuse of power. the former vice—president mike pence called for the us attor...

distinction, actually goes to the heart of the difference between the u.s. and -- and israel on this. israels fear is that by the time iran actually got to a nuclear weapon it would be too late to stop it so they have been conducting sabotage operations, assassination toss slow the enrichment of uranium. president biden has said and said again today a diplomatic solution is the best way to get this done. thats why hes trying to restart the 2015 agreement. the problem is hes been trying...

ranil wickremesinghe to become the countrys new president, despite his unpopularity with the public. he faces the task of leading the country out of its economic collapse and restoring order. now on bbc news, "click". this week, things get heavy on the ice as one sport tackles concussion head on. early alzheimers, headaches, still fairly nauseous. we show you everything about the nothing phone. everything? everything. we are at the french football stadium connecting fans to their heroe...

zaporizhzhia. people in the war torn regions are being asked if they wish to join the russian federation. ben wedeman is tracking the latest annexation live. how is all of this expected to play out, ben? >> reporter: well, i mean, its a good question, christine, whether to call it a vote. this is going on from today until the 27th of september. the last day will be in person voting. before that people were getting -- many people in these regions will be getting a knock on the door and ...

theres another storm in the eastern atlantic that could race to that name but heres where we are now. it forecast to get into the very warm waters of the caribbean and possibly take a right. i think this is a much more accurate forecast than the computers had any idea of yesterday. mod els were here and here. no idea. now we do have a cone and there are the -- there are the models today. a lot different. they look a lot more organized today. hurricane hunters are in the storm right now...

englands lionesses fight back to reach the semifinals of the euros — an extra—time time winner from georgia stanway sees them come from behind to beat spain. a very welcome to the two candidates are left in the race to replace borisjohnson, as rishi sunak and liz truss, go head to head to become the next prime minister. a key battle ground is likely to be taxation — with ms truss promising immediate tax cuts, while mr sunak says he would wait until inflation was under control. ou...

the british government faces more calls to help struggling households. welcome to the programme. we start in the us. the former president, donald trump, has declined to answer questions as part of an investigation into his familys business dealings. and to be clear. this is completely seperate from the recent search of his home in mar—a—lago earlier this week. well come to that in a moment but first, this was him earlier leaving trump tower in manhattan. he arrived at the new york ...