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our correspondence houses update from washington, dc. after weeks of making the trek to the united states, about 100 migrants in two buses were transported from texas to the residents of the vice president kamala harris here in washington, dc. we spoke to one couple who didnt know where they were until we told them. they had travelled for about one month from venezuela to america, looking for a better life, for economic reasons, they explain. but i dont know what the future holds. tran...

countrys pre—pandemic preparations before 2020. north korea fires a suspected missile overjapan, in what appears to be a deliberate escalation to get the attention of tokyo and washington. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. the first preliminary hearing of the uk covid—19 inquiry is about to begin. there will be an opening statement by the chair of the inquiry, baroness hallett, followed by a minutes silence. the session will focus on how prepared th...

merrick garland appointed a special counsel to oversee the investigation into president piedens classified documents that were found. >> on january 5th, 2023, mr. laush briefed me and advised me that further investigation by a special counsel was warranted. earlier today i signed an order appointing robert hur as special counsel for the matter i just described. the document authorizes him to investigate whether any person or entity violated the law in connection with this matter. the s...

for maryland and was appointed by former president trump. >> i strongly believe that the normal processes of this department can handle all investigations with integrity, but under the regulations, the extraordinary circumstances here require the appointment of a special counsel for this matter. this appointment underscores for the public, the departments commitment to both independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters, and to making decisions indisputably guided on...

argued that is pretext to get their hands on the former presidents financial documents but lower courts have said that the committee could obtain these documents until the supreme court intervened here and put a temporary pause on this. now, erica, if the supreme court affirms this lower court ruling, if this is allowed to stand, it is significant because if the house ways and means committee is allowed to obtain these tax returns from the former president, that really would represent ...

the uk, les truss is facing pressure from her own party with the rising cost of living. we from her own party with the rising cost of living-— cost of living. we havent made a decision yet _ cost of living. we havent made a decision yet on _ cost of living. we havent made a decision yet on that _ cost of living. we havent made a decision yet on that specific - decision yet on that specific issue and those depend decision yet on that specific issue and 1 cost depend ff decision yet on...

the longest distance ever travelled for a north korean test flight. the missile went far enough that it would have reached the us island of guam with a different trajectory. and so there was a swift response. the united states and south korea conducted a precision aerial bombing exercise to demonstrate seoul and washingtons will to respond sternly to the threat from pyongyang. and tokyo was also incensed. translation: north koreas launch of a ballistic missile _ is a reckless act that ...

top of the hour on "cnn newsroom." im victor blackwell. >> and im bianna golodryga. president biden is in florida to rally democrats ahead of the midterms. meantime two major developments in the two separate investigations involving the former president the supreme court has just rejected senator lindsey grahams request to block a subpoena into the 2020 election in georgia where a district attorney is demanding that he testify before a grand jury. >> the committee investigating the j...

16 days and counting. a brand-new nbc news poll just released this morning gives us new insight into the midterms as president biden tells me whats at stake in our exclusive interview. >> when you are an undergraduate school, they talk about every generation has to protect democracy. it really does and i think were at one of those inflection points in history. >> and house speaker nancy pelosi joins me live to talk about how democrats can keep control of the house and what could happen...

queen elizabeth ii. those are the headlines on bbc news. you are watching bbc news. now on bbc news, amol rajan interviews ian hislop. even by recent standards, 2022 has been a tumultuous year in news. russia launched a war in europe. her late majesty queen elizabeth ii died just months after her platinum jubilee. and britain went through three prime ministers and even more chancellors. one man whos tried to make sense of it is ian hislop, whether on tv or as editor of private eyes for...