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toward a civil war. president biden, meanwhile, is expected to address the threat of political violence head on as he hits the road today. the white house says the president will call out the far right for its dangerous rhetoric and challenge the republican claim that it is the party of law and order. were also following major developments out of ukraine, where officials in kyiv say russian forces are in retreat as ukraine launches a counteroffensive in the south. president zelensk...

welsh this is brand new contemporary music. were going to get into that as well as the politics. also tonight, carole king, the icon is here with us live. were going to get into her activism, and why she says she has something to talk about on "the beat," and we said come on over. its a lot cooking here on this late august summer vibes. a lot of news, guests and a lot to get to. it aint summer as far as the president is concerned. president biden going at what we calls the semifascis...

also tonight, one of former president trumps long time allies steve bannon found guilty on two counts of contempt of congress for refusing to comply with the subpoena from the january 6th committee. pierre thomas with late reporting. the bannon verdict coming less than 24 hour after that dramatic public hearing. the january 6th committee sharing testimony from former top trump officials showing how the former president failed to act. the dramatic secret service recordings from agents...

welcome to the programme. the sri lankan president gotabaya rajapaksa has formally resigned after days of huge anti—government protests. mr rajapaksa sent his resignation letter from singapore, where he fled to on wednesday as protestors took over government buildings. demonstrators are celebrating on the streets of colombo, defying a curfew in place. the governor of sri lankas central bank says the country now needs a stable government as soon as possible if its to stand any chance ...

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 ...

buried in moscow, this afternoon. now on bbc news, the media show. hello and welcome to this weeks the media show. now, were going to talk about news podcasts this week. theres been a very high profile launch. its called the news agents. its from global, and its presented byjon sopel and emily maitlis, both big figures at the bbc before they left to set this up. emily maitlis has also been in the news because she gave a mactaggart lecture in which she raised concerns about how the bbc ...

diplomacy. prices at the pump are going down as president biden heads off for a consequent middle east trip. his itinerary includes saudi arabia and the crown prince he vowed to make a pariah. now, biden biden says his goal is to reorient, not, quote, rupture the saudi arabia relationship. legal filings in the steve bannon case with important invocations for the justice department and a january 6th committee. lawyers a signaling a dramatic 11th hour change to legal strategy. there cl...

and will be cueing for quite a long time because this does not begin until tomorrow. her lying in state. you can see right here, the folks that lined up and were able to say their final good-bye to the queen in scotland both yesterday and earlier today. its been a remarkable set of images and just a reminder, this is her last trip home to buckingham palace as well. once she leaves, shes never going to go back. lets bring in molly hunter whos live for us. also, andrew roberts, her briti...

senator chris murphy and ben orourke, the current candidate for texas governor. we have a lot to ask both of them, but first. one revelation that we got yesterday about donald trumps attempt to overturn the 2020 election did not come from the big public hearing yesterday about the january 6th investigation. rather, it came from mother jones magazine, which contained leaked audio of this guy, steve bannon, former white house advisor, and double layered buttoned down shirt aficionados. t...

one revelation that we got yesterday about donald trumps attempt to overturn the 2020 election did not come from the big public hearing yesterday about the january 6th investigation. rather, it came from mother jones magazine, which contained leaked audio of this guy, steve bannon, former trump white house advisor, and double layered buttoned down shirt aficionados. the leaked audio is from a few days before the 2020 presidential election. rewind a little bit, and remember with me. a c...