Putin threatens war. As starmer meets biden to discuss ukraine, what would 3 harris or Trump Victory mean for the west . And its succession for real as the Murdochs Head to court over what happens after Rupert Murdochs death. Hello and welcome to newsnight, the place to be this Friday Night for insight and illuminating interviews on a day when tensions between russia and the west appear to be escalating. As we speak, sir keir starmer s meeting with President Biden to discuss the next steps in the war in ukraine. So, what does the future looks like, for ukraine and the west, after the us election in november . On our transatlantic panel tonight, were joined by the Journalist Michael Wolff whose Book Fire and fury inside the trump White House is seen by many as the definitive work on the former president. Alison phillips, who was the Mirrors Editor in chief until earlier this year is here. And also with us, john ryley, editor of Sky News for 17 years. Welcome to you all and john, in term
federal judge in louisiana. here s his exchange with republican congressman mike johnson on wednesday. the fbi made the social media platforms pull that information off the internet if it came from conservative sources. they did this under the guise that it was disinformation. can you, can you define what disinformation is? our focus is on malign, foreign disinformation; that is, foreign hostile actors who engage in mr. wray to use our social media platforms i have to stop you for time. that s not accurate. you need to read this court opinion, because you re in charge of enforcing it. paul: joining the panel, columnists dan henninger, kim strassel and bill mcgurn. so, bill, first, let s start with that exchange on disinformation. what do you make of the fbi director s answers? i think he answered very weakly. he came across as a man who either hadn t read the material as congressman johnson suggested, or he just didn t take the whole oversight process very
question about whether this. like i am saying we don t know. you are getting to remedies, and i understand that. we are only a couple of days into this. we need to let the department ofjustice do theirjob, investigate this, see what they learn. again, that said, the department has already said that they are taking a look at distribution and looking at if there are changes they need to make, administratively, at the pentagon, since it appears that they have the locus of most of the documents. again, before we do that we need to look at what we have got a look at the justice department. look at what we have got a look at thejustice department. [30 look at what we have got a look at the justice department. look at what we have got a look at the justice department. do you have a sense of the the justice department. do you have a sense of the number the justice department. do you have a sense of the number of the justice department. do you have a sense of the number of people
by huge increases in borrowing. cubans give their verdict on legalising same sex marriage and whether gay couples can adopt in a landmark referendum that s divided the nation. as hundreds of russians flee the country to avoid president putin s partial military mobilisation, we go live to moscow to speak to nikita khrushchev s granddaughter about the conflict in ukraine. and nasa prepares to crash a probe into an asteroid to see how difficult it would be to stop a space rock from hitting earth. hello and welcome. giorgia meloni, who s set to become italy s first female prime minister, has called for unity and promised to govern for all italians. projected results in the general election show victory for a coalition led by ms meloni s far right party, brothers of italy. the democratic party have already conceded, and in herfirst speech after her triumph, she said the voters had indicated their desire for a centre right government. leigh milner reports. it s a historic moment,
it puts her in line to be the country s first female prime minister. iii country s first female prime minister. ., country s first female prime minister- country s first female prime minister. . ., ., minister. if we are called to govern this nation. minister. if we are called to govern this nation, we minister. if we are called to govern this nation, we will minister. if we are called to govern this nation, we will do minister. if we are called to govern this nation, we will do it minister. if we are called to govern this nation, we will do it for - minister. if we are called to govern this nation, we will do it for all - this nation, we will do it for all italians with a clear objective of uniting the people, of underline what unites it, rather than what divides it. and, nasa prepares to crash a probe into an asteroid to see how to stop a space rock from hitting earth. coming up later this hour how king charles helped save british farmhouse cheese. the value of