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Appropriations committee will please come to order. We are here today to discuss the u. S. China relationship and the investments that we need to keep our nations secure, competitive, strong, and maintain our leadership on the world stage. Let me make clear, from the outset, when we talk about competing against china, and countering chinese influence, we are talking about competing against its government, not the Chinese People or the millions of Chinese Americans who helped make our country gre...

donald trump dismisses the woman who won a sexual assault case against him as a "whackjob" as he again claims hes the victim of a political vendetta. and from defending human rights on television to rocking out at night at eurovision, the lawyer—turned—pop star representing australia. and coming up on bbc news, west ham look to reach their first european final in 47 years as they take on az alkmaar in the first leg of their european conference league semifinal. good afternoon and w...

attack drones, more air defence, a new uk flying school for pilots. the europeans are keen to support ukraines expected counteroffensive, but can they provide president zelensky with the kit he needs? we will get the view from kyiv and london. at home, rishi sunak is marshalling his troops. a downing street reception tonight, to officially celebrate the coronation of king charles iii. but is it also a much—needed charm offensive, amid more splits in tory ranks over brexit and immigra...

16 countries take the stage in liverpool later for the second semifinal. sticking with the eurovision theme, we are in liverpool at the shopping centre right in the heart of liverpool, surrounded by these beautiful eggs, i will tell you about them later on. the bank of england is expected to raise interest rates again today to 4.5%, the highest level in 15 years. it will be the 12th consecutive hike since december 2021, meaning mortgage payments could rise further for millions of custo...

this is bbc news, the headlines... the prime minister of bangladesh gives a rare interview, telling me the one million rohingya who fled there from myanmar should be returned. the un and with other organisations, they should take care of it. that is, in their own country, they are safe. it is their duty to do it, not ours. its site was once considered a challenger to traditional media, but now the company behind vice news files for bankrupty in the us. and members of nigerias lgbt comm...

hello. im lewis vaughan jones. in the past hour, ukraines president zelensky has left the british prime ministers country residence, following a surprise visit to the uk. after talks between the two, rishi sunak pledged long—term support for ukraine to ensure that its able to defend itself into the future. they are chequers, rishi sunak there, volodymyr zelensky therefore stop they had brief talks, and this is a flavour of what they spoke about, because they stepped in front of the c...

Two visitors who did not have time to accommodate along the tracks, they set up tent camps. Children, wounded workers of evacuated factories, and just a lot of people rushed to tashkent, after all, the city of bread. And besides, its right here academicians, writers, musicians, a whole theater of the intelligentsia were directed, strengthened in the socalled european part of the city by the writer maria belkina. Here tashkent remained only on the chronicle of the earthquake of the sixtysixth, wh...

hello and welcome. ukraine�*s president zelensky has left the british prime minister�*s country residence, following a surprise visit to the uk. after talks between the two, rishi sunak pledged long—term support for ukraine to ensure that it�*s able to defend itself into the future. mr zelensky said the pair had discussed western nations providing kyiv with fighter jets, with the aim of creating what he called a "jets coalition". our world affairs correspondent caroline hawley ...

the angel of the north turns 25 — how gateshead is celebrating its most famous cultural landmark. and well find out how britains museums might soon be able to hoard a lot more treasure. good morning. for most of us it is a mild _ good morning. for most of us it is a mild start_ good morning. for most of us it is a mild start of— good morning. for most of us it is a mild start of the day. there will be a lot of— mild start of the day. there will be a lot of cloud around with just ...

we start here in the uk — where investors are now betting the cost of borrowing will have to keep rising because inflation remains stubbornly high. thats despite a pledge by the government to bring it down, and a barrage of interest rate rises by the bank of england attempting to get it under control. just a few weeks ago, we were assuming that after 11 increases in a row, the bank would not have to raise rates much further. but on wednesday, there was a major rethink on financial ma...