the family of a black man killed by police in the us city of memphis have welcomed the decision to disband the special crime unit to which the officers belonged. the british prime minister, rishi sunak, has sacked the chairman of his conservative party, nadhim zahawi. mr sunak said in a letter to mr zahawi that it was clear that there had been a serious breach of the ministerial code, which guides ministers on how they should uphold standards. his dismissal comes after an independent investigation of mr zahawi s tax affairs. these have been the subject of growing controversy since it emerged that he had to pay a penalty to the tax authorities. rishi sunak recieved the report from the sir laurie magnus, independent adviser on ministers interests. sir laurie told rishi sunak that certain omissions by nadhim zahawi fell short of the standards set out in the ministerial code. he concluded, i consider that these omissions constitute a serious failure to meet the standards set
governor, as your senator, as your secretary of state, as your attorney general, then democracy as we know it may not survive in arizona. that s not an exaggeration, that is a fact. that was former president obama hitting the campaign trail hard for democrats talking on election deniers in battleground states. that guy is pretty good. he s good at what he does. he s got a future in politics if he decides to go that way. president biden makes the fate of our democracy a key issue just days before voters decide who will control congress and the future path of our country. also ahead, new polling in several crucial races, including pennsylvania where voters are weighing in on the only debate between senate candidate john fetterman and dr. oz. plus, there are new details in the plot by trump s attorneys to overturn the 2020 election. his lawyers had a specific justice in mind, and we ll tell you who that is. and one of former president donald trump s top advisers has
. one of the most exclusive clubs in the country has a brand-new member tonight, but it s not a club you d want to belong to. tonight i m laura coates live. how do you solve a problem like george santos? well, no surprise. i think they may have cracked a nut. the house voted today to kick him out of congress. what s his response? why do i want to stay here? to hell with this place. i m quoting him. that is the epitome of you can t fire me, i quit. from the now ex-congressman who just yesterday refused to resign while wearing ferragamo shoes and arriving in a jaguar. i point that out because of some of the receipts that came in the ethics report. now he s joining a pretty exclusive club. no, not the college volleyball team. this is a really exclusive club with only five members. well, now they have a sixth. the only six members who have ever been thrown out of congress in the 234-year history. and let me tell you, they are a regular well, maybe a rogue s gallery might
Mandate. Think she is looking for that mandate. If she squeaks by. She is also trying to squash dissent in her own party. The real mandate that she once, this is true in a different way, for the anti mandate Thatjeremy Corbyn feels, it is about british politics. If she wins resoundingly, it is more a message to the borisjohnsons of this world. Ina way, to the borisjohnsons of this world. In a way, to the far right of the tory party. In other words, in theory, if she wants the so called soft brexit. Which she doesnt . Well, we dont know. Have you heard the Phrase Brexit means brexit . That is all we know. Lets posit the possibility that she once a kind of Lu Kewa Rm Possibility that she once a kind of lukewarm brexit. It is conceivable that if the ideologically rigid side of the tory party knew that they have a tory leader thatjust got a personal mandate to lead, it might change things. She was looking at the polls . Of course. The Opinion Polls . Yes, she was looking at the Opinion Pol
To dateline london. Im jane hill. This week well be discussing general elections the campaign is in its early stages here in the uk, rather more advanced in france. Well assess Donald Trumps first 100 days in office and look at the under reported tensions between india, and china. With me today are ashis ray, the indian broadcaster the North American broadcaster jeffrey kofman, ned temko, the political commentator and eunice goes, the portuguese writer. Just a few days, it feels like coming to a british general election. Ned, dont look bored at the start it is low key, isnt it . It might get even lower, you never know. The British Press often talks about a phoney war before an Election Campaign really starts. What is odd about this is it is kind of a phoney election. Despite the prospectus, theresa may saying i need this mandate to strengthen my Negotiation Position with the eu, even she must know that it has nothing to do with the eu. Even if she were to get putin sized majorities in