for detained americans brittney griner and paul whelan. the president expected to speak with his chinese counterpart this morning as tensions boil over taiwan and a potential trip by house speaker nancy pelosi. in ukraine the u.s. believes more than 75,000 russians have either been killed or wounded since the start of an invasion and 80% of their land forces are bogged down. and in north korea overnight a new warning from kim jong-un threatening to use nuclear weapons. let s get right to our reporters covering it all around the globe. reporter: i m clare sebastian in london. the u.s. has revealed it s ready to trade convicted russian arms dealer viktor bout currently serving a 25-year sentence in the u.s. to secure the release of wnba star brittney griner and paul whelan, another u.s. citizen convicted of espionage in russia, that s according to people briefed on the matter. despite the offer being on the table since june a senior administration official subjected r
will be needed. i don t think i have ever experienced weather like that here before. it feels like we re on different continent. over here this city gets over certain temperature and it has been brutal. a british man has reportedly died, believed to be volunteering in ukraine he was taken prisoner along with another man back in april. coming up we will be talking to ukrainian grain, with the mp from edessa who represents constituents in a port city by the black sea. hello wherever you are in the uk or if you are watching on public service broadcast then united states or anywhere else in the world thank you forjoining us it is a pleasure to have your company. we begin this hourin to have your company. we begin this hour in the uk with the five remaining candidates in the conservative party taking part in a live debate before the vote next week. then it ll be up to conservative party members to decide the new leader and prime minister. prime minister, here is what some of the c
line. under normal circumstances it takes a lot more creativity to sell lipstick than it does to be the white house press secretary. x stepped on the totally different job under joe biden, the rules have changed. you have to be able to think on the fly, because your boss can t. so every time he goes outside you re going to translate what he said or what he really meant, for the sake of argument he meant anything at all. i know that you re frustrated for example, i can taste it. what does frustration taste like? an earthy slightly unctuous blend of banking notes, mango and raspberry? joe biden did not say. the white house press secretary, that is her job. to name another example, which united states senator who represents the state of florida and which is the state of wisconsin which is not near florida? the press secretary has to know that too, and of course just stayed today, and et cetera. so it s not an easy gig and particularly tough job on the topics are serious like nuc
Kevin corke is life with a Record Number of migrants and excuses. Excuses indeed you remember this, it was actually less than a month , Karine Jeanpierre, insisted that is done more to secure the border than anyone else. Base with some 10,000 migrants inc. Over a 24 hour period and over a halffor work authorizat white house appears to be feeling a bit less confident about its Border Security now. What you call it here at the white house when 10,000 peoplea single day . What you call it, peter . No, no, no. No, no, no. Trace naturally these questions are the ones that americans would be asking. Instead i have some Breaking News to share with you tonight the administration is granting thousands of Work Authorization to New York City migrants from venezuela. It is they cashstrapped gotham that struggles to manage the nearly hundred thousand migrant that arrived in the city thus far this year. Its a taste of what border tow still with each and every day. I am just watching peter doocy and
de donalds should be focused on three key issues. one of them, he, the economy and inflation also immigration, crime. they are trying to convince donald trump to stay on message. i hope that the fact that we ve been able to free julian assange today against all the odds and against one of the most powerful governments in the world. we ll give hope to all journalists and publishers were imprisoned around the world for amines are gearing up to elect a new head of government. because while this country will be getting a new president, one thing that s unlikely to change in iranian foreign policy live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster hello, and a warm welcome to all of us joining us from around the world. i, max fostered is wednesday, june the 26, 9:00 a.m. here in london 4m in atlanta when cnn will host the first us presidential debate of the 2024 election between president joe biden and former president donald trump on thursday in our atlanta studio, mr. bide