Much. that spring in a former retarded general, and the chairman over the institute for the study of war and fox news senior strategic analyst. good to see, thank you or being with as. one of the hot button issues is that white houses allowance now of these weapons being used in the area around kharkiv, so this is a change in policy, is it not? even to those of paul what house is making efforts to betray otherwise? it s really unfortunate, even g the long-range weapons into ukraine, they requested them last year and attack the europeans to push our hand, so to speak, and you finally did it. and then we imposed restrictions. and now we begin to remove some over the structures comment can imagine how frustrating this is for campaign leaders in the
Keir starmer to knock it down and say it was false. then this morning a cabinet say it was false. then this morning a cabinet minister was doing what is known a cabinet minister was doing what is known as a cabinet minister was doing what is known as the morning round, popping up known as the morning round, popping up on known as the morning round, popping up on various known as the morning round, popping up on various media outlets and she is a cabinet up on various media outlets and she is a cabinet minister but also every close is a cabinet minister but also every close ally is a cabinet minister but also every close ally of is a cabinet minister but also every close ally of rishi sunak. they worked close ally of rishi sunak. they worked together at the treasury when he was worked together at the treasury when he was a worked together at the treasury when he was a minister and she was a special he was a minister and she was a special adviser. and she made the same special adviser. and she made the same point, without much caveat in said this same point, without much caveat in said this number had come about via independent treasury analysis. some elements independent treasury analysis. some elements of that number had come about elements of that number had come about by elements of that number had come about by political appointees, conservative advisers, asking the treasury conservative advisers, asking the treasury civil servants to do some number treasury civil servants to do some number crunching based on their own political number crunching based on their own political assumptions about elements of lahours political assumptions about elements of labour s spending. midway through this round, of labour s spending. midway through this round, that clear coutinho was doing. this round, that clear coutinho was doing, labour published a letter that they doing, labour published a letter that they got a couple of days ago from that they got a couple of days ago from the that they got a couple of days ago from the most senior civil servant in the from the most senior civil servant in the treasury in response to a
And first of two days of commemerations in europe to mark the 80 years anniversary of the normandy landings. good evening, a day is a long time in politics. this morning the front pages brough some brief respite to the conservatives. snap polls suggesting that it was rishi sunak who had come out on top in the first leadership debate of the campaign. the prime minister had referred several times in that debate to a so called independent assessment of labour s spending plans, which the tories suggest will mean every working family paying £2000 more in taxes. the prime minister said that was a figure that had been signed off by civil servants at the treasury. the only problem is it hadn t. the bbc has obtained a letter from the most senior civil servant in the treasury, the permanent secretary, james bowler who wrote to labour making clear the civil service had not been as involved as the conservativesclaimed.
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Now it s important to point out that republicans have yet to prove that joe biden acted corruptly or did any sort of quid pro quo with his son involving his business dealings or personally enriched himself in any way? public has have been trying to make that case for months, really since the beginning of this congress. and in the fall when they launched a formally launched, this impeachment inquiry. but this has not yet moved ahead because republicans simply don t have the support to impeach joe biden. they can certainly make criminal referrals, but that does not mean the justice department will act on it. we have reached out to the bidens also comment no comment yet, jake, on his criminal referral. all right. manu raju. thanks so much. on the florida now we re judge aileen cannon announced her plans to hold a sprawling hearing in donald trump s classified documents case trump s lawyers are trying to have jack smith s appointment as a special counsel in the case declared invalid. so legal strategy that has failed from coast to coast over the last few years in cases involving trump and other high level targets such as hunter biden, cnn senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz is here to explain. can
As you would expect, labour is furious. here s our political editor chris mason. 0n last night s tv debate, rishi sunak said this. higher taxes, £2000 worth of higher taxes under the labour party. and again. by saddling them with £2000 worth of higher taxes. and over and over again. independent treasury officials have costed labour s policies, and they amount to a £2000 tax rise for every working family. keir starmer did eventually say it was false, but that wasn t the end of it. here was one of the prime minister s closest allies on the breakfast sofa this morning. i have worked in the treasury, and i can tell you these are brilliant independent civil servants, and they would not be putting anything dodgy in there. these are all the policies that have been set up by the labour party, and actually, if anything, they are underestimating the cost to families. and look at what she said next. it has been signed off by the permanent secretary of the treasury. yes, the most senior civil servant
On their own political assumptions about elements of labour s spending plan. mid way through this round that claire coutinho was doing, labour published a letter that they d got a couple of days ago from the most senior civil servant in the treasury in response to a letter that labour had written to him in which this most senior civil servant said, look, not all of what the conservatives are claiming in this number, this £2,000 additional tax claim number, did come from the numbers that we crunched, and we have made that clear to ministers that they shouldn t be claiming otherwise. claire coutinho explicitly referred to the permanent secretary, as most senior civil servant then called james bowler. yeah, and then appears this letter by him, as i say, published by labour. i mean, he d sent it a couple of days ago. it appeared in the middle of all of this row, unpicking one element,
Luckily the campaign had minimal impact and was sloppy in its execution. to no one s surprise it remains active on elon s x. but this is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of alleged interference. the joint investigation by the guardian and the israel-based magazines 972 and local call, reveals how israel ran an almost decade-long secret war against the international criminal court. the country deployed its intelligence agency to surveil, hack, pressure, smear and allegedly threatened senior icc staff in an effort to derail inquiries and dissuade the icc from filing war crimes charges against israeli officials. israeli intelligence captured communications of numerous icc officials including the current prosecutor and his prosecutor predecessor. surveillance was ongoing in recent months, providing benjamin netanyahu with
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