taliban officials in the afghan province was hit by an earthquake, thought to have killed over 1000 people, said the search for survivors in many areas has ended. borisjohnson is in rwanda for a meeting of the commonwealth heads of government. downing street said it is unlikely the uk s policy will come when he meets the prince of wales. the american artistic swimmer has been rescued from the bottom of the pool by her coach after fainting following her routine at the world aquatics championships. hello. good afternoon. british airways staff at london s heathrow airport have voted to strike in a dispute about pay. members of the gmb union employed as ground staff and check in workers voted overwhelmingly for the industrial action. the move threatens to disrupt britain s busiest airport in the well, we can cross straight to heathrow and to our correspondent who is therefore eyes. first of all, what is this strike about? be enou~h, what is this strike about? ee: enough, it is no
department if donald trump replaced rosen with jeffrey clark, that loyalist who was there to help him overturn the election. jeffrey clark, former justice department official, whose home was just searched by federal investigators. the committee says it s going to take us inside a heated oval office meeting on january 3rd when today s witnesses confronted trump over his threat to put clark in charge of the justice department until trump eventually backed down. playing a leading role in today s hearing, congressman adam kinzinger of illinois, one of only two republicans on the panel. all this comes after the select committee deposed filmmaker alex holder behind closed doors this morning about his documentary, which features never-before-seen interviews with trump and me members of his inner circle, both before and after january 6th. cnn has gotten first look at the documentary. we ve been sharing some of these key clips. as the committee is about to focus on jeffrey clark, let
across the uk continue and so does the disruption, with only 60% of services running today. facebook s removes a large number of accounts, posting pictures and videos of upskirting, following an investigation and glastonbury is back after a three year gap fans are descending on worthy farm in somerset for one of the biggest music festivals in the world. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. at least 300 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake in afghanistan. the 6.1 quake struck overnight in the southeast of the country, with most of the confirmed deaths in a province called paktika. these are images of homes reduced to rubble. but the extent of the damage is still emerging as rescue efforts continue in outlying villages. the country s supreme leader has confirmed the number of dead, in a statement to the media, saying at least five hundred people are injured. hikmatullah esmat is head of the provincial health body in paktika. he tol
biden described al zawahiri as a terrorist who, quote, carved a trail, unquote of violence against u.s. citizens, reminding he was the mastermind of the attack of the uss cole. the fbi just updated its terrorist status for al zawahiri with the word deceased. al zawahiri was killed in a precise strike on the balcony of a safe house with two hell fire missiles according to a u.s. official. no american personnel were on the ground in kabul at the time of the strike. no civilian casualties either according to the president. the death of al zawahiri comes 11 years after u.s. forces masterfully took out osama bin laden, who was hiding in pakistan at the time. here s what president biden says about just how long this strike took. we make it clear again tonight that no matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the united states the find you and take you out. joining me now to discuss this huge news is richard clark. new yorker staf
since friday, as in today is monday. unbelievably, the country is on pace for its worst year ever of mass shootings. this according to the gun violence archive. that means at least 246 since the beginning of the year. three-year uptick began in 2019. in 2020, it jumped to 610. and then just last year, we were at 692. but with all those numbers, there s really only one number to keep focusing on. i mean, that s if america wants to do something about these other horrible numbers. and that is the number ten, my friends. what would persuade ten republicans in the 50/50 split senate to sign legislation to reduce gun violence. i didn t say eliminate gun violence. the lawyer in me does not want to lead you astray. how about saving as many innocent lives as possible with some kind of action? whether public defenders in the bipartisan group of negotiators, who s working on a potential deal, said it quite well this morning. there is no one thing that will prevent mass killings. a det