the israeli foreign minister yair lapid has accused iran of exporting terrorism after a deadly attack on an israeli operated oil tanker off the coast of oman. two crew members a briton and a romanian were killed. mr lapid demanded a harsh response, saying iranian terrorism harmed freedom of shipping. the internet retail giant, amazon, has been fined almost 900 million dollars for breaking the european union s data protection laws. it s the biggest fine ever imposed under the eu s privacy regulations. amazon says the decision is baseless , and that it will appeal. this is bbc news, the headlines: the tax returns of former president donald trump will be handed to congress, after a ruling by the us justice department. more than 1,600 pregnant women have died in brazil since the beginning of the pandemic. the united states most decorated gymnast, 24 year old simone biles this week withdrew from the team and all around
olympics on record including 900 million dollars in covid countermeasures but poll after poll shows the majority in japan do not. these games held. translator: everyone thinks we should hold the olympics but the government isn t in a position to say that. reporter: ultimately it s not up to japan. contracts are written to favor the ioc so a medical system headed for collapse and cost overruns are all burdens the tokyo has to bear. the ioc has the legal ability to cancel the olympics but they plan to go ahead. to last year s port explosion, lebanon has faced crisis after crisis and now a life/death problem for that could affect people for years to explain.
forward. he is trying to undo 8 years of the obama administration passive approach and peace talks at all costs. they traded 5 taliban members to get the peace talks started. the president today said enough! we won t talk to terrorists who did this to innocent memand children. women and children. martha: pakistan enabled them. they just with held 900 million dollars from the pakistanis. that s long over due. martha: the u.n. and nikki haley and the voice this administration put forward as we look back on this year and look ahead to next year, what is the priority? well, the president met today with the u.n. security council members again in the white house. he declassified missile parts
go for? i don t know but how would you like to audition for a billion dollars? this is better than the voice. do they make him sing? do a little soft shoe? and compare notes with him. maybe they should have a face-off with him and scott walker. i mean i do know they obviously want to get what they call roi, return on investment. scott walker is very much in their wheelhouse. they ve never been that keen on jeb bush. so i think they re still kicking the tires on their billion-dollar corvette. i m just i mean, are the koch brothers 900 million dollars. not all of us can go to one
welcome back to hannity, washington republicans once again caved to president obama. it s time to take a page from wisconsin governor scott walker and his state s staggering $1 billion projected surplus. governor walker joined me earlier to talk about his tough stand and the tough stand the gop needs to take in d.c. and elsewhere. governor, welcome back to the program. good to see you, sir. the republicans last week blank check to obama on the debt ceiling, obama himself went running for office, said $9 trillion was irresponsible and unpatriotic, why aren t the republicans in washington willing to do what you did? and i admire you for this? you put your entire career on the line, you had a $3.5 billion budget deficit. if we don t fix it, the kids in wisconsin are going to have to pay it. now you have nearly a trillion dollars savings i m sorry, nearly 900 million dollars, you got in savings, it s a massive turnaround.