Turn in Russia Police dropped drug charges against an investigative journalist whose arrest that sparked outrage and an italian mayor who revived his town by welcoming refugees and migrants goes on trial for breaching immigration laws. So downes Opposition Movement has suspended its campaign of civil disobedience indefinitely the countrys protest leaders launched a general strike 3 days ago in response to a military crackdown on protesters thats left 129. 00 dead the violence had engulfed the country with a feared Paramilitary Group attacking people in the darfur region but the military now says it will release Political Prisoners and both sides are set to resume talks at the same reports. This fire in darfur was retribution for allegiance to the protesters nationwide strike according to the Sudanese Professional Association the group says about 10 people were killed and stores and homes were torched by a peer military group called the Rapid Support forces or. Amnesty International Say
campaign is leaning into this unavoidably political month. the president taking his re-election message to pennsylvania. that s a key state he won. and the symbolism of george washington s leadership what you see on the screen. valley forge. washington is touted for setting a standard for democracy. walking away from power after those two terms. biden will draw a contrast to trump on that score. trump being the election loser who tried to steal the race compared to washington who was making news in his day with what was described then as you see here. the resignation of george washington esquire as his situation of president of the united states of america. that was a time of kingdoms so it was a big deal that washington resisted, as this paper put it. the solicitations of his friends to continue in office. they concluded it was a life honor and glory. they wrote different back then. biden is going to argue that trump is the literal opposite and make that argument directly. i
the british prime minister has sacked the chairman of his party, nadhim zahawi, following an investigation into his tax affairs. mr zahawi had to pay a penalty to settle a multi million pound tax dispute. an investigation ordered by rushi sunakfound he had broken the ministerial code. our political editor, chris mason, reports. nadhim zahawi arrived in the uk as a child, unable to speak english. he became a multimillionaire and rose to be chancellor of the exchequer. but tonight, his political career and reputation is in tatters. in a 2,000 word letter to the prime minister, the government s ethics adviser is devastating in his criticism of mr zahawi. sir laurie magnus says. minutes after the prime minister had sacked his party chairman for what he called a serious breach of the ministerial code, the questions began. for a start, why hadn t he got rid of him days ago? as a general rule, i think it is important when allegations are raised that they re investigated promptly. bu
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news speaking following that cabinet meeting. you might know there s been a cabinet away day at checkers, the prime minister and cabinet ministers meeting ostensibly to discuss policy and all of that coming in on the backdrop of serious questions being asked relations to a number of ministers, including the chancellor. let us hear minister had to sit in the the last few minutes in this interview recorded after that cabinet meeting there at checkers. i d set up the priorities flare i d set up the priorities five priorities i d set up the priorities five priorities to i d set up the priorities five priorities to have i d set up the priorities fez priorities to have inflation, grow the economy, reduce debt cut waiting list and stop the boats. we are going to deliver on those because we do that, we will have immediate relief for families do that, we will have immediate relief forfamilies and do that, we will have immediate relief for fam
is to travel to israel, egypt and the west bank to urge israel and the palestinians to de escalate tensions. that s after israeli forces killed seven palestinian fighters and two palestinian civilians during a raid. the raid happened here in a refugee camp in the flashpoint town ofjenin. an elderly woman is reportedly among the dead. this is an eyewitness. we heard gunshots that we fled into the cloud and we stayed under siege there for three hours. the army beseeched us in the club and we heard the sounds of the classes after about an hour, military destroyed cars on both sides on the road bulldozers. a new wave of violence hit the region last spring this is the deadliest single israeli raid intojenin since then. this is the aftermath you can see the extent of the damage. the israeli defense forces say they wanted to arrest members of the armed group, islamichhad. they ve accused the group of planning and executing multiple major terrorist attacks on israeli civili