thanks for your company have a good night. live from london. this is bbc news the general election betting controversy deepens a fifth conservative figure is investigtated two conservative candidates lose their party s support and a labour candidate has been suspended the wikileaks founderjulian assange lands in a remote us territory in the pacific, where he ll face a final court hearing and then should be free we re there live. and, a england draw 0 0 with slovenia but they re still through to the last 16 at the euros. hello i m kasia madera. a fifth conservative figure is now being investigated by the gambling commission over alleged bets on the timing of the general election. the conservative party has withdrawn its support for two candidates craig williams and laura saunders. now russell george a conservative member of the welsh parliament is being looked into as well. and labour has suspended one of its candidates kevin craig who admitted he had bet again
That the book by Michael Wolff was a work of fiction. Mr trumps lawyers had tried to block the publication of the book, fire and fury. Heres david willis in washington. Boarding a flight to camp david for meetings with senior republican leaders, the image donald trump was seeking to project was one of order, professionalism and control. Instead, he finds himself battling claims contained in a book, claims which question his mentalfitness. I went to the best colleges, or college, i went to. I had a situation where i was a very excellent student, came out and made billions of dollars, became one of the top business people, went to television, and for ten years was a tremendous success, as you probably have heard. Perhaps the most damaging allegation, shared, claims the author Michael Wolff, by all the president s senior advisers, is that the leader of the free world lacks curiosity, doesnt read, doesnt listen, is like a child. They all came to the conclusion, gradually at first and then
Better secure our nations cyberspace and we cannot underestimate these challenges. During our district work period last week irk took the opportunity to go ton a cybersecurity tour to understand better what Rhode Islands issues are. I visited several companies. In speaking on a panel at the always on Technology Summit i learn about attempts to stem cybercrimes by Rhode Island State Police and i learned about an Election Security workshop. I encouraged accountants to advise their compliants about cybersecurity risks and promoted cyberhygiene practices. Most importantly, i spoke to students and participants at cyberpatriot about their importance as the next generation of cybersecurity leaders. Cybersecurity may be the national and Economic Security challenge of the 21st century but with the talent we have in rhode island im confident that we can take it on. Thank you and i yield back the alance of my time. The speaker pro tempore without objection. For what purpose does the gentleman fro
Question for jonathan. Can you talk about sharing with countries of the region to reduce tension can you give what the incentive would be and theater what do you think would be the new approach or the balance look like in the new year and obviously there is a criticism about too much emphasis, and the book you wrote about is very optimistic about the rebalancing strategy received, that after your competing organizations, 37 if i remember correctly, said it is up so very different. And to look to them to be concluded as somewhat expected especially in the congress. What is your thoughts . I think it is fair to say that in retrospect in the early years of the rebalancing policy, it was significantly over sold by some of the proponents that advocated it. That said, the essence, i think as jeff and i tried to argue in our paper makes sense. It makes sense because it is a framework Political Economic and security that the United States would wish to operate in this most dynamic region. The
And what is it right to fly a presenter to interview the climate activist Greta Thunberg when she herself shuns air travel because of its impact on the environment . Welcome to the first newswatch of 2020 and a happy new year. The traditional celebrations featured widely on bbc news this week for instance, in the headlines of tuesdays early evening bbc one bulletin. And dazzling displays light up the night skies across the globe to welcome in the new decade. But is this, in fact, a new decade, as was repeated several times across the bbc this week . A viewer called amy said not, begging and Alan Mcintyre reiterated that. That same new years eve programme contained another error though this time it was corrected in time for the late bulletin. New year a new decade and new zealand kicked it off, with auckland the first major capital to welcome 2020. Sue barnard pointed out on wednesday, when the new year arrived in the uk, there were more fireworks on our screens, this time with Helena W