one is linked to gun possession, and two to failure to pay tax. the terms of the agreement are likely to keep him out ofjail. republicans have dismissed it as a slap on the wrist . our north america editor sarah smith reports from washington. the president s troubled son has long been the focus of controversy. joe biden deliberately embraces him, while his republican opponents target hunter, hoping to harm the elder biden with corruption allegations against the younger. father and son travel together a lot. it s in their home state of delaware that hunter has agreed a plea deal which will see him admit guilt for minor tax crimes and admit he lied on a gun license application when he said he was not a drug user. his supporters describe a recovering addict who s taking responsibility for his mistakes. at a san francisco conference, president biden was asked if he had spoken to hunter today. i m very proud of my son. republicans say there s
artificial intelligence poses to national security and the economy. he said we ll see more technological change in the next ten years than in the previous 50. in february president biden directed us federal agencies to promote balance in their use of new technologies, including ai. the same here today and i m hearing directly from the experts, and the intersection of technology in society, we can provide a range of perspectives for us and it has enormous promise and it has risks. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing| you different stories from across the uk. borrowdale is idyllic, popular and parched. the river derwent here near rosthwaite has simply evaporated in a long, dry spell of hot weather. it s of huge concern to those whose job it is to
the other one escaped. and we re told that israeli security forces tracked him and killed him. we understand that the two come from a village not far away to the north. both are said to have been affiliated with the islamist militant group hamas. and a hamas spokesman has come out linking what happened to an israeli military raid injenin a day ago, which killed six palestinians and wounded dozens more. now you ve got far right israeli ministers coming out calling for a wider israeli military operation. you ve got the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, saying that all options are open to respond. meanwhile, we re getting reports thatjewish settlers have attacked some palestinian property in a town nearby. this has really raised tensions in the west bank at a time when tensions were already running very high. president biden has told a meeting of experts in san francisco there was a need to address the risk
a double standard, comparing hunter biden to donald trump. if you were the president s leading political opponent, the doj tries to literally put you injail and give you prison time. if you are the president s son, you get a sweetheart deal. hunter biden has been under intense scrutiny since the contents of his notorious laptop were made public after he abandoned it in a computer repair shop. a republican led congressional committee is investigating accusations of bribery and corruption. and the bidens themselves suppressed the story of hunter biden s laptop. why did a chinese energy company pay him almost $5 million? and was he paid a multimillion dollar bribe by a ukrainian energy firm? mr biden was asked about his business dealings by the bbc in 2021. my dad did nothing wrong, and i did nothing illegal or wrong. but you re right, i created a perception that was wielded against us in an incredibly wild and conspiratorial way. this plea deal marks the end
nuclear weapon. jennifer griffin joins us with more. good morning. good morning. this is one of the first times that i can remember the pentagon putting out a statement blaming iran for killing a u.s. citizen and targeting u.s. service mombers. u.s. contractor was killed by an iranian drone strike on thursday in syria. the target was a maintenance facility shared with the kurdish syrian defense forces. five u.s. service members and one contractor were wounded in the attack. two service members were trothed on site and three additional american troops and u.s. contractor were evacuated to medical facilities in iraq. the u.s. response was swift. president biden directed lloyd austin to launch precision air strikes in eastern syria against facilities used by iran s revolutionary guard cord. austin said in a statement these