rescue the five people on board. joining me for the next hour on the panel is a former hillary clinton campaign manager in the repeater, former uk representative to nato. he will speak to them in a moment. presidentjoe biden s sun hunter biden has agreed to plead guilty to illegally owning a gun while being a drug user. two charges, ending a long running justice department investigation. meanwhile, donald trump its new court date in the calendar, august the iath is the date, the former president has been indicted on charges of retaining classified government records and obstructing justice, the special counsel has promised a speedy trial. we look at the soaring costs of mortgages and rent here in the uk as inflation pushes prices higher and higher. we start with a huge surge, the race to say five people were on board a submersible which is gone missing in the north atlantic close to the wreck of the titanic. the coastguard is that the vessel may only have a8 hours of breathab
hello and welcome. this is verified live, free hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. we will have the latest on the bad search that is going on for the submarine in a moment or two, that i want to go straight to breaking news of the last little while from the united states. news aboutjoe biden s son, hunter, and that news coming into is that hunter biden has agreed to plead guilty on two federal tax charges and enter a third pre trial diverging agreement on one a firearms charge. that is apparently in a deal with the justice department, according to court documents that have been published. the details emerging all of the time. there is bound to be a lot of political reaction, the president s son has been in the focus around various investigations for such a long while. but this, the latest detail that there are going to be tax charges, two guilty pleas on those federal tax charges. in deferred pre trial diverging agreement, that is what it is desc
we are expecting in the next little while to get an update from the us coast guard. certainly there s been no significant development, and of course, the submersible bench missing on sunday. these are the pictures of the bay in newfoundland where the coordinating of the rescue operation is being done. but there has been no updates since they lost contacts a minute an hour and 45 minutes into that dive. since then the search has been growing into the concern has been growing. we have been listening to those on bbc to the course of the day, listening to marine experts talking aboutjust the harshest of conditions on the sea bed. the total blackness that they will actually see, the cold the oxygen that is running out. it is a race against time. we are expecting to move a bit, but we are expecting the us coast guard will give us an update, and perhaps we will learn information in terms of where they are in terms of the size of the search operation. they are looking on the surfa
us presidentjoe biden s son, hunter biden, is expected to plead guilty to two misdemeanour tax crimes and admit to illegally possessing a gun while a drug user, after a five year investigation. the us attorney in delaware filed papers indicating a plea agreement was reached. he s expected to agree to drug treatment and monitoring. the terms of the agreement are likely to keep him out ofjail. the white house said in a brief statement that president biden expressed support for his son hunter as he continues to rebuild his life. let s go straight to washington and to gary o donoghue his monitoring this developing story. tell us more details that are emerging? this this developing story. tell us more details that are emerging?- this developing story. tell us more details that are emerging? this is a sort of five investigation details that are emerging? this is a sort of five investigation that - details that are emerging? this is a sort of five investigation that is - sort of f
napping during the day could help preserve brain health. we will speak to scientists who have done that fascinating research. now we can go to the bbc sport centre. update on the final day of the first ashes test match between england and australia at edgbaston. play started after a lengthy rain delay. it has started. england have just taken the wicket of travis head for 16. australia started the day needed 174 more runs to chase down the target of 281. england took the wicket of scott boland. they have now lost travis head. he was out caught behind. you can keep up to date with that on the website. developing story, in france, french police searching the headquarters of the organisers of the paris 2024 olympic games, officials say the raid part of corruption investigations and the bbc understands the probes are in connection with the awarding of building contracts connected with the games. the organising committee said the body is committing fully with the investigation. ste