and recently, not some past generation or just the past few years, if you had been the chairman of the intelligence committee in the house of representatives again not a long time ago but recently, if you had been the attorney general of the united states recently, if you had had any of those jobs in the very recent past you d think that you d kind of be a hot ticket, right? you d think that you d hav you d be moving in impressive circles maybe not for the whole rest of your life, the sort of impactor of that highfalutin jo you had would wear off, but at least while you were in that impressive very high end government job you d think you can kind of write your own ticket and you think you d move in kind of rarefied air. you would think. alas, this week all of those people i just mentioned, literallyt the guy who was attorney general of the united states ando the guy who was pentagon chiefuy of staff and national security advisor and white house trade chief, all the rest of th
that s the stark warning of a new eu global report. twitter s former security chief says users personal data has been put at risk, along with us national security. the company denies the allegations. and nearly 10 million us viewers watch the game of thrones prequel, because of the dragon, become the most watched show in history. hello and welcome. the united states is expected to announce its largest single military aid package for ukraine later today, as the country marks its independence day, and the war there hits the six month mark. us officials said the new package, which is worth about $3 billion, is aimed at helping kyiv secure its long term defence. 0ur washington correspondent, chi chi izundu, has been telling us more about the military aid package. this is the largest military aid package the united states is offering the ukraine, and it s basically similar to other packages that they have handed over to the ukraine, but more importantly there s a slight differenc
it s a war that has left tens of thousands dead, and forced tens of millions of people to flee their homes. delays in getting government help with household energy bills desperately needed, especially by those who don t pay by direct direct. amid the drought, thames water brings in its hosepipe ban for millions of people in southern england. and hen harriers in the peak district have their most successful breeding season in more than a decade. and coming up on the bbc news channel, we ll have details of england s squad for their upcoming world cup qualifiers as the heroine of the women s euros final chloe kelly misses out through injury. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc s news at one. police have arrested a man who was the main target of the shooting in liverpool in which a young girl was killed. the 35 year old was injured when a gunman opened fire as he chased him into a house. inside the house was nine year old olivia pratt korbel, who later died in hospital of her
in the south of england. missing out on help to pay the bills. a bbc investigation finds three million households still haven t received their £150 energy rebate. i ll be looking at how you can get the cash you re owed. a night to remember for crawley town as the league two strugglers knock premier league fulham out of the carabao cup. good morning, a band of rain moving south and east, some of it quite heavy, eventually it will become confined to central parts of england and wales and on either side it will brighten up. all the details throughout the programme. it s wednesday the 24th or august. it s wednesday the 24th of august. our main story. police are continuing their hunt for the gunman who shot dead a nine year old girl in liverpool on monday night. olivia pratt korbel was killed as she stood behind her mother who was trying to stop the gunman from forcing his way into their house, in pursuit of another man. our reporter tomos morgan is at the scene. shocking details
more than three million households in england and wales were still waiting for their £150 energy rebate at the beginning of last month. europe is on course for its worst drought in at least 500 years. that s the stark warning from a new eu report. stranded for hours under the english channel. passengers tell of what happened after their eurotunnel service was evacuated. services are now back to normal. a former twitter executive turns whistleblower to testify that the firm misled users and regulators about gaps in its security. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. it has been six months since vladimir putin decided to wage a war on ukraine, on a scale not seen on this continent in half a century. the true cost of this war in human life is difficult to estimate. ukrainians claim around 9,000 soldier lives have been lost. it s estimated russia has lost around 80,000 troops during the invasion either killed, wounded, captured or deserted. meanwh