This hearing of the National Security subcommittee will now come to order. I want to welcome everyone to todays hybrid hearing. Pursuant to the house rules, some members will appear in person and others will appear remotely via webex. Since some members are appearing in person, let me remind theyone that pursuant to latest guidelines from the house attending physician office, all individuals must wear a face mask. Members who choose not to wear a face mask will not be recognized. That me make a few reminders for those members appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they are speaking in active speaker mode. A timer is visible in the room directly in front of you. For members appearing remotely, i know you are all familiar with webex by now, but let me remind everyone of a few points. You will be able to see each other speaking, in person or remote, as long as you have webex set to active speaker view. If you hav
killed by the taliban. that s according to us officials. 70 civilians and 13 american troops were killed when a bomber detonated his device among packed crowds as people tried to flee afghanistan, in august 2021. the officials did not reveal the name of the man, who was the leader of an islamic state cell. they said the leader died weeks ago, but it took time to confirm his death. us officials say intelligence gathering and monitoring of the region led them to conclude the leader had died, though they did not provide further details on how they learned that he was responsible for the bombing. the us began notifying families of the deceased troops about the death of the is leader on monday. live now to sethjones, senior vice president of the center for strategic and international studies. it to see you. what we know about what happened and who this leader of this is cell is? what us officials have talked about is that the taliban killed the leader of the islamic state cell tha
evacuations, now the evacuation of foreign nationals has been a priority. of foreign nationals has been a riori . , . , of foreign nationals has been a riori , ., , ., priority. this was earlier when eo - le priority. this was earlier when peeple from priority. this was earlier when people from saudi priority. this was earlier when people from saudi arabia, - priority. this was earlier when i people from saudi arabia, egypt and india were shipped out from and india were shipped out from a nearby port. earlier attempts to get people out were put on hold with one of the most intense days of fighting since violence broke out in the country one week ago. this was the capital khartoum, gunfire and explosions were heard across the city. a reminder now of what has been taking place in sudan, the army general is fighting the leader of a paramilitary group the f led by mohammed hamdan dagalo. they had in sharing power, now though they disagree on how sudan should be in governmen
our legal panel is here to weigh in. and it made her admission from the cdc school students beheaded back, masks up again. will there be more push back against mandates? our bream panel debates. advances in dna technology may have helped solve the 40-year-old murder mr. other than-teenage girl in northern california last seen walking to a bus stop with her boyfriend. later found stabbed dozens of times. we begins and it with mar-a-lago at the aftermath of last week s raid continues to reverberate and things should get really interested in for the court rooms. correspondent matt finn tracking the latest developer tonight. good evening. because good evening, shannon. there is a lot of anticipation for this in person hearing on thursday and a federal judge will hear arguments on whether to unsealed the affidavit and other materials used to green light that search warrant of former president trump s mar-a-lago home. on wednesday, earlier wednesday, former president trump s vice
have a windfall tax on the oil and gas companies. the taliban are celebrating the first anniversary of their return to power in afghanistan but not everybody is cheering, especially women and girls. here as flash floods hit cornwall, the text alerts that will give you a direct warning about severe weather and other life threatening events. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the uk has become the first country to approve what its manufacturers are calling a next generation covid vaccine. the uk s medicines regulator has approved a new version of moderna s coronavirus vaccine the first to target both the omicron variant as well as the original strain of the virus. ministers say the vaccine will now form part of the autumn booster campaign. our medical editor fergus walsh is here with more details. this is the start of a new era of covid vaccines. until now, they ve all been designed against the original form of the virus which emerged in wuhan in china at the end 2019. t