rights if democrats keep control of congress in november. and with your support, i will sign a law codifying roe in january. together, let s remember who we are, we are the united states of america, and there s nothing beyond our capacity. fears for the safety of an iranian athlete who took part in a climbing competition without a hijab. and as the bbc celebrates its 100th anniversary, we look ahead at the challenges it faces. hello and welcome to the programe. in taiwan, a retired military commander has told the bbc the island would be unable resist the use of force by an increasingly assertive china. it follows a warning by the us secretary of state anthony blinken that beijing is pursuing unification on a much faster timeline than previously thought. our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has been to front line taiwanese island ofjinmen, a few kilometres off the chinese coast, to assess the growing threat. tannoy the island ofjinmen is so close to china, they used to bla
and of course, the search and rescue operations are underway. first responders, they have been mobilized. emergency crewd ems doinge tr everything they can to rescuent those that are trappedinue as residents. now continue to suffer under the devastating storm surgesurg from naples to sarasota, forts o myers, beyond the storm is now barreling towards the coast of b south carolina. dsit looks to be headed straight towards charleston, will have full coverage throughout the night tonight. but first, as we have shown you on this program night after night, your presiden aftert, its the president of the united states of america, joe biden,tae is not weln is il. he is weak, is frail, frankly decrepit. is deteriorating cognitively p at a pretty rapired pacetty . and he s not fit to be the commander in chief yesterday. whankly,mmander- may have been joe biden s lowest moment yet,ic which is kind of saying a lot during a white house event on combating hunger, which honored the late indi
american billionaire to take control of an influential social media platform. should we care? we will also hear from journalists with the bbc s africa eye investigations team about how open source journalism allowed them to uncover the truth behind tragedy on the moroccan spanish border. ben strick is one of the investigative journalists behind the story. out of interest, as we are talking about twitter, how important is it as a tool for your reporting? for many of us twitter is a lifeline. not only is it a way to share findings but there are a couple of reasons, first of all, collaboration. i never would have met some of the people i have worked with had it not been for twitter. second, it is a world of sources at our fingertips so we are able to contact those that we would not be able to actually reach. and third, it s a way for us to actually speak to people on the ground and it is one of those crucial platforms for that which, as we have seen with this investigation, we w
donetsk region of ukraine who sentenced two british volunteer fighters to death is reportedly shot and badly injured in what appears to have been an assassination attempt. now on bbc news. the media show. a warning this programme contains flashing images. hello. today we re asking whether it matters that the world s richest man now owns twitter. elon musk is the latest american billionaire to take control of an influential social media platform. should we care? and we ll also hear from journalists with the bbc s africa eye investigations team about how open source journalism allowed them to uncover the truth behind tragedy on the moroccan spanish border. ben strick is one of the investigative journalists behind the story. ben, out of interest as we re talking about twitter, how important is it as a tool for your reporting? for many of us, twitter is really a lifeline. you know, not only is it a way to share findings, but i think there s there s a couple of reasons. first of a
casual warning about a looming a nuclear holocaust. now, last night during a closed door fundraiserr top with other top democrats, biden claimed that this is the firstdi time we have, quote, faced since kennedy and the cuban missile crisis. and thenow, because, accordingo joe , vladimir putin is notvladm irjoking when he talks about the use of nuclear weapons orwen biological weapons or chemical weapons. now, apparently, there is nothing joe going to dot it about it, but he did do this. the administration, they are buying three hundred million dollars worth of anti radiatio$n and drugs. well, that s r not reassuring. that s joe s big plan in the event that putin usesr weap? nuclear weapons. that s it. no one in the white house has articulated a strategy to deter vladimir putin or work on any diplomatic solution. now, the war in ukraine has no end in sight. and now it appears that joe biden is only bracing fort e the worst. get ready. i guess it s line up. get your radiation