cnn has learned bryan kohberger, the suspect charged with murdering four university of idaho students, was with his father as he drove cross-country from washington state to pennsylvania before the holidays. police began tracking them at some point during the trip. the four students were stabbed to death in their beds in november. kohberger is charged with four counts of murder in the first degree as well as felony burglary. cnn s jean casarez is in pennsylvania. jean, what else are you learning? reporter: we re learning a little bit more about that trip and we do want to say there is nothing we have learned that his father knew anything about what was happening allegedly with his son in idaho. it s a long drive from idaho, washington, here to pennsylvania. so common sense would say that sometimes it s better to have two people. we do understand that his father flew to the west coast, met his son. it was because it was the holidays. the doctoral courses, school was out. he
president biden has warned russia that it will not get away with seizing its neighbour s land by force after vladimir putin announced the annexation of four occupied regions of ukraine. it s the biggest seizure of territory in europe since the second world war. in a signing ceremony at the kremlin, mr putin declared that donetsk, luhansk, zaporizhzhia and kherson are now part of russia. in response, ukraine has formally applied to join nato. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. vladimir vladimirovich putin. what he was about to do had sparked international condemnation, but vladimir putin didn t care. in the kremlin, he announced the annexation of 15% of ukrainian land. in the audience, kremlin appointed officials from those territories occupied by russia. translation: i want the kyiv authorities and their real- masters in the west to hear me, so that they remember this forever. people in luhansk and donetsk, kherson and zaporizhzhia are becoming our citizens forever. d
about the political direction of the government during what she described as a tumultuous time. well, that development means that liz truss has now lost two very senior members of her cabinet injust a now lost two very senior members of her cabinet in just a few days. following the sacking of kwasi kwarteng as her chancellor of the exchequer. what an extraordinary few daysin exchequer. what an extraordinary few days in prime minister s questions, in the commons a little bit early on. liz truss said she is a fighter and not a quitter, but she is under more pressure than ever now. and this is the scene, you can see it in downing street. we may be hearing from the new home secretary, grant shapps, he was a supporter of rishi sunak who lost the tory leadership to liz truss. it is interesting now that liz truss is bringing people from that wing of the party, the rishi sunak wing of the party, if you want to call it that into the top echelons of her government. let s talk to our po
without doubt the most dangerous lie that they have told is that i somehow boasted about the number of people that i killed in afghanistan. newcastle ease past leicester at st james park and book their place in the league cup semi finals. good morning. it is going to be a colder day to day than yesterday. although some of us are starting with some sunshine, already there are showers in the west. they will develop widely. some will be heavy and thundery, and it is going to be windy. details later in the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, 11th january. our main story. more than 20,000 ambulance workers in england and wales are on strike today, for a second time over pay. nhs providers, which represents hospital and ambulance trusts, said the pressure facing the health service meant it was in an even more precarious position than the previous strike three weeks ago. paramedics, call handlers and ambulance dispatchers are all taking part in today s industrial action. hea