have been calling on president biden to take action may finally get their wish. but for some, this executive action won t go nearly far enough. we ll explain. plus, vladimir putin takes his first foreign trip since the invasion of ukraine as the russian president looks for an ally in a nation also isolated from the west. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, july 20th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for joining us. the secret service is now saying text messages that may have been able to corroborate some of the events of january 6th are likely gone forever. after being issued a subpoena by the house select committee investigating the attack, the agency had enough yesterday to turn over its records from january 5th and 6th of 2021 that it said had been accidentally erased. but after initially being hopeful that the data could be recovered, committee member stephanie murphy revealed otherwise on msnbc last night. we received a letter today that di
more than 5,000 athletes from 72 nations and territories will compete over the next 11 days. and the return of the tiger, why nepal kept its promise to double numbers in the last decade. it s 8am in singapore, and eight in the evening in washington, where presidentjoe biden has spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. taiwan emerged once again as a key point of tension between the two leaders, this time sparked by a possible visit there by the us house speaker, nancy pelosi. although the visit hasn t yet been confirmed, mr biden told xijinping, that washington strongly opposed any unilateral moves that would change the island s status, or undermine stability across the taiwan straits. president xi said: those who play with fire will only get burnt. joe biden responded to that with on taiwan the us policy has not changed. so where does that leave diplomatic relations? well, with an assessment of that phone call, here s the bbc s barba
we will prepare all the options, ready for the incoming prime minister on the 5th of september to hit the ground running. liz truss and rishi sunak answer questions at a tory leadership hustings in northern ireland as they vie for votes to become the next party leader and prime minister. more than 4,000 people given contaminated blood in the 70s and 80s will receive compensation of £100,000 each but campaigners say many grieving families have been ignored. horrific and shocking police describe how 87 year old thomas 0 halloran rode 75 feet on his mobility scooter in west london after being stabbed in what officers say was an unprovoked attack. voters in a republican primary in the us state of wyoming oust trump critic, congresswoman liz cheney, in favour of a candidate backed by the former president. good afternoon. an increase in food and drink prices has pushed inflation to double digits as the cost of living crisis intensifies. the office for national statistics says
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