lab in chiwuhan, china. and in east palestine, the new technique to track contaminated water from that city. and the growing concern to other cities taking in truckloads of contaminated soil. and an image in oklahoma, cnn is on the scene. welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. we start with the groundbreaking assertion with the u.s. energy department that the covid-19 pandemic likely began from a lab leak in wuhan, china. this all comes after the energy department updated its 2021 report with this claim, saying it made the new conclusion, based on new evidence coming to light. two sources telling cnn the department is issuing the report with, quote, low confidence. that s a term that doesn t mean that they don t believe their own conclusion. it means that the evidence as of now is only circumstantial. the new assertion reveals that the u.s. intelligence community is more divided than ever on how the pandemic began. four other agencies in the u.s. government said the outbr
spoken to after he criticised the government s immigration plans on social media. unacceptable. kyiv denies any involvement in reports that a pro ukrainian group was behind september s attack on the nord stream pipeline. i think that the investigation i official authorities will describe every detailed, because it s like - a complement for our special forces, but this is not our activity. a crime the two victims. how gangs forcing migrants carry out online scams worth hundreds of millions of dollars. police in pakistan used tear gas and water cannon to disperse supporters of the former prime minister and ron con ahead of a planned rally imran khan. princess lilibet diana was born injune in 2021 and christened on friday. hello. the british prime minister has been defending his government s new plan to stop migrants arriving illegally in the uk on small boats. rishi sunak told the house of commons that only the conservatives would stop the boats. but the labour leader
of excessive force. britain s government is accused of utter failure over its plans to stop migrant boats but the prime minister says they re the people s priority . and australia looks set to become the first country in the world to totally eliminate cervical cancer. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the former soviet republic of georgia, where large crowds have been protesting against new laws which critics say will limit freedoms. the biggest demonstrations were in the capital, tbilisi, where police used water cannons and tear gas to try to disperse the crowds. our correspondent rayhan demytrie is in tbilisi in the last hour, she sent us this report. every big moment in history has its iconic image this may be georgia s. on tuesday, thousands of protesters stood for europe and stood their ground against water cannons, tear gas and pepper spray. and they even fought back. 55 police officers were injured, but pro
believes the pandemic likely resulted from a laboratory leak in wuhan, china, peer that is according to classified intelligence recently provided to the white house and members of congress. the energy department now joins the fbi and the virus from a mishap from a chinese left you will say that it was dismissed by the media by debunked conspiracy theories. so, we will proceed, guy as jonathan turley points out for years the media and government allied to treat anyone raising lab theory is 1 of 3 possibilities. he writes, conspiracy theorist, racist or racist conspiracy theorist? he s absolutely right. guy: remember for a while it was racist you couldn t talk about how this virus originated at all from the perspective of these gatekeepers. and i just keep coming back to the term misinformation and conspiracy theory. this is use to disqualify points the media and others disagree with and over and over again, they are proven wrong. i m not saying there aren t things such
point you can find yourself banned from social media for even bringing up the possibility of a lab leak. and remember with dr. fauci quick to dismiss it. just weeks ago dr. anthony fauci rejected the conspiracy the coronavirus was made in wuhan, china. both scientists and intelligence committee agreed this coronavirus was not man-made. that is not a possibility. let s take a science look at what is available. it is more likely this came from an animal. you said the overwhelming amount of evidence. i believe most molecular biologist would disagree with you. speak with the lab leak has become a distraction for so many people because quite frankly we still don t know. there is no evidence to say. before the white house downplaying the report because nothing is conclusive and affecting dr. fauci. there is not a consensus right now in the u.s. government about how covid started. there is no peer of the president believes it is really important we continue that work and tha