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job vacancies in the uk fall for the eighth time in a row, according to latest figures published ahead of wednesday s budget whether government is expected to encourage more people back to work. a state of emergency s been declared in malawi, after tropical storm freddy struck the country for a second time, killing nearly 100 people. hello and welcome to bbc news. the leaders of the us, britain and australia, meeting in california, have unveiled details of their plan to create a new fleet of nuclear powered submarines, aimed at countering china s influence in the indo pacific region. under the aukus pact australia is to get its first nuclear powered subs at least three from the us. beijing has strongly criticised the significant naval deal. our political editor, chris mason, has more from san diego. military band plays. a packed and democracies coming together to tackle a new and growing adversary, china. , . . . china. australia and the united kinudom china. australia
welcome to the programme. one of donald trump s fiercest critics in his own republican party has been forced out of her seat. liz cheney has lost her right to run as the republican candidate for the congressional elections in november, losing the primary to the trump backed candidate, harriet hagerman. but while ms cheney lost her seat, she arguably gained something else. she is now the face of the trump opposition, more so than any democrat. and in her concession speech, ms cheney made it very clear about why she lost. two years ago, i won this primary with 73% of the vote. i could easily have done the same again. the path was clear. but it would have required that i go along with president trump s lie about the 2020 election. it would ve required that i enable his ongoing efforts to unravel our democratic system and attack the foundations of our republic. that was a path i could not and would not take. i have said since january 6th that i will do whatever it takes to ensure
People elected joe biden president. Or, you know, they can all elect Hakeem Jeffries to be speaker of the house, he got 216 votes there. Claire mccaskill, thank you as always for your wisdom and thoughts tonight. I appreciate it, my friend. You bet, alex. That is our show for tonight, now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening,. Lawrence. Good evening, alex. I think Hakeem Jeffries may be on his way for setting the record for getting the most votes for speaker, more than anyone else who hasnt been elected speaker. Its unbelievable to see those vote totals when Hakeem Jeffries is the leader on the board. Shocking. Its a sign of the times, lawrence. Well see what the board says tomorrow. Thanks, alex. Have a good show. Thank you. Air force one was wheels up at Andrews Air Force base at 5 52 pm. President biden is now four hours into the ten hour flight to israel, where Air Force One is expected to land about about 11 am local time in israel. A little over an hour
Who hasnt been elected speaker. Its unbelievable to see those vote totals when Hakeem Jeffries is the leader on the board. Shocking. And its side of the time, lawrence. Well see what the board says tomorrow. Thanks, alex. Have a good show. Thank you. Air force one was wheels up at Andrews Air Force base at 5 52 pm. President biden is now four hours into the ten hour flight to israel, where Air Force One is expected to land about about 11 am local time in israel. A little over an hour into the flight, at 709 pm, the white house issued this statement from President Biden on Air Force One. I am outraged and deeply saddened by the explosion at the al ahili Arab Hospital in gaza. And the terrible loss of life that resulted. And immediately upon hearing this news, i okwith King Abdullah of jordan, and Prime Minister netanyahu of israel, and have directed by National Security team to continue gathering information about what exactly happened. The United States stands on equivocally for the pr