Devon archer describes in great detail what he calls the biden brand and how it was used. Details on those 20 plus phone calls, Speaker Phone Calls now. President biden was on speakerphone four. And in the interview, republican congressman andy biggs asked archer, when you say biden family, you are talking about joe biden . Archer responds, yeah, that is fair to say. I dont think about it joe directly but that is fair. That routes the most value to the brand. Hunter biden used his data as defensive leverage for foreign Business Partners pure democratic santa missed the sayg he was talking about the weathes key, archer says they were to talk about the weather. And that was signaling them to be powerful. Goldman then asked, this was about to protecting the allusion to access to his father, is that right . Archer says, that is correct. I understand the democrats have to play defense and pretend they dont understand it. But to any normal person, this story is not complicated. You had a guy
of bakhmut over to russian forces. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. here in the uk new figures show net migration hit a record high in 2022. net migration is the difference between the number of people coming to live in the uk and the number leaving. it rose to 606,000 last year, driven by people from non eu countries arriving for work and study, after the pandemic. that s up from 488,000 in 2021. the figure includes people coming to the uk under resettlement schemes from both ukraine because of the war and hong kong, after a political crackdown in the former british territory. joining me live to discuss the issue is peter walsh senior researcher at the oxford university migration 0bservatory. also the bbc s mayeni jones who is in lagos in nigeria and our correspondent in hong kong martin yip. first, let s go to peter, thank you for coming on the programme. what do you make of these n
is your summer holiday in jeopardy? as passport workers prepare to strike, unions say it could affect a million applications. and. england are. man. confidence and spirits are high as ireland seek to do coming as ireland seek to do up in the sport later in the hour coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel. the iris strike gold on st. patrick s day on the final date of the festival! good evening. the international criminal court has issued an arrest warrant for russia s leader vladimir putin, for war crimes. the court says there are grounds to believe that president putin is personally responsible for the deportation of thousands of children from ukraine to russia, since last year s invasion. it s the first time the icc has ordered the arrest of a prominent political leader still in office. moscow dismissed the announcement as outrageous, saying it doesn t recognise the jurisdiction of the court. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports from
in the pacific as he reasoned with lawmakers for billions in more funding for their budget. one of his driving forces and concerns could prevent china from invading taiwan. we must act with a greater sense of urgency. we don t have the luxury of t time. we must act now to preserve this free and open indo pacific. reporter: he put it plainly there is more to do when it comes to china especially as we learn more about china s plans from recently leaked classified documents. the supersonic spy drone is not only credibly fast but it operates at high altitudes. it would help turn up with mapping and strategy planning and possibly future strikes. at the same time, u.s. treasury secretary janet yellen voiced her concerns when it comes to china. the john hopkins school of advanced international studies, she made it clear national security and defending human rights are the chief objectives even if it comes at an economic cost. she also said the biden administration is now conside
hasn t got a shred of integrity. mr speaker, isn t this the first recorded case of the sinking ships fleeing the rat? this lunchtime, more conservative mps are signalling their unhappiness about the prime minister s leadership. what do voters think? i think lie after lie after lie. yeah, he s lost the confidence, so he s got to go, unfortunately. i d like to see boris carry on. i think he s done a decentjob. i know he s had a bit of problems. nadhim zahawi arrives at the treasury, replacing rishi sunak as chancellor. with inflation at a ito year high, we ll assess the challenges in his in tray. we ll have all the very latest from here in westminster. our other stories on the programme. dozens of arrests are made in an international police operation, targeting a people smuggling gang thought to have brought 10,000 migrants across the channel. it s kick off tonight for the women s european football championship. england is the host, and among the favourites to win. here at wimb