how the social media company rigid the covid debate with elon musk teasing there are more files to come. correspondent aishah hasnie joins us tonight. good evening, aishah. rich, good evening to you. in a relatively brief thread writer says both the trump and biden white house is, quote: directly pressed twitter to moderate covid content. you, however they saw fit and that the platform oftentimes complied. today s newly released twitter files focus on the pandemic. how the government tried to control the narrative. writer da david says the trump white house came looking for help from the tech companies to combat misinformation about runs on grocery stores. but there were runs on grocery stores. he also reveals twitter monitored the trump white house sharing an email exchange where twitter s former deputy general counsel jim baker asked why a tweet from then president trump telling people not to be afraid of covid was not violating their covid misinformation policy. twitte
a tenth person has been killed by an explosion at a block of flats injersey earlier this month kathleen mcginess was injured by the blast and died in hospital yesterday. boxing day sales begin in the uk but will the high streets be busy or will shoppers be cutting back as the cost of living crisis bites? hello and welcome to bbc news. a russian air base hundreds of kilometres from ukraine has come under attack for the second time in less than a month. the russian defence ministry says the engels base in the southern saratov region was targeted by ukrainian drones during the night. russia says it shot down the drones, but that three of its servicemen were killed by falling debris. the airfield is believed to house russian long range strategic bombers. there has been no comment from ukraine. the bbc s russia editor steve rosenberg says the last attack on the airbase, three weeks ago, led to calls for tighter security. this is deep inside russian territory. when the firs
of living crisis bites? the most successful female golfer of all time, kathy whitworth, has died at the age of 83. she won a record 88 ladies professional golf association titles. hello and welcome to bbc news. a russian air base hundreds of kilometres from ukraine has come under attack for the second time in less than a month. the russian defence ministry says the engels base in the southern saratov region was targeted by ukrainian drones during the night. russia says it shot down the drones, but that three of its servicemen were killed by falling debris. the base is host to long range russian strategic bombers, the type of which have launched numerous missiles strikes on ukraine. from moscow, our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. caught on cctv. an explosion at a russian airbase. russia says it shot down at ukrainian drone and three russian soldiers were killed. engels is deep inside russian territory. hundreds of miles from the ukrainian border. the base hosts long
done, cutting barrel production per day, what thatten moos for already surging gas prices and biden administration seeks for the green agenda, live with reaction and new numbers released by the fbi revealing the u.s. murder rate is continuing a grim climb. there are holes in the numbers that could paint a darker picture. stay tuned for expert analysis. and a famous duel saw kill a alexander hamilton? our chad pergram has the answer. first 60 cent spike in gas prices just this week and big cut in oil production could send costs higher. team coverage with jeff in los angeles, where gas prices are over $6 a gallon. we begin with white house corres correspondent kevin corke. good evening. kevin: got their hands full. good evening. sometimes headlines sound meaningful, but upon closer inspection, they mean little. administration pledge to release more in november in the wake of opec s decision to reduce production. 10 million more barrels, according to the white house. for a c
trump had staffed at his country club. we will have more on the special master ruling. florida s other senator is facing questions about campaign cash. it comes after a report from the new york times that the gop has blown through a record fundraising fund nearly two months before the midterms. and also ahead, a white house re-do for the white house and the obamas as the former president and first lady finally get their portraits unveiled. good morning, and welcome to way too early. on this thursday, september 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin with a key and fast approaching deadline for the justice department, following the fbi s search of former president donald trump s mar-a-lago home and club. the d.o.j. must decide by midnight tomorrow whether to accept judge eileen cannon s ruling that approved the request by trump s attorneys for a special master to review the documents seized from his florida estate last month. the ne