uncover the origins of the trump-russia collusion probe on may 13th, 2019. here we are two years and four days later his final report is released. it s 30 # pages. bret, he calls some of the findings in his report sobering. let s take everyone back right now to 2016, 2017, when donald trump was running for then elected president. the investigation theme in the report durham says the fbi rushed an investigation code named crossfire hurricane without the proper legal basis he says quote at the direction of fbi deputy director andrew mccabe, deputy assistant director for counterintelligence peter strzok opened crossfire hurricane immediately. strzok at a minimum had pronounced hostile feelings toward trump. he continued the fbi s failure to critically analyze information that ran counter to the narrative of a trump-russia collusive relationship exhibited throughout crossfire hurricane is extremely troublesome. durham s narrative expected. believing the 2016 democrat nominee s ca
uk port authorities apologise and say there ll be a review of plans ahead of the easter weekend. hello and welcome. i m ben thompson. we begin in eastern ukraine, where russia s mercenary wagner group claims it s in control of the fiercely contested town of bakhmut. the head of the group unfurled a russian flag at bakhmut s city hall and declared this. translation: this is the private military company s translation: this is the private military company s flag, - translation: this is the private military company s flag, in - translation: this is the private military company s flag, in the i military company s flag, in the legal sense, military company s flag, in the legalsense, it military company s flag, in the legal sense, it is ours. it remains. the commanders who captured the building in the district will carry on and put these flags up. that s a claim disputed by kyiv, which says its forces still hold the town. the wagner chief also paid tribute to the leading russian m
australia s prime minister leads tributes to one of the country s most influential aboriginal leaders, yunu pingu, who has died at the age of 7a. hello and welcome. the killing of the russian military blogger is being investigated as a high profile murder , authorities have said. the blogger vladlen tatarsky was a vocal supporter of russia s war in ukraine. he was killed in an explosion at a cafe in saint petersburg. it was not immediately clear who was responsible for the attack. in the last hour, russia has detained a woman named darya trepova in connection to the killing. our correspondent will vernon in moscow has more. i m just seeing a short statement that has coming from the russian investigative committee, which is russia s version of the fbi who have been investigating the blasts last night in st petersburg. a short statement saying that in connection with the explosion in the cafe in st petersburg, employees of the. i m just translating this, sorry. employees of t
durham s narrative expected. believing the 2016 democrat nominee s campaign received preferential treatment. he wrote the speed and manner in which the fbi opened and investigated crossfire hurricane during the presidential election season based on raw, unanalyzed and uncorroborated intelligence also reflected a noticeable departure from how it approached prior matters involving possible attempted foreign election interference plans aimed at the clinton campaign. durham took two cases to trial. he lost them both. but a former fbi attorney did plead guilty to one minor charge. now, durham s critics, bret, have said he and bill barr, the trump attorney general who appointed him were the ones with a politically driven agenda citing a separate 2019 internal doj report concluding the investigation was, quote, justified. the fbi responding today to the report the conduct in 2016 and 2017 that special counsel durham examined was treason.
will not be the last. and there are some that are questioning why we start with this kind of minor charge, but it is something that is going to continue to roll and roll between now and the elections in 2024. and trump will not be far from the headlines, so today, the next 48 hours will be an interesting and historical moment. but there will be plenty of those between now and the election in 2024. election in 2024. yes, absolutely. we are grateful election in 2024. yes, absolutely. we are grateful for election in 2024. yes, absolutely. we are grateful for your election in 2024. yes, absolutely. we are grateful for your insight. l we are grateful for your insight. thanks are being with us, a professor of politics at the university of manchester. as you would expect, we will have so much more on this story. we will be live in new york, so stay with us here on bbc news. in the uk, severe delays at the border in dover at the weekend when coaches full