president xi of china he controls 1.4 billion people ruthlessly, ruthlessly, no games, right? they said is president xi of china a brilliant man? i said, yes, he is. he s a brilliant man. the next day, trump says president xi is brilliant. yeah, i did. they want me to say, no, he s not a very smart guy, he just runs 1.4 billion people with an iron fist. that s crazy. that s donald trump s latest praise of a dictator. trump spent the weekend in iowa giving a series of outrageous speeches where he made fun of an american war hero, downplayed the january 6th insurrection, and demanded the release of his supporters who attacked the capitol. meanwhile in washington, senate and house leaders have a deal on a spending bill, but it essentially has the same terms of an agreement that led to the removal of former speaker kevin mccarthy, fueling speculation on whether congress, now that the top line s in place, will be able to avert a partial government shutdown in less than two wee
our special breaking news coverage on msnbc as donald j trump is likely facing his most serious legal challenge yet. today, we learned much more about the very serious federal criminal charges in involving his handling of top secret u.s. documents. today, special counsel jack smith released an indictment laying out the evidence against trump. nbc s laura jarrett has the details. new details on the stubborn move up the speed of a former president, also the leading republican challenger to president biden. special counsel jack smith alleging mr. trump mishandled classified documents after leaving office, and obstruction efforts to retrieve them in the state of florida. we have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone. smith laying out 37 criminal counts against the former president, including charges under the espionage act accusing him of improperly retaining national defense information. the indictment says among the classified documents kept in box
contest this year. i love the song but to be honest i contest this year. i love the song but to be honest i was contest this year. i love the song but to be honest i was not - contest this year. i love the song but to be honest i was not sure l but to be honest i was not sure about the big fingernails! they were about the big fingernails! they were a bit scary in the semifinal last night! you mean herfingernails! we thought we would try a couple of others and we have done a circuit of the newsroom and a couple of people said celine dion took part in eurovision, really? buti said celine dion took part in eurovision, really? but i bet you knew that and you know the track. absolutely! she was a winner for switzerland in 1988. a real eurovision banger! absolutely! and the final one and one that does not come to mind for me but someone in the newsroom suggested this from 1989. riva. yes, that was yugoslavia. rock me baby. yes, that was yugoslavia. rock me bab . ~ ., yes, that
breezes coming off the north sea, so for eastern england, cloudy with some showers around on friday, the best of the sunshine further west, where we will see highest temperatures of around 19 degrees. with that cool breeze off the north sea, only 13 14. with that cool breeze off the north sea, only 13 14 . with high pressure building on for the start of the weekend, it looks quite promising. it is not going to last, though, more showers are set to return by sunday. and that s bbc news at six. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. hello and welcome to sportsday this wednesday night i m chetan pathak coming up on the programme. in milan two giants of italian football prepare for a showdown in the champions league with manchester city or real madrid awaiting in the
in ukraine a russian solider pleads guilty to killing an unarmed civilian in the first war crimes trial of the conflict. we have a special report on the taliban s vice and virtue enforcers who have returned to the streets of cable. tonight with the context, former conservative ministerjustine greening and democratic strategist mary ann marsh. hello. welcome to the programme. inflation has hit a ao year high. figures out today showed the rate at which prices are rising jumped 9% in the 12 months to april, up from 7% in march. that is driven by the cost of household energy that rose on average £700 last month. and for millions of people wages are not keeping up. the average pay rise excluding bonuses in the three months to march was 4.2%, which meant given the rate of inflation british workers suffered a fifth consecutive cut to real term wages. the inflationary problems are not unique to the uk, farfrom it, but uk now has the highest rate of inflation of any g7 country an