that you can allow 17 dead and 17 others shot and wounded and not give the death penalty, what do we have the death penalty for? in what do we have the death penalty for? penalty for? in tact and undamaged: penalty for? in tact and undamaged: a - penalty for? in tact and undamaged: a 1600 - penalty for? in tact and - undamaged: a 1600 -year-old undamaged: a 1600 year old mosaic depicting the trojan war is uncovered in syria. and the flying scotsman: the first steam engine to hit 100 miles an hour celebrates 100 years on the tracks. hello there and a very warm welcome to the programme. britain s chancellor is flying home early from the annual meeting in washington for crunch talks with the british prime minister and conservative mps. both he and liz truss have come under increasing pressure to make a u turn on the proposals laid out in the mini budget which kwasi kwarteng admitted caused turbulence in the financial markets. our economic editor sent us this report from wash
there s been turmoil in british markets since the government announced unfunded tax cuts three weeks. it s 4:30. good morning. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. last month, president biden told americans the covid pandemic was over. a striking statement, given that us covid deaths are still running at an average of close to 400 a day. the overall covid death toll in the states has topped 1 million. on many measures, america s pandemic performance has been relatively poor. my guest is the soon to retire chief medical adviser to president biden, dr anthony fauci, the scientist at the centre of america s covid storm. what lessons has he learned? dr anthony fauci in bethesda, maryland, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s good to be with you. it s great to have you on the show. now, let s start with that big statement by president biden. the pandemic is over, he declared. do you agree with that view? well, certainly, if you re talking about the
mounts on the government to reverse the unfunded tax cuts announced in his mini budget. jamaican musicians argue art merely reflects life as the regulator bans records that glorify violence, drug use and weapons. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the united states. a jury has sentenced a 24 year old man to life behind bars for carrying out one of the worst school mass shootings in the country s history. nikolas cruz murdered 17 people and injured 17 others in parkland, florida in 2018. families of the victims have reacted angrily as jurors rejected the death penalty. 0ur north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. what punishment does the murder of 17 people deserve? unlike most other mass shooters, nikolas cruz survived the massacre he created and lived to see a jury answer that question. the jurors have reached a verdict in this case. they rejected the death penalty, giving him life without parole. inside court, the families of the victims showed their di
voting to subpoena the former president in his role in the capitol insurrection. he must be accountable. he is required to answer for his actions, is required to answer to those police officers who put their lives and bodies on the line to defend our democracy. he is required to answer to those millions of americans whose votes he wanted to go throw out as part of his scheme to remain in power. so it is our obligation to seek donald trump s testimony. and then they voted unanimously to do just that. let s bring in margaret taylor, tim bellmont, and john miller. great to see you guys. margaret, that was quite a finale, where the each unanimously and buy voice voted that they are going to subpoena donald trump. for sure, it was a historic moment. it paves the way for the potential of that committee to make criminal referrals all the way up to the former president. liz cheney didn t say that s what they re gonna do but they certainly suggest that they were gonna make ce
historic inflation. the decision will likely produce ripple effects on your personal finances and the economy in the months to come. cnn s matthew gin et joins us. we ve been awaiting this decision, what has the fed said? 75 basis points, the fed just delivered another massive interest rate hike, designed to put this inflation fire out. that means higher borrowing costs. this is the fourth straight interest rate hikes. this is historic. we ve never seen drastic actions like this under janet yellen. we never saw this from ben bernanke, or even alan greenspan. you have to go back to the early 80s under paul volcker. i think this says how stubborn the inflation has been. the fed s statement, which is watched very closely, is basically identical to last month, except for one key part. the fed reiterated that ongoing interest rate hikes are likely to be appropriate, but they added that this is going to be the case in order to get policy restrictive enough to get inflation down