what the hell is the matter with us? i m not joking. think about it. what are we doing? president joe biden gives a fiery and impassioned speech in pennsylvania, vowing to ban assault-style weapons while calling out republicans for criticism of fbi following the search of mar-a-lago. we ll have much more of the president s remarks just ahead. meanwhile, there are several new developments in the justice department s investigation into the former president, including this picture from the doj, showing some of the documents seized. we ll walk you through everything that s happened overnight. also ahead, qanon and dangerous conspiracy theories. that s how donald trump spent his time yesterday on his fledgling social media platform. we ll explain how it is part of a growing trend for the former president. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 31st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we ll begin with that breaking news overnigh
developed evidence that government records likely were concealed and removed from the storage room and that efforts were likely taken to obstruct the government s investigation. it goes on to state three classified documents that were not located in boxes, but rather were located in the desks in the 45 office were also sealed, end quote. the doj also included a picture of the documents seized during the fbi s search of the former president s florida estate, several of which clearly are marked top secret. in all, the filing says more than 100 unique classified documents were seized. some of the documents were so sensitive, fbi agents and doj attorneys needed additional security clearance just to review them. the doj filing reveals the fbi recovered twice as many classified documents than were returned by the trump team, casting doubt over their claim that there had been a diligent search following the grand jury subpoena in may. joining us is peter baker and ryan riley. ryan
now a seniorfigure in the national resistance front, amrullah saleh. is internal resistance viable when afghans are starving? theme music plays amrullah saleh, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it is a year, mr saleh, since the taliban swept into kabul and toppled the government of which you were a part. would you acknowledge that this past year has been a year of failure from your point of view? for the taliban, it has been not only a year of failure but it has exposed their real intentions and face to the afghan people. they have brought disaster, starvation, displacement and they have basically pushed women into shadows. and all those people who were architect of the handover of afghanistan to the taliban, justifying that they have changed, are responsible for this catastrophe. you have chosen, in that answer, to focus on what you call the taliban s failings. i was actually thinking more about your own situation, because when you were forced to flee from kabul, you took to y
on suspicion of murder. and philippine president ferdinand marcosjunior embarks on his first overseas trip since taking office at the end ofjune. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s 6:00am in the morning in singapore, and 11:00pm in the evening in the uk where in less than 2a hours the conservative party will announce who will replace borisjohnson and become the new british prime minister. whoever wins will face a number of challenges chief amongst them soaring energy prices. the frontrunner, liz truss, has promised she ll set out immediate action on energy bills if she s elected. meanwhile contender rishi sunak says he s got a clear plan to help people struggling with bills, including support to insulate their homes. 0ur political editor chris mason has this report. behind millions of doors right now, anxiety about spiraling bills. and behind this door by tuesday afternoon, a new prime minister. is it in the bag now? liz truss
from soaring energy prices. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s 7am in the morning in singapore, and 5pm in the afternoon in saskatchewan in canada where police are searching for two suspects thought to have stabbed ten people to death. at least another 15 were wounded. the royal canadian mounted police say they are investigating 13 possible crime scenes. i m joined now byjason kerr who is the editor of the prince albert daily herald in saskatchewan. he saskatchewan. has been following this story he has been following this story from the start when the news came through just a short while ago. great to get you on the programme. give us a sense of what we know so far.- of what we know so far. people are dead- of what we know so far. people are dead. we of what we know so far. people are dead. we are of what we know so far. people are dead. we are also - of what we know so far. people l are dead. we are also concerned about 1