benedict xvi who he says, is very ill. and britain is on course to record its warmest year ever, after a summer of heatwaves, wildfires and drought. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. america has become the latest country to impose mandatory covid tests on chinese tourists, after beijing announced it would reopen its borders next week. it comes as china s covid cases surge. tighter measures have also been imposed by italy, japan, malaysia, taiwan and india. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. from the world s most populous nation, alarming scenes china s hospitals overwhelmed, covid infections soaring. the country s abrupt decision to dismantle much of its strict covid regime apparently yielding worrying results. wards full of desperately ill people. outside this hospital in chengdu, a queue for emergency services. government officials say the situation is under control. that s not what these pictures suggest. at this funeral home,
the vatican says benedict s condition has worsened in recent hours. and britain is on course to record its warmest year ever, after a summer of heatwaves, wildfires and drought. america has become the latest country to impose mandatory covid tests on chinese tourists, after beijing announced it would reopen its borders next week. it comes as china s covid cases surge. tighter measures have also been imposed by italy, japan, malaysia, taiwan and india. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. from the world s most populous nation, alarming scenes china s hospitals overwhelmed, covid infections soaring. the country s abrupt decision to dismantle much of its strict covid regime apparently yielding worrying results. wards full of desperately ill people. outside this hospital in chengdu, a queue for emergency services. government officials say the situation is under control. that s not what these pictures suggest. at this funeral home, one of the city s biggest, more evi
Damaging the fbis nonpartisan representation but what is less clear is the timing of his dismissal in midst of Trump Campaign staff. There was no advance notice, james comey the 56yearold fbi director was in los angeles when he reportedly learned he was fired wednesday afternoon from a tv screen as he spoke to fbi agents. President trumps letter was delivered later stating the attorney general and Deputy Attorney general had sent a memo quote recommending your dismissal. Mr. Trump said im accepting their recommendation and youre hereby terminated the. He said comey crossed the line by making inappropriate statements about the Hillary Clinton email investigation. The timing of the abrupt dismissal drew criticism from both sides of the aisle. The Administration Needs to answer the question why now. Were the investigations getting too close to home for the president. Prosecutors issued grand jury subpoenas to associates of michael flynn, the president s former National Security adviser. T
Abuse following protesters alleged brutality. And David Camerons tight rope walk as he holds discussions on how britain can stay in the European Union. The u. S. Has carried out air strikes in libya, targeting fighters aligned with isil. Libyan Officials Say at least 40 people have been killed in the attack west of the capitol tripoli. Lets go straight to our correspondent in washington, d. C. , rosiland jordan. Rosalind what more are you hearing about this strike . Well, the pentagon spokesman peter cooke has just released a statement confirming that there was an air strike against an isil Training Facility northwest or so of the capitol, tripoli. And he goes on to say, and im going to quote from his statement, destruction of the camp and removal of [ inaudible ] also known as sabir with eliminate an experienced facilitator, and is expected to have, quote, an Immediate Impact on isils ability to facilitate its activities in libya. And he goes on to say the u. S. Is committed to huntin
Dlorian to figure out what it was all about. We saw them go head to head for the title of Vice President in 2012. Now they could be on their way to fights of their own. First to house speak. Tracie potts is in washington. And tracie, he set out a set of conditions. He did. Paul ryan who is reluctantly going into this, said he thought about the consequences of not doing so. Saying the party really desperate for leadership. Hes willing to take the speaker job, which initially he said he wasnt if these conditions are met. Take a look. Ryan told the party they need to move from being Opposition Party to proposition party. He says they need to update rules so it is not so easy for groups within the Republican Party to get rid of the House Speaker if they dont like what hes doing. He said they need to unify behind him now asking for three groups to endorse him before and not after. And he insists he cant give up on family time. Three Young Children and doesnt want to compromise. So ryan agre