mayor on new year s day. benjamin: president biden signs the new nearly $770 billion defense bill that neither he nor the military are fully satisfied with. tray with all the details. reporter: yesterday president biden signed a $760 billion defense bill but the plan doesn t include money to move detainees from guantánamo bay. in a statement the president said the bill constrains the flexibility of the executive branch and should illuminate restrictions about transferring those at gitmo and a provision that will require reports on how much american misery equipment was deployed when us forces left afghanistan. breaking the sound further the bill put into place a 2.7% pay increase for troops in the national defense authorization act that will remove 50,000 soldiers from receiving cost-of-living allowance from the pentagon.
tested for coronavirus. the missouri attorney general s office says it s seeking a judicial review and that the federal agency in charge of the plan doesn t have the authority to issue it. the biden administration has said all companies with 100 staff or more will have to comply with the rule from january or risk big fines. staying in the us, and the trial of three men accused of murdering a black man while he was outjogging has begun in the us state of georgia. the death in february last year of 25 year old ahmaud arbery sparked protests across the us. further controversy has followed after a nearly all white jury was selected for the trial, in which the defendants have pleaded not guilty. our north america correspondent aleem maqbool is in brunswick, georgia, and sent this report. as the trial opened, video of ahmaud arbery s final moments was played.
had apparently fallen from an upper floor. it quoted the russian embassy as saying the incident was a tragic accident. a memorial service has been held at washington s national cathedral for the late colin powell, who died last month. president biden was among those attending. powell was the first black us secretary of state, a retired army general and a former national security adviser. he died at the age of 84 due to complications from covid i9. ii us states are suing the biden administration over its plans to get workers vaccinated or regularly tested for coronavirus. the missouri attorney generals office says it s seeking a judicial review and that the federal agency in charge of the plan doesn t have the authority to issue it. the biden administration has said all companies with 100 staff or more will have to comply with the rule from january or risk big fines. let s look more closely at one aspect of climate change. researchers say the carbon
in october outside the country s embassy in berlin. his body has been returned to russia. foreign ministry officials declined to be drawn on a german press report that the diplomat was suspected of being an undercover agent for russia s fsb security service. der spiegel said the man had apparently fallen from an upper floor. it quoted the russian embassy as saying the incident was a tragic accident. 11 us states are suing the biden administration over its plans to get workers vaccinated or regularly tested for coronavirus. the missouri attorney general s office says it s seeking a judicial review and that the federal agency in charge of the plan doesn t have the authority to issue it. the biden administration has said all companies with 100 staff or more will have to comply with the rule from january or risk big fines. scientists in chile have unveiled dozens of fossils that they ve found in the country s atacama desert. the bones come from various animals that lived millions of years
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