language in the report about my recollection of the events, it is even referenced that i don t remember when my son died. how in the hell dare he raise that? frankly when i was asked the question, it wasn t any of their damn business. let me tell you something. since the day he died, every single day. every memorial day, we hold a service remembering him, attended by friends and family and the people who loved him. i don t need anyone, i don t need anyone to remind me when he passed away. the simple truth is, i sat for five hours, passed away. the simple truth is, i sat forfive hours, two days of events, going back years. at the same time i was handling an international crisis. their task was to make a decision about whether the charges in this case. that is their decision to make. that is hisjob. they decided not their decision to make. that is his job. they decided not to move forward. for any extraneous commentary, they don t know what they are talking about. it has no pla
thank you for being with us. president biden s memory has been called into question after an investigation by a us prosecutor in to how he handled classified documents after serving as vice president in 2017. the report found that mr biden had willfully retained and disclosed material but said he will not face criminial charges. the report says it would be difficult to convict him as he comes across as an elderly man with a poor memory . our north america correspondent john sudworth is in washington. in legal terms at least, this is a vindication for president biden. the report by a former trumpjustice department official finds there is insufficient grounds to charge him for his mishandling of classified documents after leaving the vice presidency under president obama. and it says that unlock president donald trump s alleged behaviour in a similar classified documents case, president biden has cooperated in full and in his reaction today, the president seemed to suggest t
things might get complicated. he won t necessarily sing the army s tune, because in a sense he will think, well, look, the army have turned to me because there was no one else to turn to . you know, imran khan is ruled out of contention and the other candidates are regarded as too young and inexperienced. these elections have been described by some as the least credible in pakistan s history. phone and internet services were cut for much of the day. results are being counted slowly. whoever wins will have huge challenges running pakistan, but they will not be governing on their own. you can keep up with the results on the bbc news website. next, newsnight has been reporting on concerns from within university hospitals sussex nhs foundation trust for months. and today, the trust s board met, after a report from the royal college of surgeons warned of a culture of fear when it came to the executive leadership team . joe s back and has led our coverage of the sussex trust. joe
our top story this hour the us says there will be more attacks against houthi forces in yemen after overnight american and uk airstrikes, which hit more than thirty positions. the houthis, who are backed by iran, have been targetting vessels in the red sea since november they say this is in support of the palestinians in gaza. they are one of several militias in the middle east with iranian backing. the us targeted others in syria and iraq earlier this weekend and there have been funerals today in iraq s capital baghdad after 17 people were killed. our international editorjeremy bowen considers whether there is any chance of a cessation of the conflict at the heart of all this between israel and hamas in gaza. rfjust took off rf just took off from cyprus for the long flight to hit houthi targets in yemen. other western allies also affected by who the attacks on shipping decided not tojoin affected by who the attacks on shipping decided not to join the american air str
it s 6am here in singapore and also in taiwan, where a retired military commander has told the bbc the island would be unable resist the use of force by an increasingly assertive china. it follows a warning by the us secretary of state anthony blinken that beijing is pursuing unification on a much faster timeline than previously thought. our correspondent rupert wingfield hayes has been to front line taiwanese island ofjinmen, just a few kilometres off the chinese coast, to assess the growing threat. the island ofjinmen is so close to china, they used to blast anti communist propaganda from these giant speakers to people living on the chinese coast. it all looks peaceful today, a tourist curiosity. but twice in the last 70 years, china has tried to cross these narrow straits. the island is still a fortress covered in tunnels, bunkers and lookouts. so the main island of taiwan is 150 kilometres away across the taiwan strait, but this is the realfront line between taiwan and ma