ukraine and israel. republicans are blocking the bill until they get concessions on border security and immigration. we will get the latest from the hill, plus 2023 was the hottest year in 125,000 years. it seems like a good time to convene a nearly 200 world leaders and thousands of representatives of global industry to work on climate change. i am going to be joined by the legendary bill mckibben to talk about what actually gotten at this year s massive u.n. climate conference. another hour of velshi begins now. ence another hour of velshi begin now. reporter: good, morning it s not a december 17th. i m ali velshi. we are now less than one month away from the start of the 2024 primary season, which kicks off on january 15th. with the first-in-the-nation gop caucuses in iowa. january is going to be a busy month, in addition to iowa, new hampshire will also hold its primary, plus there are three republican debates currently scheduled to take place during the month, and on t
and more than 60 years after its first flight, the uk s last airworthy vulcan is looking for a new home. hello and welcome to bbc news. we ll start in somalia, where security forces say they re searching a hotel in the capital mogadishu for explosives after ending a 30 hour siege by islamist militants. at least 13 people died at the hayat hotel during the attack, but officials warn that number could rise further. al shabab militants stormed the hayat hotel on friday. emily brown reports. gunfire. the crackle of gunshots penetrating the mogadishu air. a crumbling hayat hotel in the somali capital under attack after it was stormed by an islamist militant group on friday night. al shabab attackers detonated at least two bombs outside the hotel before making their way in. the deadly siege lasted for 30 hours. the hotel is known for being popular with journalists and politicians. gunmen held hostages inside. some were rescued. many needing hospital treatment. al shabab is the main
is looking for a new home. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. watching in the uk the daughter of one of president putin s close allies, aleksandr dugina, has been killed in a bomb attack. russian media says darya dugina died after her car exploded near moscow. there s been no comment from the authorities. it s thought that her father who s often called putin s brain could have been the intended target of the attack. the pair were reportedly set to travel back from an event in the same car. aleksandr dugina is a prominent ultra nationalist philosopher and strategist. mr dugina was interviewed by the bbc s gabriel gatehouse in 2016. he had this to say about his philosophy. truth is the question of belief and postmodernity shows that every so called truth is the matter of believing. so we believe in what we do, we believe in what we say, and that is the only way to define the truth. so we have our special russian truths that you need to acc
felixstowe docks. these workers would normally be making sure essential goods find their way to households, but today, 1900 members of the unite union are starting an eight day walk out. of the unite union are starting an eight day walk-out. of the unite union are starting an eight day walk-out. people are so an: now eight day walk-out. people are so angry now that eight day walk-out. people are so angry now that a eight day walk-out. people are so angry now that a company - eight day walk-out. people are so angry now that a company who . eight day walk-out. people are so i angry now that a company who made £240 angry now that a company who made £2110 million profit over the last two years are unwilling to share that. well, when i say share it, in 2020, the same company paid out £99 million in dividends to its shareholders. million in dividends to its shareholders. ., ., million in dividends to its shareholders. y ., ., , shareholders. the offer on the table is a 7
ratcliffe to steer clear of last week on this program. what you see with hr1 and with president biden s executive order is they re making those pandemic voting rules permanent. no voter verification at all, voting day, election day turns into election month, and the worst part of it, ballot harvesting where any person can go door-to-door and collect ballots and be trusted even if they re political activists to turn those in to be counted. maria: this hour, texas senator john cornyn on whether hr1 will pass the senate, plus the biden agenda from the border to tax and spending packages, can the republicans do anything to stop it? plus, corruption at the highest levels of government, investigative reporter peter schweizer on who in congress is reluctant to hold the communist party in china accountable and why. plus, progressive politics creeping into school curriculums every day, author candace owen on the critical race tier rise s your kids could be learning. all that as we l