of potential security risks from classified materials recovered from donald trump s home in florida earlier this month. a spokesman for mr trump accused the democrats of weaponising the intelligence community. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together some of the best known british commentators and correspondents who write, blog, podcast and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week, britain s elusive prime minister turns up in ukraine, as the country marks six months since the war began. we now know in the uk how much energy bills will rise from october, but not what the new prime minister will do when they take over. where has power gone in the uk? where s it going in the united states? and in australia, how come much of it ended up in the hands ofjust one man? and even his his friends aren t happy about it. to discuss all of that, in the studio, we have latika bourke, a corresponde
where s it going in the united states? and in australia, how come much of it ended up in the hands ofjust one man? and even his his friends aren t happy about it. to discuss all of that, in the studio, we have latika bourke, a correspondent for the australian newspapers the age and the sydney morning herald, a writer who has been writing a weekly column for the guardian since 1987, polly toynbee, and michael goldfarb, who was a foreign correspondent for national public radio in the united states, his podcast is called the first rough draft of history. lovely to have you all back in the dateline studio. this is ourfinal month on air, so we ll make it a good one. polly, let me start with you, with a week left of voting, how confident are liz truss s supporters that she will be in downing street at the beginning of september? absolutely. every poll puts her further and further ahead. it is a funny little electorate just 160,000 people choosing a prime minister for all of the r
commentators and correspondents who write, blog, podcast and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. this week, britain s elusive prime minister turned up. in ukraine, as the country marks the six months since the war there began. we now know in the uk how much energy bills will rise in the uk, in october, but not what the new prime minister will do when they take over from boris johnson. where is power going in the uk? where is it going in the united states and, in australia, how come much of it ended up in just the hands of one man and even his friends aren t happy about it? to discuss all of that in the studio, we have latika bourke, correspondent for the australian newspapers, and the sydney morning herald, polly toynbee, a writer who has been writing a weekly column for the guardian since 1987, aand michael goldfarb a renowned foreign correspondent for public radio in the united states. his podcast is called the first draft. the first draft of history.
president trump s longtime allies steve bannon found guilty on two counts of contempt of congress for refusing to comply with the subpoena from the january 6th committee. bannon now facing jail time. pierre thomas with late reporting. the bannon verdict coming less than 24 hours after that dramatic public hearing. the january 6th committee sharing testimony from former top trump officials showing how the former president failed to act. the dramatic secret service recordings from agents protecting then-vice president mike pence. the testimony that some feared for their lives, calling to say good-bye to their families. and the outtakes of the former president refusing to say the election was over 24 hours after the mob stormed the capitol. jonathan karl standing by. the dangerous and deadly heat wave sweeping from coast to coast. 94 million americans in 28 states under heat alerts. rob marciano timing it all out. new video just coming in. the moment a small plane crashed
denying the allegations against him. i did not do what has been alleged, period. look, it s very simple, i never harassed anyone, i never abused anyone, i never assaulted anyone. and i never would, right? let s start with the new allegations coming from a former reporter, cnn s polo sandoval is following the latest developments. what are you hearing? reporter: fred, you re referring to jessica bateman, the latest in a growing list of women who have come forward recently with these allegations of sexual harassment and assault against new york s governor andrew cuomo. as you mentioned earlier, these are accusations that the governor continues to deny and continues to refuse to step down over, instead saying that he wants the investigation to proceed. but she s recounting when she was a reporter, she s now a reporter in miami. basically she self-penned a piece, a first-person piece in new york magazine in which she recounts multiple occasions in which she alleges that she