in the past, she was still at the height of her powers and had still many great stories within her. thank ou. dame hilary mantel, who has died aged 70. time for a look at the weather. here s ben rich. good afternoon. for most of us, we have quite a lot of sunshine around this afternoon. with that, quite a cool this afternoon. with that, quite a cool, fresh feel, and one or two showers. as we can see from the earlier satellite and radar pictures, showers have been pushing in from the north west, most plentiful across scotland and northern ireland. the exception to the sunshine and showers rule is across the south east corner, where we have a stripe of cloud and outbreaks of rain, very slow moving. the ray will be a feature in the south east of england perhaps for the next 2a hours. temperatures between 13 and 20 celsius. the rain keeps falling across south east england this evening and overnight. elsewhere, clear spells, one or two showers, especially some drifting across part
we ll bring you analysis throughout the day on bbc news and if you want to send in your questions or thoughts on the mini budget get in touch i m @bbcjoannag on twitter or use the hashtag bbc your questions. and i m lukwesa burak the other stories on bbc news. the victims commissioner for england and wales dame vera baird resigns, describing the criminaljustice system as being in chaos. a 15 year old boy has become the second person to be arrested in connection with the murder of a 15 year old boy who was stabbed outside his school in huddersfield. and author dame hilary mantel, best known for her wolf hall trilogy, has died aged 70. hello, i mjoanna gosling in westminster, in a massive shake up of the uk s finances, the chancellor kwasi kwarteng has outlined a series of tax cuts and spending commitments that will cost £45 billion by 2027. the government says its policies will help boost economic growth. but critics say funding the tax cuts will lead to unsustai
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to review documents for attorney/client privilege. is this sort of telling us what they re finding now? exactly. this is the status report of what that team this team, this filter team, that s what they re called, was involved with from the beginning when the search warrant was executed at mar-a-lago. former president trump s lawyers want a special master, an independent person to conduct the review. the judge told doj tell us what you ve done so far, it s been three weeks since you ve had these documents. that s what the new filing says, it s identified a limited set of materials that could possibly be covered by attorney/client privilege. they said they completed this review and have begun the process of going over anything where there could be a dispute. the search warrant lays out different ways that they were planning to handle a dispute, possibly going to the judge in private and saying, judge, do you think this could be covered by attorney/client privilege? setting
investigators. for their part, they say trump s team will push the argument that he did not have classified information because he declassified it while still president. more now from jessica schneider in washington. reporter: new details about the fbi search of mar-a-lago are emerging as republican congressional leaders cry foul about the target and the timing. i know doing this 90 days before aen election reeks of politics. reporter: kevin mccarthy tweeting the department of justice has reached an intolerable state of weaponized politicization, warning about investigations if republicans take the house in november wri wri wri writing ag garland come and answer our questions about this action today which has never happened in american history. what was on the warrant, what were you really doing, what were you looking for, why not talk to president trump and have him give the information you are after? reporter: trump was in new york at trump tower when the search