one of her new songs, replacing a word, after disability campaigners raised concerns about the lyrics. and how virtual reality surgery has enabled doctors to separate conjoined twins with shared fused brains. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe president biden says an american drone strike has killed the al-qaeda leader, ayman al zawahiri. he said the operation, which he authorised, took place in the afghan capital kabul on saturday. mr biden said ayman al zawahiri was had been deeply involved in the september the 11th attacks as well as earlier attacks on us embassies in africa and the uss cole in the late nineties. zawahiri, who succeeded osama bin laden as al-qaeda chief, was on the fbi s most wanted terrorist list. this is what president biden announced a short time ago on saturday at my direction, the united states successfully concluded an airstrike in kabul, afghanistan, that killed the emir of al-qaeda, ayman al zawahiri. ayman al zawahiri wa
senior american official to visit the island in decades. china has warned that america would pay the price for her visit. a man has been charged under the trees and act after allegedly being found with a crossbow and the grounds of windsor castle on christmas day. adverts featuring edited model should come with warnings and nonsurgical procedures need tighter regulation. that is according to a group of mps investigating the impact of body image. a snorkeler suffered a leg injury after allegedly being hit by a blue shark off the coast of cornwall last week. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the energy company bp has recorded its second highest three monthly profit in history. between april and june is made £6.9 billion, three times the figure for the same period last year. in the oil trading performance was exceptional and it expects to pay more than £i performance was exceptional and it expects to pay more than £1 billion in uk tax this year. but the news comes as dome
president biden s disastrous withdrawal from afghanistan which many say open the door for the resurgence of al qaeda in the region. lie with the very latest book good money, president biden announcing he authorized the cia precision strike that killed al qaeda ayman al zawahiri in afghanistan. watch. president biden: justice has been delivered. this terrorist leaders know more. make it clear again tonight that no matter how long it takes, no matter where you are right, if you are a threat to our people, the united states will find you and take you out. 71 year old al zawahiri was known as the right-hand man to usama bin laden who was responsible for the september 11 terrorist attacks. $25 million reward for any information or intelligence leading to the capture. he became the nominal leader of al qaeda after bin laden was killed in 2011. he also helped plot the bombing of the uss cole during 17 american sailors in 2,000. families of 9/11 victims calling the strike a
sandra: begin with house speaker nancy pelosi arriving in taiwan, it happened a short time ago for her trip there, raising concerns of how china could, and could still respond. and already beijing issuing a series of threats. hello, welcome, everyone. john, great to be with you. john: happy tuesday to you, i m john roberts in new york. chinese fighter jets flew nearby, the speaker arriving safely but the u.s. and taiwan remain on high alert, as four u.s. warships have been repositioned east of taiwan in an effort to deter chinese action. sandra: chinese state media is reporting beijing will conduct live fire military exercises surrounding taiwan over the next few days, and is warning of severe punishment to the united states. congressional correspondent. china is coming out with really strong words, they are calling this trip by speaker nancy pelosi to taiwan a serious violation of the one china principle, and they are saying it infringes on china s sovereignty, and t
risk a rise in tensions between the u.s. and china. the death toll is rising from the devastating mckinney fire in northern california. at least two more people found dead inside their homes. the fire burning more than 56,000 acres, nearly 6,000 people under evacuation orders. also, rescuers struggling to reach flood victims in eastern kentucky. dozens of people still unaccounted for. thousands without power or water. the new danger, temperatures expected to climb into the 90s beginning tomorrow. news tonight about more missing text messages following the january 6th attack on the capitol. a watchdog group is accusing the pentagon of wiping text messages from cell phones belonging to top officials. the nfl suspending the owner of one of its top teams. what the league is accusing him of doing. the monkeypox outbreak spreads across the u.s. more than 6,300 cases now reported. a fifth child now tests positive. the windsor castle includer now charged with treason in t