second trump ally indicted on a contempt channel. we begin the reidout with a choice, a choice about the continuation of mass murder and school shootings that are plaguing this country because it is a choice, not an inevitability as some might want you to believe. in fact, one of our political parties has gone to great lengths to make you think just that. well, at this point shouldn t the republican party just keep it real and openly admit at long last that they believe that a substantial number of dead church-goers and dead shoppers and dead doctors and, yes, dead chirp, big kids and little ones, is an acceptable trade-off for them to have as many guns as they want whenever they want with as little inconvenience as possible, and no one has said it better than democratic congress montana dare jones who spoke during yesterday s contentious debate over democrats package of gun safety bills. as the youngest member of this committee, i need to address my republican colleague
The east coast. We begin with a Rare National address from the oval office by the u. S. President , who urged all americans to stand for both israel and ukraine, arguing that military and economic assistance to both countries is vital to global stability in u. S. National security. During his 15minute long speech, President Biden said while ukraine and israel faced a different enemy, the threat is the same. Annihilation by tyrants and terrorists. Hamas and putin represent different threats, but they share this in common. They both want to completely annihilate democracy, completely annihilated. By now plans to ask congress for 18 Billion Dollars in Emergency Assistance for israel, such A Billion Dollars for ukraine. This just today earlier biden was in tel aviv under dramatic show of support for israel which also saw a deal to allow humanitarian assistance into gaza. Our reporters live with this hour from london. The agreement to let the humanitarian assistance into gaza, is against th
Welcome to The World Today an hour of International News from the bbc. The former lawyer and fixer for donald trump who once said hed take a bullet for the fomer president , today took the stand as a Star Witness For The Prosecution in mr trumps hush money trial. Michael cohen is testifying about his role in what prosecutors say was a cover up of payments to hide an affair with the adult film star stormy daniels. Mr trump denies falsifying Business Records to reimburse his then lawyer for the payment on the eve of the 2016 president ial election, when the story could have been politically damaging. Mr cohen a former close ally turned foe of mr trump pleaded guilty in 2018 to tax offences, fraud and Campaign Finance violations. The latter charge stemmed from the same payment at the heart of the current case. Earlier i spoke to our correspondent nada tawfik who has been in new york and staying across the trial for us. I asked her about the latest on what Michael Cohen has been saying at
A man died this morning after being attacked by two dogs in staffordshire yesterday. The uk doesnt currently recognise The American Bully Xl as a breed, so the breed needs to be defined before any legislation can be introduced. Its not been confirmed what type of dogs were involved in yesterdays attack. A man was arrested on suspicion of having dogs out of control, and then further arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. Leigh milner has the story. This is the scene where a man was attacked by two dogs yesterday afternoon just outside a property on main street in stonnall near walsall. Members of the public try to help him. Many have been left shocked by what happened. figs to help him. Many have been left shocked by what happened. 5 a shocked by what happened. As a villaaer shocked by what happened. As a villager and shocked by what happened. As a villager and a shocked by what happened. As a villager and a little shocked by what happened. Is villager and a little place like this we d
Up to shore more than 100km away. Heres one survivor whose home was destroyed by the flooding. Translation the flood came and completely washed away l the valley, destroying everything around it. My life before was stable, everything was 100 good i had my house and my family, but now there is nothing, there is no life any more. Earlier, i spoke to our middle east correspondent lina sinjab, who gave us the latest. It is really a devastating situation, day in, day out, people are still shocked with the traumatic experience they have lived, with the loss that they have had, you know, everywhere around people are looking for bodies of their beloved ones, some families are counting, like, Tens Of Members of theirfamilies have disappeared or confirmed dead. Imagine you are sleeping in your bed and floods and the waters sweep you away into the water, this is really terrible, you know. The storm hit the city of derna, and because of the floods and the rain, you know, two dams collapsed, breaki