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a $54 billion aid package for ukraine has finally been approved after being held up for months because of objections from hungary. the deal comes as us military aid for ukraine the largest provider of military support for kyiv is being held up by congress. police are searching for a man who s believed to have thrown a corrosive substance at two young children and their mother in south london last night. they re searching for 35 year old abdul ezedi from newcastle he is thought to have significant burns to his face caused by the substance. we begin tonight as us officials say plans have been approved for a series of strikes against iranian personnel and facilities in iraq and syria but not in iran itself. they told cbs news that the action would be carried out over a number of days. washington has been preparing to hit back at iran backed militias after three us troops were killed in a drone strike injordan. here s our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. wha
yes! yes! i know! all right, all right. stop it, stop it. happy thursday everyone. you know it seems silly now but once upon a time america trusted anthony fauci. during the pandemic we were all scared and confused. dr. fauci was a comforting voice of calm and reason. some believed a man of his stature might even lead them to a pot of gold. but according to his testimony this week before the official select subcommittee on the covid pendant pandemic the dwarf known as dock copped to the following admissions. the 6-foot social distancing rule had no basis in science. the lab leak isn t just a conspiracy theory. vaccine mandate and travel bands were a mistake. and that s after previously saying the lockdowns weren t his fault. so what exactly did he get right? that the media will believe anything if it comes from a toadstool in a lab coat? kudos to chairman brad for holding the tiny hooves to the fire and refraining from throwing him out a window. let s start with the social di
for his predecessor, benedict xvi, who he says is very ill. the vatican says benedict s condition has worsened in recent hours. and britain is on course to record its warmest year ever, after a summer of heatwaves, wildfires and drought. we ll speak to a climate change specialist. hello, welcome to the programme. we start with the fallout from the announcement that china s borders will be reopened next month. in the last hour, the us announced it would require negative covid tests for travellers from china from the 5th of january. that follows tighter measures outlined by italy, japan, malaysia, taiwan, and india. american officials accuse the chinese authorities of a lack of transparency, as cases of covid have been surging there. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. from the world s most populous nation, alarming scenes china s hospitals overwhelmed, covid infections soaring. the country s abrupt decision to dismantle much of its strict covid regime apparently
brussels, ukrainian security analyst hanna shelest and from virginia, ian brzezinski, a former us deputy assistant secretary of defense for europe and nato. hello, welcome to the programme. the nato summit in madrid will go down as a major turning point. today, the alliance extended a formal invitation to finland and sweden that when ratified will extend nato s border with russia by more than 800 miles. alongside that, the alliance has outlined its new strategic vision, which puts a more muscularfocus on the defence of nato s eastern flank. the high readiness forces will be expanding seven fold to more than 300,000 troops. president biden has announced there will be a new permanent us base in poland, the first time the americans have had a standing force so close to russia s border, and he will also send two additional american destroyers to join the european fleet. we re going to approve a new nato strategic concept and reaffirm the unity and determination of our alliance to