ten people have been killed and eight injured in an explosion at a petrol station in the republic of ireland police say it appears to have been a tragic accident . protests continue in iran and around the world as three people are killed in the country. now on bbc news it s political thinking with nick robinson. welcome to political thinking. one question haunts the chancellor, any chancellor of any political party. it is what will the iss say because the verdict of the institute for fiscal studies on whether the numbers add up, any budget and what these days we have to call fiscal events, can be devastating for a politician. it is what will the ifs say. that word is treated like the word of god, not least broadcasters like the bbc who have experts from the ifs on our programmes all the time. my guest this week is the director of the ifs, pauljohnson. welcome to the programme. if the ifs is the word of god that makes you god. how does that feel? , , ., that feel? very
were there at 5:30 in the morning. who gets held accountable for that? laura: we don t know who leaked the opinion and nobody s interested in finding that out. rachel tonight, sean and will pick up where you left off. on laura ingraham and this is the ingraham angle from washington tonight. the biden justice department is getting so desperate they ve now gone nuclear. the angle will explain in moments. one fbi agent swept into mar-a-lago and monday, they were met by president trump s attorney. if she s in moments with response to merrick garland. but first, spin cycle crash, that s tonight s focus of tonight s angle. can you imagine what president xi or putin or terrorists who wish to strike against america? this is the america that they use to fear. to speak i personally approve the decision to seek a search warrant in this matter. faithful adherence to the rule of law is the bedrock principle of the justice department and of our democracy. upholding the rule of law
batteries. bret: okay. greg: dagen mcdowell is here. i know because i can smell the craw fish in her purse. so as the country reels from a bizarre historic raid of a former president s house our current president leaves for vacation. let s hope he tries para sailing or face jumping or even more dangerous, takes the stairs at the hotel. but he curves a break for as you know he s done so much. first he put on his jacket. this after he slow danced with it for 15 minutes first. that was a crowning achievement of his presidency so far just eclipsing that time he made a solid boom boom in the press office bathroom. well, near the press office bathroom. sorry bret. after approximately four minutes of actual work where his hands were busier than a cnn producer on bring your daughter to workday, biden hops on a plane. he hops on a plane, and not just with dr. jill, you know, the noted the tv actress neurosurgeon who discovered a cure for hemorrhoids when joe accidentally sat on a
And we will talk about that medical breakthrough for malaria. A second vaccine shown to be 80 effective. A lifeline for the child that dies every minute from the mosquito borne disease. Good evening. After weeks of speculation and years of indecision about the uks biggest Infrastructure Project, it would appear the birmingham to Manchester Leg of fast speed rail link hs2 is finally be coming off the rails. There are widespread reports today that a decision has already been made to scrap the Northern Branch of the line, and that a portion of that money saved will be invested in other transport projects. We are told the announcement will come on wednesday in the Prime Ministers speech to the conservative Party Conference, though number ten still insists a final decision is yet be be taken. Why the government would allow such speculation to overshadow its annual Party Conference, and one they have staged in manchester of all places, is a bit of a headscratcher. This afternoon, the conserv
one of the most exclusive clubs in the country has a brand-new member tonight, but it s not a club you d actually want to belong to. tonight, on laura coates live. with apologies to the sound of music how do you solve a problem like george santos. no surprise i think they may have cracked a nut voting today to kick him out of congress. what s his response? why do i want to stay here? to hell with this place, i m quoting him, the epitome of you can t fire me, i quit from the now ex-congressman who yesterday refused to resign while wearing ferragamo shoes and arriving in a jaguar. i point that out because some of the receipts that came in the ethics report. now he s joining a pretty exclusive club, no, not the college volleyball team, this is a really exclusive club with only five members. well, now they have a sixth. the only six members who have ever been thrown out of congress in the 234-year history, and let me tell you, they are a regular, well, rogues gallery might b