the hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. hunter biden appears in federal court in los angeles, and pleads not guilty to nine felony and misdemeanour tax offences. hunter biden is appearing in federal court in los angeles this hour. he s has pleaded not guilty to nine felony and misdemeanour tax offences. mr biden is facing three felony and six misdemeanour counts of evading $1.1; million in taxes. the president s son is also the focus right now of an inquiry from house republicans who yesterday staged a hearing to hold him in contempt of congress, for not complying with a subpoena to sit for a closed door deposition. what caught them by suprise was hunter appearance was hunter s appearance in the committee room in the middle of those contempt proceedings. and that sparked utter chaos. it doesn t matter who you are, where you come from or who your father is or your last name. yes, i m looking at you, hunter biden, as i m speaking to you. you ar
The lions. as far back as 2013, he was defence coach for the tour the lions. as far back as 2013, he was defence coach for the tour to australia and four years later he was involved in the coaching setup tour to new zealand. and tellingly, when warren gatland step down, he publicly gave his backing to farrell to become the next coach. so that the seal of approval. but he has so much international experience, he was the assistant coach for england and he has done so well with ireland. last year s world cup may not have gone particularly to plan but ireland are the holders of the six nations, famously winning against england on the last day of the competition. he has been credited to getting ireland to play fast, exciting rugby, he was named world rugby coach of the year the year last year. it was telling that in his latest contract negotiations with ireland, he signed a contract extended to 2027 but there is a
Now voting to decide whether to accept the deal. having previously denied knowledge of the systemic use of discriminatory or racist language, for which the club was fined, graves has now apologised personally and unreservedly to anyone who experienced any form of racism at yorkshire. but his potential return has stunned rafiq. struggling, really, to be honest. struggling to understand everybody to be honest. it s a mix of emotions, you know, a lot of anger. my first, it s something i took a lot of pride on. and that s well and truly gone, there is no part of me that has that any more. the british and irish lions have named andy farrell as their head coach for next year s tour to australia. he s had an impressive four year reign as ireland s head coach and has experience under warren gatland on prevoius tours, as jane dougall reports. in 2023 he was named world rugby coach of the year. so when arguably the top coaching job on the uk and ireland came up
In 2023 he was named world rugby coach of the year. so when arguably the top coaching job on the uk and ireland came up it was in the ferrules name is on everybody s lips. no surprise when it was officially confirmed today he will be the new british and i am doing irish lion code. it be the new british and i am doing irish lion code. irish lion code. it means the world to be to be irish lion code. it means the world to be to be thought irish lion code. it means the world to be to be thought of irish lion code. it means the world to be to be thought of as - irish lion code. it means the world to be to be thought of as a - to be to be thought of as a candidate for the head coaches roll, it s pretty special. but to be chosenis it s pretty special. but to be chosen is pretty magical. it definitely is. i suppose being on a couple of lion s already gives me the feel of what it s all about for me to be chosen as head coach is beyond words. me to be chosen as head coach is beyond worde