hello this is bbc news. the headlines. britain says that russia will face severe economic sanctions if it installs a puppet regime in ukraine. former uk conservative minister nusrat ghani tells the sunday times she was sacked from herjob, because of her muslim faith. the government chief whip mark spencer says her claim is completely false. tonga s government warns there s a long road to recovery a week after the volcanic eruption and tsunami. intense fighting in syria, after islamic state jihadists tried to break inmates out of a prison. long queues for checks at the port of dover yesterday prompting anger among truck drivers preparing to cross the channel. the death of musician meat loaf was announced this week. his bat out of hell album is one of the best selling of all time. stephen sackur spoke to him when he visited london in 2016. his album really is an all time classic. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. my guest today is a rock and roll legend who broke the
tonight on the reidout what is the specific constitutional crime that you re investigating? well, we re having an inquiry so we can do an investigation into all the production of witnesses and what is the crime you re investigating? and documents. high crimes, misdemeanors and briberies. what high crimes are you investigating? look, once i get time, i will explain what we re looking at and i will make the equivalency. no, i m asking for you that is congressman joe naguse asking a simple question, one that republicans still can t answer as they breathlessly approve a biden impeachment inquiry. the congressman joins me tonight. there appears to be a growing rift between president biden and israel s benjamin netanyahu. representatives rashida tlaib and cory bush join me tonight. and there s breaking news tonight in one of jack smith s federal cases against donald trump. the court of appeals for the d.c. circuit handed trump another setback. i ll