Three suspected spies for Russia Living in the uk have been arrested and charged in a Major National Security Investigation. The defendants, all bulgarian nationals, had been living in britain for several years, but its alleged they were working for the Russian Security services. Daniel de simone has our top story. Suspected of spying for russia. Bulgarian citizens who have been living in the uk for years. Including this woman, Katrin Ivanova. She ran courses on British Values for recent immigrants. Counterterrorism detectives swooped on a Major National Security Investigation in february this year. Searching a flat in this north london building. And this Seaside Guesthouse in norfolk. Five were arrested, three were charged. The . Arrested, three were charged. They had this big arrested, three were charged. They had this big tent arrested, three were charged. Tie had this big tent thing up arrested, three were charged. Tie1 had this big tent thing up and arrested, three were charged. T
of the american people. but make no mistake, if any object presents a threat to the safety and security of the american people, i will take it down. president joe biden addresses the chinese surveillance balloon and other objects shot down by the military in recent days. more of his comments and his message to beijing in just a moment. plus former president trump claims total exoneration following the partial release of a grand jury report on election interference in georgia. we ll explain why that s not even close to being true. and also ahead the latest update from the epa on the major ohio train derailment which is now a focus of many conspiracy theorists. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, folks. we made it. friday, february 17th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning in washington where president joe biden spoke extensively for the first time yesterday about his administration s decision to shoo
that sometimes scenes it shouldn t be the that sometimes scenes it shouldn t be the case that sometimes scenes it shouldn t be the case but it actually is. so these are branded items, anything with the characteristic that is unique to a school. so the blazer with the logo, the tie or the pleated skirt. anything that can t be bought from a range of shops. the law says the number of these items on a school uniform list now needs to be kept to a minimum. but a bbc commissioned survey of teachers shows there has been little change in school uniform policies in the last two years. unions, however, say change is happening. there is a very big shift- from a lot of schools saying, the things we used to expect we are now not expecting. - we re taking some of that branding away to make it more affordable for parents. but we ve heard from many parents today who said their school isn t sticking to the rules. there are due processes. go to the governing body, write a letter| to the governi
and they said unanimous there, so i thought that was interesting as well. yet another reiteration from an impartial body saying, hey, there was no fraud in georgia or any other state frankly in this election. we heard from former president trump there claiming it exonerates him. we know it s not quite true because the investigation is still continuing. what s the latest there in terms of a time line in what we might see a criminal charge coming from fulton county? well, you know, we don t have an exact time line. the fulton county district attorney faunae willis said imminent but that s an illegal interpretation of the word imminent, and we understand that could be days or weeks in saying who she s ready to indict and what charges they might face. so there is no clear time line, but we do believe at some point we ll hear from district
might find. and you have to break every norm in the book to reach we re scott perry is. this is his own body saying, congress. saying we want to know what happened. just tell us what happened. and with the? it makes fake argument after fake argument about how the january six committee is illegitimate and all sorts of nonsense about inflation. it has nothing to do with it. the bottom line is, you are there and tell the truth about what happened. and if you feel like you did nothing wrong, then you should have nothing to hide. so neil, for my parents who are watching this tonight, at some point they are going to say, this is united states congress. if you get a letter from them, a series of invitation, all the way to subpoena, and they asked to participate and come forward, genuinely speaking, you think most people would. what are these other tools that the committee says they have in their tool box if a guy like scott perry says, forget it? you re absolutely right. if it were you we