scare today after word that local police lost documents with sensitive security information. the trip is meant to celebrate the president s irish roots and the anniversary of historic peace agreement. the president s insistence on pushing green energy, specifically electric vehicles is causing some problems back home. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich is in dublin, ireland tonight 2r58ing with the president. good evening, jacqui. good evening to you, bret. never mind the cost of an electric vehicle is more than $61,000 today on average, which is more, by the way, than the average salary per year of the average american. but critics are saying this proposal has some practical limitations that could make it impossible. my name is joe biden and i m a car guy. but maybe not so much a combustion engine car guy anymore despite his love for his corvette with the e.p.a. promoting sweeps cuts two thirds of cars and trucks sold by 2032 to be electric. wrote don t have a
let s start in the eu, where three tech giants the social media platform x, tiktok owner bytedance and the travel website booking.com, are waiting to find out whether they could face an antitrust crackdown under the eu s new digital antitrust rulebook. the eu commission has until the end of today to decide whether those three companies would qualify as so called gatekeepers under the new digital markets act. the aim of the act is to help competition in the technology sector and to try to break down the stronghold of big tech companies. well, someone who knows a lot about this, because she co negotiated the eu ai act in her previous role in the german federal chancellery, is kirsten rulf who now is partner and associate director at boston consulting group. a warm welcome to bbc news. good to see you again.- good to see you again. greg manning- good to see you again. greg manning- 50 good to see you again. greg manning. so let s good to see you again. greg manning. so l
gaza health officials said many civilians were killed in an israeli strike on houses near khan younis. to the north, israeli forces are surrounding the jabalia refugee camp, which israel says is being used as a base by hamas. amid growing international criticism of the high palestinian civilian death toll, the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has pushed back against those he says are trying to pressure israel s tactics in gaza. he said the only way to finish the job was to use crushing force against hamas. live now to jerusalem and our correspondent yolande knell. yolande, what can you tell us about the activities of the israeli forces in south gaza? 50 the activities of the israeli forces in south gaza? the activities of the israeli forces in south gaza? so khan younis, the second biggest in south gaza? so khan younis, the second biggest city in south gaza? so khan younis, the second biggest city in in south gaza? so khan younis, the second biggest city in
live. we start in the uk, where borisjohnson has apologised for the pain, loss and suffering during the covid pandemic, saying he takes personal responsibility for mistakes that were made. mrjohnson, who was prime minister throughout that period, has been giving evidence to the covid inquiry. during questioning, he said government ministers did the best they could in very difficult circumstances, but admitted they could have done better. so many people suffered, so many people lost their lives. inevitably, in the course of trying to handle a very, very difficult pandemic in which we had to balance appalling harms on either side of the decision, we may have made mistakes. i don t want to try to anticipate the discussion which i m sure we will get into about the timings of lockdowns. .. will get into about the timings of lockdowns. inevitably, we got some things wrong. i think we were doing our best at the time, given what we knew, given the information i had available to me
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