a live reporting on fighting in ukraine, new developments in the biden documents case and the a bizarre twist in the saga of george santos in connection to ponzi scheme. we start with father who is mourning the death of his daughter who was murdered in moscow, idaho. her name is madison mogen. she was one of four at university of idaho, the students stabbed to death that their house in november. as you know, a 28-year-old man, bryan kohberger, is charged with the murders. now the new york times has uncovered disturbing online postings from alleged killer when he was a teenager. he writes in one, quote, as i hug my family, i look into their faces, sigh nothing, it is like i am look ac the a video game but less. he went on to write that he could do, quote whatever i want with little remorse. kohberger is in custody and maintains his innocence. now, these murders of these four students have gotten widespread coverage, but often lost in all of that is the quiet and isolating an
and outgoing shells, every 30 seconds or so. it really doesn t stop. and science fiction made reality as nasa plans to try to divert an asteroid by crashing a rocket into it. we start in the uk where the bank of england says it won t hesitate to take action to control inflation, after the pound slumped to an all time low against the dollar. take a look at this chart from this morning s asia trading. at one point sterling fell to $1.03 the lowest since 1971 though it s since recovered slightly. there s been speculation that the bank of england may announce an emergency hike in rates to control rising prices. for the moment, that hasn t happened. well there s lots to unpack. first to understand what s happening today we must go back to friday and to this annoucement in parliament. i can announce today that we will catch the basic rate of income tax to 19p, in april 2020 three, one year early. that means a tax cut for over 31 million people injust a few months time. t
and i want the fierce battles in ukraine is taking place in a small town which appears to have significant for russian forces decadent at the upper hand right now. as it s happening, it ll countries appear to be sending any weapons to ukraine. the kremlin shuffles the top commanders of the war. cnn s ben wedeman joins us with the latest on the ground in the battle for the town of ben, what is going on? yeah, anderson, this battle instantly dark has been going on for months, but it has intensified in the last few weeks. at this point, it s not at all clear how much longer the ukrainian defenders can resist unrelenting russian onslaught. medics loot a wounded soldier onto an ambulance, another casualty from the embattled town of soledar. one day, 2025 it varies depending on the number of casualties on the frontlines. russian forces mostly troops from the wagner group, a private military company, claimed to have control of the entire soledar territory. the battle
lawn. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. we have texted and called the white house counsel s office. this story has completely changed because during yesterday s show when president biden read a carefully worded statement about this, he mentioned classified material in one location. and he said that was a surprise. the surprise tonight, classified material in a second location. has he looked into whether any other documents have been taken to any other any other office that he has? i m just not going to speak to this. i m going to let the process continue. peter: white house officials are vague about what was found at president biden s think tank. that is something that the president doesn t even know. but the time something suspicious to republicans. every time we find something that turns out before the election dealing with biden s family is pushed under the rug. and some democrats. i would have to look as to, you know, when they were disco
injury, winning the australian and french opens. and last on centre court is serena williams who has not played a singles match since hobbling off centre court in the first round last year. she said she had a lot of motivation to make sure that was not her last memory. elsewhere, 12 brits in action and an early win for ryan peniston on his wimbledon singles debut. thank you very much, laura. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. we saw a bit of sunshine poking through the clouds at wimbledon and it is across eastern areas that we have got bright and sunny skies. however, it is a day of weather contrasts and it is not nice everywhere by any stretch, across western areas, thicker cloud on the way in and heavy rain around. meanwhile, to the east of the uk, we have got a heatwave, look at the temperatures, well above normal, even into the mid 40s across parts of southern italy. that is because the high temperatures are caused by a big ridge in thejet stream which s