President Biden Singing collapses unlikely. John theres been no new information from the State Department on american stranded in afghanistan. As far as we know, the taliban still refusing to allow planes ready to evacuate americans from taking off. Jacqui Florida Congressman standing by. You will have a chance to question blinken. First, to congressional correspondent aishah hasnie. Hi, jacqui. Good afternoon. We could expect some Fireworks Today during the hearing. Ranking Member Michael Mccaul told me he is ready to hold blinkens feet to the fire that he will be bringing up prior previous testimony to this hearing. Secretary of state is set to appear virtually in front of the house foreign Affairs Committee at 2 00 this afternoon. You would expect some sharp questioning from republicans and democrats over the role the State Department played in this chaotic withdrawal including questions about the about the State Department Email Fox obtained showing the department denying approval
the final day ofjubilee celebrations will end with a huge pageant near buckingham palace later. iam i am annita mcveigh on the mall as they get ready for that pageant, the people s pageant, on the fourth and final day of celebrations to mark the queen s 70 year reign. street parties are also set to be held across the uk. moscow continues its offensive in eastern ukraine but a series of powerful explosions strike the capital. meanwhile, closer to home the welsh national football team will take on the ukraine side in a world cup qualifier later today and we will take a look at the papers this morning, with the queen and paddington bear playing a major part. hello and welcome to bbc news. welcome to bbc news and the fourth and final day of the platinum jubilee celebrations. today there will be a pageant along the mall in london, featuring a military parade, acrobats, puppets and other tributes to the 70 years of the queen s reign. celebrations will be held across the country
to join us with reaction to michael cohen s testimony but, first, jug head is in a jam. that s to the focus of tonight s angle. laura: the big moment in court today was supposed to be the playing of a taped conversation that michael cohen recorded between trump and himself back in 2016, yeah. 8 years ago where they could be heard talking about how they would buy the rights to karen macdougall s story. and on the tape cohen can be heard explaining to the then presidential candidate his plans to form an llc through which he would finance the purchase of the rights to that woman s story. we know what happened, okay, get rid of this. it s so false what they are saying, such bull [bleep] laura: it s all bull today as well. none of the hype amounted to anything. none of it proved anything. let s break it down for you. remember, in this case the state has to prove that the trump organization s internal bookkeeping records were not only falsified, okay, but they also were falsi
a government commissioned report. the un says almost 3000 civilians remain trapped in the iraqi city of mosul, despite claims of victory over good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at six. an appalling tragedy that should never have happened that s what the prime minister called the contaminated blood scandal of the 19705 and 805. the government today announced an inquiry into the worst treatment scandal in the history of the nhs. at least 2,400 people died and 7,500 patients were infected with viruses such as hepatitis c and hiv, after being given blood products by the nhs. our health editor huw pym reports. it s been called the worst disaster in the history of the nhs. patients trusted the service to deliver safe treatments, including haemophiliacs needing blood clotting treatments, but they were given products tainted with life threatening viruses. these are medications for hiv. i take one of those in the morning and one of these, both morning and night time. andy ha
employees who work flexibly but don t receive any benefits should qualify for sick and holiday pay according to a government commissioned report. british tennis mystery is made. it s been 39 years. history is made. and johanna konta becomes the first british woman to reach the wimbledon semifinals since virginia wade in 1978. a moment of history that she celebrated on centre court. coming up on sportsday on bbc news: standing in betweenjohanna konta and the wimbledon final, venus williams a five time champion, who becomes the oldest semifinalist at the tournament in 23 years. good evening. an appalling tragedy that should never have happened. that s what the prime minister called the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and ‘80s, as the government announced an inquiry into the nhs scandal. it s been called one of the biggest disasters in the history of the nhs. at least 2,400 people died and 7,500 patients were infected with viruses, such as hepatitis c and hiv, a