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after years of keeping a low profile paula venables was thrust into the spotlight this week and making her way through a scrum of cameras may have been the easy part. she started with an apology. i would just like to say, and i m gratefulfor the opportunity to do this in person, how sorry i am for all that subpostmasters and theirfamilies and others have suffered as a result of all of the matters that the inquiry has been looking into for so long. there were tears as she was asked about the death of a subpostmaster who took his own life after being financially ruined by the post office. and i mentioned that. i m sorry. i imagine that i was probably. just pause. try and compose yourself if you can, and then continue your evidence, please. she defended her role. she may have been the boss, she said, but she wasn t responsible for everything. and she wasn t told everything either. you are not responsible for everything that happens underneath you. you have to rely on the a ....
d.c. today the biden campaign lo launches the difference between communities and communities of colors. the first criminal trial of an ex-president comes to a head this week. a former advisor is here. overnight, to senators are calling for justice samuel alito to recuse himself from election cases. grab your coffee and settle in. welcome to the weekend . new this morning, federal prosecutors are asking for help as donald trump increases his attacks on the justice system. the special councils office is now asking the judge in the classified documents case to block trump for making statements that could endanger law enforcement investigating and prosecuting him in that case. the request comes after trump falsely claimed the biden administration authorized the fbi to use deadly force against him during the 2022 mar-a-lago rate. of course, that is not true. the justice department of course followed the standard policy. just one escalation this week of trump s outra ....
before we moved to sport, the latest developments. we have had a statement from the un secretary general, a new statement from antonio guterres. he said the humanitarian system in gaza is facing total collapse come up with unimaginable consequences for more than 2 million civilians. these are some of the live pictures from gaza. the skyline, and we have seen in the last a0 minutes or so intense bombardment and strikes continuing in gaza. i will keep these pictures on the screen as i take you through some of the statements from antonio guterres because he says, as the bombing intensifies, needs are growing evermore critical and colossal. about 500 trucks a day were crossing into gaza before hostilities began. in recent days, an average of only 12 trucks a day have entered despite the needs being far greater than at any time before. given the desperate and dramatic situation, he says the un will not be able to continue to deliver inside gaza that without an immediate and ....
between the world s two economic heavyweights. chinese foreign minister wang yi is in washington he s been meeting us secretary of state antony blinken and is expected to meet national security adviser jake sullivan. blinken told the un security council on tuesday he would work with the chinese foreign minister to prevent the middle east conflict from spreading. but talks with china are also expected to focus on trying to resolve disagreements over other issues including trade. earlier this week, beijing restricted the exports of graphite which is used in many products, including electric cars. china produces 90% of the world s graphite supply. the us responded by advising its top tech firms which included nvidia to stop exporting some of their latest ai products to china. soaring demand for nvidia s chips has driven its share price up by more than 200% over the past year, with china its leading buyer. janet mui is head of market analysis at rbc brewin dolphin ....
it s virtually all over for england at the cricket world cup. jos buttler s side suffer yet another humiliating defeat to all but end their defence of the trophy. and we have some dense fog around this morning, particularly towards the east this morning, particularly towards the east. that should clear away by mid morning. still unsettled the heavy mid morning. still unsettled the heavy downpours and blustery winds. that continue the next few days. more that continue the next few days. more details for you coming up shortlx it s friday, the 27th of october. our main story. eu leaders have called for a pause in fighting between israel and hamas to allow aid into gaza, ahead of a vote on an immediate ceasefire at the united nations today. overnight, the us military has carried out airstrikes in eastern syria against two facilities it says were being used by iran to target american forces. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. keeping hope alive. the ....