Mcconnell is the republican leader in the senate with a huge say in which laws make their way through congress. Hes masterminded some of his partys key achievements of recent years including the but he has a frosty relationship with donald trump and called him morally responsible for the january sixth attacks on the capitol. Mcconnell is the republican leader in the senate with a huge say in which laws make their way through congress. In a moment well speak with our correspondent in washington, but first lets hear from Mitch Mcconnell making his announcement on the floor of the senate just a short time ago. One of lifes most unappreciated talents is to know when its time to move on lifes next chapter. So i stand before you today, mr president , and my colleagues to say this will be my last term as republican leader of the senate. Im not going anywhere anytime soon, however ill complete myjob my colleagues have given me until we select a new leader in november and they take the helm ne
for taking more than a0 minutes to enter the school and stop the government. 19 year old boy described how he managed to survive. 19 year old boy. one, nine year old boy. and he said, it s time to die. when he shot, it was very loud and it hurt my ears, and when i saw the bullets on the floor it wasn t real. and the actor kevin spacey has been accused of three sexual offences against three men. the uk government has announced a huge financial support package to households hit by rising energy bills. the chancellor of the exchequer rishi sunak said the country had a collective responsibility to those hit hardest by rising bills. the package is worth £15 billion and the chancellor announed that part of it would be funded by a windfall tax on energy companies. the oil and gas sector is making extraordinary profits. clamour. not. not as the result of recent changes to risk taking or innovation or efficiency, but as the result of the surging global commodity prices, driv
in the treatment of her family by the criminaljustice system . our correspondent daniel de simone broke this story here s his report. the racist murder of teenager stephen lawrence took place 31 years ago at a south london bus stop. the failed first investigation is widely seen as one of the biggest disasters in the history of the metropolitan police. today an official review has concluded that four senior retired officers who ran the first inquiry should not be charged with a criminal offence. this is a dreadful crime, a completely unprovoked attack on a young 18 year old black youth. their investigation failed to bring anyone to justice. two of those officers were bill ilsley and ian crampton, pictured here after being criticised by a landmark public inquiry 25 years ago. the others were brian weeden and his deputy ben bullock. prosecutors have been considering whether to charge the four with misconduct in a public office for investigative failures. the conclusion by pros
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