coverage right now. good morning, it s 11:00 a.m. eastern, and 9:00 a.m. pacific. house republicans taking the first step to remove homeland security alejandro mayorkas over his handle of the border crisis. overseas, new details on a potential hostage deal that could pause the fighting in gaza. plus, what we are learning about the three soldiers killed in a drone strike in jordan. back here in the u.s., something like a sci-fi movie. his company has successfully implanted a chip in a human brain, and we will tell you the reasons why. we begin with the battle over the border, as the house makes a historic move against the cabinet official overseeing border security. right now the house homeland security committee is debating articles of impeachment over secretary alejandro mayorkas. this is the first time it has happened to a cabinet secretary in nearly 100 years. the articles accuse mayorkas of a willful unfollowing of the law. refusal to follow the law and a br
the us announce another new military aid package for ukraine worth $400 million. it comes as president biden meets the german chancellor olaf scholz for talks in washington. meanwhile, on the ground in ukraine the head of russia s wagner group says its forces now surround most of bakhmut the east ukrainian city which has been the focus of extensive fighting in recent weeks. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. it s the murder case that s gripped the us and drawn attention across the world. alex murdaugh, a prominent south carolina lawyer, has been given two life terms in prison for killing his wife and son on their hunting estate. in court today, prior to the sentence being announced, the sa year again denied murdering his son paul and his wife maggie. i m innocent. i would never hurt my wife, maggie. and i would never hurt my son, paul paul. thank you, your honour. thank you. after a lengthy address that last nearly half an
live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news it s newsday. welcome to the programme. the police in texas are facing criticism for how they responded to the mass school shooting in uvalde on tuesday. some parents say officers appeared hesitant to confront the teenage gunman after he barricaded himself inside a classroom and that led to a delay in tackling the shooter. but at a news conference a texas police official said special equipment and negotiators were required and officers also had to evacuate the rest of the school. the attacker killed 19 children and two teachers in the space of up to an hour, before he was himself shot dead. our north america editor sarah smith sent us this report. all of the 19 children who were killed in the same school class. this boy s family had to wait 12 hours before they were told he was dead. this girl had been given a phone for her tenth birthday and she used it to try to call the police. jackie had just celebrated herfirst commun
And the eu will head to the polls in 2024 and many already have. Half the worlds voting population, about 2 billion people, are expected to cast ballots. Artificial intelligence has already begun to play substantial role in elections. And concerns are growing about how to protect the public from deepfakes that could sway their vote, especially as the Technology Becomes more sophisticated and convincing. In pakistan, an ai Version Ofjailed imran khan was released by his own team claiming victory in february. And in argentinas elections, the New York Times wrote an article showing multiple Images Released by both campaigns were digitally doctored. Here in the us, voters in New Hampshire received a Fake Robocall from President Joe Biden telling them not to vote in the states primary back in january. Take a listen. What a bunch of malarkey, winner of the value of 13 democratic when our birds count, its important that you save your vote for the november election. We will need your help in e