girl for simon and shooter, the first chronicling of jack and bouquets life from 1950 to 1954, when she worked as a newspaper columnist and writer and met and married future president john f. kennedy. welcome, carl. thank you. i appreciate so much being able to join the white house historical association today, and i m very honored to give you a little bit of a background about florence harding and the book. i have to tell you, as is often said, apparent should not really have a favorite child and i think in author perhaps should not have a favorite book, but i will say that this research of this book, and then the unique promotion that i did for the book, will always be a very important part of my life. i started researching this book at a time when the sun was just setting on the last generation of people who knew the harding s firsthand. of course, they had been young children. then at the end of the process, the 75th anniversary of the death of president hardening, and
chancellor s budget tomorrow as new figures show wage rises are no longer accelerating. the neonatal nurse accused of the murder and attempted murder of babies a court hear how a consultant raised concerns with hospital bosses, which were ignored. we ll report on why some well known cough medicines sold behind the counter at pharmacies have been withdrawn from sale. and some 36,000 people turned up for the opening day of cheltenham. we ll bring you the latest on the horse racing action. andy murray faces a man he mentored, and emma also aims to reach the fourth round. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. a 22 year old woman has been jailed for eight and a half years for making up a series of false rape allegations. eleanor williams posted pictures of herself on social media with injuries she claimed were from being beaten, abused and trafficked by asian men. in fact she had inflicted the wounds on herself using a hammer. the court heard that the three me
of asian men is jailed for eight and a half years. china and russia have denounced a defence pact, agreed by the us, uk and australia, that will provide australia with nuclear powered attack submarines. russia said the pact would bring years of confrontation to asia. the chinese foreign ministry said the three countries were on a path of error and danger, calling the deal a violation of the aims of the international non proliferation treaty. here s the chinese foreign ministry spokesperson wang wenbin speaking at the daily press briefing. translation: china has repeatedly stressed that the aukus pact - and the three countries efforts to advance cooperation on nuclear submarines and other cutting edge military technology is typical cold war mentality. it will only spur an arms race and undermine the international nonproliferation regime and harm regional peace and stability. peace loving countries have expressed their serious concern and opposition. the three countries lates
international waters. stock markets in europe and the us rebound after days of turmoil between police and supporters of the opposition leader, imran khan, as they try to arrest him at his home. we start in the us, where washington has summoned ambassador after a russian jet fighter collided with an american drone over the black sea. the us military s european command says the russian fighter plane struck the propeller of the unmanned us aircraft, causing it to crash. president biden has been briefed about the invasion of ukraine more than a year ago. the bbc s gary o donoghue is in washington, dc. lets bring you some details of this incident that have been revealed in the statement from we have just heard from pentagon press secretary and just the last few minutes. press secretary and “ust the last few want few minutes. at approximately 703 one of the russian aircraft - one of the russian aircraft struck the propeller of the m 29, causing us forces to have to bring the down
screen an adaptation of george 0rwell‘s1984 in an anti trump protest. i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser s in london. we ve seen more video today from the gas attack in syria, it s miserable viewing. rescue workers hosing down the lifeless bodies of children trying to wash away the chemicals. trump said he is the basher al assad has changed. he said the attacks gci’oss has changed. he said the attacks across a lot of lines but he didn t say what he was going to do about it and he didn t condemn russia. we will show you what doctors say is evidence that sarin gas was used. his patients have those pupils which do not react to the flashlight and that would be a common symptom of a sarin gas attack. syria admits attacking a rabble target in the town of khan sheikhoun, but they say the bomb hit a rabble factory manufacturing gas. western sources said that is not likely. there is no information of such a factory existing and the casualties were over a wide area indic