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the last known sighting of abdul ezedi at a tesco shop in north london, his right eye scarred by what could be the same chemical he s accused of using in an horrific attack. the street in clapham in south london, where a corrosive substance was thrown at a woman and her two young children on wednesday evening. this cctv footage appears to show the distressing sequence of events. a man is seen taking a child from the back of the car, before fleeing the scene as he s chased. police believe the victim was known to the attacker. we take violence against women and girls very seriously, and this was someone who, it is a vulnerable position she was in and it would have been horrific and frightening, so we will do our utmost, and we will, i am totally confident, capture the male. as the hunt for him continues, questions over abdul ezedi s past. convicted of a sex offence in 2018, he was later granted asylum here in the uk after two failed attempts. what happened here hasn t just shoc ....
i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. on friday the u.s. conducted major retaliatory airstrikes on iraq and syria, the start of what the u.s. military says likely will be larger attacks on iranian-backed militias. airstrikes hit more than 85 targets according to u.s. central command including command and control operation centers, intelligence centers, rockets and missiles and unmanned aerial vehicle storage. the move came in response to a drone strike by iran-backed militants on a u.s. military outpost in jordan on sunday. that killed three u.s. service members and wounded more than 40 others. the strikes began only about an hour after president biden attended the dignified transfer of their remains at dover air force base in delaware. officials say the timing was coincidental but symbolic of the gravity of his decision. iraqi officials say at least 16 people were killed in the strikes and condemn the attacks as, quote, a flagrant violation of iraqi sovereigty. a ch ....
scotland and england with narrow wins in the six nations yesterday. it isa it is a cloudy but mild day and blush it is a cloudy but mild day and blush day it is a cloudy but mild day and blush day for many. wetter especially in western scotland. news of things especially in western scotland. news of things turning colder this week. right of things turning colder this week. right here of things turning colder this week. right here on breakfast. it s sunday, the 4th of february. our top story: the uk hasjoined the us in striking houthi targets in yemen for a third time. last night, british and american forces launched strikes on 36 targets across 13 locations, in response to attacks on ships in the red sea. the uk s defence secretary, grant shapps, claimed the action was needed to protect innocent lives and preserve freedom of navigation but said it did not mark an escalation in the uk s involvement in the conflict. louisa pilbeam reports. british fighterjets taki ....
first minister, nicola sturgeon, was sometimes critical of how the westminster government handled this. cast your mind back to the height of the pandemic when we were all facing government imposed restrictions, look down rules on social mixing. different nations were able to set their own rules and that sometimes lead to clashes between the government in london and the scottish government about everything from messaging to concrete decisions. it is an example. this is a message that emerged in the inquiry earlier this week. nicola sturgeon said to one of her key aides, describing borisjohnson, as you can see, not a fan. we put it was useful to go back and look at some of the decisions and the outcomes they had. let s start with march 2020, the first lockdown. that happened across the uk, at this point, all nations were grossly on the same page. but agreements didn t last long. there were tensions over a number of things, one of them was messaging. rememberwhen a number of thi ....
his authority. but the big guy says this fight isn t over. you know, these republican officials just couldn t bear the thought of providing relief of working-class and middle-class americans. we won t stop fighting for you. we will use every tool at our disposal to get you the student debt relief you need and reach your dreams beard why did you give millions of borrowers false hope? i did not give false hope come up with republicans snatched away the whole they were given, and it is real, real hope. overstep your authority? i think the court misinterpreted the constitution. joey: but maybe biden should save some of that anger for nancy pelosi. the supreme court actually using the former speaker s own words in the ruling. people think that the president of the united states has the power for debt forgiveness. he does not. he can postpone, he can delay, but he does not have that power. that has to be an act of congress. joey: yeah, as you can imagine, the ....