Mistakes. Our North America Correspondent David Willis looked at the way events spiralled, leading to Mr Biden s withdrawal. This would not have been how Joe Biden would have wanted his more than 50 years in public life to have come to an end. Hed faced growing calls to withdraw from the president ial race. Yet the decision, when it came, nonetheless caught many people by surprise. Joe biden was at his delaware beach house, where hes been recuperating from the effects of covid, and reports here suggest that on saturday evening, he called a meeting of his senior advisers, and they worked together late into the night to draft that statement, announcing that letter announcing that he was withdrawing as his Partys President ial candidate. Now, it wasnt until sunday, those reports suggest, that Mr Biden informed Vice President Kamala Harris of his decision, after a meeting with members of his family. A lot of White House aides were also kept in the dark, apparently, until the very last minu
Donald trump has previously said he thought Kamala Harris would be easier to defeat in Novembers Election Thanjoe biden. Lets Speak Tojennifer Ewing from republicans overseas uk. Thank you forjoining us on the programme. Do you think that Kamala Harris would be easier for Donald Trump to beat than Joe Harris would be easier for Donald Trump to beat Thanjoe Biden . I trump to beat Thanjoe Biden . I dont think trump to beat Thanjoe Biden . I dont think she will end up being the nominee, when it comes down to it. While several people have endorsed her, there are notable exceptions of who has not. Obama has not, Nancy Pelosi has not, Chuck Schumer has not. I think they are putting this out there is a bit of a Test Balloon to see how she does for the next couple of weeks. Until that disastrous debate a few weeks ago, she pulled even lower than President Biden. Trump is probably thinking it is the same policies that america is not really fond of right now. She was put in charge of looking af
just one pound in five has been paid out in financial redress to postmasters wrongfully accused of theft and fraud is it time the post office is completely removed from delivering compensation? disarray at the top of the post office in full view at a hearing in front of mps today. the main scandal remains the snails pace of redress for postmasters. we ll talk live to this post office manager wrongfully accused of stealing £78,000 and jailed for six months, and this mp who s on the horizon compensation advisory board. also tonight. labour mp margaret hodge tells us she s written to the metropolitan police and the electoral commission to ask them to investigate whether the conservative party broke electoral law in taking £200,000 from the partner of a prominent donor. the chancellor said he wanted to get older workers off the golf course and back into employment but why have they really opted out of the workforce? in a dramatic hearing today, current and former post off
which is on track to hit the highest level in half a century. the bbc understands he is considering a further cut to national insurance but a decision won t come until later this week. we spoke to carl emmerson from the ifs he said the chancellor is in a difficult position. the challenge is for the chancellor, indeed whoever is chancellor after the election, we have weak growth and high spending on debt interest, and high spending on debt interest, and yes, there has been a big interest in taxes since 2019 and the chancellor has pencilled in plans which imply pretty big spending cuts in the next parliament, and despite all of that, he has got government doubt stable at about five years time so the public finances are in a precarious state, and tax cuts could boost growth but they will not pay for themselves and we think tax cuts should only be announced if the chancellor is able to say which spending cuts he will do to pay for them. , ., , , ., ., them. the problem is th
what happened to us. my daughters are little birds to me. ahmad survived because he was 50 miles away in the occupied west bank, stuck outside gaza since the start of the war, working in tel aviv to fund the couple s dream of owning their own home. he was on the phone to his wife when the attack began. translation: she knew she would die, and she asked me to forgive her - for anything bad she might have ever done to me. i told her there was no need to say that and that was the last call between us. the house ahmad built with his tel aviv salary in gaza city is still standing, just. the homes around it flattened, including his uncle s house, metres away, where the family fled for safety. translation: it was a fire belt. there were strikes here on four houses next to ours. they were hitting one house every ten minutes. the family are still searching for bodies buried in the rubble. among those killed, they say, a 98 year old grandmother and a baby boy born nine days before. onl