after it was shelled this week. they say moscow s actions are increasing the risk of a terrible accident. # we re locking in the air. # we re walking in the air. and the author and illustrator raymond briggs, best known for the children s book the snowman, has died at the age of 88. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start in the us, where donald trump has declined to answer questions under oath as part of an investigation into his family s business practices. mr trump described the inquiry by the new york attorney general, letitia james, as a witch hunt. ms james is looking into whether the trump organization tried to acquire loans and avoid taxes by misleading the authorities. the former president s deposition comes just days after the fbi carried out an unprecedented search at his florida home as part of a separate investigation. shortly after his visit to the ne
Taxadvantaged Retirement Plan used by millions of americans. Does Congress Even have a tax cut plan . And so prepared. As tensions grow with kim jongun, President Trump now says the u. S. Is prepared for anything. Could the administrations tough talk be leading towards a Military Conflict with north korea . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news. Under growing pressure from congress, the pentagon goes public with an attempt to explain how four u. S. Troops were killed in a secretive deployment in niger. Joint chiefs chairman general Joseph Dunford says the families of the fallen and the American People are owed more information, but hes offering few details on the deadly ambush, saying the u. S. Troops did not expect resistance, were attacked by a larger force and requested support an hour after coming under fire. Still unanswered, why it took 48
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it s not a threat to the u.s. or allies, saying that this was not something a responsible nuclear power should have done in the current escalating tension. of course, the u.s. canceled one of its own regularly scheduled icbm tests earlier this month. jake? barbara, you had new reporting about how secretary of defense austin is staying on top of all these possible nuclear developments. reporter: well, let s start exactly. we should start with the point, right now the pentagon says it has no evidence, nothing to indicate that the russians are moving their nuclear weapons around. sole that s good news. again, you come to putin s uncertain temperament, his escalatory language, and that has resulted in the defense secretary, we are told, keeping an extremely sharp eye on russia s nuclear inventory. he gets briefed about it two to three times a week at the highest classified level, so he is completely up to date, and were there to be some kind of
flying low. let me ask you about you know, we now see every hostile regime, every hostile act towards the u.s.. obviouslye, putin invadingte ukraine also threatening the u.s.. you saw that president xi and china is threateningdeid anybody that offers any aid to taiwan, which they are an ally of ours. you saw what happened with ake ballistic missile this weekend. iran firing at our facilityui in iraq, although joe is quick t to say, oh , no, they didn t really mean to hit us . i would tend to believe the opposite. even north t korea is now saber rattling with more icbm tests than they ever have since donald trump was president before he was president. it looks like they see a weak president and that this is going to get worsese before it ever gets better. i hope i m wrong, general. well, this is a very complicated front that we re dealing with . the trump administration set. the news strategic frameworkwe
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