emerge from that alliance from the ex-president and mark meadows. mark meadows told jack smith special investigators that he could not call trump ever ordering or even discussing declassifying broad sets of classified material before leaving the white house nor was he aware of any standing order from trump authorizing the automatic declassification of materials taken out of the oval office. that reporting according to sources close to the matter. so far mark meadows has remained very quiet about jack smith s classified docs investigation. we do know that mark meadows has testified before a federal grand jury and that happened earlier this year. abc s new reporting sheds light on meadow s ties to this case regarding a central criminal charge in smith s superseding indictment. the willful retention of a classified document that showed a military plan to attack iran. and one that showed multiple people at his bedminister club, referenced in meadow s book. according to an earl
heckling we ll bring all the reaction to the prime minister s speech from birmingham. also this lunchtime. ukraine s president says his troops are making rapid and powerful advances and have liberated dozens of villages from russian forces. charities say hundreds of thousands of people in somalia face starvation unless aid deliveries are stepped up after the worst drought in a0 years. new research suggests elite rugby players are more than twice as likely as the rest of the population to develop long term brain conditions. another day of disruption for rail passengers, as 9,000 train drivers take part in a strike about pay. # diamonds are forever, forever, forever. and the stars come out to celebrate all things james bond on the 60th anniversary of the premiere of the first bond film, dr no. and coming up on the bbc news channel, all players and staff at premiership rugby club worcester will have their contracts terminated after a winding up order in the high court. good af
bringing gales and heavy rain. as the rain moves through, temperatures will drop, so it will feel chilly despite there being some sunshine as the rain band moves eastwards. you can see this complicated weather story. low pressure to the north. the heaviest rain is across southern scotland, northern western england and wales. lots of heavy showers behind that rain across scotland and northern ireland. but in the south east, we are still mild, cloudy and dry at the moment, but that rain will push its way eastwards as the afternoon wears on. there could be heavy bursts for a while. it stays blustery for all areas, gusts in excess of a0 mph in the windiest spots. but the windiest weather will be associated with that weatherfront across the south east. plenty of showers, some of them thundery, for western scotland. temperatures will be lower in the afternoon than what we have had in the last couple of days. it stays blustery this evening and overnight, further showers rattling int
police in england and wales have pledged to send an officer to attend all home burglaries. new research suggests elite rugby players are more than twice as likely as the rest of the population to develop long term brain conditions. # diamonds are forever, forever, forever. # and later in the hour, the stars come out to celebrate james bond on the 60th anniversary of the premiere of the first bond film, dr no. hello. good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. after a bruising week for the prime minister, which included a row about a possible squeeze on benefits and a u turn on tax, liz truss has given her first speech as leader to the conservative party conference and insisted we must stay the course . the address was interrupted by greenpeace protesters, but the prime minister went on to defend her determination to cut taxes in order to stimulate growth. she said she had a clear strategy to get britain moving, and that while not everyone would be in favour of her plans, everyone w