An audit exit if this is put in charge of this years climate complement. And a look at whats happening in the front line town of soledar as russia and ukraine fight for control. Welcome to the programme. We start with the controversy in washington. The white house has confirmed that a second set of classified documents has been found in the garage of President Biden s home in delaware. Its thought the documents are linked to Barack Obamas time in the white house Whenjoe Biden was Vice President. And in the last half hour, us Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the appointment of Special Counsel to investigate joe biden s handling of the documents. This Appointment Underscores for the public the departments commitment to independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters and to Making Decisions guided only by the facts and the law. Heres what the us president told reporters a little earlier. As i said earlier this week, and by the way my corvette in a locked garage
an audit exit if this is put in charge of this years climate complement. and a look at what s happening in the front line town of soledar as russia and ukraine fight for control. welcome to the programme. we start with the controversy in washington. the white house has confirmed that a second set of classified documents has been found in the garage of president biden s home in delaware. it s thought the documents are linked to barack obama s time in the white house whenjoe biden was vice president. and in the last half hour, us attorney general merrick garland announced the appointment of special counsel to investigate joe biden s handling of the documents. this appointment underscores for the public the departments commitment to independence and accountability in particularly sensitive matters and to making decisions guided only by the facts and the law. here s what the us president told reporters a little earlier. as i said earlier this week, and by the way my corvett
questions. it will be compared to the president trumps situation. these situations from what we know at the moment are very different. it seems like the biden team found these documents and were forthcoming and going to the national archives and going to the national archives and reports in them. it also seems that there were simply more documents at president trumps position in a position to bite his fist up and we know that trump did not hand over his documents. so very different situations but they will be compared. different situations but they will be compared- different situations but they will be comared. . ~ ,, , . be compared. thank you very much julia. now you might rememberformer president trump found himself embroiled in a case involving classified documents last year. (box these are pictures of the police raid on trump s mar a lago estate last august. they reportedly found more than 150 sensitive documents. at the time, president biden called trump s mishandling of docu
that the president knowingly violated the law, that president biden knowingly violated the law, there will be no criminal prosecution. you might remember former you might rememberformer president trump found himself embroiled in a case involving classified documents last year. these pictures are the mara log arrayed last august mara log arrayed. these are pictures of the police raid on trump s mar a lago estate last august. they reportedly found more than 150 sensitive documents. at the time, president biden called trump s mishandling of documents totally irresponsible . so that s led to trump saying today. and there s been a swift reaction from the republican party. i think congress has to investigate this. here is an individual in office for more than 40 years and sat on 60 minutes, saying he was concerned about
of lives with the army now leading rescue efforts. and taking to the skies to vaccinate all of australia we visit the remote areas where where an airborne logistical effort is getting jabs in arms. live from our studio in singapore this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore and 7pm in washington where people from across political divide have come together to mourn and rememberformer us secretary of state colin powell who has died at the age of 8a. he was a pioneer in both the us military and the us government. america s first black secretary of state first black chairman of thejoint chiefs of staff and, first black national security adviser.