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and shortly, paul hutcheon political editor at the daily record. he s just been listening to the scottish leaders debate and so will be joining us shortly. first, the latest headlines. president biden s son, hunter, has been found guilty on all three charges in his federal gun crime trial. the jury in delaware found that he d lied about his drug use on a form while buying a weapon in twenty eighteen. while buying a weapon in 2018. it s the first criminal prosecution of the child of a sitting us president. hamas has given its formal response to the latest peace plan for gaza. the group says it has a positive view of the three phase proposal but wants several guarantees. these include a commitment to a permanent ceasefire and the complete withdrawal of israeli forces from the territory. and we will have all the latest reaction to the scottish leaders debate. leaders of the five main parties have spent the last hour making their pitches to voters. as you probably know by now, ....
welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the united states where the president s son, hunter biden, has been found guilty of lying about his drug use, to illegally buy a gun. the jury in the trial in delaware, convicted him on all three counts. he could face a maximum of 25 years in jail. sarah smith has been following the trial and sent us this report from wilmington. hand in hand with his step mother, the first lady, as well as his wife, hunter biden left court a convicted felon. this trial peppered with lurid details from his private life and previous addiction to crack cocaine has clearly put great stress on the whole family. joe biden appeared after the verdict, ironically at a gun safety event, not mentioning his son. in a statement, he said he loved hunter and he s proud of the man he is today. he then set off to travel to delaware to be with his son this evening. during the trial, prosecutors argued that hunter bi ....
president biden s son hunter is found guilty by a court in the us of lying about his drug use when buying a gun in 2018. hunter biden was addicted to crack cocaine when he purchased that revolver and today is the first child of a sitting president to be convicted of a crime. england limber up in germany, ahead of the start of their euros campaign. and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. the big challenge for a conservative party trailing badly in the polls is how to persuade voters to give them another five years in power today we got their answer, as they put tax cuts at the heart of their manifesto. among the policies announced was a 2p cut in national insurance, and scrapping the main rate of national insurance for the self employed. they pledged a new help to buy scheme and that they d abolish stamp duty for first time buyers on properties up to £425,000. ....
lives are complicated when people like him stop masking up. it s the trauma the asian-americans are coping with and the ongoing attacks and fears of more attacks they face daily. a house judiciary committee heard about lawmakers about the climate of hatred they are experiencing. the committee heard from chip roy, the ranking republican who used part of his time to fondly recall the good ole days when lynchings in texas were a-okay. there s old sayings in texas about, you know, find all the rope in texas and get a tall oak tree. we take justice very seriously and we ought to do that, round up the bad guys. so, to a community living in fear of random acts of violence during a hearing to address that violence in discrimination, congressman roy there seems to have praised the idea of mobs of people lynching other people from trees. just as americans of asian descent are being slandered with false loyalty to another country, congressman roy decided now is the time to st ....
peddling denial. but you do get that is not the whole story, right? you understand the vaccine is not a cure-all. it won t get us out of the pandemic, not anytime soon. there are so many out there, i hear you on the radio, i see you on social media, i get your responses to the show. biden s doing a good job, take the win, why do you keep saying the situation is so dire? because it is. vaccine, biden, not enough. he s not trump. he s not going to tell you he s one move away and only he can fix. too many americans insist on falling short. so yeah, the vaccine s a step forward. but we re taking a step and after back. here s the proof. after weeks of steep declines, infections are rising again by more than 10% in 14 states this week compared to last. more states are reopening. is that good or bad? look, i believe it s how you do it and how you handle it on an individual basis. the opportunity is going to be there. what do you do with it? there will be more risk if you don t ....