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china warns the united states it will pay the price if us house speaker nancy pelosi visits taiwan during her asia trip. life support is expected to be withdrawn from 12 year old archie battersbee today, after court of appeal judges said his treatment should not continue. british airways halts sales of tickets on short haul flights from heathrow for a week as disruption for travellers continues. hello and welcome, whether you re watching in the uk or around the world. the leader of al-qaeda, ayman al zawahiri, has been killed in an american drone strike in afghanistan. al zawahiri was one of the masterminds behind the september 11th attacks against the united states in 2001. after years of tracking him, the cia targeted him with two missiles from a drone flying above the afghan capital, kabul, killing him instantly. announcing the strike, president biden said the killing would bring closure to families of the nearly 3,000 victims of the 9/11 attacks. the killing comes nearl ....
to the gas pumps to fill up their cars, look, i drive a little ford and it cost $60 to fill it up the other day. so they are concerned about the cost of gas at pumps and groceries in our stores. i m the daughter of a maid and a janitor. i watched my parents struggle to make ends meet. the youngest of 7 children. so believe me, in my own life experiences, i knew all too well about that. but let me say this. it does not mean that we should ignore people who lie, steal, and cheat to stay in power or make money. so we re not going to do that. but we certainly need to drive down the cost. we ve already reached out to the administration and talked about in terms of gas, let s tap into those reserves, let s look at price gouging to make sure that oil and gas companies are not just taking advantage of a bad situation so we have called for an investigation into that. we re certainly hoping that that legislation will pass. but we re also looking at market manipulation. again, man ....
15 people killed at a mass shooting at an elementary school here in uvalde. that is robb elementary school. 14 people, one teacher. the shooter is dead. officers responding to the shooting, shot and killed him. responding officers were shot at, some were struck, but do not have serious injuries. texas governor abbott says the teen is a local from here. he abandoned his vehicle and ran into the school with a weapon and just started shooting. 15 dead in this mass shooting. horrific. uvalde memorial hospital posting on facebook, they are treating multiple children in their emergency room right now. the atf is here. we are awaiting an imminent press conference. thor of uvalde said there will be a press conference at 5 local time. texas governor abbott confirming 15 people dead in this horrific mass shooting. you can see some of the videos we had sent to the newsroom. a video from earlier today showed the shooter going into the school. it is unclear what type of firearm he h ....
sweeps across north korea. and we ve a special report from the secret schools of afghanistan, where girls are defying the taliban to get an education. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and eight in the evening in buffalo, new york where president biden has been meeting the families of ten people killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at the weekend. mr biden called white supremacy a poison which is running through the us. the bbc s nada tawfik was there and sent this report. america has a long and troubled history with racism and guns. the city of buffalo is the latest deadly chapter. joe biden, the latest president to console a community in mourning. in an all too familiar ritual, mr biden and the first lady paid their respects to the victims who were massacred here as they were shopping for groceries. after meeting with family members of the victims, he gave a forceful speech, calling the attack domestic terrorism and urging americans to reject white supre ....
us federal agents discover the longest and most sophisticated tunnel of its kind used to smuggle drugs across the mexican border. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the evacuation of ukrainian troops from the azovstal steelworks in mariupol has continued, with a convoy of at least seven buses carrying soldiers escorted by pro russian forces. more than than 260 soldiers left, after a negotiated surrender. they ve been taken to areas held by russian backed rebels. meanwhile, western military sources say, vladimir putin is now directly involved, in the day to day running of the war, taking decisions, normally made by senior military figures. our correspondent laura bicker, reports. it has been a brutal and bloody 83 days, but their battle is over for now. the wounded from azovstal are carried out of the vast steel plant filmed by the very force they ve been fighting. russia will be keen to air these images which they say show surrender. but the ....