hello and welcome. president biden has sought to underline america s support for nato, striking a very different tone to that of his predecessor donald trump. joe biden said that the military alliance was critically important to the usa s interests. he was speaking at a nato summit belgium as our north america editorjon sopel reports. there s a new sheriff in town, and if nato members could have thrown rose petals in front ofjoe biden s motorcade, they probably would have done. he is resetting the relationship after the hostility of his predecessor. and look at the body language the mock double take. there was the hybrid fist cum elbow bump, and even a jokey hello with turkey s president erdogan. joe biden likes nato, and nato seems to like him. let me make it clear. nato is critically important to us interests, in and of itsself. if there wasn t one, we d have to invent one, and i just want all of europe to know that the united states is there, the united states is there
hello, everyone. i m bianna in new york. pressure mounts for garland to appoint a special counsel to oversee an investigation into president biden s handling of classified government records. we are following this from every angle, so let s begin with cnn s evan perez. what are you learning about what we can expect to hear from the attorney general in just a few moments? reporter: well, bianna, we obviously know that the justice department attorney general garland are in a difficult position given the fact that we are learning still new details about these documents that the president s team says that they found now at multiple locations. the justice department is facing the decision right now whether to appoint a special counsel, whether to open a fuller investigation. we know that, at least at this point, there was an initial review that was done by the u.s. attorney in chicago. that part of the investigation is completed, and so now the decision from garland that we expe
washington. we begin this hour with the breaking news. president biden s advisers are rejecting calls for the presumptive democratic nominee able crumbled last night. now the question is whether biden can rebuild it and 81-year-old president stumbled and stammered through much of the primetime debate on cnn. all you have to do is read some of these headlines to see how his performance has raised serious new doubts if he can remain the democrats nominee biden is toast red one fumbling performance and time to go joe to name a few the top democrat in the house says biden should not step down in an adviser tells cnn that the president plans to debate. again in september, but make no mistake last night was filled with cringeworthy moments it d be able to help make sure that all those things we need to do childcare, elder care, making sure that we continue to strengthen our health care system, making sure that we re able to make every single solitary person eligible for when i ve b
at a shopping mall in hong kong. also in the next hour: the beginning of the end for mercedes‘ dominance of formula one? ferrari s sebastian vettel pips lewis hamilton to the chequered flag in the opening race of the season in melbourne his first win since 2015. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. the home secretary, amber rudd, has called on technology firms to allow access to encrypted material in terrorism cases. it s understood that the westminster attacker, khalid masood, used the whatsapp messaging service seconds before he killed four people last wednesday, but it s not known what was communicated. the app is encrypted. whatsapp has issued a statement in which it says it was horrified about the attack and is cooperating with law enforcement as they continue their investigations. nick bea ke enforcement as they continue their investigations. nick beake has more. an attack at the heart of london, and it s chaotic and deadly aftermath. scotland yard believe all o
welcome to bbc news. the home secretary, amber rudd, has increased pressure on internet companies in the wake of the westminster attack, warning them not to provide a secret place for terrorists to communicate. it s understood that khalid masood, who killed four people on wednesday, was using the secure whatsapp messaging service shortly before he began his murderous rampage. it is not known what was communicated. whatsapp says it is cooperating with the authorities. 0ur correspondent jonny dymond reports. has the freedom to say what you want online and keep it private run into our need for security in an age of terror? khalid masood was active on the messaging network whatsapp just before he started his murderous rampage. whatsapp messages are encrypted only the sender and the recipient can see them. masood is said to have been acting alone, but the authorities would dearly like to know what he said and who he said it to before he began. the security services, says the hom