latest filings around the government s request for a protective order by scheduling a hearing for friday morning at 10 am sharp that is not what the former president s attorneys were hoping for after judge chutkan s initial order to set a hearing by the end of the week trump lawyers responded by complaining about their obligations in their other federal case, and then offering availability next monday or tuesday. while the former president is not planning to appear in friday s hearing, he doubled down on the very behavior at the center of it all in new hampshire earlier today. how can my corrupt political opponent, crooked joe biden, put me on trial during an election campaign that i am winning by a lot? and forced amy nevertheless to spend time and money away from the campaign trail in order to fight bogus, made up accusations in georgia. that s what they re doing. and we ll be able to go to iowa today, i won t be able to go to new hampshire today because i m sitting in a
little attention, new allegation s involving hunter and his father, some corroborated, some debunked, some disputed have surfaced and now the house speaker is actually embracing the idea of an impeachment probe and since there s no way the democratic senate would do that how should the press handle this? is it payback for the two trump impeachments? revenge for the trump indictment s? does it reflect a growing confidence that whistleblowers are correcting it to the white house miss deeds. it may just be an effort to damage joe biden before next year s election, in which case that will depend on just how much can be proven. i m howard kurtz and this is mediabuzz. president biden joked that with inflation declining, the republicans are going to have to find a new issue against him. maybe it ll impeach me because it s coming down, i don t know. i love that one. but mccarthy shift on impeachment has totally reset the media conversation. i believe that we will follow th
for the central bank as top officials signal more support for its slumping economy. and it is the start of earning season for big tech. both alphabet and microsoft have reported strong welcome to asia business report. we will get to china moment but first some breaking news because boss news because natwest boss alison rose has stepped down as the chief executive, with immediate effect. this was after she admitted discussing closure of nigel farage s the closure of nigel farage s bank account with the bbc s is she this editor simon jack. she said this editor simonjack. she said she was wrong to respond and they have been some closure and they have been some government pressure on her to have just learned resign and we have just learned that she has decided to step down. to that she has decided to step down. to china. while the removal of its foreign minister has been making headlines, taking the helm of the time of the chinese economy is seeing slumping activity. the top d
a controversial bill to limit the power of the courts. we ll have the tributes to bbc news reader george alagiah, who s died at the age of 67. and we ll look at what s going on at twitter why is it being rebranded as x? start in greece. strong words from prime minister. he says the climate crisis is already here, and greece is at war. more than 80 wildfires are burning right now. he says the mediterranean region would face even greater disasters as a result of climate change. the islands of rhodes, corfu and evia have been worst hit. parts of the mainland are on high alert. tens of thousands of locals and tourists have been evacuated. the european union has sent firefighter reinforcements to help. from lindos, our correspondent jenny hill sent this report. it seems like a miracle no one was hurt. fire swept through this resort. not much left behind. those were once water skis. so much of this island still looks. ..well, idyllic. and then you take a few steps and you come ac
trevor francis, the footballer who became britian s first million pound player, has died as the age of 69. the former england striker, broke the record, with his move from birmingham city to brian clough s nottingham forest in 1979. he went on to win back to back european cups with forest and played for his country 52 times. his family say he died of a heart attack at his apartment in spain this morning. saudi arabian side al hilal have reportedly made a world record bid of £259 milion for paris saint germain forward kylian mbappe. the 24 year old france captain has just a year left on his contract and has refused to sign an extension at the french champions. they want to sell him rather than let him leave for free next summer and he was left out of the preseason tour to japan. it s believed mbappe wants to join real madrid in 202a. some of europe s top clubs believe there s a chance tottenham will sell harry kane this summer, despite the club s insistence they are not inter