Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, the issue of President Bidens memory and Mental Fitness on full display in front of a House Committee today. The now former Special Counsel who wrote controversial remarks concerning the subject was grilled today in a hearing about his decision not to charge the president over his retention of classified documents. Correspondent david spunt has all the highlights tonight from a contentious hearing. Good evening, david. David good evening. Robert hur took questions for almost five hours and it became clear right out of the gate that this was a proxy fight over who could possibly win the white house in november. I did not sanitize my explanation, nor did i disparage the president unfairly. Former Special Counsel robert hur defending his report and his credibility. The report critical of President Bidens handling of classified documents found piled up in tattered boxes in his Delaware Garage and personal offices. We identified evidence that the president w
resort of marsa alam. the foreign office says it s supporting the british nationals involved. our correspondent, sally nabil who is in cairo told us how it s believed events unfolded. after finishing afterfinishing the after finishing the cruise, the boat was about to head back to the shores today and the footage we have seen from the fire is really dramatic and you can possibly imagine the hard times those people on board to have had after the fire broke out on board the boat. and no one knows exactly what happened, what caused this huge fire to break out. but initial reports are suggesting an electrical fault. investigations are still under way, electrical fault. investigations are still underway, but electrical fault. investigations are still under way, but if there seems to be another dimension, another reason, including man made factors like negligence, like poor maintenance, i think that would have really serious repercussions on the tourist industry in this area, which
previously. robert english, is director of central european studies at the university of southern california, who specialises in the politics of russia. russia s investigative committee has reportedly said it had launched an investigation over acts of terror . he outlined what that tells us. it tells us they haven t cut the suspects yet. they were local militants. this was a knot and organise attack carried out by the islamic state like in moscow, but something more local and so my sponsors. they were heavily armed with automatic wagons but struck at a church come a synagogue and a police checkpoint any kind of hit and run fashion. again, locally organised militants. what do you make of the fact those were the targets, churches come a synagogue, playstation? playstation? that is the key question- playstation? that is the key question. what playstation? that is the key question. what people - playstation? that is the keyi question. what people need playstation? that is t
as a police vehicle in the village of sergokal. local officials say at least ten people have been killed. most of the victims were police but also included a priest. religious buildings were set ablaze. six of the attackers are reported to have been killed and russia s counter terrorism agency said the active phase of its operation had ended. robert english is director of central european studies at the university of southern california, who specialises in the politics of russia. afp news agency reported that russia s investigative committee said it had launched an investigation over acts of terror . he outlined what that tells us. it tells us we have not caught the suspects yet. they have an idea that they are local militants, this was not a highly organised, co ordinated attack such as in moscow back in march carried out by the islamic state. but something of a more local and so my spontaneous nature. and semi spontaneous nature. heavily armed with automatic weapons but th
to give the lead that britain needs. as borisjohnson recedes from political life, rishi sunak s new team are hoping the dramas he s created may also fade. but with an ex prime minister who is both aggrieved and still ambitious, that may not happen. damian grammaticas, bbc news, westminster. turning attention to egypt now because three british tourists are missing, after a fire on board a boat in the red sea. 26 other people, including 12 britons, were rescued from the vessel, off the coast of marsa alam. they were all on a diving cruise. the foreign office says it s supporting the british nationals. sally nabil, has the latest from cairo. huge fires ripped through this boat in the red sea resort of marsa alam. nearly 30 people were on board, including 15 british passengers. amateur footage shows the moments of horror as some jump to safety and are rescued. local authorities say most of the foreign visitors and the egyptian crew have been rescued, but search operations are still under