some of the transfers to that robinson walker company happened during 2015 and 2016, time when joe biden was very much vice president of the united states. john: you just saw the breaking news right here as the head of the house oversight committee, james comer, details the money trail linking the biden family with china. and comer says he has some bad news for the white house. this is just the beginning. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m john roberts in washington. sandra, see if we can top the last hour news content. sandra: here we go on this friday afternoon. chairman comer joining us after we learned the name of the third biden family member who received a cut of a wire money transferred to a business associate. white house dismissing the findings as a disgusting attack and hunter biden is counter suing the delaware computer shop owner who held on to his laptop and shared its contents with the new york post. but chairman comer tells us
and academic roxane gay, has most definitely cut through with her books, which include unflinching testimony on the impact of being raped, on fatness and the meaning of feminism. how scary is this level of self exposure? roxane gay, welcome to hardtalk. stephen, thank you for having me. well, it s a great pleasure to have you here. you ve written with extraordinary candour about your own life. i have. and it strikes me that writing about it presumably a solitary occupation is one thing, but then speaking about it in public is quite another. it is, it is. over the years, has the speaking about it become easier? it has. i m actually afraid of public speaking, and that s why i m a writer. and i never anticipated in my career that i would be speaking about anything in public. but the more you do something, the more habituated you get, and it does get easier. and, you know, i tend to speak in front of very receptive crowds and so that also makes it a lot easier. and i stand by
and, michele yeoh says she kung fu kicked the glass ceiling, with her best actress win at the oscars. for all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope and possibilities. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk, on pbs in the us, and around the world. the leaders of britain, australia and the united states have hailed a pact to provide canberra with nuclear powered attack submarines, saying it will boost security in the asia pacific region for decades to come. under the aukus agreement, australia will first receive at least three submarines from the us. chris mason reports from san diego, where the deal was announced. a pact of old democracies coming together to counter a new and growing adversary. china. australia and the united kingdom are two of america s most stalwart and capable allies. our common values, ourshared vision for a peaceful, prosper
has died at the age of 76. the leaders of the us, britain and australia, meeting in california, have given details of a defence pact that will provide australia with nuclear powered submarines. president biden, uk prime minister rishi sunak and the australian prime minister anthony albanese, have met to confirm the aukus security agreement. the deal is aimed at countering what the three nations see as china s threat in the indo pacific region. our political editor, chris mason, has more from san diego. a pact of old democracies, coming together to counter a new and growing adversary china. australia and the united kingdom are two of america s most stalwart and capable allies. our common values, ourshared vision for a peaceful, prosperous future unite us, all across the atlantic and pacific. this is about projecting power and resolve. the backdrop, a naval base. the images and the words intended to work in unison. the aukus agreement, we confirm here in san diego, represents
destruction in malawi and mozambique, ripping roofs off buildings and bringing widespread flooding. these are the latest headlines from bbc news. now on bbc news, click. this week, we re going low and slooow. although what is it that has given spencer such a shock? ow! tittering an absolute pleasure and privilege to meet you, sir. how are you doing? life beyond the grave, jim, but not as we know it. william shatner s got plans to keep talking after he s boldly on. this interview is the best thing i ve ever done! - oh, for goodness sake! laughs and how can your foot flaunt the perfect fit? get ready for the science of stilettos. here s something that s hard to get your head around. more and more tourist attractions are clocking how important social media is in getting their name out there. yeah, we re at the new twist museum in central london, which is filled with a multitude of mirrors and instagrammable illusions that will play with your perceptions. oh, this makes a change