the right to abortion. the two candidates to be uk prime minister are going head to head in cardiff at the latest hustings for party members. the former health secretary sajid javid is the latest to come out saying he s backing liz truss to win. hello, and a warm welcome to the programme. we start in taiwan a historic visit from us house speaker nancy pelosi has come to a close. but the fallout from it is just beginning. in the last few hours, taiwan s defence ministry says it scrambled jets to warn off 27 chinese warplanes in its defence zone. remember, nancy pelosi is the most senior us politician in 25 years to go to taiwan. and the visit has sparked fury in beijing, which views taiwan as its own. we ll be going into why, as well as all of the reaction. first, here s a little of what ms pelosi had to say. our solidarity with you is more important than ever, as you defend taiwan and your freedom. we are supporters of the status quo, and we don t want anything to happen to
civil rights campaigners, who s died at the age of 93. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the european court of human rights has tonight refused an application by the parents of archie battersbee to postpone the removal of his life support, effectively ending the family s legal battle. doctors who say archie is brain stem dead were waiting for a decision from the court before beginning the withdrawal of his treatment. the 12 year old has been in a coma since an accident at his home in essex in april. let s go live now to the royal london hospital in east london, where archie has been receiving his life support treatment since april. charlotte gallacher is there. charlotte, can you bring us up to speed with these latest developments?- speed with these latest developments? speed with these latest develoments? , . , , speed with these latest develoments? , , . developments? this was the news that archie battersbee s developments? this was the news that archie battersbee
with conservative members. the two of them have faced off tonight in wales. and a hosepipe ban for gardeners in parts of southern england. but how are the farmers coping with the lack of rain? we ll be live in essex to find out. tonight with the context, the former adviser to hillary clinton, amanda renteria, and former senior adviser to george w bush, ron christie. hello, a warm welcome to the programme. she was there less than 2a hours, but the fallout from nancy pelosi s visit to taiwan looks like it might endure for some time. china is about to begin three days of live fire military exercises barely 12 nautical miles off shore, which taiwan says amounts to an air and sea blockade. such was the military response to the speaker s visit yesterday, the flight that transferred her from malaysia to taiwan was forced to take a three hour detour around the phillippines. and it remains tense. at one point today, taiwan scrambled its own fighterjets to ward off those from china tha
he joins me ahead with his personal story of living under china s covid lockdown. but we want to get right to cnn s john avlon, charlie dent. alice stewart is here as well. i m happy to have all of you on. good evening to you. john, let s start with the new stuff, the stuff that s breaking. hi, everyone. the fbi issuing investigators issuing, i should say, a subpoena to the national archives to access classified documents that trump took to mar-a-lago. are we going to find out what he took to mar-a-lago, and what does this mean for the former president, you think? well, we will find out what he took to mar-a-lago. we may find out the context in which he took it. was it trump cluelessness, or was there classified information that hadn t been declassified? there s also a statute having to do with these documents which might end up being material. there is a law on the books that says if you steal, spindle, mutilate official documents, that there are punishments that go
committee investigating the house insurrection. five congressmen are subpoenaed including kevin mccarthy. and new evidence of possible war crime in ukraine. an exclusive on the general who ordered some of those acts of brutality. announcer: live from cnn. russia is reacting to finland s announcement that it homes to join nato with threats of retaliation. former president dmitri medvedev warns that it would strengthen its western flank. they called it a radical change in policy and a treaty vial participation will bring consequences. philipish leaders say their finnish leaders say it is a drastic change in the security environment after ukraine. helsinki admits there are no direct military threats right now and its extremely long border with russia is secure. finland has been a member of the european union since 1995. for years we ve been a very close partner to nato. so in that sense, this will not be such a major one and maybe it is not as big as people might think.