10 15pm on the 13th Of August on sunday, those two men were standing outside the nightclub, in south london, they were approached police say by a man who attacked them with a knife before running away. Both men are in their 20s or 30s, they were taken to hospital for treatment and have since been discharged, there has been no officers, officers are following up leads, they are crucial in the Ongoing Investigation what they described as a homophobic attack of the two men. We will of course have more on that story as we get it but now lets go to tie and write for the business news. Lets start with china. Weve had some worrying data this week fuelling fears about the health today, Property Prices fell for the first time this year due to flagging demand house prices fell by 0. 1 injuly, compared with the same month last year. Going into reverse again for the First Time Since china began to emerge from its covid lockdown. 0n wednesday, on wednesday, Retail Sales Growth slowed to 2. 5 , a si
colleague katy tur will interview the attorney for hunter biden, abbe lowell about the new indictment against the president s son. katy tur reports starts right now good to be with you. i m katy tur. would he be facing criminal charges if he were not the president s son? hunter biden s lawyers argue their client is only being federally indicted because his last name is biden. and because the now special counsel appointed to investigate him faced enormous pressure from republicans to help them make hunter biden a campaign issue. after all, his team argues, prosecutor david weiss looked into hunter biden for five years, and only decided to indict now after the plea deal fell apart. we ll get to the bottom of how much those arguments hold water in a moment with chuck rosenberg, but first, we will exclusively speak with hunter biden s attorney, abbe lowell. let s lay out what david weiss says he found. there are nine counts in the 56 page indictment, including three felony
a to cnn new central coast at this hour with presidents some in more legal peril, but this time the charges could land him in prison for 17 years. that is if he s found on guilty on 90 charges. this is just his apartment has brought for three of them are felony counts. counsel david weiss is accusing hunter biden of million-dollar tax evasion, tax fraud, and more. the new charges add to the fallout from that collapsed plea deal that he struggled federal prosecutors that the part of the summer. hunter biden s attorney says this, quote, if hunter s lesson was anything other than biden, the charges in delaware and now california have not would have been brought under five years of efficient and no new evidence, two years after hunter paid his taxes back in full, the u.s. attorney has piled on nine new charges when he had egregious month ago to resolve this matter with a pair of misdemeanors. president biden we should point out is not part of any of his sons charges. let s break
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