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nancy pelosi, dozens of other congressional democrats, nancy pelosi, known to be close to president biden, but this is a letter really full of criticism of the biden administration. it does show that there is a growing amount of unease amongst democrats about us policy towards israel. these congressional democrats saying that they have a shared concern and outrage at the airstrike that resulted in the deaths of seven aid workers. they say that they strongly urge the biden administration to carry out an independent investigation into what happened. now, really, just a few hours before this letter was released, the white house ruled that out, an investigation by the us. john kirby, the national security spokesman, saying that it wasn't going to happen, so it seems no immediate change in policy there. the letter goes on, it says, "if the strike is found to have violated us or international law, future arms packages should be withheld until those responsible are held accountable". now, it seems, clearly, that there won't be any immediate change in us policy towards israel and the way that thi
nancy pelosi, dozens of other congressional democrats, nancy pelosi, known to be close to president biden, but this is a letter really full of criticism of the biden administration. it does show that there is a growing amount of unease amongst democrats about us policy towards israel. these congressional democrats saying that they have a shared concern and outrage at the airstrike that resulted in the deaths of seven aid workers. they say that they strongly urge the biden administration to...
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led by former house speaker nancy pelosi, about a0 democrat party members have expressed outrage at the deaths and signed a letter. two police forces in the uk are now investigating reports that several mps were sent explicit messages and images in a suspected parliamentary honey trap. more than 150 people have been rescued from floodwaters in and around sydney as more people prepared to leave their homes. the area's mean damn, supplying most of the city's drinking water, has overflowed. now on bbc news... take me to the opera: the power of glyndebourne. i've been an opera fan for decades, and i want to share my passion with you. so i'm on a mission to find out how opera is reinventing itself for the 21st century. this time, i go to glyndebourne in the english countryside to find out why it's a unique place that offers more than opera.
led by former house speaker nancy pelosi, about a0 democrat party members have expressed outrage at the deaths and signed a letter. two police forces in the uk are now investigating reports that several mps were sent explicit messages and images in a suspected parliamentary honey trap. more than 150 people have been rescued from floodwaters in and around sydney as more people prepared to leave their homes. the area's mean damn, supplying most of the city's drinking water, has overflowed. now on...
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led by former house speaker nancy pelosi, about a0 democratic members of congress have signed an open letter expressing outrage at the deaths. two police forces in the uk are now investigating reports that several mps were sent explicit messages and images, in a suspected parliamentary honeytrap. more than 150 people have been rescued from flood waters in and around sydney — as more people prepare to leave their homes. the area's main dam supplying most of the city's drinking water has started overflowing. it follows three days of torrential rainfall. let's get more now on the story that the conservative mp, dr luke evans, has said he was a victim of "cyber flashing". he alerted police who are now investigating a suspected westminster honeytrap. he spoke to the leicestershire police force last month after receiving unsolicited pictures of naked women on whatsapp. the metropolitan police has also confirmed it is investigating explicit images and messages sent to mps. our political correspondent charlotte wright has more. yes, so this is william wragg, the conservative mp,
led by former house speaker nancy pelosi, about a0 democratic members of congress have signed an open letter expressing outrage at the deaths. two police forces in the uk are now investigating reports that several mps were sent explicit messages and images, in a suspected parliamentary honeytrap. more than 150 people have been rescued from flood waters in and around sydney — as more people prepare to leave their homes. the area's main dam supplying most of the city's drinking water has...
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pelosi from the us visited taiwan, this angered beijing that such a senior us politician had visited this place, which they considered to be a rogue province. bang all these military cooperation, those types of things that antony blinken was talking about, frozen. it has taken years to get back to the point where the world superpowers can be cooperating with each other on these fronts. they are trying, both sides, to maintain what they have already got an stop things from sliding backwards yet again. we will leave it there. _ backwards yet again. we will leave it there. thank - backwards yet again. we will leave it there. thank you. i leave it there. thank you. following those talks for us here at bbc news. let's cross over to arizona to speak to erin baggott carter, an assistant professor at the university of southern california's us—china institute. she's also a fellow at the stanford hoover institution. welcome to the programme. picking up on the tough talk, conflict, strong language, emboldened perhaps by world events, do you think? certainly, i think this is a significant reas
pelosi from the us visited taiwan, this angered beijing that such a senior us politician had visited this place, which they considered to be a rogue province. bang all these military cooperation, those types of things that antony blinken was talking about, frozen. it has taken years to get back to the point where the world superpowers can be cooperating with each other on these fronts. they are trying, both sides, to maintain what they have already got an stop things from sliding backwards yet...
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pelosi had called to sign off on the bill for ukraine. we know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. they had wanted ties to strict immigration laws, stricter border security with the us—mexico border. that particular vote failed. they needed a two thirds majority so that did not come to pass. instead what you saw with the ukraine bill is that more republicans voted against it than actually voted in favour. we know that republican congress woman marjorie greene has signalled her intention to potentially oust the republican house speaker mikejohnson over this filing a motion to vacate. she said she will not pull the trigger on it. that's not to say it couldn't come in days or weeks ahead. well the vote had been delayed for more than six months, causing ukraine to run low on ammunition and lose more territory to invading russian forces. ukrainian president volodymr zelenskyy expressed gratitude on x, formerly known as twitter, for the passage of the bill — saying this decision will "keep history on the right trac
pelosi had called to sign off on the bill for ukraine. we know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. they had wanted ties to strict immigration laws, stricter border security with the us—mexico border. that particular vote failed. they needed a two thirds majority so that did not come to pass. instead what you saw with the ukraine bill is that more republicans voted against it than actually voted in favour. we know that republican congress woman marjorie greene has...
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the former united states house speaker nancy pelosi — a close ally of president biden has signed a letter together with almost forty congressional democrats calling for a halt to weapons transfers to israel. the letter urges the white house to conduct its own probe into an israeli airstrike that killed seven aid workers on monday. it says the strike against the humanitarian convoy — along with the ever—worsening humanitarian crisis in gaza makes it unjustifiable to approve further weapons deliveries. so along with the growing number of countries aid organisations have stressed the need for an independent investigation into the deaths of the aid workers. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson has more on the fallout from ashdod in israel. one of the vehicles carrying seven aid workers killed in an is really our strike on monday. there are charities logo clearly visible here but not say israeli authorities seen by the military drone operators. israel has sacked to idf officers after investigators concluded that even if they had not been mistaken, they did not follow protocol and
the former united states house speaker nancy pelosi — a close ally of president biden has signed a letter together with almost forty congressional democrats calling for a halt to weapons transfers to israel. the letter urges the white house to conduct its own probe into an israeli airstrike that killed seven aid workers on monday. it says the strike against the humanitarian convoy — along with the ever—worsening humanitarian crisis in gaza makes it unjustifiable to approve further weapons...
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pelosi had called to sign off on the bill for ukraine. we know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. they had wanted tied to strict immigration laws, stricter border security with a us— mexico border. in that particular vote failed. they needed to two thirds majority so that did not come to pass. instead what you saw with the ukraine bill is that more republicans voted against it. and actually voted in favour. we know that republican congress woman marjorie greene has signalled her intention to potentially oust the republican house speaker mousejohnson house speaker mouse johnson over this house speaker mousejohnson over this filing a motion to vacate. —— mikejohnson. that's not to say it couldn't come in days or weeks ahead. the vote had been _ days or weeks ahead. the vote had been delayed _ days or weeks ahead. the vote had been delayed for- days or weeks ahead. the vote had been delayed for more - days or weeks ahead. the vote | had been delayed for more than six months because it ukraine to lose ground f
pelosi had called to sign off on the bill for ukraine. we know that it had been facing resistance from the republican party. they had wanted tied to strict immigration laws, stricter border security with a us— mexico border. in that particular vote failed. they needed to two thirds majority so that did not come to pass. instead what you saw with the ukraine bill is that more republicans voted against it. and actually voted in favour. we know that republican congress woman marjorie greene has...
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former speaker nancy pelosi was one of those to address the house. vladimir putin has instructed his troops to use rape, kidnapping and murder in front of family members as a weapon of war to demoralise the people of ukraine. i hope that our colleagues will choose democracy and decency rather than autocracy and evil. because i fear that if you choose the putin route, you will have blood on your hands. blood of the children, blood of their mothers, raped in front of their parents, raped in front of their children. i vote on this and all of the other bills before us today. the only us lawmaker born in ukraine, victoria spartz, a republican representative, who has been known for her staunch support of donald trump, has actually proposed an amendment that reduces military aid for ukraine. she called the package a "blank cheque", a narrative often used by those against it. we still go with blank cheques and slush funds and unfortunately this strategy failed the american people, president biden failed the american people, on the border, on national securit
former speaker nancy pelosi was one of those to address the house. vladimir putin has instructed his troops to use rape, kidnapping and murder in front of family members as a weapon of war to demoralise the people of ukraine. i hope that our colleagues will choose democracy and decency rather than autocracy and evil. because i fear that if you choose the putin route, you will have blood on your hands. blood of the children, blood of their mothers, raped in front of their parents, raped in front...
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pelosi of course, the former speaker of the us house of representatives, a keyjoe biden ally. i don't think this letter will be to any sudden change in us policy but it is a sign of the growing discontent over the buy in administration's support for israel. just a few days ago we saw the tense phone call betweenjoe biden and benjamin netanyahu. in which the us president essentially gave the israeli government and ultimatum. protect civilian life, to do more to protect the humanitarian situation in gaza otherwise the situation in gaza otherwise the situation will change. we don't know the details exactly of that. what joe biden threatened to withdraw from israel. but there has been speculation that perhaps he said that conditions would be attached to the supply of us military aid for israel. but near hours after that phone call we got the announcement from the israelis that they would be reopening or widening the three—minute hearing aid cottages. biden has giving himself a bit of a pattern about publicly about that, seeing i asked the israelis to do this, they did it. but we
pelosi of course, the former speaker of the us house of representatives, a keyjoe biden ally. i don't think this letter will be to any sudden change in us policy but it is a sign of the growing discontent over the buy in administration's support for israel. just a few days ago we saw the tense phone call betweenjoe biden and benjamin netanyahu. in which the us president essentially gave the israeli government and ultimatum. protect civilian life, to do more to protect the humanitarian situation...