the usjustice department announces the arrests of two leaders of a mexican drug cartel.ne. hello, i'm sumi somaskanda. welcome to our programme. the us vice president kamala harris says she will not be silent on the suffering of palestinian civilians, and says she conveyed that message to israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu in a white house meeting thursday. in a signal of the change of tone that might come if she's elected in november, the vice president told reporters that while she would continue to affirm israel's right to defend itself, she said it was time to end the, quote, "devastating" war and get a hostage deal done. in remarks after the meeting, ms harris, the presumptive democratic presidential candidate, described her conversation with mr netanyahu as "frank" and, amid tense protests coinciding with mr netanyahu's visit to washington, dc, concluded her remarks with a call for unity. it is important for the american people to remember the war in gaza is not a binary issue. however, too often, the conversation is binary.

because he's facing charges by the usjustice department that date from 2020, where he was indicted onealing campaign against the us. should he be offered an amnesty if you win? we have repeatedly offered maduro to engage in a serious negotiation with us that would be...give guarantees and incentives for a peaceful transition. the content and specific issues that will be part of this negotiation, we will be deal...dealt in a private manner, as you can understand. so, what, you have had negotiations? well, there have been negotiations certainly that, er, brought to the signing of the barbados agreement last october. the problem was that this part of the agreement, we comply with every single element that we signed and we're committed to. but the regime violated, once again. i'm talking specifically about an amnesty, because there have also been talks involving the us in qatar. is it your understanding that there have been talks about a possible amnesty for president maduro? we will certainly not get into specifics at this point. 0k. but you're not ruling it out? we have decided that eve

because he's facing charges by the usjustice department that date from 2020, where he was indicted on against the us. should he be offered an amnesty if you win? we have repeatedly offered maduro to engage in a serious negotiation with us that would be — give guarantees and incentives for a peaceful transition. the content and specific issues that will be part of this negotiation, we will be dealt in a private manner, as you can understand. so, what, you have had negotiations? well, there have been negotiations certainly that brought to the signing of the barbados agreement last october. the problem was that this part of the agreement, we comply with every single element that we signed and we're committed to. but the regime violated, once again. i'm talking specifically about an amnesty, because there have also been talks involving the us in qatar. is it your understanding that there have been talks about a possible amnesty for president maduro? we will certainly not get into specifics at this point. ok, but you're not ruling it out? we have decided that every negotiation will take pl

boeing pleads guilty to a criminalfraud conspiracy charge to resolve a usjustice department investigationbundock. the saying goes "markets hate uncertainty" but that's just what the french parliamentary elections have delivered. as you've been hearing with most votes counted an unexpected left—wing victory means france is heading towards a hung parliament and rocky talks to form a government. a left wing alliance called new popular front won most seats in the high—stakes snap election. the unexpected result dealt a severe blow to marine le pen's national rally party which this time last week looked set to win. now investors are weighing up what this means for the french economy — the second largest in the eu.

as i said, the fbi have been briefing the media along with the usjustice department, and a reminder ofngoing security situation. they say they've not identified any ideology linked with the suspect, but they say the investigation is still in the early stages. the evidence response team is still processing evidence in butler, adding the agents are still combing through the suspect cosmic social media for evidence inclusive. now the gun it's been confirmed was an ar style rifle purchased legally — they believe the gun man's father purchased it. they say a suspect device was found in the suspect cosmic car and is still being examine. another official saying the incident is being investigated as a potential act of domestic terrorism. they also say the suspect had no indication of mental health issues. they are focusing on his motivation, trying to work out why he carried out the attempted assassination attempt. they are looking at his social media accounts, but they are saying at the moment, he is not that they not seeing anything that they find threatening on his social media accounts, bu

it has agreed to plead guilty to a criminalfraud conspiracy charge to resolve a usjustice departmentecutors recommended that the department ofjustice brings criminal charges against the plane maker. it follows a claim by the do] that boeing had violated a settlement related to the two fatal crashes involving its 737 max aircraft, which killed 346 people. boeing has previously denied violating the deferred prosecution agreement. the do] also said the plane maker had agreed to pay a criminalfine of $243.6 million. live now to john strickland, airline analyst atjls consulting. good morning. we were expecting news at this time today on this. boeing agreed to plead guilty, is that what you were expecting? it guilty, is that what you were meeting?— guilty, is that what you were expecting? it was not clear to be honest _ expecting? it was not clear to be honest which _ expecting? it was not clear to be honest which way - expecting? it was not clear to be honest which way it - expecting? it was not clear to be honest which way it would | be honest which way it would go. certainly this way is

department is planning to offer the aircraft maker what he calls a "sweetheart plea deal."at more can you tell us about this? ~ . , ., . this? we have been in touch with paul — this? we have been in touch with paul casal, _ this? we have been in touch with paul casal, who - this? we have been in touch with paul casal, who is - with paul casal, who is representing 15 families of the victims of those plane crashes, and he has been highly critical of what he calls a so—called sweetheart deal which has been arranged between boeing and the department ofjustice. we have had no word from the doj or boeing yet but paul casal basically says boeing has come to an arrangement with the doj, to an arrangement with the 00], which would stop it going to a criminal trial in relation to those 346 deaths, those fatal plane crashes in 2018 and 2019. i will give you a bit of background in terms of how we got here. in 2021 boeing promised the department of justice that it would improve its safety culture, its ethics in the aftermath of those crashes, and in return, it would avoid criminal charg

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