i process, how does it work to appoint a chairman of the bbc?— a chairman of the bbc?n a chairman of the bbc? i think two things can happen. _ a chairman of the bbc? i think two things can happen. one _ a chairman of the bbc? i think two things can happen. one is - a chairman of the bbc? i think two things can happen. one is that - a chairman of the bbc? i think two i things can happen. one is that there is an allegedly independent appointment process run by good people. then there is also as the sunday times point ow, robert peston reported in november the prime minister had already decided who would be chair of the bbc. so you have this allegedly independent process. i knew some people who were applying to be chair. but you discover the culture secretary oar the prime minister had a different idea. the original idea for chair of the bbc was lord moore could have been chairman. you can have this slightly mock process, where they come up with a candidate, but actually really it is downing street and the culture secretary who decide. fist and the culture secretary who de

elections shall be held in the following order: chairman, co-chairman, treasurer and then secretary. the floor will not be open for nominations to an office other than for the election of chairman, which shall occur first until presiding election has been completed. each candidate will be allotted five minutes total for nominating and seconding speeches, and the parliamentarians will keep time. the parliamentarian will hold up a green card when one minute is remaining, a yellow card when 30 seconds are remaining and a red card when time has expired. the presiding officer will allow the speaker to finish sentence the that began before the allotted time expired but no more. time limits will be strictly enforced. nominating speeches and seconding speeches may be made prosecute podium or from the microphones on the floor. only rnc members or valid proxy holders nominating and seconding the candidates will be allowed to speak. when all nominate -- nominations have been made, the presiding officer will declare the nominations closed. if the 5-minute limit has expired and additional members

will you resin as chairman nadhim zahawi. will you resign as party _ chairman nadhim zahawi. will you resign as party chair, _ chairman nadhim zahawi. will you resign as party chair, mr— chairman nadhim zahawi. will you resign as party chair, mr zahawi? | it follows reports that mr zahawi had to pay a significant penalty and millions in unpaid taxes to hmrc. mr zahawi, who served as chancellor at one point last year, says he made at one point last year, says he made a careless but not deliberate error. the prime minister wants to know if the ministerial code was breached. integrity and accountability is really — integrity and accountability is really important to me and clearly in this_ really important to me and clearly in this instance there are questions that need _ in this instance there are questions that need answering and that is why i have asked our independent adviser_ is why i have asked our independent adviser to _ is why i have asked our independent adviser to get to the bottom of everything, to investigate the matter— everything, to investigate the matter fully.

, the conservative party chairman.ncerned, that the decent thing to do, the thing that emphasises integrity, something he emphasised when he became prime minister, is to examine the facts, to have this investigation, to see if there has been a breach of the ministerial code. and that will take some time. now, what tends to happen when there are these westminster inquiries that they can act as something of a fire blanket, they can smother some of the political flames, blanket, they can smother some of the politicalflames, if you like, that surround the subject, because they can say, well, look, this inquiry is trundling on, let it do its work. but the reality is that it is a problem deferred for the prime minister, and indeed for mr zahawi, not a problem resolved.— minister, and indeed for mr zahawi, not a problem resolved. chris, thank ou. you may be one of up to a million households in england, scotland and wales who'll be paid if you used less electricity for an hour tonight as part of a scheme to avoid blackouts on

we've gone back and forth, as chairman and vice chairman in recent years. while it's never easy to relinquish the title of chairman, i would not wish to do so with anyone other than pat leahey. i'm deeply proud of that -- that senator leahy and what we've been able to accomplish together on the appropriations committee. just last night, as all of you know, we reached an agreement and filed the 2023 omnibus appropriations package containing all 12 appropriation measures. this would not have been possible, mr. president, had senator leahy not been at the table. pat has several passions outside of the senate, all of you probably know. he's an accomplished photographer and avid family man. he also has a deep appreciation for the batman movies, even garnering a few cameos on the big screen, as we know. everything senator leahy does, in my judgment, he does well. the state of vermont has benefited from his service in the senate, and so has the nation. by no means do we agree on everything, but we respect each other and our constitutional duty a great deal. the se

we both got elected as state chairman four years ago. under joe's leadership, the republican party of florida has become one of the best run parties in the country other than new hampshire. joe is highly qualified. he is a cpa, state senator, he is a chairman of one of the largest and most of us republican states in the country. he has raised, managed, and been responsible for over 250 million dollars that was raised over the last four years in florida. as we all know, that has been very well spent. over the last four years, he has turned a republican deficit into a 300,000 are voter republican advantage. he took a purple state and made it red. he wants to bring his talent and his ability to this committee and this executive board. i ask you to cast the ballot for joe. >> the names of the following individuals are properly and nomination. casey crosby, joe. we will conduct the vote for treasurer using the same for the previous election. i will now call the role of states. alabama, alaska, american samoa. we now have the votes for the off

mister chairman, you are now recognized for five minutes. >> mr. chairman, mr.ranking member, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to address the ongoing ethical crisis at the supreme court. my organization, citizens for responsibility and ethics in washington, is a non, non profit organization, committed to ensuring ethics and transparency in government institutions. i understand that this hearing has been called in part to discuss reverent schenck's shocking allegations of a leak and undue influence -- influences but the supreme court. however, i want to be clear about the scope of testimony today. i have no information about the veracity of reverend schenck's leak allegations and will not comment as to his character. here's what i do know, the supreme court is facing a grave threat to its legitimacy. it is opaque and unpredictable honor system has failed. the court is sliding from scandal to scandal with a response that suggests it is either to oblivious to understands danger, or too arrogant to address it. meanwhil

the chairman _ explain the details to us. the chairman of _ explain the details to us. _ explain the details to us. the chairman of the bbc - explain the details to us. tie chairman of the bbc was involved behind the scenes about boris johnson's finances at the same time that he had a live application for the role and he wants to go on to receive the government support for. in october 2020, applications closed in the following month, he dined with a friend of his a man by the name of sam, a foreign citizen, distant cousin of borisjohnson was interested in the idea of helping underwrite that then prime minister's lifestyle. he had a lot of difficulties with devolved care costs. and in the nation's top official in downing street and they discuss the matter and briefed the prime minister and it was in november 2020 or early december that the meeting occurred in the cabinet office, a kind of internal conduct produced a formal letter tojohnson expressly stating that he has stopped soliciting advice from sharp in respect to his private financial matters. we in respect to his

>> mister chairman? >> mr. jordan? >> thank you, mister chairman. i wish to speak on the report. >> you may. >> thank you, mister chairman. the report is long on bashing president trump, but there's nothing in the report about the cause of the virus, about the origin, nothing in the report about american tax dollars being sent to china, nothing in the report about this dangerous gain of function research concern, nothing in the report about just what happened at the start. what we know, american tax dollars went to a company not properly vetted, that did not comply with its grand contract, who dance and money to a lap in china that was not up to code or did not gain function research, and that lab in wuhan china is the place where this virus most likely started. nothing in the report about that, i find that just amazing, the select committee on coronavirus, the only select committee in the congress on this virus does not want to look at how the thing started, nothing in the report about any other. nothing in the report about governor cuomo's nursing

but richard sharp was also running for the job of bbc chairman.er. mr blyth went on to guarantee an £800,000 loan facility to boris johnson, but mr sharp said he wasn't involved in the financing. the sunday times has obtained a leaked memo to borisjohnson dating from december 20020, two weeks before mr sharp was announced as the new bbc chairman. it dispenses the following advice to the then prime minister: last week, richard sharp said he gave no advice to borisjohnson. i knew nothing and i know nothing about his finances. sam was responding to press reports. i don't know anything about boris johnson's finances. and he's sticking to that position now. a spokesman for borisjohnson said richard sharp has never given any financial advice to borisjohnson, nor has borisjohnson asked for advice from him. in terms of standards and ethics, it wouldn't tell us why they issued a warning on financial advice. it says simply it does not comment on lease documents. iain watson, bbc news. hello there. across england and wales there's been a cloudy start to the

of the duma committee no. 32, biysk on sadovaya, but what kind of chairman am i, that is, as chairmanately had to establish that he is not a pure force . where did you get the currency from? god the true god almighty to see everything in his hands never held and did not suspect. what is such a currency? the lord punishes me for the square on my took took took our soviet prescribed for money, i will not hide, it happened to be a good secretary of the bedsores in the same, good. let's just say all the thieves in the house management, but i did not take the currency, and now do not play the fool. and tell how the dollars got into the ventilation. the room sprinkle the room that i beg you to believe. thrown yalta by woland's hypnosis mount a threat confirmation of identity. likhodeev you talked to him on the phone at the beginning of 12. it 's funny. it was talking. i didn't talk. he is now and maybe in yalta it's funny. he 's drunk, who's drunk? do you come with hypnosis? and how does he know about woland? no, it's nonsense nonsense nonsense. where did this wolf end up? tell me, where di

will you resign as party chairman, mr zahawi? will you resign as party chairman, mrzahawi?ill you resign as party chairman, mr zahawi? big questions about one huge tax bill. nadhim zahawi is confident he acted properly and he says he looks forward to answering any questions about his tax affairs. this man will now be asking those questions, the government's independent ethics adviser dug integrity and accountability is really important to me, including in this case there are questions that need answering and that is why i have asked our independent adviser to get to the bottom of everything, to get to the bottom of everything, to investigate the matter fully and establish all the facts and provide advice to me on nadhim zahawi's compliance with the ministerial code. i compliance with the ministerial code. . , . , compliance with the ministerial code. . , ., compliance with the ministerial code. . , . ., code. i am pleased that nadhim zahawi has _ code. i am pleased that nadhim zahawi has agreed _ code. i am pleased that nadhim zahawi has agreed with - code. i am pleased tha

chairman. the report is strong on bashing president trump but there's nothing in the report about the cause of the virus, nothing about the origin about american and nothing in the report about american tax dollars being spent -- being sent to china. nothing about this concern. nothing in the report about what happened at the start. american tax dollars went to a company that was not properly vetted. then sent money to a lab in china that was not up to code. that lab is the place where this virus most likely started. nothing in the report about that. i find that amazing. the select committee on corona virus, the only select committee on this virus doesn't want to look at how the thing started. nothing in the report about any of that. nothing in the report about governor cuomo's home -- nursing home order. we all know what happened there. the tragic situation there. nothing in the report about cdc colluding with the teachers union. nothing in the report about the impact of the vaccine mandate on

are you happy for him to continue as bbc chairman? mr - to continue as bbc chairman?ough to continue as bbc chairman? m sharp went through two different appointment processes, which are transparent and rigorous and have been followed fully. milli transparent and rigorous and have been followed fully.— been followed fully. will you apologise — been followed fully. will you apologise to _ been followed fully. will you apologise to the _ been followed fully. will you apologise to the public - been followed fully. will you apologise to the public for l been followed fully. will you i apologise to the public for not wearing a seat belt last thursday? yes, i regret not wearing a seat belt. it was a mistake and that is why i apologise straightaway. haifa why i apologise straightaway. how can the public— why i apologise straightaway. how can the public be _ why i apologise straightaway. how can the public be reassured that you as prime minister respect the laws of the land, which everyone has to follow? {iii of the land, which everyone has to follow? .., , ., of the land, whi

meetings chairman of the state duma vyacheslav volodin and patriarch of moscow and all russia kirilluainted with the guys and their work is checked, thank god our children write well, according to the organizers of the competition , more than 16,000 works. received from teenagers from different countries - it's not easy to draw a picture of education, that is, before she draws a picture of the great patriotic war or depicts her region. he must read something when we talk about global challenges and threats in our country must understand the first blows are delivered to the institutions in order to destroy the country and enslave the check. on the institution of the presidency on the institution of the church and on the institution of the family, therefore, our task is to do everything to protect the family to protect their faith, the christmas parliamentary meetings are an opportunity to discuss the range of issues and work out a solution that will form the basis of the adopted laws and by-laws - noted chairman of the state duma vyacheslav volodin this time the main topics of the mee

chairman. i support the underlying legislation. to increase domestic energy production to replenish the strategic petroleum reserve that has been recklessly and dangerously drawn down by the biden administration in a cynically political move to try to lower energy prices before an election. but we know that in a move to placate radical environmentalists, president biden blocked the kentucky keystone x.l. pipeline at the beginning of this administration. his administration suspended oil and natural gas leasing and permit whence he took office. but for the last year the president and his supporters have been pleading for more domestic energy production. well, the president can't have it both ways. in just over two years, the president has deplead the crude oil in the tra stegic petroleum reserve by 40%. not only did the scheme fail to bring down prices in a meaningful way for americans, it threatens our energy and national security should a true national emergency occur. this is not just negligen

the bbc chairman said there was "not a conflict".

chairman. >> mister chairman, i would agree. i would also add that when we are making these requests we were going to make these we questions currently and submit them for appropriate congressional review and consideration. >> thank you. what would removal of the fund mean we for va's ability to update its aging i. t. infrastructure or implement i. t. projects like greater automation? >> i would be very worried if we didn't have the additional funds. we have built a solid foundation as we move from a paper band process to a perilous process. but phoebe ms needs to be modernized and we are working to build in that foundation with the work that mr. reynolds is leading through the automated decision support. i think that is also why the pact act required a five-year itv modernization plan so that we can take a strategic look at how to skate to the pack. we need to figure out, how do we leverage the most up-to-date technology and apply it appropriately within our system. let me turn to mr. ronald to provide some work details. >> tha

senior government ministers defend the bbc chairman's appointment. know that he is an incredibly accomplished and incredibly successful individual who brings a wealth of experience with him. that is why he was appointed to chairmanship of the bbc. investigators seize more classified documents from president biden�*s home in the us state of delaware at an emotional meeting in new zealand, jacinda ardern hands over the leadership of her party — and country — to chris hipkins. police say ten people have been killed in a mass shooting on the outskirts of los angeles. the attack happened as thousands of people gathered to celebrate the lunar new year in monterey park, which is around 7 miles east of los angeles city centre. the area is home to a large asian community. at least 10 people have been injured and the suspect is still at large. los angeles sheriff's office gave this update just a little earlier. when officers arrived on scene they observed numerous individuals, patrons of the location, pouring out of the location, screaming. the officers made e

to another chairman, this time the bbc's - chairman, this time the bbc's chairman, this time the bbc's what might you say about this subject, you may have to interview borisjohnson? brute subject, you may have to interview boris johnson?— subject, you may have to interview borisjohnson?— subject, you may have to interview boris johnson? we are sounding very dark and obscure. _ boris johnson? we are sounding very dark and obscure. i _ boris johnson? we are sounding very dark and obscure. i am _ boris johnson? we are sounding very dark and obscure. i am chair- boris johnson? we are sounding very dark and obscure. i am chair of- boris johnson? we are sounding very dark and obscure. i am chair of the l dark and obscure. i am chair of the standards committee and we adjudicate on cases that come before us. i am very careful not to say anything about something that might come before us. i'm not going to say anything about borisjohnson whatsoever. the 1.1 would make is, that successive government, labour and conservative, have often appointed somebody who is loyal to their party, as chairman o

the bbc chairman said there was not a conflict. high court ruled people aren't allowed to camp there without

the chairman of— everybody knows it is wrong. tue: chairman of the bbc everybody knows it is wrong.n the day. the idea is of course it reduces the use of energy at that point and ultimately avoid things like blackouts. national grid saying there is absolutely no risk of that at the moment. and they would have had to sign up already, potential savings or potential payments of between £2 and £20 for doing this. and it is the first time it has been used in earnest. there have been trials of this scheme but this is the first time because of the cold snap and because there is not much wind energy being generated at the moment. it is not exactly a huge change to decide to shift an hour either side of that window. why does it make such a big difference in terms of supply? because potentially this amount of energy will be used just at different times. that this amount of energy will be used just at different times.— just at different times. that is true but of — just at different times. that is true but of course _ just at different times. that is true but of course it _ just at different t

chairman. i will yield back.sk unanimous consent to submit, for the record, a cdc update on covid-19 vaccine effectiveness during omicron published june 28th, 2022. it shows just what i said. also for the record -- and article in the national view that says the third airline bailout is no better than the first two bailouts. the author is -- >> we now turn to representative carbajal -- >> thank you mister chair. miss naughton, thank you for your and your members work during the covid-19 pandemic. when you came for this committee about a year and a half ago in february of last year to be exact, you discuss the challenges transportation workers face during this pandemic. in response to acted. passing the bipartisan infrastructure law in the american rescue plan. which included 15 billion dollars to extend the payroll support program -- which helped airline workers from losing their jobs during this unprecedented time. right now our nation continues to confront a another threat. the ongoing climate crisis in your tes

statement congress -- congressman mcgovern and chairman chairman mccaul we please thank our congressmen for being here [applause] >> like all of my colleagues particularly in new york state i support george santos is the nominee and the people of his district voted to elect him. now we just go to the conference and george voluntarily removed himself from committees as he goes through this process. i'm very proud in new york state we flipped a district to deliver up the majority and ultimately voters made this decision and congress congress. again this process is going to play itself up out for that party commented on this numerous times and again it will play itself up a ultimately voters to ultimately voters make their decision whether it's in a primary election or the general election. thank you. >> i'm just struck by the chaos and confusion and dysfunction of the republican conference today defending putting him on committees and now they are announcing he's not going to serve on committees so i don't understand what the play of the day is. we have said from the very beginning that g

is there isn't that brings me to germany now was chairman of yet a ship because as chairman of yet but ship by visiting germany, i have the ability to amplify remembrance of the shore to amplify the respect that the spade to the victims are not only on a personal basis, but those are much larger base in a mal roger basis because it will be reported that the seeing that and exhibition will be seen by many persons. so it's basically the same decision, the circumstances change, not my decision. now and let's talk a little bit about where we are today and for him, it's celebrating or marking, rather it's 70th year this year. and how is it developed in the 7 decades as the world's foremost memorial to the victims of the holocaust. i has developed completely 1st fall the fact that the yeah gotcha was established by chris at legislation in 1953, but actually the gathering of archival documentation thought that even before it started in the late forty's, even before this published of the state of israel air but they think that it was started as an archive and a bunch of monuments developed int

chairman . if you say so, dating does not change the status of a state-owned enterprise, then please tell me why you started this whole story , why this law at all, if the status of a state-owned enterprise does not change, why all these shrenya all articles simply explain the purpose of all this fuss that you started if as it remains state and will be state please explain well, that's how it is prescribed second explanatory notes to be added to the draft law i recommend everyone to read and in general, the form of a joint-stock company that is owned by the state, it provides for the transparency of the company, it provides for reporting, the submission of financial statements, quarterly, half-yearly, and this is a significant improvement in the quality of corporate governance and the quality of transparency of the work of this state-owned enterprise. for the vote, i ask you to vote for 32, the decision has not been taken yuriy volodymyrivna, the next amendment is the 64th, if i am not mistaken,

this morning and also to thank my colleagues, chairman neal and chairman boyle, for their leadership. as my colleagues have mentioned, the republicans' chaotic process to elect a speaker of the house is unprecedented but it's also dangerous. were republicans are making hand-shake deals that not only contradict their calls for transparency but it also attests to short circuit the 2024 government funding process. before it even gets started. appropriation bills are must-pass bills. they require bipartisan, bicameral agreements like the house majority secured when we passed the agreement in funding the omnibus bill in september. it appears that republicans don't understand this process. because in his attempts to become speaker, kevin mccarthy reportedly already promised to cap spending at the 2022 levels in exchange for votes. let me just take a second to tell you about what that means. now, obviously we do not have the exact cuts that the speaker traded for votes, because the deal was made in secret. but there's a discussion that the cut from 2023 would apply to all discretionary spen

days later he was appointed chairman of the bbc.nothing but coincidence, but it doesn't look good to a public who have seen too much of this sort of cavalier attitude. , , ., , much of this sort of cavalier attitude-— much of this sort of cavalier attitude. , ,., , ., attitude. the response of the government _ attitude. the response of the government is _ attitude. the response of the government is his _ attitude. the response of the government is his candidacy. attitude. the response of the i government is his candidacy was assessed by a panel of experts and they applied the normal scrutiny. yes and the sunday times tells us that somewhere along the line between applying for the job and getting it, richard sharp had a conversation with borisjohnson, just to tell him presumably about the money that was coming his way. now, it may be there was nothing there that should have been declared. sticking to the absolute letter of the rules. but it's never ever any harm to overdeclare and i think probably both of them would have done better

well, let's move on we are in touch dmytro razumkov, people's deputy of ukraine former chairman of theerkhovna rada, mr. dmytro, congratulations glory to ukraine glory to the heroes good evening , the cleansing of the parliament, the mps want to get rid of their mandates, but we understand that there are also a certain established legal procedure, yes, and accordingly, will this extremely important and high- profile story not turn out to be just a buzzword? no , it will not turn out, in fact, there are a lot of things that need to be understood, well, first of all, today we see such an unofficial coalition of servants of the people , and whoops because no important vote for the monomajority would have passed without support for the former practice of the psg, now there are two groups. unfortunately, that law is a scandalous law 56-55, you know the shulyak law, after which she decided to go talk a military man, if it can be called that, who lost his grapes at the front, the children saw it, i 'm sure everyone heard about it, eh, there were 228 votes for him, i think that somewhere aroun

chairman of the bbc in january 2021.f the day and the culture secretary in government, and the sunday times is reporting today that, weeks before that appointment, richard sharp, along a friend of the former prime minister borisjohnson, helped him get access to a loan of up to £800,000, and he did that through meeting with a distance cousin of mrjohnson, a wealthy canadian businessman, sam blythe, proposing to act as a guarantorfor blythe, proposing to act as a guarantor for that loan. blythe, proposing to act as a guarantorfor that loan. he blythe, proposing to act as a guarantor for that loan. he was later put in touch by richard sharp with cabinet secretary, the most senior official in government, simon case. that, as far as richard sharp as saying in his short statement, is the end of it. he simply connected individuals. the sunday times says he didn't declare any of that when he was applying for the job and indeed appointed for the role of bbc chairman and that raises what some see as a conflict of interest. boris j

the federal uss chairman of the other chair. i put the firewall between me and politics and the localism. the admission i took upon myself is sacred and they will never stand it with political interests, thoughts, or, or, or, or considerations. i will tell you a story and my 1st day in any advice shall my goals. they come to the museum will fall, and there is a quote on a wall that is in a blue on, in english, but thought it was a drink. then he made the sh, a painter a gala 6, then the continued to mccarthy in the war. so get the 1941. and she hid their archer out in the and that was recovered after the war. but also had lost will. and testament was recovered. and the quotas from that will and she says, i know i am doomed. i will not survive in that she didn't, but they bequeath my works of art to the jewish institutions that will be established after the war. when a so that quote, i almost fainted. i understood that she's talking to me. i am now the executor of that will. and natalie gillard sections will, but says 1000000 wil

the bbc chairman is a political appointment, over which the bbc has no say.forts to put impartiality and transparency at the heart of its attempts to earn people's trust, this could be damaging more widely — because whatever the truth of what happened, perceptions matter. labour is calling for an investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog. it's pretty extraordinary if someone who's running to be the chairman ends up acting as a broker to help the prime minister of the day out of whatever financial difficulties he was in. i'm too honoured... on a surprise visit to ukraine, borisjohnson greeted president zelensky like an old friend. closer to home, his friendship with richard sharp is being called into question. katie razzall, bbc news. let's cross to westminster and talk to our chief political correspondent nick eardley. (tx float) morning to you. calls from outside of the conservative party, and indeed within the conservative party, for a nadhim zahawi to publish more details of his communications with hmrc. might that happen? communications with h

around the time that he was applying to bbc chairman. government is responsible for that appointment. mr. sharp insists he has not been involved in a loan, guaranteed, or arranging any financing. here is our culture and media editor. >> this is the bbc you know. it prides self on being the great entertainer, the educator, the infmer. behind the scenes, the two in charge are the chairman, richard sharp, appointed by the government. he upholds the independence of the corporation. the day-to-day running of the bbc is led to the director general, tim devi. this afternoon, the commissioner of public appointments announced he will review the process that led to mr. sharp getting the job. it follows we can reports this to sharp helped to arrange a loan for mr. johnson when he was prime minister, and that mr. sharp did not declare that during the appointment process. >> i have no reason at all to doubt richard sharp's integrity. the problem is the manner of the employee -- appointment. at a time when the public is alarmingly lacking in trust of

chairman state thinker vyacheslav volodin instructed the committee on culture to organize a discussionfirst international visit to iran on january 23, tehran hosted the third meeting of the commission on cooperation between the state duma and the assembly of the islamic council. vyacheslav volodin made a number of important statements, for example, that russia and iran are successfully resisting the expansion of the united states and the nato bloc with details our correspondent alexander loktionov . tehran opens a program of foreign business trips for the speaker of the state duma in in 2023, relations between russia and iran have recently received an additional impetus. dialogue between the countries is constant almost on the same days in january 22 , the president of iran sits, ibrahim raisi was in the state duma, met with vyacheslav volodin and spoke at the plenary session, and now exactly a year later guests from russia are greeted by tehran and here at a bilateral meeting with peter the state duma and the president of iran again talk about the development of dialogue from a unifie

senior government ministers defend the bbc chairman's appointment. i know that he is an incredibly accomplished, incredibly successful individual who brings a wealth of experience. that is why he was appointed to chairmanship of the bbc. at an emotional meeting in new zealand, jacinda ardern hands over the leadership of her party and country to chris hipkins. ten people have been killed in a mass shooting on the outskirts of los angeles. the attack happened at a dance venue in monterey park around seven miles east of los angeles city centre. the area is home to a large asian community. at least 10 people have been injured and the suspect is still at large. david waddell reports. it was a day of festivities to usher in the chinese lunar new year. the shooting happened soon after 10pm in the evening, when official events had grown to a close. witnesses at a dance venue where the shooting happened say the gunman opened fire indiscriminately with a semiautomatic weapon. local police responded to an urgent call to find a large number of casualties. office

chairman. i yield back. mr. casey: thank you, ranking member scott. before i move to -- we'll have introductions of our witnesses. i want to acknowledge members who are here already. senator collins, former chair of the committee. he's been part of the -- and who has been part of the effort of producing and publicizing our fraud books in the past. we're grateful for her leadership. senator blumenthal is here from the state of connecticut, as well as senator scott from florida. let me move to our witnesses. our first witness is dr. marty delima, an assistant professor at the university of minnesota's school of social work. she's an interdisciplinary gerontologist with a specialization in fraud and scams. she's collaborated with a variety of financial institutions, aging organizations and federal agencies like the federal trade commission. doctor, welcome. our second witness is nancy famcaener. she's a senior adult protective specialist for san diego county in california. she's dedicated her care

chairman. i'm pleased to yield to a leader on the energy and commerce committee, the gentleman from ohio, mr. johnson. mr. johnson: i thank the chair for yielding. mr. speaker, i rise in support of h.r. 21, the strategic production response act. instead of unleashing america's vast domestic energy resources, president biden has hobbled our nation's energy production, resulting in fuel shortages and rising energy costs for all american families. he went so far as begging foreign dictators for oil instead of uplifting america's economy. it's worth noting that just a few short years ago america was energy independent. house republicans have made it clear that we are going to hold the biden administration accountable for its actions. as we sit here today, president biden has drained around 40% of our strategic petroleum reserve. the reserve was established to be used for national emergencies, not for cheap political points or band-aids for failed policies. the strategic production response act woul

our media correspondent has seen all of our interview with the chairman of our interview with the chairmans in it? goes into considerable detail and _ of the bbc. what's in it? goes into considerable detail and let's i of the bbc. what's in it? goes into considerable detail and let's go i considerable detail and let's go back to what this is all about. a story in the sunday times on sunday in which there are a series of allegations about the chairman of the bbc being involved in the preventing of an £800,000 loan to borisjohnson. while richard sharp is applying to be bbc chairman. he has given a bit of background detail about the comment says he was approached by a man who was a friend of his who had seen press reports the prime minister was in financial difficulties, wanted to help out, and richard sharp said he would contact the cabinet office and see this approach had been made, and simon case said that he should have no more part to play in it while he is applying for the bbc chairmanship and said that was the end of it, the end of any conflict of interest issues. . ., ,, ., ., issues.

and calls for the british ex—chancellor nadhim zahawi to stand aside as conservative party chairman duringn inquiry into his taxes. nato secretary generaljens stoltenberg has met germany's new defence minister boris pistorius in berlin, as germany remains under pressure over the supply of tanks to ukraine. after the meeting they told journalists that they'd discussed the issue of battle tanks, but a decision still hasn't been made. according to export rules the german government has to grant permission for any german—made tanks to be exported, even if they are owned by other countries. poland has now sent an official request, and germany has acknowledged its receipt. this is what the nato secretary general had to say. consultations amongst our allies will continue and i'm confident we will continue and i'm confident we will have a solution soon. germany -la s a will have a solution soon. germany plays a key — will have a solution soon. germany plays a key role — will have a solution soon. germany plays a key role in _ will have a solution soon. germany plays a key role in our— will have a

that brings me to germany now was chairman of yet a ship. because as chairman of the other shipment by visiting germany, i have the ability to amplify remembrance of the shore to amplify their respect that the spade to the victims are not only on a personal basis, but also to much larger base in a mulatto basis. because it will be reported that the seeing that and exhibition will be seen by many persons. so it's basically the same decision. the circumstances changed, not my decision. now, and let's talk a little bit about where we are today. and for him, it's celebrating or marking, rather it's 70th year this year. how hasn't developed in the 7 decades as the world's foremost memorial to the victims of the holocaust. i have developed completely 1st of all the fact that the yeah gotcha was established by chris at legislation in 1953, but actually the gathering of archival documentation started even before it started in the late forty's, even before this published of the state of israel air but they think that it was started as an archive and

how does it ensure it does — chairman, richard sharp.s it ensure it does so _ chairman, richard sharp. how does it ensure it does so impartially? - chairman, richard sharp. how does it ensure it does so impartially? it - ensure it does so impartially? it wasn't relevant for bbc news to describe this tax lawyer who investigated nadeem zahawi as a labour supporter? two sets of allegations dominated the news coverage in the first half of this week. both involve money and senior conservative politicians. 0ne also involve the chairman of the bbc, richard sharp. fewer opinion was divided as to whether bbc news had devoted the right amount of coverage to each of those details. here is a viewer called ch. 0thers felt that the bbc had been slow last week to report the deans zahawi is tax affairs and that this week it had given insufficient attention to what transpired between richard sharp and borisjohnson. keith russell wrote to on monday. the investigation into it nadeem zahawi sub financials a pair two affairs was kick started by the tax exper