the scottish _ start, said mr stark. the scottish government - start, said mr stark. actually deliver against that. a, deliver against that. a scottish government spokesperson said the country remains steadfest in its commitment to reach net zero by 2045. the interview with mr character comes as marine experts warn the world's coral reefs are experiencing their fourth mass bleaching event driven, they say, by record high sea surface temperatures. we leave you now with the story of a nigerian chess champion who has shattered a world record for the longest chess marathon after playing the game unbeaten for 58 hours straight to raise money for underprivileged children. tunda started his epic session on wednesday at a chess board in new york times square. he broke the record on saturday and then continued to play for two hours beyond the previous record time. he set out to raise $1 million for children's education across africa. i'm carl nasman in washington. stay with us, we have lots more coming up at the top of the hour right here on bbc news. hello there. it's been a

and mr stark was critical of other parties too. collective fear of talking about climate and he said he was desperately disappointed by the snp government in edinburgh's decision to drop a key carbon cutting target this week. "the targets were overambitious right from the start," said mr stark. the scottish green party is to vote on whether to leave its coalition with the snp in response. today, the snp said it would form a minority government if the greens do pull out. an snp spokesperson told the bbc it remained steadfast in its commitment to reaching net zero by 2045. mr stark is standing down at the end of this month after six years at the climate change committee. he says his fear is that without stronger support from politicians, climate denial could creep into the uk debate. justin rowlatt, bbc news. that's it from me for the moment, do stay with us here on bbc news, i'm samantha simmonds, thanks for watching. hello. it's been a chilly start to the weekend. temperatures may be higher in scotland because we've seen this cloud

and mr stark was critical of other parties, too.overnment in edinburgh's decision to drop a key carbon cutting target this week. "the targets were overambitious right from the start," said mr stark. the scottish green party is to vote on whether to leave its coalition with the snp in response. today, the snp said it would form a minority government if the greens do pull out. an snp spokesperson told the bbc it remained steadfast in its commitment to reaching net zero by 2045. mr stark is standing down at the end of this month after six years at the climate change committee. he says his fear is that without stronger support from politicians, climate denial could creep into the uk debate. justin rowlatt, bbc news. she may be a tortured poet but she's most definitely a pop music sensation. taylor swift is breaking all sorts of records with her latest album, the tortured poets department. it became the most—streamed album in a single day on spotify and amazon music with taylor also becoming the most streamed artist in a day on spotify.

mr stark was critical of other parties, too.collective fear of talking about climate. and he said he was disappointed by the snp government in edinburgh's decision to drop a key carbon reduction target this week, saying the targets had been overambitious from the start. the scottish government chose to choose an even more ambitious path than the one that we'd advised. and that's fine — i mean, i love ambition — but it only matters if you actually deliver against that. a scottish government spokesperson said the country remains steadfast in its commitment to reaching net zero by 2045. the interview with mr stark comes as marine experts warn the world's coral reefs are experiencing their fourth mass bleaching event — driven, they say, by record high sea surface temperatures. justin rowlatt, bbc news. the world's largest digital astronomy camera has finally been built. with a whopping 3000 200 megapixels, the camera can produce a thousand images per night. ——with a whopping 3,200 megapixels, the camera can produce a thousand images

mr stark was critical of other parties, too.t climate. and he said he was disappointed by the snp government in edinburgh's decision to drop a key carbon reduction target this week, saying the targets had been overambitious from the start. the scottish government chose to choose an even more ambitious path than the one that we'd advised. and that's fine — i mean, i love ambition — but it only matters if you actually deliver against that. a scottish government spokesperson said the country remains steadfast in its commitment to reaching net zero by 2045. the interview with mr stark comes as marine experts warn the world's coral reefs are experiencing their fourth mass bleaching event — driven, they say, by record high sea surface temperatures. justin rowlatt, bbc news. and, finally, this probably won't come as a huge shock to swifties — taylor swift's new album release has already broken a number of records. the highly anticipated the tortured poets department, which turned out to be a double album, became the most streamed album

mr stark also | for the government.sm for labour as well. , . ., , . . well. yes and not 'ust labour and he was critical _ well. yes and not 'ust labour and he was criticai of — well. yes and notjust labour and he was critical of labour— well. yes and notjust labour and he was critical of labour for _ well. yes and notjust labour and he was critical of labour for not - was critical of labour for not talking up enough, or the labour leader sir keir starmer, for not being vocal enough on this. and of the scottish government, too, which is also put back its own targets. on labour what he was saying is that he thinks politicians are sort of being a bit afraid to talk enough on this subject. labour has its own plan. 28 billion a year was one of the centrepieces it was offering and it scaled that back. the question for labour was what about their ambition? what about the scale of their ambition? ambition? what about the scale of theirambition? shabana ambition? what about the scale of their ambition? shabana mahmood, ambition

mr stark was critical of other parties too.rambitious from the start. the scottish government chose to choose an even more ambitious path than the one that we'd advised. and that's fine — i mean, i love ambition — but it only matters if you actually deliver against that. a scottish government spokesperson said the country remains steadfast in its commitment to reaching net zero by 2045. the interview with mr stark comes as marine experts warn the world's coral reefs are experiencing their fourth mass bleaching event — driven, they say, by record high sea surface temperatures. justin rowlatt, bbc news. members of the scottish green party are to vote on whether to continue their power—sharing agreement with the snp. it follows an outcry about the scottish government's decision to ditch key targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions — a move which is said to have angered green party colleagues. the vote will be held at an extraordinary general meeting, and officials say it will be binding on the party. after a huge public backla

now, mr stark was also critical of the lib dems and of labour. described as a collective fear of talking about climate change. he was also, he said, very disappointed by the decision by the snp, the government in edinburgh, the scottish government, to drop a key climate carbon—cutting target this week. and this all comes as marine experts have declared a mass coral bleaching event, the fourth ever such event caused, say these marine experts, by the record high sea surface temperatures, so at a time when we're really seeing profound evidence of the impacts of climate change around the world. police in new york say a man who set himself on fire outside the manhattan court where former president donald trump's hush—money trial is being held has died. the man doused himself in a liquid before throwing conspiracy theory pamphlets into the air. he was taken to hospital but later died. as our north america correspondent nada tawfik reports, it happened as the jury selection for mr trump's trial was completed. journalists here had just learned that jury

mr. trump. nbc's laura jarret is following the trial. >> reporter: prosecutors painting a stark portrait of former in their opening statements during his hush money trial. a case mr. trump has argued is designed to derail his campaign. >> this is done as election interference. everybody knows it. >> reporter: prosecutors said it is mr. trump who is guilty of election interference by paying off an adult film star to silence her before the 2016 election, telling the jury, this case is about a criminal conspiracy to bury a story that could have cost him the presidency. and then lying in his business records over and over again to cover it all up. the alleged scheme stretches back to 2015. a meeting at trump tower between mr. trump, his former fixer michael cohen and david pecker, the long-time publisher of the national inquirer. this is where prosecutors say they hatched a plot to buy and bury any damnindamning stories.. the lead prosecutor read mr. trump's most incendiary remarks from the "access hollywood" tape. he directed cohen to pay off stormy daniels so she couldn't go public about an alleged

mr. in the house of stark.e of representatives, winter is not coming but a motion to vacate might be. marjorie taylor greene's latest beaker and tackiness but she was not the first, mark meadows did it and then her friend matt gaetz, gates used to tour the country raising money and then they decided to separate but for the same purpose raising more money, green watched how much matt gaetz raced to attack kevin mccarthy with a ancillary benefit of killing an ethics investigation into alleged misconduct. now marjorie taylor greene is following suit over mike johnson's head. you may be wondering what would happen if the same energy was put into maybe winning the white house or we need to democrat senate seats in georgia there is a lot of money to be made in fame and when family members fight, there's just not much in it for you. joining us former acting speaker congressman patrick mchenry. welcome congressman, some are not billed for the majority. being the minority is easier, you show up, vote no imposter videos

. >> reporter: tonight prosecutors painting a stark portrait of former president trump in their opening statements during his hush money trial, a case mr. trump has argued is designed to derail his campaign. >> this is done as election interference. everybody knows it. >> reporter: but today prosecutors said it is mr. trump who is guilty of election interference by paying off an adult film star to silence her before the 2016 election. telling the jury, "this case is about a criminal conspiracy to bury a story that could have cost him the presidency and then lying in his business records over and over again to cover it all up." the alleged scheme stretches back to 2015, a meeting at trump tower between mr. trump, his former fixer and attorney michael cohen, and david pecker, the long-time publisher of the "national enquirer." this is where prosecutors say the trio hatched a plot for the tabloid to buy and bury any damning stories about mr. trump, a tactic known as catch and kill. prosecutors say it was the release of the "access hollywood" tape that turned the campaign upside down in october of 2016. lead prosecutor matthew colangelo re

mr. attorney general, i think a lot of people will have some stark views on that comment. well, if he is reelected, we'll bring you back, mr. attorney general. thank you so much for being here, anderson, back to you in new york caitlin. >> thank you. all. get everyone's taken. what we just heard in joining us as legendary reporter bestselling author carl bernstein as well. carl i'm looking for the right yiddish word to try and character. i start with we've just what we've just heard. >> i think even by washington standards in the age of trump we've just seen bill barr engaging in a kind of craven hypocrisy that is emblematic of him despite his quiet tones and of a huge, huge problem which is republican leaders who understand the horror, danger of donald trump and refuse been there to witness it. listen to what he said. he saw the sedition that he called out barr did look at him calling trump before a brazen criminal and to get up and say, that donald trump should be the next president of the united states. it's astonishing it's it's a kind of hypocrisy attorney general dedi

. >> reporter: tonight prosecutors painting a stark portrait of former president trump and their opening statements during his hush money trial. egg case mred is designed to derail his campaign. >> this is done is election interference. >> reporter: prosecutors said it's mr. trump who is guilty of election interference by paying off adult film star to silencer before the 2016 election, telling the jury, this case is about a criminal conspiracy to bury a story that could've cost him the presidency, and then lying in business records over and over again to cover it up. the alleged scheme stretches back to 2015, meeting at trump tower between mr. trump and his former fixer michael cohen and david the publisher of the national enquirer. this is where prosecutors say the trio hatched a plot of the tabloid to buy and bury any damaging stories about trump, it's known as catch and kill. prosecutors say it was the release of the access hollywood tape that turned the campaign upside down in october 2016. the lead prosecutor reading mr. trump's most incendiary remarks from that video for the jury today. arguing the former president was so desperate

mr. hur. thank you for illuminating a stark choice for the country in the months to come. look forward to your testimony and i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. the gentleman now recognizes that chairman mr., for an opening statement. >> thank you. in august 2022 president biden question in a 60 minutes interview how anyone can be that irresponsible well when asked about classified documents in the possession of former president trump but when president biden said this he knew that he had stashed classified materials in several unsecured locations for years dating back to his time as vice president and even as a u.s. senator. president biden, the white house, and his personal attorneys have not been honest with the american people about his willful retention of classified material and continue to hide information from congress. he first claim to have discovered material on november 2nd 2022. however, president biden and his lawyers kept it secret from the american people before the midterm elections. cbs news broke the story in january 2023, leaving americans to won

mr. kneedler: yeah, , certainly agree there appears to be a pretty stark inconsistency between that stateaw and the ordinance. it hasn'been applied. it has to be objectively, reasonable, i think -- justice jackson: so would the federal government -- mr. kneedler: -- but thiisn't time, place and manner at all. justice jackson: rht what would your position bif the court decided that as a matter of constitutional avoidance or whater se that we don't need to hear this or reach this decision in this case, given this new state ordinance? mr. kneedler: that would be one possily. it wouldn't answer the core robinson principle point and t limitations on that point that has -- that has triggered the amicus briefs. justice jackson: right. but our typical rule is that if there's some other way, d't necessarily comment on constitutional issues, correct? mr. kneedler: right. th wld be one course to see how what time, place and manne meant under state law and how -- how the eighth amendment cou accommodate that or take it into count. justice jackson: thank you. chief justice robertnk you, counsel. ms. c

mr. chairman, you are right there is a stark and clear difference between the two visions. one is a vision that would take us back to the depths of where we were just four years ago. the other is a vision that has literally led the world in economic growth. i look forward to hearing more about the details of both of those visions today. i look forward to your testimony here director young. thank you. in the interest of time if any other members of opening statements, i ask that you submitted for the record. we'll hold the record open until the end of the day to accompany those members who may not have prepared written statements. now, i like to recognize director young. again thank you for being with us. the floor is yours and i yelled five minutes per. >> thank you i'm going to say something and mean it some witnesses may not mean but it is a pleasure to be here with you it's a little like coming home proud to think the staff of the chairman noted i was a staffer in the house for the appropriations committee working for the budget committee i take back anything bad about t

mr. trouble. we've seen him take advantage of every one of those, but i do think what we're seeing here is the very stark difference between the state criminal justice system and the federal system here in the state, they deal with a much higher volume of defendant's of motions of last-minute efforts to delay trials. and they do it much more quickly. today's >> long >> two weeks to file a response and then a sir rebuttal, and then we have oral arguments and then we think about it for a month. these things are happening very quickly. i expect if any other motions are filed, they will be dispatched with the same sort of haste and, you know, we, should not be surprised by what donald trump is doing. this is the cloud classic. donald trump playbook. he wants to delay so he and we can see some more between, between now and monday. he's going to try everything >> but >> i've spoken to several legal experts, lawyers who deal with judge merchan. they say he is smart, he is experiencing variance. he is decisive that if anyone can handle this he is the judge to do it. i think there's one piece of advice that are t

stark. with jury selection starting right now, mr. trump will become the first former u.s.e political fate before being decided by millions of voters will be shaped by 12 people in the jury box. that's how important this jury selection is. of course, there will be a lot of issues made by both sides probably in picking these jurors. there are specific boundaries and questions they have to answer. there are other cases also needing juries in this courthouse, but there are 6,000 potential jurors ready to go for this trial and some of the others as well. i want to bring in david rothkoff from "the daily beast." this is a historic moment where donald trump will be looked at for election interference and the transaction that happened right before his campaign began, but we're hearing this with the backdrop of two civil trials finding him liable for fraud, liable for sexual abuse and also defamation. and we're going to be hearing more about potentially depraved behavior as it pertains to women, not just what he's done with him, but how he speaks about them, how he sees them. i'm w

mr. president. >> i thank the representative from israel for their statement i shall now make a statement in any capacity. i thank the secretary general for his presence here today and for his stark and sobering brief. we are experiencing one of the bleakest and most volatile periods in modern history. as underlined by the secretary general last sunday, the middle east is at the brink of a full-scale conflict, one, which we need to collectively avoid by calling on all parties to show restraint. these latest events continue the downward spiral witnessed in the six months since the heinous terror attacks of hamas on the 7th of october and the beginning of military action by israel in gaza. it provides further proof of the importance of an immediate and permanent cease-fire in -- gaza and the need to create a political horizon in the middle east. it's completely worrying and completely unacceptable that this council's demand for a cease-fire in accordance with resolution 27 and 28 has been disregarded by the parties. we wish to reiterate that under article 25 of the charter, the members of the notion agreed to accept and -- of the united nations agreed to accept the agreement by the

more interruptive a stark departure from the decorum of the first televised debate ever in 1960 >> the things that senator kennedy has said, many of us can agree with, >> i think mr. nixon is an effective leader of his party. >> yet, despite the unseemly face soft the last cycle the worst. >> whereas in america has >> ever had five major tv networks, including cnn, have drafted a letter urging both menn to do it. again, saying there is simply no substitute for the candidates debating with each other on the trail, trump is demanding a rematch. >> followed on cookie joe to debate any any place, but biden has been on committal. depends on his behavior >> may a >> given trump's behavior back in the 2020 debate, which i remember very vividly and his pension for telling untruths. how do you feel about the news media pushing for debates? >> well, listen, i mean, they have to write this is a tradition for news organizations to want to debate. there are lots of eyeballs that go into it, but i think we're trying to like graphed normal political forums and to abnormal times in an abnormal candidate, trump is a liar and he's a conspiracy theorist as well. and i think, you kn

stark hypotheticals on what a future president could do and still avoid criminal charges. >> could a president order s.e.a.l. team 6 to assassinate a political rival? >> reporter: in the view of mr. trump's lawyer, yes. special counsel jack smith has urged the high court to reject mr. trump's immunity theory, and quickly. >> my office will seek a speedy trial in this matter. >> reporter: writing in court papers, a bedrock principle of our constitutional order is that no person is above the law, including the president. but the elephant in the courtroom, the impending election, as the prospect of a trial completed before november very much in doubt. >> let's talk about this claim at the supreme court today, of presidential immunity. we know that a person can't by long-standing practice in tradition, can't be prosecuted while he is in office, but this is about criminal acts allegedly taken outside of office, potentially. so how broad is this claim here? >> reporter: savannah, the claim is so broad, so vast, that i think that's why so many observed that the justices are unlikely to hand him a complete win, a complete full stop saying that he's completely immune. because if he is, t

. >> reporter: prosecutors painting a stark portrait of former president trump in their opening statements during his hush money trial. a case mr. trump has argued is designed to derail his campaign. >> this is done as election interference. everybody knows it. >> reporter: but prosecutors said it is mr. trump who is guilty of election interference by paying off an adult film star to silence her before the 2016 election. telling the jury, this case is about a criminal conspiracy to bury a story that could have cost him the presidency. then lying in his business records over and over again to cover it all up. the alleged scheme stretches back to 2015, a meeting at trump tower between mr. trump, his former fixer and attorney michael cohen, and david pecker, the long-time publisher of the national enquirer. this is where prosecutors say the trio hatched a plot for the tabloids to buy and bury any damning stories about mr. trump, catch and kill. it was the release of the "access hollywood" tape that turned the campaign upside down in october of 2016. lead prosecutor matthew coanglo reading mr. trump's remarks from the video for the

: but a federal appeals court was unpersuaded, using stark hypotheticals on what a future president can do and still avoid charges. in the view of mrourt to reject mr. trump's immunity theory and quickly, writing in court papers, a bedrock principle of our constitutional order is that no person is above the law, including the president. but the elephant in the courtroom, the impending election. >> joining us from outside the supreme court is former acting u.s. solicitor general neal katyal. >> editorial in the "wall street journal". much more is at stake for future presidents. let me read a little bit from this and get your insight. the burden on the justices will be finding a balance that recognizes the presidency while also holding presidents accountable for law breaking. the president needs to be free to make controversial decisions without having to worry about being prosecuted but he shouldn't be free to commit crimes unrelated to the office. they talk about nixon versus fitzgerald and how the president should be protected. they talk about even the outer perimeter of presidential duties. help define that for us, the outer peri