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access to some, we are told, of the records from the white house. what would they be? 0ur far does this go? we house. what would they be? our far does this go?— far does this go? we understand that these are _ far does this go? we understand that these are memos _ far does this go? we understand that these are memos between. that these are memos between president and presidential aides, telephone records, visitor logs, so it is clear the committee wants to get a picture of who was arriving at the white house, perhaps he was meeting with the president, the kind of conversations he was having in the days leading up to the attack on congress on january the sixth. they will now get those documents. they are likely to be handed over from the officials that are keeping them at the moment on friday unless president trump, former president trump goes back to court and get this in front of an appeal court. that could delay the process. but at the moment this seems to be quite a victory for the congressional committee. i think it is worth reading you a few lines from the judge
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—— white house official. he was a climate change negotiator in the clinton and obama administrations, including the very first cop. he just returned from glasgow on thursday. hejoins me now from washington. many thanks for joining many thanks forjoining me here. that expected scheduled finishing deadline on friday, that's been and gone. should be we borrowed about that?- we borrowed about that? --be worried? _ we borrowed about that? --be worried? no — we borrowed about that? --be worried? no surprise _ we borrowed about that? --be worried? no surprise that - we borrowed about that? --be| worried? no surprise that these negotiations are going past the deadline, it happens in almost every one of these meetings. the last one in 2019, i think the friday deadline was missed and the negotiations ended on sunday afternoon. but some good news, i think the conference had already produced some important successes, not enough to solve the global warming problem that is the work of many years— but even during the fi
—— white house official. he was a climate change negotiator in the clinton and obama administrations, including the very first cop. he just returned from glasgow on thursday. hejoins me now from washington. many thanks for joining many thanks forjoining me here. that expected scheduled finishing deadline on friday, that's been and gone. should be we borrowed about that?- we borrowed about that? --be worried? _ we borrowed about that? --be worried? no — we borrowed about that? --be...
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the white house and the united nations have joined demands to find out what's happened to the missing chinese tennis player peng shuai. she hasn't been seen in public since alleging she was sexually assaulted by a high—profile former chinese official. tennis officials have dismissed an e—mail supposedly sent by her, saying the allegations were untrue and that she is all right. our sports correspondent natalie pirks has the story. she is a tennis star in china, a former doubles world number one who won wimbledon. but now the united nations has added its voice to the clamour of bodies all wanting to know the same thing — where is peng shuai? two weeks ago, in this social media post, peng shuai made serious sexual assault allegations against former vice premier zhang gaoli. "like an egg hitting a rock, or a moth to the flame caught in self—destruction, i'll tell the truth about you," she said. within half an hour the post had gone, and so had she. then an e—mail surfaced addressed to the chairman of the women's tennis association, claiming to be from her, saying she hadn't mean
the white house and the united nations have joined demands to find out what's happened to the missing chinese tennis player peng shuai. she hasn't been seen in public since alleging she was sexually assaulted by a high—profile former chinese official. tennis officials have dismissed an e—mail supposedly sent by her, saying the allegations were untrue and that she is all right. our sports correspondent natalie pirks has the story. she is a tennis star in china, a former doubles world number...
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you're watching bbc news and we are alive at the south lawn of the white house watching a ceremony where president biden will soon sign his $1 billion infrastructure bill. let's listen in. someone who understands what workers like me are going through and who of always believed in us is what we can do if given a chance. i never imagined it a million years that i would be standing here today. yeah. but that's what's great about america. thank you. cheering. thank you, thank you. yeah. but that's what's so great about america and having a president who believes that someone like me should be standing here. on behalf of local 86 in seattle and union workers everywhere, for the faith he is placing in others i am honoured to introduce the 46th president of the united states, joe biden. president of the united states, joe biden. , president of the united states, joe biden-_ thank _ president of the united states, joe biden._ thank you, - president of the united states, joel biden._ thank you, thank biden. cheering. thank you, thank ou, thank biden. cheering. thank you, thank you. thank yom _ b
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house documents, conversations in the white house. but there is a tremendous amount of legal debate over whether a former president — not least his workers, his advisers, whether they could actually use that kind of rule to stop them being called before a congressional committee. that is going to be at the heart of the matter when this is decided. as you say, peter, this has really brought the whole issue of executive privilege to the forefront. what has donald trump had to say about all of this? well, donald trump has not, as far as we know, responded to today's developments. he has been actually relatively quiet — although his lawyers have actually been very busy this week because, using the same argument, executive privilege, he is trying to stop the release of some other documents from the white house and telephone records and visitor logs, and they will be the subject of an appeal court hearing in a couple of weeks' time, and donald trump is fighting to keep those items secret, so it all goes in to essentially the same issue,
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donald trump's former white house advisor, steve bannon, has appeared in court charged with refusing to testify or provide documents to a congressional committee investigating the us capitol riots injanuary. mr bannon didn't enter a plea. after the hearing, he said his supporters should remain focused on taking on what he described as the "illegitimate biden regime." let's speak to us political analyst, max kutner. he's in new york. i suppose it is something to be said that stephen bannon finds himself in this medicament, it says something about the power of the congressional hearing? that's right. this shows the congressional panel doesn't have power and all the people who they are asking to come in and provide information, interviews, if they do not comply, this is what is going to happen and even if these congressional committees do not have a lot of enforcement power, they have the department ofjustice under their side, at least in this case, willing to get the criminal referral and make moves on it.— get the criminal referral and make moves on it. what is it they want — make
donald trump's former white house advisor, steve bannon, has appeared in court charged with refusing to testify or provide documents to a congressional committee investigating the us capitol riots injanuary. mr bannon didn't enter a plea. after the hearing, he said his supporters should remain focused on taking on what he described as the "illegitimate biden regime." let's speak to us political analyst, max kutner. he's in new york. i suppose it is something to be said that stephen...
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the white house as _ with injury and heartache. the white house as it _ with injury and heartache. the white house as it is monitoring the situation and the fbi is hoping the local authorities will be able to progress their investigation. this was the town's first holiday parade after months of restrictions because of covid, but tragedy struck and at this stage, no—one understands why. as mentioned we hope to speak to peter a little later in this programme. a full national coronavirus lockdown has come into force in austria. it's the first country in europe to announce such a step, as covid cases surge. the austrian government says it will also make covid vaccinations mandatory from february, as bethany bell reports. the lockdown will last forjust under three weeks. it comes after record numbers of new covid infections in recent days. last week austria introduced a lockdown for the unvaccinated, but cases continue to soar on the government decided to impose even tougher measures. the chancellor said covid vaccinations will become mandatory as of february. the move is controversia
the white house as _ with injury and heartache. the white house as it _ with injury and heartache. the white house as it is monitoring the situation and the fbi is hoping the local authorities will be able to progress their investigation. this was the town's first holiday parade after months of restrictions because of covid, but tragedy struck and at this stage, no—one understands why. as mentioned we hope to speak to peter a little later in this programme. a full national coronavirus...
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now, and i think the white house _ still significant. now, and i think the white house considers i still significant. now, and i think the white house considers this | still significant. now, and i thinkj the white house considers this a kind of half measure somewhere along the line of showing their disapproval without going as far as punishing the athletes who have been training for years to go to these olympics. there had already been reports of a diplomatic boycott in the media here in the us, so bad and's comments today essentially confirm that. reports said that confirmation could be made as soon as the end of this month. the olympics are only three months away. let's talk about the summit from this week. let's focus on the next president and joe biden. i noticed the mix can president wasn't in glasgow last week, is he concern that mexico isn't doing its part on climate change? i that mexico isn't doing its part on climate change?— climate change? i think that's definitely a — climate change? i think that's definitely a concern
now, and i think the white house _ still significant. now, and i think the white house considers i still significant. now, and i think the white house considers this | still significant. now, and i thinkj the white house considers this a kind of half measure somewhere along the line of showing their disapproval without going as far as punishing the athletes who have been training for years to go to these olympics. there had already been reports of a diplomatic boycott in the media here in the...
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and senate and a white house and that's the first time in 12 years and we do have majority so we don't want to take that for granted. but in the second clock that is ticking in the back of our minds is notjust the us delegation but i think for all the delegates is that is if we don't act right now, we might miss the last best window of opportunity to finally get us on a path to sustainability, to reaching that 1.5 degrees target. i personally feel that pressure and speaking to a number of the delegates today who are from countries other than the us, i know they felt that as well. you serve on the ways and means committee, which oversees policy when it comes to trade and taxation. can you hand on heart say then that going forward from this point, every decision that your committee makes will put climate change at the heart of that decision? i will put climate change at the heart of that decision?— of that decision? i will say that it will be one _ of that decision? i will say that it will be one of— of that decision? i will say that it will be one of the _ of that decision? i will s
and senate and a white house and that's the first time in 12 years and we do have majority so we don't want to take that for granted. but in the second clock that is ticking in the back of our minds is notjust the us delegation but i think for all the delegates is that is if we don't act right now, we might miss the last best window of opportunity to finally get us on a path to sustainability, to reaching that 1.5 degrees target. i personally feel that pressure and speaking to a number of the...
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that is perhaps why you were hearing caution from the white house | hearing caution from the white house today. they don't really know whether it is there or not. that is true and we _ whether it is there or not. that is true and we actually _ whether it is there or not. that is true and we actually should i whether it is there or not. that is i true and we actually should assume that it true and we actually should assume thatitis true and we actually should assume that it is already here and it's flying under our radar. so we have to be smart right now in making our decisions. ~ , ., to be smart right now in making our decisions. . , ., , ., decisions. why would you say vaccination is _ decisions. why would you say vaccination is in _ decisions. why would you say vaccination is in texas - decisions. why would you say vaccination is in texas right i decisions. why would you say i vaccination is in texas right now? what is it right now?— what is it right now? where is it riaht what is it right now? where is it right now? _ what is it right now? where is it right now? do — what is it r
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now, i am told by one of my white house sources that not a whole lot really changed. you just get extra secret service during that time. she works from her west wing office. 50 from her west wing office. so she didn't go anywhere else. this move is not unprecedented, is it? ., ., , , this move is not unprecedented, isit? ., ., _ , ., . is it? no. previously george w bush had _ is it? no. previously george w bush had a _ is it? no. previously george w bush had a couple _ is it? no. previously george w bush had a couple of - bush had a couple of colonoscopies, the procedure that president biden had today, and he transferred power to his then vice president, dick cheney, and so there is a process for this. in order to transfer power you send a letter to the speaker of the house, speaker pelosi, and the most senior senator in the senate, which is senator leahy right now, and that transfers power to the vice president, so kamala harris became president for, as you said, 85 minutes today. and then, once the procedure was done and joe biden was coherent again, another letter
now, i am told by one of my white house sources that not a whole lot really changed. you just get extra secret service during that time. she works from her west wing office. 50 from her west wing office. so she didn't go anywhere else. this move is not unprecedented, is it? ., ., , , this move is not unprecedented, isit? ., ., _ , ., . is it? no. previously george w bush had _ is it? no. previously george w bush had a _ is it? no. previously george w bush had a couple _ is it? no. previously...
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house. a legal opinion seems to be that this is a privilege really of the sitting president, and it wasjoe biden who ordered the release of some documents. so, detailed legal argument still to come and some people are saying this could go on for very long time, possibly years before this is resolved. thank you very much for helping us those developments. the humanitarian crisis along the border between belarus and poland is worsening, as more migrants continue to head to the border, only to be caught in a political limbo between the two nations. alexander lukashenko, the belarusian president, is accused of deliberately orchestrating the crisis, to challenge sanctions imposed on his country last year. our correspondent steve rosenberg sent this report from belarus by day, the scale of this migrant crisis becomes clear. belarus's border with poland transformed into a camp for those desperate to get to europe. tonight, for the first time, belarusian border guards agreed to take us into the camp
house. a legal opinion seems to be that this is a privilege really of the sitting president, and it wasjoe biden who ordered the release of some documents. so, detailed legal argument still to come and some people are saying this could go on for very long time, possibly years before this is resolved. thank you very much for helping us those developments. the humanitarian crisis along the border between belarus and poland is worsening, as more migrants continue to head to the border, only to be...
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house records. the ruling came hours after the congressional committee issued subpoenas to ten more trump administration officials, including a former senior adviser and his press secretary. in a statement, donald trump condemned the committee and repeated false claims that the election was fraudulent. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes gave us more detail about what might be in donald trump's white house records. we understand that these are memos between the president and presidential aides, telephone records, visitor logs and it's clear that the committee wants to get a picture of he was arriving at the white house, perhaps it was meeting with the president, the kind of conversations he was having in the days leading up to the attack on congress onjanuary six. attack on congress on january six. �* , ., six. and they will now get those documents. - six. and they will now get those documents. they i six. and they will now get l those documents. they are likely to be handed overfrom offic
house records. the ruling came hours after the congressional committee issued subpoenas to ten more trump administration officials, including a former senior adviser and his press secretary. in a statement, donald trump condemned the committee and repeated false claims that the election was fraudulent. 0ur north america correspondent peter bowes gave us more detail about what might be in donald trump's white house records. we understand that these are memos between the president and...
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house documents. what is clear is that the pressure is now on others to give evidence for the investigation. in a statement, the us attorney general merrick garland said there was steadfast commitment to the rule of law. mr bannon is expected to appear in court on monday but this could turn to a long, legal battle. peter bowes, bbc news. the humanitarian crisis along the border between belarus and poland is worsening, as more migrants continue to head to the border, only to be caught in a political limbo between the two nations. alexander lukashenko, the belarusian president, is accused of deliberately orchestrating the crisis, to challenge sanctions imposed on his country last year. our correspondent steve rosenberg sent this report from belarus by day, the scale of this migrant crisis becomes clear. belarus's border with poland transformed into a camp for those desperate to get to europe. tonight, for the first time, belarusian border guards agreed to take us into the camp, right up to the border. b
house documents. what is clear is that the pressure is now on others to give evidence for the investigation. in a statement, the us attorney general merrick garland said there was steadfast commitment to the rule of law. mr bannon is expected to appear in court on monday but this could turn to a long, legal battle. peter bowes, bbc news. the humanitarian crisis along the border between belarus and poland is worsening, as more migrants continue to head to the border, only to be caught in a...
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house documents. what is clear is that the pressure is now on others who have been called to give evidence for the investigation. in a statement, the us attorney general merrick garland said the indictment of steve bannon reflected thejustice department's "steadfast commitment" to the rule of law. mr bannon is expected to appear in court on monday but this could turn to a long legal battle. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. france is remembering the islamist attacks that took place in paris six years ago, with the trial of twenty people accused of involvement now underway. 130 people died in coordinated attacks on the national stadium, bars and restaurants and the bataclan concert hall on the thirteenth of november 2015. among those testifying in the trial are survivors and security forces who witnessed the violence that night. text messages from the duchess of sussex have revealed that she felt prince harry was being "berated' by the royal family over her strained relationship with with her father.
house documents. what is clear is that the pressure is now on others who have been called to give evidence for the investigation. in a statement, the us attorney general merrick garland said the indictment of steve bannon reflected thejustice department's "steadfast commitment" to the rule of law. mr bannon is expected to appear in court on monday but this could turn to a long legal battle. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. france is remembering the islamist attacks that took place...
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the president's press secretary, jen psaki, said ms harris was in white house during mr biden's colonoscopy which was carried out as part of an annual physical check up. in the last few minutes president biden, departed walter reed national military medical center en route to the white house and has now resumed his presidential duties. our senior north america reporter anthony zurcher has the latest. a bit of history, obviously last november, kamala harris the first woman vice president in us history, so it was only a matter of time before she became the first acting the us president. joe biden isn't the first president to have handed off powers like this. george w bush did it in the early 2000, ronald reagan did it, george h w bush did it. so with biden undergoing a routine physical and the fact that colonoscopies are routine for someone of biden's age, it was not surprising that he invoked the 25th amendment of the us constitution, which governs incapacitated presidents to temporarily hand over presidential powers to kamala harris. some lovely pictures to end now — from the longest part
the president's press secretary, jen psaki, said ms harris was in white house during mr biden's colonoscopy which was carried out as part of an annual physical check up. in the last few minutes president biden, departed walter reed national military medical center en route to the white house and has now resumed his presidential duties. our senior north america reporter anthony zurcher has the latest. a bit of history, obviously last november, kamala harris the first woman vice president in us...
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house documents. what is clear is that the pressure is now on others who have been called to give evidence for the investigation. in a statement, the us attorney general merrick garland said the indictment of steve bannon reflected thejustice department's "steadfast commitment" to the rule of law. mr bannon is expected to appear in court on monday but this could turn to a long legal battle. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. the legal arrangement which has controlled the personal and financial affairs of the pop star britney spears for the past 13 years has been ended by a judge in los angeles. the conservatorship allowed her father to make decisions for her, following a series of mental breakdowns. 0ur los angeles correspondent sophie long reports. this was the moment they'd been dreaming of, everything they'd been fighting for. it does not feel real. it feels like i'm kind of in an out—of—body experience but it's just so incredible that we were able to actually help make this happen. after more
house documents. what is clear is that the pressure is now on others who have been called to give evidence for the investigation. in a statement, the us attorney general merrick garland said the indictment of steve bannon reflected thejustice department's "steadfast commitment" to the rule of law. mr bannon is expected to appear in court on monday but this could turn to a long legal battle. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. the legal arrangement which has controlled the personal and...
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house documents. what is clear is that the pressure is now on others who have been called to give evidence for the investigation. in a statement, the us attorney general merrick garland said the indictment of steve bannon reflected thejustice department's "steadfast commitment" to the rule of law. mr bannon is expected to appear in court on monday but this could turn to a long legal battle. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. let's look at some of the day's other news the supreme court in india has asked the government to come up with an emergency plan to tackle the toxic air quality in the capital delhi. the air quality index in and around the city reached up to 490 on a scale of 500. the chiefjustice said the authorities should consider a two—day lockdown to protect citizens from the rising pollution. security forces in sudan have used tear gas against protesters opposed to last month's military coup. bridges and major roads were closed ahead of the demonstrations. mass rallies were called after s
house documents. what is clear is that the pressure is now on others who have been called to give evidence for the investigation. in a statement, the us attorney general merrick garland said the indictment of steve bannon reflected thejustice department's "steadfast commitment" to the rule of law. mr bannon is expected to appear in court on monday but this could turn to a long legal battle. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. let's look at some of the day's other news the supreme...
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housejob over and she's chuck schumerjob over, the white house job over and she's going to make this happen. and she understands that white women in particular, without are central to democrats being able to win. that's why she put paid to care back and yesterday that's like she's talking about it today. women care a lot about it today. women care a lot about education because they believe for the kids and their grandkids education is the way up it out. unfortunately they bought a lie about it. you're going to see nancy pelosi get those bills through the house and make sure they get through the senate too. i house and make sure they get through the senate too.— the senate too. i wonder if there is another element _ the senate too. i wonder if there is another element to _ the senate too. i wonder if there is another element to what _ the senate too. i wonder if there isj another element to what happened last night. when you look at eric adams, the new mayor of new york city, former police officer, ran on crime being tough on crime, he won easily last night as we know he would. but
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the united nations, the white house, tennis associations all saying this needs, there needs to be clarity and there are threats of boycotts on. events. how much pressure does that put on china and what the ramifications of that? it puts enormous pressure on china because china is anxious to portray itself on tarmac to the world is a successful, rising, responsible, major power —— is anxious to portray itself to the world and incidents like this highlights the potential for abuse of power in any authoritarian system and also the fact that the elite has a lifestyle which is somehow linked to celebrities and which people, ordinary people can only imagine and so it is embarrassing also to the chinese government because they have claimed that it is not a diplomatic incident where there is it manifestly is diplomatic incident. and so do you think this is... i mean, you said incidents like this, this isn't an isolated situation. do you think this is a moment, though, in case that could lead to change? yes, possibly, although it is hard to say exactly what kind of change. there have been inci
the united nations, the white house, tennis associations all saying this needs, there needs to be clarity and there are threats of boycotts on. events. how much pressure does that put on china and what the ramifications of that? it puts enormous pressure on china because china is anxious to portray itself on tarmac to the world is a successful, rising, responsible, major power —— is anxious to portray itself to the world and incidents like this highlights the potential for abuse of power in...
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polls have closed in the nicaraguan election, which the white house has described as a "sham". in recent months, the government of president daniel ortega has arrested seven of the leading opposition candidates under a treason law. many more government opponents have been forced into exile. foreign journalists have been prevented from entering nicaragua to cover the vote, and our correspondent, will grant, reports from costa rica. as he cast his ballot amid the warmup because of his supporters, daniel ortega may as well have declared himself the winner there and then. after having rested all his main opponents, the selection was always going to end with another 55 year term for daniel ortega and his wife, the vice president. he later repeated his claim that they were not guilty for terrorism and sedition. translation: ., ., translation: you also the attem -t translation: you also the attempt at _ translation: you also the attempt at a _ translation: you also the attempt at a terrorist - translation: you also the attempt at a terrorist coup i translation: you also the| attempt a
polls have closed in the nicaraguan election, which the white house has described as a "sham". in recent months, the government of president daniel ortega has arrested seven of the leading opposition candidates under a treason law. many more government opponents have been forced into exile. foreign journalists have been prevented from entering nicaragua to cover the vote, and our correspondent, will grant, reports from costa rica. as he cast his ballot amid the warmup because of his...
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house but under the barden —— biden administration, there is clear commitment to act domestically and internationally, hence why kerry was able to do what he did today. for beijing, the arc of history bends slowly towards climate action. i remember copenhagen where china was actively in the business of blocking any form of international agreement. paris, they stepped up to new forms of agreement and now, what you see with this re—energisation of their bilateral collaboration with washington, looking at sectoral specific initiatives, even in methane, forestation and regulatory standards, which i assume refers to electric vehicles as well, this is a positive step forward, so not perfect but i would certainly give it more than a six out of ten on the richter scale of achievements. president xi didn't go to cop, china didn't sign up to the pledge to shift away from coal. it's going carbon neutral by 2060, a decade behind most other countries. it didn't sign up to the big methane agreement early on in the summit. is it doing enough at home to limit its own emissions? the rest of us would
house but under the barden —— biden administration, there is clear commitment to act domestically and internationally, hence why kerry was able to do what he did today. for beijing, the arc of history bends slowly towards climate action. i remember copenhagen where china was actively in the business of blocking any form of international agreement. paris, they stepped up to new forms of agreement and now, what you see with this re—energisation of their bilateral collaboration with...
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i can tell you the biden white house, if it was up to them, they are trying not to have a diplomatic boycott of the olympics. iii have a diplomatic boycott of the olympia-— the olympics. if it does go ahead, this _ the olympics. if it does go ahead, this diplomatic - the olympics. if it does go - ahead, this diplomatic boycott, make much difference? especially if the athletes are still going to compete? == still going to compete? -- would it — still going to compete? -- would it make. _ still going to compete? » would it make. what makes the difference at the end of the day is how the beijing olympics actually go. we know that china right now has zero covert policies of this will be much tighter bubble than we have seen at tokyo and if you have a couple of cases are complete the shutdown events —— covid. that's one issue. secondly, you have a number of athletes that are going to be raising serious concerns about forced labour and camps in xinjing, human rights abuses, about the issue of this chinese tennis star that has not been heard from except for an alleged e—mail writ
i can tell you the biden white house, if it was up to them, they are trying not to have a diplomatic boycott of the olympics. iii have a diplomatic boycott of the olympia-— the olympics. if it does go ahead, this _ the olympics. if it does go ahead, this diplomatic - the olympics. if it does go - ahead, this diplomatic boycott, make much difference? especially if the athletes are still going to compete? == still going to compete? -- would it — still going to compete? -- would it make. _...
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a us federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the release of white house records to a congressional committee investigating donald trump's role in the attack on the us capitol injanuary. the papers had been due for release on friday. police investigating a violent attack on a french footballer have released one of her team—mates without charge. aminata diallo, who plays for paris saint—germain�*s women's team, was arrested on wednesday. she's faced two days of questioning about the assault on kheira hamraoui. belarus�*s leader has threatened to cut off gas supplies to europe if sanctions are imposed over an escalating migrant crisis at the country's western border. eu officials have accused belarus of provoking the crisis to undermine its security, an allegation it denies. meanwhile, the bbc has filmed hundreds of migrants gathering in the belarus capital, minsk, where they're apparently waiting to board buses which then take them to the border with poland. will vernon reports now from minsk. we saw large groups of migrants gathering here today in the centre of minsk, waitin
a us federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the release of white house records to a congressional committee investigating donald trump's role in the attack on the us capitol injanuary. the papers had been due for release on friday. police investigating a violent attack on a french footballer have released one of her team—mates without charge. aminata diallo, who plays for paris saint—germain�*s women's team, was arrested on wednesday. she's faced two days of questioning about the...
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in a moment, we'll be hearing from our north america editorjon sopel, who's at the white house but first our china correspondent steve mcdonnell is in beijing. is itfairto is it fair to say, steve, that china is sending out a message saying it needs longer to reduce its use of coal? ~ . ., , . needs longer to reduce its use of coal? ~ . . , . . . , coal? well, china was much decades of breakneck — coal? well, china was much decades of breakneck economic _ coal? well, china was much decades of breakneck economic growth - coal? well, china was much decades of breakneck economic growth have | of breakneck economic growth have at times been catastrophic for the natural environment. but they've also lifted millions of people out of poverty. this dramatic change in people's living standard has been fuelled by and large by coal—fired power. in recent times, china has built huge wind and solar farms, but officials are still not sure when they can phase out coal, so they are wary of making pledges to do so. that said, we shouldn't be too pessimistic, because the communist party here is alread
in a moment, we'll be hearing from our north america editorjon sopel, who's at the white house but first our china correspondent steve mcdonnell is in beijing. is itfairto is it fair to say, steve, that china is sending out a message saying it needs longer to reduce its use of coal? ~ . ., , . needs longer to reduce its use of coal? ~ . . , . . . , coal? well, china was much decades of breakneck — coal? well, china was much decades of breakneck economic _ coal? well, china was much decades of...
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the white house press secretary jen psaki has tested positive for covid—19. she has been in quarantine since wednesday after a member of her household tested positive. she decided not to accompany mr biden to the g20 and climate summit in rome and glasgow as a result. 17 people have been taken to hospital after two trains collided in the south of england. the crash happened after one of the trains hit an object in a tunnel near the city of salisbury, causing part of it to come off the tracks. officials have declared a major incident. andy cole is dorset and wiltshire�*s assistant chief fire officer. firefighters have carried out a thorough search of the train carriages and we've assisted with the evacuation of approximately 100 people. we do not believe there are any further casualties on board the train and we can confirm that there are no fatalities. we'll shortly be scaling down our response. however, we will have resources on scene for the next few hours. stay with us. coming up: the day of the dead parade is back in mexico after a year off due to the p
the white house press secretary jen psaki has tested positive for covid—19. she has been in quarantine since wednesday after a member of her household tested positive. she decided not to accompany mr biden to the g20 and climate summit in rome and glasgow as a result. 17 people have been taken to hospital after two trains collided in the south of england. the crash happened after one of the trains hit an object in a tunnel near the city of salisbury, causing part of it to come off the tracks....
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house, a strategy that involves arguing that mike pence, the then vice president, had within his power the ability to essentially deny the result of the election in certain states, the election in certain states, the bigger picture picture would ultimately denyjoe biden the presidency. clearly, that didn't happen and what the committee wants to know is who are they talking to, what were they saying? they supposedly met in what has been described as a war room in a washington hotel. what were they talking about? do they have any link with the groups that ended up in that violent storming of the capital? i in that violent storming of the ca - ital? ~ in that violent storming of the caital? ~' ,., in that violent storming of the caital? ~ ,., ., capital? i think some of the committee _ capital? i think some of the committee have _ capital? i think some of the committee have talked - capital? i think some of the i committee have talked about uncovering the centres of gravity, these would be the people to do it. i subpoenas a subpoenae. it is an order. it doesn't necessarily work that way,
house, a strategy that involves arguing that mike pence, the then vice president, had within his power the ability to essentially deny the result of the election in certain states, the election in certain states, the bigger picture picture would ultimately denyjoe biden the presidency. clearly, that didn't happen and what the committee wants to know is who are they talking to, what were they saying? they supposedly met in what has been described as a war room in a washington hotel. what were...
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house really. apparently, according to the committee, bannon onjanuary 5th, the day before the events at the capitol, was at the willard hotel, in dc, and he was trying to get people kind of riled up for what would happen the next day. so i think it is important to remember what charges he is now facing. he's not facing incitement of riot charges, which could be up to five years in a prison, he is simply facing charges for not turning over information when asked to this committee, not showing up for an interview which he and his lawyer have said is because of executive privilege. i got a preview of the litigation strategy from his lawyer this evening, we were communicating, and the lawyer said this was a politicisation of the criminal justice process. they intend to fight this and that president trump invoked executive privilege and this is bannon simply honouring that invocation. you said they intend to fight it, this is going on the offensive through defence, in a sense. i think steve bannon said
house really. apparently, according to the committee, bannon onjanuary 5th, the day before the events at the capitol, was at the willard hotel, in dc, and he was trying to get people kind of riled up for what would happen the next day. so i think it is important to remember what charges he is now facing. he's not facing incitement of riot charges, which could be up to five years in a prison, he is simply facing charges for not turning over information when asked to this committee, not showing...
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house records, about january's attack on congress. meanwhile, a congressional committee investigating the attack has issued summonses to ten more trump administration officials, donald trump has condemned the committee. a man rescued from a cave in the breacon beacons
house records, about january's attack on congress. meanwhile, a congressional committee investigating the attack has issued summonses to ten more trump administration officials, donald trump has condemned the committee. a man rescued from a cave in the breacon beacons
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house have joined the list of those demanding answers. tanya dendrinos reports. a force on court who has long done her country proud. now there are serious concerns for her safety. it's been more than two weeks since peng shuai said she was forced into a sexual relationship with china's former vice—premier, zhang gaoli. the former world number one doubles player made one doubles player made the allegations in a post on chinese social media site, weibo. the post was soon deleted from china's internet. there's been no tangible evidence of her whereabouts since. we're deeply concerned by reports that peng shuai appears to be missing after accusing a former prc senior official of sexual assault. we join in the calls for prc authorities to provide independent and verifiable proof of her whereabouts and that she is safe. it is the first time such a claim has been made against one of china's senior political leaders. the women's tennis association says the allegation must be respected and investigated with full transparency and without censors
house have joined the list of those demanding answers. tanya dendrinos reports. a force on court who has long done her country proud. now there are serious concerns for her safety. it's been more than two weeks since peng shuai said she was forced into a sexual relationship with china's former vice—premier, zhang gaoli. the former world number one doubles player made one doubles player made the allegations in a post on chinese social media site, weibo. the post was soon deleted from china's...
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a usjudge has denied donald trump�*s attempt to prevent investigators accessing white house records, about january�*s attack on the capitol. also a congressional committee investigating the attack has issued summonses to ten more trump administration officials. now the issue of a man rescued after two days underground. the experienced caver had fallen in the cave system and one of the deepest in britain. he was brought out on a stretcher. pulling together to help one of their own. the rescuers�* own pictures tell a story of teamwork in the most challenging conditions. today, as they cleared up, a chance to realise just what they�*d achieved. we look after each other, we�*re an extended family, effectively. we don�*t know each other, all of us. we are like a big family, but if one of us is in trouble,
a usjudge has denied donald trump�*s attempt to prevent investigators accessing white house records, about january�*s attack on the capitol. also a congressional committee investigating the attack has issued summonses to ten more trump administration officials. now the issue of a man rescued after two days underground. the experienced caver had fallen in the cave system and one of the deepest in britain. he was brought out on a stretcher. pulling together to help one of their own. the...
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house as well, pressure is growing. yes. as well, pressure is growing. yes, ressure as well, pressure is growing. yes, pressure is _ as well, pressure is growing. yes, pressure is growing _ as well, pressure is growing. yes, pressure is growing and _ as well, pressure is growing. yes, pressure is growing and it - as well, pressure is growing. is: pressure is growing and it is snowballing in a way that i don't think chinese censors when they first took down peng shuai's statement on her account thought would happen. nobody ever thought, statement on her account thought would happen. nobody everthought, i think, that one sportswoman�*s private life and a censorship that comes after that would grow into something like this. but, clearly, they have completely miscalculated that and i don't think this thing is going to end anytime soon which is why i think in the next few days, you can expect more of these quite bizarre and suspicious proofs of life from chinese state media because they are starting to realise that this is
house as well, pressure is growing. yes. as well, pressure is growing. yes, ressure as well, pressure is growing. yes, pressure is _ as well, pressure is growing. yes, pressure is growing _ as well, pressure is growing. yes, pressure is growing and _ as well, pressure is growing. yes, pressure is growing and it - as well, pressure is growing. is: pressure is growing and it is snowballing in a way that i don't think chinese censors when they first took down peng shuai's statement on her account...
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donald trump's former white house advisor, people in their 40s are to be offered a covid boosterjab following new advice from government advisers. the move adds another 8 million people to the list of those eligible. those are the headlines.
donald trump's former white house advisor, people in their 40s are to be offered a covid boosterjab following new advice from government advisers. the move adds another 8 million people to the list of those eligible. those are the headlines.
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a us federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the release of white house records to a congressional committee investigating donald trump's role in the attack on the us capitol injanuary. the papers had been due for release on friday. police investigating a violent attack on a french footballer have released one of her teammates without charge. aminata diallo, who plays for paris saint germain�*s women's team, was arrested on wednesday. she's faced two days of questioning about the assault on kheira hamraoui. western member states of the un security council have condemned the actions of belarus in the crisis over its border with poland. they accuse belarus of what they called an orchestrated instrumentalisation of human beings by sending migrants to the frontier, to destabilise the eu's border and to distract from its own rights violations. russia has rejected the western accusations. meanwhile the bbc has filmed hundreds of migrants gathering in the belarus capital, minsk, where they're apparently waiting to board buses which then take them to the border with poland. the bbc�*s
a us federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the release of white house records to a congressional committee investigating donald trump's role in the attack on the us capitol injanuary. the papers had been due for release on friday. police investigating a violent attack on a french footballer have released one of her teammates without charge. aminata diallo, who plays for paris saint germain�*s women's team, was arrested on wednesday. she's faced two days of questioning about the...
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on thursday, joe biden will host the leaders of canada and mexico at the white house — for the north american leaders summit — the first gathering of the so—called "three amigos" since 2016. ahead of that meeting, the bbc�*s laura trevleyan has been looking at mexico's diplomatic relations with the outside world, including here in the uk. shejoins me now from mexico city. welcome to the historic heart of mexico city, and for more on this topic of how mexico looks to the rest of the world, i am joined now ijy rest of the world, i am joined now byjohn benjamin, the uk ambassador to mexico. welcome to the programme. after give you a plug before we start because christian will love this in london, the investor has nearly 150,000 followers on twitter so not quite the elite diplomat removed from the masses but how does that look to you on the eve of this first north american summit, and five years of the leaders, how do us and mexico relations look because of that this sort of in person meeting shows were turning the corner little bit on the pandemic. as we saw with koppin bit on the
on thursday, joe biden will host the leaders of canada and mexico at the white house — for the north american leaders summit — the first gathering of the so—called "three amigos" since 2016. ahead of that meeting, the bbc�*s laura trevleyan has been looking at mexico's diplomatic relations with the outside world, including here in the uk. shejoins me now from mexico city. welcome to the historic heart of mexico city, and for more on this topic of how mexico looks to the rest...
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house itself. glenn youngkin had the support of donald trump but sought to distance himself from the former president, preferring to focus instead on issues such as culture war issues, if you like, abortion, mask mandates, the teaching of racial inequality in schools and the democrats have been hoping for a suburban swing that we saw last year, as you mentioned, joe biden won the presidential race in virginia and that that would repeat itself. the indications are that it has not.— itself. the indications are that it has not. , , that it has not. some suggested also, that it has not. some suggested also. possibly. _ that it has not. some suggested also, possibly, that _ that it has not. some suggested also, possibly, that his - also, possibly, that his decision on afghanistan has not helped in certain sections as well. just as a sense as to how damaging this would be, david, we're looking at, you know, a significant plummet in support. you would expect something of the year after a presidential el
house itself. glenn youngkin had the support of donald trump but sought to distance himself from the former president, preferring to focus instead on issues such as culture war issues, if you like, abortion, mask mandates, the teaching of racial inequality in schools and the democrats have been hoping for a suburban swing that we saw last year, as you mentioned, joe biden won the presidential race in virginia and that that would repeat itself. the indications are that it has not.— itself. the...
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in fact, she used to work for several administrations in the white house when it comes to trade. we will get her take on what progress can be made. now let's renew some other news. steve bannon, the former adviser to donald trump, has appeared in court on criminal charges. he's been indicted for contempt of congress, after refusing to testify in front of an inquiry into the riot at the us capitol building injanuary. mr bannon didn't enter a plea but was ordered to surrender his passport and submit to other conditions in return for being freed. police in cuba have detained several high—profile opposition activists and prevented the organisers of a pro—democracy march from leaving their homes, hours before the event was due get under way. the demonstration was described by the government as a us—backed plot. protesters are calling for freedom of speech and the release of dozens of activists arrested in july. heavy rainstorms in western canada have triggered landslides, forcing the evacuation of a town, and trapping hundreds of people in cars. helicopters are being sent in to
in fact, she used to work for several administrations in the white house when it comes to trade. we will get her take on what progress can be made. now let's renew some other news. steve bannon, the former adviser to donald trump, has appeared in court on criminal charges. he's been indicted for contempt of congress, after refusing to testify in front of an inquiry into the riot at the us capitol building injanuary. mr bannon didn't enter a plea but was ordered to surrender his passport and...
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the white house said an hour ago it doesn't think this new mandate will exacerbate the supply chain problems. it's a gamble but you can see why the president thinks it might work. you can see why the president thinks it might work-— it might work. well, the president and the country _ it might work. well, the president and the country is _ it might work. well, the president and the country is getting - it might work. well, the president and the country is getting a - it might work. well, the president and the country is getting a bit - and the country is getting a bit desperate because we've stalled in terms of vaccinating the american people. so less than 60% of the us population has been vaccinated. we just lost over 100,000 americans over the summer and fall to covid—19. who were unvaccinated despite the widespread availability of vaccine. so 100,000 americans lost because of vaccine defiance or as i call it, the victims of anti—vaccine, anti—science aggression, coming from elements of the far right and is well as a group of nongovernmental organisations. these are lives that neve
the white house said an hour ago it doesn't think this new mandate will exacerbate the supply chain problems. it's a gamble but you can see why the president thinks it might work. you can see why the president thinks it might work-— it might work. well, the president and the country _ it might work. well, the president and the country is _ it might work. well, the president and the country is getting - it might work. well, the president and the country is getting a - it might work. well, the...
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and speaking after talks at the white house, the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, condemned belarus as an authoritarian regime which is using migrants to destabilise its democratic neighbours.
and speaking after talks at the white house, the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, condemned belarus as an authoritarian regime which is using migrants to destabilise its democratic neighbours.