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this is bbc news, i'm ben bland with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. democrats have clarified the blended rate in donald trump's political career. they are hoping to persuade mike pence to use as constitutional powers to use as constitutional powers to intervene. indonesian investigators believe the boeing 737 that crashed on saturday broke apart on impact, which could rule out a mid—air breakup. spain is home to more british expats than anywhere else in europe — we have a special report looking how they are coping with the new rules. vogues‘s february front cover of vice president—elect kamala harris is widely criticised on social media.
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us democrats have laid out their plans to either get president trump forcibly removed from office this week, or start the process of impeachment. the speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi, is again urging the vice president mike pence and the cabinet to invoke the 25th amendment of the us constitution, to declare mr trump unfit to hold office. if that fails, there could be a vote on articles of impeachment, accusing the president of inciting last week's violence at the capitol building, by mid week. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. president trump has been widely blamed for inciting the violence behind last week assault on the us capitol, egging on his supporters. and insurrection at the heart of
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american democracy. mr trump has one and a half weeks of his term in office remaining but democrats and some senior members of his own party want him out house the house of representatives is to vote on a resolution urging the vice president mike pence under cabinet to declare president trump unfit for the job. cabinet to declare president trump unfit for the jobli cabinet to declare president trump unfit for the job. i like the 25th amendment because it gets rid of him, his out of office, but there is strong support in the congress for impeaching the president a second time. the impeachment process could start by the middle of the week, and there is little doubt it would be passed by the house which is controlled by the democrat. but speaking to nbc‘s chuck todd, the republican senator pat toonie said mr trump, who he once supported, should quit of his own accord. i think the best way is for the president to resign and go away as soon as possible. i acknowledge that may not be likely but i think
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that would be best. a trail in the us senate could start the day mrtrump is the us senate could start the day mr trump is due to leave office but some democrats say there are bigger problems to tackle right now, and the upper house of congress should focus on working withjoe biden to get his new administration working on the coronavirus response and reviving the economy. let's give president—elect biden the 100 days he needs to get things up and running and maybe we will send the articles sometime after that. whatever the timetable, the backlash against donald trump's intense. this, from the former republican governor of california. president trump is a failed leader. he will go down in history as the worst president ever. the good thing is that he will soon be as irrelevant as an old tweet. with his job hanging on the balance, mr trump is planning a trip to the
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border with mexico on tuesday. he will visit a stretch of the war he promised to build in texas on what may be the final official trip of his presidency. there are nine long days ahead and america is holding it breath. peter bowes, bbc news, los angeles. indonesian divers will try to retrieve the data recorders of a sriwijaya air jet that plunged into the sea two days ago with 62 people on board minutes after take off from jakarta's main airport. reports from indonesia say the boeing 737 broke apart as soon as it hit the water, and that debris found so far has come from a relatively small area. callistasia wijaya from our indonesian service is at the port injakarta. how is that effort going, to retrieve the recorders? yes, so, today the search of the remains of the aircraft
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continues where the team are trying to retrieve two black boxes that can reveal the mystery on why the plane stopped sending signals less than five minutes after takeoff. i am than five minutes after takeoff. iam herrick than five minutes after takeoff. i am herrick in a port in north jakarta when i thought several ships being deployed to continue with the search and officials have also said they will try to expand the search area in order to intent defy their effort. and now the officials have also said that they have again found parts of human bodies and behind me you can see that there is a turbine ofa can see that there is a turbine of a plane engine that was collected by the team yesterday. and at this stage, what do we know about the people who were on board that plane when it took off? until now, what we know is they have not been any survivors of the accident, and yesterday the
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officials said that they will ensure that the family of the passengers will get their rights and they will be assisted and accommodated here injakarta. assisted and accommodated here in jakarta. and has there been any reaction from the families? have we heard from them? yes, the families are still very shocked about the incident. they are hoping for the best outcome of this investigation, but they are already quite realistic about the expectations about the outcome of this investigation. and in terms of the next steps, what happens from here? presumably the search for the data recorders is first and foremost but then what happens after that? so now, all of the findings from the first day after the accident and yesterday and today, the
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international transportation safety commission, we are now still waiting for the results of the investigation and now the police are also conduct being postmortem examinations to the remains of the body that has been found in the java sea. 0k, thank you very much. seven major vaccination hubs will open to the public in the uk this morning, as part of the government's efforts to step up the process of innoculation against covid—19. centres in london, manchester, bristol and at epsom racecourse in surrey will be among those offering jabs, initially to up to two thirds of a million people over 80 and living within a 45 minute drive of those cities. and for viewers here in the uk, professor chris whitty, the chief medical officer for england will be taking the audience's questions on the bbc news channel and radio 5 live at 8:30. it's been ten days since the brexit transition period ended, bringing new rules into force for british citizens
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living in the european union — and those who want to make the move. spain is home to more british expats than anywhere else in europe. more than 50,000 of them have applied for a new residency card created for british people who were living in spain by the end of 2020 — but the post—brexit migration process is more complicated and more expensive. 0ur europe correspondent gavin lee has been looking at the effect it's having on spain's southern coast. ‘s are changing in spain. the new year has brought storms to the costa del sol, and there are new rules for british citizens living here or wanting to. it's been a christmas odyssey from warrington to malaga, for lifelong friends jan and sonia who arrived days before the brexit transition period ended. they are now living together with their husbands and five could be enough to make us fall out forever, could it? yes! ithink
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it forced our hand certainly worth putting up the houses for sale. it's a big decision, are you going to give everything up at home to come and do this? and we did a lot of talking and a lot of thinking about this. for anyone arriving here now as a british citizen, there are some big differences to consider. for tourist, you can stay three months out of six month period. if you are coming into levy must be earning at least 211,000 pounds a year or have the equivalent in the bank and british driving licences must be changed for spanish ones. eric anderson, an ex— shipyard workerfrom ones. eric anderson, an ex— shipyard worker from newcastle has a second home in lanzarote. covert rules means he can't travel at the moment copy when he can, it will be for a much shorter period. i feel a bit badly because this is not something out of the blue, we paid a mortgage for 20 years to
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have a holiday home and it's not just have a holiday home and it's notjust going to be possible now. it is pretty sad, really. this small town near seville is where tracy and her family have made their home. she left hereford 16 years ago. my husband is spanish, my son is spanish and british, and if we ever wa nted spanish and british, and if we ever wanted to move back to the uk as ever wanted to move back to the ukasa ever wanted to move back to the uk as a family, i would be able to, i imagine would he be able to, i imagine would he be able to ta ke to, i imagine would he be able to take out a british passport so it wouldn't be a problem but enrique, who is a builder, would have two fit and either with the minimum income all the points based system which makes it almost impossible for us ever to live in the uk again. the latest edition of euro weekly, a newspaper for the latest edition of euro weekly, a newspaperfor brits living on the coast stopping the paper's onus is the deal will have a profound effect on so many lives. been quite happy, living off the pension, feeling like it's a bit like little britain. he's been
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coming here for 32 years, got a little van, does a few removals, does a bit of handiwork, his will be part of our landscape comment now, you know, you've got to make a decision. you're either with one camp or the other camp. the storm passes and so too, the error of easy travel to spain. british people are no longer the biggest buyers of property on this coast stopping the brexit effect is reshaping its population. gavin lee, bbc news, on the costa del sol. let's get some of the day's other news. the north korean leader, kimjong un, has been elected to be the ruling workers' party's secretary general, taking over the title from his late father. kimjong—il died in 2011. the move is seen as largely symbolic and it's seen as further cementing grip on power. the frontrunner in kyrgyzstan's president election, sadyr japarov appears to have won by a landslide.
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preliminary results suggest he took nearly 80% of the vote. voters also opted for a presidential system in a simultaneous referendum. the new system will give mrjaparov sweeping new powers when a new constitution is passed, probably later this year. saudi arabia's crown prince, mohammed bin salman, has announced plans for a new, futuristic type of city to be built in the country's northwest. it will be called "the line", will house a million people and be 170km kilometres long. the crown prince said it would be carbon—neutral with no roads or cars. it's known as one of most influential tech events in the world attracting thousands of attendees each year. but as you'd expect the consumer electronics show or ces will be entirely virtual this year. so how will the all digital ces cope now all the new products and tech innovations will be appearing online? we can now speak to alanah
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pearce who's a former video games journalist turned commentator on the industry. she also works as a video game writer, appearing sometimes as a character in the games herself! alana, who better to give us an insight into whether this will work or not, what do you think? it depends what you mean by work, i think. it depends what you mean by work, ithink. 0bviously it depends what you mean by work, i think. obviously this isa work, i think. obviously this is a huge change for ces, a show that is so big it spans two convention centres and everything will hotel in vegas. it is an enormous showstopper i think companies that are more u psta rts a re think companies that are more upstarts are going to have a lot of trouble because they get so much exposure from a show like ces. this year it is very difficult to compete when all of that is online rather than ona of that is online rather than on a show more that people are excited to explore. but i do think that there are a lot of keynote. a lot of those are fully available to the public, soi fully available to the public, so i think that will work on a lot of people's favour. people might tune from home, we got samsung, a lot of the big tech giants will be doing conference with that now kind of everyone
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will be able to watch online so thatis will be able to watch online so that is a plus but will it work overall, it really depends which company you are interested in. and a lot of these event, for which ever industry it is, people say the benefit of going to them is, those conversations you have during the coffee breaks, the people you bump into, the conversations that are quite serendipitous. do you think with it being online, it is still possible to do that sort of thing or not? i think it is possible but i don't think the events industry has quite caught up yet. we have seen a lot of events go online throughout 2020 obviously and for the most part the digital attendance didn't come close to the public attendance. it is also much harder to get a response over e—mail when so many people can do that or through the year. it is much easier to talk to people and person. i think the conversations that are going to have the industry hardest are a lot of pitch related conversations, like a mentioned tech upstarts who could have really innovative ideas are
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going to talk to investors who will not be able to talk to them now because they don't wa nt to them now because they don't want to do those kind of confidential meetings just over the internet like they always would, so it could actually put a pretty significant halt on some innovation and consumer electronics, and it certainly sucks for journalist when you can't ask interview questions in person and can't guarantee a response, so it will definitely hurt a lot of different facets of the industry that we can't do this in person. and just briefly, what are you most excited about this year's show? iam excited about this year's show? i am always really interested to see generally what nvidia is doing. they are doing a geforce rtx specific conference, very complicated to explain on—the—fly but it's basically making a video games look realistic. but ces has also a lwa ys realistic. but ces has also always got crazy stuff, like curved tvs that are paperthin, a lot of really cool drone attack. there is so much the present stuff that comes out of
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that show every year but i feel iam that show every year but i feel i am personally excited in the videogame progression but i do think that the wild, unexpected and is that people are doing with technology that you would never think about are probably the most exciting parts of the show and i still hope that those weird things still get showcased. 0k, curved, wafer thin tvs, no complaints there thank you very much. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: how the professional golfers' association of america is weighing in on a political row. the japanese people are in mourning following the death of emperor hirohito. thousands converged on the imperial palace to pay their respects when it was announced he was dead. good grief! after half a century of delighting fans around the world, charlie brown and the rest of the gang are calling it quits. the singer paul simon starts his tour of south africa
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tomorrow, in spite of protests and violence from some black activist groups. they say international artists should continue to boycott south africa until majority rule is established. around the world, people have been paying tribute to the iconic rock star david bowie who sold 140 million albums in a career that spanned half a century. his family announced overnight that he had died of cancer at the age of 69. the world's tallest skyscraper opens later today. the burj dubai, has easily overtaken its nearest rivals. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: a senior democrat lays out the possible timeline for impeaching donald trump — after at least 200 democrats give their support to a draft article of impeachment.
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the professional golfers' association of america has cut ties with president trump, voting to take the pga championship away from his newjersey golf course next year. the championship is one of the sport's four major tournaments. the pga's chief executive said they had no choice but to act following the events on capitol hill on wednesday. jim nugent, founder and publisher of global golf post joins me now from chicago. she good to have you with us. how big a deal is this? —— good to have you with us. this is a big jail to have you with us. this is a bigjail in to have you with us. this is a big jail in the world of golf and a big deal in the world of trump. there is a certain inevitability about this at‘s been building for some years. you have to go back and remember that this tournament, this championship, was awarded to the trump golf course in new jersey in 2014, well before anybody thought he was going to
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run for, much less when, the presidency of the united states. —— much less win. the events of wednesday made it untenable to continue this championship being held at his golf course in 2022. have they ever done anything like this before? know, to the best of my knowledge, nothing like this has ever happened before. —— no. there was it incident in alabama, a championship being awarded to a man who at that time did not have any african—american members, and that created a great deal of controversy. they admitted at least one black member and the tournament was played there, but this is pretty extraordinary. and if a golf course loses the right to host
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the tournament, how big a financial hit is that? well, there is probably contractual language that protects the golf course, so they'll recover whatever the rental fee was and i'm sure the pga of america will happily pay whatever that he is, so the damages here are not never can, but the blow to the ego of donald trump, to the trump organisation, is really severe because golf is part of who he is, what he is, this will be a tremendous embarrassment to him, his family and to his golf courses. do you think they will now be pressure on other tours to follow suit and avoid having their games hosted, their tournaments hosted at trump owned golf courses? well, there is not a lot of that scheduled, in the world you live in, make trump owns the turnberry golf course over in scotland, it is
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and important golf course that hosts open championships. that is not slated any time soon to host another championship and i don't see that changing in the near future. yeah, it don't see that changing in the nearfuture. yeah, it will don't see that changing in the near future. yeah, it will be interest to the future of the open championship at turnberry, but as far as his other properties around the world, they are not slated to host anything of any consequence for the near future. jim, appreciate your time, thank you very much. over the weekend, images were released of the february edition of vogue — with vice president—elect kamala harris seen gracing the front cover. the pictures have generated a lot of attention on social media, but not necessarily for the right reasons. to explain more, i'm joined now by booth moore, fashionjournalist and an executive editor of the fashion publication women's wear daily.
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what's the fuss about then, ?|j think it speaks to how divided the country is right now and how polarising social media is, but a lot of people have thought the image of her was too casual, that it wasn't fitting her stature, that some people even said it was whitewashed, perhaps. and vogue released a second image that was more traditional in its scope in terms of having her in a pale blue suit, and a closer image, and in response to all the critics. have we heard anything from the vice president elect herself about all of this? no, that it is worth pointing out that from my source at vogue, she worked very closely with them, not only to choose her clothing but to work on the back of the shoot, and it was photographed by tyler mitchell who is a
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black photographer, the first black photographer, the first black photographer, the first black photographer to shoot a cover of vogue, he shot fiance. so if there is anything about the lighting, it would certainly be something to take up certainly be something to take up with him, but you know, i think her supporters are very fiercely guarded about her image and they're worried at this time that focusing on fashion might not be the best thing. that's an interesting point because does it somehow detract from her status, what she has achieved, in the field of politics, becoming the first female vice president, and then to focus on what she is wearing and what her, what ground she is being photographed against, does that somehow detract? well, i can certainly understand that point of view. 0n the other hand, there are a lot of female political figures in the us and elsewhere who have used fashion as a tool and
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ican think have used fashion as a tool and i can think of nancy pelosi who is the house speaker who uses printed base masks as a way to model wearing face masks —— face masks. she talked about a pin she was wearing on the floor the other night after they reconvened following the attempted coup of the capital, soi attempted coup of the capital, so i think they have certainly opened the doorfor women so i think they have certainly opened the door for women to use clothing as a political tool and if kamala harris wants tool and if kamala harris wants to do that, she can certainly choose to and it gives fashion viewers a bit of a license to pay attention. it's interesting, when you answered my first question you said it isa my first question you said it is a supporters of kamala harris who have become very defensive and very protective over the look of the image. i just wonder whether there is any possibility it could be perhaps people trying to distract from things that are going on and create a storm going on and create a storm going on and create a storm going on around the vice president elect onto detract from other things happening in washington? sure. social media
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now is basically the channel of disinformation in so many cases that it's hard to know who is reacting about this and what the motives are, that's certainly true. 0k, the motives are, that's certainly true. ok, thanks very much. greeks have flocked to the beach as the country was hit by unusually warm weather with temperatures topping 26 degrees. usual january temperatures range between zero and 10 degrees so many people took advantage of the heat to get out of their homes during the current lockdown. weather forecasters say hot air from africa has brought the heatwave, it's only the third time in 50 years that temperatures have hit such a high injanuary. a reminder of our top story: the most senior democratic party figure in the us house of representatives, nancy pelosi, has asked lawmakers to pass a resolution for the removalfrom office of president donald trump.
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that does make it for the moment was not i will be back with more business news in a minute, cnn. —— see you then. hello there. quite a few of us had a pretty cloudy day, really, on sunday, but there were some cloud breaks, a bit of sunshine around. in the right place at the right time was pandapix, spotting this beautiful sunset in the doncaster area of south yorkshire. now, sunday was a day that was a little bit less cold than it has been over recent days. still chilly, though. just one in hereford, four in manchester. but it's turning milderfor the vast majority of us, and through monday, temperatures between 8—10 degrees celsius pretty widely. now that milder air is working in at the moment, so temperatures are lifting. we do have rain around, though. damp across north—western areas, rain turning a bit more persistent in northern ireland and heavy rain in western scotland combining with snowmelt brings the risk of some flooding here. the only place, really, that's really cold overnight is shetland, where we'll still see some frost and there'll still be a few snow
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showers around as well. monday, milder air then pushes in off the atlantic, and with this milder air, we're going to have strengthening west—southwesterly winds. a mild day, but a cloudy day for most of us. a few breaks every now and then. the cloud at its thickest across north—western areas, where we'll have some rain, and persistent rain in scotland. well, northerly winds feeding into this weather front. we'll start to see the rain turn to snow across the highlands and the grampians, with accumulations above around 200—300 metres' elevation. could be some pretty heavy snow, too, but otherwise, it's mild — 8—10 degrees celsius. for tuesday, we've got pressure building to the north of the uk, and that's going to send colder north—northwesterly winds across scotland and across northern and some eastern areas of england, too. might be colder, but there'll be loads more sunshine to go around. some wintry showers for northern scotland, an odd shower also just brushing into parts of norfolk. now, it will be cold for many of us. temperatures around 2—6 degrees celsius. but in the south west,
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where it stays cloudy and damp, it will be relatively mild, around ten in cardiff and plymouth as well. now, we've still got mild air into western areas on wednesday behind this next weather front. this front pushes in, bringing heavy rain, turns to snow for a time across the high ground in scotland and across the pennines as well. big temperature contrast. 10—11 degrees celsius towards western areas, but still cold in the north east with temperatures about three. we could start to see some of that snow get down to potentially some lower levels through wednesday night, but some uncertainty about that.
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thin tvs, no complaints there thank you very much. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk meat industry is calling for early vaccination of workers to keep products on supermarket shelves. but can an employr force its workforce to get vaccinated? we talk to a top lawyer. and a look at the world's largest film producer, india. the uk meat industry is calling for the early vaccination of workers to keep food supplies running smoothly
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