a very warm welcome to bbc news. my name is mike embley. our top stories: the resolution is adopted without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. president trump is impeached for a second time. he's formally charged with inciting insurrection after last week's mob violence on the capitol building. he must go. he is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love. italy's new political crisis — former prime minister, matteo renzi, pulls his party out of the governing coalition in a row over pandemic funding. and how blockbuster movies are being hit hard by the covid crisis.

hello to you. president trump has become the only us president to be impeached twice. the house of representatives has formerly charged him with inciting insurrection after a mob of his supporters attacked the capitol building in washington, dc, exactly a week ago. 10 of his fellow republicans abandoned the president to vote with all the democrats in the house to bring the charges. we start our coverage with this report from our north america editor, jon sopel. on this vote, the ayes... the moment when donald trump carved himself an unwelcome niche in american history, becoming the first president to be impeached twice. as dawn broke over the nation's capitol, the place was somehow unrecognisable. the landscape had changed. it now feels like the front

line, a garrison town, with the elegant marble corridors a barracks. the civil war president, abraham lincoln, looking down on resting servicemen. but impeachment 2.0 is different, very different. for a start, the us congress, where this is being heard, is also the crime scene where the trump—supporting mob descended last week. almighty god, wield your sword and penetrate the confusion and discontent of our country. and this isn't about some call to a ukrainian politician. this is about an assault on the sacred heart of us democracy. donald trump is charged with inciting it. the president must be impeached and i believe the president must be convicted by the senate, a constitutional remedy that will ensure that the republic will be safe from this man, who is so resolutely determined to tear down the things that we hold dear and that hold us together. this was not a protest, this was an insurrection.

this was a well—organised attack on our country that was incited by donald trump. last time round, every republican voted as a block to back the president. but now, they're spitting three ways. there are those backing his impeachment. today, we make history forever, so choose well. a vote to impeach donald trump means, years from now, you can look your grandchildren in the eye and say, "i did the right thing." the gentleman's time has expired. there were those questioning the impeachment process, but not backing donald trump. we need to recognise we are following a flawed process. we need to recognise that people of goodwill can differ. we need to recognise that while the house may be done with this matter after today's vote, it will not be done for the country. and a few whose support for donald trump is undimmed. today, the second annual impeachment of president trump isn't really about actual words spoken at a rally. no, this is all about, madame speaker, the unbridled hatred of this president.

the president made his first foray out of the white house yesterday, warning somewhat ominously that his supporters would be "very angry" if impeachment went ahead. but today, a new statement issued. "in light of reports of more demonstrations, i urge that there must be no violence, no lawbreaking and no vandalism of any kind. that is not what i stand for, and it's not what america stands for. i call on all americans to help these tensions and calm tempers. thank you." today, airbnb announced that it was cancelling all bookings in washington for next week. some hotels are doing the same, to stop potential rioters coming in. the capitol is becoming a citadel. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. so, despite being banned

from twitter, we've still heard from the president, all without him acknowledging the impeachment. adding to that statement at the end ofjon�*s report, this video message, again urging calm and condemning last week's attack, was released in the last couple of hours. my fellow americans, i want to speak to you tonight about the troubling events of the past week. as i have said, the incursion of the us capitol struck at the very heart of our republic. it angered and appalled millions of americans across the political spectrum. i want to be very clear. i unequivocally condemn the violence that we saw last week. violence and vandalism have absolutely no place in our country and no place in our movement. making america great again has always been about defending the rule of law, supporting the men and women of law enforcement, and upholding our nation's most sacred traditions and values. mob violence goes against everything i believe in, and everything our movement stands for. no true supporter of mine could ever endorse political violence.

no true supporter of mine could ever disrespect law enforcement or our great american flag. no true supporter of mine could ever threaten or harass theirfellow americans. we're joined live by jennifer kerns, host of all american radio — a republican strategist and former spokesperson for the californian republican party. it's really good to talk to you. i'm interested to know what you are hearing from your friends, colleagues and contacts. the president sounding very measured there, but he also said his supporters will be very angry, that is the quote, if he is impeached. how angry, do you think? how much worse could it get them last week? ~ ., , ~ week? well, that is, i think, the $600 — week? well, that is, i think, the $600 million _ week? well, that is, i think, the $600 million question .

week? well, that is, i think, i the $600 million question here in the united states of america in the united states of america in the united states of america in the lead up to next week's inauguration. no—one quite knows, and you know, i have a lot of law enforcement contacts across the american, country —— across the american, country —— across the american, country —— across the country, and there have been 600 additional national guardsmen sworn in, more than in iraq and afghanistan combined, and they said they are uncertain about what will happen next week. we are in a tenuous situation as we wait and see what the reaction, the response will be to the impeachment. but i can tell you last week's incursion at the us capitol, i know exactly what that was about, that was about 75 million americans being very upset, feeling their vote was not counted, their vote was counterbalanced by some measure in those key states, and they haven't been hurt for the last eight weeks in the united states court system, which also

revoked president trump. lets not refight _ revoked president trump. lets not refight the _ revoked president trump. lets not refight the election, you know those are legends of widespread fraud, which the president keeps making. many judges appointed by president trump have rejected them, also by the justice apartment trump have rejected them, also by thejustice apartment in our department, his own cybersecurity sheath —— the justice department and his own cybersecurity chief. the house of representatives have voted to impeach the president. what does that tell us about the possibility of 17 in the senate turning against him? i possibility of 17 in the senate turning against him?- turning against him? i think that is a likely _ turning against him? i think that is a likely scenario, - turning against him? i think| that is a likely scenario, and what you are seeing here is the beginning of a civil war within the republican party, we have been seeing a little bit on the democratic side, you know there is some tension between the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, narrowly winning back the speakership and aoc,

anastasia alexandria cortez —— alexandria ocasio—cortez, but i've being a real reckoning is coming to the united states of america. it reminds me of the tea party, which rose in 2009, the gop leader was ousted. i think a reckoning is coming to congress, and in the next mid—term election there is a huge divide, a lot of hatred between the base of the party and some of these folks who came out during that impeachment today. i5 came out during that impeachment today. came out during that imeachmenttoda . ,, ., impeachment today. is a senate trial aoes impeachment today. is a senate trial goes against _ impeachment today. is a senate trial goes against mr _ impeachment today. is a senate trial goes against mr trump, - impeachment today. is a senate trial goes against mr trump, if l trial goes against mr trump, if he is convicted, he could be banned from running for public office again along with other consequences. you are suggesting within the party there will be consequences for those republicans who do vote against him. so trumpet may go away, trumpism lives on? —— trump may go away. i away, trumpism lives on? -- trump may go away.- trump may go away. i think there is no _ trump may go away. i think there is no doubt _

trump may go away. i think there is no doubt stop -- i l there is no doubt stop —— i think there is no doubt. i think there is no doubt. i think there is no doubt. i think the trump dynasty goes away, there is no more panache, and was was of the white house, no more flying around the country on air force one to do fundraisers and things of that nature, i think president trump will have the same appeal sarah pailin did in the 18 months — two years, after running on the ticket withjohn mccain. there will be a useful donald trump in some red states, some red district where his endorsement and the endorsement of perhaps his son, donald trumpjunior, and otherfamily members, will be key. but overall i think the trump dynasty itself with the family members is over. but the part of the american spirit, that rugged individualism, that feeling of wanting to be counted, for so many people who felt they were not counted in november, will live on. i think that is one _ november, will live on. i think that is one way _ november, will live on. i think that is one way of _ november, will live on. i think that is one way of putting - november, will live on. i think that is one way of putting it. i

that is one way of putting it. jennifer kerns of all—american radio, thank you very much. thank you. for more on all this — go to the bbc news website. you can get full background and analysis on the second impeachment of donald trump. go to bbc.com/news, just follow the links. italy's been plunged into political chaos after former prime minister matteo renzi pulled his party out of government, leaving the ruling coalition without a parliamentary majority. it's unclear what his motive was, but the timing couldn't be worse with the country trying to rebuild the economy and contain the cornavirus pandemic. paul hawkins has more. september 2019, this was italian prime minister giuseppe conte literally bringing in the new coalition government. it was made of four political parties, but 16 months on, one of them, italia viva, led by former prime minister matteo renzi, has left, leaving the current majority without a majority in parliament. translation: we are ready to help, we are ready to talkj about everything with everyone, without ideologies. we're not doing

something irresponsible. we're saying if there is a political crisis, it should be faced in institutional settings. it's not clear why his party left government. prime minister conte changed his plans to spend 220 —— 223 billion euros in eu financial aid after the former pm said he did not like it. translation: we will never be complicit in the greatest waste l of money we could have in republican history if we were to move forward. we have to move forward with the project. now it is up to the government to decide, and not to us, because we have only told the truth. since quitting as pm, matteo renzi's popularity has nosedived, polling suggesting italia viva attracts 3% of voters. but his a decision to pull out of government could not have come at a worse time for italy. more than 80,000 people have died from covid, the second highest in europe, and infection rates

remain stubbornly high. a state of emergency has been recently extended until the end of april. and to that, the economy in ruins and now an unstable government. big political choices for the current prime minister, who could be trying to renegotiate a new pact with italia viva. or asking the government to put together a government of national unity, failing that, the only choice would be a general election — two years early — which could be won by a coalition of right—wing and far—right parties, if current polling is correct. matteo renzi's nickname is the �*demolition man�* — the only thing he's bringing down is the government and italy's sense of security in a time of crisis. whistling paul hawkins, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: why cinemas around the world are being forced to close their doors. day one of operation desert storm to force the iraqis out

of kuwait has seen the most intense air attacks since the second world war. tobacco is america's oldest industry and it's one of its biggest. but the industry is nervous of this report, this may tend to make people want to stop smoking cigarettes. there is not a street that is unaffected. huge part of kobe were simply demolished as buildings crashed into one another. this woman says she had been given no help and no advice by the authorities. she stood outside the ruins of her business. tens of thousands of black. children in south africa have taken advantage of laws passed by the country'sl new multiracial government. and enrolled at formerly white schools. tonight sees the 9,610th performance of her long—running play, the mousetrap. when they heard of her death today, the management considered whether to cancel tonight's performance, but agatha christie would have been the last person to want such a thing.

this is bbc news — our top story: donald trump becomes the first us president to be impeached twice a week after the riots on capitol hill. president donald trump's days in the white house may be numbered but it hasn't stopped his administration racing through a string of federal executions — the tally under his administration now reaching 11. the latest, lisa montgomery, was executed on wednesday after being sentenced to death in 2007 for strangling a pregnant woman in missouri, before cutting out and kidnapping her unborn baby. she was the first woman to be put to death since 1953. melissa jeltsen is a senior reporter at huffpost us and has been covering the case, shejoins me live now from new york. we will talk more generally about the death penalty. an unbearably bad crime but the background of the killer was unbearably awful. liza

unbearably awful. lisa montgomery - unbearably awful. lisa montgomery was - unbearably awful. lisa - montgomery was severely mentally ill and this is something the government does not dispute. until the execution, she was held in a prison in texas that is for women with mental health needs. she grew up in a family with domestic violence, neglect, she was molested and raped. her storyjust reads like a horror show and she grew up into an aduu show and she grew up into an adult that was extremely mentally disturbed and her lawyers have argued that she committed this horrific crime in a psychotic episode. i know ou in a psychotic episode. i know you spoke _ in a psychotic episode. i know you spoke to _ in a psychotic episode. i know you spoke to her _ in a psychotic episode. i know you spoke to her attorney - you spoke to her attorney straight after the execution. you weren't actually allowed in yourself as a media with this. how does this particular execution in this whole string under president trump feed into the general debate about the death penalty in the us? in her la ers death penalty in the us? in her lawyers were — death penalty in the us? in her lawyers were really, _ death penalty in the us? in her lawyers were really, really - lawyers were really, really disappointed when i talked to them last night. they had hoped they were going to get a stay

because when they saw her prior to the execution, she was really dissociated, she did not feel connected to reality, they were trying to speak to her and she wasn't able to understand what they were saying, they believed they were able to have a competency hearing for her to make sure she was mentally able to understand the reasons for her execution and the supreme court did not go for that so she was executed and it's worth pointing out that these executions the trump administration has pushed through it all happened during the coronavirus pandemic. both of lisa's lead attorney scott covid when they visited her in prison preparing her clemency petition so they are still recovering from a serious illness with covid. wide just generally if you don't mind, melissa, how does this feed into the general debate? this is a federal case, a federal execution, many states have abandoned the guilty. joe biden is against it, as is most of public opinion. it's a real

anomaly the federal government pushed through all these executions since last summer. prior to lastjuly, they hadn't in any hurdle executions for about 17 years. the trump administration decided to restart them during a pandemic at a time when other states who do the death penalty quite frequently, like texas, decided to hold off on executing people because they believed it was a public health risk to have a mass of people congregating for an execution. it's a real anomaly what the trump administration has done. i think when biden takes office it's expected he will pause federal executions that he has not said what he plans for the people who are still left on federal death row. it’s people who are still left on federal death row.- people who are still left on federal death row. it's a story we will come _ federal death row. it's a story we will come back— federal death row. it's a story we will come back to, - federal death row. it's a story we will come back to, i'm - federal death row. it's a story i we will come back to, i'm sure. you very much indeed. the uk has recorded its highest daily death toll — more than 1,500 people have died. the high number of new infections due to the new

variant and more household mixing during the christmas period are still working their way through the nhs. fergal keane and cameraman dave bull report from imperial health care's st marys and charing cross hospitals in london. a warning their report begins with some flashing images. it is britain's tale of two realities — locked down streets much busier than before, and just minutes from here... even though i can't hear what you're saying, you are very safe. the voices of one pandemic day. there are a lot of noises going on. lam drwong. i'm the consultant, lovely to meet you. how are you feeling today? so much better. i genuinely thought i was going to die. i i surrendered. it was the stage where suicide, for me, was probably an easierj option than to go through...

i cannot put into words, i honestly cannot put i into words how terrifying and how merciless - i was to it, six days ago. i genuinely thought i was never going to see my family again. i in the cpap unit at st mary's hospital, oxygen is applied to help breathing. since we first visited last april in the first wave, the ward has been expanded and knowledge is far greater. we are now a lot more aware of the propensity to deteriorate very quickly, and we're a lot more vigilant at monitoring patients. nowhere is that vigilance more important than intensive care. this is charing cross hospital. sorry, i'm just having a bit of an emergency. the patient�*s blood pressure has suddenly dropped. shall wejust get him head down? a very quick and simple manoeuvre is lie a patient�*s

head flat down and itjust improves the blood pressure, get the feet up in the air. people can deteriorate very quickly? very rapidly. it's incredibly sudden. the swift intervention worked. it's daunting to watch the pressure now faced by medical staff. across imperial�*s three london hospitals, they're stretched, coping with the surge in cases. it's emotionally and psychologically totally exhausting. you're constantly thinking about work and the pressures and knowing that the nurses are really stretched and that there aren't enough on duty, and that's incredibly stressful and very difficult to switch off from. every hospital is its own community. a story of interdependence

at every level. from caterers like maria from india and graca from portugal, to a cleaner like sarah from sierra leone, who came to the uk as a child to escape civil war. what's it like being part of this effort to beat covid? yes, i'm happy to be part of this to save people, because i like saving people. what's changed since i was last here? well, the sheer volume of cases, the intensity, and a sense that the staff still are immensely professional, of course, but they're getting tired, and why wouldn't they be? and i also pick up frustration with people who flout the rules and those voices in the public sphere who challenge lockdown regulations or try to play down the pandemic. i'm sorry, it's just crazy. they need to see this. there are young people, fit, well, people of all ages just being struck down by this virus, and it does kill people. it's not fake news, it's not made—up, it's real. staff aren't cut off from the reality of lockdown for the wider community — the mental health, the work issues.

the spring days of clap for carers, when we filmed dr ali sanders outside her home, seem very distant. for people who have lost theirjobs or who are struggling to survive, i think we do really understand that this is... people probably feel like they have had enough, but the vaccine is rolling out, it is our only way out of this, and we'll get there eventually. at st mary's hospital, robert taylor recites the lord's prayer in gratitude for his deliverance and the medics fighting covid, today, every day. fergal keane, bbc news. few industries have been harder hit by the coronavirus pandemic than hollywood. cinemas have been forced to close their doors all around the world. in america — revenues have plummeted — as people give the silver screen a miss. new figures showjust how bad the downturn has been —

as the bbc�*s tim allman explains. iconic, familiar, unchanging. the hollywood sign may be constant, but the fortunes of the industry it represents are anything but. the cinemas and picture houses of la, along with many other cities across the nation, remain closed, and that has had a dramatic impact on the bottom line. according to research firm conscore, the industry generated $11.1; billion in revenue, but four months later, it was only 2.2 billion, a drop of 80%. and that's the worst performance since 1981, when the industry generated less than in revenue. film after film have had their release date is postponed, and then postponed again.

there will be nothing left to save. the latestjames bond movie, is due to open in april, but the speculation it might move to the autumn. christopher nolan's ten it did appear in cinemas worldwide but its performance was seen as disappointing. a recent 1—woman sequel was released in movie theatres but also streamed on line at the same time. —— wonder woman. line at the same time. —— wonderwoman. streaming wonder woman. streaming services have wonderwoman. streaming services have been the big winners. netflix, amazon prime and disney plus obscene revenues booming. the question is, will be all flock back to the cinemas on the pandemic ends or is this the new normal? tim allman, bbc news. you could be watching the news instead. you need a pretty strong stomach for that at the moment. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — i'm @bbc mike embley.

hello there. we've got wet weather across many parts of the country at the moment but it's notjust rain. we've got some snow falling, too, increasingly across scotland and northern england. we have this amber heavy snow warning from the met office. these are the main areas of concern. there'll be snow across other parts of scotland and northern england. this is where we are expecting the heaviest snow to be. over the hills, 20cm by late morning on thursday, and some snow to lower levels as well inland. we have seen this band of cloud on that weather front this is where we are expecting the heaviest snow to be.

over the hills, 20cm by late morning on thursday, and some snow to lower levels as well inland. we have seen this band of cloud on that weather front moving its way slowly eastward. whilst we see milder air out towards the west, there's still cold air across northern and eastern parts of britain. that's why we're seeing the rain turning increasingly to snow, partcularly over the hills. that wintry mixture of rain and sleet and snow continues across much of scotland and northern england throughout thursday. there's wetter weather through the midlands down towards the south—east and we could see a bit of sleet and snow in that, especially across lincolnshire for a while, and the midlands. it's going to be cold underneath that wet weather. temperatures 2—4 degrees. colder still over the high ground. much milderfor northern ireland and wales and the south—west, where it will be drier and we have some sunshine on the way for northern ireland. during the evening and overnight, we will find a lot of that wetter weather, that wintry mix just petering out, so it does become drier by the time we get to friday morning. but we're likely to have a widespread frost and that's going to lead to some icy conditions as well as that covering of snow. things are drying off because we're seeing this little ridge of high pressure building in from the south—west. the winds are going to be light across many parts

of the country. so we're going to be left with probably a lot of cloud around. and there may well be some quite low cloud and some fog which will be slow to lift. probably the best of the sunshine towards north—eastern parts of scotland, probably improving towards parts of scotland, probably improving, though, towards the south—west as well. temperatures here lower than they've been over the past 2a hours. and for many parts of the country, it's going to be another chilly day. we've got a weather front sweeping across the country early into the weekend and then behind that, we get more of a north—westerly airflow, so for a while, early on saturday, we've got a spell of rain and maybe some snow on saturday, we've got a spell of rain, maybe some snow over the hills. it's soon replaced by sunshine and the rest of the weekend should be sunny but it's still going to be rather blustery.

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the us house of representatives has voted to impeach president trump, after his supporters stormed the capitol last week. mr trump becomes the first president to be impeached twice. speaker nancy pelosi said he represented a clear and present danger to the united states and no—one is above the law. in a statement released via the white house twitter account, president trump says there is never any justification for violence and he urges americans to be �*united'. there was no aknowledgment of his impeachment. and yet again he made no mention of his successor, president—electjoe biden. italy's been plunged into political chaos after former prime minister matteo renzi pulled his party out of government, leaving the ruling coalition without a parliamentary majority. the timing couldn't be worse with the country trying to rebuild the economy and contain the cornavirus pandemic.