tv Our World BBC News February 14, 2021 3:30am-4:01am GMT
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donald trump has been acquitted in his second impeachment trial after senators failed to reach the two—thirds majority of votes needed to convict him. the former president was facing one charge of inciting an insurrection, after protesters stormed the us capitol building in january. seven republican senators voted with democrats by 57—43 to convict mr trump, while others openly condemned his conduct. meanwhile, he's put out a statement vowing to carry on fighting, with his "beautiful, patriotic followers". and in other news, myanmar�*s military leaders, who seized power almost two weeks ago, have released a list of seven opposition campaigners they want to arrest. it comes as the army performs night—time raids, following mass protests against their coup.
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it's normally a time when restaurants are booked up with couples dining out to celebrate valentine's day. with lockdown measures still in place and cashflows under pressure, an increasing number of venues have adapted to create restaura nt—quality home delivery meal kits instead. our business correspondent katy austin has more. vicky and chris plan to recreate the restaurant experience at home this weekend. we're getting a posh takeaway from a local restaurant. so, we're having beef wellington, macarons. not cheap, but, you know, we're not spending any money on anything else, really. deprived of their normal sit—in trade around february 14th, many restaurants have now created special kits for people to finish off at home. so, everything's ready—made and then it's reheating, finish it off and plating it. andreas runs michelin starred venues in the midlands. it's helping keeping our businesses afloat more than anything, and that's what it is.
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cash flow is a real thing at the moment. he's even planning on carrying on the service in future. when the restaurant's closed and i looked at — the only people doing business were supermarkets, i felt a bit like a dinosaur. you know, i'd become extinct. we needed to react to a possible... you know, it's like having a shop online. and if you thought valentine's was just for couples, ruth's local cafe is doing her a three course treat for one. would i go to a restaurant on valentine's day on my own? no, probably not. this meal kit at home from a restaurantjust perfect to be able to still treat yourself and still feel a bit special. the hospitality trade body says valentine's normally provides a £500 million boost. takeaway and delivery has been important throughout the pandemic but it doesn't come anywhere near replacing the sales that you get in the sites. after their most challenging year ever, restaurants are relieved customers are showing some love
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to their attempts to diversify. vicky and chris can't wait for their big evening in. i might even put a dress on and some make—up on, which i haven't done for a long time! katy austin, bbc news. now on bbc news, our world. hadicha is fighting forjustice. her husband, azimjan, has been in prison for ten years for crime he says he didn't commit. now he has one last chance of freedom.
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azimjan was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a policeman and inciting ethnic hatred. he has always strongly denied the charges and says he was not given a fair trial. hadicha has spent the last ten years campaigning for azimjan�*s release. but despite international pressure and a un human rights committee calling for him to be freed, he remains in prison.
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hello. the temperatures in the isles of scilly reached ten celsius on saturday evening — the first time we've had double figures in the uk in a week. so the sun is now setting on this spell of bitterly cold weather. for all of us in the week ahead, things will be much milder. we'll notice it by day and by night. but it means the return of spells of rain on what will be quite a blustery week. already as sunday begins, milder air is nudging into western parts. for many of us, it's one last cold morning as temperatures hover close to freezing. there is a bit of wet weather moving in from the atlantic, and for scotland and northern
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england, there's a chance of seeing some freezing rain, rain that freezes instantly as it hits any surface and that could make things treacherously icy in some spots as we go through sunday. so, do have that in your mind if you plan on making a journey. for all of us, it will be cloudy and there will be outbreaks of rain spreading eastwards as the day goes on, and it will be windy, particularly across the irish sea coasts, northern ireland, western scotland and into the outer and inner hebrides, and we'll see gusts up to around 70 mph, so some big waves. but if you're outside, you'll notice it feeling much milder. whereas across the eastern parts, still another cold day but not quite as cold as it's been. and temperatures will continue to rise as we go through sunday night. cloud and outbreaks of rain still across parts of england and wales going into monday morning. elsewhere, some clearer spells and a few showers. these are the temperatures as we start off on monday morning. many of us didn't even reach that for a high in the past week.
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the air is coming from a different direction, low—pressure dominating things now. pulling in airfrom the southwest, on that flow, we will get these wet and windy weather systems at times. but this flow is from a different, warmer direction and lifting temperatures above the average for this time of year for some of us. still a bit of rain affecting parts of the eastern side of england as monday begins. some showers pushing from southwest to northeast elsewhere, but for many of us, a large part of the day will be dry. some breaks in the cloud and a few sunny spells. 13 celsius in london, nine in glasgow. it stays mild for the rest of the week. there will be further spells of rain, it will be blustery, but what a different week from last week.
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this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories... the former president has been acquitted of inciting a mob to attack the us capitol. democrats failed to get the two thirds majority they needed. two thirds of the senators present having voted guilty. the senatorjudges that the respondent, donald john trump, former president of the united states is not guilty as charged. the charge related to the storming of the capitol injanuary. the senate's republican leader mitch mcconnell voted to acquit, but condemned mr trump. president trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day.
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