welcome to bbc news. i'm mark lobel. our top stories: one of the most senior members of donald trump's inner circle is being referred for criminal contempt of congress charges over the us capitol riots. hundreds of us national guard troopsjoin the search for survivors of the devastating tornadoes with 100 people are missing in kentucky alone. residents here are used to tornadoes. they get bad weather alerts. but nothing prepared them for this. a $380 million settlement is agreed for the victims of the former us national gymnastics team doctor larry nassar. new evidence from south africa appears to show the omicron coronavirus variant causes

less serious illness that —— than in previous waves of the virus. the nominations are out, but after a diversity row, can they help the golden globes restore its reputation? welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the us committee investigating the january attack on the capitol has voted unanimously to recommend contempt of congress charges against one of the most senior members of donald trump's inner circle. mr meadows has ignored a subpoena to testify in the house investigation into the deadly attack on the capitol building onjanuary 6. the committee's recommendation will now go to a full vote

of the house. we hope to have more on that story a little bit later. more than a hundred people are still missing in the us state of kentucky after the series of devastating tornadoes at the weekend. officials said at least 64 people had died. in the city of mayfield, one of the worst—hit areas, a candle factory was destroyed while more than a hundred people were working inside it. president biden will head to kentucky on wednesday to see the impact of the disaster for himself. nomia iqbal reports from there. people would normally be back in work, but instead, it's a third day of rebuilding their lives. the town's doctor would be seeing patients. instead, he's trying to save his surgery. we are trying to clean out a path to it, to get a truck in here to maybe get some equipment out that could be salvaged. his staff have managed to find

computers and stethoscopes. dr williams, he's really close to the town and the people here, he's been here for a long time now. so a lot of people are relying on us, so that's why we're just trying to clear everything out and get to the patients as soon as possible. the scale of destruction is staggering to see in person. entire homes have been wiped out. residents here are used to tornadoes. they get bad weather alerts, but nothing prepared them for this. elsewhere, emily got out of her home in time. she says it's a miracle her family survived and this town is relying on miracles. we went down to my grandmother—in—law�*s and stayed in their hallway for shelter. um...cries. ijust held my kids tightly and prayed. a rescue operation is ongoing at the nearby candle factory after two people

were found alive in this debris by their mobile phone signals more than a day after the collapse. president biden plans to visit kentucky this wednesday. this administration has made it clear to every governor, whatever they need, when they need it, when they need it — make it known to me, it will get it to them as rapidly, as rapidly as we can. he'as offered support to help residents recover and rebuild. many tell us that could take years. nomia iqbal, bbc news. let's get some of the day was my other news now. diplomats from britain, france, and germany have warned that the 2015 nuclear deal is at risk of becoming "an empty shell" given the pace at which iran is accelerating its nuclear programme. they accused tehran of raising new positions inconsistent with the agreement and wasting precious time at the talks in vienna. the former myanmar civilian

leader aung san suu kyi will return to court later on tuesday to face charges of possessing illegal walkie—talkies. this will be the latest in a series of cases brought against her by myanmar�*s junta. the first verdict last week saw her sentenced to two years in prison for breaking covid rules and inciting unrest. russia has vetoed a united nations security council resolution, which would have formally linked climate change and global security. the resolution proposed by ireland and niger would have resulted in global warming being listed as an international security matter requiring the un to make it a central part of its conflict prevention strategies. the us olympic and gymnastics federations have agreed a $380 million settlement with the victims of larry nassar amongst the largest ever for a sexual abuse case. the former national gymnastics team doctor was jailed for life for sexually abusing hundreds of young female gymnasts

over three decades. rachael denhollander is one of larry nassar�*s survivors and a leader in the courageous effort to bring him tojustice. she's an attorney, speaker and advocate and joins me live now from louisville, kentucky. thank you very much forjoining us. this must be an emotional moment for you. what do you think this means for sex abuse survivors going forwards? i hope it is going to mean several things. hope it is going to mean severalthings. i hope hope it is going to mean several things. i hope it means that what we have shown here is the value of survivors and the depth of the damage that has been done and the level of justice that is due for what they have suffered. it is really important to note this element isn'tjust a monetary element, though that is. ptsd and sexual abuse requires a lifetime of therapy and treatments so the military part is important, but equally important, if not more

important, if not more important is the nonmonetary provisions. it means following through and they have to be done properly. what we will see as a template for what it should look like and how organisations should respond to crisis. i am organisations should respond to crisis. iam horrified it organisations should respond to crisis. i am horrified it took us five years to get here but i am hopeful they will shift gears and really begin to lead in this field. we need is a paradigm shift for how we respond to sexual abuse this is an opportunity for both organisations working collaboratively with survivors because of the nonmonetary positions. because of the nonmonetary positions-— positions. getting to this oint positions. getting to this point with _ positions. getting to this point with a _ positions. getting to this point with a huge - positions. getting to this point with a huge effort, | positions. getting to this - point with a huge effort, and i was struck by what you wrote on twitter. he said most survivors that took part in this are not olympians and elite gymnasts and this was not resolved by only larry nassar survivors. you said, don't forget their voices. who other people and what was the effort they put into this? it what was the effort they put into this?— into this? it is really easy to think of this _

into this? it is really easy to think of this element - into this? it is really easy to think of this element as - think of this element as the larry nassar case, and what a lot of leaders have wanted to paint was this was just one bad apple. but the reality is they were filled with coaches who were filled with coaches who were openly sexually abusing their athletes, and the reason larry nassar came to light, the reason i came forward publicly was several brave survivors of abuse who initially public in the investigation, a number of generalists stepped forward and told the story that allowed them to lift the veil of what was going on. that motivated myself to come forward and it was all of us, larry nassar survivors, survivors of coach abuse and most of us are not elite athletes who really came together to create a ground swell along with the olympians finding powerful platforms to this movement. it is important to us what it really took to get here. it took over 500 women, overfive years, dozens of survivors willing to go

through the court process in michigan and become victims whose crimes were charged. it took so much incredible effort and sacrifice of so many people, and i think one of the lessons we have to learn is what it takes to get here, but also start asking the question, how do we create a system of justice where it doesn't require olympians and over 500 survivors to come forward to reach this, because what happens to the survivors who don't have anyone? if it was this uphill of a battle for survivors, what does it look like for sexual abuse survivors who don't have anyone? how do we start creating justice for them. we start creating 'ustice for them. a we start creating 'ustice for them. , ., , them. usa gymnastics say they are deeply _ them. usa gymnastics say they are deeply sorry _ them. usa gymnastics say they are deeply sorry for— them. usa gymnastics say they are deeply sorry for the - are deeply sorry for the trauma. one survivor is on its board of directors. how important is that, what you want to see the michigan university going forward, who also settled in the past but you want some representation there as well, and what is still outstanding with the fbi. unfortunately with michigan state university there was a

refusal to agree to any nonmonetary reform. i worked with eight months to create a process that would do a policy assessment of the university to look for gaps in weak spots in the university board flat—out rejected any kind of collaborative working with survivors and every reform they asked for. that door has been closed. with us ag and us opc, we have the ability to create a template for what this looks like and i am excited about that opportunity to really give a paradigms shift for how institutions should respond in crisis, and as far as the fbi goes, we are waiting to hear them they have reopened the investigation, but we need to see if there is any kind of accountability for those fbi agents not only lied to the department ofjustice, who lied to larry nassar survivors and the amount of paedophiles,

there has been no accountability for the fbi. that is a step that still has to come. that is a step that still has to come-— that is a step that still has to come. ., , , , , to come. hopefully this will be closure for _ to come. hopefully this will be closure for hundreds _ to come. hopefully this will be closure for hundreds of- to come. hopefully this will be j closure for hundreds of victims that you have just succeeded in getting the settlement. one of larry nassar�*s survivors, thank you for coming to talk to us on bbc world news.— you for coming to talk to us on bbc world news. thank you for havin: bbc world news. thank you for having me- _ key information about the severity of the latest covid variant has begun to emerge in south africa. the country was the first to identify omicron and doctors there say early indications are the number of deaths, and people needing intensive care is lower than at the same stage in previous waves of the virus. our africa correspondent andrew harding reports. behind their masks, south africans have watched the omicron variant sprint through this country. but although hospital admissions are climbing here, the early data is now being widely interpreted as encouraging. take the number of people needing oxygen or intensive

care in the city where omicron was first detected. in the past three waves, about two out of every three patients admitted were cases of severe disease. and right now, we have only one out of four cases that is severe. a marked difference. so it looks like, at this stage — you know, early data, we don't want to overinterpret it — but the signs are certainly looking good. and that applies to other important indicators too. this was the first wave, right, the second wave... this graph shows the death toll in the past three waves. this is here now? yes, exactly. comparing this fourth wave in south africa with other waves, we see less mortality

rates than the other waves. so if we just make a comparison, i would say there is no need to be worried. we do need to be careful when comparing south africa and britain. the population here, for instance, is far younger — on average, 13 years younger. and there are far fewer south africans over the age of 60. still, doctors and scientists here are cautiously optimistic about this new variant. south africa's president, cyril ramaphosa, has just tested positive, but is said to be experiencing only mild symptoms. as for the travel bans imposed so quickly by britain and other nations, calls for a rethink are getting louder. over a period of time, this is going to have a devastating impact on business, on the whole of the airline industry, and it's going to be hugely difficult to recoverfrom this if this goes on much longer. only a quarter of

south africans have been fully vaccinated. omicron may help change that. but what is clear for now is that people here are taking this new variant in their stride. andrew harding, bbc news, johannesburg. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: nominations are out for the golden globe awards — we look at how the ceremony faces a boycott over a lack of diversity in the organisation which runs them. saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes, but they brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict — conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. before an audience of foreign leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names

to the peace agreement. the romanian border- was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off - from the outside world in order to prevent the details - of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life — the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history, as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: one of the most senior members of donald trump's inner circle is being referred for criminal contempt of congress charges over the us capitol riots. hundreds of us national guard troopsjoin the search for survivors of the devastating tornadoes, with 100 people are missing

in kentucky alone. family members of ia civilians who were killed by the indian army earlier this month have rejected government compensation. the civilians were killed in nagaland, a remote region bordering myanmar where there has been a long running insurgency against indian rule. the families want the soldiers prosecuted and a controversial law giving the indian army huge powers to be overturned. the bbc�*s nitin srivastava reports. a bride of ten days mourns the loss of her husband. promises made to each other now only in memories. translation: iwaited up until midnight for him - to return home. i messaged, hoping that he was alive. there was no reply so i phoned. his friend picked up and said your husband has been shot. we are taking him

to the hospital. i insisted on talking to him but he could barely do so. within the next hour everything was finished. who will look after me now? sobs. her husband was a miner on his way home from work when an indian army patrol opened fire, mistaking the men for insurgents. six miners were killed. eight more civilians and an indian soldier died after angry locals confronted the troops. nagaland is a remote region bordering myanmar. it has seen a long spell of ethnic violence as insurgents have been fighting for independence for decades but this is the deadliest in recent times. villagers here were preparing for the coming festive season, the christmas holidays, but suddenly everything

has gone silent. people say the killing of young boys is something unprecedented and this has really shook the entire community out here. the indian army as set up a high level enquiry to probe the firing. india's home minister has also asked security agencies to be more cautious during such counterinsurgency operations. ethnic groups in india's north—east have long opposed afspa, a controversialfederal law giving overarching powers to indian forces. this can include protection from prosecution for soldiers who kill civilians. translation: security forces are meant to protect humans. j we want to tell india's home minister, mr shah, that this law is unprofessional, based on unprofessional intelligence inputs and a total failure. innocents are being killed under its guard.

this man lost his twin brothers. they were miners supporting a family of eight, since he is unable to work. he wants nothing, just for them to return. but other families want answers for how the indian army could kill their loved ones. nitin srivastava, bbc news, nagaland. the crown prosecution service says that it expects the american woman accused of causing the death of 19 year—old harry dunn by dangerous driving, will appear before a british court by videolink. harry dunn died when his motorbike was in a collision with a car driven by anne sacoolas, in august 2019. mrs sacoolas had diplomatic immunity and was able to leave the uk after the crash. california is to re—institute a statewide mandate to wear masks because of climbing rates of coronavirus infection due to the omicron variant.

officials say rules on face coverings in all indoor public spaces will come into force on wednesday, and will last for at least a month. the golden globes used to be second only to the oscars as a huge event, full of glitz and glam, celebrating the stars of film and television. but they've become rather embrolied in controversy after it emerged earlier this year that none of 87 members of the panel voting on last years awards were black. that and complaints votes were being swayed with freebies led to hollywood agents advising their stars against working with the awards. well, this year's nominations have been announced, chosen by a new more diverse panel at a toned down event not carried by the big tv networks. whether it can regain some of its former prestige remains to be seen. for more on this i'm joined now

byjournalist and producer kj matthews who has been covering the nominations in los angeles and recently became a member of the holywood foreign press association — the organisation behind the awards. thank you forjoining us. thank you. thank you for 'oining us. thank ou. . ~' thank you for 'oining us. thank ou. . ~ , ., thank you for 'oining us. thank ou. ., ~' , ., ., thank you for 'oining us. thank ou. ., ~ ., ., thank you for 'oining us. thank ou. ., ., ., ., thank you for 'oining us. thank you. thank you. you are one of about one _ you. thank you. you are one of about one fifth _ you. thank you. you are one of about one fifth of _ you. thank you. you are one of about one fifth of this - you. thank you. you are one of about one fifth of this new - you. thank you. you are one of about one fifth of this new and | about one fifth of this new and predominantly diverse members that have not met virtually or not. are you aware of who the new and dominantly diverse members are?— new and dominantly diverse members are? , ., , ., members are? yes, and before i answer that. _ members are? yes, and before i answer that, i _ members are? yes, and before i answer that, i want _ members are? yes, and before i answer that, i want to _ members are? yes, and before i answer that, i want to say - members are? yes, and before i answer that, i want to say and i answer that, i want to say and remind your audiences, earlier in the year i was one of the journalists on your programme that talked about the controversy and the problem is happening with the holywood foreign press association. i have only been a member since october and during that time

they have admitted 21 people which brings the total to 100 total members of the holywood foreign press association which is the organisation that puts on the annual golden globes telecasts and the right six black members total now in the holywood foreign press association and overall, out of the new membership, there is nearly half of them who are women. they are moving much more towards diversity. they have not reached the goal yet but they are moving in the right direction and today was a very different tone for the golden globe nominations. last year, it was all virtual so you had actress cedric adjustor parker and others announcing nominations. —— sarahjessica nominations. —— sarah jessica parker. nominations. —— sarahjessica parker. big celebrities, a list celebrities and publicists would show up early in the

morning in los angeles. a lot of pomp and circumstances in announcing the golden globe nominations. none year. i was at the beverly hills in and the only celebrity was the rapper, snoop dog, surprisingly. he was followed ljy surprisingly. he was followed by the president of the holywood foreign press association who did the rest of the nominations so what are different tone. much more sombre and respectful, not a lot of pomp and circumstance... considering you are inside the tent now and we want to find out from you not whether you have been offered freebies like they were in the past, which was one of the criticisms of the la times report, what difference it made with people like you inside?— like you inside? very, very different- _ like you inside? very, very different. a _ like you inside? very, very different. a lot _ like you inside? very, very different. a lot of - like you inside? very, very different. a lot of rules - like you inside? very, very|

different. a lot of rules and bylaws have changed. number one, they have paid a cheap diversity officer, an african—american man from florida who now has a permanent position. they have formed a partnership with the nsw cp. —— and ccp. they have agreed to continue to increase the number of people anything holywood foreign press association that are people of colour so that moving into the right direction.— moving into the right direction. ,, ., ., direction. should the media then stop _ direction. should the media then stop giving _ direction. should the media then stop giving the _ direction. should the media then stop giving the golden - then stop giving the golden globes the cold shoulder? i think it will take time. i am ready to say, absolutely yes... right now? i think they should and here is my. i don't know if you recall, the oscar so white situation that happened. lack of diversity and inclusion is a problem that all of hollywood faces. notjust the holywood

foreign press association. the holywood foreign press association is not an anomaly, it happens all over so yes, that taking steps to be much more inclusive, to evolve. they are not there yet but they are moving in the right direction and they are much further ahead. �* , ., and they are much further ahead. �*, ., a ., ahead. let's go quick fire, who is auoin ahead. let's go quick fire, who is going to _ ahead. let's go quick fire, who is going to win _ ahead. let's go quick fire, who is going to win the _ ahead. let's go quick fire, who is going to win the best - is going to win the best picture?— is going to win the best picture? is going to win the best icture? , ., ., picture? let me tell you who we have - we _ picture? let me tell you who we have - we have _ picture? let me tell you who we have - we have belfast,... - picture? let me tell you who we have - we have belfast,... andl have — we have belfast,... and your take? have — we have belfast,... and yourtake? ithink have — we have belfast,... and your take? i think it might come down to belfast and king richard. best actor and actress? best actor in the television series, some very popular shows. television series, some very popular shows-— television series, some very popular shows. i did not even aet time popular shows. i did not even get time to — popular shows. i did not even get time to ask _ popular shows. i did not even get time to ask you _ popular shows. i did not even get time to ask you who - popular shows. i did not even get time to ask you who you | get time to ask you who you think is going to hosted but thank you taking us all the

changes. we have run out of time. thank you forjoining us. lovely to see you as always. goodbye. hello. well, tuesday is going to be generally quite cloudy, perhaps damp in a few places, nothing spectacular. it is december after all. you can see a lot of cloud on the satellite picture, but this little gap in the cloud that's over us right now has actually led to some clear spells across parts of northern england and northern ireland, too, perhaps the north of wales. so, i think these are the most likely areas for fog to form early in the morning. the very far north—west of the uk, wet and windy first thing. the south of the country, really quite mild. look at these starting temperatures — 10 degrees along the channel coast. so, this is the weather map for tuesday. we have high pressure to the south, which will continue to build through the course of the week, but weather fronts are grazing the north—west of the uk.

so, for ourfriends in the western isles, it's going to be wet and windy at times. we are expecting some rain or so in orkney and shetland. perhaps a little bit of rain around the lowlands and south—western areas of scotland, but i think eastern areas, in fact all along the east of the country, i think there will be some brightness around. and temperatures typically around 7—9 degrees, but southern areas, london, cardiff, plymouth with the cloud and the murk hanging around, that mild air from the south, it will be around 12 degrees in one or two spots. here's the weather map for wednesday. so, again, high pressure in the south, weather fronts grazing the north, but increasingly these weather fronts will bring less rain as we go through the course of the week. so, more than anything, it's just an area of cloud with some dampness here across parts of scotland and northern ireland. it's because it's high pressure starting to build in from the south. and look at these temperatures — double figures right across the board midweek. now, this high pressure is going to anchor itself across the uk thursday and friday,

and i wouldn't be surprised if it stays here, well, right up till christmas quite possibly. this means generally settled conditions across the uk, light winds, with some fog in the morning. still mild on thursday, but i think gradually what we'll find is these temperatures, even though we'll have high pressure, gradually these temperatures will ease so down into single figures by the time we get to the weekend. but i think it's going to stay mostly settled for the rest of the week. bye— bye. which runs them.

this is bbc news. the headlines: one of the most senior members of donald trump's inner circle is being referred for criminal contempt of congress charges over the us capitol riots. mark meadows has ignored a subpoena to testify in the house investigation into the attack. the committee's recommendation will now go to a full vote of the house. hundreds of us national guard troops have joined the search for survivors of the devastating tornadoes. kentucky's governor says a hundred people are missing in kentucky alone. president biden will head to kentucky on wednesday to see the impact of the disaster. a $380 million settlement has been agreed for the victims of the former us national gymnastics team doctor larry nassar. it's one of the largest ever for a sexual abuse case. nassar was jailed for life for sexually abusing hundreds of young female gymnasts over three decades.

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