on the anniversary of the storming of the us congress, president biden has accused his predecessor of threatening american democracy. he said the country must recognise the extent of the wound caused by the riot in order to move on. donald trump responded with a statement dismissing the speech as political theatre. statement dismissing the speech as politicaltheatre. he statement dismissing the speech as political theatre. he also repeated full claims about the election. security forces in kazakhstan have cleared a central square after days of protests. russian paratroopers are arriving at the request of the president. and a court in australia will decide if novak djokovic will be deported. he failed to provide evidence for entry. those are the headlines on bbc news. now on bbc news, archbishop desmond tutu —

who died in december aged 90 — was a hero of the anti—apartheid movement in south africa. the bbc�*s andrew harding reflects on his tumultuous life. it's impossible to tell south africa's story without him. soft singing. in one of his last public appearances, desmond tutu sat in a wheelchair in st george's cathedral, cape town. you are the one who understood what it meant... too frail, at last, to take his usual place in the spotlight. but that warm, irreverent spirit was there till the end.

and what a life it was. i want you to say, "our march to freedom..." crowd: our march to freedom... ..is unstoppable. crowd: ..is unstoppable. we are going to be free! do you agree? a life that helped to guide and shape a turbulent nation. this is god's world and he is in charge and, boy, it's going to be ok. but it's going to be ok after an exorbitant price has been paid, unnecessarily. in all seriousness, does the white south african government think that black people are human? i will myself call for punitive economic sanctions, whatever the legal consequences may be for doing so. and when they saw that

awful thing happen there, many of them said, "uh—uh, if these people can still do "things like this, maybe they are not yet ready for freedom." # we walk hand in hand...# there we go. whoopee! the one thing that helps desmond tutu stand out and occupy this unique place in south african history is that he was there at every step of the way, through this country's torturous journey from apartheid to democracy and beyond, with that clear moral, often angry, sometimes laughing, voice. a man defined, above all, by his sense of hope.

desmond tutu was born in 1931. he overcame childhood polio and tb. poverty denied him the chance to become a doctor, instead he was drawn into the anglican church. south africa was now controlled by an increasingly strict system of racial apartheid, of racist laws designed to subjugate the black majority. by the 1970s, tutu was dean of the anglican church injohannesburg and it was now that he took a step down the path that would come to define him. channelling the anger, the frustration of south africa's downtrodden. in a letter to the white apartheid prime minister, tutu warned that "a people made desperate by injustice "and oppression will turn to desperate means." "i am frightened, dreadfully frightened," he wrote, "that we will soon reach

a point of no return. "i wish to god that i am wrong." basicallyjust saying to him that if the government doesn't show, by some dramatic, symbolic act, that they are taking seriously ouranguish and our expression of it, that i had a nightmarish fear that we were going to have an explosion. and this was 1976, may. and he dismissed my letter contemptuously and, of course, something like a few weeks later, june the 16th happened, when violence, in fact, did erupt. the uprising that began among soweto high school students soon swept across the country. the fight against apartheid was now on the streets — seemingly unstoppable. and for many white south africans, desmond tutu quickly became

a symbol of everything they feared. when i went to work for him, there were people who, sort of, in our circle of acquaintance, or our family's acquaintance, who thought i was crazy. you know, he was the devil incarnate — literally. one of our family's friends, we learnt, said that i was going to work for the devil incarnate. because... because he was a terrorist. he was a fellow traveller. he fronted for the marxists. he was the embodiment of evil, he was — he was... the hatred was just extraordinary. but tutu's true message was something else. the enemy, he made clear, was not white south africans, but the system that denied so many people their humanity. we will not really be free until we are all free.

and we want to share this country with you. it is our country, our country, all of us, black and white, and for goodness�* sake — for goodness�* sake, let us hold hands together. almost by default, tutu was becoming a figurehead, marching with fellow priests to a notoriousjohannesburg police station to demand a prisoners�* release. yes, i have a petition, which i will read, which i seek to present to you. you can present it to me. i don't want to listen to it. i'll take it, thank you. challenging the apartheid government, not as a mere politician, but as something much harder to contain. we pray for those who rule this land, who make its laws, and those who uphold...

he wasn't bound by some ideology, he was driven by, if you like, what drove the old testament prophets — a passion forjustice, a belief that god cared most for the oppressed and the widow and the orphan and the foreigner. the people at the bottom end of the human pyramid, those were god's favourites. and it made him very powerful, of course, because he was up against an apartheid government that wrapped itself in the church and called the anc its communist enemies and tried to take the race issue out of it, and yet here was this black anglican priest challenging them. exactly, exactly. he was able to hit the regime at one of their most vulnerable points. they claimed to be the bastion of western christian morality, if you like. —

on the southern tip of africa. they claimed to be the last defence in africa against communism, whereas desmond could point out to them, if you claim to be christian, then how can you possibly treat my people like this? desmond tutu�*s status was enhanced by the fact that the anc was banned. nelson mandela was imprisoned. ohter potential leaders were either in exile or in the underground, or dead. and so this apolitical priest emerged as the public face, the voice, of the struggle for freedom. i think desmond tutu was the voice. i think i would rather say the voice of the people when the liberationl movements were banned or restricted. and some of us went in and out

of prison, he was the voice - of the people and he represented the views of the people _ and their feelings on the ground. as the struggle became ever more violent, tutu often positioned himself between black protesters and white security forces, trying to find a way to avoid bloodshed. but, increasingly, tutu also found himself mediating between rival black groups. in the townships, anger and desperation were growing. and the search for traitors, for people spying for the apartheid security forces was turning murderous. suspects were killed on the spot. sometimes with a so—called necklace — a burning tyres placed over them. famously, tutu plunged into a crowd

to save one suspect from the mob. for those young people it was almost l like make an example of this guy, i because we have got lots of these spies amongst us who should be i stopped from spying on us . and we die because of them. so, there would have been justification in their minds. and desmond wading into the crowd, again, you know, this little man, small in stature, but incredibly powerful — morally and spiritually. and essentially putting himself over the body of that person saying, "i'm not going to let this happen." and that kind of courage silenced the mob. tutu was not afraid to confront and condemn his fellow black south africans. and the world is filled

with people who support us, people who want us to be free, people who are struggling on our behalf in other countries. and when they saw that awful thing happen there, many of them said, "uh—uh, if these people can still do things "like this maybe they are not yet ready for freedom." but if we use methods such as the ones that we saw, then, my friends, i going to collect my family and leave a country that i love very deeply. in 1984, tutu�*s role in south africa was recognised internationally with a nobel peace prize. the prize brought him not only fame, but a degree of protection inside south africa that many other anti—apartheid activists could only dream of.

we took him seriously because he was, as i said, an influential person and that is why the government did not touch him. he was free to travel all over the world, he was free to address meetings and so on because, you know, if he did not do that, the furore in the world would have been tremendous. and tutu did travel the world, rallying and shaming governments in the west to confront the truth about what was happening in south africa. the cold war was still active, the apartheid government had carefully positioned itself as a useful western ally against the spread of communism in africa. but tutu challenged that, playing an crucial role in persuading western nations to back economic sanctions against the apartheid regime. i give notice that even 18—24 months

from today, february the 3rd, apartheid has not been dismantled or is not being actively dismantled then, for the first time, i will call for punitive economic sanctions. he was key. there's no doubt about it. he came at the right time and he was very critical in terms of campaigning for sanctions. he was scathing of the blindness of people who, for economic- and ideological reasons - and political reasons, had a stake in preserving white dominance and the south african militaryl dominance and all the rest of it at the southern tip of africa. i his opinion of ronald reagan was... he came out having met - with reagan and was scathing. the system of this country is evil!

he said, of apartheid, very clearly, - "n is evil. — it is evil without remainder." there is no redeeming feature about it. - it stands with nazism in its... in its complete lack- of respect for the value of what he called god's little people. and that made him very awkward for britain and america, to countries that were trying to find a negotiated path through this. yeah. i think, again, the strength- of desmond's leadership and his role was to be so clear—cut, _ to be so clear about what was right and what was wrong. and not to allow himself to be i

sucked into the ifs and the buts and the compromises. by now, tutu was archbishop of cape town, the senior anglican cleric in southern africa. apartheid rules meant that, technically as a black man, he couldn�*t live in the archbishop�*s official residence. he ignored that law and many other laws. indeed, tutu had begun hinting at the possibility of backing the anc�*s armed struggle. but south africa was already changing. secret talks had begun between the government and the outlawed anc. some black politicians now bristled at the way tutu behaved, the way he�*d organise a march without consulting them. i want you to say, "our march to freedom..." crowd: our march to freedom!

desmond tutu called for a march and we were outraged. what mandate does this man have, you know? so, we took ourselves off to bishop's court and, to his credit, we literally rang the bell and said it is us and we want to see him, and he let us in. i discovered afterwards it was also monday which he goes into retreat, he is deeply spiritual. after sunday, he goes into retreat. but he let us in and so i said to him excuse me, just what mandate do you have to call marches, you know? to call a march. and he just, he looked at me completely horrified but straight in the eye, and said to me, "i have a mandate from god." i just... what do you say? and then, abruptly,

everything changed. the cold war was over and the apartheid government agreed to release nelson mandela from prison. that the government has taken a firm decision to release - mr mandela unconditionally. it is indescribable. we thank god that he has heard our prayers and our leader has come out, will come out tomorrow. hallelujah. hallelujah! this was tutu�*s reaction, captured by an american television network. and there's mr mandela... mr nelson mandela. the rest of the journey to full democracy was not smooth. thousands died in the next few years. south africa teetered on the edge of civil war. but in 1994, president mandela was sworn in and archbishop tutu

began a new role. we are charged to unearth the truth about our dark past, to lay the ghost of that past, so that they will not return to haunt us and we will thereby contribute to the healing of a traumatised and wounded people. the truth and reconciliation commission opened south africa�*s rawest wounds, inviting apartheid�*s victims to tell their stories and its perpetrators to beg forgiveness. in other hands, the process could have collapsed. but tutu, often in tears, was, once again, channelling the mood of the nation. it was almost as if he was carrying

the whole country on his shoulders and the way that he, you know, in his characteristic manner, you know, this small as he is because he is a short person but, small as he is his shoulders and his hands and his spirit and his presence, you know? he would walk into that room in that robe of his and you could feel the sense of hope. there was no question about it. it was in the air, it was everywhere. and for that reason, you know, his presence was highly critical for the trc. after one term as president, nelson mandela stepped down. his old home in soweto turned into a museum. desmond tutu�*s house is a few doors down. two nobel prize winners on the same street.

but there was no easing into a quiet retirement for desmond tutu, mostly perhaps because it just wasn�*t his style. but also because there was still so much to do and so much to say and, increasingly, so much going wrong in the new south africa. there was the scourge of hiv, mishandled for so many years, and then there was corruption flourishing spectacularly during the presidency ofjacob zuma. tutu, as usual, spoke without caution and from the heart. i am warning you. i am warning you that we will pray as we prayed for the downfall of the apartheid government, we will pray for the downfall of a government that misrepresents us. but the anc largely shrugged.

south africa�*s turbulent priest had become an irritant, a voice to be ignored. applause. tutu was still lauded abroad. desmond tutu continues to give voice to the voiceless and bring hope to those who thirst for freedom. cherished by royalty and by rock stars. # i still haven't found i what i'm looking for.# but at 80 years old, you are more punk rock than anyone i know. applause. but his days as a central figure in south africa�*s drama were over. so, how will he be remembered? as a man of fierce moral clarity, of courage, of prayer and laughter.

but, perhaps, above all, as a man of hope. how many times, at the very darkest moments, you would hear this little diminutive bishop stand up and say to the regime, "why don't you join the winning side, before it is too late?" and people would laugh, but they would also know that he was telling the truth. because he was so utterly convinced that, ultimately, justice would prevail. # justice shall prevail justice shall prevail. # someday.#

hello and welcome to a look at the weather for the week ahead. a very mild start, of course, to 2022, but we�*ve certainly had a cold snap for the past day or two, and that will continue into friday. but, for the weekend, it will start chilly but we will have a slightly milder wet and windy spell to come, certainly on saturday. so, as i say, it�*s still going to be cold for friday, still some ice and snow being warned about, particularly across the northern half of the country. but there could be some slippery conditions even further south as well. these snow showers continue to come, and it may be... some uncertainty over how far north and east it will come, but this is likely to give some snow over the hills of wales, southern and western parts of england as well, driven on by gusts of wind are 50 or 60 mph,

so that will accentuate what will be another chilly day. through the evening and overnight, as i say, we will see a frost setting in quite widely under the clear skies, but it will lift in the west because we have the next band of rain rolling in off the atlantic on those westerly winds. so these are the temperatures later in the night but we could see, as i say, a frost in eastern areas. therefore, that means that as this weather front comes into that cold air, we will again see some snow, particularly over the hills. even behind it, it�*s still relatively chilly air, so there could be a few wintry showers around. there is that snow for the hills in particular the north on saturday. this weather front drags its heels, though, and uncertainty over how quickly it will clear away. but western areas most likely to get brighter skies with scattered showers the quickest. but still only five or six here, so it�*sjust a little bit milder around that area of rain, that area of low pressure. some strong winds worth mentioning once again.

then, as we go into sunday, we get a little ridge of high pressure. that means it will be a quieter start, there could well be some frost again first thing. there will still be some showers around, as you can see, in the north. we�*ve got rain pestering the west later on, but actually, for many, we may have a few hours of drier, brighter weather, possibly a bit of morning fog, actually, and 6 to 9 degrees celsius. without the wind, feeling a little less cold. then, as we go through the night, our next weather system rolls in, so some more rain to come. that broad band of westerly winds, these tightly packed isobars, as we go into monday. so, for monday, it does look milder because we have some warm air. that weather front to the west of us starting to trail southwards through the day. a weakening feature, we feel, but i think the main thing is it will feel quite grey and cloudy for many. there will be some hill and coastal fog as well, and some drizzly rain. but we may see some brighter spells, particularly in eastern areas. that weather front a very weak affair by the time it gets to southern areas. that is how it is anticipated to be, because it is coming into high

pressure, the azores high, so there will be very little rain left on it. we still have that milder air in the south. something a little bit cooler further north, which means we could still have some frosty mornings, but temperatures should get to around about average — by day, 7 to 10 celsius. so a little bit less cold than it has been over the last few days, but still showers towards the north. the reason for the change is the jet stream. the jet stream drives these low pressures off the atlantic. it looks set to be mostly to the north of the uk as we go into next week, which means it will drive those low pressures across iceland towards northern scotland and onto scandinavia, while the pressure stays higher further south, which means that it�*s here where it�*s likely to be driest for longest, with the risk of some rain at times in the north. as ever, we will keep you updated.

this is bbc news. i�*m christian fraser. a year on from the attack on the us capitol, we have an hour of special programming on the event that shocked the world. in a decidedly sharp tone, thejoe biden lays the blame for the january 6 riots squarely at the door of donald trump. the former president of the united states of america has created and spurred a web of lies about the 2020 election. in a decidedly sharp tone, thejoe biden lays the blame for the january 6 riots squarely at the door of donald trump. the former president of the united states of america has created and spurred a web of lies about the 2020 election. mr trump has hit back,

repeating his false claims about the election and accusing joe biden of destroying the nation.