welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm arunoday mukharji. the headlines... the us capitol riot hearings focus on how election workers were pressurised by donald trump, leaving them and their families to cope with abuse and intimidation. various groups came by arguing and threatening with neighbours and myself. so it was disturbing. it was disturbing. the uk experiences its biggest rail strike in 30 years, as unions confirm a second nationwide stoppage on thursday. after the floods — the struggle to reach millions of people affected by the rising waters in bangladesh and northeast india.

one, two, three, four. we'll find out how being a dj can help with mental health — courtesy of the musician fatboy slim. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it's newsday. welcome to the programme. it's 6am in singapore, and 6pm in washington — where three republican state officials have been describing the direct pressure they were put under by donald trump and his team to overturn the 2020 presidential election result. they were giving evidence to a congressional committee, describing threats of violence directed at them from trump supporters when they refused to bow to the pressure.

we have various groups come by, and they have had video panel trucks with videos of me, proclaiming me to be a paedophile and a pervert, and corrupt politician. and blaring loudspeakers in my neighbourhood, and leaving literature both on my property and arguing and threatening with neighbours, and with myself. one gentleman that had the three bars on his chest, and he had a pistol and was threatening my neighbour — not with the pistol, but just vocally — when i saw the gun, i knew i had to get close. we had a daughter who was gravely ill, who was upset by

what was happening outside. and my wife a valiant person, very strong, quiet, a very strong woman. the secretary of state for georgia, brad raffensperger, also detailed a series of false claims made by the trump campaign. our north america editor, sarah smith has this report. onjanuary 6th, donald trump was still repeating what he knew to be lies about the election. the mysterious vote dump of up to 100,000 votes forjoe biden. almost none for trump — oh, that sounds fair! - committee members today heard from an official that trump had called days before, alleging fraud in georgia. we found two dead people,

when i wrote my letter to congress, that's dated january 6th, and subsequent to that, we found two more, that's four people, not 4,000 — just a total of four. all the fraud allegations had been investigated and dismissed. but still, donald trump asked him to find the exact number of votes he needed to beatjoe biden. what i knew is that we didn't have any votes to find. we had to continually look, we investigated — i could've shared the numbers with you. there were no votes to find. the result of donald trump's attempts to illegally overturn the election result have now been branded as an attempted coup. joining us now is rick wilson, a co—founder of the lincoln project — a political action group set up by republicans and former republicans to oppose

the re—election of donald trump. thank you very much for your time here on newsday on the bbc. now we don't yet know what the tangible repercussions of all of this will be, but do explain why testimonies like the one we saw this time are very crucial. i like the one we saw this time are very crucial-— very crucial. i think it's vital that the _ very crucial. i think it's vital that the testimony - very crucial. i think it's vital that the testimony today i very crucial. i think it's vitalj that the testimony today be very crucial. i think it's vital - that the testimony today be seen in the context for what it means about where the republican party stands in this moment. there are very, very few mike bowers or brad raffensperger�*s in the republican party today. men who would stand up to donald trump and say, of no, i will not cheat, i will not give you the selection, i'll not violate my oath of office or the constitution, or violate state and federal law to illegally pretend that you've won this election and declare that to be the case." but also give you a window into the kind of intimidation

and threats, and the violence that are inherent in the trump republican movement today against everyone, from the individuals themselves in high office to folks like shea and ruby, who were revealed to have been intimidated and threatened. these are people who you never would've heard their names, you never would have known who they were, they were anonymous state election workers and volunteers who, when they didn't do what the trump organisation wanted, became the target of death threats and a smear campaign. and this tendency to violence and threats, this tendency to use the social media amplification method that trump has to harm people is definitional now to the republican party, and its anti—democratic, and i mean that with a small d democratic.— i mean that with a small d democratic. ~ . , ., ., ,

democratic. we are still a fair bit away from _ democratic. we are still a fair bit away from criminal— democratic. we are still a fair bit away from criminal charges - democratic. we are still a fair bit. away from criminal charges possibly being pressed against donald trump. where do you see the outcome of this investigation heading? i where do you see the outcome of this investigation heading?— investigation heading? i think the janua 6th investigation heading? i think the january 6th hearing _ investigation heading? i think the january 6th hearing is _ investigation heading? i think the l january 6th hearing is recalibrating january 6th hearing is recalibrating where americans stood in the wake of the 2020 election. there were a lot of republicans, that number has decreased slightly, not sufficiently, but slightly who believed the election had been stolen from him, that dark forces were at work. now they are coming to understand that that was not the case. the second thing we are seeing is that this was a broad conspiracy between donald trump, his enablers, his attorneys, his political office holders, white house staff to try to intimidate people into delaying the certification of the election in the senate, and trying to work out in the states to have these state officers illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election. so i

think there will be consequences to this because we are now seeing that this because we are now seeing that this wasn't just this because we are now seeing that this wasn'tjust rhetoric, it wasn't just tweeting — it was in fact a broad conspiracy that set out to violate the sacred will of the american people. this republic rests on the fundamental representation of people's democratic voice in our national elections — they were intending to overcome that merely to hold power. i do think we will see prosecutions in georgia first, and i hope at the federal level, as well. rick wilson, thanks very much for that perspective on the developing story that we continue to track here on the bbc. to the top story developing in the uk — the biggest train strike in 30 years has disrupted travel for millions of people. it was planned as the first of three days of action, but rail bosses and the unions now say they will hold new talks on wednesday to try to find common ground. the effects of the first day of strike have been severe, with only a fifth of services

running across england, scotland, and wales. here's more from our transport correspondent katy austin. hull, bournemouth, and much of scotland and wales were among the places which turned into train deserts as thousands of workers walked out in the biggest rail strike in three decades. this is one of the stations where some trains are running today, but across the country only about 20% of the usual services are operating. and they finished much earlier. the last train from glasgow to crewe today departed just after 2.30pm. major stations like cardiff looked empty, as passengers heeded the warning to avoid the railway and many commuters switched back into working from home mode. that's not an option for ruth, who relies on taking the train from southampton to herjob in portsmouth, but there were no services to portsmouth today. well, i won't be able to work today. i have a work phone, so i can log in that way, but i won't be able to do my

full job today. but my colleagues have been really understanding. obviously i've made the effort to try and get there, but today it's just not going to happen. lack of rail services didn't mean gridlock on the roads. in fact, major routes appeared quieter than usual. in london, a walk—out by underground staff brought out additional disruption. commuters queued for abutment... leisure plans this week will also be affected. sue from bradford sympathises with striking workers, but has had to find another way of travelling to a special birthday theatre trip. i would get a return train for i think only £6—8. plan b is taxis. and adding on extra expense, really. the return taxi, i've been given an estimate of i think £22 each way. the rmt union says members need a pay rise that reflects the increasing cost of living. it says a payoff worth 2% with a further i% if reforms

are expected forjob cuts and it has one more job cuts will follow. -- if —— if reforms are accepted. i don't think sunday will be the end of it, from what i can see. if we can negotiate a deal... we think other unions willjoin into this dispute on the railway. but the rail industry is under pressure to save money after the financial hit from the pandemic, and says ways of working need updating, from using more technology and maintenance to making weekends part of the normal rota. network rail says its changes, which would mean 1,800 fewerjobs, will enable a higher pay offer. it now hopes to push them through — whether or not the rmt agrees. we would much, much prefer to do this by agreement with the trade unions. so, we can stop that process at any point if there is a willingness to strike the deal. the prime minister told cabinet the country must prepare to stay the course during the strikes. these reforms, these improvements in the way we run our railways, are in the interests

of the travelling public. they will help to cut costs for fare—payers up and down the country. but they're also in the interests of the railways, of railway workers and their families. tomorrow morning, fresh talks are planned between the two sides in this dispute. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines... a texas senate hearing into last month's uvalde school shooting has been told that the law enforcement response was an "abject failure". a senior state official said there were enough police officers to have stopped the gunman three minutes after he entered the building, but they waited for more than an hour to go in. singapore has a confirmed case of monkeypox — it's the first one reported in southeast asia during this year's outbreak of the viral disease. the health ministry says the patient is stable and has been identified as a 42—year—old british flight attendant.

hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in southern china, due to floods and landslides. authorities there say the rainfall in the guangdong, fujian and guangxi provinces are at their highest levels since 1961. south korea has successfully launched its first ukraine has confirmed that russian forces have captured a key front line village in the eastern region of luhansk. the loss of toshkivka gives russia a further foothold in the grinding battle for the nearby cities of severodonetsk and lysychansk. russia has warned lithuania of "serious" consequences after it banned the rail transfer of some goods to the russian territory of kaliningrad. the region, where an estimated one million people live, is sandwiched between lithuania and poland. it relies heavily on imports of raw materials and spare parts from russia and the european union.

our russia editor, steve rosenberg, has this update from kaliningrad. when one of the most powerful men in russia, nikolai patrushev, the hawkish chief of the russian security council, flies into kaliningrad as he did earlier today and issues a very public and stern warning about the consequences of russia's response to all of this will be very bad, very serious for the lithuanian people. that makes you wonder what russia is planning here. now some russian politicians and commentators are calling for a military response to lithuania — a show of force by russia. now that's quite incredible, really, because that would mean basically, russia against nato. and i don't think that's very likely, but the fact that some people are talking about this and pushing this shows just how bad relations have become

between russia and the west. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: turntable therapy. we'll reveal how the musician fatboy slim is using music to help people rebuild their mental health. members of the neo—nazi resistance movement armed with pistols and shotguns. stormed the world trade center armed with pistols and shotguns. we believe that, according to international law, that we have a right to claim certain parts of this country as our land. i take pride in the words "ich bin ein berliner." cheering as the uk woke up to the news that it is to exit the european union, leave campaigners began celebrating. in total, 17.4 million people voted for the uk to leave the eu.

the medical research council has now advised the government that the great increase in lung cancer is due mainly to smoking tobacco. it was closing time for checkpoint charlie, which for 29 years has stood on the border as a mark of allied determination to defend the city. welcome back to newsday on the bbc with me, arunoday mukharji, in singapore. our headlines... the congressional hearing into the us capitol riot has heard how some electoral workers were pressurised by donald trump to overturn the result — and later faced death threats from the public. a strike has led to the cancellation of around 80% of rail services across the uk. another stoppage is due to happen on thursday.

floods in bangladesh and northeast india have claimed the lives of at least 100 people and forced millions to leave their homes. the heavy rains are making it difficult for rescuers to help those stranded due to rising water levels. the floods are affecting the northeastern indian state of assam and parts of northern bangladesh. our south asia correspondent yogita limaye has sent this report. when the rain relents, rescuers work with the means they have to get people out. in small groups and clusters, hundreds of thousands are still to get to safety. in these rural and remote areas of the indian state of assam, it isn't a fast—moving operation, but without it, some would simply not make it. across the border in bangladesh, the situation is even worse. this is the gate of a school in sylhet that was turned into a shelter.

if it rains any more, it will no longer serve as a refuge. inside, people who've managed to save themselves but lost everything they had. "our home was swept away in the floods. all our belongings have gone too," this woman says. anger against the administration is growing. "our home was flooded and we've come here for shelter, but we haven't received any relief material yet. we're here without food," she says. unrelenting rainfall for more than a week caused the flooding. and while this is a common occurrence in these low—lying areas during the monsoon season, bangladeshi officials say it's the worst they've seen in more than a century. today prime minister sheikh hasina surveyed the scale of the disaster that's hit her country. she insists her government is doing all it can. supplies have reached some areas.

food packets, water and medicines. this is moulvibazar, to the south of sylhet. but the threat of more rain remains. and in both countries, most people who've been affected had very little even before the floods hit. they'll need all the help they can get to rebuild their lives. yogita limaye, bbc news, india. in the us, a new law preventing imports from china's xinjiang region has come into effect. the uyghur forced labour prevention act covers all imports following earlier bans on goods such as cotton and tomatoes. the us has accused china of using forced labour from the minority uyghur community to produce goods in xinjiang — accusations that have been heavily denied by beijing. well, for more on this, we can speak now to winnie king,

who's a policy analyst and expert in chinese political economy at the university of bristol. thank you very much for your time here on newsday. do you see challenges in enforcing something like this? how do companies go about furnishing this kind of evidence? the american government has put out some basic guidelines, but the complexity of notjust the production processes, but the supply chain themselves, in terms of not just where the goods are made, the materials that are being used, how they'll trace everything becomes quite problematic, particularly for international companies trying to import to america. find international companies trying to import to america.— international companies trying to import to america. and how has been china -- how — import to america. and how has been china -- how is _ import to america. and how has been china -- how is china _ import to america. and how has been china -- how is china been _ import to america. and how has been china -- how is china been dealing i china —— how is china been dealing with this policy?

china -- how is china been dealing with this policy?— with this policy? they've actually been quite _ with this policy? they've actually been quite on — with this policy? they've actually been quite on the _ with this policy? they've actually been quite on the defensive, i with this policy? they've actually i been quite on the defensive, making it clear that's part of the reason why it invited the un ambassador there to do an assessment. but they've been consistent in a new approach in terms of trying to call out american and western leaders on the basis of the issue of human rights, which is the basis of this new legislation, challenging americans with regards to forced labour by contrasting america's own record in regards to human rights and the large number of prisoners that are used in forced labour in america's prison system. so they have been quite reactive and taking quite the offence of in trying to call out the inconsistencies with this legislation and policy. what this legislation and policy. what would ou this legislation and policy. what would you say — this legislation and policy. what would you say would _ this legislation and policy. what would you say would be - this legislation and policy. what would you say would be the implications of this ban on china?

there are questions as to whether or not implications for china itself would be exacerbated by whether or not other countries will come in line and take this policy themselves, adopt this policy themselves. the question becomes a matter of how china responds — so the immediate response china adopted following the signing of the bill in 2021 was that they basically took the line that, with regards to a lot of these goods produced in xinjiang, so much as cotton textiles, notjust tomatoes, like you mentioned earlier, but xinjiang is also a major producer with regards to poly silicon, one of the fundamental products you need for solar panels, they hold 50% market share in the

world, lithium—ion batteries, 75% of them are produced in china in xinjiang. lithium was also a major component for a lot of different areas. so what this means for china is really the fact that they've decided to move towards a more complete supply chain in china, in xinjiang. so they responded by basically toning it down —— doubling down. basically toning it down -- doubling down. �* . . ., �* , basically toning it down -- doubling down. �* . . ., �*, ., down. i'm afraid that's all the time we have for — down. i'm afraid that's all the time we have for now, _ down. i'm afraid that's all the time we have for now, but _ down. i'm afraid that's all the time we have for now, but thank - down. i'm afraid that's all the time we have for now, but thank you i down. i'm afraid that's all the time l we have for now, but thank you very much for your input and perspective on that story. the world—renowned dj fatboy slim is staging a gig with a difference. it's part of a project to help people with severe mental health problems. here's a closer look. one, two, three, four. dance music plays is music the key to helping your mental health? at this workshop in brighton, norman cook — better known

as fatboy slim — is teaching dj first—timers about the difference music can make. that's it, bang on. music's helped me tremendously during my own mental health journey. as a dj, what i try and do is help people escape, and sometimes it's good to escape your life or your stress for a couple of hours. and i've always done that for a living, but then at times in my life when things have been falling apart, ifind that i'm doing it to myself as much as everybody. i need those two hours where ijust lose myself to music and dance and flashing lights. and it's a very powerful kind of therapy for me. everyone here is recovering from severe mental health problems and have spent a lot of time in hospital. i'm jess, i'm a drummer, and i'm from brighton. i'm amber, i'm 26, i'm _ from eastbourne, and i love to sing. i've been in dark places, pre and post—covid. i think there is a lot of stigma attached to mental health, it needs to not be there so much. i've been in psychiatric hospitals

at parts of my life, but i don't think it's something to be ashamed of any more. oh, right, that was bang on. i was already on there and he came over. i how you doing? i'm good, thank you. at first i wasjust doing the fading in and out, i then he got me on the reverb and changing the pitch. - doing something like this, i itjust proves to me i can step outside of my everyday routine, even though before i even got l to the door, i stopped — _ "amber, can you actually do this?" anxiety just overtook. the organisers hope other mental health services in the uk can find funding for more music workshops like this. you hear that, too? brilliant. and what about the chance to work with one of the world's best djs? it'sjust incredible, - it's like a dream come true. it's now pushed me to get myself a dj deck. annabel rackham, bbc news, brighton. that's all for now — stay with bbc news.

hello there. the heat is continuing to build just for a few days, before it becomes cooler this weekend. today, it was the turn of england and wales to see temperatures into the mid—20s in the strong sunshine and blue skies. there's been much more cloud, though, across scotland and northern ireland, so temperatures today not quite as high as they were yesterday. that cloud, though, is continuing to thin, so this evening and into the night, we'll have some patchy cloud for scotland and northern ireland. generally across england and wales, any cloud that wehave at the moment will melt away and we'll have clear skies. temperatures typically overnight 11—12. overnight 11—12 celsius. could be a little bit milder than that in northern ireland if it stays cloudy here, but i suspect we'll break through that cloud and give some sunshine through the day on wednesday.

and more sunshine to come across scotland, particularly in the east. the sunnier skies continue to be across england and wales. no wind at all, those temperatures rising rapidly once again, adding a couple of degrees on today's values, so for many, 26—27 celsius. it'll be a warmer day than today in northern ireland and much warmer, i think, for eastern scotland in the sunshine. but when you do have the sunshine we've got high or even very high grass pollen levels once again tomorrow. the heat is building underneath the clearer skies and light winds, under that area of high pressure, but it's getting eroded a bit on thursday, particularly from that weather front in the south. and that will bring with it some showers. it looks like those are moving a little further north more quickly, through the english channel, into southern england, eventually into south wales, the south midlands, maybe even into east anglia before the end of the day. some sunshine ahead of that, but still some cloud for western scotland and northern ireland, so temperatures quite not so high here. otherwise, another very warm day, but because the showers are moving

northwards more quickly, the highest temperatures are going to be pushed further north, through the midlands and northern england. and things continue to break down a bit by the end of the week — pressure falling, some heavy showers around, this band of rain approaching the southwest, with cooler air coming in behind that for the weekend. we do have some heavy and potentially thundery showers still from overnight, moving northwards across northern and western parts of the uk, ahead of that band of rain in the southwest later on. so we've got more cloud around to end the week, so temperatures are going to be a little bit lower. but with more sunshine and dry weather for eastern england, it's still going to be very warm.

this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley with the headlines. the us congressional hearings into the january 6 capitol riot have heard officials describe how donald trump tried to pressurise them into overturning the result. some outlined how they faced death threats from the public when they refused to do so. there's been widespread disruption across the uk's rail network in the biggest strike in 30 years. the next stoppage is planned for thursday. moscow has threatened lithuania that it will face serious consequences over a ban on the transport of goods through it, to the russian territory of kaliningrad. lithuania says it's enforcing sanctions imposed by the european union. officials in texas say

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