you are watching bbc news with me, ourtop you are watching bbc news with me, our top stories: you are watching bbc news with me, ourtop stories: in you are watching bbc news with me, our top stories: in its latest prime—time hearing, the committee investigating last year's attack on the capitol accuses donald trump. for 187 minutes on _ accuses donald trump. for 187 minutes on january _ accuses donald trump. for 187 minutes on january six, - accuses donald trump. for 187 minutes on january six, this i minutes onjanuary six, this may him and unbridled destructive energy could not be moved, not by his aides, not by his allies. moved, not by his aides, not by his allies-_ moved, not by his aides, not by his allies-— his allies. not only was the former president _ his allies. not only was the former president accused l his allies. not only was the | former president accused of sitting idly by while the violence raged, witnesses say his actions made things worse. i think that in that moment for him to tweet out the message about mike pence, it was him pouring gasoline on the fire. hopes of a deal between

ukraine, russia and turkey to allow rain exports through the black sea to resume. hundreds of police in riot gear begin to dismantle anti—government protest camps in the sri lankan capital, colombo. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. "he did not fail to act, he chose not to act", that's what one republican member of the commitee investigating the us capitol riot on six january last year said about donald trump. the panel has been setting out in minute by minute detail how the former president ate lunch and watched tv, doing nothing to rein in the mob of his supporters over 187 perilous minutes.

during this last hearing of the summer, dramatic footage from several witnesses was shown. they each corroborate that donald trump's daughter ivanka was among several key figures close to the president who tried, unsuccessfully, to persuade him into making a statement condemning the violence. sarah matthews, one of today's live witnesses, was deputy press secretary at the time. she testified that it would have taken the president "less than 60 seconds" to walk to the briefing room and "a matter of minutes" to gather the press corps for a live appearance if he had wanted. she described the effect of a tweet by president trump that attacked vice president mike pence as a coward who "didn't have the courage" to refuse to certify the 2020 election results. i'm someone who has worked with him, you know, i've worked on the campaign, travelled all around the country going to countless rallies with him and i've seen the impact that his words have on his supporters.

they truly latch onto every word and every tweet that he says so i think that any mac that moment for him to tweet out the message about mike pence, it was him pouring gasoline on the fire and making it much worse. the panel contrasted the lack of action of the president, who was watching fox news in the dining room of the white house, with the violent scenes unfolding in the capitol. this is a previously unheard clip of the radio chatter between secret service agents as they tried to protect vice president, mike pence from rioters. hold. we need to move now. if we lose any more time, we may lose the ability to leave, so if we're going to leave we need do it now. if we're going to leave we need do it nova— do it now. they've gained access to _ do it now. they've gained access to the _ do it now. they've gained access to the second - do it now. they've gained | access to the second floor do it now. they've gained - access to the second floor and

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lot of yelling, a but there were calls to say goodbye to family members, it was getting, for whatever reason, we was getting, for whatever reason, we were was getting, for whatever reason, we were told was getting, for whatever reason, we were told that was getting, for whatever reason, we were told that this was about to get very ugly. as staff around donald trump continued urging him to make a statement and send the mob home, general mark milley, chair of the joint chief of staff described what was going on around the vice president. there were two or three calls with vice president pence. he was very animated and he issued very explicit, very direct, unambiguous orders, there was no question about that and i can get you the exact quotes, i guess, from some of our records

somewhere but he was very animated, very direct, very firm to secretary miller, get the military down here, get the guard down here, put down this situation, etc. the committee also played newly—released outtakes from a donald trump speech filmed the day after the riot. he is repeatedly seen refusing to read the lines in the script given to him that say "the election is over". whenever you are ready, so. i would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack yesterday, and to those who broke — yesterday, and to those who broke the law, you will pay. you — broke the law, you will pay. you do _ broke the law, you will pay. you do not represent our movement, you do not represent our country— movement, you do not represent our country and if you broke the — our country and if you broke the law _ our country and if you broke the law... can't say that. i'm not _ the law... can't say that. i'm not going _ the law... can't say that. i'm not going to, i've already said

you will— not going to, i've already said you will pay, the demonstrators who infiltrated the capitol have _ who infiltrated the capitol have defied the seat of... defiied, _ have defied the seat of... defiled, right? see, ican't see— defiled, right? see, ican't see it— defiled, right? see, ican't see it very well. 0k defiled, right? see, ican't see it very well. ok i'm going to do— see it very well. ok i'm going to do this, _ see it very well. ok i'm going to do this, let's go. but this election— to do this, let's go. but this election is— to do this, let's go. but this election is now over. congress has certified the results... either— has certified the results... either want to say the election is oven — either want to say the election is oven i— either want to say the election is over. ijust want to say, congress _ is over. ijust want to say, congress has certified the results. _ congress has certified the results, without saying the election _ results, without saying the election is over, 0k? now congress _ election is over, 0k? now congress has certified that it yeah — congress has certified that it yeah i— congress has certified that it yeah. i don't say over, so let me _ yeah. i don't say over, so let me see _ yeah. idon't say over, so let me see go— yeah. i don't say over, so let me see. go to the paragraph before — me see. go to the paragraph before. 0k? me see. go to the paragraph before. ok? i me see. go to the paragraph before. 0k? iwould me see. go to the paragraph before. ok? i would like to begin— before. ok? i would like to begin by— before. ok? i would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack_ begin by addressing the heinous attack yesterday, yesterday is attack yesterday, yesterday is a hard — attack yesterday, yesterday is a hard word for me. oh good, take _ a hard word for me. oh good, take the — a hard word for me. oh good, take the word yesterday, because it doesn't work with...

heinous — because it doesn't work with... heinous attack on our country, say on — heinous attack on our country, say on our— heinous attack on our country, say on our country. can we say that? _ say on our country. can we say that? my— say on our country. can we say that? my only goal was to ensure _ that? my only goal was to ensure the integrity of the vote _ ensure the integrity of the vote. my only goal was to ensure _ vote. my only goal was to ensure the integrity of the vote _ that last uptake in this hearing. let's speak to the bbc�*s rianna croxford in washington. literally a made—for—tv congressional hearing, again at prime—time, presumably watched by millions and how much more revelatory was this one compared to the other�*s? revelatory was this one compared to the other's? that's riaht compared to the other's? that's ri . ht and compared to the other's? that's right and the — compared to the other's? that's right and the focus _ compared to the other's? that's right and the focus today - compared to the other's? that's right and the focus today was i right and the focus today was what was happening inside the white house during that 187 minutes of violence. the committee said that donald trump chose not to stop the angry mob, they called it a gross dereliction of duty and said that his inaction lead to violence against the police. one of the main takeaway is, really, was that after whipping

up really, was that after whipping up this frenzy over baseless claims of a stolen election, donald trump is said to have just returned to the white house, gone into the dining room and simply watched the violence unfold live on tv while his family and colleagues begged for him to call off the violence and begged for him to make it stop. the committee said that mrtrump make it stop. the committee said that mr trump knew 15 minutes of speaking with his supporters that the capitol was under attack but still he refused to act and as we heard there at the top of the clips, sarah matthews, a former deputy press secretary said there were heated disagreements over the response to the violence. she said it would have taken donald trump 60 seconds, less than 60 seconds to make a statement if he had wanted to, calling off the mob but again he refused to do so as we heard there at the end. the former vice president mike pence's security staff said that they had feared for their lives. we had some testimony there that they even made good by calls to their family, they were that scared. what is the legal threshold

though that this committee has got to reach to take this further?— further? ultimately the committee _ further? ultimately the committee doesn't - further? ultimately the | committee doesn't have further? ultimately the - committee doesn't have the powers to bring criminal charges, all they can bring as set out the facts as they see it, broadcast the testimony but ultimately it is up to the justice department to take this further. ., ~ justice department to take this further. ., ,, , ., justice department to take this further. . ~' , ., , further. 0k, thank you very much indeed. _ we can now speak tojennifer kerns who's a republican strategist, author and conservative national talk show host. i don't know if you heard my last question to rhianna in terms of what legal threshold would persuade perhaps the department forjustice to move further, have we seen enough do you think tonight?— you think tonight? great to be with you- _ you think tonight? great to be with you- i _ you think tonight? great to be with you. i think _ you think tonight? great to be with you. i think we _ you think tonight? great to be with you. i think we most - with you. i think we most certainly know by now that the january six committee members and most certainly the co—chairs do intend to make a criminal referral to the department ofjustice. whether

or not the department of justice will act upon that i think is a greater question but my concern tonight is how much hearsay there was there is testimony from the two former administration staff is, accounted i think 42 times they said the words i thought and i think. we were not there to hear what they think, we want to know exactly what was happening in those 187 minutes, and that was miss williams and even the former national security adviser said, at the time this was going on, he called friends in london and asked for their opinion. people in london are fantastic, we are talking to them right now but i don't think that people overseas would have any notion of what was going on on the ground blocks away from these administration staff. but ground blocks away from these administration staff.— administration staff. but has deu administration staff. but has deputy secretary _ administration staff. but has deputy secretary wasn't - administration staff. but has deputy secretary wasn't just | deputy secretary wasn't just repeating what she had heard from other people, was she? well look, shejust from other people, was she? well look, she just wanted the ones that said i think and i thought and i was thinking this at the time, look at. this is

what differentiates a congressional hearing from a case in a court of law. there is a rule in the american court system that is called hearsay, it is second person speech that someone was hearing and certainly someone's thoughts could certainly be stricken if this were a case that was in front of the judge so that is my concern stop ba was interested in hearing some of the audiotape, especially those secret service transmissions back and forth and i think most of the americans would be kind of the americans would be kind of digging into that to hear more about that but the hearsay portion of this, we know from the last hearing, the very next day, remember ms hutchinson testified a couple of weeks ago that donald trump had tried to grab the steering wheel and steer it back to the capitol, well... ., ., , well... forgive me though but well... forgive me though but we do know— well... forgive me though but we do know what _ well... forgive me though but we do know what he _ well... forgive me though but we do know what he didn't - well... forgive me though but. we do know what he didn't say, don't we and 187 minutes? we do know that he sat and ate lunch and watched fox and didn't make

any calls to anyone to try and stop this. any calls to anyone to try and stop this-— stop this. well look, if you listen to — stop this. well look, if you listen to federal _ stop this. well look, if you listen to federal law - listen to federal law enforcement, what they had told us over the last seven, eight months is that this was seven and eight months in the planning, these were radical groups, the proud boys and others who had been planning this for months and months. i think to suggest that one tweet from donald trump could have stopped the whole thing from happening is like saying that one tweet from then candidate joe biden in the summer of 2020 could have stopped the black lives matter riots in the summer of 2020. i think both of those notions would be wrong. 0k, those notions would be wrong. ok, all rightjennifer, thank you very much indeed. we can now speak to allan lichtman, who's a us presidential historian and distinguished professor of history at american university in washington. he also previously ran for the us senate as well. what did you make of this, it could be the last committee certainly of the summer if not looking ahead to the autumn?

it's bad enough that it's documented. not only did donald trump not tell them to go home and we have ample evidence from the rioters themselves that they would listen, but he didn't call for any law enforcement help, only mike pence did at. that may have been the greatest dereliction of duty in presidential history, may be matched only by donald trump's lying about covid-i9 but donald trump's lying about covid—i9 but here is the real thing that was revealed. he not only did nothing, he aided and abetted the violent riot. obviously by that tweet, attacking mike pence at the very time the rioters were talking about killing and hanging mike pence and the security details were worried about threats to their own lives and threats to the vice president and then there were the other tweets expressing sympathy for the riots. this isn't circumstantial evidence, this is direct evidence of

violation of the federal and thai riot act which prohibits encouraging, inciting or promoting a violent riot, particularly one that puts property or persons in danger. and criminal negligence for not getting involved? ilrrui’eiiii and criminal negligence for not getting involved?— getting involved? well that i think is a harder _ getting involved? well that i think is a harder case - getting involved? well that i think is a harder case to - getting involved? well that i i think is a harder case to make. i think absolutely that is a good case to make. you do have a duty to get involved when you see crimes being committed and you are the responsible officer but the aiding and abetting as a direct crime. it is not indirect, it is not circumstantial, the evidence does not depend upon hearsay, it is right there out front in the recordings from the secret service and two donald trump's tweets themselves. here is the thing about donald trump, he commits his crimes right out there in public and brags about

them, and until he has held accountable through prosecution he is going to continue to do it. rememberthe he is going to continue to do it. remember the outtake which says he refuses to say the election is over and he is continuing to subvert our democracy stopping just a few days ago he called a lawmaker i think it was either in michigan or wisconsin asking them to decertify, to go back and illegally decertify the 2020 election results. the crime goes on. election results. the crime goes on-— election results. the crime goes on. election results. the crime noeson. ., ., ., ., goes on. you say that, and how much a problem _ goes on. you say that, and how much a problem is _ goes on. you say that, and how much a problem is this - goes on. you say that, and how much a problem is this for - goes on. you say that, and how much a problem is this for the i much a problem is this for the republicans going forward in the mid terms or as the nation just so split that this will make no impact?- just so split that this will make no impact? that is why i said prosecution _ make no impact? that is why i said prosecution is _ make no impact? that is why i said prosecution is so - said prosecution is so important. donald trump has said i could shoot someone on pennsylvania avenue and my supporters would not flinch and so far that seems to be the case but it does seem to have dampened the enthusiasm for

donald trump among republicans, now about half or even more than half would rather see someone else in 2024, because they don't want that election to be based on grievances about 2020, but donald trump in my view directly broke the law on january six by aiding and abetting a violent riot and must be held accountable. if eric garland, who was an old friend of mine, i've known him for 50 years, refuses to act he will go down in history as the most disappointing attorney general we have ever had in the united states and maybe not an appeaser equal to the infamous prime minister chamberlain but a pretty bad one. —— merrick garland. a pretty bad one. -- merrick garland-— a pretty bad one. -- merrick garland. ~ . ., ., garland. we have heard from so many people — garland. we have heard from so many people over _ garland. we have heard from so many people over the _ garland. we have heard from so many people over the last - many people over the last hearing spot sarah matthews, a young deputy press secretary, we have heard from other young people there at the start of their careers, feeding this sense of imperative to do

something in terms of ethically, morally, to stop what was going on, is that something that struck you as well from junior staffers in the white house feeling that something had to be done? absolutely struck me as remarkable. this was not a bunch of bernie sanders democrats testifying, these were loyal, lifetime republicans who were simply appalled by donald trump's actions in inciting the mob and encouraging the mob and felt they had to get out and tell they had to get out and tell the truth and it wasn'tjust the truth and it wasn'tjust the staffers, it was donald trumpjunior, it was a bunker trump, it was jared kushner, his allies in the media including sean hannity, republican members of congress. everybody saw this. this wasn't something difficult to comprehend, including his most loyal supporters. comprehend, including his most loyal sopporters-_ loyal supporters. thank you very much _ loyal supporters. thank you very much indeed _ loyal supporters. thank you very much indeed for- loyal supporters. thank you | very much indeed forjoining loyal supporters. thank you - very much indeed forjoining us here on bbc news.

stay with us on bbc news, still to come: hopes of a deal between ukraine, russia and turkey to allow grain exports through the black sea to resume. radio: i see you coming down the ladder now. i that's one small step for man... ..one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight. for the first crash - in the 30—year history of concorde, the world's only supersonic airliner. _ it was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence and hatred that tore apart the state of yugoslavia but now, a decade later, it's been painstakingly rebuilt and opens again today. there's been a 50% decrease in sperm quantity and an increase in malfunctioning sperm unable to swim properly. seven, six, five... thousands of households across the country are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime as children bury their noses in the final instalment

of harry potter. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: in its latest hearing, the committee investigating last year's attack on the us capitol accused donald trump of choosing not to act to stop the violence. not only was the former president accused of sitting idly by while the violence raged, witnesses say his actions made things worse. in sri lanka police have begun dismantling protest camps in the capital colombo. the camps were occupied by groups demonstrating against the economic crisis, and the appointment of ranil wickremesinghe as the new president.

he swore his oath of office on thursday, and promised to restore peace and order. our south asia regional editor anbarasan ethirajan is there, and has the latest. dozens of sri lankan security forces have now lined up on the main road, very close to the protest site and many protesters from the other side, they are coming and talking with the officials, there is a tense situation at the moment, thatis tense situation at the moment, that is a stand—off and these protesters, they believe, they suspect that the protest site over there might be cleared by these soldiers and as we speak, there is another group of police officers, they are over there, they are coming over there, they are coming over there to clear. in the last few minutes, dozens of security forces have now entered this protest village and now they

are clearing all the tents that were put up months ago by these protesters. they have gone to the other side and there is a tense situation here where the soldiers are now taking out all these tents and even telling media not to take any pictures and the protesters were worried that this might happen very soon after president ranil wickremesinghe took over. now to turkey, where a deal has been reached to allow ukraine to resume exports of grain through the black sea. the parties involved — ukraine, russia, turkey and the un secretary general — are expected to sign the deal in istanbul on friday. russia's invasion of ukraine, which is one of the world's biggest suppliers of wheat and other grains, has led to a huge rise in food prices.

so with me to discuss the significance of this deal is our news reporter azadeh moshiri. reports of this deal haven't been confirmed, what are the details? , , , , ., details? the first step is that it needs to — details? the first step is that it needs to be _ details? the first step is that it needs to be signed - details? the first step is that it needs to be signed which l it needs to be signed which sounds like a given but for ukraine and united states which is a part of the deal, they are not taking it for granted because it is hard to addict russia's actions and then you got the implementation and that has got to go right as well, and we don't know the full details of the deal but it is complicated and there are three main components that we do know of. the first is that russia must guarantee a truce while these shipments are being made. the second is that ukraine must guarantee that will guide cargo ships through his mind waters and a third, and this is important, is that turkey with the help of the united nations must guarantee the security of these cargo ships and inspect them, that is because russia is worried ukraine might smuggle some weapons through them. find some weapons through them. and we are talking _ some weapons through them. and

we are talking about 20 million tons, is that right?— tons, is that right? yes, so there is _ tons, is that right? yes, so there is a _ tons, is that right? yes, so there is a lot _ tons, is that right? yes, so there is a lot riding - tons, is that right? yes, so there is a lot riding on - tons, is that right? yes, so there is a lot riding on it i tons, is that right? yes, so. there is a lot riding on it and it has been difficult to get to this point despite how important it is. it is the first major deal that russia and ukraine have inked since the invasion began and it took two months to negotiate this despite the food anxiety that has been rising and the ukrainian ambassador to the united nations spoke to the bbc earlier about how emotionally taxing a difficult it has been to get to this point. i taxing a difficult it has been to get to this point.- to get to this point. i tell ou to get to this point. i tell you that _ to get to this point. i tell you that a _ to get to this point. i tell you that a family - to get to this point. i tell| you that a family member to get to this point. i tell- you that a family member of mine— you that a family member of mine was— you that a family member of mine was killed and two days after — mine was killed and two days after that i had to sit in front— after that i had to sit in front of— after that i had to sit in front of the russian envoy who was telling the torrent of lies that was— was telling the torrent of lies that was going on and that all those — that was going on and that all those killed are basically staged by the ukrainians. that was very— staged by the ukrainians. that was very difficult. so emotionally - was very difficult. sr

emotionally taxing, but there were other challenges as well because a lot of accusations were being bandied about by these parties that were meant to be working together. the united nations as well as other world leaders have accused russia of weaponising food and hunger. the un has said 50 million people in 45 countries are one step away from famine stop ukraine has said that russia has been stealing grain from ukrainian farmers to exported themselves in russia has been blaming everything on the west and on ukraine so a lot is riding on it, it is extremely challenging and it's success is by no means a given. and we expect this to be signed in the next few hours if does go ahead. in the next few hours if does go ahead-— go ahead. absolutely, in istanbul. _ go ahead. absolutely, in istanbul. thank- go ahead. absolutely, in istanbul. thank you i go ahead. absolutely, in istanbul. thank you veryj go ahead. absolutely, in i istanbul. thank you very much indeed. that is it for the addition of bbc news, plenty more on that story and indeed the latest in the january six congressional hearings into the riots last year, on the website. from me and the whole team here,

goodbye. hello, we are certainly ending this working week on a much cooler note that we started it, temperatures have been dropping over recent days after the heatwave earlier in the week. friday will be a cooler data we have seen recently, some thunderstorms are possible for some areas not everywhere will be seeing outbreaks of rain. we start friday morning, while still in the south, further north typically 11 or 12. through the day then, some showery rain developing particular across central parts of england and wales, that showery rain drifting into northern parts of england and southern scotland. the odd rumble of thunder almost anywhere, but most likely probably for the southwest of england

into wales as well. northern ireland having a largely dry day with some sunshine, and sunshine too for the far north of scotland up towards shetland in particular. temperatures ranging between about 15 to 23 celsius for most of us, a bit of a cooler breeze for the northern isles, eastern scotland and northeast england. overnight friday, then, we've still got some of the showery rain around, drifting its way northwards and eastwards. but the next area of low pressure is going to spread some rain towards northern ireland by the early hours of saturday morning. so temperatures a little bit cooler than recent nights. by first thing saturday, we're looking at the mid—teens for most of us, a little bit cooler than that across parts of scotland. during the weekend, as this area of low pressure approaches from the west, it's going to mean the winds pick up. there'll be some wet weather working in, but ahead of that, it's going to help it draw in this southerly flow of air. so, again, some fairly warm air spreading in from continental europe heading up towards eastern parts of england in particular. that's where we'll see some of the highest temperatures through saturday into sunday. so, this is how saturday shapes up. then rain initially for northern ireland, then spreading into some western parts of scotland and england as well. central and eastern england probably staying dry with sunny spells all day,

and temperatures a little bit warmer on saturday compared to what we'll see on friday. so, highs the mid to high 20s. we've lost that cool breeze from the likes of newcastle, for instance, high teens or low 20s for scotland and for northern ireland. by the time we get to sunday, low pressure spreads further east, so quite a few heavy showers on sunday, could be heavy and thundery towards the northwest. the breeze picking up too, but again, southeast remaining dry for a good part of the day where we really could do with some rainfall around. and it's going to feel warm in the southeast with temperatures as high as around 30 degrees, typically the low 20s towards the northwest. bye for now.

this is bbc news — the headlines... the committee investigating last year's attack on the us capitol building has just brought its latest hearing to a close. it was held in primetime for american television, and it examined former president trump's actions as the violence unfolded. it's the last public hearing of the summer. turkey's announced a deal which will allow ukraine to resume exports of grain through the black sea. it's expected to be signed on friday in istanbul by ukraine, russia, turkey and the un. ukraine is one of the world's leading grain producers, but a russian naval blockade has paralysed exports. security forces in sri lanka have raided the main anti—government protest camp in the capital colombo. hundreds of heavily armed troops in riot gear tore down tents outside the presidential offices and pushed the

protesters behind a barricade. ranil wickremesinghe on thursday,