this is bbc news. i'm victoria fritz with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. "he didn't fail to act, he chose not to act" — donald trump stands accused in the latest hearing in to last year's attack on the us capitol. donald trump made a purposeful choice to violate his oath of office. to ignore the ongoing violence against law enforcement, to threaten our constitutional order. not only was the former president accused of sitting idly by while the violence raged, witnesses say his actions made things worse. hundreds of police in riot gear begin to dismantle anti—government protest camps in the sri lankan capital colombo.

and britain's nhs is stepping up its vaccination programme against monkeypox as more supplies of a jab come on the market. —— against monkeypox as more supplies of the jab come on the market. hello and welcome. the congressional committee in the us investigating last year's attack on the capitol by donald trump's supporters have shown evidence that the then president made no calls from the white house while the violence was unfolding. the latest hearing was told that instead of intervening to calm the situation, mr trump sat in the dining room, where the television was tuned to fox news. the committee presented several witnesses who said they repeatedly called on donald trump to say something.

this is former white house counsel pat cipollone, one of the people closest to mr trump. i think ithinki i think i was pretty clear there needed to be an immediate and forceful response statement, public statement, that people need to leave the capitol. mi; that people need to leave the caitol. y , ., that people need to leave the caitol. g , ., , , capitol. my question is exactly that. it sounds _ capitol. my question is exactly that. it sounds like _ capitol. my question is exactly that. it sounds like you, - capitol. my question is exactly that. it sounds like you, from | that. it sounds like you, from the very— that. it sounds like you, from the very onset of violence at the very onset of violence at the capitol around two o'clock, are pushing for a strong statement that people should leave — statement that people should leave the capitol. is that correct? _ leave the capitol. is that correct? i leave the capitol. is that correct?— leave the capitol. is that correct? ., , ., ., , correct? i was and others were as well. correct? i was and others were as well- so _ correct? i was and others were as well. so your— correct? i was and others were as well. so your advice - correct? i was and others were as well. so your advice is - as well. so your advice is eo - le as well. so your advice is peeple to _ as well. so your advice is people to leave - as well. so your advice is people to leave the - as well. so your advice is i people to leave the capitol as well. so your advice is - people to leave the capitol and it took— people to leave the capitol and it took only two hours for over two _ it took only two hours for over two hours _ it took only two hours for over two hours before eight minutes and tweets were put forward, did you — and tweets were put forward, did you continue to push the rather— did you continue to push the rather period of time up until 4:17pm, _ rather period of time up until 4:17pm, continue with you and others — 4:17pm, continue with you and others to— 4:17pm, continue with you and others to push for a stronger statement?— others to push for a stronger statement?- were - others to push for a stronger statement? yes. were you joined statement? yes. were you “oined

in that effort i statement? yes. were you “oined in that effort by i statement? fez; were you joined in that effort by ivanka trump? yes _ in that effort by ivanka trump? yes. , . . in that effort by ivanka trump? yes-_ yes- - in that effort by ivanka trump? j yes._ yes. mark yes. jared kushner? yes. mark meadows? _ yes. jared kushner? yes. mark meadows? yes. _ the panel contrasted the lack of action of the president with the violent scenes unfolding in the capitol. members of the vice president's team were described as being on the phone with relatives to say goodbye, fearing the worst. this is a previously unheard clip of the radio chatter between secret service agents as they tried to protect mike pence from the rioters. hold. hold! we need to move now. copy. 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. they've gained access to the second floor and i've got public down here below. copy. they are on the second floor, moving in now. we may want to consider getting out and leaving now, copy. will we encounter the people

once we make our way? - repeat? will be encounter any - individuals if we made our way to the...? there's six officers between us and the people that are 5—10 feet away from me. and even the day after, the panel argued, donald trump did little to calm the situation. these are newly released out—takes from his speech, filmed on january 7. 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, sir. i would like to begin by addressing the heinous attack yesterday. and to those who broke the law, you will pay. you do not represent our movement, you do not represent our country and if you broke the law —

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

yesterday, because it doesn't work with... the heinous attack on our country — say on our country. want to we say that? no, keep it. my only goal was to ensure the integrity of the vote. in her closing remarks, the committee's vice chair, republican congresswoman liz cheney, said donald trump refused to do his presidential duty when he failed to stop the violence. in our hearing tonight, you saw an american president faced with a stark and unmistakable choice between right and wrong. there was no ambiguity. no nuance. donald trump made a purposeful choice to violate his oath of office, to ignore the ongoing violence against law enforcement, to threaten our constitutional order.

we can now speak to javed ali, who has previously held senior positions at the department of homeland and the national security council under the trump administration, and through those positions, a former colleague of matthew pottinger, who testified at the hearings. thank you very much forjoining us today on bbc world news. first off, let's talk about what the focus was here in this hearing. the dereliction of duty via presidential inaction. but, in yourview, did the committee and its witnesses do enough to prove intent to cause harm? i think the committee not only from today's hearing but in succession of all the other hearings has made a pretty compelling case to paint that picture and lay out the facts, and the fact that president trump all the information appears that president trump sort of disconnected from the

events as they were unfolding on the day of january events as they were unfolding on the day ofjanuary six. knowing full well what was happening because, apparently, he was watching the news and in communication with other people. that appears to support that perspective that he did abdicate some of the most fundamental duties any president has as commander—in—chief to keep the country safe and to ensure that successful transition of power and to do it deliberately, not because it was in another circumstance where you don't have all the information and you're not really sure what's happening in the moment, that is a pretty striking conclusion to come to at this point. your former colleague _ to come to at this point. your former colleague matt - to come to at this point. your former colleague matt passenger ——in protest. what is his assessment of the man, his performance at the hearing —— matthew pottinger. i performance at the hearing -- matthew pottinger.— performance at the hearing -- matthew pottinger. i thought he did really well. _ matthew pottinger. i thought he did really well. i _ matthew pottinger. i thought he did really well. i knew— matthew pottinger. i thought he did really well. i knew him - matthew pottinger. i thought he did really well. i knew him for. did really well. i knew him for the year that i was on the national security council, from 2017-18. we did not national security council, from 2017—18. we did not work closely from a policy

perspective because our positions did not overlap or the portfolios did not overlap, i was in counterterrorism and he was in east asia, but he is a serious professional, very impressive provincial is a former marine officer and a wall streetjournal reporter. at the time of the insurrection he was the deputy national security advisers over him to resign his position a really serious step, and he explained the consequences of making that decision and the anguish that he faced. but i have a lot of respect for matt, i enjoyed working with him and getting to know him for the year that i was on the nsc.— know him for the year that i was on the nsc. there is this enduring _ was on the nsc. there is this enduring mystery _ was on the nsc. there is this enduring mystery as - was on the nsc. there is this enduring mystery as to - was on the nsc. there is this enduring mystery as to why l was on the nsc. there is this| enduring mystery as to why it took so long to deploy the national guard. did the hearing and matt's testimony in particular adequately address theissue, particular adequately address the issue, to your mind? i still think that is a mystery and gets to one of these issues of president trump's possibilities as commander—in—chief and through

the unique structure we have in the unique structure we have in the united states of having a department of defence with the active—duty uniformed services and then to a degree separate forces of national guard is groups who are, for the most part, underthe groups who are, for the most part, under the control of their state governors but who can also serve in federal capacities if order to by the president. the dc national guard, and this is the guard force in question, actually reports directly to the president of the united states because we don't have a governor in washington, dc so in that moment onjanuary six where it was clear the capitol police needed reinforcements and the dc national guard was and the dc national guard was an element that could have been surged it would have taken them hours to get on scene but earlier if the order had been approved by president trump to get on scene, but is one of those constitutional issues that we still don't have a clear answer on. that we still don't have a clearanswer on. how that we still don't have a clear answer on. how did that order come about? did president trump deliberately not want to

deploy the dc national guard or did it come from vice president pence, which also would have skipped the chain of command is with a sitting president as commander—in—chief so that is a mystery that i don't think we still have the answers to right now. , ., , ., , now. some questions unanswered. thank you. — now. some questions unanswered. thank you. javed — now. some questions unanswered. thank you, javed arely _ now. some questions unanswered. thank you, javed arely for - now. some questions unanswered. thank you, javed arely for your - thank you, javed arely for your time. . 4, thank you, javed arely for your time. ., ~' ,, -- ali. let's get some of the day's other news. authorities in spain coordinating the response to this summer's wildfires say they fear worse is to come. 193,000 hectares of land have been destroyed so far this year and thousands of homes have been evacuated. emergency teams are struggling to contain blazes in different parts of the country, including the canary islands. italy will hold a general election on september 25. the vote was announced on the day the prime minister mario draghi resigned, prompting the president to dissolve parliament. mr draghi was seen both at home and abroad as a stabilising force but italy will now face two months of what's expected to be a fractious campaign. we'll have more on this in our business news in 20 minutes.

police in brazil say 18 people have been killed during a raid against a criminal gang that controls one of rio de janeiro's most violent shanty towns. gunfire. 400 heavily—armed military police were deployed in the narrow streets of the alemao favela in the early hours of thursday. the operation lasted all day and left thousands trapped in their homes, unable to go to work and fearing for their lives. in sri lanka, police have been dismantling protest camps in the capital colombo. they 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. 0ur south asia regional editor anbarasan ethirajan 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 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 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 — these tensts that were put up months ago by these protesters. now, the protest movement, 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. stay with us on bbc news. still to come — comic book comeback: thousands flock to san diego for one of the biggest events in the pop culture calendar. 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.

let's stay with that now. 0ur correspondent rianna croxford in washington. what was most memorable moment for you? the focus was on what was happening inside the white house during those 187 minutes of violence, as you said to the committee heard that donald trump had simply refused to act and one of the big takeaway is really was that after whipping up really was that after whipping up this frenzy over baseless claims of a stolen election, the committee said that donald trump returned to the white house, returned to the dining room in the white house where he simply watched the violence unfold live on tv and at the same time it gnawed please from his colleagues and family to call off the valence. —— ignored.

call off the valence. -- ignored-— call off the valence. -- ignored. call off the valence. -- itnored. , ., ., ignored. just explain to our viewers around _ ignored. just explain to our viewers around the - ignored. just explain to our viewers around the world . ignored. just explain to our i viewers around the world what happens next, because this is certainly not the end of things, is that?- certainly not the end of thints, is that? .., things, is that? the committee sa s that things, is that? the committee says that the — things, is that? the committee says that the hearings - things, is that? the committee says that the hearings will - says that the hearings will continue in september, we thought today it may have been the final hearing but people are still coming forward to after this summer they will gather more evidence, resume the hearings in september and i think ultimately the committee are hoping that this might lead to criminal charges but they don't have the powers to do that so they are going to have to wait and see what the justice department does off the back of this.— britain's national health service is stepping up its vaccination programme against monkeypox, as more supplies of a jab come on the market. since may there have been 1a,000 cases globally. experts are meeting today to decide whether the world health organisation should call a health emergency over rising cases. a warning that naomi grimley�*s report contains some graphic pictures. ijust i just wanted to

ijust wanted to get i just wanted to get to the bottom of it, what are we're going to do, and my going to die? what is this condition? it is a huge unknown.— is a huge unknown. after days with a high — is a huge unknown. after days with a high fever— is a huge unknown. after days with a high fever and - is a huge unknown. after days with a high fever and then - is a huge unknown. after days with a high fever and then a l with a high fever and then a strange rash, erin pressed his doctors for help. he was told he had a severe case of monkeypox and so began a fortnight in hospital. the scar on my nose was starting to pound and my heart was suddenly coming here and pounding on my face. it was so painful and without any opiates they were giving to me, i wasn't able to sleep, wasn't able to do anything. i even told my consultants that, whatever you want to do, you have my full consent because a feeling that i am going to die. monkeypox had mainly been circulating in west and central africa, until now, that is. on the seventh of may this year the uk announced that it had found a case of

monkeypox in someone travelling back from nigeria. but look what happens next. cases both here in the uk and globally continue to rise and the policy of containing the cases doesn't seem to be working. in the infectious diseases board where harun was treated, they have seen 30 patients, mainly gay and bisexual men. the seen 30 patients, mainly gay and bisexual men.— seen 30 patients, mainly gay and bisexual men. the virus has seized an _ and bisexual men. the virus has seized an opportunity _ and bisexual men. the virus has seized an opportunity to - and bisexual men. the virus has seized an opportunity to get - seized an opportunity to get into a social network where people have shared characteristics, in this case it is men who have sticks with men. there is concern that if we see continued waves of infection through multiple populations and then including people who perhaps have got weaker immune systems, that that could help the virus evolve further. i that could help the virus evolve further.— that could help the virus evolve further. ., ., ., evolve further. i am going home today and _ evolve further. i am going home today and i— evolve further. i am going home today and i am _ evolve further. i am going home today and i am so _ evolve further. i am going home today and i am so lucky. - evolve further. i am going home today and i am so lucky. harun i today and i am so lucky. harun has now fully _

today and i am so lucky. harun has now fully recovered - today and i am so lucky. harun has now fully recovered but. has now fully recovered but wants others to take the virus seriously. i wants others to take the virus seriously-— seriously. i 'ust wanted to tell seriously. i 'ust wanted to ten peopte — seriously. i just wanted to tell people if _ seriously. i just wanted to tell people if you - seriously. i just wanted to tell people if you don't - tell people if you don't isolate or if you don't watch out for symptoms and be considerate to others, some people may come in dispositioned. sojust be kind, think about other people and take some responsibility. it is time now to head with a sports centre and get all the very latest sports news. hello, i'm tulsen tollett and this is your sports news where we start with golf and japan's ayake furue will take a one shot lead into the second round of the evian championship, the fourth women's major of the year. the 22—year—old from kobe is being chased by american nelly korda the world number three and this lady brooke henderson, the canadian world number 10 who are both on seven under. germany are through to the semi—finals of the women's european championship after a 2—0 win over austria in london. the eight—time winners benefitted from some sloppy defence and will face either

france or reigning champions the netherlands in the last four. we are very happy, it was a very intense game. austria was very intense game. austria was very hard to play and yeah, i'm happy to finish my fourth goal and i am very thankful to be here and happy and proud of the team. england's semi—final opponents will be known later when sweden go up against belgium. the swedes won the inaugural tournament in 1984 and have been runnner up three times since, although they'll be highly fancied in this game. england will be aiming to level the one day international series against south africa when they head out at old trafford later. the hosts lost the opener by 62 runs in what was ben stokes's farewell to 0di's, so how do england turn it around

in this contest? decided as a unit, we have set the bar for so decided as a unit, we have set the barfor so many years, whether they have been in or of the squad, i don't think there is any turned up pressure in the dressing room at all. we know what we need to do, we know what we need to do, we know how good we are. it is a case of getting your chest out, crossing the line and doing it again and again because that is what made this squad world champions. with eight of the last ten matches at old trafford favouring the team that batted first, the tourists may look to do the same if they win the toss. victory in this game will see the proteas secure a series win with a match to spare. jonas vingegaard has an almost insurmountable lead with just three stages of the tour de france remaining. the dane took stage 18 to stretch his lead over defending champion tadej pogacar to more than three minutes but there was great sportmanship on show when pogacar crash on a descent only for vingeggard to wait for him to resaddle and continue. you can get all the latest sports news at our website, that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett,

and the rest of the team that's your sports news for now. the monarch butterfly, one of the world's most distinctive insects, has been officially classified as an endangered species. the international union for conservation of nature say the migratory butterfly is rapidly declining due to the use of pesticides, climate change and loss of habitat. monarchs undertake one of the longest insect migrations known to science, moving from their breeding grounds in the us and canada to mexico for winter. it's numbers are estimated to have dropped about 85% in the past few decades. in the us state of california, the san diego comic book convention, or comic—con, is getting underway. it's the first time in three years the full event has taken place, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

it's one of the most important dates on the pop culture calendar, as the bbc�*s tim allman reports. clinic and we will have that report when we get it. a few gremlins in the system this morning. you know what, let's talk about prince george, because i believe he is nine years old today. the duke and duchess of cambridge have released a new picture of their son prince george. the image was captured by the duchess of cambridge earlier this month during a family holiday in the uk. kensington palace have said catherine and prince william are delighted to share the snap with the public. so that is prince george

turning nine years old, a very sweet little picture. shall we try again and hear from tim allman and see what is going on with comic con, this festival that hasn't happened for three years. let's see if we can play that for you. despite only being released a few weeks ago, thor: love and thunder has already made more than half $1 billion. proof, if proof were needed, that comic book movies are big, big business. and if superheroes and sci—fi are your religion, then this is surely your mecca. tens of thousands of self—proclaimed geeks and nerds coming to san diego for comic con. storm troopers, kings of atlantis and whatever this is. �* . . . kings of atlantis and whatever thisis. �*, , . .,, this is. it's 'ust nice to see evneorye _ this is. it'sjust nice to see everyone out _ this is. it'sjust nice to see everyone out in _ this is. it'sjust nice to see everyone out in public- this is. it'sjust nice to see l everyone out in public again and like i said, just being

able to interact with other people you have interests with and everything. it was kind of and everything. it was kind of an indefinite thing, we were worried that it wasn't a comeback, at least i was. we've tot our comeback, at least i was. we've got your business _ comeback, at least i was. we've got your business news - comeback, at least i was. we've got your business news coming l got your business news coming up got your business news coming up very soon. friday is going to be a cooler day than we have seen recently, some thunderstorms are possible for some areas but not everywhere is going to be seeing outbreaks of rain. we start friday morning, mild still in the south, further north 11 or 12. through the day, then, some showery rain developing, particularly across central parts of england and wales, some that showery rain drifting into parts of northern 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. 0vernight 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.

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