dramatic video evidence of last month's storming of the us congress by supporters of donald trump has been played to senators, some of it not seen publicly before, as democrats make their case for convicting the former president. they also played panicked recordings of panicked radio messages from police being overwhelmed by protesters. a saudi women's rights campaigner, loujain al—hathloul, has been freed from prison on probation. her family say she is back home after more than 1,000 days behind bars. she was a prominent figure in the campaign for saudi women to be allowed to drive. several more women activists are injail. the world health organization has backed the use of the astrazeneca vaccine for all adults, including people over 65. there have been concerns about the jab�*s effectiveness for older people. experts also say it should be used in countries where coronavirus variants are present. it is about liz30am. you up—to—date on the headlines. time now for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. the covid pandemic has sorely tested governments around the world. the

in addition to that, a bipartisan report to the us congress has strongly urged president biden to delayo pull all us forces out of afghanistan by may 1st. let's get more on this from professor geoffrey corn, an expert in national security law at south texas college of law. he served in the us army for 21 years and joins me now from houston. professor, what will the biden administration do? i professor, what will the biden administration do?— professor, what will the biden administration do? i think what ou are administration do? i think what you are going _ administration do? i think what you are going to _ administration do? i think what you are going to see _ administration do? i think what you are going to see is - administration do? i think what you are going to see is a - administration do? i think what you are going to see is a very l you are going to see is a very deliberate and cautious assessment of exactly where we are, what the mission is, and what the requirements from the military are to accomplish that mission. i do not think you are going to see anything hasty, and i thin

prosecutors and the us congress have wrapped up their case in the 2nd impatient trial against donald trump they are the senate has to convict the former president for inciting the violent mob that stormed the capitol building on january 6th democrats say trump must be convicted to ensure they can be no repeat in a few hours time chimes defense team will begin presenting its side of the story. to. a timely end to the day's hearings on the 3rd day of the impeachment trial of donald trump prosecutors made their closing pitch without using up their allotted speaking time of 16 hours. i wanted to start simply by saying that in the history of humanity democracies an extremely rare and frau draw and precarious and transitory thing this wasn't just an attack on the capitol building and the dedicated people inside it was an attack on what we were elected to preserve our democracy. for you. the prosecution made heavy use of video footage of the january 6th riots to prove that the former president had incited the violent insurrection. impeachment is not to punish but to prevent we are not here

us democrat congress members meantime of the pressure on top digital and cable networks by asking them to justify their hosting of conservative t.v. channels like fox news the lawmakers letter to the head of one provider accuses him of spreading covert misinformation and promoting last month's capitol hill riots by working with the right wing stations some purported news outlets of longer misinformation rumor mill some conspiracy theory hold but that produce can't and that leads to real harm yet to our knowledge the cable satellite and over the top companies that disseminate these media outlets to american viewers have done nothing in response to that misinformation. it's no surprise and the republican representatives are up in arms over it saying the moves as a politically motivated assault on freedom of expression. the democrats are sending a message that is as clear as it is troubling these regulated entities will pay a price if the targeted newsrooms do not conform to democrats' preferred political narratives this is a chilling transgression of the free speech rights that every med

state department has compiled and submitted a report to us congress kind of detailing the measures they have taken so far in this direction and how effective these measures have been this report by the way also comes at a very sensitive timing because the biden administration has been accused of world inaction of not being keen enough on preventing nordstrom too from coming to fruition this report is not yet available to the public bug net price the spokesman for the u.s. state department has revealed or that some 18 companies european companies have decided to pull out of nordstrom to amid u.s. pressure and when i say pressure i mean sanctions so far the united states have been sanctioning the russians while the e.u. firms have remained sort of in the clear but that's only so far this constant threat of sanctions coming from washington while it has always been and is still hanging over european firms so well 18 of them have decided that better safe than sorry and while they decided to cut ties with the project now when it comes to russia moscow has always been saying that the north tha

us. >> congress has no authority, no right and no business holding a trial of citizen trump. >> reporter: the fast track trial nearly derailed by new evidence, an account of a mid-siege phone call. top house republican kevin mccarthy begging mr. trump to call off the mob. the former president reportedly responding -- >> well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are. >> reporter: that part of a statement house managers read aloud from republican congresswoman jamie herrera-beutler who says she was briefed on the call. the former president's defense dismissing the impeachment as political. >> if you don't impeachment him he might be elected again. >> reporter: house leaders pleading to disregard politics. >> the country in the world know who donald trump is. this trial is about who we are. >> reporter: the senate today writing the last chapter in the presidency of donald trump. >> in a written statement just after the vote, former president trump said the make america great again movement has only just begun, teasing that he'll have more to share in the m

about the precedent of another party choosing to do it so does this mean that any member of the us congress could be subject to such treatment well not as far as the democrats are concerned for example congresswoman ellen o'mara has been widely criticized been accused of anti-semitism for her comments about israel and about the 911 attacks and about her political opponents would be nice now is conspiracy theorists. worried it's opportunists it's grifters so if words deemed inappropriate by others gets you singled out in the u.s. congress perhaps ilana omar will be next but it's not 8 just her new york representative alexandria kazuo cortez recently made headlines by accusing senator ted cruz of trying to kill her. i'm happy to work with republicans on this issue where there is common ground but he almost had me murdered 3 weeks ago so you can sit this one out saying that ted cruz personally tried to offer a c. because he allegedly had some role in inciting the capitol hill riot on january 6th is a pretty big leap so is accusing another member of congress of attempted murder anough to get yo

they have control over both chambers of the us congress and the white house.long one of the most powerful lobby groups in this country is on the back foot at the moment and is reeling from a series of scandals that is generally thought to be not quite the force that it once was. so, perhaps the time is right for this legislation but it will require some republicans, at least ten of them in the senate to support it and that is still something of a stretch, lucy. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a brother or sisterfor archie — the duke and duchess of sussex announce they are expecting their second child. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the less soviet troops are finally coming home. the withdrawal repeated in good order with the army defeated in the task that it had been sent to perform. the task that it had been sent to perform-— the task that it had been sent to perform. malcolm has been murdered. _ to perform. malcolm has been murdered, that _ to perform. malcolm has been murdered, that is _ to perform. malcolm has been murd

and democrats in the us congress are locked into an unlikely fiend of a metal detectors and that's left some wondering if they'll know all about absolutely anything. yesterday approximately 90 9 am multiple members observe the speaker of the house and 2 in the house chamber without completing security screening. pay the fine speaker pelosi. speaker pelosi full of her own 5 k. a metal detector find in the house chamber of the mall my friend louis go most went through security later went to the restroom immediately adjacent security but didn't return through the metal detectors and was fined $5000.00 by speak about lucy i have not received any unusual incident reports from the u s c p concerning the speaker of the house. this is also from moscow on the way we're going to go behind the scenes in a russian text come to the rest. the paula social media platform off topic tech boy called special report on that coming up for you in just over a minute from now. u.s. president joe biden has formally presented his ministrations foreign policy mission it's a mixed bag for sure here on this edition

dramatic video evidence of last month's storming of the us congress by supporters of donald trump have been played to senators, some not seen publicly before, as democrats make their case for convicting the former president. they also played panicked recordings of police being overwhelmed by protesters. a sa u d i protesters. a saudi women's rights campaigner has been freed from prison on probation. herfamily so she is back home after more than 1000 days behind bars. she was a prominent figure in the campaign for saudi women to be allowed to dry. several more women activists are in jail. the world health organization has backed the use of the astrazeneca vaccine for all adults, including those over 65. there have been concerns about its effectiveness in older people. they also say it should be used in countries where coronavirus variants are raging. you are up—to—date on the headlines. time now for wednesday in parliament. hello and welcome to wednesday in parliament. ministers unveil more help for people living in unsafe high rise flats. homeowners placed in difficult, sometimes impos

july 2020 the us congress is debating its annual military spending that. question the pentagon's deployment into competitive online gaming. you know to recruit young americans right now currently children armed factions to wage. linked to recruitment final forms that can be for my children as young as 12 years old it began back in 2018 after spending the better part of 2 decades mired in iraq and afghanistan beyond the missed its recruitment target by a distance. brother them rely on the methods of oh blitzing the american i always with t.v. ads the pentagon turn to a platform called twitter which estimated now. birthday uses 15000000 twitch is like a digital version of hanging out on the couch with your friends watching them play video games so there's one person that's kind of in control of the stream they're playing a video game and there's a chat room running on the side and talk to them this is new social media that's really taken over in the last few years in order to get into that space and talk to kids the army the navy the air force and the nation

congress decides to use it. congress uses that clause to pass in 1867 in military reconstruction act. five former confederacy's, five former military districts, with five different generals in charge. civilian governments put in place under andrew johnson after the war were not republican law. the way they were treating african americans and unionists meant that these states weren't republican, at that there needed to be federal control until they could establish a more republican form of government. johnson vetoed, not surprisingly military reconstruction. he said that he felt, according to the andrew johnson site, felt that military reconstruction it was an unconstrained constitutional extension of federal power, that would lead to despotism. as veto message to congress. i submit to congress whether this measure is not in its whole character scope and object with the president, he saying this is without precedent. and without authority, impalpable conflict with the plane is provisions of the constitution. invas

labeled nord stream 8 threat to european energy security and there is bipartisan support in the us congress for sentients against companies building the pipeline nord stream to is an underwater pipeline running through the baltic sea that would transport natural gas directly from russia to germany work on the pipeline is nearing completion and supporters say the nord stream pipeline will provide affordable energy to germany as it phases out nuclear power and coal power opponents warn that will make germany too dependent on gas from an unreliable country. are for more i want to pull in mr andree it's nick he's a member of the german parliament from chancellor angela merkel's c.d.u. party he is also a member of parliament foreign affairs committee mr nick it's good to see you again you and i. we spoke what a few weeks ago about nord stream to you and the german government's position were firmly yes to the project no to us ancients at the time where do you stand tonight . i think there are separate dimension to this discussion i think as you mentioned one of them is question whether unilateral

labeled nord stream a threat to european energy security and there is bipartisan support in the us congress for sentients against companies building the pipeline nord stream to is an underwater pipeline running through the baltic sea that would transport natural gas directly from russia to germany work on the pipeline is nearing completion and supporters say the nord stream to pipeline will provide affordable energy to germany as it things is out nuclear power and coal power opponents warn that will make germany too dependent on gas from an unreliable country. are for more i want to pull in mr andreas nick he's a member of the german parliament from chancellor angela merkel's c.d.u. party he is also a member of parliament foreign affairs committee mr nick it's good to see you again you and i. we spoke what a few weeks ago about nord stream to you and the german government's position before only yes to the project no to us ancients at the time where do you stand tonight. i think there are separate dimension to this discussion i think as you mentioned one of them is question whether unilatera

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harks i robot and i'm across so measure why are the democrats and the by the ministration in the us congress just so tripping over what should be an easy thing to do. it has become a lot more frustrating and powerful than it probably should be part of this i think that the american public needs to know is that you know biden is in the white house obviously he won that election fair and square we have a democratically controlled house and senate however those are very slim margins so in order to actually get this passed without going through the filibuster filibuster process we just saw last week that that was a boy did i however a lot of concessions had to be made republicans have for the longest push to decrease the amount of money that the democrats actually want to have given out no checks but they've also added several riders to this bill that democrats didn't necessarily want to see and i think that at this point this just goes to show that there needed to be more of a majority of democrats in the house and senate to get some of the things passed from the robust plan that biden initiall

us. depends on congress passing the american recovery act research recovery plan and for to us remain vigilant to look out for one another. i've said it before, wash your hands, stay socially distanced, wear a mask, get the vaccine when it's your turn. when your friend, neighbor or loved one is eligible, encourage them to get vaccinated and when all, above all, remember we can do this. this is the united states of america, there's nothing we can't do when we do it together, it's not over yet but we're getting close and god willing, if we do all we know we have to do, we'll beat this sooner than later, may god bless you all and may god protect our troops. thank you for your time. >> mr. president, whatever happened to your promise from seven weeks ago that if democrats flipped the senate, the checks were going out the door? >> let's go guys, thank you. let's go. come on, guys, we're going. >> mr. president? >> thank you so much. >> let's go. come on, guys. >> i see you, let's go. >> with the biden administration now leading the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic, follow the latest at

dramatic video evidence of last month's storming of the us congress by supporters of donald trump has been played to senators, some not seen publicly before, as democrats make their case for convicting the former president. they also played panicked recordings of panicked messages from police being overwhelmed by protesters. a saudi women's rights campaigner, loujain al—hathloul, has been freed from prison on probation. herfamily so she is back home after more than 1000 days behind bars. she was a prominent figure in the campaign for saudi women to be allowed to drive. several more women activists are injail. the world health organization has backed the use of the astrazeneca vaccine for all adults, including people over 65. there have been concerns about the jab�*s effectiveness in older people. they also say it should be used in countries where coronavirus variants are raging. you are up—to—date on the headlines. it's time for click. this week: bioprinting cells, talking to strangers and perfecting your posture. welcome to click. hope you are doing 0k. you probably don't want to hea

in addition, a bipartisan report of the us congress has strongly urged president biden to delay a trumpdministration plan to pull out all us forces by may. now on bbc news — wednesday in parliament. hello again, and welcome to wednesday in parliament — as borisjohnson is warned his covid controls aren't working. it's the 3rd of february, 2021, with new variants in the country, our schools are shut and our borders are open. the number of people getting a jab reaches ten million, but the head of test and trace strikes a note of caution. the big concern and worry is that the virus mutates and succeeds in finding a form that can escape the vaccine. and remembering a long life, lived well. i invite members to nowjoin me for a minutes' silence _ to commemorate sir tom's life. but first, the government says it's a "hugely significant milestone" in the fight against coronavirus. ten million people in the uk have now received their first dose of the covid vaccine. but at prime minister's questions, borisjohnson was told that the biggest threat to the vaccine programme was his government's reluct

search c-span's coverage of news conferences as well as remarks from members of congress, use the gallery of maps to follow the cases in the u.s. and worldwide. go to c-span.org/coronavirus. >>> earlier today, house speaker nancy pelosi held a news conference on a 9/11-style commission to investigate the january 6th capitol attack and legislation to increase the minimum wage. >> good morning, everyone. it is a good morning. we're excited that today the equality act will come to the floor. we have passed it in the house before. the equality act, hr-5, to end discrimination against the lgbtq community. it will be on a path to a signing at the white house. later we'll be gathered right here, right? to talk about that more specifically, but i want to salute david cicilline for his leadership on this legislation and senator merkley and point out that when we announced that legislation, john lewis stood with us as a leader, as a leader in that -- passing the equality act. again, we are waiting as we all are to hear from the senate parliamentarian as to what will happen with the minimum wage pie

and he does hate the way congress decides to use it. congress uses the clause to pass in 1867 the military reconstruction acts, divides the former confederacy into five different military districts, puts generals in charge, and said that the government -- civilian government put into place under andrew johnson after the war were not republican in form. but the way they're treating african-americans and unionists meant that these states weren't republican and there needed to be federal control until they could establish those republican forms of government. johnson vetoed, not surprisingly, military reconstruction bill. and he said that he felt -- this is according to the andrew johnson site in greenville, tennessee, felt the military reconstruction act was an unconstitutional power and would lead to despotism. in his veto message to congress, he says, i submit to congress whether this measure is not in its wholly character scope and object without precedent -- keeping in mind he's saying this is without precedent -- and without authority

in addition to that a bipartisan report to the us congress has strongly urged president biden to delayafghanistan by1 may. let�*s get more on this from joshua kastenberg, a professor of law at the university of new mexico. he was also a lawyer and judge in the us air force, and joins me live from albuquerque. thank you very much indeed for being on the programme. would you agree with the word coming from the eu�*s commissionerfor crisis management that its peace process is only brink of collapse?— collapse? visible, thank you for having — collapse? visible, thank you for having me _ collapse? visible, thank you for having me on _ collapse? visible, thank you for having me on this - collapse? visible, thank you i for having me on this morning, and yes, i do agree that afghanistan is sitting on a precipice —— first of all. and if the allied forces pull—out and leave the government unprotected at this point there is a very strong chance the country will devolve into a civil war, complete with human atrocity. civilwar, complete with human atroci . ,, , atrocity. reports suggest the taliban

in addition to that a bipartisan report to the us congress has strongly urged president biden to delay out of afghanistan byi may. let's get more on this from andrew watkins, who is senior analyst specialising in afghanistan for international crisis group. andrew, that high probability of failure, do you agree? thank ou for of failure, do you agree? thank you for having _ of failure, do you agree? thank you for having me. _ you for having me. unfortunately, the nature of peace processes anywhere around the world is that they will often face a high probability often face a high probability of failure. the things that start conflict and continue them, as they have in afghanistan for a0 years, are often very difficult obstacles to overcome, no matter how a his —— peace process is structured. but the steps the trump administration took to get here, there is no doubt this process is particularly fragile at the moment. what others obstacles? _ fragile at the moment. what others obstacles? the - fragile at the moment. what - others obstacles? the obstacles are that both _ others obstacles? th

can you commit and reassure the us | congress and the us president that| you will do so, in allj circumstancesnt, these agreements are absolutely crucial... and the northern ireland protocol? ..for our continued stability. 0ur continued stability and success as a uk and success... i have a great relationship with dublin, with micheal martin, the irish taoiseach, and we will work together to do some great things. and be in no doubt, we don't want to do anything to jeopardise the achievements of the northern irish peace process. it's absolutely vital. america and uk of course still battling the pandemic. 0ur vaccine roll—out slightly better than the

hawks i robot and i'm across so measure why are the democrats in the by the ministration in the us congress just so tripping over what should be an easy thing to do. it has become a lot more frustrating and powerful than it probably should be part of this i think that the american public needs to know is that you know biden is in the white house obviously he won that election fair and square we have a democratically controlled house and senate however those are very slim margins so in order to actually get this passed without going through the filibuster filibuster process we just saw last week that that was a boy did i however a lot of concessions had to be made republicans have for the longest push to decrease the amount of money that the democrats actually want to have given out no checks but they've also added several riders to this bill that democrats didn't necessarily want to see and i think that at this point this just goes to show that there needed to be more of a majority of democrats in the house and senate to get some of the things passed from the robust plan that biden initiall

the latest headlines from bbc news: dramatic video evidence of last month's storming of the us congressonvicting the former president. they also played panicked recordings of panicked radio messages from police being overwhelmed by protesters. a saudi women's rights campaigner, loujain al—hathloul, has been freed from prison on probation. her family say she is back home after more than 1,000 days behind bars. she was a prominent figure in the campaign for saudi women to be allowed to drive. several more women activists are injail. the world health organization has backed the use of the astrazeneca vaccine for all adults, including people over 65. there have been concerns about the jab's effectiveness for older people. experts also say it should be used in countries where coronavirus variants are present.