law enforcement in benin seem beholden to kabaka. money, a policeman came to salute him. when he got too close, one of kabaka's boys pushed him aside. even the state vigilantes seem loyal to him. gunshot one of the vigilantes just shot. my heart literallyjumped in my mouth, because you never know, with kabaka, you never know whether his detractors might be trying to get him. kabaka's work in politics has made him rich. a street is named after him and he lives in a multimillion—naira mansion. inside, kabaka was keen to show me how connected he is with the political elite. governor adams 0shiomhole recognised kabaka's street popularity and made him an asset. at one point, kabaka commanded over 7,000 tax collectors, gathering billions in revenue for the governor. come. politics has lifted kabaka from cultist enforcer to multimillionaire. in nigeria, this is the dream for many young axemen. louis... louis vuitton shoes? yeah. when was the last time you wore this? but kabaka's involvement in politics has made him enemies. in 2020, kabaka'

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but let's talk about your contemporary knowledge of the benin case. does it just keep rolling along? >> well you define the difference between those two individuals. remember when biden was told that he was going to be held in criminal contempt? or that he was going to be referred for it? it became an advertising marketing opportunity for him. he talked about the revenge he would have on democrats. and how this moment would be hoisted exactly upon them when republicans were back in control. it was almost like a fund raising letter for tongue wagging lobbyists. meadows situation is quite different. but i will tell you this. i don't see as poly doubt, i don't see meadows giving up the ghost any more quickly than benin at this time. his lawyer has telegraphed that he has a good lawyer, that they are not going to be discussing the host of committing anything that they insist on discussing. and that they are only going to talk about things under certain limitations. and it tells me that they are going to try a more polite and in-depth stall. on the course

peter macjob, bbc news, benin city. brave reporting.n on the woman who set out to barter her way to home ownership. in britain, there's been huge demand for covid booster vaccines after borisjohnson announced a massive acceleration of the programme. when we arrived here there was queues snaking right around the block. there's a football pitch just here and they were going round all four edges of it. in fact, this is an appointment centre and walk—in. it's open till seven o'clock tonight but they had to close the walk—in section of that at two o'clock because they figured they'd got five hours worth of queue there. and it has been a long wait for most people — this is right at the end of it now, still probably a half hour wait for the people there, but most of them have been out here for more than four hours, and it's not been particularly warm and there's been intermittent drizzle, too, so they do seem pretty determined to get those boosters today if they can. this is right at the end of it now, still probably a half—hour wait for the p

will find it required that we'll have to send more american and nato troops into the eastern flank, beninl those nato countries where we have a sacred obligation, to defend them against any attack by russia. number three, the impact of all of that on russia and its attitude to the rest of the world, the view of russia will change markedly. they'll pay a terrible price. >> a senior state department employee will travel to moscow to get the russian view of the situation then consul with officials in brussels. nick, there's talk of more convergence between the u.s. and allies. is that going to translate into a unified response if russia moves on ukraine? >> it is. there was not planned to be a specific russia/ukraine statement coming from the g7. there was planned a more general all-encompassing statement about the outcome of this meeting. however, there is now going to be what we're being told is a specific statement on russia and ukraine to purposefully show that strength of unity and resolve, we're being told. foreign ministers here are fired up on the issue, that there is full support an

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because i think they're willing to give up the testimony of benin to make an example of him and the deterrence of others. but with meadows, i think he has a lot of important information that they want to get. >> peter, this investigation is hugely important in terms of the preservation of our democracy. but it is not going to be pushed into 2022. the year of the midterms. what does that do politically for biden? >> i obviously, this creates a different political scenario of people who have imagined. the original idea was to get this investigation done by early enough in the year that it wouldn't necessarily be front and center in the fall campaign. that was in the interest of the republicans. they thought that that would be the one reason they opposed for a bipartisan. but not because of the delaying action, it almost seems encouraged the idea that we are going to push this into the fall and make it more of a campaign top pick. now that may or may not help the democrats. democrats have started to learn in this off year election in new jersey and elsewhere, focusing on trump is not a winning st

tonight, this is the appeals court that holds jurisdiction were both the meadows case and the sea benine are being heard. so an appeals court ruling, on the legitimacy of the court, it's a definitive thing. that the court in that circuit have to abide by. and in this appeals court ruling tonight, to january six investigation is described us quite legitimate. it is described in this ruling as having a uniquely vital interest in carrying out the january six investigation. so to the extent that steve bannon and mark meadows say, we don't need to comply with this thing. congress is doing something that they shouldn't even be doing here. that ruling, that argument, would appear to be closed off to them. so for steve bannon, and mark meadows their path to trying to swear out of this has just gotten a lot narrow. this is a bad day for them. steve bannon is already being prosecuted for defying the subpoena from the investigation. the house is set to refer mark meadows for the same kind of criminal prosecution. it looks like that will happen on monday, this upcoming monday. just a few days from