david willis reporting _ see them. david willis reporting from - see them.illis reporting from los - see them. david willis - reporting from los angeles. australia's third largest city, brisbane, is to go into lockdown shortly in an attempt to contain the spread of the delta variant of coronavirus. the deputy premier of queensland said millions of residents in brisbane and several other areas would be ordered to stay at home for three days. our correspondent shaimaa khalil has more details. we know that the cluster now in brisbane has increased to seven people. six of those new cases were reported today, all linked to a 17—year—old student, and this is why we are now hearing that the snap lockdown affecting south—east queensland, specifically 11 local areas in brisbane. what is worrying health authorities there is that they are expecting the number of exposure sites to increase. they are saying there is going to be an enormous list of exposure sites which means that it could be a larger number of cases as well. we heard from the deputy premier today who said

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live now to our north america correspondent david willis. david, good to see you. this has been a wrangling between two different government departments, the internal revenue service and the department ofjustice. what has brought us to this point? you're right, every president in modern times since richard nixon has declared their tax results. the only exception to that being donald trump, of course, and he has fought tooth and nail to keep those documents secret. he had the backing up until recently, of course, of the usjustice department. well now, there's been a change of the guard, if you like, there, and there is a biden administration in place and new officials are occupying senior positions in the us justice department and they have decided that it is legitimate for the house ways and means committee to seek donald trump's tax returns, so they boarded the us treasury to make them available. now, this could be the beginning of the end of a very long and drawnout process involving the former president and his claim or his aim, i should say, that these document

david willis reporting - they stand up against them. david willis reporting there.uring looting on monday night at a shopping centre in soweto, the country's biggest township. the military has now been deployed to help the overstretched police. nomsa maseko reports. thrown by her mother to safety. cheers of relief after looting, fires and rampage caused these people to flee their homes. rioters targeted on the ground floor here, then set the building on fire, affecting apartments on the upper floors. this man returning again and again to help people escape. what initially started as a pro—jacob zuma protest has now become almost like a free—for—all. the looting spree began five days ago and it has continued unabated. the military has been deployed on the ground, but even they cannot control the situation. nearly 800 people have been arrested and the leaders of the provinces affected by rioting have said 19 people have died, while the death toll stands at 26. despite the visible criminality and violence here, some believe this is still very much aboutjacob zuma, the

david willis, bbc news, los angeles. of protests in france. in central paris protesters clashed with police, who responded with tear gas. the demonstrations are against a draft bill introducing covid passes and mandatory vaccination for health workers. the passes give access to a wide variety of services and amenities to those who have been fully vaccinated, or have a negative test result. protesters say it restricts people's freedom , but the protests also draw support from the far left and far right, and from those who claim vaccines don't work. protests have also been taking place in london. these were the scenes in trafalgar square, where thousands of people gathered to campaign against vaccine passports, facemasks and further lockdowns. crowds then marched down whitehall. several people have been arrested in sydney as thousands of anti—lockdown protesters breached covid—19 restrictions in the centre of australia's biggest city. thousands joined the protests after authorities suggested covid—19 restrictions could rem

david willis, bbc news, washington. expected to cause damage to haiti and the dominican republic before heading north to the us. people in haiti are being told to leave their homes and officials there say the whole country is threatened by the storm. it already has sustained gusts of over 130 kilometres an hour. haiti is particularly vulnerable to flooding and landslides because of heavy deforestation. the us national hurricane center says elsa could bring tidal surges of up to two metres above normal levels. to canada now. the military is on standby to help evacuate towns and fight more than 170 wildfires. record breaking high temperatures mean the government is warning of a long and challenging summer ahead. british colombia is badly hit with many fires caused by intense lightning storms. well earlier i spoke to elizabeth wolkovich, who's a climate change scientist from the university of british columbia. i asked whether she was suprised by the extreme wildfires affecting british columbia this year. it is certainly a

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.have managed to push back taliban militants from the southern city of lashkar gah in helmand province after they advanced close to the city centre on friday. it's the second provincial capital the armed group has entered in recent days. it comes after afghan security forces, aided by american air strikes, recaptured a district around the airport in the western city of herat. with us—led foreign forces nearing a complete withdrawal of troops, the taliban have made swift territorial gains over the last two months. the eu special envoy for afghanistan, tomas niklasson, who hasjust visited kabul and doha, described it as a very very serious moment for afghanistan. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, who is in kabul, asked him if he feared the situation would get even worse. i would of course like to say that the best way forward is a ceasefire, universal, immediate, declared today, implemented tomorrow, and peace talks to resume in doha after a few days. i find that an unli

david willis reporting.an say they've captured more than ten districts in afghanistan over the past 2a hours. the militants have been advancing rapidly, as nato troops withdraw. they now control about a third of the country. afghanistan's military insisted today it will retake all districts that have fallen. our correspondent secunder kermani reports. gunfire the taliban have been advancing rapidly across afghanistan. in some areas, under—resourced government forces have surrendered or fled. in others, the insurgents have faced stiff resistance. the group is now in control of around a third of all districts. but afghan officials are vowing to launch a counteroffensive. the afghan security forces, the afghan air force has reorganised itself so they may have abandoned their posts because they ran out of ammunition, they ran out of supplies, but by no means has anyone defected. bagram was america's largest base in afghanistan and is home to high—value prisoners. it has been handed over to afghan forces, as near

the bbc�*s david willis explains.erican administrations have all expressed their dislike of the nord stream 2 gas pipeline. they believe it potentially gives russia too much leverage, too much control over european energy supply, for the simple reason that it will take gas directly from russia to germany, bypassing ukraine and poland. well, now, in an act of pragmatism, i think you could say, president biden has said that he is willing to waive sanctions that have been imposed on the people, on the german company constructing this pipeline, because it's virtually built. 98% of it has already been constructed, the biden administration believes there's nothing really they can do now to prevent it from coming into use. so it's better to leverage its relationship with germany, the biggest ally in europe, of course, and this follows chancellor angela merkel�*s visit to washington, dc, last week at which the subject was raised. so the biden administration, believes it does not really have any other choice, backing this proj

david willis in la. foreign minister yair lapid has called for a harsh response after two crew members were killed in an attack on an israeli—operated oil tanker in the arabian sea near oman. the vessel's owners, zodiac maritime, says one of those killed was british and the other romanian. iran is suspected of being behind the attacks. here's the bbc security correspondent frank gardner. well, this is quite a serious escalation and it certainly doesn't look like piracy. an investigation was begun fairly soon afterwards. it took place late in the afternoon yesterday about 150 nautical miles — that's about 250, roughly, kilometres — north—east of the omani port of duqm, and what israeli television is saying, quoting an israeli official, was that it was attacked by an explosive drone. now, usually in piracy attacks, it's very unusual for anybody to be killed. piracy attacks are quite rare now because most of the ships either have escorts or they've armed guards on board, so they are nothing like the level t

here's our north america correspondent, david willis.as elected, donald trump maintained that his tax records were under audit and they were apparently still under audit by the time he'd left office. and two years ago, the us justice department turned down a request by the house ways and means committee, which is looking into donald trump's financial affairs, for the treasury to be compelled to release those documents, those tax documents. well now, the us justice department under the biden administration has reversed that decision, paving the way for the release of six years worth of donald trump's tax records. democrats have welcomed the move, republicans have denounced it. will we get to see the documents any time soon? that is very doubtful. it's likely that donald trump will fight this decision through the courts and it will ultimately be up to the ways and means committee to vote on whether to allow these documents to be released to a wider audience, including other members of congress. ultimately, of course, as well to the public

david willis there.cting prime minister claudejoseph says he believes presidentjovenel moise may have been killed because he'd taken on what he called haiti's oligarchs. the chief of police thanks 28 people were involved. mrjoseph said six members of the gang that attacked moise�*s house had been captured and seven shot dead. africa has experienced its most devestating week so far of the coronavirus pandemic, with worse yet to come according to the world health organisation. confirmed cases have already passed january's peak and are doubling every eighteen days with deaths not far behind. it's likely that actual cases are much higher than this however, due to poor levels of testing. this comes as only about one percent of the continent's population is fully vaccinated. an african director at the world health organization alluded to the delta variant feeling more cases. figs alluded to the delta variant feeling more cases.- feeling more cases. as it spreads _ feeling more cases. as it spreads to _ feeling

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.vid self—isolation in england has been significantly expanded following criticism it did not go far enough. currently, most people identified as close contacts of someone with coronavirus have to self—isolate for 10 days — which the government says is "crucial" in controlling the spread of the virus. our business correspondent simon browning reports. as the days pass, the list grows of key workers who qualify for exemption from covid isolation in england. police, fire, border force, transport and freight staff will now be able to join some food workers who can return to work if they test negative after being told to isolate, whether they are vaccinated or not. industry leaders are frustrated by rising staff shortages. it is inadequate and it is late. what we need is the government to realise that we have major problems occurring across all industrial sectors, because people are being pinged and are having to self—isolate and the vast, vast majority of them it happens unnecessarily. hun

that was david willis. stay with us on bbc news, still to come...n — after receiving online racist abuse, over his missed penalty in the euros final. after months of talks and missed deadlines, a deal has been struck to keep greece within the euro zone. the immediate prospect of greece going bust in the worst crisis to hit the euro zone has been averted. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worst floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the great white way by americans, but tonight, it's completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder to all americans of the problems that the energy crisis has brought to them. leaders meet in paris- fora summit on pollution, inflation and third world debt. this morning, theyjoinedl the revolution celebrations for a show of military might on the champs—elysees. . wildlife officials in australia have been coping with a penguin problem. fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on a

david willis, bbc news, washington.hey're facing every day. some of the uk's leading retailers say violence towards staff has escalated during the pandemic, and they're urging the government to change policing laws to tackle the issue. our business correspondent, katy austin, reports. attacked while at work. the health and beauty chain boots says abuse and aggression against staff in its stores is a real problem and one that's been getting worse, particularly during the pandemic. david, a store manager for another retailer, says he's had horrible experiences. you get in between customers who are arguing about social distancing or mask wearing. we don't challenge that ourselves cos we feel we shouldn't have to, but we have to defuse the situations. and one time we've had an incident where we tried to defuse the situation and remove someone from the store and that sadly ended up with one of my colleagues getting punched. and on the way out, one of the ladies stuck her nails into my head and gouged a big chunk out of my he

david willis reports. he said it was an assault on liberty.delphia, the president warned of a threat to the ideals on which this nation was founded. hear emmy clearly, there is an unfolding assault taking place in america today, an attempt to suppress and submit the right to vote in fair and free elections. an assault on democracy, an assault on liberty, and assault on who we are, who we are as americans. we must stop this deal, and then— we must stop this deal, and then we _ we must stop this deal, and then we must ensure that such outrageous election fraud never happens — outrageous election fraud never happens again. donald trump's claims of boating irregularity have prompted more than a dozen republican lead states to pass laws restricting the right to vote. republicans say the measures will enhance election security, democrats say they will deter black and low income voters, and as sizeable part of the base from casting their votes. more than 50 democratic lawmakers from texas flew into washington, dc to delay a vote on election laws back

david willis reports.ainstaking recovery effort, it's now a race against time. a tropical storm is bearing down on miami, packing winds of up to 70 mph. officials fear tropical storm elsa could send what remains of the apartment complex toppling on to those on the ground. so they're now looking to demolish it before elsa makes landfall. this will protect our search and rescue teams because we don't know when it could fall over and, of course, with these gusts, potentially, that would create a really severe hazard. that means boring into the structure of the building in order to install explosives — a precarious proposition given how unstable it has become. once complete, however, the effort will give officials their first access to the garage area, which has been the focus of the search so far. meanwhile, residents of another miami apartment building have been evacuated after engineers came across concrete and electrical problems. they're building isjust seven miles from the one that collapsed. there, two

david willis. let's get some of the day's other news.the coronavirus vaccine. people over 60 can get the top—up starting on sunday. the us and the eu have yet to approve the booster shots. israel was one of the fastest countries in the world to vaccinate its population with the first two doses. a former roman catholic cardinal in the united states has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage boy nearly half a century ago. theodore mccarrick, who's 91, is accused of abusing the boy on several occasions, including at a wedding reception near boston. his lawyer said he will address the case in court and made no further comment. a public inquiry into the murder of a maltese investigative journalist, daphne ca ruana galizia, has found that the state bore responsibility for her death, by creating a "culture of impunity". she died four years ago in a car bomb attack near her home. her revelations helped to trigger an early election by publishing allegations linking the then prime minister joseph muscat to the panama papers scandal, which

david willis has this report. travelling on the wrong side of the road hit his motor bike outside raf croughton in northamptonshire. the driver, anne sacoolas, pictured here on her wedding day, was charged with causing death by dangerous driving but fled the country and claimed diplomatic immunity. officials here have refused to extradite her. last month, at the g7 summit in cornwall, borisjohnson reiterated to president biden his desire to see justice done, and there are now plans for ms sacoolas to attend a virtual civil trialfrom her home in the state of virginia. with the process gathering pace, harry's parents have come here to give evidence under oath. there has got to be a proper end to this. there's got to be justice of some description. this cannot be just left as it is. we will keep going. we will keep going, even if it takes us forever, we will keep going. are you any more confident after today justice will be served? yes, absolutely. you know, like i said, everything we do is a step in the right direct

david willis reports.y effort, it's now a race against time. a tropical storm is bearing down on miami, packing winds of up to 70mph. 0fficials fear tropical storm elsa could send what remains of the apartment complex toppling on to those on the ground. so they're now looking to demolish it before elsa makes landfall. this will protect our search and rescue teams because we don't know when it could fall over and, of course, with these gusts, potentially, that would create a really severe hazard. that means boring into the structure of the building in order to install explosives — a precarious proposition given how unstable it has become. 0nce complete, however, the effort will give officials their first access to the garage area, which has been the focus of the search so far. meanwhile, residents of another miami apartment building have been evacuated after engineers came across concrete and electrical problems. their building isjust seven miles from the one that collapsed. there, two more bodies were disc

david willis, bbc news, washington. at least four people have been killed in a wildfire in cyprus. area north of the cities of limassol and larnaca and has forced the evacuation of several villages. greece, italy and israel are sending planes to cyprus following an appeal for help. at least 17 people have died and 40 others have been rescued after a military plane crashed in the southern philippines. a brilliant night for england in rome — as they thrash ukraine, and move on to the semi finals of the euros. here, the health secretary, sajid javid, says there is a "compelling" case that easing covid restrictions in england will improve the country's health. writing in the mail on sunday, mrjavid — who took over from matt hancock a week ago — said england remains "on track" for a relaxation of the rules on july the 19th. 0ur political correspondent chris mason reports. this is the new man at the department of health. he says that when he came off the phone last weekend, having been offered the job of health secretary by the prime minister, his teenage daughter said, sarcastically, "y

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.ead disinformation to undermine public confidence in a covid vaccine is being shut down. in may, the company called fazze approached a number of internet personalities and offered to pay them to use their videos to promote fake claims about the safety of the pfizer jab. french and german authorities are investigating the firm, which claimed to be based in the uk. charlie haynes reports. the deal was, in exchange for money, i had to talk about the pfizer vaccine, and the idea was that i had to say that the pfizer vaccine was three times more lethal than the astrazeneca vaccine. there's nothing like "hello" or something like that. the email starts with "my name is daniel, i'm engaged in an information campaign regarding the covid—19 vaccine. the data leaks showed a significant number of deaths after the pfizer vaccination. we would like to invite you to share this information link." the articles that youtuber ashkar techy shared contain dubious links falsely implying that the pfizer vacc

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.res in england. earlier our poltical correspondent pete saull gave a bit more background behind the decision. you remember boris johnson you remember borisjohnson about ten orso you remember borisjohnson about ten or so days ago... from the 10th of september if you want to attain a club or other large venue with lots of crowds you have to show proof of double vaccination. lots of other settings have been considered by ministers, one suggestion was that once the university students return to campus in september, they will have to show proof of double vaccination to go to lectures, to even stay in their halls of residence. now, that has been looked at, i'm told that does not have been shelved, that particular idea. we don't quite know why. certainly there has been a big backlash to idea of the widespread use of vaccine passports among conservative mps. they leader of the house of commons jacob rees mogg is saying last night that that is not the end of the idea of a vaccine passports but

david willis, bbc news, washington. storm forecast ahead is already expected to cause damage to haiti and the dominican republic before heading north to the us. people in haiti are being told to leave their homes and officials there say the whole country is threatened by the storm. it already has sustained gusts of over 130 kilometres an hour. haiti is particularly vulnerable to flooding and landslides because of heavy deforestation. the us national hurricane center says elsa could bring tidal surges of up to two metres above normal levels. tens of thousands of people in cities across brazil have been protesting against the government of president jair bolsonaro, calling for his resignation over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. the demonstrations were triggered by recent allegations of corruption involving the purchase of vaccines by the health ministry. mr bolsonaro denies any wrongdoing. here's thais carranca, from bbc brazil. she told us what the atmosphere was like at the protests: i am just back from the p

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.elp maintain its global leadership in the sector. a quarter of the world's big telecoms spacecraft are manufactured in britain, and the new quantum platform is billed as the market's next—generation product. quantum was launched on an ariane rocket from french guiana on friday night. here's our science correspondentjonathan amos. another rocket climbs skyward to bolster a sector that europe, and the uk in particular, has come to dominate — the business of telecommunications satellites. there are hundreds of these spacecraft overhead, bouncing tv, phone calls, broadband and other data services around the planet. but the new satellite going into orbit, called quantum, represents a big step forward in technology. while traditional telecom spacecraft are configured before launch to do very specific tasks, quantum has been built for flexibility. it is the sector's first fully reprogrammable spacecraft. it is able to rapidly change the coverage, bandwidth, power and frequency of its signals.

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.to lockdown again in another attempt to contain the spread of the delta variant of coronavirus. the deputy premier of queensland said millions of residents in brisbane and several other areas would be ordered to stay at home for three days. shaimaa khalil has the latest. queensland has always been the example of notjust containing and eliminating the virus for many months, but when i travelled there a few months ago, life seemed to be going back to normal. it was easy to forget about covid—i9 when you were in queensland, but that is the challenge with the delta variant. there are six new locally acquired cases of the delta variant and all linked to a 17—year—old student who tested positive on thursday. that is why the queensland state government has said that 11 areas in brisbane will go into strict lockdown until tuesday, so no—one can leave the house except for essential reasons or to go for a covid test or a vaccination. people are not allowed to travel further than 10 kilometres fr

for more on this we can talk to our north america correspondent david willis. at this point, with china refusing to budge, and the us insisting that they do. where do we go from here? that as a very good question indeed. president biden, of course, has made countering chinese expansionism a central plank of his foreign policy. already the two superpowers have clashed over such things as cybersecurity, human rights, not to mention, of course, the global coronavirus pandemic. it's something thatjoe biden is keen to press the chinese on, not least because of the more than 4 million people around the world who... here in the united states. now, back in may, president biden instructed his senior officials to get to the bottom of... we have to apologise for that line, the technical glitch with our correspondent, with david willis, we will get back to them if we can later on in the programme. let's take a look at some of the other stories in the headlines today. the united states has imposed sanctions on his senior cuban official and a security price which answers to

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.om the southern city of lashkar gah in helmand province after they advanced close to the city centre on friday. it is the second provincial capital the armed group has entered in recent days. it comes after afghan security forces, aided by american air strikes, recaptured a district around the airport in the western city of herat. with us—led foreign forces nearing a complete withdrawal of troops, the taliban have made swift territorial gains over the last two months. the england cricketer ben stokes has been praised after it was announced he is taking an indefinite break from the sport with immediate effect. he has withdrawn from england's squad for the five—test series against india to prioritise his mental wellbeing and rest a finger injury. in a tweet, the england and wales cricket board said he had shown tremendous courage to open up about his feelings. the news about ben stokes follows confirmation that simone biles has withdrawn from a further two events at the olympics, having

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.sydney as thousands of anti—lockdown protesters breached covid—i9 restrictions in the centre of australia's largest city. thousands joined the protests after authorities suggested covid—i9 restrictions could remain in place until october, a number of them clashed with the police and were arrested. demonstrations have also taken place in melbourne and brisbane. 14 million australians are under strict stay—at—home orders as the authorities struggle to contain a surge in delta variant infections. phil mercerjoins us from sydney. we've just heard from the new south wales police minister, and he has described about three point 5000 protesters here in sydney as a australian caller cleared them for idiots, and i think many australians will agree with his sentiments. health officials say that the actions of these protesters could well cost lives, and senior police officers say the consequences could be catastrophic given that only about 15% of australians are fully vaccinated against covid—i9.

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.om manchester piccadilly on thursday evening, and was last spotted leaving london euston station in the early hours of friday morning. greater manchester police are trying to trace a man and woman, who travelled on the same train as her from bolton to manchester and are believed to have been worried about her. you're watching bbc news. one of the largest music festivals in europe to be staged since the start of the pandemic is taking place this weekend in sheffield in the north of england. around 40,000 people are expected to attend every day over the weekend. masks and social distancing will not be required but to get into the grounds, concert goers will need to prove their covid—19 status. corinna wheatley explains how that's being done. it's a scene we used to take for granted during the festival season. now it seems a little unfamiliar. around 40,000 people are attending tramlines each day this weekend, and once they're in, social distancing and masks are not required. there are me

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.chester piccadilly on thursday evening, and was last spotted leaving london euston station in the early hours of friday morning. our correspondent sanchia berg has been following developments. well, the latest is, as you said, that the police have issued an appeal and fatuma's parents were there. they did not speak, but they did look quite desperately worried about their daughter. the police have issued an appeal and they are particularly keen to try to track down a couple who fatuma spoke to, according to the cctv, on the train between bolton and manchester. they are not suggesting this couple have anything to do with her disappearance. they just think that fatuma might have given them some indication of where she was going and what her plans are. family and friends have told the police that in the past she talked about wanting to set up her own clothes business, perhaps in the london bridge, tower bridge area, but of course she is only 11 and she is extremely vulnerable. it looks lik

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.kadir was seen boarding a train from manchester piccadilly on thursday evening, and was last spotted leaving london euston station in the early hours of friday morning. our correspondent, sanchia berg, is following developments. what is the latest on this? well, the latest is, _ what is the latest on this? well, the latest is, as— what is the latest on this? well, the latest is, as you _ what is the latest on this? well, the latest is, as you said, - what is the latest on this? well, the latest is, as you said, that l what is the latest on this? well, i the latest is, as you said, that the police have issued an appeal and fatuma kadir�*s parents were there, they did not speak, but they did look quite desperately worried about their daughter. the police have issued an appeal and they are particularly keen to try to track down a couple who fatuma kadir spoke to, according to the cctv, on the train between bolton and manchester. they are not suggesting this couple have anything to do with

david willis, bbc news, los angeles.the spread of the delta variant of coronavirus. the deputy premier of queensland said millions of residents in brisbane and several other areas would be ordered to stay at home for three days. it comes a day after authorities deployed hundreds of soldiers and police in sydney to enforce its covid lockdown. and, for a nation so invested in sport the latest restrictions are casusing chaos for competitions across the country. rugby, cricket and australian rules football have already struggled to get games played across the country. and today's lockdown has thrown fixtures into chaos and put the viability of some sports intojeopardy, with all the financial implications that brings. let's get an idea ofjust how much disruption the lockdown in brisbane has caused to sporting events all across australia this weekend and head to melbourne to speak with mitch cleary. he's a journalist and podcaster at afl dot com dot a—u covering australian rules football. give us some context. we all know aust

. >> let's bring in david willis live in washington dc. must be a mixture of astonishment and consternation that this trial is able to happen if the supreme court of pennsylvania says there were huge legal mistakes. >> it is a stunning reversal of fortune for a comedian once known as america's dad. >>'s prosecution was the first involving a celebrity in the so-called -- following the so-called #metoo movement. what has happened today is this ruling by the liberal supreme court has basically decided that because bill cosby reached an agreement with the local prosecutor that he would not be criminally charged if he gave evidence at a civil hearing, a civil trial, involving the accuser, andrea constand, and she was later awarded more than $3 million in damages, well, there was a change in prosecutor and that prosecutor is -- that prosecutor's successor decided charges would be brought against cosby. the supreme court has ruled that was unfair. it was unfair that he was denie fair trial. in its words "bill cosby's arrest was an affront to fund

david willis joins david willisjoins me now.is decision to with draw the military. some have questioned the speed at which this has happened given the us has had a presence they for so many years. presence they for so many ears. ~ , ,., y presence they for so many ears. ~ , , ., presence they for so many ears. n, , ., years. absolutely and it has been brought _ years. absolutely and it has been brought forward. - years. absolutely and it has been brought forward. we l years. absolutely and it has - been brought forward. we were led to believe september 11 will be the date but now it would be by the end of august. president biden said today. he also made the point us could no longer afford as a human cost or the strategic distraction of maintaining large numbers of us forces in afghanistan. he said the us had done what it sought to achieve when it went in. that was the killing of a sudden bin laden —— summer bin laden, and the rooting out of cells. basically it was up to the afghan to sort out what sort of country they wanted goi

let's cross live to our north america correspondent, david willis, in los angeles. can with president biden. some strong language there, but can he actually do much to change this? it he actually do much to change this? ., , , he actually do much to change this? . , , , ., this? it was very strong language. _ this? it was very strong language, david, - this? it was very strong l language, david, perhaps this? it was very strong - language, david, perhaps his most forceful denounce the asian so far of these moves by republican lead states —— forceful denunciations so far. he didn't mention donald trump directly by name, he did attack the so—called �*big lie', that the so—called �*big lie', that the 2020 election was clouded by voter fraud and other irregularities and he said that was completely false. he said this was the most scrutinised election in american history. but instead of it ring celebrated, —— being celebrated, —— being celebrated, it was an example of human nature at its worst, he said, something darker and more sinister. these voting restrictions are bei

i'm joined by the bbc�*s david willis in los angeles. rats fleeing their own state, heading to washington. just explain why these new voting restrictions are so controversial?— voting restrictions are so controversial? ~ ., j~ controversial? well, about 58 democratic — controversial? well, about 58 democratic lawmakers - controversial? well, about 58 democratic lawmakers left i controversial? well, about 58 i democratic lawmakers left texas today, bound for the nation plasma capital, washington, dc, which they arrived at a couple of hours ago. their departure from texas basically deprives republican lawmakers who hold the majority in both chambers there in texas of a quorum, the number of people present that i needed under state laws in orderfor a needed under state laws in order for a vote to be cast. now, in this particular case, what they are seeking to avoid is any vote on very controversial laws which have been brought in, in many other states, republican lead states, in this country, that basically restrict voting rights or, as repu

here's our north america correspondent, david willis. vaccinated state in this country. and thursday's remarks by its republican governor were well received by the white house. they are supposed to have common sense. but it is time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks because it's the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down. in a speech, president biden echoed governor kay ivey�*s assertion that the recent rise in covid—19 cases was the fault of those who have refused to get vaccinated. what we have now is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. here is the point. first of all, the covid—19 deaths and hospitalisations today are among the unvaccinated people. and i know, i know this has gotten a bit politicised, but i hope it is starting to change. a growing number of republicans and conservative leaders have called on people to get vaccinated in recent days following nearly a three—fold increase in coronavirus cases in the last two weeks, most of them involving people who have not been vaccinated. 56% of americans,

our north america correspondent david willis is in los angeles and he put president biden's words intoguage, david, perhaps his most forceful denunciation so far of these moves by republican—led states to suppress voting rights. and perhaps his most forceful denunciation of his predecessor. even though he didn't mention donald trump directly by name, he did, however, attack the so—called �*big lie�*, that's donald trump's assertion that the 2020 election was clouded by voter fraud and other irregularities and he said that was completely false. he said this was the most scrutinised election in american history. but instead of it being celebrated, it was an example, he said, of human nature at its worst, something darker and more sinister. and of course, these voting restrictions are being broadened to a variety of republican states. now, more than a dozen of them have implemented them so far. president biden of course has really kind of found it very frustrating as far as getting national voting rights legislation on the books because it's currently stalled in the senate. is there anyth