then and our correspondent stephanie simons tell us more about what we're seeing so far from those lawmakers presenting the case against from. well all day long the democrats the house impeachment managers are making the case that donald trump did it or was the insider in chief he incited the crowds to ransack the capitol and to this insurrection basically but not only and this is their main point not only with the speech he held on general 6 when all of this happened but also for months and months before so 3 points they want to make a donald trump is responsible for what happened on january 6th be it was not only his speech he held that date but months and months weeks and weeks before a kind of planned approach by repeating the lies of a rick and stolen election and then egging on the crowds over many many weeks to be a trainer and then in the speech to do exactly and to be responsible for that what happened on january 6th so far democrats are doing this with a timeline they're very meticulous about their giving a lot of details new video showing which was not pretty seen before from insi

then and our correspondent stephanie simon's chef and tell us more about what we're seeing so far from those lawmakers presenting the case against. all day long the democrats the house managers are making the case that donald trump did it or was the insider in chief he incited the crowds to ransack the capital and to this insurrection basically but not only and this is their main point not only with the speech he held on general 6 when all of this happened but also for months and months before so 3 points they want to make hay donald trump is responsible for what happened on january 6th be it was not only his speech he held that day but months and months weeks and weeks before a kind of planned approach by repeating the lies of a rick and stolen election and then egging on the crowds over many many weeks we have to be there and then in the speech to do exactly and to be responsible for that what happened on january 6th so far democrats are doing this with a timeline they're very meticulous about their giving a lot of details new video showing which was never seen before from inside the

best case forward their permit probably busy now streamlining the defense tactic for tomorrow stephanie simons for us there in washington d.c. well drugmaker astra zeneca has said it expects to have a new version of its covert 1000 vaccine ready by autumn in the northern hemisphere that will work against emerging viruses variants denouncement comes in response to studies showing low efficacy against the highly infectious south african variant and meanwhile the country's president cyril ramaphosa says his government has secured millions of doses of johnson and johnson and biotech pfizer vaccines to fight the variant he made the announcement during his annual address to the nation in which he also promised measures to revive the struggling economy and to tackle record unemployment. a nation battling the devastating impact of a global health emergency. which has hit south africa harder than any other country on the continent. president serial around the pose has come under fire for delays in acquiring and ruling at vaccines a topic which he focused on in his state of the nation address. must unde

correspondent stephanie simons in washington is on the line to talk us through day trip day 3 of this trial jeff and house prosecutors have a wrapped up their case how exactly did they try to make that link between donald trump's words and the insurrection that followed. right so that was the 2nd time the 2nd day of deliberations of presenting the case democrats or house impeachment managers presenting the case to a half republican senate that was the challenge for them so they try to convince republicans of course that is guilty all for inciting this insurrection and therefore has to be found guilty and convicted in this impeachment now how did they do on the 2nd day of the presentation they focused on the remorse or the lack of remorse by donald trump after what happened on general these things before that they had as you pointed out showed in very very graphic detail with new video with graphic video with details which we had not seen before and not known before how violent and. cruel this day actually transpired with protesters or ransack arrested insurrectionists going into the i

with democrats i'm afraid and so are many many many political observers here a correspondent stephanie simons in washington d.c. thank you very much. meanwhile president joe biden has announced a new u.s. sanctions against the military regime that seized power in myanmar tens of thousands have once again taken to the streets to protest against last week's ousting of the civilian government activists are using ever more creative tactics to press their demands. dressed in furry animal suits and risking their lives. 2 these groups of young protesters and young go on a challenging the coup leaders with humor their protest tactics which is slogans with pop culture references i knew from my own mom. and the most generations it's a good idea from our generation said where l g b t groups and cos players and where wearing costumes and trying to get international attention on twitter people from other countries have noticed it. in the way it was. to gain attention and support abroad younger generations are using both social media and lessons learned from protesters in neighboring hong kong and thailand

very very strong trump base which is still or which still makes the republican party as of now stephanie simons for us there in washington d.c. thank you so much. and the un's top human rights body is calling for the release of ousted myanmar leader aung san suu kyi in a special session the council also urged the military leaders to restore civilian rule on sun soon she was detained by the military that seized power 12 days ago blaming the civilian government for failing to investigate allegations of fraud in the november elections elections commission has denied those planes. and earlier we spoke to tom andrews the u.n. a special repertoire on a man march and we asked him whether the un's message will get through to myanmar's military leaders so we have found in the past that that mean more generals will often say their impervious to international pressure so don't even try but when pressure has been tried particularly targeted economic pressure sanctions it has had an effect and the progress that we've seen made in the democracy of me and more is precisely linked to the sanctions that have be

even though stephanie can come with you. simon, what about you?ls, looking at places in greece. what we were looking for is, can we refund this if we can't go? that was the big issue. we are all doing our bit to boost the european economy this summer if we can possibly get to the mediterranean. my thanks to marc roche, stephanie baker and simonjack. that's it for dateline london for this week — we're back next week at the same time. goodbye. hello, it is turning into a fine, sunny sunday for most of us. a lot of dry weather, certainly. we had some fog around first thing and some of that is struggling to clear, much of it shifting but with high pressure in charge it is going to remain predominantly dry through the rest of the day. so we will keep some areas of cloud, mist and murk for some eastern and southern coastal counties of england, the odd patch of mistiness elsewhere but for the majority it's fine with some spells of sunshine. a bit more cloud into western scotland, that could givejust the odd spot of rain in a few places. the winds will be

stephanie bakerfrom bloomberg. and here in the studio, at a safe social distance, the bbc�*s business editor, simon jack.oining us and welcome to you all. in britain, the chancellor, rishi sunak, presents his budget next week. there's pressure from new conservative mps in the north, along with the labour party, for continued support through the pandemic and no tax rises. the hope is that economic growth and perhaps controlled inflation will do the trick. but what if it doesn't? could future low productivity, low investment or a rise in interest rates all pose dangerous risks, especially to jobs? simon, a big week ahead for the government — setting post—pandemic strategy and the first budget after brexit — what are you expecting? i think there are two main challenges. we are coming out of the worst slump in over 300 years, and we've moved from a protect and survive mode to a support mode and then a growth mode is what we need next. if there's one thing that is the most powerful weapon to bring down debt as a percentage of your economy it is growth. if you've got this debt to gdp relationship, one of the b

touch on but i'm beginning to have conversations with stephanie tang and tiffany and tony to figure out how we can do it and do it right. i know simon and wayne are excited to begin to discuss it in more detail. so, i would think between four and six months, if director forbes is ok with that timing. >> ok. so, the e.n.a. period is one year? >> it's two years with three six-month extension options. >> ok. ok. got it. ok. that's fair. >> i think if there are no more questions that simon wanted to say a few words, too f that's ok. >> i was just going to ask if simon or wayne wanted to say a few words. so please, simon. >> thank you, madame president. thank you, commissioners. we're delighted. i've been getting tweeted by people who wanted to speak but couldn't get through the line. so, mainly today, director forbes and commissioners and the [inaudible] [quacking] sorry. that's howard still trying to get in. it's such a pleasure to work with the team. it is firing on 16 cylinders right now and everyone from the team, mike martin and, of course, we'll -- [inaudible]. but seriously, it's great. we're very excited and particularly excited