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i'm lewis vaughan jones.rged unity in the fight against anti—semitism, following a knife attack on the house of a rabbi in new york state, in which five people were injured. ukraine and pro—russian separatists have completed a long—awaited prisoner swap with a total of more than 200 captives released. more than six months after the start of anti—government demonstrations in hong kong, the city appears trapped in a stalemate between the protest movement that won't give up, and a beijing—backed administration which refuses to meet its demands. the conflict has divided communities and families, and exposed tension between hong kongers and mainland chinese. 0ur correspondentjonathan head has been to see how the protests have now moved into areas frequented by mainland chinese. you can find a protest almost anywhere in hong kong. here they are shutting down shops in a mall not far from the border. we are reclaiming our neighbourhood, they shout. go back to mainland china. the police arrive, as expected, to retake

i'm lewis vaughan jones with bbc world news.se of representatives announced articles of impeachment against him. democrats say the president abused his power for personal political gain. but donald trump says he will win a trial in the senate. there's been a sharp rise in the number of cases of measles worldwide. the world health organization says nearly 10 million people were infected last year by a disease which can be easily prevented by vaccination. and this story is trending on bbc.com. new zealand's national airline says it is trialling edible coffee cups in a bid to reduce the amount of waste on board its planes. the cups are made from vanilla —flavoured biscotti. that's all. stay with bbc world news.

this is bbc news, i'm lewis vaughan jones.ountry won't be demoralised after a bomb attack kills more than seventy people. translation: you will never succeed in discouraging the somali people and their government and you will never and their government and you will never stop us from achieving our goals in developing and rebuilding our country. democratic presidential contender joe biden says there's no legal basis to force him to testify at donald trump's impeachment trial. hong kong police break up a demonstration at a shopping mall, arresting protesters near the border with mainland china.

. >> my name is leon vaughan, and i'm portraying a member of colonel glover's marble headers. 13th regimentof marble head, massachusetts, fishermen who help george washington get across water. >> how is the crossing today? >> the crossing today it was very easy. some years it had snowed, some years it is rained, and it has been cold but today perfect weather conditions. >> tell me, why do you do this? >> i do it because it is not in the average american history textbook, about the -- of colonel office unit because during that time in massachusetts, black men were a large part of the whaling in the fishing industry. it is meant hot caught every day this is a typical dress of a codfish ermine. the trousers, they're open, so just in case you fall in the water, you wouldn't have any water in your pants, they could drain and you could come up and you would not drown that easy. and the hat, you've got to have a pulled down over your ears, not like the try cohen hats, and everything was practical. >> going backwards. >> prepare to cast off. >> but then, here we were here from day one. i had a cous

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. >> my name is leon vaughan, and i'm portraying a member of colonel glover's marbleheaders. 14th regimentlehead, massachusetts, cod fishermen that helped george washington get across water. >> how was the crossing today? >> the crossing today was very easy. some years it had snowed, some years it has rained, and it has been cold. but today, perfect weather conditions. >> tell me about your portrayal. why do you do this? >> i do it because it is not in the average american history textbook about the 40% of unit.ed glover's because during that time in massachusetts, black men were a large part of the wailing and fishing industry. this is a typical dress of a cod fishermen. the trousers, they're open, so case you fell in the water, you wouldn't have any water in your pants. they could drain and you could come up and you would not drown that easy. and the head, if it is cold, you could have it pulled down over your ears. hats.ke the tri-core wore wasg you practical. [indiscernible conversations] black guys being here, we were here from day one. i had a cousin. he did extensive research on my

regularly tranquilized news kept in solitary confinement 23 hours a day in a phone call to his friend vaughan smith on christmas eve the jailed publisher made them to stepping revelations. julian rang me because he spent christmas with me and my family in 2010 while on bail work time ago i think he simply wanted a few minutes of skate and to talk to us because of the memories he had about happy memories he was slurring his speech was slurred he was speaking slowly now julian is a highly after looks very clear person when he speaks and he sounded awful and it was very upsetting to hear him the idea of him being sedated has come from several people who visited in who clearly need to hold and the british government have been asked about it and they refuse to address that matter what they say is they're not mistreating him but clearly he's being kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day he sounded awful and he said to me that i'm slowly dying here and he said that all started from my own why not of course my children his father keeps telling us that his father is telling us this do you know

i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: at least 76 people are killed by a car bomb during morning rush hour in somalia's capital mogadishu. hong kong police break up a demonstration at a shopping mall — arresting protesters near the border with mainland china. the british government apologises to sir eltonjohn and other people given new year's honours for inadvertently posting their addresses online. meet nasa's new mars rover — the latest vehicle built to sniff around the red planet. hello and welcome to world news today. a massive vehicle bomb has exploded in the somali capital, killing more than 70 people and injuring at least 90 more. the explosion took place at a security checkpoint at the busy ex—control afgoye intersection in the south—west of the city. it's believed a tax collection centre was targeted, but many of the victims were passing by in the street. it's being reported that at least 16 of those killed were university students and turkey says two of its nationals died. no one has yet claimed

solitary confinement 23 hours a day he made disturbing revelations in a phone call to his friend vaughan smith on christmas eve. all 4 and it was very upsetting to hear him the idea of him being sedated has come from several people who visited him who clearly being told and the british government have been asked about it and they refuse to address that matter what they say is they're not mistreating him but clearly he's being kept in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day he sounded awful and he said to me that i'm slowly dying here please remember he's served that time all the bail charge and he served his time too and he's now on remand it's highly unusual to put a remand prisoner in belmarsh when not a threat of physical violence threat to society i think we need some are answers from from the british government why are they treating him like this why can't we have some independent assessment 100 international got to those and asked to arrange a visit at least to send some representatives to check on him but that hasn't been allowed nils meltzer the un rocketeer on torture has been v

i'm lewis vaughan jones. demonstration at a shopping mall — arresting protesters near the border with mainland china. the british government apologises to sir eltonjohn and other people given new year's honours for inadvertently posting their addresses online. meet nasa's new mars rover — the latest vehicle built to sniff around the red planet.

i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories... the woman killed in the london bridge attack has been named as 23—year—old saskia jones. her family say she was funny, kind and will leave "a huge void" in their lives. her university's vice chancellor says he's "devastated". this is an attack on our community in many ways and it was intended as such, it was meant to produce a form of terror and sadness and it has clearly done that. new images reveal the bravery of members of the public — tackling the terrorist on the bridge and in the hall where his attack began. malta's prime ministerjoseph muscat, says he will resign following mass protests over the murder of an anti—corru ption journalist. another day of protest in hong kong. some demonstrators were met with tear gas and pepper spray while a smaller march to the us consulate passed off peacefully. and we'll get all the news from the bbc sport centre, including a dramatic win for leicester city over everton. hello and welcome to world news today. the second victim killed in the lon

i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: the first victim of the london bridge terror attack to be named is jack merritt — killed while running a prisoner rehabilitation conference to which his assailant was invited. the attacker — usman khan — was jailed seven years ago for terrorism offences but freed last year. a prominent maltese businessman is charged with complicity in the murder of the investigative journalist daphne caruana galizia. hundreds of climate campaigners in eastern germany occupy open—cast coal mines to demand their immediate closure. hello and welcome to bbc news. the first of the victims of friday's terror attack in central london has been named as jack merritt, a cambridge graduate who was helping coordinate a conference on prisoner rehabilitation near london bridge. he was one of two people killed by 28—year—old usman khan, a former prisoner who'd been convicted of terrorism offences, and released from prison on licence last year. khan, who'd been invited to the conference, was shot dea

i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories...—old saskia jones. her family say she was funny, kind and will leave "a huge void" in their lives. her university's vice chancellor says he's "devastated". this is an attack on our community in many ways and it was intended as such, it was meant to produce a form of terror and sadness and it has clearly done that. new images reveal the bravery of members of the public — tackling the terrorist on the bridge and in the hall where his attack began. malta's prime ministerjoseph muscat, says he will resign following mass protests over the murder of an anti—corru ption journalist. another day of protest in hong kong. some demonstrators were met with tear gas and pepper spray

i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories...ional scenes at kyiv airport as ukraine and pro—russian separatists complete a long—awaited prisoner exchange. sydney s new year's eve fireworks are to go ahead, despite calls for the iconic display to be cancelled due to the bushfires crisis. and "go back to mainland china": that's the message to some traders in hong kong as anti—government protesters switch to a new target.

this is bbc news, i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: somalia's president says his country won't be demoralised after a bomb attack kills more than seventy people. translation: you will never succeed in discouraging the somali people and their government and you will never stop us from achieving our goals in developing and rebuilding oui’ goals in developing and rebuilding our country. democratic presidential contender joe biden says there's no legal basis to force him to testify at donald trump's impeachment trial. hong kong police break up a demonstration at a shopping mall, arresting protesters near the border with mainland china. the flooding misery that's lasted for months — parts of east africa where it's rained since october. hello and welcome to bbc news. somalia's president has pledged his country will not be demoralised after a massive bomb killed more than seventy people — in the capital mogadishu. the explosion took place at a security checkpoint in the south—west of the city. it's being reported that at leas

well, i think one of the things we have to do -- >> i think you're talking about vaughan. talking about justin amash. >> this is a decision about the leadership, and while mr. phillips certainly can make a recommendation, all of the recommendations will be taken into consideration. but in the final analysis, the leadership led by nancy pelosi will make that decision so the top republican on the house judiciary committee, doug collins, obviously we saw him, we saw a lot of him last week, made this prediction about your party and his and president trump during last week's hearings. >> the other problem i have is it's going to be never ending, impeach him over and over again, i guess i'm waiting for the committee hearing schedule in february to see what we're investigating next. >> congresswoman waters will you rule out impeaching trump again? >> let me just say that, you know, his comments are just, you know, comments of a frustrated individual who does not support impeachment and he's not only been on the air time and time again, ranting and raving about the impeachment pro

bigs, the pilot, robert vaughan crisp ii. gretchen vincent. michael walker vincent. wdsu's general manager saying we are devastated by the loss of an amazing talent. the new orleans saints and pelicans issues a statement. carly was a valued member of our family as an in-game host. our thoughts and prayers go out to carley's family with this tragic loss. >> as for the four others injured, one critically on the plane, another by stander, critically injured -- the man on the plane was able to tell his wife, i'm okay. but right now, he's trying to recover in a hospital. garrett, back to you. >> sam brock in louisiana for us. >>> now to politics this morning. former vice president joe biden is walking back comments he made about defying a possible congressional subpoena in the senate impeachment trial. hans nichols is in florida with the latest on that. >> former vice president joe biden working to clarify if he would honor a senate subpoena in any possible impeachment trial for president donald trump. vowing to cooperate only with a legitimate or lawful congressional inv

for more on that let's go straight to hillary vaughan who is live in hershey. hillary?ckie, steel and aluminium tariffs have raised processing costs for businesses here in pennsylvania, that's home to over 2300 food processing plants, making it the number one food processing plant state in the nation. they are also the leading producer of packaged foods like canned fruit, veggies, potato chips and chocolate. the town hershey where trump will be tonight is home to hershey's chocolate companies and hershey's like thousands of food plants here use aluminium to bottle can and wrap their products. caesar food distributors has been around for over a century and says uncertainty of tariffs has made it difficult for them to predict purchasing and pricing for consumer goods because if the tariffs get rolled back at the last minute, they may be set with a higher cost than they really need. >> and the second stages are starting to hit now, so at first manufacturers, if they could absorb it for a while, they did, but they've been forced to pass them along without eating away their

after years of trying to conceive, tv news presenters hannah and lewis vaughan jones wanted to show the obviously devastated. i don‘t think i ever really believed this was going to work. after 15 rounds of ivf, we‘re delighted to say hannah and lewis have had a baby boy. the this. here he is. my goodness, congratulations. why don‘t you do the introductions, hannah? this is sonny, matheson is his first name but it is a big name for a little quy: but it is a big name for a little guy, he is sonny to us, he isjust about to kick off on cue, his first tv appearance. don't worry if he does, it isjust tv appearance. don't worry if he does, it is just what happens. what a journey you have been on, haven‘t you, hannah? as you said at the beginning, it was quite harrowing as well for the last six or seven yea rs, well for the last six or seven years, obviously we have the best christmas present ever at the end of it. it has been really, really difficult and we have been very public about it for the last, probably, three years also. the initial four or five years was very private and painful and l

i was pushing name this kid -- i talked to him last night, senator vaughan never asked anybody to do that. i mean and so because we needed it desperately, i thought that you know i'm the mayor of this town and kid vaughan. we're going to name it george brett or you know after the quarterback len dawson? you know, anyway. thank you. >> i'd invite any of you to respond if you care to. >> you got to hit the button again. >> one quick observation. >> that is there is legislation in the senate right now which i do not know if it's in the house. it's called article 1 legislation that deals with a declaration for the purposes of shifting that money and giving the power back. in fact, i think it was introduced in the senate by of all people senator cruz from texas and in a bipartisan manner. i would suggest you start looking at that legislation bipartisan to take back some of the power that you should not be giving up at all. >> mr. tim mondays. >> -- timmoms. >> thaurg, it's a rewarding process. i'm honored to be a part of it. one thing i was going to ask police ridge, was any of that inclu