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is pushing ahead with plans to become a republic. its 7am in the morning in singapore, and 6pm in colombia where the former guerilla rebel, gustavo petro, has become the countrys first left—wing president after winning a second round vote. mr petro won 51% of vote, to 47% for his right wing anti— establishment opponent, rodolfo hernandez. mr petro described the result as a day ofjoy for the colombian people. im joined now by the bbc world services americas editor, leonardo rocha. i...

massachusetts wednesday. stop short of declaring a national emergency, he hinted that such a move could be coming in the weeks ahead.e clear, climate change is an emergency and in the coming weeks im going to the power ive have as president to turn these words into formal official government actions of the appropriate proclamation, executive order that they president possesses. >> when it comes to fighting climate change, i will not take no for an answer. >> lets bring in also journal ...

general bill barr. last week, that focus will shift to the effort to pressure state legislatures to unlawfully result reverse the result of the 2020 presidential election. scheduled to appear as a witness on tuesdays georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger. in the early 2021, raffensperger was thrust into the spotlight with audio and phone call between him and then president trump was released. remember, during that call, trump asked raffensperger and other georgia election admin...

for people struggling to cope. the government has said its providing a package of measures to help with rising costs. thats it from me. which will be here at the top of the hour. —— rich will be here. now on bbc news, its time for unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc�*s headquarters in central london for unspun world, the programme where bbc experts give straight answers to the big questions of the moment. are we actually making any progr...

hello, and thanks forjoining me here at the bbc�*s headquarters in central london for unspun world, the programme where bbc experts give straight answers to the big questions of the moment. are we actually making any progress whatever in combating climate change? well, hot air? there is also the possibility that we could use our ingenuity and our unique abilities as human beings, as homo sapiens, to get out of this. whats russia got up its sleeve for the parts of eastern ukraine that...

donald trump started his takeover of the republican party. and our long descend to where we are. we now know that donald trump knew what he was asking mike pence to do was illegal. and we are left to wonder about just how much danger donald trump knew mike pence was in when he was sending anti pence tweets to the smartphones of the trump mob attacking the capitol. by >> 2:24 pm, the secret service has had moved vice president pence from the senate chamber to his office across the hall....

and hour-long descent to where we are. we now know that donald trump knew what he was asking mike pence to do was illegal. and we are left to wonder about just how much danger donald trump knew mike pence was in when he was sending anti-pence tweets to the smartphones of the trump mob attacking the capitol. >> by 2:24 pm, the secret service had moved vice president pence from the senate chamber to his office across the hall. >> the noise from the rioters became audible, at which point ...

this morning about the former presidents legal exposure. video we are seeing for the first time shows mike pence, the former vice president, sheltering in a secure location for nearly five hours, as rioters overwhelm the capitol, looking to hang him. we were told they came within 40 feet of the vice presidents evacuation route. were also learning new details about a heated phone call between trump and pence on the morning of january 6th. this is what witnesses, including ivanka trump, ...

mixed feelings about it. church of england leaders have described the policy as "immoral", downing street has said the plane may not take off today as planned because of ongoing legal challenges by some of those due to be removed. also this lunchtime: basic pay falls in relation to rising prices at the fastest rate in more than a decade. intense russian bombardment in the east of ukraine — all three bridges in a key city have now been destroyed. five years since the grenfell tower di...

and downing st has now said the plane may not take off today as planned because of ongoing legal challenges by some of those due to be removed. five years since the grenfell tower disaster — a memorial service is held at westminster abbey for the 72 people who died. regular pay in the uk is falling at the fastest rate in more than a decade when taking inflation into account according to the latest figures — unemployment has also risen slightly. a new campaign for independence. scot...