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to the manchester arena bomb to survive the blast but was left paralysed from the waist down. bbc breakfast reports on his epic five day charity climb to the summit of kilimanjaro in a specially—adapted wheelchair. gentle string music. i wanted something that people looked and thought, "hes doing what?!" its hard enough for somebody with legs to do it, and heres a guy doing it in a wheelchair. its a risk. im putting my life on the line doing it. one, two... it was such a relief to ge...

hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. swimmings world governing body, fina, has voted to stop transgender athletes from competing in womens elite races if they have gone through any part of the process of male puberty. the transport secretary accuses union leaders of "punishing millions of innocent people" by pressing ahead with rail strikes this week. itjust seems that the union is determined to go out on strike, the rmt, come what may, and i think its a very sad situation and i cal...

six months to plan. and brittney griner is returning to a russian courtroom as she is possibly learning her fate in a russian penal system. welcome to "the lead with jake tapper." house speaker nancy pelosi is in taiwan and ignoring weeks of learning from president biden and threats of retaliation from the chinese government, and she says it is americas unwavering commitment to the american democracy which china views as inseparable part of its territory. and president biden said...

your romantic relationship? >> the white house calling climate change clear danger. will nascar be the next to go green? >> president biden is improving, thats the word from the position of the president despite repeated request for press conference issued another written update say biden keeps improving. confirming for the president of the omicron. and thinking most of americans. while we didnt see president biden on camera, the white house says is working. >> i asked him if he had a ...

primary day across america. voters in five states go to the polls tonight. what we might learn about the elections this november and the ones in 2024. plus, kansas becomes the first state to vote on the future of abortion rights. confronting a liar... >> i wanted to tell you to your face, my son existed. >> reporter: the mom of a sandy hook victim addresses conspiracy theorist alex jones. they picked the wrong guy to mess with. robbers with an ar-15-style rifle target a liquor store, w...

democracy, and you claim you love america, you should love democracy as much as you claim to love america. yeah, and not bury your head in the sand when your being attacked by your own political party. ill schmidt, it has been a pleasure, i appreciate your time and you coming forward to sharing your experience with the committee. it strengthens our democracy and lets us know what you went through. we appreciate it. >> thank you, ayman. >> a quick programming alert. tonight, you can cat...

stand? less than a week after the bipartisan framework was publicly announced, it now seems that the two sides, as i expected, still have a lot of work to do. this week, texas senator john cornyn who was booed at the texas gop convention for his role in those negotiations, walked out a meeting with democratic negotiators, saying, its fish or cut bait through talking. at issue are too central provisions of framework. one, red flag laws and how congress should ascent the vice states to d...

good morning, after the peak of the cross part of the world and central england. still hot and humid in the south, we could see thunderstorms in the evening. all of the details coming up on bbc breakfast. its saturday, the 18th ofjune. our top story: some migrants who cross the channel in small boats are to be electronically tagged, in a 12—month pilot scheme run by the home office. ministers say it will help maintain contact with asylum claimants who reach the uk by what it calls da...

next week have failed — and the walk—outs will go ahead. passengers across the country will be affected. i think there are so many sectors of our society at the minute and people who are struggling and we need to help each other where we can. just the want help each other where we can. just they want more money and they can hold the _ they want more money and they can hold the country to ransom. the government is to trial a scheme allowing asylum seekers who cross the channel in sm...

temperatures across the uk rose with a level three alert, and some rider means the uk could be hosting next years eurovision contest. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the uks second busiest airport says it will limit the number of flights across the peak summer period because it hasnt got enough staff. gatwick airport said it was aimed at creating a more reliable service for passengers. usually 900 flights run a day, but itll be 825 injuly, and 850 in august. it comes after the ...