Hello and welcome to bbc news. The usjustice department says tax returns belonging to the former president donald trump must be handed over to congress. The decision reverses a previous ruling. Officials now say lawmakers have legitimate reasons for asking to see the documents. 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 just
Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. We begin in afghanistan, where the taliban look close to be capturing their first key city. There s heavy fighting between the afghan military and the taliban in the centre lashkar gah, the capital of helmand province. Afghan security forces in two other cities kandahar in the south, and herat in the west are also trying to push back the taliban offensive. The taliban already control large parts of the rural areas, but have been pushing to capture cities as foreign forces pull out of the country. Meanwhile, hundreds of people have been fleeing their homes amid the fighting. Our correspondent secunder kermani is in the capital, kabul. This is the most serious fighting we ve seen since this latest taliban offensive began. The group already had captured vast swathes of rural territory. Now, they re trying to take their first city and earlier this evening, they made their way right to the centre of lashkar gah before b
Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. The usjustice department says tax returns belonging to the former president donald trump must be handed over to congress. The decision reverses a previous ruling. Officials now say lawmakers have legitimate reasons for asking to see the documents. Earlier, i spoke to our north america correspondent david willis, and asked him what had brought us to this point. Well, you re absolutely right, rich 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 and 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. There is a biden administration in place. New officials are occupying senior positions in the us justice department and they have decided that it is legitimate for the house ways
Now says that those non vaccinated must have a test within 2a hours of entering the country. Proper vaccine centre is open in venues across england this weekend, in a push to get more people vaccinated before the country unlocks next week. 0lympics organisers announced the first case of coronavirus in the athletes village, six days before the tokyo games begin. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. Rescue crews have been racing to find survivors after the floods that wreaked havoc in germany and its western neighbours. 153 people are so far known to have died across europe, 133 of them in germany alone. Hundreds remain unaccounted for and thousands are now homeless. Thousands of residents of wassenberg, an area west of the german city of cologne, have been evacuated after a dam was breached by floodwater overnight. German officials say the country s flood warning system functioned as it was supposed to, but the amount of rain and how rapidly it fell w
Back in england and wales will still have to self isolate. There s anger as many see their travel plans in disarray. Pop up vaccine centres open in shops across england this weekend in a push to get more people vaccinated before the country unlocks next week. Olympics organisers announce the first case of coronavirus in the athletes village, six days before the tokyo games begin. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. Rescue crews have been racing to find survivors after the floods that wreaked havoc in germany and its western neighbours. 153 people are so far known to have died across europe, 133 of them in germany alone. Hundreds remain unaccounted for and thousands are now homeless. Thousands of residents of wassenberg, and the german city of cologne have been evacuated after a dam was breached by floodwater overnight. German officials say the country s flood warning system functioned as it was supposed to, but the amount of rain and how rapidly it fell