in most of afghanistan, the only country in the world to do so. china s military launches fresh drills off taiwan in response to a visit to the island by a new group of american politicians. the uk becomes the first country to approve a covid vaccine that fights both the original strain and the omicron variant. and check mate, with a difference, how this underwater version of chess is helping competitors stay cool in the hot weather. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. us officials have warned of an increase in violent threats to law enforcement following the search of donald trump s florida estate, mar a lago. the fbi and department of homeland security issued a memo to law enforcement around the country. in a separate development, prosecutors in the us state of georgia have told rudy giuliani he s a target of their criminal investigation into attempts to overturn the result of the last presidential election
in the world to do so. china s military launches fresh drills off taiwan in response to a visit to the island by a new group of american politicians. the uk becomes the first country to approve a covid vaccine that fights both the original strain and the omicron variant. and check mate, with a difference how this underwater version of chess is helping competitors stay cool in the hot weather. hello and welcome to the programme. us officials have warned of an increase in violent threats to law enforcement following the search of donald trump s florida estate, mar a lago. the fbi and department of homeland security issued a memo to law enforcement around the country. in a separate development, prosecutors in the us state of georgia have told rudy giuliani he s a target of their criminal investigation into attempts to overturn the result of the last presidential election. as donald trump s lawyer, mr giuliani helped lead legal challenges to the outcome of the vote. he s repe
in the state of georgia, which as we now know, was won byjoe biden, but we now know that rudy giuliani himself is a focus of that investigation. we do know he is due to give evidence or be spoken to by a grand jury later this week. what we do not know is whether he will actually answer questions, whether he will plead the fifth in other words refused to answer questions so he doesn t incriminate himself, something that donald trump did in a quite separate case last week. we also understand from his spokesperson that he will not be answering any questions that require him to diebold what he and donald trump said between themselves, that is special privilege between a client and his lawyer. in the meantime. client and his lawyer. in the meantime, the client and his lawyer. in the| meantime, the investigation continues doesn t take into documents that were taken from donald trump s florida home buildup is that mounting legal pressure on the former president?
of homeland security issued a memo to law enforcement around the country. in a separate development, prosecutors in the us state of georgia have told rudy giuliani he s a target of their criminal investigation into attempts to overturn the result of the last presidential election. as donald trump s lawyer, mr giuliani helped lead legal challenges to the outcome of the vote. he s repeatedly made false claims of widespread fraud. peter bowes, the bbc s north america correspondent in los angeles, has the latest details. i think this is significant because here we have someone who is very close to donald trump in his inner circle in fact, his personal lawyer. now apparently being targeted himself as part of this criminal investigation. this is a first, not only is this investigation under way to investigate donald trump s role investigate donald trump s role in trying to essentially flip the result of the 2020 election
estate, mar a lago. the fbi and department of homeland security issued a memo to law enforcement around the country. in a separate development, prosecutors in the us state of georgia have told rudy giuliani he s a target of their criminal investigation into attempts to overturn the result of the last presidential election. as donald trump s lawyer, mr giuliani helped lead legal challenges to the outcome of the vote. he s repeatedly made false claims of widespread fraud. i m joined now by peter bowes, the bbc s north america correspondent in los angeles. let s start with rudy guilani and him being made a target of a criminal investigation? what s the significance of that? i think this is significant because we have someone who is very close to donald trump and his inner circle, his personal lawyer. now apparently being targeted himself as part of