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time now, beijing has been failing to comply with its obligations. as nato leaders wrap up their summit in madrid, president biden says the united states and its allies will stick with ukraine for as long as it takes. sri lankas worst economic crisis deepens — the island is close to running out of fuel. and temperatures in japan are the highest in nearly 150 years amid fears the electricity grid could be overwhelmed. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. its newsday. h...

conversation in november, 2020, in which he claims that you told him that the election was rigged and that he had won arizona. to quote the former president, during the conversation he told me the conversation he told me the election was rigged and i won arizona, quote. did you have such a conversation with the president? >> i did have a conversation with the president, that certainly isnt it. there are parts of it that are true, but parts that are not, sir. >> the part that i read you...

this is bbc news. its newsday. its six in the morning in singapore and 6pm in washington, where the us supreme court has issued another landmark ruling — this time limiting the governments ability to regulate emissions from power plants. it marks a victory for the coal industry, but the united nations has described it as "a setback in our fight against climate change". the us is the worlds second biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, and the decision is a major blow to president biden...

and — temperatures in japan are the highest in nearly a 150 years, amid fears the electricity grid could be overwhelmed hello and welcome to the programme. the us supreme court has issued another landmark ruling, this time limiting the governments ability to regulate emissions from power plants. it marks a victory for the coal industry, but the united nations has described it as �*a setback in our fight against climate change�*. the us is the worlds second biggest emitter of gree...

electors. presumably designed to create so much confusion the congress would kick the matter back to republican-led state legislators as to overturn joe bidens win in the states. it will explore the broader pressure campaign aimed at subverting the will of the american people. the first witness is the arizona state house speaker. aides say bowers will share critical new details about trumps demands and even harassment as the president sought to decertify bidens legitimate and legal win...

trump electors. we are going to hear from four witnesses this afternoon, including the secretary of state for georgia, brad raffensperger and his chief operating officer, gabriel sterling, big public figures in the wake of the november election in 2020. the committee says its going to show evidence that former president trump put undue pressure on legislatures to try to put forward alternative slates and electors. for president trump, the strategy did not work, legislatures did not go ...

threats to her safety after being accused of being part of a conspiracy theory involving fake ballots, debunked, by the way. >> most of the discussion heading into todays hearing surrounds brad raffensperger who won a primary earlier this month. raffensperger was facing deep discontent from some trump supporters for pushing back on donald trump in the days before the january 6 insurrection, refusing the former presidents request to, quote, find the votes trump needed to win that state....

not produce any evidence of election fraud, something they were not ashamed to admit. >> at some point did one of them make a comment that they didnt have evidence, but they had a lot of theories? >> that was mr. giuliani. >> and what exactly did he say and how did that come up? >> my recollection he said weve got lots of theories, we just dont have the evidence. >> the pressure campaign against state officials was relentless and it was dangerous. it included ugly threats and intimidat...

good afternoon. this is almost no idea more un-american then the notion that any one person could choose the american president, no idea more un-american. i agree with that. which is unusual because former vice president mike pence and i dont agree on much. these are his words spoken a few months ago about donald trumps attempt to pressure the former vice president pressure him into going along with an unlawful and unconstitutional scheme to overturn the 2020 and give dawn trump a seco...

york, a live look of the hearing room, the vice chair of the committee, liz cheney giving a preview yesterday. she says the panel will examine a plot by former president trump and attorney john eastman to prevent former vice president mike pence from counting lawful electoral votes. >> john: the hearing is expected to feature two witnesses, greg jacobs. served as special counsel, chief counsel, rather, to vice president pence and former federal judge who also advised mr. pence. ludig i...