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look back at russells incredible career. >> i took basic skills and eg egotistically speaking, i had the best skills of anyone who played. >> reporter: and bill russell had the best skills of anyone playing, and he had one thing on his mind -- winning. >> one thing that i would love to do is to be back on defense of myself, and have a three-on-one fast break coming to me, because over half of the time i could stop it. i brought defense to a level where it was as important or more impor...

and egotistically speaking, i think i had the best command of basketball skills of anyone that ever played. >> reporter: the champion of champions bill russell won more titles than any player in history. >> one thing i loved to do would be back on defense by myself and have a three on one fast break coming to me. i absolutely loved that. because over half the time i could stop it. i brought defense to a level where it was as important or more important than offense. but my defense was ...

champion, as the activist and paved the way for every black player who came into the league after him, and including me. the world has lost a legend and my condolences to the family and may he rest in peace. this is from the boston celtics organization, bill is a champion unlike any other, and bills dna is woven throughout the celtics organization with relentless pursuit, and from the individual glory to the commitment of social justice and civil rights on and off of the court. andy sh...

for you on this sunday night, not only was he one of the nbas greatest players he was a civil rights i con. she changed television for millions of americans on "star trek." nichelle nichols passed away at the age of 89. also, body cam in the arrest of a georgia mother just before she dies. hear from the family is now saying. you are in the cnn newsroom. tonight the loss of a legend. bill russell has died at the age of 88. the nba hall of famer passed away today. the announcement did ...

support for the governing liberal democratic party, of which mr abe was the leading statesman. the uk chancellor nadhim zahawi has added his name to the conservative leadership contest, joining a field of eight people, including two former health secretaries, sajid javid and jeremy hunt. the current favourite is the former chancellor rishi sunak, who resigned from his post on tuesday. now on bbc news, dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme which brings toget...

dateline london with shaun ley. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together leading uk columnists with foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast from the dateline: london. britains conservatives like to think of themselves as belonging to the natural party of government. this week, its looked more like the natural party of farce. two cabinet ministers announced publicly that theyd had enough of boris johnson. mrjohnson had not had enough of himself and for 48 ho...

and both investigations have expanded to former members of the trump administration. former acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, and ex treasury secretary steve mnuchin both testified before the january six committee this week. any day now, the committee could hear from former secretary of state mike pompeo. meanwhile, mike pences former top aides, marc short and greg jacobs, testified before the federal grand jury convened by attorney general merrick garland, making them some of the h...

we will take any effort to influence witness testimony very seriously. >> the panel has not yet revealed who that potential witness is or what they may testify to but it does signal the panel is acutely aware of what donald trump and his allies might do to try to stifle their investigation, which has shown the lengths to that donald trump went to to stay in power. yesterday we learned of a late-meeting at the white house, four days after states certified their election results, which s...

with this reporting, quote, the former president has called witnesses throughout the investigation according to those who spoke anonymously to reveal conversations. they ruled out a number of former officials as the recipient of this latest call highlighted by cheney saying it was not former white house counsel pat cipollone whose deputy patrick philbin, former media officials, matthews or former pascale. the allegations of witness tampering by trump and his associates, though, do add ...

could britains former chancellor, rishi sunak, be the conservative partys new leader, as he becomes the latest mp to enter the race to be the next prime minister? downing street has just told the bbc it is incredibly disappointed, real disappointment with the former chancellor for not reciprocating the loyalty of the prime minister showed to him. the body of japans former prime minister, shinzo abe, is brought back to his tokyo residence, a day after he was shot dead during a political...