There was none of that for congresswoman Marjorie Taylor green who for years has spread lies and conspiracies rooted in bigotry. Greenes no longer the outlier in her party and the pervasive spread of lies, much of it on social media, has trickled down to exploit fears. When President Biden was sworn in i was just crying. I mean, i couldnt stop. It was that ugly cry that you do, just kept going. I was like, oh, my gosh, im seeing the funeral of our country. I went into panic mode. I called my mom and i told her, were all going to die. Were going to be owned by china. I might have to pull my daughter o you the of school because theyre going to take her. I was scared to death. Thats someone who does not believe the lies anymore but she wasnt forced to confront reality until trump left office. The spreads of qanon and likeminded conspiracy groups have left those outside the party looking in. So today republicans will have to go on record about what kind of party they want to have. More fro
The tech giants in the us are dominating the business agenda today. Jeff bezos is stepping down as amazons Chief Executive. The Online Retail giants founder will move to become the compa ny s executive chairman. He will be replaced as ceo by andy jassy, the current boss of amazons Cloud Computing business. And this comes as the firm reported 386 billion in sales in 2020, thats up 38 on the year before. Their profits almost doubled, rising to 21. 3 billion. So whats been the reaction to the news bezos is stepping to the side, and what do we know about the new boss . Duncan howe is e commerce strategist at cheil uk, which is a Digital Marketing and advertising agency. Duncan, welcome to the programme. Executive chair man still means he will have a lot of control and very much involved in and is on, but it is the day to day responsibility. What do you think about this move . I responsibility. What do you think about this move . I think it is a bit of think about this move . I think it is
And it is blowing at the moment. North east england, 2a miles an hour. 73 miles an hour over the tops of the pennines. At the moment we have got gusts of wind of 57 miles an hour, so two or three times the strength of the winds elsewhere in Northern England. Overnight it will stay quite blurry and there will be a lot of cloud around with Rain Pushing Northwards and westwards. None of the rate will be heavy. Temperatures four to seven overnight. The weekend whether prospect is dominated by this low Weather Pressure further south. It will throw in bands of rain across the uk, and on saturday we start off with Rain In The South West going into Northern England and that will move northwards to Reach Scotland and Northern Ireland in the afternoon. At the same time it will brighten up across east anglia and the midlands with hazy, sunny spells coming through. Could get up to 13 in the sunshine. But in the north sea coast cold again, temperatures just six or seven celsius. Saturday looks like
Lives he saved. Fi refox and aid corridor in gaza should Begin Operating this weekend. Aid agencies have said hunger has reached catastrophic levels. The us, uk and eu will open a maritime corridor is to allow the delivery of additional supplies. They will continue to to urge israel to allow more trucks into gaza. Ursula von der leyen is in cyprus and said the corridor should be operating within days. Today, the republic of cyprus, the european commission, the United Arab Emirates and the united states, of course supported by other critical partners, announced our intention to open the maritime corridor, to deliver much needed additional amounts of humanitarian assistance by sea. We are launching this Cyprus Maritime Corridor together. Cyprus, the eu, the United Arab Emirates and the eu, the United Arab Emirates and the united states. It is your relentless work to get the squad are up relentless work to get the squad are up and running despite all the challenges and this is truly inspi
The uk reliance upon allies for defence spending. In the past hour where been in france for a significant moment with abortion being enshrined in the constitution as a right and Emmanuel Macron has been taking part in pomp and ceremony. Lets take a look at that. It will be formally enshrined in the next couple of james. This is the ceremony and a symbolic moment for the country. Abortion has been legal for 50 years or so but this is an extra step, adding it to the constitution. Lets speak to a Womans Health reporter at the new york times. Thank you for coming on the programme. York times. Thank you for coming on the programme york times. Thank you for coming on the programme. Thank you for having me. What the programme. Thank you for having me what do the programme. Thank you for having me what do you the programme. Thank you for having me. What do you make the programme. Thank you for having me. What do you make of the programme. Thank you for having me. What do you make of this the p