and bowel cancer campaigner dame deborah james host of the bbc podcast you, me and the big c has died at the age of a0. three near williams suffers a shock first round defeat. she was playing herfirst singles match in more than a year. and serena williams. the inquiry into the riot at the us capitol last year has been hearing dramtic testomony from a former white house aide. cassidy hutchinson said donald trump knew supporters had weapons when he urged them to march to congress. she also said senior officials had warned repeatedly that mr trump s rally on that day to try to overturnjoe biden s victory could spiral out of control. our north america editor sarah smith has more. do you swear on. a surprise witness. her appearance, kept secret until today, delivered explosive testimony. describing how trump had been informed that many in the crowd on 6 january were carrying weapons. yet he was furious about security measures. metal detectors were used to find guns and knives.
abuse young girls. bowel cancer campaigner dame deborah james, host of the bbc podcast you, me and the big c, has died at the age of a0. and, the 7 time wimbledon champion serena williams suffers a shock first round defeat. she was playing herfirst singles match in a year welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the inquiry into the riot at the us capitol last year has been hearing dramatic testimony from a former white house aide. cassidy hutchinson said donald trump knew supporters had weapons when he urged them to march to congress. she also said senior officials had warned repeatedly that mr trump s rally on that day to try to overturnjoe biden s victory could spiral out of control. our north america editor, sarah smith, has more. do you swear on. a surprise witness. her appearance, kept secret until today, delivered explosive testimony. describing how trump had been informed that many in the crowd on 6 january were carrying weapons. yet, he was furi
steve bannon, the former aide to president trump, faces jail after being found guilty of contempt of congress. speaking to reporters he remains defiant. the prosecutor missed one very important phrase i stand with trump and the constitution and i will never back off that, ever. struggling to cope with wildfires and record breaking temperatures, large swathes of the world issue their highest heatwave alerts. gridlock at the english channel, as the port of dover is overwhelmed with traffic, and warnings of worse to come. and, the more you look, the more you discover! how the powerful new james webb space telescope is expanding our view of the universe. the price of wheat on global markets has fallen to its lowest levels since russia invaded ukraine in february. both countries signed a deal on friday to resume grain exports from black sea ports, which have been blockaded for months by russia. ukraine s president, volodomyr zelensky, said the shipment of 20 million tons of prod
and in central africa, we ve a special report on the race to stop the plunder of rich peatlands releasing damaging carbon dioxide. hello. one of president putin s closest advisers, the foreign minister sergei lavrov, has told the bbc that russia has not invaded ukraine. he s repeated the kremlin line that there is no war, but instead a special military operation . this comes as russia s invasion of ukraine is almost four months old. mr lavrov, who s been at the heart of power in russia for over 20 years, spoke to our russia editor steve rosenberg. hello, thank you. how are you? it was the first time sergei lavrov had agreed to meet since moscow launched its offensive in ukraine. russia s government has created a parallel reality. invasion? what invasion? translation: we didn t invade ukraine. - we declared a special military operation because we had absolutely no other way of explaining to the west that dragging ukraine into nato was a criminal act. russia s special operati
our understanding of the natural world. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. russian forces are tightening their grip on the donbas region. president zelensky has called again for western allies to provide advanced missile defence systems for the ukrainian army to stop the steady russian advance. russia now controls almost all of the strategic city of severodonetsk. the final bridge to the city has been destroyed, trapping ukrainian troops and thousands of civilians. russia is also bombarding the neighbouring city of lysycha nsk, from which where civilians are still trying to flee. our international correspondent orla guerin, with video journalist colm o molloy, sent this report from the donbas. radio bleeps max speed. we re told to drive at maximum speed on the exposed road to lysychansk. a dark horizon greets us. munitions explode residents praying for salvation, as russia lays waste. man whistles and shouts ukrainian troops call for help. ..to tak