democracy by refusing to say whether they will accept election results they don t like. also tonight, what s next after a very bad week for trump with the special master telling his lawyers to put up or shut up and new york s attorney general exposing years of alleged fraud. and as kevin mccarthy makes his pitch for speaker, president biden reminds americans exactly what republicans want to take from you if they win. things like reproductive rights and social security. good evening, everyone. i m jason johnson in for joy reid. we begin tonight with the cancer that continues to rot what s left of the desiccated corpse of the republican party. moments from now, the former president will stand shoulder to shoulder with ted budd, north carolina s republican senate candidate. he refused to accept the results if he loses but voting to certify the 2020 election as a member of congress just hours after the attack on the capitol. and he s not the only one. from the carolinas to
paying the price for a perfect smile dentists warn of the dangers and complications of heading abroad for cheaper treatment. and coming up on the bbc news channel. on the eve of the world athletics championships, we speak to britain s new team captain natheneel mitchell blake. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. rishi sunak and penny mordaunt are still in the lead in the race to become the next prime minister after another candidate was eliminated from the contest this afternoon. the attorney general suella braverman finished last in today s vote among conservative mps, and has therefore been knocked out. the former chancellor rishi sunak was still ahead by some margin, securing 101 votes. penny mordaunt is hot on his heels, also making gains on yesterday s vote, with 83 mps backing her today. and the foreign secretary liz truss is still in third place with 64 votes. kemi badenoch and tom tugendhat remain in contention. the next round of voting is on monday. wi
welcome to the programme. the sri lankan president gotabaya rajapaksa has formally resigned after days of huge anti government protests. mr rajapaksa sent his resignation letter from singapore, where he fled to on wednesday as protestors took over government buildings. demonstrators are celebrating on the streets of colombo, defying a curfew in place. the governor of sri lanka s central bank says the country now needs a stable government as soon as possible if it s to stand any chance of tackling its economic crisis. we begin our coverage tonight with this report from rajini vaidyanathan in colombo. under curfew. streets once packed with protesters, now patrolled by the military. outside the prime minister pots soldiers back on guard, authorised to use force to maintain order. a day ago, it was different. security forces were overrun by protesters, who stormed the gates and entered. one of a number of government buildings taken over by the masses. the streets outside the pres
pence. the white house council said pence did not have any authority to throw out the results. trump s pressure on pence, and i quote, directly contributed to the violent insurrection. let s take a look at this photo. it s obtained by abc news, showing pence and his family inside hiding, as the building was being ransacked by rioters. pence s daughter on the left side of the photo, his wife on the right, pulling the curtains closed for extra safety. and pence had good reasons to be hiding. some of the rioters brought gallows to the capitol while calling for pence to be hanged. hang mike pence. hang mike pence. hang mike pence. hang mike pence. pence s former chief of staff will not testify in person. but clips from his video deposition are expected to be played. tonight, in a short, telling wolf blitzer, who he believes is ultimately responsible for the january 6th violence. well, to be clear, do you blame those surrounding the president for giving him bad advice? or do
the special ukrainian spirit. 100 days ago, the front line came to kyiv s doorstep. towns like irpin bore the brunt with people and pets desperate to get out. the russian troops ultimately couldn t get in. there is still, though, a giant question mark over whether they will come back for kyiv. that hasn t put the city off, though, trying to heal. for some families, that will take time. 0ne ukrainian soldier killed while defending the city of slovyansk is taken to his final resting place. followed by his mother, vladyslava. bogdan was 26 years old. his first name means, given by god , because his parents had waited so long to have a child. translation: we have to win, there is no other way. - there is no other way. we are going to win. this collective grief has not killed the fight. translation: we don t need the sky, ground or sea to be closed. let them come here. it will be easy to kill them on our land. we need weapons, we will take care of the rest. now it s time for a