kicking off our 2022 coverage of the calendar. why georgia? well, it is both a battleground and ground zero for all the important political stories this year. they sort of converge this year in atlanta. we have a democratic vote here that includes the two most important parts of the biden coalition, african-american voters and the growing american suburb. it also is home to the most closely watched governors race this year featuring stacey abrams and a republican primary that will test the power of the former president and his lies about the 2020 election. and georgia right now is at the center of the national political battle over voting rights. the republican legislature passed some new measures that alarmed some voting rights activists and brian kemp due to his lack of an embrace of trump s election conspiracy theories and not using his power to overturn georgia s election. as you know georgia s secretary of state brad raffensperger held a press conference. had a chance to
with covid in england is being cut to five full days from next week. covid restrictions are to be eased in wales as the data suggests the peak of the omicron wave here has already passed. pro democracy demonstrators in sudan protesting against a military coup and facing a crackdown by security forces. it s not a yoghurt that can be taken out of the fridge and put back in multiple times. and the king of analogy gives up his throne. jonathan van tam, famous for his pithy phrases during the pandemic, steps down from his official role. and coming up on the sport on the bbc news channel, all to play for at anfield as arsenal take on liverpool in the first leg of their delayed carabao cup semifinal. good evening. buckingham palace has announced that prince andrew is returning his royal and military titles to the queen, and will no longer be referred to as his royal highness in any official capacity. it comes after a court ruling in the us yesterday which left the prince facing a ci
but people will talk about it. because that s crazy. and it s just the rare thing. at least, it ought to be a very rare thing. but for house republican leader kevin mccarthy, it must feel like it happens all the time to him. in his time as a republican leader in the house of representatives, it has happened three times in the past five years already. and now, it looks like it might happen to him a fourth time. it s just not that often that a sitting member of congress gets indicted on multiple, federal charges. you know, while they are serving in congress. for port kevin mccarthy, not the leader of the house republicans, he keeps having to deal with this over and over again. first, it was republican congressman kissed colin s, multiple felony charges for insider trading and corruption, all the stuff. then it was republican congressman, duncan hunter. multiple federal charges. and you know, it s funny, with cullen and hunter, before they were both hit with multiple felony char
it s just a rare thing, at least it ought to be a very rare thing. but for house republican leader kevin mccarthy, it must feel like it happens all the time to him. in his time as a republican leader in the house of representatives, it has happened three times in the past five years already, and now it looks like it might happen to him a fourth time. it s just not that often that a sitting member of congress gets indicted on multiple federal felony charges while they re serving in congress. for poor kevin mccarthy, though, now the leader of the house republicans, he keeps having to deal with this over and over again. first it was chris collins, multiple federal felony charges for insider trading and corruption and all this stuff. then it was republican congressman duncan hunter, multiple federal felony corruption charges. and, you know, it s funny, with collins and hunter, before they were both hit with multiple federal felony charges while serving in congress, which is crazy
but for house republican leader kevin mccarthy, it must feel like it happens all the time to him. in his time as a republican leader in the house of representatives, it has happened three times in the past five years already, and now it looks like it might happen to him a fourth time. it s just not that often that a sitting member of congress gets indicted on multiple federal felony charges while they re serving in congress. for poor kevin mccarthy, though, now the leader of the house republicans, he keeps having to deal with this over and over again. first it was chris collins, multiple federal felony charges for insider trading and corruption and all this stuff. then it was republican congressman duncan hunter, multiple federal felony corruption charges. and, you know, it s funny, with collins and hunter, before they were both hit with multiple federal felony charges while serving in congress, which is crazy, those two had only ever shared the spotlight before for this reas