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
this is bbc news. i m nancy kacungira. our top stories: a former white house aide tells a congressional committee that president trump wanted to join the capitol hill rioters. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr engel grabbed his arm. he said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel. we re going back to the west wing. we re not going to the capitol. turkey drops its opposition to sweden and finland joining the nato military alliance after the three countries sign a joint agreement. in new york, ghislaine maxwell is sentenced to 20 years for helping jeffrey epstein
this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: a former white house aide has told a congressional committee that president trump wanted to join the capitol hill rioters. ghislaine maxwell is sentenced in new york to 20 years for helping jeffrey epstein abuse young girls. turkey has changed its mind and has now agreed to support the nato membership applications from finland and sweden. the breakthrough came at the nato summit in madrid where, again, the war in ukraine dominated the discussions. our europe editor, katya adler, reports from madrid. it s taken weeks of negotiations, but sweden and finland are now well on their way to becoming nato members, after they signed an agreement with turkey to counter threats to each other s security. applause.
tried for the crimes ofjeffrey epstein. how much do you think the fact you cannot stand trial has influenced this case? i think it meant a light in sentencing and thejudge think it meant a light in sentencing and the judge came out and said that he was not sentencing if anything we could not do too jeffrey sentencing if anything we could not do toojeffrey epstein but the fact is if he was there at sentencing as well, the lawyers for ghislaine maxwell would have pointed to him and said he was the leader, he was the organiser, he manipulated maxwell and surely that would have come out and then they would have said she was not as culpable as epstein was and i think that was reflected in the sentence. i stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a shock first round defeat for the seven time wimbledon champion serena williams in herfirst singles match in a year. china marked its first day of rule in hong kong
shootout in british columbia. authorities say they are searching for a third man. ghislaine maxwell, once a prominent figure in new york society circles, is facing 20 years in a us prison for trafficking young girls to be abused byjeffrey epstein. she issued a statement, apologising to her victims, but herfamily said she would appeal. our correspondent, nada tawfik, was in court. a long fought victory for annie farmer and all of ghislaine maxwell s victims. justice was slow. she was one of the earliest to report maxwell and the paedophilejeffrey epstein to police, in 1996. but today, annie said it was never too late for accountability. maxwell and epstein were predators who were able to use that power and privilege to harm countless individuals and for far too long, the institutions that should be protecting the public were instead protecting them. and i still hope that we find out more about how that was allowed to occur. maxwell did not look at her victims, but she did address them.