Were going back to butler and even the people that put it up there were unprepared and did a greatjob, they got it up immediately, fortunately. But i at the ride and the bullet came coming by, hitting my ear, it is very much, i say an act of god, it s a miracle that it happened. Some claim donald trump s use of the social media site that was then called twitter helped him win the white house. But in recent years, his relationship with the site has been a little rocky. It was following the riot at the us capitol injanuary 2021 that trump was banned from twitter. At the time, he had nearly 90 million followers. In response the former president decided to set up his own social media company truth social which launched in february 2022. When elon musk bought twitter he reinstated donald trump after running an online poll of twitter users. Mr trump s tweets have been relatively few and far between but he did post his mugshot after being indicted in august 2023. The latest post previewed the
we report from one of the worst hit places. hello, and welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. president biden is expected to announce new measures later today to combat a surge of covid infections, driven by the 0micron variant. officials say, 0micron accounts for 73% of all new cases recorded in the country. 1,000 military, medical personnel are being mobilised to help increase vaccination capacity. the federal government will distribute 500 million free covid tests, and set up federal covid testing sites in new york city. more on that in just a moment. in france, the government is to fast track a covid vaccine passport law they expect that to be adopted by the middle ofjanuary. in germany, federal leaders are meeting now to decide on new measures there. in the last hour in the uk the government has announced measures to help businesses dealing with mass cancellations, a drop in footfall on the high street and staff absence, because of covid. here
declares war and commits genocide a half a world away. we have a special report from the frontline in eastern ukraine as forces prepare for a major russian onslaught. police in new york say they re still hunting for a gunman after 17 people were injured in a shooting at a subway station. after two weeks covid lockdown in shanghai, officials admit they re struggling to feed the city s 25 million people. the two most senior members of the british government, prime minister borisjohnson, and his chancellor of the exchequer have been fined for breaking covid lockdown laws by attending a party in downing street in 2020. it makes borisjohnson the first ever sitting prime minister to have broken the law. he s apologised but that hasn t stopped calls for his resignation. here s our deputy political editor, vicki young. we all have images we rememberfrom lockdown the queen forced to sit alone at her husband s funeral. but for many in downing street, it was different. drinks in the
in his acceptance speech after being voted as the new welsh labour leader, he highlighted the historic nature of his win. today, we turn a page in the book of our nation s history. a history that we write together. notjust because i have the honour of becoming the first black leader in any european country, but because a generational dial has jumped too. like ken and jane, devolution is not something that i have had to get used to, or to adapt to, or to apologise for. devolution, welsh solutions to welsh problems and opportunities, is in my blood. it is what i have always known through my adult political life and that is the same for a growing number of our citizens and i want us to use this moment as a starting point for a more confident march into the future. a march into the future on behalf of a generation that, too often, is being asked to pick up the pieces and the bill for those who came before them. in wales, it often takes the worst times to get the best out of us. i
today, we turn a page in the book of our nation s history. a history that we write together. notjust because i have the honour of becoming the first black leader in any european country, but because a generational dial has jumped too. like ken and jane, devolution is not something that i have had to get used to, or to adapt to, or to apologise for. devolution, welsh solutions to welsh problems and opportunities, is in my blood. it is what i have always known through my adult political life and that is the same for a growing number of our citizens and i want us to use this moment as a starting point for a more confident march into the future. a march into the future on behalf of a generation that, too often, is being asked to pick up the pieces and the bill for those who came before them. in wales, it often takes the worst times to get the best out of us. in adversity, you can t match us. we will be there, fighting tooth and nailfor the impossible to happen. for the underdog,