jessica schneider. we re learning more and more right now about former attorney general barr s role in the trump administration s targeting of democratic lawmakers. reporter: we are. my colleagues are hearing from people familiar with barr s role in these investigations and they re stressing that this probe targeting democratic lawmakers, it was more than a year old when barr became attorney general. they say that barr came in urging prosecutors to complete investigations quickly, but that barr does not recall the specifics of this probe involving democrats adam schiff and eric swalwell. tonight, though, lawmakers want answers directly from barr as several investigations are being launched. tonight, democrats are demanding former attorneys general jeff sessions and bill barr testify under oath after revelations of secret subpoenas served on apple to obtain meta data. the justice department s inspector general issuing its own review of records of two of former president trum
plus scorching conditions flare wildfires in western u.s. states. now thousands are under evacuation orders. and chinese apps like tiktok and wechat face fresh scrutiny by the biden administration. we re live in beijing for reaction. joe biden has kicked off the first foreign tour of his pres presidency, determined to shore up damaged alliances and send a strong message to russia and china. the american president is now here in cornwall, england, where the g7 summit will get under way on friday but first he has a big meeting with the host, british prime minister boris johnson. joining us now we have nic robertson who is live. nic, are you with us? reporter: i am indeed. i think we ve lost nic. we ve got nic. all eyes at the moment are going to be on this relationship between the prime minister boris johnson and president joe biden. based on what we know of both men and their political styles what can we expect from their meetings and what areas might they converged
on this and our other top stories on twitter. lockdown rules will remain for at least another three weeks in wales, but younger children will return to school on monday, with all primary pupils potentially back by mid march government borrowing jumped to £8.8 billion last month, as the country s debt soared to another record high, new figures show and millions of texans are still without water and electricity in extreme sub zero weather conditions while their senator ted cruz flew to mexico for a family holiday and coming up this hour. the stables are staying bbc viewers help raise more than £1 million to keep young people with disabilities in the saddle. hello and a very good morning to you. nasa has successfully landed its most advanced spacecraft yet on mars where it will search for signs of ancient life. the rover called perseverance travelled nearly 300 million miles before navigating a risky landing phase dubbed the seven minutes of terror . here s our science
of ancient life on mars, as it sends back its first pictures of the planet s surface after a successful landing uber loses its case at the uk supreme court, which ruled that drivers should be classed as workers and not independent third party contractors a 20 year old woman becomes the first protester to die in the anti coup demonstrations in myanmar, after she was shot in the head and millions of texans are still without water and electricity in extreme sub zero weather conditions while their senator ted cruz flew to mexico for a family holiday hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. borisjohnson will pledge today to donate the majority of the uk s surplus covid vaccines to developing countries. the british prime minister is chairing a virtual summit of the g7 nations where he ll encourage other leaders, including us presidentjoe biden, to follow suit. our global health correspondent, naomi grimley reports. more and more britons are getting th
tonight and how she wants the democrats to approach that fight. breaking news out of ukraine. the first lady making a surprise trip to the war zone showing support from others. as the world waits to see what putin could do next and on this one day of year where moms are celebrated, remind of the support we need year-round. this is american voices. . voices. this mother s day, the right to choose when and how women become a mother. today, protesters are back before the supreme court building out reached over the leaked draft opinion showing the court looking to overturn half a century of precedents. roe v. wade. it s important for me to share here today. to underscore there are state legislatures who will if roe is overturned, let women in my position die before providing access to the health care they desperately need. striking down roe will not stop abortions. we know this from decades of data, but it will make them unsafe. wouldn t underscore. according to the world h