ukraine, russia and turkey to allow rain exports through the black sea to resume. hundreds of police in riot gear begin to dismantle anti government protest camps in the sri lankan capital, colombo. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. he did not fail to act, he chose not to act , that s what one republican member of the commitee investigating the us capitol riot on six january last year said about donald trump. the panel has been setting out in minute by minute detail how the former president ate lunch and watched tv, doing nothing to rein in the mob of his supporters over 187 perilous minutes. during this last hearing of the summer, dramatic footage from several witnesses was shown. they each corroborate that donald trump s daughter ivanka was among several key figures close to the president who tried, unsuccessfully, to persuade him into making a statement condemning the violence. sarah matthews, one of today s live witnesses, was deputy press se
life from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s six in the morning here in singapore and 6pm in washington, where president biden is in isolation after testing positive for covid. the confirmation came hours ago first in a statement from the white house, then in a tweet by by the president then in a tweet by the president and finally in this video message, released on social media. so, that s president biden suffering from covid, and these are the last moving pictures of him before he tested positive. they were filmed as he flew back to the white house on wednesday evening, by way of comparison to how he looked a few hours ago. dr ashistha is the white house covid 19 response coordinator. he says the president is only experiencing mild symptoms, and he s started a course of pfizer s antiviral pill called paxlovid which reduces the severity of covid 19. because the pres
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are clearing all the tents that were put up months ago by these protesters. they have gone to the other side and there is a tense situation here where the soldiers are now taking out all these tents and even telling media not to take any pictures and the protesters were worried that this might happen very soon after president ranil wickremesinghe took over. now to turkey, where a deal has been reached to allow ukraine to resume exports of grain through the black sea. the parties involved ukraine, russia, turkey and the un secretary general are expected to sign the deal in istanbul on friday. russia s invasion of ukraine, which is one of the world s biggest suppliers of wheat and other grains, has led to a huge rise in food prices.
emotionally taxing, but there were other challenges as well because a lot of accusations were being bandied about by these parties that were meant to be working together. the united nations as well as other world leaders have accused russia of weaponising food and hunger. the un has said 50 million people in 45 countries are one step away from famine stop ukraine has said that russia has been stealing grain from ukrainian farmers to exported themselves in russia has been blaming everything on the west and on ukraine so a lot is riding on it, it is extremely challenging and it s success is by no means a given. and we expect this to be signed in the next few hours if does go ahead. in the next few hours if does go ahead- go ahead. absolutely, in istanbul. go ahead. absolutely, in istanbul. thank- go ahead. absolutely, in istanbul. thank you i go ahead. absolutely, in istanbul. thank you veryj go ahead. absolutely, in i istanbul. thank you very much indeed. that is it for the addition