here in the uk, 2022 saw the highest number of excess deaths outside the covid pandemic in half a century. and france tries again to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. it s an unpopular reform that didn t go well last time it tried. we ll be live in paris. we start in ukraine. president volodymyr zelensky has said ukraine s army is facing an extremely difficult situation as fighting continues in the eastern donbas region. the focus is the salt mining town of soledar. the uk defence ministry says it s likely that russian forces including wagner group mercenaries now control most of the town. we ll be taking a look at why it s become central to this conflict. but first, here s president zelensky. translation: and what did russia want to win there? i everything is completely destroyed. there was almost no life left. thousands of their people are gone, the whole land in soledar is covered with the corpses of the invaders and scarred from the strikes. this is what madness loo
countdown to britain s first ever space launch. we are going to be live in cornwall, where the mission is taking off. let s start in brazil. security forces there have detained over 1,000 people after supporters of the former president jair bolsonaro stormed government buildings. this was the scene in brasilia the capital on sunday. thousands of demonstrators were involved. in the last few hours, brazilian authorities have issued a statement branding the riots terrorist acts of vandalism by criminals and coup plotters . and we ve also heard from brazil s president lula. translation: all those people who did this will be found and punished. they will realise that democracy guarantees the right to freedom and free speech, but it also demands that people respect the institutions created to strengthen democracy. let s take a step back and look at how we got here. in october last year, we saw a bitter electoral campaign between the incumbent jair bolsonaro and lula. and lul
or brother by writing a memoir, and talks about his mother s funeral the decision was made for both of us to walk behind our mother s coffin, and.there was absolutely no way that i would let him do that by himself. there was absolutely no way that he would let me do that by myself, if it was role reversal. it s seven in the morning in singapore and eight in the evening in brasilia where thousands of supporters of the former brazilian president, zhayer bolsonaro, have stormed jair bolsonaro, have stormed the country s national congress. in scenes reminiscent of the attack on the us congress in washington two years ago, demonstrators wrapped in the brazilian flag, quickly overwhelmed police and entered the complex. some reached the senate chamber, where theyjumped onto seats and desks. protesters also invaded the presidential palace and supreme court. brazilian police say they ve now retaken control of the congress building. mr bolsonaro lost the october election to the socia
remarks about killing taliban fighters in afghanistan in his controversial autobiography. the great british race to space the countdown s on for the first ever rocket launch from uk soil hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. two years to the day since the capitol riots in washington which saw supporters of donald trump try to stop the ratification of the election results there s still gridlock in the us house of representatives as members attempt for a fourth day to elect a new speaker. this is the scene live on the floor of the house where a 14th vote is now underway. there has been some momentum favouring the frontrunner, kevin mccarthy. 1a conservative republicans who were among a group preventing him from winning a majority have now swung behind mr mccarthy. it still leaves him 5 votes short of the 218 he requires. business cannot be conducted in the lower chamber of congress without a speaker. elizabeth landers
he is giving the wrong impression when he makes those comments. it s not how the british army sees things. the senior republican, kevin mccarthy, says he s confident he ll win enough support today to be elected speaker of the us house of representatives. so far, he s failed thirteen times, leading to deadlock in the chamber. the latest session, which comes on the second anniversary of the january sixth attack on the us capitol, has been adjourned for several hours. but mr mccarthy is just a handful of votes short of victory. with the latest, here s gary 0 donoghue. commemorating the heroes of january the 6th two years ago for their courage in the face of overwhelming odds. it was the moment american democracy teetered on the brink, as protesters, supporters of donald trump, stormed the capitol, bent on preventing the ratification ofjoe biden s victory. you know, for those who lost someone on that day, they re proud as the devil that their kin are being honoured, but, boy, is