when he became the first pope in 600 years to announce his retirement. he was german by birth, and was known for his conservative theological outlook. bells tolling this was the moment his death was confirmed in rome. you can hear the bells ringing, in st peter s square in vatican city. the vatican says pope benedict s body will lie in state from monday in st peter s basilica and that pope francis will lead the funeral on january the 5th. here s our religon editor, aleem maqbool. cerebral by character, benedict was a prolific author and more at home with scholarship than pastoral work. he led the world s catholics for eight years and then abruptly resigned, the first pope to do so in 600 years. joseph ratzinger was born in southern germany. he was just six when
sometimes in the catholic church, there has been a tendency to say that the abuse of children is a western problem, a problem that was caused because of a sexual revolution or sexual liberalism, but benedict was very keen to say to the church throughout the world that this is not an issue that has emerged for you yet, it is an issue that will emerge because the abuse of children, sadly, is something thatis of children, sadly, is something that is part of every culture and part of every time. the only approach that is possible is constant vigilance.- approach that is possible is constant vigilance. one of the thins constant vigilance. one of the things that constant vigilance. one of the things that we constant vigilance. one of the things that we have constant vigilance. one of the things that we have been - constant vigilance. one of the i things that we have been hearing constant vigilance. one of the - things that we have been hearing is, in the past few minutes, the plans, th
january 6th insurrection when donald trump and his cronies were pressuring mike pence to overturn the 2020 election, a number of pence s legal team reached out to a retired federal judge and a top conservative legal scholar, judge michael luttig. the caller told luttig about how pence knew he didn t have the authority to reject the electoral votes, like trump was insisting that he do. but they needed him to speak out publicly. judge luttig understood he was being asked to help the vice president turned back and attempted coup. he needed to act fast. he turned to twitter, and account he started just weeks before, and on the morning of january the 5th, judge luttig posted a series of tweets that were quickly picked up by the press and pence himself quoted in his public statements on january 6th. pence wrote, quote, as the former u.s. jay michael luttig observed the only responsibility and power of the vice president under the constitution is to faithfully
expected to work in. members of aslef are to hold a fresh strike on january the 5th members of aslef are to hold a fresh strike onjanuary the 5th as part of their long dispute about pay. a 97 year old woman has been given a two year suspended sentence in germany for her role as a secretary at a nazi concentration camp. an article byjeremy clarkson about the duchess of sussex has attracted over 17,500 complaints to the press regulator ipso. that s more than any other in its history. around 10,000 nhs nurses in england, wales and northern ireland are striking for the second time in less than a week in protest over their pay.
didn t call progressives. they didn t call left wingers. they didn t call biden supporters. we had one trump adviser after another. one trump person after another who supported him through the first impeachment, who argued for him through the second impeachment. who stood with him to the bitter end through january the 5th. every one of those people, to the bitter end, they were dead enders and then january 6th happened, and even they never imagined that donald trump was this. let me just say lacked the most basic prerequisites of being a patriotic president. isn t it remarkable that this has been a committee of two republicans and just one republican witness against trump after they re all trumpists