the lead starts right now. new witness tran scripts released from the january 6th committee, including one from donald trump s own son, and an unusual request from one sitting gop senator. then, officials are calling it the largest russian missile strike since the war began. ukrainians say it could have been so much worse. plus, some signs of relief on the horizon for tens of thousands of southwest pas passengers who have been stuck in the airline s meltdown for now eight days. welcome to the lead, i m phil mattingly. and we begin with our politics lead and new insight into the january 6th investigation. the committee released more testimony transcripts from 19 witnesses, including trump s son donald trump jr., trump attorney christina bobb, kimberly guilfoyle, stephen miller and former white house press secretary stephanie grisham. there s one key thing that sticks out, and that s the role of mark meadows. he was, of course, trump s chief of staff on january 6th an
autobiography, spare. kensington palace and buckingham palace have both said they will not comment. you are watching bbc news. news watch is coming up injust under 15 minutes, but first, here s click. climate scientists have warned that change needs to come from the top, from governments and companies. but science and innovation will play an important part. yeah, so this week, we re going to look at some of the latest green ideas. and first off, take a deep breath. deep inhalation and exhale if you live in the green, it s easy to forget what life is like in the grey. the air literally can smell sweeter, and it s definitely cleaner. the world health organization says air pollution poses a major threat to health and climate, and it kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year. now, we re not all going to move back to nature but what if we could bring nature into the cities? just outside berlin, this company is trying to freshen up our urban air. this is a biofil
legend pele is undoubtedly sad and certainly very newsworthy, to have six days of continual updates and news reports on the demise of a brazilian footballer seem to me to be just a little bit excessive, perhaps. others put it more strongly, such asjenny fenwick. now to a loss of another kind. after the ending over the past few months of dateline london and the film review both reported on this programme a third news channel staple had its final edition on monday, signed off by david eades, who himself left the bbc this week. just to say that tonight has been the final edition of the papers, here on bbc news channel. all i can say now is thanks for watching. the papers theme plays but many people had plenty to say about the dropping of the papers a nightly review of the next day s newspapers featuring two guests, normally journalists. one of its original presenters, clive myrie, described it as the end of an era, tweeting. and we ve heard from a number of fans, includi
in his tomb at the ecumenical necropolis overlooking the city. thousands of mourners lined the streets to say goodbye. we have the latest now on the walrus touring the coast of england. he s gone from scarborough to northumberland. the walrus is called thor and the hope is that he s heading north to arctic waters. danny savage has the story. he s been on a grand tour of the uk. thor, the wandering walrus, first appeared in hampshire in the middle of last month. on new year s eve, he hauled himself up a slipway in scarborough before surfacing again in blyth in northumberland. in north yorkshire, they cancelled scarborough s fireworks display so he wasn t disturbed, but thor didn t really care. he vanished into the north sea before the festivities were due to start. he didn t disappear for long, though. this isn t the sort of thing you usually spot through the rigging of the vessels of the royal northumberland yacht club. a pontoon in blyth, nearly 100 miles further north, was
now on bbc news charles s kingdom. born a prince, he grew up in the public eye, the man who would be king. with the queen s passing, the responsibility for the united kingdom and the wider commonwealth now rests with king charles iii. amidst the pomp and circumstance, the royal family s private grief has been on very public display. but once the wave of sadness and sympathy subsides, what will the future hold? as the latest census underlines and the clamour for scottish independence continues, we ask can the monarch keep his kingdom united? it s one o clock in the morning in southeast london and there s no time to lose. hearing rumours the uk s longest queue might soon be closed to new arrivals, this group of friends, straight off the plane from belfast, hurry along. they ve passed the point of no return that kathryn beggs and her companions pause to explain their extraordinary late night pilgrimage. i just think this is a really historic moment. of history, and ijust thi