the accession council, televised, as we saw. the importance of that is it is an important part in establishing his reign and an opportunity to pledge himself to constitutional government and a good place to do it in front of all the main political figures in the land. in front of all the main political figures in the land. many thanks. members of figures in the land. many thanks. members of the figures in the land. many thanks. members of the cabinet - figures in the land. many thanks. members of the cabinet have - figures in the land. many thanks. | members of the cabinet have had figures in the land. many thanks. i members of the cabinet have had an audience with king charles after he was formally proclaimed monarchy in succession to the late queen. liz truss took her senior ministers to buckingham palace to be received by the new sovereign for the first time. he spent time with opposition parties, including sir keir starmer. chris mason is at buckingham palace. this is
politicians in sri lanka begin the process of choosing a new president, after mass protests drove ex president rajapaksa to resign and flee the country. and an unprecedented win. ireland make history with their first ever series win in new zealand. a meeting of the government s emergency cobra committee is taking place this afternoon, to discuss how to respond to the record temperatures that are expected to hit parts of the uk next week. a national emergency has been declared after a red extreme heat warning was issued for the first time, meaning there s a risk to life. jon donnison has more. at the bristol harbour festival this weekend, a cold shower, more than welcome. and with potentially record temperatures forecast for early next week, this summer s heatwave is entering uncharted waters. well, i don t like the heat. it s all right at the moment, it s all right in the shade, but i do burn too quickly. for those climate sceptics, i think this is evidence that something s d
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Firing his defense secretary mike mike mark esper. President trump and esper have really been at odds ever since this summer when esper refused to support invoking the insurrection act which would have allowed President Trump to use active duty troops on u. S. Soil to quell all of those protest happening around the country in the wake of George Floyds death. The president made this announcement official, as he often does come on twitter. He said im pleased to announce that christopher miller, the highly respected director of the National Counterterrorism cent center, will be acting secretary of defense effective immediately. Immediately. Mark esper has been terminated, i would like to thank him for his service. The president s decision to fire esper just two days after joe biden became the president elect gives you a taste of what potentially could come over the next two months. We know fbi director has often been talked about also being on the chopping block. All well President Trump
Loud. A lot of back and forth. It isnt changing that the die is cast at least in the u. S. House of representatives. More on capitol hill. Overall, it has been pretty polite. Whether senior democrats and house judiciary republican got into it over the record of President Trumps july 25th phone call. Are you implying that there is transcript out there . Im implying that there is than what we have here. Which no witness testified to. Democrats argued have been trying to impeach President Trump from day one to find an excuse to get him out of office. At the end of the day, it simply last minute christmas shopping. They found something and said i can do it. But no crimes. And in the articles. Abuse of power in which any member can make up anything they want and call it an abuse of power. Ahead of votes on the house floor. Declaring how they were a vote. They need 216 to pass the articles of impeachment. Thats the magic number and theyre getting closer. They are saying that they are all a y