allies tried to influence the january of committee star witness cassidy hutchinson. and as russia continues to fire at civilian targets in ukraine, russian forces are driven from key outposts like snake island. we re live in kyiv with the latest. plus ceremonies and speeches across hong kong as the city marks 25 years since it was handed back to china. we re live in hong kong, beijing and taipei. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster. it is friday, july 1, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where we re getting new insight into what the january 6 select committee believes is possible witness tampering by members of trump s orbit. sources tell cnn that custody hutchinson told the panel she was contacted by someone attempting to influence her testimony before tuesday s hearing. the committee is considering making a criminal referral to the justice department. the committee has also subpoenaed trump s former white house counsel pat cipollone
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that went viral, that little radio exchange. it was printed on t-shirts, on mugs. you could go into any shop in ukraine and it became sort of a war chant for ukrainians. and ukrainian officials say that after military operations by air, land and sea, that they were able to force out russian troops and finally take back that island. again, massive wily symbolic victory, one that means so much when it is on the back foot on the battlefield. yes, russia says it has withdrawn strategically from the island as a good will gesture and it sort of indicated that that might ease the blockade of grain. now, ukraine of course is accusing russia here of blockading of preventing their ability to 2k3export some 22 million tons of grain. at the same time russia disputing the claim saying it is not their fault that the grain can t get out of ukraine. but again, it is the symbol of snake island being liberated