level in five years and it s the under 25s who ve been the hardest hit and sprechen sie covid. the german institute of language says the pandemic has spawned 1200 new words. hello i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. there are still many unanswered questions about the insurrection at the us capitol onjanuary 6th. how much did law enforcement know about plans for violence that day? was intelligence properly shared? and just how could police have been so ill prepared for a riot that was organised in plain sight? today, lawmakers have been trying to get to the bottom of exactly what happened at a senate hearing that s still underway. among those tesitfying are two of the top security officials who were at the capitol that day. it s the first time we ve heard from them in public. this is what the former sergeant at arms of the house of representatives said about the intelligence reports he d received in the days leading up to the riot. safety was always p
dozens of british mps call on the government to abandon any idea of vaccine passports to help reopen the economy. hello, and welcome. a police officer has died and another has been hospitalised after an attack on the us capitol. the attacker, 25 year old noah greene from the us state of indiana, rammed a car into a barricade and then emerged brandishing a knife. he was then shot dead by police. president biden said he was heartbroken over the death of the officer, william evans, who had served for 18 years. this is the second time the capitol has been targeted this year, after supporters of donald trump stormed the building in january. here s our north america editorjon sopel. sirens wail. we ve been here before. lunchtime on a cold easter day, and another emergency at the capitol. a man in a blue car rams two us capitol police officers near a barrier. as he gets out of his vehicle, knife in hand, he s shot and has now died. immediately, congress goes into lockdown. a helicop
now on bbc news, donald trump was the first president to be impeached twice by the lower chamber of congress, and the first to be put on trial after leaving office. christian fraser reports on an unprecedented moment in us history. it was an unprecedented moment in us history. donald trump, the first president to be impeached twice by the lower chamber of congress, was also the first to be put on trial after leaving office. they were the gravest charges everfaced by a us president incitement of insurrection. the former president was alleged to have made false allegations of election fraud, and onjanuary 6 to have encouraged his supporters to storm the capitol. we fight like hell, and if you don t fight like hell you re not going to have a country any more. conviction would require a two thirds majority in the upper chamber of congress, the senate. 17 of the 50 republican senators would need to break with donald trump. new evidence brought the actions of his supporters that
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the international criminal court has opened a formal investigation into alleged war crimes in the palestinian territories. the probe will cover events in the israeli occupied west bank, eastjerusalem and gaza strip sincejune 2014. paul hawkins reports. is this a war crime? palestinian homes in the occupied west bank demolished by israel to make way for israeli homes, homes which the un says are illegal. israel disagrees. the icc will formally now investigated this as a war crime. so too is well s military occupation in gaza. this was 2015 when the backlashes on the border with israel. the icc will also look into alleged palestinian war crimes, like hamas firing rockets into israel during the 2014 war. the icc s announcement comes after a five year preliminary investigation. it says it has thejurisdiction investigation. it says it has the jurisdiction to investigate because the palestinians signed up because the pa
the international criminal court has opened a formal investigation into allegations of war crimes in the palestinian territories. it will look into events in the israeli occupied west bank, eastjerusalem and gaza strip sincejune 2014. paul hawkins reports. is this a war crime? palestinian homes in the occupied west bank demolished by israel to make way for israeli homes, homes which the un says are illegal. israel disagrees. the icc will now formally investigate if this is a war crime. so too israel s military occupation in gaza. this was 2015 with the clashes on the border with israel. the icc will also look into alleged palestinian war crimes, like hamas firing rockets into israel during the 2014 war. the icc s announcement comes after a five year preliminary investigation. it says it has the jurisdiction to investigate because the palestinians signed up to the court in 2015, so it will now investigate events in the israeli occupied west bank, eastjerusalem and gaza strip s