the final two candidates should be known by the end of next week. the government is refusing to let parliamentary time for labour s notion of no confidence. they are choosing to play politics with the wedding of the notion and could be debated as the business of the day. let s speak to steve reid, the shadowjustice secretary. very good to have you here on bbc news. i am curious as to the timing of this no confidence motion, why table this vote of no confidence in the government under borisjohnson after we know that borisjohnson is resigning? why didn t labour tabled this before? we resigning? why didn t labour tabled this before? ~ ., ., , , ., this before? we have only ust found out that the this before? we have only ust found out that the conservative this before? we have onlyjust found out that the conservative party - out that the conservative party intends to prop up in office, for another two months, a prime minister who they have now admitted is unfit for office,
the stars and the black holes that appeared in our universe 13 billion years ago. tonight with the context, stefanie brown james, co founder of collective pac, the group campaigning for equal representation in american politics, and tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent. hello, welcome to the programme. donald trump knew there was no evidence to support his wild conspiracy theories that the election was stolen. his attorney general told him, his chief of staff told him, his white house council pat cippilone told him. but trump refused to believe the reality. today, the jan 6 committee honed in on an extraordinary series of meetings in dec 2020, in which white house staff got into a screaming match with trump loyalists, who somehow had gained access to the president office. rudi giulliani, general michael flynn and the lawyer sydney powell were feeding donald trump theories, without any evidence, that the election had been stolen. he said every video the judg
Hello, i m christian fraser. you re watching the context on bbc news. the january 6th committee sheds new light on the role donald trump played in inspiring the attack on the us capitol. the committee linked the former president s tweets with the plotting forjan 6th, and they published a draft tweet trump never sent, in which he intended to direct people to march on the capitol. he is now calling on we the people to take action and show our numbers. if necessary, storming right into the capitol. the next prime minister of the united kingdom will be one of these eight people. the first round of the ballot will be held tomorrow. sajid javid and grant schapps are the first fallers. and the first extraordinary images from nasa s new telescope
I m joined now by susan corke from the southern poverty law center, whose intelligence project provided testimony to the committee and closely tracks the proud boys and oath keepers. so, we ve heard direct evidence from a spokesperson for the oath keepers and a defendant who took part in the attack. do you think we now have a direct link between the tweets and the activity of the trump campaign and what happened onjanuary the 6th? and what happened on january the 6th? , , ., , ., and what happened on january the 6th?, and what happened on january the 6th? , , ,, ., 6th? yes. this was not surprising to southern poverty 6th? yes. this was not surprising to southern poverty law 6th? yes. this was not surprising to southern poverty law centre. - 6th? yes. this was not surprising to southern poverty law centre. this i 6th? yes. this was not surprising to j southern poverty law centre. this is something we have been tracking for quite a while. but we do feel that the hearing today provide
There s been some criticism that they ve not investigated some of these allegations. is that something they can ignore? i these allegations. is that something they can ignore? they can ignore? i certainly don t think it s something they can ignore? i certainly don t think it s something they - they can ignore? i certainly don t think it s something they can i think it s something they can ignore. i think with the committee is doing is providing a blueprint. they ve done thousands of hours of interviews and what they are doing is making the case to the american public but also providing a case that can be taken up by the department ofjustice. i ve heard the criticism that the department is not moving quickly enough, but i would know that this is a very complex case. it was probably one of the most complex days so far, and i think the committee did an excellent job of showing the steps that led up to january the 6th. the days that were the most pivotal, the meetings that were the most