the country, including a former president, was the subject of a hearing today in a federal courthouse in washington, d.c. attorneys for donald trump and federal prosecutors argued over trump s claim that the federal election case against him should be dismissed because everything he did in the postelection period was in his official capacity as president. the three-judge panel that is hearing the case appeared spectacle of that claim. the ex-president and jack smith were in the courtroom today. trump has been claiming that president joe biden has been forcing him to appear in court, which is not true, he did have no obligation to appear at today s hearing. trump s attorney argued that allowing the prosecution of donald trump would, quote, open a pandora s box, but the judge has pushed back on that and many of the arguments he was making. trump s lawyer also argued that the president could only be prosecuted if he was impeached and convicted by the senate first, no matter what
by significant numbers. qanon supporters were amongst the mob that stormed the us capitol last year. the movement has been fuelled by the online postings of a user who signs off as q, and last week, after nearly two years of silence, 0 posted again. gabriel gatehouse is international editor at bbc news and the presenter of the radio a documentary series the coming storm that looks at the rise of qanon, and dr irene pasquetto is assistant professor at the university of michigan school of information. irene, gabriel, welcome to the media show. hi, katie. hello. thank you. most welcome. gabriel, when we say 0 is back, how do we know this? what s happened 7 ok, so, 0 was this supposed figure who was supposed to be a government insider with high level security clearance who was revealing secrets about this cabal of satanic paedophiles that had supposedly captured the levers of government in the united states. and 0, this government insider, was posting his secrets on a little know
called for calm in libya. a three day meeting of religious and tribal leaders in afghanistan has ended with a call on the international community to recognise the taliban government and lift all sanctions on the country. the male only meeting also declared that any armed resistance against the militants would be considered a rebellion. now on bbc news, the media show. hello, and welcome. this week, we re talking about the return of q. and if that doesn t mean anything to you, don t worry. you ll be hearing a lot more in this programme about one of the world s most notorious conspiracy theories. we re also looking at why bristol s mayor is facing a boycott of his press briefings and what it says about the often fractious relationship between councils and journalists. among our guests on that topic are martin booth, editor of bristol 24 7, and charlotte green, who s a local democracy reporter with the manchester evening news. martin, welcome to the media show. what s your big s
hello, and welcome. this week, we re talking about the return of q. and if that doesn t mean anything to you, don t worry. you ll be hearing a lot more in this programme about one of the world s most notorious conspiracy theories. we re also looking at why bristol s mayor is facing a boycott of his press briefings and what it says about the often fractious relationship between councils and journalists. among our guests on that topic are martin booth, editor of bristol 24 7, and charlotte green, who s a local democracy reporter with the manchester evening news. martin, welcome to the media show. what s your big story in bristol today? so, today i ve been visiting bristol s newly repainted rainbow crossing, just painted in time for our city s pride celebrations. so we ve got a brand new rainbow crossing on wine street. sounds fantastic. charlotte, what have you been covering in tameside? so, in tameside, we ve just got a new council leader, after the last one was deposed follow
are gathering on the streets on london for pride as the lgbt+ community marks 50 years since the first march. now on bbc news, the media show. hello, and welcome. this week, we re talking about the return of q. and if that doesn t mean anything to you, don t worry. you ll be hearing a lot more in this programme about one of the world s most notorious conspiracy theories. we re also looking at white bristol s mayor is facing a boycott of his press briefings and what it says about the often fractious relationship between councils and journalists. among our guests on that topic are martin booth, editor of bristol 24 7, and charlotte green, who s a local democracy reporter with the manchester evening news. martin, welcome to the media show. what s your big story in bristol today? so, today i ve been visiting bristol s newly repainted rainbow crossing, just painted in time for our city s pride celebrations. so we ve got a brand new rainbow crossing on wine street. sounds fantast