ukrainian officials say at least 19 people have been killed by russian missile strikes in and around the city of odesa. and more than a million people are expected to take to the streets of london this weekend for pride, as the lgbt+ community marks 50 years since the first march. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the chinese president, xijinping, has led a ceremony marking 25 years since the end of british colonial rule in hong kong. in a speech, he said true democracy began after the territory was handed back to china. mr xi also swore in hong kong s new leader, john lee, who praised the new security law that s been used to crush pro democracy protests. britain and the us have accused beijing of failing to live up to the promises it made in 1997 to respect hong kong s freedoms. mark lobel reports. and half a years since the start of the pandemic, choosing hong kong, two years on since a national security law. it is also 25 years since the b
unpaid work from five o clock today unless ordered to do so, amid a pay dispute. xijinping defends china s model of ruling hong kong during a visit to mark 25 years since britain handed over control but the territory s final governor, chris patten, labels the comments absurd . cheering in sport, britain s heather watson is through to the last 16 of wimbledon after beating kaja juvan in straight sets. and coming up on the film review later, if you want some comedy the minions are back. find out why marco made loves them so much. that s coming up at 5:45pm mark kermode. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. downing street has insisted that boris johnson was not aware of specific allegations against chris pincher before he appointed him as the conservative party s deputy chief whip. the prime minister is also facing calls to suspend the mp who s alleged to have groped two men. chris pincher resigned as deputy chief whip after admitting he had drunk far too much a
anniversary of taking hong kong back from britain and claims the territory now has true democracy. ukrainian officials say at least 19 people have been killed by russian missile strikes in and around the city of odesa. more than a million people are expected to take to the streets of london this weekend for pride as the lgbt+ community marks 50 years since the first march. good afternoon. borisjohnson is facing calls to suspend one of his mps who s alleged to have groped two men. chris pincher resigned as deputy chief whip after admitting he had drunk far too much at the carlton club, the conservative party members club in london. labour have questioned why he s being allowed to sit as a tory mp. they say it shows the conservative party is mired in sleaze and scandal. our political correspondent iain watson reports. are you drowning in sleaze? after striding the world stage, borisjohnson is back in britain and the spotlight has moved on to problems in his party, one
pursuant to house regulation ten, the chair announces the committee s approval to release deposition material presented during this hearing. good afternoon. in our hearings over the previous weeks, the select committee has laid out the details of a multi part pressure campaign driven by the former president aimed at overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election and blocking the transfer of power. we have shown that this effort was based on a lie, a lie that the election was stolen, candid by why spread throughout of donald trump s big lie. in the weeks ahead, the committee will hold additional hearings about how donald trump summoned a mob of his supporters to washington, spurred them to march on the capitol and failed to take meaningful action to quell the violence as it was unfolding on january six. however, in recent days, the select committee has been paying new information, dealing with what was going on in the white house on january six and in the days pri
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