Yea rs take off in next hour. And it is 100 years since women first got the right to vote but only if they were over 30 and owners of property. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Former executives at the failed construction and services giant carillion have apologised for the compa nys collapse. But they denied claims by mps that they were asleep at the wheel. The firm which employed 20,000 people in the uk went into liquidation last month. Today the companys former directors faced a committee of mps to explain what theyd known about its financial position. Our Business Editor simonjack reports. Summoned to westminster carillions top brass. Philip green was chairman of the board when the company collapsed, and he started with an apology. I would say i am deeply sorry for the impact that the collapse of the company had on employees, pensioners, customers, suppliers and all stakeholders. So what went wrong . Xhaka khan was finance director and said that hundreds of millions was owed b
Hello and welcome to the programme. All 50 us states are on alert for possible violent protests this weekend, ahead of president electjoe biden s inauguration on wednesday. National guard troops have been deployed to washington dc, in case of a repeat of the deadly riot on the sixth of january. Much of the city in a state of lockdown. But heavy security is notjust confined to washington. Police was out in force around public buildings in state capitals around the country, with security outnumbering trump supporter sin several places. This is st paul in minnesota, where a small group of some 50 protestors gathered on saturday. The mayor of washington dc, muriel bowser, says shes glad the military has pledged its support for a smooth transition of power next week. Its a place in our history that im sad that weve come to. American troops, should not have to be armed against their fellow americans. But what we saw was an unprecedented attack on our democracy, in the cradle of that democrac
Dmitry Rogozin, former head of Roscosmos, Russia's state space agency, suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin hit Ukraine with a space missile. The idea came shortly after he was hit by shrapnel in his buttock last December.