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this is bbc news. the headlines police on duty during january s storming of the us capitol building by donald trump supporters have told a congressional inquiry what happened was an attempted coup. one officer described being beaten, tasered and called a traitor as rioters broke through windows and doors. the us gymnast simone biles is to be monitored daily by medics after pulling out of the final few events of the team gymnastics contest. biles won four gold medals in rio in 2016. two people have died and three others are missing after an explosion at an industrial park in the western german city of leverkusen. the former king of spain, juan carlos, is being sued by his ex lover, who accuses him of having used the spanish intelligence service to spy on her. corinna zu sayn wittgenstein alleges he put her under surveillance and hacked her phone.
issue or can you just not divorce the two? reporter: yeah, alisyn, she said afterwards that she felt off and she wasn t going to let her poor performance hurt the team and cost them a medal, so she pulled herself out of that women s team gymnastics competition. as you mentioned, she later con firl confirmed that she withdrew due to mental issues. she said usually she perseveres, but this time was different. here is how she described what happened before the competition. i was just shaking, could barely nap. i never felt like this before a competition before. i tried to go out in the back and have fun, warm up a little bit, but when i came out there i was like, no, mental is not there so i just need to let the girls do it and focus on myself. reporter: so the big question now, alisyn, victor, is will the mentals, as biles phrased it, return. she said she has been fighting demons, she has to focus on her
the headlines police on duty during january s storming of the us capitol building by donald trump supporters have told a congressional inquiry what happened was an attempted coup. one officer described being beaten, tasered and called a traitor as rioters broke through windows and doors. the us gymnast simone biles is to be monitored daily by medics after pulling out of the final few events of the team gymnastics contest. biles won four gold medals in rio in 2016. two people have died and three others are missing after an explosion at an industrial park in the western german city of leverkusen. the former king of spain, juan carlos, is being sued by his ex lover, who accuses him of having used the spanish intelligence service to spy on her. corinna zu sayn wittgenstein alleges he put her under surveillance and hacked her phone.
plus, you re never to old to cheerlead. we meet the seniors injapan who re getting ready for their 25th anniversary show. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore, and 7am in tokyo where it s day five of the olympic games. tuesday had some major surprises, but none bigger than the womens team gymnastics. the russian olympic committee won the gold beating the us who won gold back to back in london and rio. but the real shock came earlier in the final. simone biles a four time