The House Select Intelligence Committee hearing is nearly three hours. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Without objection the chairman to click a any time. Today, we come together to discuss the intelligence communities to 124 annual threat assessment. We begin with an open session and is been broadcast live and stream on the committees you tube channel. The open session is entirely unclassified, all participants are reminded to refrain from discussing classified information or other information protected from public disclosure. On the conclusion of the open session we were recess and resume in the closed session in the Committee Hearing room at two p. M. Or immediately following the first vote series currently scheduled from 1 30 that you can come pick it his intention to proceed with us and without any disruptions. Any disruption of the committee will result in the United States Capitol Police restoring order and the protesters will be renewed and arrested.
With tomas shafenaker. For most of the uk the weather really isnt going to change much for the rest of the weekend. Saturday are pretty dull, drizzly day, thunderstorms in the forecast too but its not all bad. There is some sunshine and pleasantly warm weather across northern wales, north west of england, south west of scotla nd north west of england, south west of scotland and the Western Isles so it is certainly not cloudy everywhere. The temperatures typically in the low 20s but a lot cooler on the north sea coast. Thunderstorms are possible broadly speaking across the southern half of the uk as we go through the rest of today and tonight. The overnight hours. A very muggy night. 18 degrees in london. Around the mid teens expected in scotland. Showers expected tomorrow. The possibility of thunderstorms again, probably the heaviest ones across more southern areas. A little brightness possible now and then, but on the whole, a lot of cloud the uk. This is bbc news. The headlines. Prin
Now on bbc news, click. The uss biggest rival is moving in on social media and communications, and the us is pushing back. Hard. This week we ask, what is going on in china . Hey, welcome. This week were gonna bring you up to date with one of the most important parts of the technology world. This place is a long way away from silicon valley, both geographically and culturally. And that is a place that is now challenging the wests tech dominance. I am of course talking about china. Now, in chinese there is a common phrase. Says phrase. Roughly translated it means a contradiction, like an Unstoppable Force meaning an immovable object. And over the last few years we have seen this in world politics. China, the Unstoppable Force, meeting the usa, the immovable object. This is Tiananmen Square in beijing. When i first went to china nearly 15 years ago, it was already clear that the mighty dragon was awakening, and the next Technology Superpower was rearing its head. Fast forward to 2020, an
With our guests. Anger and confusion for thousands of a level and gcse students in england, as the exam regulator withdraws its guidance on appealing against grades, hours after publishing it. Lancashire Police Say Two bodies have been found by the coastguard, during the search for two teenagers. The department of health and social care neither confirms nor denies reports that theres to be a shake up of Public Health england. An enormous crowd of opposition supporters gathers in the centre of the belarussian capital minsk, to protest last weekends disputed election. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers with me are andy silvester, Deputy Editor of city am, and the journalist and author Yasmin Alibhai brown. Tomorrows front pages. The metro leads on the angry student protests outside downing street, after the controversy over a level exam results. The i reports on the two legal challenges, launched by students, against the statitistical model used by the exam regulator,
Of the end of world war ii. Bagpipes skirl. Good morning. Welcome to breakfast, with Charlie Stayt and naga munchetty. This is the scene at the National Arboretum in staffordshire, which will host a National Service of remembrance. 0ur headlines today the scramble to beat the quarantine deadline thousands travel through the night to leave france before new restictions come into force. Good morning. In sport, brilliant bayern leave barcelona battered and bruised. After days of anxiety over exam the spanish heavyweights were dismantled 8 2 as the german grades, schools in england are told they wont have to pay to appeal champions claim the biggest ever win in the knockout stages of the Champions League. Good morning. The intense heat has against a level and gcse results. 110w good morning. The intense heat has now gone gcioss a day of commemorations today, to good morning. The intense heat has now gone across the uk, but we still keep a lot of humidity. That is mark the 75th anniversary