very hot topic for the house panel that is probing the most pressing threats that face the u.s. today. we should recognize that beijing seeks to divide the euro atlantic alliance. martha: that is a serious question, beijing seeking to divide us from our allies. we are going to talk about that in moments. house republicans also today busy day on the hill, as things get rolling the beginning of this february, there were grilling former twitter executives, this is quite a lineup they have got come on the company s role in suppressing the hunter biden laptop story and how they came to those conclusions. i think you guys got played by the fbi. five days after you guys take down the hunter biden story, 511 former intel official send a letter and say the hunter biden story has all of the classic earmarks of a russian information operation. the information operation was run on you guys. we could talk about civil rights, voting rights, abortion rights, instead we re talkin
long awaited report on alleged human rights abuses against uyghur muslims in china. un inspectors arrive in the southern ukrainian city of zaporizhzhia, on a mission to prevent a nuclear accident at the russian held power plant. as the tributes continue, preparations are being made for the funeral of mikhail gorbachov, the last leader of the soviet union. the last surviving member of the monkees sues the fbi over access to secret files held on the band. from child refugee to influentialfashionista we speak to edward enninful, editor in chief of british vogue. and painting the town red the notorious spanish tomatina festival returns after a covid enforced absence. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a long delayed un report says serious human rights abuses have been committed in the chinese region of xinjiang against uyghur muslims. it also found that allegations of torture and sexual abuse during what china calls vocational education and trainin
is likely in the autumn, says the head of the industry watchdog, after a £700 rise last month. the faces of thousands of members of the uighur community in china, the bbc obtains a huge data leak about their detention and harsh treatment by the authorities. good morning, everyone, and welcome to the brand new elizabeth line service. and it is three years late and four million pounds over budget, but the elizabeth line on london s tube network open to the public today. and coming up on the bbc news channel, it is england s jarrod bowen. he and jamesjustin get their first international call up ahead of next month s nation s league games. good evening. there are more questions for the government tonight over behaviour in downing street during covid lockdowns. for the first time insiders who attended gatherings there have told the bbc that parties were routine, and they would arrive at work to find bins overflowing with empty bottles from the night before. they say staff sat on
hacked stucco though i was looking through these images, and i took a break. looking through these images, and i took a break. i looking through these images, and i took a break. i was looking through these images, and i took a break. i was overwhelmed. | took a break. i was overwhelmed. and in the uk, there once again fresh calls for borisjohnson to resign as new photos emerge of gatherings going on inside downing street during lockdown. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. let s start with some breaking news for you at this hour. a gunman has shot dead at least 14 students and a teacher at a primary school in the us state of texas. the governor greta abbott says the attacker was 18 years old greg abbott, who said there was believed to be killed by officers. the shooting was in the city of you all the. the assailant was thought to have a handgun and possibly a rifle. the president will be briefed regularly. we are getting reports that
If the west wants to stop russian advances in ukraine here is one place they can do that. Asian is not supplying moscow with weapons but the west believes it is supplying russia with components that it can use in its war machine. The us has a raft of new sanctions at the ready to target chinese banks so president xi has a decision to make. Live now to gary locke, former Us Ambassador to china from 2011 to 2014. Putin really wanted to play up the significance of their deepening partnership and said he and xi are as close as brothers. Do you think xi sees it that way . Certainly china wants to form closer relations with russia simply because they want a Strong Partnership in opposition to the United States and the western allies. Especially given the stance of the United States towards china in terms of tariffs and restrictions on exports of high tech goods, semiconductors and machinery to make these things. And of course our resistance and pushback on their activities around the taiwan