Tumultuous final days of the trump presidency are revealed in a sires of new books laying out howie is veer of a threat trump was to democracy itself. If i alone can fix it write the general mark milley was so concerned that trump or his allies might stage a coup that he and others came up with plans to stop trumpet milley described, quote, a stomachchurning feeling as he listened to trump s untrue complaints of election fraud drawing a compare season to the 1933 attack on germany s parliament building that hitler used as a pretext to establish a nazi dictatorship. Quote, this is a reichstag moment, the gospel of the furor. According to the book milley said of any potential coup, they may try but they are not going to f ing succeed adding, quote, you can t do this without the military. You can t do this without the cia and the fbi. We re the guys with the guns. Trump released a statement said saying i never threatened or spoke to anyone a couple our government and, quote, if i was goin
Borisjohnson as prime minister, days after his election victory. The met office issues an extreme heat weather warning for the coming days, covering large areas of england and wales. Two, one. And a day trip to space for the world s richest man in the first crewed flight of his own rocket ship. And coming up in sport on the bbc news channel: despite all the difficulties, athletes prepare for the first day of action at the tokyo olympics, with just hours to go until some events get under way. Good evening. Downing street has been trying to clear up the confusion about the use of the nhs covid app in england. One minister suggested earlier today that individuals and employers could choose to ignore the instructions to self isolate by making an informed decision . But downing street stepped in with a different message, urging people to isolate if they were pinged. The app s guidance is not legally enforceable, unlike instructions from the nhs test and trace service, which are a legal req
and mike nesmith singer and guitarist with the sixties band the monkees has died at the age of 78. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. fresh analysis of data on the omicron variant of coronavirus has revealed what the uk government is calling a deeply concerning situation. the figures confirm that omicron is growing rapidly in all regions of the country and could be the dominant strain within the next week. the uk health security agency is suggesting that vaccine protection against mild symptoms is substantially reduced but that a third boosterjab is 75% effective in preventing any covid symptoms. here s our medical editor fergus walsh. the omicron variant is spreading incredibly fast, despite our highly immunised population. the growth rate is even more rapid than last christmas, when the alpha wave hit and very few of us had been vaccinated. new analysis shows that having two vaccine doses is unlikely to stop omicron infection. however, bo
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with the former met police officer and mp and a chief constabulary. fighting between rival gangs has involved firearms, knives and bombs. hello, and welcome. it is a moment of reckoning forjoe biden and his party. the democrats were elected to get things done, and tonight within their grasp as a bill that could bring new life into america s creaking infrastructure. successive presidents going all the way back to reagan have tried and failed to get something like this over the line. it would in its own be a huge victory for the white house. $1 trillion further infrastructure, and yet progressives are lining up to vote against it because they cannot get a commitment from moderate democrats in the senate and the other key part ofjoe biden s agenda. a second and much bigger bill to inject 3.5 trillion dollars into the post pandemic economy. they come together, or not at all. all week, nancy pelosi has been trying to bring her caucus together. we will see later tonight if she will