And wildfires threaten parts of greece as strong Winds Fan the flames through the Countryside North of athens. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. Police officers who tried to prevent Donald Trumps supporters from storming the us Capitol Building Injanuary have been giving dramatic evidence at the start of an inquiry into what happened. The panel will look at the reasons for the riot, which happened as lawmakers gathered to certify President Biden s election victory. But the inquiry s already been undermined by partisan divisions with many republicans refusing to take part. Our correspondent Barbara Plett Usher reports from washington. Do you swear to affirm that the testimony you are about to give. Police officers who defended the capitoljust months ago formed a steady Blue Line as they prepared to testify. It was a sharp contrast to the Chaos Injanuary when they were overrun by a mob of trump supporters trying to overturn the results of an election that hed
Now on bbc news, my friend from a care home. Hello. With low pressure right across the uk, there were more heavy, even torrential thundery downpours around on tuesday. One storm captured on camera by one of our Weather Watchers in belfast. Heres the area of low pressure. Now, later in the week, it will move away, and then the showers are going to ease. But as it exits the scene, it draws in some Cooler Air as we move from july into august. Now, enduring some of the heaviest rain for wednesday will be this part of scotland, with a met office amberwarning. Ullapool across to elgin, including inverness, where by thursday morning, Rain Totals may be approaching 100 millimetres in the wettest spots, bringing the likelihood of Flooding And Travel disruption. Its not the only area, though, thats going to see some Heavy Rain during wednesday. More widely across parts of scotland and northern england, therell be some areas of Heavy Rain to begin the day. Notice this area of rain in scotland. Th