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figure in the organised attempts to forcibly overturn presidentjoe biden s 2020 election victory. another leader, zachary rehl, recieved 15 years. here s our correspondent, peter bowes. these are some of the longest sentences imposed on anyone tried and convicted for their involvement in january the six attacks and in the case ofjoe biggs he was seen as one of the leaders, one of the leaders in the crowd to encourage people to move into the capitol building, the very moment event vice president mike pence was certifying the results of the 2020 election. and we now know that of course that trump had spoken to crowd earlier in the day. he had discouraged strongly mike pence from certifying the election and encouraged the crowd to move to the capital building. we know that there are being the scores and scores of trials, more people to be sentenced under some cases are still ongoing, but in the case ofjoe biggs and zachary real they have now been sentenced, both men appear ....
it is described in the indictment, fuelled by lies. lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the us government, the nation s process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election. the men and women of law enforcement who defended the us capital onjanuary the 6th are heroes. they are patriots and the very best of us. they did notjust defend a building, or the people sheltering in it they put their lives on the line to defend who we are as a country and as a people. they defended the very institutions and principles that defined the united states. since the attack on our capital the department ofjustice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. this case is brought consistent with that commitment. our investigation of other individuals continues. in this case, my office will seek a speedy trial so that our evidence can be tested in court and ....
president and not facing a ramifications politically. as a medium effect, short term effect and a long term effect the immediate is he ll raise a lot of money. in intensive of support from his core base. in the short term we will see that it benefits him most likely within the republican primary put up as he is being indicted more and more often which is a bizarre thing to say, what we ve seen is it reinforces trump s court message that the government is rigged against him, there s a two tiered system ofjustice and so forth. all of which i think is false but it reinforces that political argument from trauma. in the long term is of you re an independent voter, somebody who voted for donald trump and 2016 but then voted forjoe biden in 2020 for the especially important in states like arizona and georgia, we see more scepticism about donald trump coming back. benefits him in the short term, long term still very real problems with this. that s on the political fight, much l ....
the israeli government has faced growing pressure to make the release of the hostages its main priority. a few hours ago, us secretary of state antony blinken arrived in tel aviv the latest stop on his fifth trip to the middle east since the war began. earlier on tuesday, secretary blinken was in doha. along with the qatari prime minister, he confirmed hamas has given a positive response to a proposed ceasefire with israel. here s a little of his statement. we had meetings already on this trip. we are focused on ensuring as well that we can use any pause to continue to build up plans for the day after in gaza, security, humanitarian, reconstruction, governance. all bring real challenges with them but that is exactly why we need to be focused on them now. we also determined to use any pause to continue to pay the diplomatic path forward to a just and lasting peace and security for the region. following this, a senior hamas official told the bbc that the group had ask ....
and european trophies. they ve beat inter milan one nil in the final in istanbul. it s only the second time that the treble has been accomplished by an english club, the last being manchester united in 1999. the winning goal was scored by rodri and this is how fans reacted to the final whistle back in manchester. cheering. our sports correspondent ollie foster sent this update from istanbul. this was a very, very special night for manchester city at istanbul s ataturk stadium, capping an extraordinary season, premier league winners once again, fa cup winners once again, but completing for the first time in their history that rarity, the treble as they became european champions for the first time and to make it that little bit sweeter they emulate their great rivals manchester united he did back in 1999 under great sir alex ferguson, pep guardiola, the manager becomes the first manager becomes the first manager to complete the trouble twice in the european leagues and di ....