could julian assange finally be heading to the us to face charges of espionage? ajudge in london is set to rule on his case later. # walk on. and tributes to gerry marsden, the singer of you ll never walk alone who s died at the age of 78. hello to you. we begin in the us. president trump is facing robust criticism after putting pressure on an election official in georgia to overturn joe biden‘s victory in the state. the president was heard to make the requests during a recorded telephone conversation, which was released by the washington post newspaper. vice president elect, kamala harris, described his actions as a bold abuse of power . our reporter paul hawkins has the details. impeachment, the russia scandal and catching covid in the middle of a pandemic. the trump presidency has been a rollercoaster ride, so on one level, perhaps we shouldn t be surprised. after all, donald trump himself said. losing is never easy. not for me, it s not. but, on another level, no one c
hello and welcome. a us man has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically modified pig. doctors at the university of maryland medical center were granted a special dispensation by the us medical regulator to carry out the procedure and hope the surgery will be a game changer in solving the organ shortage crisis. tanya dendrinos reports. and a warning: some of these images are graphic. precious cargo being wheeled into the operating theatre but this was no ordinary transplant. this donor heart belongs to a genetically modified pig. it belongs to a genetically modified pig. belongs to a genetically modified m. . , ., , modified pig. it had previous surue modified pig. it had previous surgery so modified pig. it had previous surgery so it modified pig. it had previous surgery so it took modified pig. it had previous surgery so it took a - modified pig. it had previous surgery so it took a while - modified pig. it had previous surger
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster, david davies and the deputy political editor of the scottish daily force mail, rachel watson. tomorrow s front pages.starting with. the financial times reports on presidentjoe biden s speech marking a year since the attack on the us capitol saying he vowed to defend the united states from the dagger at the throat of democracy . the times also showing the president speaking at the capitol. but beneath that, suggests there may be grounds for a retrial of ghislaine maxwell. the paper says a second juror allegedly shared experiences of being sexually abused as a child, during jury deliberations. the telegraph claims new analysis shows more than a million people will move into the higher rate tax band by 2026, because of frozen income tax thresholds and rapid inflation. it also reports on borisjohnson s flat refurbishment, now calling it a wallpaper for access
injured in the attack. i began to sob and i began to cry, about notjust what had happened but i guess, the state of our country. the show won t go on, music s biggest night, the us grammy awards, is postponed indefinitely, over covid fears. and we meet the winner of the bbc sound of 22, 22 year old pinkpantheress, who only pinkpa ntheress, who only started pinkpantheress, who only started making music in her bedroom last year. hello and welcome to the programme. the world s top ranked tennis player, novak djokovic, is facing deportation from australia after having his visa revoked on arrival in melbourne. there was a public outcry after he was given a medical exemption from strict vaccine rules to defend his australian open title. we ve just heard the australian court is saying an injunction request against the visa cancellation on the part of novak djokovic has been listed for a hearing and that hearing is expected to happen now so when we get any news of that latest develop