Are shattered as their team bows out but england are through. And coming up on the bbc news channel, new zealand strike early on the last day of the world test championship final, but it s a race against the clock to get a result. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A police officer has been found guilty of the manslaughter of the former footballer dalian atkinson. A trial at birmingham crown court heard that pc benjamin monk tasered mr atkinson for 33 seconds and kicked him twice in the head. The former aston villa striker died outside his father s home in telford in 2016. Monk was cleared of an alternative charge of murder. Jurors are still deliberating an assault charge against his colleague. Let s go live now to our correspondent in birmingham, phil mackie. Phil, just tell us what happened today in court? today in court? well ust before midday we today in court? well ust before midday we got today in court? welljust before midday we got verdicts today in cou
Latest proposal which would lower the cost from the original 2. 25 trillion to 1. 75 trillion. A spokesperson for one of the gop s lead negotiators on the bill say they re further apart than they were before. This comes as the gop remains staunchly against an independent commission to investigate the january 6th insurrection and attack on the united states capitol. Just 35 republicans in the house voted in favor of the commission. A vote in the senate could come this week. Right now a grand total of zero senate republicans are publicly for the legislation, which would create an independent commission styled on the famed 9/11 commission to investigate the violent mob which tried to kill them, hang mike pence and destroy american democracy in the process. The gop continues to play partisan politics saying the january 6th commission is a partisan ploy. It s not. As these republicans who acknowledge the reality and gravity of the situation explained on the house floor. The american people
Further apart than ever. Hadas gold joins us live from jerusalem with the latest. Good morning. Reporter: good morning, christine. This ceasefire took effect at 2:00 a. M. Local time overnight but even in the minutes leading up to that 2:00 a. M. Hour there were still red alert sirens going on in southern israel, still reports of air strikes, but after 2:00 a. M. Everything went quiet. There was fears amongst israeli officials that in those last few minutes there might be a barrage of rockets launched perhaps towards tel aviv or perhaps even jerusalem but that did not happen. The quiet does seem to be holding so far. The ceasefire coming about after egyptian negotiators were the mediators between israel and hamas and, of course, after that i know creasing pressure from the u. S. From president joe biden who spoke to netanyahu six times in recent days over this military campaign. And on the israeli side the military feeling as though they had reached most of their objectives, they wante
Today we face a threat america has never seen before. A former president who provoked a violent attack on this capitol in an effort to steal the election has resumed his aggressive effort to convince americans that the election was stolen from him. He risks inciting further violence. House republicans are expected to replace cheney with new york congresswoman elise stefanik. She has emerged as one of former president trump s top defenders. Despite the fact that her voting record is less conservative than cheney s and less in line with trump s. Now this all comes as former top trump administration officials are set to deliver critical testimony next hour to congress in defense of their handling of the capitol insurrection. Of course, led by protrump extremists. What s notable, this is the first hearing with thenhigh ranking government officials who were directly involved in that response to the insurrection outside of fbi director christopher wray who has previously testified. There are
That same day in elizabeth city, north carolina, yet another black life came to a premature end after a police interaction. Andrew brown jr. Was shot and killed by multiple sheriff s deputies who the suspect claims were carrying out search and arrest warrants. He joins daunte, adam toledo, ma khia bryant, george floyd, and breonna taylor, just to name a few other black americans killed by police. And that s just recently. Also today, attorney general merrick garland announced the department of justice would investigate whether there was a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing in louisville, kentucky, which may have led to the death of breonna taylor. We ll have more on that a little bit later. For several nights now, hundreds have taken to the streets in elizabeth city, north carolina, demanding that the sheriff release the body cam video. Mayor betty parker has joined the calls, and so has governor roy cooper, writing in a tweet that brun s death is extremely co