We ll be live with our correspondents in the region, as the violence reaches a scale not seen for years. Also this lunchtime: borisjohnson announces an independent inquiry into the government s handling of the covid crisis will start next spring. The uk economy shrank by 1. 5% in the first three months of the year, but gathered speed in march, as lockdown restrictions eased. The mediterranean island of lampedusa once again sees an upsurge in migrants over 2,000 have arrived in the last few days. This is the third straight day of arrivals. The question is whether this is just a temporary spike, or whether it is the start of a summer rush to europe s shores. And more funding is sought for a national memorial to emergency workers who gave their all in the pandemic. It s etched in that face and in those eyes deep, piercing eyes, looking at the human being helpless on the ward and wondering whether we re going to pull through. And coming up on the bbc news channel: uefa hope to confirm
john: begin america reports with form president trump under investigation by the justice department as the agency appears slow to act on the current president s son, with one republican senator now alleging a cover-up. john roberts in washington. good to be with you again. sandra: we made it to wednesday. i m sandra smith in new york. washington post reporting the justice department is looking into the former president as part of a criminal probe of efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. the post says phone records of some trump officials have been seized and witnesses have been questioned before a grand jury. john: as iowa senator chuck grassley accuses the fbi and d.o.j. for trying to bury the dirt they have on hunter biden. jacqui heinrich is live at the white house with the latest on the hunter biden investigation. rich edson, how deep does the investigation go? john, the justice department is investigating the attack on the capitol and phony electorat
last night when we were here, it was difficult to see the full extent of the damage. but this morning, you can the rocket has completely ripped into the back of the shopping centre here. you can see it s completely folded. and, going back to the past, the company trying to prove that sailboats are a greener way to transport cargo. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. security forces in sri lanka have been ordered to shoot anyone seen looting or damaging public property in the latest attempt to stop anti government protests. since last month, the country has been rocked by demonstrations over soaring prices, power cuts and a lack of medicines. at least 8 people have died in the violence and 200 have been injured, as our correspondent rajini vaidya nathan reports from colombo. a capital under curfew. troops told to shoot at sight at anyone who damages public property or threatens lives. the skeletons of a bustling city scorched by an economic crisis.