and i learned from him i think that good reporting, decentjournalism, is rooted in human decency. there was a word that he and i used to use when we were living in south africa and it is from the nguni languages of southern africa and the word is ubuntu . there is no translation into english but it contained the idea that all human beings are bound together in a shared responsibility for each other. bishop tutu used to say ubuntu can be defined like this. i can only be fully me when you are fully you. we two are connected. i can t be rich if you are poor and i can t be free if you are enslaved. george mentioned ubuntu at a gathering to celebrate his 60th birthday seven years ago when we thought his cancer had been eradicated and he talked about ubuntu, the sense of humanity, and i think it was his lodestar. i hoped watching him as a younger journalist that some of the values he lived would rub off on me. so he was a very inspiring and generous and selfless man. i don t want
one of the bbc s most highly respected, and much loved presenters. he died at home in london with his family this morning. he was 67 and he d been living with bowel cancer since 2014. the bbc s director general said he was one of the best and bravest journalists of his generation. george won many awards in a hugely successful career which took him all over the world. but many who worked with him here will remember him most as an unfailingly kind hearted and generous colleague. alan little looks back at his life. three, two, one. go tape. at six o clock the ground war on iraq has begun. millions knew him as the face of the six o clock news. good evening and welcome to the six o clock news. ..and for his calm, unflappable authority. good evening and welcome to the bbc s news at six. he was born in sri lanka in 1955 to christian tamil parents. as a child the family moved to ghana. this is the road. and he was swept up in the early optimism of a young nation new
yet he was furious about security measures. metal detectors were used to find guns and knives. he wanted the screenings stopped to let more people in, ms hutchinson told the committee in previously recorded testimony. i overheard the president says something to the effect of, i don t care they have weapons. they are not here to hurt me. take that away. donald trump: we are going to walk down and i ll be there with you. - trump did want to go to the capitol but as he ordered the secret service to drive him there he was told it wasn t safe. he said something to the effect of, i m the effing president, take me up to the capitol now. when the president s secret service agent bobby engel refused to go to the capitol, trump got physical. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr engel grabbed his arm and said, sir, you need to take your arm off the steering wheel. we are going back to the west wing. we re not going to the cap
cost of living crisis. we hear from the charity helping families who are struggling to make ends meet. liverpool s frustrating start to the season continues as their new summer signing darwin nunez sees red before luis diaz rescues a point against crystal palace. good morning. a cooler day ahead today, the rain we have at the moment across southern and eastern scotland were clear, leaving righteous skies behind. dryerfor northern ireland but still the risk of heavy thundery downpours almost anywhere across england and wales. they will be hit and mist. i will have all the details later. it s tuesday 16th august. our main story. dame deborahjames raised millions for charity and was an inspiration to so many people living with bowel cancer. now her mum heather has spoken for the first time since her daughter s death, to our reporter graham satchell, about her final days with deborah and her long lasting legacy. dame deborahjames, surrounded by herfamily at her mum and dads h