An official proceeding. Obstruction of an official proceeding, and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. The former president is due to appear before a federal court on thursday In Washington, dc, as Our Washington correspondent sean dilley explains. Chanting we love trump hes the first president to be charged with a federal crime. But if previous cases are anything to go by, Donald Trumps third indictment is only likely to boost his popularity with Republican Voters. The charges he faces, though, are serious. The 45 Page Indictment accuses the former president of knowingly spreading false claims about Election Fraud to trick and persuade states into helping him overturn the Election Results. The police are now running back into the capitol building. Hes not been charged with inciting the violent scenes of january 6th, but prosecutors have drawn a link. The attack on our Nations Capital onjanuary 6th, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. Its descri
if you wish to serve, who here would be happy to have borisjohnson in the cabinet? please, raise your hands. not a single hand raised. we ll take a look at what this says about the leadership race so far. and jenny from the block becomes mrs affleck. nearly 20 years after they first dated, jennifer lopez and ben affleck tie the knot. hello and welcome. britain s first extreme heat warning has come into effect with parts of southern england expected to reach a0 celsius later today for the first time. the government says it s treating the unprecedented red alert as a national emergency. western europe is experiencing its second fierce heatwave in recent weeks, causing wildfires and mass evacuations in several countries. mark lobel reports. almost a week on, the wildfires in the south west of france continue to spread. more than 14,000 continue to spread. more than 1a,000 people have been evacuated as two forest fires and golf over 11,000 hectares of land. the development are no
26 man squad for germany. good evening from normandy where world leaders havejoined some of the last remaining veterans to mark the 80th anniversary of the d day landings. at the british normandy memorial this morning, a service of commemoration attended by more than a0 british veterans overlooking one of the beaches where allied troops first came ashore on 6thjune 191m british, american, canadian and french troops landed along this coastline on beaches that were named sword, juno, gold, omaha and utah more than 150,000 men fought in the d day landings. it was the largest ever seaborne invasion. there ve been events right along this coastline and this afternoon at omaha beach an international event attended by the us president and ukraine s president zelensky. our first report comes from our correspondent daniela relph. bagpipes. memories fade. the living testimonies dwindle. but at dawn today, on the beaches of normandy, they remembered. making their own 80th anniversary n
Everyone back home tonight. Their holiday is Over Thousands of british tourists flown back from the gambia after warnings of unrest. Last year was the warmest on record. Scientists say its Climate Change and were to blame. Coming up in sportsday later in the bbc news, tributes to the pioneering baroness Rachael Heyhoe flint. The former england captain who helped transform womens cricket has died at the age of 77. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Eu Leaders Meeting in strasbourg have been giving their first formal reaction to Theresa Mays Brexit speech. The Prime Minister of malta, which holds the eu presidency, said any deal had to be inferior to the Relationship Britain enjoys at the moment. With both british and eu politicians trying not to antagonise each other borisjohnson has been blamed for doing the opposite. Hes been accused of inappropriate language when he appeared to compare frances president hollande to a world war ii guard administering Punishment Beatings.
many people say that england have never had more options for the national men s team. as southgate has acknowledged, in many ways, it just makes his job has acknowledged, in many ways, it just makes hisjob more difficult. the time is 6:15. our top story this evening. some of the surviving veterans of the d day landings gathering normandy to mark the 80th anniversary. and over 100 cases of illness across the uk due to the bacteria e. coli. coming up on sportsday on bbc news at 6:30pm, another step towards three in a row. iga swiatek makes the final of the french open, beating coco gauff to extend her winning run at roland garros to 20 matches. in the run up to the election, we re getting the latest from our reporters across the uk, finding out about the key issues concerning local people. in a moment, we ll hear from lucy ashton who s in rotherham, but first let s join susana mendonsa, who in chipping barnet, in north london.