welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. we re tracking several pieces of news in this coming criminal trial of donald trump. his allies advise delay, this key tack we hear about in dealing with the indictment. we know jack smith, however, guaranteed a speedy trial. my office will seek a speedy trial in this matter, consistent with the public interest and the rights of the accused. there are some complexities with the case, but the federal judge is making news with a fast time line, ruling that trump s espionage trial will now be set to begin august 14th. that s just eight weeks from now, and trump s run for office is ongoing. it puts the trial on a collision course with the first republican presidential debate the following week. it will be held in a small florida courthouse, and this plan is putting even more pressure on trump to get in gear. he has seen several lawyers depart his defense team. he was recently adding new ones as of last week. now, to be ready for a trial
germany and the united states are reportedly ready to send tanks to ukraine, in what kyiv hopes will be a game changer in the war. at least 1a leopard 2 tanks could be provided by germany, following months of debate. the united states reportedly plans to supply at least 30 m1 abrams tanks. it s claimed german officials privately insisted they would only send tanks if the us did too. ukrainian officials say they urgently need heavier weapons. britain is providing challenger two tanks. poland wants to send some of its german made tanks but needs permission from berlin. at least 16 other european and nato countries have leopard 2 tanks, which could be available if germany approves their export. elsewhere in ukraine, it s been confirmed two british aid workers, who went missing earlier this month, have been killed. chris parry and andrew bagshaw died while attempting to evacuate people from the eastern city of soledar. we ll have more on that shortly, but first this report on wea
zahawi. iamat i am at the amazon warehouse in coventry to find out the details of the dispute where workers threatened to walk out. in memory of her dad bill turnbull s daughter tells us why she is running the london marathon in his name. he was the real light of our lives really and he was centre of ourfamily, so losing him has been a huge, huge loss for us, but, equally, ifeel so incredibly lucky to have him. it s advantage newcastle as they close in on a first cup final in in almost a quarter of a century as they beat southampton in tehir league cup semifinal first leg. there semifinal first leg. is frost and fog in parts of the there is frost and fog in parts of the south. it will be cloudy in england and wales with rain coming through. in scotland and northern ireland, after a cloudy wet start, brightening up with sunshine and showers. all the details throughout the programme. it s wednesday, 25th of january. our main story. it s been confirmed that two british aid wor
president and his team today retaliatory strike by the united states in syria, the pentagon says president biden authorized the strike after an american contractor was killed and five u. s service members injured in syria. the administration says the americans were attacked by a drone officials say came from iran. let s begin at the pentagon with cnn s oren liebermann or what are you learning about the u. s personnel involved here and how frequently attacks like this happen? the latest update we have on the u. s personnel involved here is that there were five service members injured. they are in stable condition. two of them were treated at the scene. three of them had to be taken to coalition medical facilities in iraq. there was also one other u. s contractor injured that, in addition, according to the pentagon to the one u. s contractor who was killed in this one way, you wavy attackers. suicide drone attack . the pentagon says the drone was of iranian origin, likely indic
of cyber attacks from russia. and brazilian leader jair bolsonaro is expected to address the nation today for the first time since losing the presidential run off to his left wing rival. the chief inspector of prisons has said the government must get a grip on a migrant processing centre in kent. a report published today says back in july the facility at manston was working reasonably well , but it says since then it has deteriorated significantly, with conditions being described as wretched . working reasonably well, despite a number of risks. meanwhile, the home secretary has been accused of using inflammatory language about migrants. suella braverman told the commons she wanted to stop what she called an invasion on our southern coast. she told mps the current asylum system is broken and illegal migration is out of control. labour accused her of being unfit for office, whilst one refugee charity called the home secretary s comments indefensible. it follows criticism