the decision is based on a rarely used provision of the us constitution that bars officials who have engaged in insurrection or rebellion from holding office. the ruling says he s ineligible to appear on next year s ballot because of his role instigating violence against the us government. the ruling only applies to colorado s republican primary ballot, but is on hold pending appeal until next month. the decision came down shortly before mr trump gave a campaign speech in iowa, where the first contest of the 2024 season will take place in less than a month. the former president did not explicitly mention the case, though he has discussed other legal cases against him before on the campaign trail. in a statement, the trump campaign said the court had issued a completely flawed decision, adding they will swiftly file an appeal to the united states supreme court. in a moment we ll hear from one of the lawyers who brought the case against mrtrump. but first, here s my conv
are a clear and present danger to american democracy. after a second resignation in as many years, downing street says borisjohnson is looking at whether the role of an adviser on standards is needed after lord geidt stepped down last night. and the bank of england hikes up interest rates to a 13 year high and warns that inflation could hit 11%. tonight with the context, chief political commentator at the i newspaper paul waugh and former adviser to hillary clinton amanda renteria. welcome to the programme. we start in washington, where the third day of the january 6th committee hearings has just wrapped up. it s been focused on mike pence and connecting donald trump s intense pressure campaign on his vice president not to certify the election results with the violent intentions of the mob that stormed the capitol. democrat bennie thompson is chair of the committee. he spoke of the danger mike pence faced in his opening statement. we re fortunate for mr pence s courage onjanu
inside the capitol building. the itv news crew, the fact that many generalists were surprised this happened. was evidence that the us media as a whole just had not been talking to this section of society anywhere near enough in the weeks and months running up to january the 6th? no. i think the media was paying close attention to trump during the transition period and the attorneys for the media and for me at the time writing a book with bodies he did not know all of the facts about what was happening behind the scenes. you had a president coordinating a pressure campaign against his own department ofjustice state officials and his own vice president and other aides and lawmakers on capitol hill and at the time it seemed like this was more of an ego trip for trump to have a rally but it actually was the culmination of a coordinated effort to overturn an election which onjanuary 5th, year today we were not really clear about an evidence of that is my own reporting,
and he will play. it s been a battle for all of us, it s notjust about novak. obviously, we ve been defending him every possible way we could, because we know he is a truthful and rightful guy. novak djokovic announced onjanuary 4th that he was going to australia after being granted a medical exemption a move that angered many australians who ve endured strict covid 19 rules. onjanuary 5th, he arrived in melbourne but was held by border force officers. his visa was revoked, and he was taken to an immigration detention hotel, where he remained until today, when his lawyers argued that his visa cancellation was unreasonable and a judge agreed, allowing him to stay in the country. while many in the tennis community believe djokovic was unfairly treated, some argue that meeting any country s vaccination rules will pose problems for him beyond australia.
of having had covid in december. but the bbc has found a discrepancy on the serial numbers of his test certificates. matt graveling has the details. this was novak djokovic s chance to win his tenth australian open, and with it the most grand slams ever achieved in men s tennis. upon arrival in melbourne onjanuary 5th, and confirming he was unvaccinated, his visa was revoked by the government. the serbian was given an exemption to play, having tested positive for coronavirus in mid december. in an attempt to overturn the decision, djokovic s legal team presented two covid test certificates to a federal court in australia. the first, shown to be taken on december 16th, shows a positive result. the second, taken six days later, shows a negative result. a german research company questioned why the unique confirmation code