Live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. With robyn curnow. Reaction to donald trump being acquitted in his second Impeachment Trial is coming in fast and at times furious. Youll remember he was accused of inciting last months deadly siege on the u. S. Capitol. A majority, 57 senators, voted against him. But it wasnt enough to reach the required twothirds majority. U. S. President joe biden has weighed in saying, quote, while the final vote did not lead to a conviction, the substance of the charge is not in dispute. Even those opposed to the conviction, Like Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell, believe donald trump was guilty of a disgraceful Dereliction Of Duty and practically and morally responsible for provoking the violence unleashed on the capitol. Key House Democrats were less diplomatic, take a listen. But what we saw in that senate today was a cowardly group of republicans who apparently have no options, because they were afraid to defend their job, respect the institutio
Direction they wanted. Either toward russia, as some people have chosen, or more likely, back towards ukrainian territory, as well. But we have just heard from a Deputy Commander of the azov reg regiment, that is the part of the Ukrainian Military that is leading the fighting from that plant, who says that the russians have not kept their end of the bargain when it comes to that ceasefire that they had promised and there are no science at this point that any civilians have been able to make it out of the plant. That Deputy Commander says that the heavy the fighting has been incredibly heavy in that area and that Russian Troops have tried to storm for a Third Straight day, tried to storm the plant on the ground, something that russia vehemently denies. Now, erika, if you look at any tv channel in this country, you will see a qr code on the screen. That is soliciting donations for the Ukrainian Military and the Ukrainian War Effort more broadly. Now president zelenskyy, though, in an eff
And its particularly focused, magnified for poor. For the poor. The bbc has discovered evidence that a Major Conservative Party donor was a director of a Company Secretly owned by a Russian Oligarch close to vladimir putin. A man who raped and murdered Christine Robinson seen here with her husband in south africa eight years ago will be sentenced after being tracked down by the victims niece. And the queen is 96 today. This photo of her has been released to mark the occasion. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. The government will try today to delay a vote which was due to happen this afternoon on whether borisjohnson should be investigated over claims he misled parliament. Ministers now say the decision should wait until inquiries into Lockdown Parties by the met and the Civil Servant Sue Gray Have finished. Our Political Correspondent ione wells has more. I have been repeatedly assured, since these allegations have emerged, that there was no party. And that no covid rules were brok
To get off . Russians who are calling putin out for his lies. Lets go outfront. Im kate bolduan in for erin burnett. Thousands of Russian Troops on the way to eastern ukraine. Thousands of troops are on the way to donbas region in addition to the soldiers who have made their way into ukraine in the last few days. The Russian Foreign minister calling this the next phase of putins invasion. Tonight, the new mass of Russian Forces is ramping up the assault, and more strikes across the country including the Southern Region of nikolaiev, and now the mayor is making the unsettling request for 200,000 gas masks to protect the innocent. And now, ukrainian officials are releasing communications they say were intercepted that putin said to level everything where ukrainian defenders are held up. Translator we are expecting surprises from russia here. Translator what kind of surprises . Translator three 1 tons from the sky. The man went on the say that so moving on, and we do want to warning that