Never knew you had. Those peripheral relationships we are missing in the time of lockdown. Hello, im Laura Trevelyan in new york city, Christian Fraser is in london. Its almost four weeks since supporters of President Trump stormed capitol hill, claiming the election was stolen and today, House Democrats laid out their case for convicting mr trump of inciting that insurrection accusing him of being singularly responsible for the events of january the sixth. The Impeachment Trial will be in the senate next week. In the memo they submitted, the nine Impeachment Managers say the president incited the attack but had laid the groundwork for what they describe as the big lie, well before the election in november. They say the speech he delivered onjanuary 6th whipped his supporters into a violent frenzy. And quoting directly from the constitution and its framers they say the senate has the jurisdiction to impeach a former official. In the last few hours mr trumps lawyers have responded claim
Official, jeffrey clark. The charge sheet refers to the defendants as a quote criminal organization. The Indictment Document says mr trump Knowingly And Willingly joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election in georgia, and elsewhere. Its the fourth case brought against mr trump this year. Lets take a listen to what Fulton County District Attorney fani willis said. The indictment alleges that rather than abide by georgias Legal Process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a criminal, Racketeering Enterprise to overturn georgias president ial election result. Subsequent to the indictment, as is the normal process in georgia law, The Grand Jury issued Arrest Warrants for those who were charged. I am giving the defendants the opportunity to voluntarily surrender no later than noon on friday, the 25th day of august 2023. The investigation into mr trump was sparked by a phone call between the former president and georgias Secretary Of State, brad raffe
You“re watching bbc news with mejames reynolds. this week the government published its eagerly awaited levelling up white paper, setting out plans to reduce regional inequality. its aim is to revitalise communities in places like rhyl but critics claim lessons aren t being learnt from previous efforts saying the focus should be on people rather than shiny new buildings . 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. we ve got the best seaside resort in wales, haven t we? we ve got a lovely community living here in rhyl. there s this sense of hopelessness amongst the people and you can see it in people s eyes. the ebb and flow of debate about rhyl can mask a simple consensus. the town needs improving. florist, carol parr is fully aware of the town s reputation. not many people say a lot of good things about rhyl, which i can sort of understand based on crime, and there s a lot of trouble. but when she had to relocate her business three years ago,
Mesopotamia. the hugely valuable artefact was looted from iraq in the early 1990s but was recently tracked down in the us. you“re watching bbc news. now it s time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. where the sun is shining this afternoon, once again, it will be an unusually warm september s day. temperatures yesterday got into the low 20s, that warm air coming in on and increasingly westerly breeze. notice how the amber colours stay in place into the weekend, southerly breeze adds a bit more in the way of humidity, but there is signs of change into the west as we finish the weekend and go into next week. more on that in a moment. let“s deal with the here and now, though. as i said, westerly wind, high pressure to the south, low pressure to the north. these weather fronts are basically only areas of cloud pushing their way eastwards for the most part. it will feed in quite a lot of low cloud, though,