Winter olympics, which start exactly one year from today. The ioc president thomas bach says its almost a miracle china has managed to prepare for a winter games through the pandemic, but Sophie Richardson of human rights watch, says the Olympic Movement needs to rethink. This would be a miracle. Ending mass arbitrary detention, ending the devastation of cultural property, ensuring that decent human rights environments exist before a warning that government, really the propaganda of posting. This is not a rights friendly of environment, and i think commitments of the con john of the Chinese Government made is clearly not worth the paper they were written on. Its certainly going to be a controversial games those allegations and questions over the Environmental Impact of the games but preparations are continuing. Among those hoping to compete are british mogul skiers the gerken schofields. Tom and leonie could become the first british twins to compete at a winter olympics, and younger si
As you are looking live there, Special Counsel jack smith will make remarks at a News Conference from the Justice Department shortly. We will bring those to you here live and we have a full show of reaction to all of the developments and the specifics on the charges for that Griff Jenkins has the details outside the courthouse. Griff good evening. Donald trump has been ordered to appear in court behind me for First Court Appearance and possible arraignment. That is the news breaking at this moment. It will be on thursday at 4 00 p. M. Now Special Counsel jack smith has laid these allegations out in the form of Speaking Indictment where prosecutors lay out a detailed time narrative events surrounding the january 6th, 2021 capitol ri ri. How they dealt with his refusal to accept the results of the 2020 president ial election. The indictment alleges, bret, that trump falsely claimed the election was stolen, that he pressured State Officials to nullify Voting Results and sought to interfer
Been approved in the us. Clinical trials showed that the pill helped to significantly reduce depressive symptoms within three days. Good evening. Thank you forjoining us on bbc news. The former pakistani Prime Minister imran khan has called on his supporters to protest peacefully, after he was found guilty on Corruption Charges and sentenced to three years in prison. A Court In Islamabad ruled that he had failed to declare income from the sale of gifts he received while in office. The verdict means he isnt allowed to hold Public Office for the next 5 years pakistan is just months away from a general election. From islamabad, Caroline Davies reports. Sirens blaring, police truck after police truck, arresting former Prime Minister imran khan. The judgment came from here. Police filled every corner in islamabads session court. Mr khan says that the case is politically motivated. The court said he is dishonest. So this is after months and months of waiting, we now finally have an announcem
hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york on state of the union day when president joe biden delivers that state of the union address to we thought it was important to remember that that address will take place in what amounts to a crime scene. for which there has yet to be accountability for many of its perpetrators. members of the mob that stormed the capitol on january 6th have been swept into the largest investigation in justice department history. more than 950 of them from all 50 states have been arrested. at least half of them have pleaded guilty to charges. on trial right now at this very moment on the rare and historically significant charge of seditious conspiracy, the right-wing militia groups, the oath keepers and the proud boys, the groups that form the tip of the spear of the mob that reached the capitol on that day, january 6, 2021. what about the campaign staffers? attorneys, activists, officials, the members of congress who helped put into motion complex
lord, when babies die at a church school, it is time for us to move beyond thoughts and prayers. remind our lawmakers of the words of the british statesman, edmund burke. all that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing. senate chaplain barry black appealing to lawmakers to do something about gun violence. but one of the party has made it clear where they stand. and it is not with american children who just want to grow up. a republican congressman admitting today we re not going to fix it. also tonight, trump s goons wanted to murder him. so why is it taking a court order to force mike pence to testify about his life and death ordeal on january 6th? and gone are the days of a functioning house of representatives. kevin mccarthy has handed the keys to the insurrection caucus which has no agenda except punishing their political opponents and doing the dirty work for donald trump. former speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, widely considering on