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bowel cancer since 2014. george won many awards in a hugely successful career which took him from southern africa to many other parts of the world. but many who worked with him here at the bbc and elsewhere will remember him most as a thoroughly decent, unfailingly kind hearted and generous colleague. the bbc s director general, tim davie paid tribute to george s kindness, empathy and wonderful humanity. our special correspondent allan little looks back at his life. three, two, one. go. the grand war on iraq has begun. millions knew him as the face of the 6:00 news. good evening and welcome to the 6:00 news. and for his calm, unflappable authority, good evening and welcome to the bbc s news at six. he was born in sri lanka in 1955 to christian tamil parents. as a child, the family moved to ghana. this is the road. and he was swept up in the early optimism of a young nation newly independent of british colonial rule. we knew that africa was going to be united a ....
could accelerate an impeachment inquiry into president biden. but we begin with that plea deal or more accurately a plea deal no more after things turned south at a hearing in the hunter biden case. the first son now pleading not guilty to federal tax charges. senior national correspondent kevin corke joins us live from the nation s capitol with all the details. good evening, kevin. reporter: evening my friend. the headline is hunter biden s plea deal fell apart today. that s the top headline of the day, pleading not guilty as federal prosecutors confirm once again that, yes, he is still under investigation. but beyond the top headline, there s still plenty to unpack here jonathan. first of all, the president s son was expected to plead guilty to a couple of misdemeanor tax counts of willful failure to pay federal income taxes as part of a plea deal to avoid jail time on a felony gun charge. but district court judge marry ellen morika slammed the brakes described did ....
checking out the truth behind them. let s start in greece where new fires have been reported in rhodes. more than 80 wildfires are now burning in greece, with tens of thousands of residents and tourists forced to flee. the greek government says it s launched the biggest rescue of its kind in response to the emergency. this footage was filmed in island of corfu on sunday evening. over 2000 people have been evacuated from the island. this video was filmed in a corfu hotel, as guests were dining. the government says it has sent boats to evacuate residents by sea, if required. the greek emergency services are deadling with several fires including two in areas east and south west of the capital, athens. the eastern island of rhodes which has been badly hit, one fire brigade officials there says that around one in ten of the hotels in the central and southern parts of that island have been affected. ministers in the uk say they are reviewing the situation in rhodes. and our ....
good evening. george alagiah died this morning at the age of 67. he was at home surrounded by all his family. he was diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer in april 2014. his chances of living more than five years didn t look good, but he defied all the statistics. george kept working here in the newsroom until september last year. he loved it. it kept him going. he was very proud to do this job. he was a brilliantjournalist, a great team player, one of the most respected people here, and he had an extraordinary career. but above all, he was a very fine human being, as his friend and colleague allan little will now tell you. three, two, one. go, tape. at six o clock, the ground war on iraq has begun. millions knew him as the face of the six o clock news. good evening and welcome to the six o clock news. ..and for his calm, unflappable authority. good evening and welcome to the bbc s news at six. he was born in sri lanka in 1955 to christian tamil parents. as a child the fa ....
welcome to the programme. we begin in israel where the parliament has approved restrictions on the powers of the supreme court, which have led to some of the largest protests in israel s history. the move preventsjudges from blocking government decisions they consider unreasonable. critics say it will destroy israel s democracy, but the government says it will curb judicial over reach. the white house has described the vote in the israeli parliament as unfortunate, pointing out that the measure was passed with the slimmest possible majority. our middle east correspondent, tom bateman, sent this report from jerusalem. the streets of israel were soaked in anger. moments after one of the most contested laws in the country s history was passed. anti government protesters were being blasted with water cannon, and the rage towards mr netanyahu or bibi was boiling over. this is my country and bibi kidnapped our citizens and it s not supposed to be. we need to be here. i ....