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peaceful transfer of power. we will have the latest. an explosion at a chemical plant in western germany kills at least one person was stop several others are miller singh. and simone biles withdraws from the team gymnastics at the tokyo olympics. she said she suffered an injury to her pride after stumbling that a. she comes in with pressure from so many directions. she comes in bearing the mantle of, you know, america s sweetheart, the big olympic star. seven months ago, on the 6th of january, hundreds of donald trump supporters launched an attack on the us capitol. now the first full congressional investigation into what exactly happened that day, has begun. the first witnesses to be called were four men who had been on duty that day. two capitol hill officers and two washington dc police officers gave evidence about the violence and hatred they experienced. here s what the very first witness had to say. sadly as a result of that day, we lost some good officers. but w ....
more than 2 million adults in england are unable to see an nhs dentist, because appointments aren t available or it s too expensive, figures suggest. the foreign secretary summons the chinese ambassador after a former employee of the uk consulate in hong kong claims he was detained and tortured by chinese officials. i have been shackled, i have been handcuffed and i have been blindfolded, you know, so they make me hooded. and the mission to save thousands of animals from australia s bushfires. we ll have the latest on the desperate efforts. good morning. welcome to bbc newsroom live. borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn have traded verbal blows over brexit in the first tv debate of the general election campaign. the prime minister said the labour leader is unclear about whether his party supports leaving or remaining in the eu and mr corbyn said the nhs isn t safe in conservative hands. the two leaders also locked horns over trust and leadership, the future of scotland an ....
after being accused of inciting political unrest. more than two million adults haven t been able to access a dentist in england in the last two years. and, the special one is back in the premier league, jose mourinho is announced as the new tottenham manager. coming up on bbc news, wales are going to the euros, victory over hungary secures qualification as ryan giggs describes it as one of the greatest nights of his life. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. senior conservatives have rejected criticism of the decision to change the name of one of the party s twitter accounts during last night s tv debate between boris johnson and jeremy corbyn. one of the party s accounts was rebranded as a fact checking service . twitter says it will act if the party does it again and the electoral commission has reminded all parties that they must campaign responsibly. this report from our political correspondentjessica parker. looking online, watch to take at face va ....
tojose mourinho being named the new boss at tottenham, and we re asking where it went wrong for pochettino. thanks, holly, and sarah keith lucas has the weather. it is mostly dry but fairly cloudy this afternoon, some right then a forecast, particularly to end the week and into the weekend, but pretty quiet and dry for most away from the south west over the next couple of days. i will bring you all the details in about half an hour. thanks, sarah. also coming up the koala rescued from the bushfires in australia the woman seen on video taking off her shirt and charging into the flames to save the injured animal. hello, everyone this is afternoon live. the liberal democrats have set out their general election manifesto, reiterating their pledge to stop brexit. the party claims by doing so it will be able to invest billions of pounds in public services, and tackling inequality. the manifesto also includes a pledge to tackle climate change by generating more electrici ....
fighting to stop brexit that is or priority. because we believe we are better in the european union. it is better for our public services, like the nhs. it is better for our environment, and it s better for people sjobs. here s the scene live in central london where party leaderjo swinson will be giving more details of the lib dem manifesto shortly. at the trump impeachment inquiry the us ambassador to the eu says the president was behind pressure on ukraine to investigatejoe biden. and the special one is special again at least that s what spurs think, asjose mourinho returns to football management in the premier league. it s five o clock. our main story is that borisjohnson has said that, if elected, the conservatives would raise the threshold at which employees pay national insurance to £12,500. that would bring the threshold into line with income tax. mrjohnson said the first step would be to increase the threshold to £9,500 in the first budget of a tory go ....