quote, an fbi memo on january 5th warning of people traveling to washington for war, never made it way to top official. right-wing extremist groups had been posting online. armed with weapons. quote, if they don t show up, we enter capitol as the third continental congress, quote, bring guns, it s now or never. the washington post adding this, the u.s. capitol police had specific intelligence that supporters of president trump planned to mount an armed invasion, but a series of omissions and miscommunications kept that information from reaching frontline officers targeted. by capitol police officers themselves. a case being made by officer sicknick s loved ones about the brutality suffered tess hands of the ex-president s supporters. the objects thrown at you will varied in size, some were frozen cans and bottling, rebar from the construction, bricks, liquids, pepper spray, bear spray, sticks of various width, pipes and bats. another officer tells the committee, quote, we w
as we sort those technical problems out, let s turn to that case in new york. prince andrew has demanded a jury trial as he seeks to defend the civil sex case that has been brought by virginia giuffre, according to legal documents filed by his lawyer in new york. it was reported he might have to pay more than $5 million to his accuser to persuade her to settle, although mr giuffre has signalled before that she wanted to a proceed to a court trial. the duke has strenuously denied the allegations she is making. our correspondent nada tawfik is in new york. this is a formal response by prince andrew s legal team to virginia giuffre s complaint, and so in it, he goes through every allegation in the complaint line by line and either denies or admits to the assertions in the complaint. so, for example, he denies all allegations of sexual abuse with virginia giuffre on the three occasions that she alleges when she was 17 in the us virgin islands, and london and new york. he also den
england and manchester city footballer raheem sterling says society must never let its guard down over racism in the game. and it is a christmas tradition but many pantos and theatres have had to close their doors due to the pandemic but not this one in bromley. the scottish parliament will be recalled this afternoon as first minister nicola sturgeon delivers an update on rising coronavirus infections, as cases continue to spike across the uk, europe and in the us. in scotland, the festive period has seen daily cases rise to record levels. in response to the surge in cases, the scottish government has already introduced new measures, including one metre physical distancing at large events, with limited numbers. nicola sturgeon will address a virtual session of the scottish parliament later today. meanwhile, pressure is mounting on health authorities in the uk to look again at how long people should isolate after a covid infection. it follows the isolation period for those tes
i want to bring you some news into us, at the bbc, and a 14 year old boy has been charged with the murder of 12 year old ava white. now, ava white was stabbed in liverpool city centre on thursday, as the christmas lights were being switched on, and merseyside police have just announced that a 14 year old boy has been charged with her murder. we will of course bring you any more news, as we get it, but, a 14 year old boy has been charged with the murder of 12 year old ava white, she was stabbed in liverpool city centre, on thursday evening, as the christmas lights were being switched on. we can bring you up to date with the weather now. change is afoot. this is a warm front across scotland and northern ireland on monday morning. a widespread ice risk for parts of scotland and england. that front will be pushing outbreaks of rain preceded by hills snow and sleet in scotland in the morning and it gradually goes south and turns into patchy rain for northern ireland and into the f
using racist language against his former yorkshire team mate azeem rafiq. good morning and welcome to bbc news. scientists researching the effectiveness of the hpv vaccine have produced the first major study which they say shows that it s reducing rates of cervical cancer by almost 90% in some age groups. one of the lead researchers has described the impact of the uk vaccination programme as huge . the charity, cancer research uk, says the findings are historic . here s more from our health correspondent dominic hughes. almost all cases of cervical cancer are linked to the human papillomavirus. the hpv vaccine programme targeting the virus itself was introduced in the uk in 2008, when girls aged between 11 and 13 were first offered the jab. and since september 2019, boys of the same age have also been eligible. now, the first real world study of the vaccine shows it s had a dramatic effect. cervical cancer rates were 87% lower in girls who were offered the vaccine when aged