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has died aged ninety. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the select committee investigating january s attack on the united states capitol has unanimously approved a report which recommends that steve bannon a former aide to president trump be held in contempt of congress. steve bannon has refused to appear before the panel. the report says that mr bannon had specific knowledge of the events planned forjanuary the sixth before they happened. donald trump has urged former aides to reject the panel s requests, claiming the right to withhold information because of executive privilege. in his opening statement, the chair of the committee democratic congressman bennie thompson expressed astonishment that mr bannon hadn t given evidence: it is shocking that anyone would not do anything in their power to assist our investigation. so it is a shame that mr bannon has put us in this position but we won t take no for an answer. this position but we ....
and the oscar winning british songwriter leslie bricusse was behind some of cinema s best known tunes has died aged ninety. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe the select committee investigating january s attack on the united states capitol has unanimously approved a report which recommends that steve bannon a former aide to president trump be held in contempt of congress. steve bannon refused to appear before the panel. the report says that he had specific knowledge of the events planned forjanuary the sixth before they happened. donald trump has urged former aides to reject it is shocking to me. shocking that anyone would not do anything in their power to assist our investigation. so it is a shame that mr manning has put us in this position but we won t take no for an answer. i ve been speaking to our north america correspondent david willis and i asked him what he had learned from this vote. we learned that this committee is ext ....
thriller in spain. good morning. yesterday a part of the south east reached 21 celsius. today it is going to be mild, not that mild though, and the weather is changeable with rain, heavy showers, gusty winds and sunshine. details later in the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, the 20th of october. our main story. health leaders are demanding the immediate introduction of some coronavirus restrictions in england to avoid stumbling into a winter crisis . the nhs confederation says a sharp rise in cases means measures, including face coverings in crowded spaces, should be implemented. here s our health editor hugh pym. the nhs confederation says that increases in hospital covid numbers are worrying, and that with other demands on the service and pressure on staff, health leaders are worried about what might be around the corner. the latest government figures show that week on week uk covid cases, deaths and hospital admissions are all rising at a rate of 10% or more, thou ....
little amal , and her marathon journey across europe. live from our a studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am here in singapore 8am in pyongyang where north korea has confirmed it test fired a new submarine launched ballistic missile for the first time in two yea rs. we ve received this image which we are unable to independently verify. north korean state media spoke of the pride and honour of having succeeded. earlier the south korean military reported that one missile had landed in waters off the coast of japan. the un security council are thought to be meeting later on wednesday a move prompted by britain and the united states with the us in particular reacting angrily to the launch labelling the move as a threat to the region. here s what the white house press secretary jen psaki had to say. we condemned the dprk s ballistic missile launch. these launches violate multiple un security council resolutions and our threat to the region. a c ....
shortage of builders in the coming years. i will be talking to the businesses having to turn down work and the students here hoping to help solve the problem. the british speed skater elise christie opens up about her struggles with mental health, as she tried to qualify for next year s winter olympics. claudio ranieri is back in the premier league as the italian is announced as the new manager of watford. good morning. today we have torrential rain and gusty winds around across parts of england and wales. the brightest conditions across northern and western scotland and northern ireland. all the details later in the programme. it s tuesday the 5th of october. our top story. facebook has apologised after three of its social media platforms including whatsapp and instagram were unavailable for almost six hours. billions of users were affected worldwide, and the company says the outage was caused by a technical failure. our north america technology reporter, james clayton, ....