BBC news with Daniel Yaluyasga.
President Trump has said it is time for the United States as a nation to hail and respect law and order. In a speech in Texas, Mr. Trump referred to the riot by his supporters in Washington last week. Earlier on Tuesday, he denied any responsiblity for the violence. He said his words before the incident had been totally appropriate. The President said there was no risk his own cabinet was trying to unseat before his term runs out next week.
Iran has dismissed American accusinations that the country harbous most of the leadership of the al-Qaeda militant group. The Iranian Foreign Minister said his US couterparty Mike Pompeo was uttering warmongering lies when he said al-Qaeda now had his home base in Iran. The US Secretary of State offered no evidence for his assertion.
The Irish Prime Minister, the Taoiseach Micheal Martin, has said a report into largely church-run homes that took in pregnant unmarried mothers described a dark and shameful chapter in Ireland's history. An inquiry found the institutions had what he called appalling mortality rates.
Brazilian environmental campaign groups say fines for deforestion in Amazon have dropped to the lowest level in 20 years. It said the number of fines handled out by the government's environment watchdog dropped by 20% last year compared to 2019.
A circus in Russia has been defending its use of animals dressed up in Nazis apparel. The circus was criticized after a video footage emerged that trainers in Soviet Red Army Uniforms, leading a monkey apparently dressed in black Nazis garb and goats wearing blanket emblazoned with swastikas.
That's the latest BBC news.