| |  |  | The Reuters Daily Briefing | Wednesday, May 12, 2021 by Linda Noakes | Hello Here's what you need to know. Cheney slams colleagues for backing Trump, a big win for Amazon, and how can we stop the next pandemic? | | | | | Today's biggest stories  U.S. Representative Liz Cheney arrives for a House vote at the Capitol, May 11, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein U.S. Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will vote today on whether to eject Liz Cheney, an outspoken critic of Donald Trump, from her leadership post, a move likely to cement their dependence on the former president in the 2022 elections.
In a defiant speech on the House floor, Cheney blasted Trump for falsely claiming that November's election was stolen from him, as well as the Republicans who support his allegation. "Remaining silent and ignoring the lie emboldens the liar."
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden will hold his first White House meeting with top Republican leaders from Congress in an effort to find common ground on his proposals to spend trillions of dollars on infrastructure, education and childcare.
A Georgia prosecutor will seek the death penalty for the man accused of fatally shooting eight people at Atlanta-area spas, six of them women of Asian descent, saying the suspect committed hate crimes.
The top U.S. fuel pipeline, which has been disabled by a cyberattack for six days, has sent workers to manually release some stored supplies as fuel shortages across the Southeast worsen and motorists fume. We look at how the attack has exposed a lack of required defenses on pipelines.
|  Parts of a broken mannequin lie on the ground near a building that was hit by Israeli air strikes in Gaza City, May 12, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem WORLD Israel carried out hundreds of air strikes in Gaza as the Islamist group Hamas and other Palestinian militants fired multiple rocket barrages over the border at Tel Aviv and the southern city of Beersheba.
India's coronavirus deaths crossed a quarter-million in the deadliest 24 hours since the pandemic began, as the disease rampaged through the countryside, overloading a fragile rural healthcare system. How can we stop the next pandemic? Here's what a WHO panel recommends.
Iran’s hardline former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad registered to run again in an election in June which is being seen as a test of the legitimacy of the country’s clerical rulers. Vilified in the West for his questioning of the Holocaust, Ahmadinejad had to step down in 2013 because of term limit rules.
British soldiers unjustifiably shot or used disproportionate force in the deaths of nine of the 10 innocent people killed in a 1971 incident in Belfast that sparked an upsurge of violence during Northern Ireland's 'Troubles', a judge-led inquiry found. The news came as Britain announced plans to introduce legislation to give greater legal protection to former soldiers who served in the province.
| | | | | | | Quote of the day "No one is above the law, not even one of the most powerful lobbying organizations in the country" Letitia James New York Attorney General U.S. judge tosses NRA bankruptcy bid | | | | Video of the day  Female artists dominate this year's Brit Awards Some 4,000 people watched singers Dua Lipa and Arlo Parks triumph as well as perform, in the first major indoor music event with a live audience held in London in over a year. | | | Thanks for spending part of your day with us. | | | | | |
