but russia s president putin says the missile strike is retaliation for what he called a terrorist attack by ukraine on a key bridge in crimea. we ll have the latest from kyiv and moscow and asking whether russia is now escalating the war. also this lunchtime. the chancellor kwasi kwarteng bows to pressure and brings forward his plan for balancing the government s finances. striking barristers deliver their verdict on a government pay offer they will accept it and go back to work. a nurse pleads not guilty to murdering seven babies and attempting to murder ten others, as her trial begins in manchester. and the scourge of plastic fishing nets that trap wildlife in our seas could a new recycling plan offer a solution? and coming up on the bbc news channel, sprinter cj ujah is banned for nearly two years after testing positive for two banned substances at last year s tokyo olympic games. good afternoon. they re trying to wipe us off the face of the earth the words of ukr
company as much as the radiators. ellie price, bbc news, stocksfield. a nurse accused of murdering ten babies is at manchester crown court. she pleaded not guilty as each of the charges were read out. she is alleged to have murdered seven babies and tried to murder another ten babies at the countess of chester hospital betweenjune 2015 and june 2016. opening the case for the prosecution, mickjohnson said the prosecution, mickjohnson said the countess of chester hospital is a hospital with a maternity unit like any other in the uk. but unlike any other unit there was a poisoner
industry s top deal makers about the prospect of setting up a trump television network after the election in november. the assumption then was that trump was going to lose the election in 2016. opening up a new network will be plan b, of course. he will become the broadcast voice of the opposition. his network effectively the trump white house in exile. well, now with new poll numbers showing a bleak outlook for trump in 2020, his stream of consciousness style speaking has him considering the old consolation prize he ended up needing to add last time. a television network his very own in which he donald trump could report his declarations not as part of the news, but the news itself. can you imagine trump as a news director putting out hot stories like obama s true birthplace on the coast of east africa, or how ted cruz s father killed president kennedy, or that he donald trump has the largest crowds and the largest hands in the whole world.