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morning, lindsey reiser picks up the coverage right now ♪ its 10:00 a.m. in new york, im lindsey reiser right now the tensions that have been simmering in tennessee for the last week or even longer are boiling over this morning. protests are gaining steam inside and outside the state house despite the rain against republican efforts to do something thats only been done three times in that state since the civil war expel some of their fellow members specifically these three democrat...

the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky is making his first official visit to poland since russia invaded ukraine. warsaw has been one of the most outspoken and generous supporters of kyiv since the war started. its taken in millions of refugees and sent more than 300 tanks. it was also the first country to send fighterjets to ukraine. in a moment, well be speaking to our correspondent hugo bachega who is in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. but first, lets go live to warsaw where we can...

hello and welcome. donald trump has spoken publicly for the first time since he was charged with 3a counts of falsifying business records — saying the legal action is an "insult" to america. the former us president earlier pleaded not guilty to hiding damaging information during the 2016 election. speaking to his supporters, mr trump said his only crime was to fearlessly defend the nation from those who would destroy it. in a campaign—style speech, he lambasted the biden administra...

hello and welcome. we start with that breaking news coming out of scotland. peter murrell, the husband of scotlands former first minister nicola sturgeon, has been arrested as part of a police investigtion into the finances of the scottish national party. 58—year—old peter murrell was the snp�*s chief executive until he quit last month. in a statement, police scotland said they had taken a 58—year—old man into custory for questioning over the partys funding and financing. ale...

and peter murrell — the husband of scotlands former first minister nicola sturgeon — has been arrested as part of a police investigtion into the finances of the scottish national party. 58—year—old peter murrell was the snp�*s chief executive until he quite last month. in a statement, police scotland said they had taken a 58—year—old man into custory for questionining over the partys funding and financing. the investigation was launched into donations raised by the party ...

seek to destroy it.— buckingham palace is after the coronation the queen consort will be known as queen camilla. hello, im lucy hockings. president volodymyr zelensky is making his first official visit to poland since russia invaded ukraine. its proving more controversial than planned. the polish agricultural minister has resigned as farmers are complaining about cheap ukrainian grain but all of the military honours were out in force today. this is president zelensky and his wife wit...

good morning. with the price of food and raw ingredients getting more in spreads of this easter, we are in a bakery in bolton —— expected this easter, we are looking at what it means that the sweet treats you might be buying this year. in sport this morning. racism in rugby union. former england rugby star luther burrell says hes "proud" for speaking out after an rfu investigation found his claims of racism in the sport were true. good morning. ill start to the day—to—day for m...

relatively mild. and this weather front will still for a little while, slow to clear early on thursday morning. reining across the south—east and then eventually it will move out into the north sea further behind that not completely dry, there will be showers being dragged in by a north—westerly breeze and some of these could be heavy. it is the kind of weather that will chop and change from hour to hour. so a changeable day. a real mixed bag tomorrow. and then good friday, i promi...

and jacinda ardern makes her farewell. former new zealand prime minister jacinda ardern has bowed out of parliament with a standing ovation following her farewell speech earlier. the 42—year—old spoke about the honour she has felt representing her country and steering its people through some of the hardest times, including natural disasters, the covid—i9 pandemic and the 2019 christchurch mosque attack. she shocked the country earlier this year when she announced she was stepping...

trial, the biggest west midlands police have dealt with. 13 in prison, four awaiting sentence, and four more convicted of less serious offences have been given non—custodial offences. i really cant go into the detail of what the crimes were, because they are just so horrific. in fact, west midlands police have described this as a case of shocking and systematic abuse. it first came to light following a hospital admission by one of the young victims, they were all aged 12 years and un...