a small town courthouse in south carolina, but a dramatic trial that has gripped the nation s imagination. minimum sentence for murder. after nearly six weeks of evidence, but less than three hours of deliberation, thejury returned its verdict on both murder charges. docket number 2022 gs 15, verdict guilty, signed by the foreperson of thejury. outside the court, the prosecutor said justice had been done. if you do wrong, if you break the law, if you murder, then justice will be done in south carolina. the murdaugh family dominated the legal world in this picturesque part of south carolina. for decades, the family held key prosecutor roles in several counties, and their private law firm seen almost as powerful as law enforcement itself. it was at this 1,700 acre property that the bodies of maggie and paul murdaugh were found brutally murdered almost two years ago, the culmination of a series of events that had seen three other separate suspicious deaths connected to the fam
concerns over ukraine top the agenda. and a bbc investigation finds that hundreds of dogs are being smuggled out of illegal puppy mills in eastern europe. hello and welcome. the head of mi5 has said he is profoundly sorry that the security service did not prevent the manchester arena bombing in 2017. the chair of the inquiry, sirjohn saunders, found that intelligence could have led to the suicide bomber, salman abedi, being stopped in the days before the attack. 22 people were killed in the attack. danny savage reports. nearly six years on from the atrocity of the manchester arena, a thorough report has concluded the security services missed a significant chance to take action, which may have prevented it. i take action, which may have prevented it. prevented it. i have found a significant prevented it. i have found a significant missed - prevented it. i have found a i significant missed opportunity to take action that might have prevented the attack. there was a realist
ken mccallum s expression of deep regret came after an official report found that the suicide attack that killed 22 people might have been avoided. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. nicaragua s veteran autocratic leader daniel ortega has been locking up political dissidents for years now. he has a new tactic mass deportation and withdrawal of citizenship from those who dare to criticise him and his family. my guest today is felix maradiaga, who was recently taken from his nicaraguan prison cell and flown to america. the good news is he s been reunited with his family after years apart. the bad news is ortega is trying to eliminate all opposition. so has resistance become impossible in nicaragua? felix maradiaga in miami, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, steven. it s a pleasure to be back here. well, it is great to have you back on hardtalk, not least because you have just emerged from more than 600 days in a nicaraguan prison. was it a sur
this is the scene live in southern turkey as rescuers continue their pain staking search for survivors. we ll bring you all the latest developments from our correspondents who are there. us fighterjets shoot down an unidentified aircraft over alaska after president biden gave the order to seek and destroy. troops are trying to salvage the wreckage. in washington president lula of brazil is seeking joe biden s backing for a new global forum to fight climate change. residents in australia and new zealand are urged to take shelter as cyclone gabrielle hurtles towards the islands threatening to bring destructive winds and heavy rain. hello and welcome to bbc news. the number of people known to have died in monday s earthquakes in turkey and syria has risen to more than 2a,000. millions are thought to be homeless in the region, and rescuers are increasingly focusing on those requiring food and shelter. the united nations says almost 900,000 people are in urgent need of hot mea