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the prosecution said enrique tarrio organised, orchestrated and took credit for what happened that day. the 39—year—old was dressed head to toe in a prison issue orange jumpsuit as he listened to his lawyers urge thejudge for clemency. the state had asked for 33 years in jail, but as tarrio himself took the stand, he sounded contrite, he apologised for his actions and said he was embarrassed by what he had done. he also said he now believed donald trump had lost the 2020 election. ...

Welcome to the programme. To our top story developing out of morocco, where its a race against time for Rescue Workers trying to reach villages in the Atlas Mountains which have been hardest hit by a massive earthquake. The red cross has warned of a disaster within a disaster if water and food aid dont reach survivors. The death toll continues to rise and is now past 2,000 with a similar number injured in hospitals. Fridays 6. 8 magnitude earthquake struck 45 miles south west of the tourist hub ...

three of the dead are british nationals, including james kirby, from bristol who was a7, and whose family today told the bbc that "all seven were heroes." the head of the isreali military says it was a grave mistake due to "misidentification," and an investigation is now under way. well analyse what happened in the air strike and get the latest on the ground in gaza, but first, dan johnson has been speaking to the family ofjames kirby. humanitarian aid relies on people like this, the t...

they are expected to iron out the final details on the eus artificial intelligence act. if it becomes eu law it will mark the first attempt in the world to police artificial intelligence. what should be in the bill has seen heated debate based on als capacity to cause harm. european countries will be discussing possible concessions in negotiations on whats being called the ai rulebook. for more detail im joined by kirsten rulf, partner and associate director at boston consulting group....

and then the collapse of the ftx cyrptocurrency exchange in november 2022, and the ftx founder was found guilty of fraud and money laundering last month. also in november, the ceo of binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange, pleaded guilty to anti—money laundering and us sanctions violations and paid a $50 million fine and the company paid a $4.3 billion fine. but bitcoin, it seems, is no worse for the wear. the price climbed above $44,000 tuesday and shares of coinbase global, t...

in november 2022, and the ftx founder was found guilty of fraud and money laundering last month. also in november, the ceo of binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange pleaded guilty to anti—money laundering and us sanctions violations and paid a $50 million fine and the company paid a $4.3 billion fine. but bitcoin, it seems, there is no worse for the wear. the price climbed above $44,000 on tuesday and shares of coinbase global, the largest crypto exchange in the us were up as w...

we believe were closer than weve ever been so were hopeful, but there is still work to be done and nothing is done until its all done, so were going to keep working on this. our security correspondent frank gardner has more details on the process of reaching an agreement. is a deal to release the hostages getting close? well, it certainly sounds like it but we have been here before. and this is incredibly tough for the families, the relatives, who been marched up this hill before and m...

birth in the next month, 15% will need a cesarean section, 25% of their children will be born preterm. thats thousands of babies, not 31, 29 or 38. thats literally thousands of babies. separately, the whos chief said he is "appalled" by an attack on gazas indonesian hospital. the hamas—run health ministry says 12 people were killed. israel says its troops came under fire from within the hospital and that it directly targeted enemy fire, but did not fire shells towards the hospital. f...

and "terrorist infrastructure". as the weather worsens across the region, the situation on the ground for hundreds of thousands of people who have fled south in gaza in recent days and weeks will become much tougher. we can check on the humanitarian situation on the ground. live now to ramallah where were joined byjohn entwistle, spokesperson from the international federation of the red cross. thank you for speaking to us on bbc news. heavy rain with us. i assume the same way you are a...

officials spent an hour at the al—shifa hospital and reported evidence of shelling and gunfire, and the site of a mass grave. hundreds of people left the hospital yesterday but around 300 critically—ill patients are still there. israel is seeking to eliminate hamas, which is designated a terror group by most western governments, after its fighters killed more than 1,200 israelis and took around 230 hostage on october 7th. 0ur correspondent mark lowen reports from jerusalem. the ech...