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Good evening. Donald trump has become the first us president , former or current, to stand trial in a criminal case after appearing in court in new york. Hes accused of falsifying his Business Records to disguise a Hush Money Payment made to the former adult film star, Stormy Daniels, shortly before the 2016 election. Mr trump has pleaded not guilty and was his usual defiant self outside court, claiming the attack was an assault on america, and repeating unsubstantiated claims that the trial is ...

conservatives voice their opposition to his new plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda. it follows the resignation of immigration minister robertjenrick. he says the new law would still allow people arriving in small boats to challenge their deportation at the european court of human rights. our political correspondent damian grammaticus reports. its nice to see you, have a good evening. why did you resign, sir? the answer is simple. nice to see you all, thanks very much. and it makes t...

sir patrick vallance, the governments chief scientific adviser during the pandemic, has told the covid inquiry that the governments response to limit the spread of the virus in the early months was not, in his words, �*operationally effective.�* he said borisjohnson, who was prime minister at the time, had struggled to understand some of the scientific concepts that were presented. the inquiry is currently looking at decisions made by politicians during the pandemic. helena wilkins...

thousands of lives at risk through, what it called, the �*direct and repeated targeting of the hospital. the israel defense forces have not commented specifically on any operation involving the indonesian hospital, but says it continues to target what it calls �*terrorists and �*terrorist infrastructure. also the israeli military has released video, which it says supports its claim that hamas was using gazas biggest hospital — al—shifa. it released cctv images, which it says ...

good evening. the governments chief scientific advisor during covid, sir patrick vallance, has revealed more about what went on in downing street during the pandemic. the covid inquiry heard that the then prime mininster, borisjohnson, was clearly bamboozled by the science around covid. excerts from sir patricks diary at the time were read out at the inquiry and he had plenty to say about these two men — he described borisjohnson as inconsistent, indecisive and weak. and he said scie...

footage which it says shows a 55 metre—long tunnel, beneath the hospital complex. hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments has denied using al—shifa as a base. 31 surviving premature babies evacuated from al—shifa, in a joint operation by the un and the palestinian red crescent, are expected to be transferred today to egypt via the rafah crossing. meanwhile there are indications of progress on a deal, to free some of the 239 israelis, being ...

took over 200 people from israel. they have been talks in qatar. one saying only very minor obstacles were in the way of a deal. israels ambassador to the usa a significant number of hostages could be freed in the coming days in exchange for a brief cease—fire. we will be keeping an eye on that. we go to gaza, we will look at the hospital in the north hit by in an israeli strike. these are verified pictures from inside the indonesian hospital indonesian hospital — organisations fro...

from jerusalem. the weather is changing, conditions will worsen for the hundreds of thousands displaced inside gaza. there have been reports of an israeli airstrike on an indonesian hospital, the hamas run health ministry says the number is 12. israeli forces have not commented on a specific operation but maintain their forces are targeting what they say are terrorists and terrorist infrastructure. in another development of the last few hours the israeli defence forces have released se...

in coming up on bbc news, know that novak djokovic on course to defend his french open title and through to the third round after being roberto in straight sets. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the man who was until last night the conservative mp for bolton north east in greater manchester has joined the labour party. mark logan is not standing at the general election but he says he is now backing sir keir starmer as the next prime minister. this afternoon he told the ...

standing at the general election and standing as the next prime minister. in the conservative party was unrecognizable than the party he joined a decade ago. amid continuing confusion in the fate of of one of labor is longest—serving mps, diane abbott. she said she is being banned standing and keir starmer said no decision has been taken. but angela rayner says she sees no reason why she should not be allowed to stand again after chris mason has this report. today, he says he is voti...