suing fox news for $1.6 billion companies accused the network of spreading flat out lies and conspiracy theories about dominion and its voting machines after donald trump lost the election, even though fox news hosts and executives allegedly knew they were false. it is a potentially historic case with huge implications for the news media and free speech, marshal cohen, intrepid reporter and producer outside the courthouse for us in wellington, delaware. good morning, marshall. what else can you tell us about this delay? what happened? dan some drama here in delaware. we were expecting opening statements today, but that s not going to happen. late last night, the judge announced what he called a one day delay to the beginning of this historic trial. the statement did not give any reason which, of course, has triggered massive speculation about a possible settlement. we ve checked in with dominion we ve checked in with fox. no
had enough in the tank . berry emotional scenes in the new zealand parliament in wellington. very. many others enjoyed a very bright day yesterday. a very different story through this afternoon. 0ften cloudy, outbreaks of rain, and, indeed, the next few days will be quite changeable. sunshine, rain and then back to sunshine. but it will stay relatively on the mild side. you can see on the satellite picture, extensive cloud has spread across the country. it is a weather front that will be moving across the uk, through the course of today and into tomorrow, eventually tomorrow this weather front will find itself in the north sea, so should brighten up. here s the forecast for later this afternoon. you can see the operate of rain almost anywhere
new zealand are in total control of their second and final test against sri lanka in wellington. kane williamson and henry nicholls both made double centuries as the hosts declared on 580 for four. sri lanka ended the day on 26 for two in reply in theirfirst innings still a huge 554 runs behind. new zealand won the first match of the two test series. west indies have taken a lead against south africa. they are chasing 336. the first match was abandoned, with the third and final game on tuesday. the scene is set for the ufc mega fight in london later. british fighter leon edwards surprised the world, with his knockout of kamara usman to take the ufc welterweight title in their last fight. and it s a big night
chris hipkins has been sworn in as new zealand s new prime minister, after the shock resignation of jacinda ardern last week, who said she didn t have enough in the tank to continue in thejob. mr hipkins was sworn in at government house in wellington, alongside carmel sepuloni, who becomes the country s first pasifika deputy prime minister. mr hipkins labour party will face a general election in october. our correspondent phil mercer hast the latest. it is widely acknowledged chris hipkins lacks the charisma, star power ofjacinda ardern. in 2017 ,when she was 37, jacinda ardern was the youngest female head of government in the world, and for the next four or five years it was a pretty wild political ride not only forjacinda ardern but the people of new zealand as well, navigating the christchurch mosque attacks in 2090, the white island volcanic eruption and the pandemic, that the government