Coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news this is where celtic can win the Scottish Premiership title tonight. But theyve already lost twice at kilmarnock this season. Good evening. Slovakias Prime Minister, robert fico, is in a life threatening condition in hospital after being shot a number of times this afternoon. The attack happened in the central slovak town of handlova, where a Government Meeting had just been held. A man whos said to be 71 has been detained by police. The 59 year old Prime Minister has been a divisive figure a leader who is widely viewed as authoritarian and russia leaning. Jon donnison reports. Just moments after being shot, Prime Minister fico is dragged out of a flower bed and bundled into a car by his security team. Eyewitnesss Report Hearing three or four bullets being fired. A few metres away, amid the panic, police wrestle a suspect to the ground. Translation i heard three shots it was quick, one by one, like if you throw Fire Crackers on the g
Donald trumps lawyers trying to convince the jury that the x fixer is School Republicans joining forces white house all right, 6 00 a. M. Here in washington alive. Look at the white house on this misty wednesday morning here in washington. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Its wonderful to have you with us Donald Trumps defense team had months to prepare for this particular moment in history. There chance to crossexamine Michael Cohen to try to attack his character, tear down his credibility, and convinced 12 jurors that he cant be trusted or believed. Trumps former lawyer and fixer faced intense scrutiny on the stand on tuesday. The defense tried to paint him as bidder filled with rage and motivated by Revenge Cohen was confronted with a string of insults that he has leveled at the former president in recent years, including calling him a cheetodusted cartoon villain. And dictator di bag in direct examination from prosecutors earlier in the day, cohen testified in detail about th
But its still in manchester citys hands. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Women suffering traumatic experiences in childbirth have prompted mps to call for a Major Overhaul of maternity and post natal care. A report led by a group of Cross Party Mps refers to harrowing evidence given by more than a thousand women of still births and life changing injuries. The Birth Trauma Inquiry said poor Maternity Care was all too frequently tolerated as normal and women treated as an inconvenience. Katy hunter reports. They didnt really believe that i was such a final stage. I ended up having to be moved across the hospital when i was ten centimetres delighted. find hospital when i was ten centimetres deliahted. u, hospital when i was ten centimetres deliahted. ,. , delighted. And it caught his head as he was filling delighted. And it caught his head as he was filling out delighted. And it caught his head as he was filling out and delighted. And it caught his head as he was fil
Of russian bombardment caused serious damage to energy infrastructure. In kharkiv ukraines second city officials said a missile narrowly missed a hospital with athousand people inside. Leaving a huge crater in the grounds. Blowing out windows and injuring one person. There were also attacks in the dnipro region in central ukraine and in the Western Areas of lviv and ivano frankivsk. Ukrainian Officials Say equipment was damaged and at least one Energy Worker injured. Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukrainian Energy infrastructure over recent months. Mr zelensky called for decisive action, saying the world could shoot down every missile and drone launched by , what he called , russian terrorists. Its attacks such as these that have led to the us providing more aid for ukraine. The United States outlined what will be included in a 6 billion Dollar Package of military assistance. Its part of a larger 60 Billion Dollar commitment which was approved by congress a week ago following 6 months
Hello, im lewies vaughanjones. Welcome to the programme. Ukraines president zelensky has renewed his appeal for allies to provide his country with more air defences, after another night of russian bombardment caused serious damage to energy infrastructure. In kharkiv ukraines second city officials said a missile narrowly missed a hospital with a thousand people inside, leaving a huge crater in the grounds, blowing out windows and injuring one person. There were also attacks in the dnipro region in central ukraine and in the Western Areas of lviv and ivano frankivsk. Ukrainian Officials Say equipment was damaged and at least one Energy Worker injured. Russia has repeatedly targeted Ukrainian Energy infrastructure over recent months. Mr zelensky called for decisive action, saying the world could shoot down every missile and drone launched by what he called russian terrorists. Meanwhile, there are reports that ukraine has launched Drone Attacks on a Military Airfield in the southern russi