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labour are still 21 points ahead of the conservatives, though the lead does vary between 12 and 27 points. and away from our election, the wild ride of americas presidential race, too — weve been talking to one of donald trumps lawyers who was alongside him in court. donald trump is the victim of political selective prosecution. and for the first time since he lost his battle to stay as conservative mayor of west midlands, andy streetjoin us. shami chakrabarti, labour member of the l...

aid into gaza. netanyahu shutting down that request, one of the very latest on why. plus, some new and surprising reporting about the speaker of the house, mike johnson, and why he has never even disclosed any financial information about himself. not even listened to bank accounts on his own disclosure. ill be joined by the reporter who raise some of these questions about why. and im gonna bring you part of my conversation with two iranian american filmmakers, were reclaiming the narra...

generational divide. im michael smerconish in philadelphia. when it comes to supporting israel, america is seeing a significant split. thousands protesting in d.c. today to demand both a cease-fire in the israel/gaza war and an end to usaid to israel. in many cities on many campuses, missing person-style posters created by is raraeli artists. isaac hertzog wrote this. professors and students at american colleges make speeches and sign statements justifying terrorism, even glorifying it...

generational divide. im michael smerconish in philadelphia. when it comes to supporting israel, america is seeing a significant split. thousands protesting in d.c. today to demand both a cease-fire in the israel-gaza war and an end to u.s. aid to israel. in many cities and on many campuses, missing persons-style posters created by israeli artists to support the hostages being torn down. the president of israel, isaac herzog, wrote this in "the new york times," "professors and students ...

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african national congress — the oldest liberation movement on the african continent — has lost its outright majority for the first time in 30 years, since the end of apartheid. many voters blame the anc for high levels of crime and corruption — and failures in the supply of basic necessities, such as water and electricity. the bbc�*s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. had been a slow steady day, and then this. jacob zuma has created quite a stir here, he has ma...

is a queue for laura coats to make sense of it all. what? >> let me figure out a way to remind myself of what it would be like in court to tell a judge, or to hear witnesses, im sorry i cant be there because we have kids. we have kids who are in the courtroom because the parents were subpoenaed, or they themselves or a defendant. i remember, abby, actually being pregnant prosecuting cases and saying, im sorry your honor, weve got to move the trial date im actually due to deliver that d...

risk sweltz the crossing itself. finally that happened and still there was intense diplomacy across the region. president bidens envoy to the middle east, david satterfield was key among the players along with qatar and egypt to try to really get a deal in which all parties involved would be willing to let these civilians go. and so finally after days and days of everyone holding their breath and hoping it would work out, it did work out finally on wednesday. its just a small fract...

continued special coverage of todays unanimous guilty on all counts verdict in the new york criminal trial of former president donald trump. i am rachel maddow joined by nicole wallace and joy reid and katie phang and chris hayes. also lawrence odonnell is with us. were about to be joined by the star witness for the prosecution in this trial. michael cohen is going to speak with us exclusively giving us his first reaction to this verdict tonight. michael cohen will be joining us here i...

donald trump says his guilty verdicts are "a travesty". are his fellow republicans preparing to rip up the us legal system to protect him? here, sir keir starmer paves the way for diane abbott to be a labour candidate at the election. why the climb—down? thank you very much. applause hello. welcome to newsnight, with you each week night with interviews and insight. our friday night political panel is here. sonia sodha — chief leader writer for the observer, and tom harwood — depu...