An hour of international an hour of international news from the bbc. News from the bbc. We start in the us state of georgia. The School Shooting there. A 14 year old boy has appeared in court charged with murdering two classmates and two teachers at his high school. This is the boy, colt gray. Arrested shortly after the shooting on wednesday. Today, he was in court in person, here with the blonde hair. He didnt enter a plea. Murder and cruelty to children. Hes accused of giving his son a weapon despite knowing that he was a threat to himself and others. He appeared separately and was told the charges against him, if hes convicted, could total 180 years in prison. Take a listen. For Felony Murder in the second degree, the maximum penalty for each count is up to 30 years imprisonment. For felony involuntary manslaughter, of course again there are four counts, the maximum penalty for each of those offences is ten years imprisonment. For the eight Felony Cruelty to children counts, the max
Hello and welcome to the bbc news at one. In the last hour, the mp Natalie Elphicke has become the latest conservative to defect to the labour party. Natalie elphicke has been the mp for dover in kent since 2019. Our chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffmanjoins Me from The Houses Of Parliament henry, was this a surprise . It was a shock. If you had asked me before this afternoon to list 100 conservative mps most likely to defect to the labour party, Natalie Elphicke would have been nowhere near that list. And i think that was reflected in the faces of conservative mps at prime ministers questions, as keir starmer announced at the start of his question that he wanted to welcome her to the labour side. Mps had not noticed her there, and they were expressing to bewilderment to each other. Natalie elphickes announcement will hurt rishi sunak, because she goes for him on an issue that is central to his attempt to recover his political position. She accuses him of failing on small boats.
Awful lot of confidence that they would get there and they would get their man, and now they have. I suspect at the end of the day, lots of officers will regard this, despite the three or so days, as a test book textbook operation. They got their man before he was able to critically leave the country. There are so many Unanswered Questions they will want to know. They will want to know if it was an inside job, what help to know. They will want to know if it was an insidejob, what help he got. We now know he had a change of clothing, what was that about . Where did that come from . Was that something that was given to him, or did he steal it from somewhere . We dont know. All those questions need to be answered by the police so they know where to go next in terms of understanding. Bbc news breaking news Daniel Khalife, who escaped from Wandsworth Prison on wednesday it has been arrested. There has been a four day manhunt for him. Take us back to those moments when he escaped, and what w
fighting his extradition to the us. a uk court ruled last month that he could appeal this decision after mr assange argued that he would not receive a fair trial. now he s agreed a plea deal, and legal documents show that mr assange is set to appear before a court in a us territory in the pacific ocean before an expected return to his home nation australia. paul hawkins has more. wikileaks published this clip on social media showing its founder flying published this clip on social media showing its founderflying out published this clip on social media showing its founder flying out of the country late on monday afternoon. it said it spent 9000 2/9000 days in prison for publishing what he called ground breaking stories of corruption and human rights abuses in this stories of corruption and human rights abuses i stories of corruption and human rights abuses in this period of our lives, i rights abuses in this period of our lives. i am rights abuses in this period of our live
Hello, welcome to the programme were live until am this morning. Also, does the accent you have mean people think you are thick . Or more intelligent than you are . This after Angela Rayner, The Shadow Education Secretary, was called thick after being on the Andrew Marr Show yesterday. Let me know what perceptions people have of you because of where you were born. Use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The case of the terminally ill 11 month old boy, charlie gard, returns to the High Court Today, as judges consider new evidence relating to potential treatment for his condition. An earlier ruling supported the view of his doctors that nothing can be done to improve his quality of life, and they should be allowed to switch off his Life Support Systems. Kathryn stanczyszyn reports. Hes still fighting, so were still fighting. A phrase that chris and Connie Gard Have used many times as they battle to keep their baby