the prosecution said enrique tarrio organised, orchestrated and took credit for what happened that day. the 39 year old was dressed head to toe in a prison issue orange jumpsuit as he listened to his lawyers urge thejudge for clemency. the state had asked for 33 years in jail, but as tarrio himself took the stand, he sounded contrite, he apologised for his actions and said he was embarrassed by what he had done. he also said he now believed donald trump had lost the 2020 election. nonetheless, the judge said he should be sentenced to 22 years in jail, and thus, the most important and most senior member of the proud boys to take part in the riot of january the 6th will now serve the longest prison sentence yet handed down to orchestrators of what happened that day. more than 1,100 people who participated in or plotted the events of january 6th have been arrested and around 500 of them have been sentenced to prison or house arrest. tarrio s lawyers said that they will definite
members of the federation have called on him to resign and to step down as soon as possible, and this is the federation which only a few days ago he seems to have a very strong on. grip but he is also facing pressure from other fronts as well. as it is have announced opening an investigation to see whether or not they can bring a case against him for sexual assault because of that kiss that he gave hermoso, the soccer player at the end of the world cup final. the government wants to remove him from office and has requested that the national sports tribunal open proceedings against him in a move which could lead to his eventual removal. that seems to be a process which is taking rather longer than the government would like. another alternative is simply that mr rubiales steps down of his own accord. we don t know if he intends to do that, but in the south of the country, his
perhaps northern ireland, turning milder here by the end of the night. but where those clear skies hold on, yes, it will be rather chilly to start thursday. now, on thursday, we ll see this band of rain pushing its way northwards and eastwards, southern parts of england, wales, the midlands, northern ireland, seeing some of that wet weather. much of eastern england staying dry. much of northern england too. and scotland should have a fine day with some spells of sunshine. temperatures north to south, 1a to 19, maybe up to 20 degrees. now, some showery bits and pieces of rain may still be with us on friday, but increasingly, things will be turning drier. there will be some spells of sunshine. those temperatures typically in the mid to high teens, the low 20s for some. and as we head into the weekend, well, actually it looks as if high pressure is going to build across the uk and where we see high pressure, that tends to mean fine and settled weather. so, yes, as we move through the firs
the world cup final the rfef very pointedly tweeted vilda quote, as if to once again side against those new to kneeing mutinying players. he talked about losers and idiots against him. they are the only ones we can use on breakfast television. that is the attitude to tough things out when facing criticism. now he finds himself in a slightly different situation because what happened withjenni hermoso took based on a global stage with a lot of people watching, and it has elicited this extraordinary response from the players, 80 of them at last count saying we don t want to play until you step down. he can t be sacked, he is the boss. so he has said yesterday i won t resign ,