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what the audience at cpac is hearing. plus we have a stunningly quick verdict in the alex murdaugh murder trial. we ll get expert analysis on this case in just a moment. and also ahead secretary of state antony blinken meet briefly with his russian counterpart for the first time since the start of the ukraine war. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, march 3rd. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin in south carolina where a jury has found disbarred lawyer alex murdaugh guilty of murdering his wife and son. the state versus richard alexander murdaugh defendant, indictment for murder fc code 16-3 verdict guilty. the jury of seven men and five women deliberated for less than three hours before unanimously finding the 54-year-old guilty. murdaugh was also convicted of two counts of weapons possession. the defense and prosecution addressed reporters outside the courtroom. we re very disappointed with the verdi ....
nec talking about the billions being invested in electric transport vehicles. but experts are asking, what good is all of this if investment isn t also going into infrastructure? crucible chaos. protesters disrupt play on day three of the world snooker championship in sheffield. good morning. yesterday temperatures reached 21.2 celsius in northern scotland. as we go through the rest of the week, temperatures will slide down. the first half of the week is staying fairly subtle for most, all the details later in the programme. it s tuesday the 18th of april. our main story. the energy watchdog ofgem will ban suppliers from forcibly installing prepayment meters in the homes of customers over the age of 85 as part of a new code of practice. there s been a temporary halt on forced installations since february after it was revealed that some british gas agents were breaking into properties to fit them. here s our cost of living correspondent, colletta smith. for the last two months ....
welcome to bbc news. we start with breaking news, and i will take you straight to live pictures from kentucky and show you the scene there, becausejust in kentucky and show you the scene there, because just in the last few moments there is news of a mass shooting resulting in multiple casualties, according to the city s police department. that being put on twitter, news from downtown louisville in kentucky, that there are multiple casualties after a shooting. just one line from the police saying they are confirming reports of an active aggressor in the 300 block. please stay out of the 300 block. please stay out of the area. it goes on to add that the fbi have said that agents have responded to the scene. i have been watching these pictures in the last few seconds, and the police presence is already there, but it is clear from the bit of information from the reuters news agency quoting from the police that this is an ongoing situation and it appears they are still searc ....
the attempt to revive a deal to curb tehran s nuclear ambitions is as good as dead. the iranian government is enriching uranium, repressing its people, and arming moscow with drones. my guest isjoe biden s iran envoy, robert malley. he s the arch diplomat. but where does the us go when diplomacy fails? robert malley in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. it s great to have you on the show. you ve had two years now, trying to use diplomacy to diffuse the tensions, tackle the differences with iran. is it time to acknowledge that that diplomatic effort has failed? well, stephen, what i d say is diplomacy never ends, even as we are doing other things and we ve always taken several steps against iran, whether it s sanctions, pressure, countering what they re doing in the region and also mobilizing the international community even as we do all that, we had negotiations, indirect negotiations with iran. we ve said publicly we re prepared to continue ....
at least 83 people, many of them policemen, were killed and many others injured. an investigation is under way into how a suicide bomber breached tight security. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. how good is the biden administration at multitasking when it comes to international security crises? this year, we re likely to find out. as the us continues to lead the western response to putin s all out invasion of ukraine, it must prepare for another looming showdown with iran. the attempt to revive a deal to curb tehran s nuclear ambitions is as good as dead. the iranian government is enriching uranium, repressing its people, and arming moscow with drones. my guest isjoe biden s iran envoy, robert malley. he s the arch diplomat. but where does the us go when diplomacy fails? robert malley in washington, dc, welcome to hardtalk. thanks for having me. it s great to have you on the show. you ve had two years now, tryi ....