Found guilty of 34 Felony Counts of his hush Money Case back in may. The case had been seen as the only criminal case against trump with the potential to cross the proverbial Finish Line before the election. As of today, we know that will not happen. Trump will be sentenced on November 26th three weeks after the election. Here is how the judge explained his reasoning. This matter is one that stands alone in a unique place in this nation stahistly. We are now in a place and time fraught with complexities. The imposition of sentence will be adjourned to avoid any appearance however unwarranted that the proceeding has been affected by or seeks to affect the approaching president ial election in which the defendant is a candidate. Judge merchan offered a little more detail saying the integrity of our judicial system demands a system that is entirely on the jury. Free from distraction or distortion. The members of this jury served diligently and their verdict must be determined in a manner
Lets bring in our North America correspondent anthony zurcher. It has been a very long day, the grand jury proceeding going on for hours and things are not over yet at the courthouse. Flat over yet at the courthouse. Not over yet at the courthouse. Not over et over yet at the courthouse. Iirrt over yet although we are getting indication that we could have those indictments that you mentioned, ten indictments, we dont know who they are what they cover but they are what they cover but they will be unsealed, publicly released sometime in the next two hours and at that point, the mystery will be over, we will look into it and steve donald trump is invited, or any associates of him, like rudy giuliani, if they are included and what kind of crimes they are charged with. Obviously in the investigation was on attempts to influence or overturn the results of the 2020 election in georgia but did they use a Racketeering Law which has a 20 Year Prison Sentence as part of a criminal enterprise that
the israeli military has said that it mistakenly killed three hostages during its military operation in gaza, after misidentifying them as a threat . those hostages have been named as 28 year old yotam haim, 25 year old samer talalka and 26 year old alon shamriz. all three were kidnapped from their kibbutzes by hamas during its attack on october 7th. the israeli military says it is investigating this latest event. israeli prime minster benjamin netanyahu has renewed his vow to bring hostages home and calld the incident an unbearable tragedy. relatives of hostages taken by hamas are currently demonstrating near the israeli ministry of defence in tel aviv in response to the incident calling for a ceasefire and for an agreement for the release of those still held captive. more than 100 hostages remain in gaza. here s how idf spokesman lieutenant coloneljonathan conricus explained what happened to the bbc earlier. they were dressed in civilian clothing and probably in a sim
other potential criminal. these are felony crimes in new york state, no matter who you are. we cannot and will not normalise serious criminal conduct. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s seven in the morning in singapore and seven in the evening in florida, where donald trump hasjust flown back from manhattan. he made us legal history there becoming the first person ever to have served as president to be charged in a criminal court. i could take you to the seen live. there is a flurry of vehicles that are awaiting the scene there, but he did make us legal history becoming the first person ever to have served as president to be charged in a criminal court. he entered not guilty pleas to sa indictments. the car execution plans he repeatedly falsified business rafter to conceal crimes during the 2216 election claims. of the prosecution claims. payments to two women with whom mr trump is said to have had a relationship. to effectively buy