Page 5 - Half Measures News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Good evening. Donald trump has become the first us president , former or current, to stand trial in a criminal case after appearing in court in new york. Hes accused of falsifying his Business Records to disguise a Hush Money Payment made to the former adult film star, Stormy Daniels, shortly before the 2016 election. Mr trump has pleaded not guilty and was his usual defiant self outside court, claiming the attack was an assault on america, and repeating unsubstantiated claims that the trial is a witch hunt against him. Our north america editor sarah smith reports. Its become a well rehearsed ...

conservatives voice their opposition to his new plan to send asylum seekers to rwanda. it follows the resignation of immigration minister robertjenrick. he says the new law would still allow people arriving in small boats to challenge their deportation at the european court of human rights. our political correspondent damian grammaticus reports. it's nice to see you, have a good evening. why did you resign, sir? the answer is simple. nice to see you all, thanks very much. and it makes this a moment of perilfor rishi sunak. do you think the prime minister will be able to stop _ the bo...

sir patrick vallance, the government's chief scientific adviser during the pandemic, has told the covid inquiry that the government's response to limit the spread of the virus in the early months was not, in his words, �*operationally effective.�* he said borisjohnson, who was prime minister at the time, had struggled to understand some of the scientific concepts that were presented. the inquiry is currently looking at decisions made by politicians during the pandemic. helena wilkinson reports. sir patrick vallance arriving at the inquiry in central london this morning ahead of g...

thousands of lives at risk through, what it called, the �*direct and repeated targeting' of the hospital. the israel defense forces have not commented specifically on any operation involving the indonesian hospital, but says it continues to target what it calls �*terrorists' and �*terrorist infrastructure'. also the israeli military has released video, which it says supports its claim that hamas was using gaza's biggest hospital — al—shifa. it released cctv images, which it says show two hostages being taken by hamas into al—shifa, after they were abducted from southern i...

good evening. the government's chief scientific advisor during covid, sir patrick vallance, has revealed more about what went on in downing street during the pandemic. the covid inquiry heard that the then prime mininster, borisjohnson, was clearly bamboozled by the science around covid. excerts from sir patrick's diary at the time were read out at the inquiry and he had plenty to say about these two men — he described borisjohnson as inconsistent, indecisive and weak. and he said scientists were not consulted on the eat out to help out scheme —l aunched by the then chancellor ri...