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of recommendations, they say they can t met the deadline for pay parity in the womens and men s game. good evening and welcome to bbc news at six. the metropolitan police have launched an investigation into allegations of sexual offences following the recent claims against russell brand. they are already looking into a possible offence back in 2003, these new claims are also historic. brand has denied all the allegations against him which include rape and sexual assault. our media editor katie razzall is here. this has just this hasjust broken in the this has just broken in the last half an hour or this has just broken in the last halfan hour orso, this has just broken in the last half an hour or so, what can you tell us? it half an hour or so, what can you tell us? , . , a, tell us? it is a significant development. tell us? it is a significant development. up - tell us? it is a significant development. up until. tell us? it is a significant development. up until a| t ....
life order last month, after she was convicted of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others. but the jury was unable to reach verdicts on six counts relating to five children. her barrister told the court she maintains her innocence on all charges. a provisional date for her retrial has been set forjune next year. our correspondent danny savage was at court today. she s serving a whole life term for murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others. lucy letby will now face a retrial on one charge the jury who convicted her couldn t decide on. did she attempt to kill a girl referred to in court as baby k? she was being treated at the countess of chester hospital in february 2016. letby appeared via video link today from her prison. she spoke only to confirm her name and that she could see and hear proceedings. her barrister told the court she maintained her innocence on all charges. lucy letby will face a retrial here in manchester next ....
auto workers union has expanded its strike against two of the three major carmakers in the mid west, with employees from 38 parts distribution centres joining the protest. in la, the writers guild say they might have a deal with the studios. the walkout in holywood has cost the us economy five billion dollars. the editor of hollywood international film maker magazine sandro monetti told me what this means for the industry. put down the placards, pick up the champagne. it means that after 146 days, people are all set to go back to work. what does tentative mean? it means that the lawyers are draughting the contract that will go to the wga board, and then the members will go to the wga board, and then the members who have been on strike for five months will get to see exactly what proposals they are negotiating and they will vote on them. it looks like in the industry that people are accepting that this will be voted in. major shows like saturday night live are already pl ....
are up at 7.6 million. let s bring you up to date with some other news now, and the publisher of the memoir of the former prime minister liz truss has apologised after the board of deputies of britishjews flagged a made up, anti semitic quote in her memoir ten years to save the west . historians claim that the quote, attributed to the founder of the rothschild banking dynasty about his desire to gain control of a nation s money, is falsely attributed, and may have been presented as his by those holding anti semitic views. liz truss spokesperson says she had believed it was a useful way of illustrating a point about the bank of england . her publisher, biteback, have promised it will be removed from the e book version and any future print editions. joining me now is director of public affairs for the board of deputies of britishjews, daniel sugarman. what was your reaction to the comments and the response from liz truss and her publishers? i comments and the response ....
tonight we re on the front line of fortress europe. tonight, we have a special report from the tiny mediterranean island of lampedusa. it s become a migration flashpoint as thousands of people arrive and italy tries to stop them. translation: | told the un, - it s unthinkable for us to replicate what happened in america all those years ago by turning lampedusa or anywhere else for that matter into a new ellis island. we ll be discussing whether a new eu approach is urgently needed with a member of italy s governing party, a senior european parliamentarian and a veteran correspondent. also tonight. we have new allegations about russell brand s treatment of women from a fellow comedian who worked with him for two years. if you could speak to any of these women who have made these allegations, what would you say to them? it would be difficult to speak to them without wanting to cry, quite frankly. i don t know, really. i can t apologise for them because i didn t perfor ....