for 1.6 billion dollars so the settlement is less than half of what they were asking for. this all came about because dominion claimed that their reputation was damaged after fox knowingly spread lies about its voting machines after the 2020 election. they were repeating claims by then president donald trump who falsely said that dominion voting machines rigged the election to favourjoe biden. dominion said fox hosts amplified the baseless allegations but at the time, fox claimed it was newsworthy. we have seen the various legal teams come out since that last minute settlement. dominion who are talking about the lies and lies having consequences. we have seen the enormous bill that is being attached to that settlement. we will continue to that settlement. we will continue to get more reaction on that story from the us and continue to look at
in south east london in april 1993. two men were convicted in 2012 but others have never been brought to justice. one child in six in england is living in overcrowded accommodation, according to new research by the national housing federation. the government says its spending 11 and a half billion pounds over five years on the affordable homes programme to increase the housing supply. you re live with bbc news in the end the trial of the century was a bit of a damb squid. that said, fox news settlement with dominion voting systems for $787.5 million is not to be sniffed at. but it is only half of the 1.6 billion dollars dominion was asking for. yes, it was a tacit acknowlegdement from fox, that their support for donald trump, had led to a torrent of lies and fake news. baseless allegations about the 2020 election which dominion said they knew to be false and hardly newsworthy as fox had argued in their deposition. was pushing fake news protected
and fatigue are also common. side effects may not appear for several weeks. i didn t have to change my treatment. i just gave it a lift. ask about vraylar and learn how abbvie could help you save. there was a temporary pause today in the lawsuit against fox news, it is not totall clear what s going on. you might recall that dominion a voting machine company i suing fox for defamation claiming 1.6 billion dollars that is billion with a b i damages. claims by guests and host on the red on the network they were involved in a massiv conspiracy to steal the 2020 election from donald trump dominion says that not onl where those claims false, bu the people inside fox knew tha they were false. and still, they allowed thos claims to be made on the air
week. dominion is suing fox for 1.6 billion dollars alleging that its presenters knowingly spread false claims, that the 2020 presidential election, was rigged against donald trump. the washington post s media reporter sarah ellision is monitoring events closely. my reporting indicates that the judge asked the two parties to try to get together one last time to see if they could settle before before this explosive trial begins. and it does seem, though, that we are headed to trial, even though we have this 2a hour period. but we re all trying to figure out whether there could be some kind of last ditch, last minute settlement. you used the phrase explosive.
entities both companies is going to be critical part of this trial. why? dominion wants to be able to get to as many deep pockets as possible if you re the plaintive in the suffocates and you re climbing 1.6 billion dollars in damages plus punitive damages. you want as many defendant that are gonna be financiall solvent to be able to pay that verdict so you prevail a rupert murdoch, we kno touched this case in man different ways send emails, tex correspondents, basicall saying that its hosts and it anchors on the news channe endorsed false theories. fake eliza and because of that there as - one of make sure that the jury understands that rupert murdoc didn t just hang out in one of those companies, he had a role in both. i want to play some sound for you that was first release on alex right now tonight. it was shared exclusively with them it was played sharin wednesday s core proceedings let s listen to that and the we ll talk on the other side