him for i send you to prison for murdering him for the i send you to prison for murdering him for the rest of your natural life~ him for the rest of your natural life~ him for the rest of your natural life~ i him for the rest of your natural life. i sentence you. those sentences life. i sentence you. those sentences will run consecutively. and it s the end of an era, as veteran broadcaster ken bruce signs off from his radio 2 show for the last time. good afternoon, and welcome to bbc news. mps investigating whether boris johnson misled parliament over law breaking parties at downing street during the coronavirus pandemic say he may have done so on four occasions. the house of commons privileges committee says the evidence they have seen strongly suggests breaches of coronavirus rules would have been obvious to the former prime minister. a report from the committee says it appears mrjohnson did not correct the statements that he repeatedly made, and did
the us announce another new military aid package for ukraine worth $400 million. it comes as president biden meets the german chancellor olaf scholz for talks in washington. meanwhile, on the ground in ukraine the head of russia s wagner group says its forces now surround most of bakhmut the east ukrainian city which has been the focus of extensive fighting in recent weeks. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. it s the murder case that s gripped the us and drawn attention across the world. alex murdaugh, a prominent south carolina lawyer, has been given two life terms in prison for killing his wife and son on their hunting estate. in court today, prior to the sentence being announced, the sa year again denied murdering his son paul and his wife maggie. i m innocent. i would never hurt my wife, maggie. and i would never hurt my son, paul paul. thank you, your honour. thank you. after a lengthy address that last nearly half an
the electric car battery maker britishvolt has gone into administration after hopes of a last minute bid for the company faded. the collapse raises questions about uk hopes of building a home grown battery industry. the company, which had plans to build a gigafactory to make the uk start up had been expecting to build a new 5.8 billion or $4.7 billion factory in northumberland, as part of a long term vision to boost uk manufacturing. well, this promotional video shows what the factory with a capability to make 300,000 electric batteries a year would have looked like. the plan was to create 3,000 jobs at the plant. now, administrators have taken over the business and most of britishvolt s 300 staff are being made redundant. here s our business editor simonjack. so what went wrong? britishvolt was a start up company with no track record. their battery technology was only at the prototype stage. although there are expressions of interest from lotus and aston martin, they
the king of thailand has visited survivors of a knife and gun attack in which 36 people were killed on thursday. in a rare interaction with the public the king met the victims being treated at a hospital in the north eastern town of nong bua lamphu. now on bbc news it s time for click. this week, the race to preserve ukraine s heritage and culture by sd scanning it s buildings. phone too big? display too small? spencer has been looking at the latest plexi screens that are coming around the bend. ., . ., that are coming around the bend. ., ., , bend. you couldn t do this with a solid glass bend. you couldn t do this with a solid glass tablet. bend. you couldn t do this with a solid glass tablet. we - bend. you couldn t do this with a solid glass tablet. we will. a solid glass tablet. we will t on a solid glass tablet. we will try on some a solid glass tablet. we will try on some smart - a solid glass tablet. we will try on some smart fabrics i a solid glass tablet.
school in thailand. and jubilation as liveable is picked to host next year s eurovision song contest. hello, welcome to the programme. president zelensky says the world must act now to stop russia s nuclear threat. speaking to the bbc, ukraine s leader warns that russian officials have begun to prepare their society for the possible use of nuclear weapons. it comes as ukraine s army has been making big gains, recapturing large swathes of territory from russia in a major counter offensive. mr zelensky was speaking in kyiv to our world affairs editor, john simpson. yesterday, president zelensky alarmed a lot of people by seeming to say he wanted a pre emptive strike to stop russia using battlefield nuclear weapons. today, he was keen to say he d just been talking about pre emptive sanctions against russia, but he says that russia is preparing people for the use of nuclear weapons. they begin to prepare their society. that is very dangerous. they are not ready to do it, to use