of seven babies and the attempted murder of ten others has denied deliberately keeping confidential records at home. in her trial at manchester crown court, lucy letby has been crossexamined for the first time on her time at the neonatal unit in the countess of chester hospital between 2015 and 2016. she denies the charges. the uk government has banned the issuing of licences for animal testing of chemicals used in cosmetics products. the government had allowed animal testing to resume despite a 25 year ban. but the home secretary says no new licences will be granted for animal testing of makeup ingredients. voters in northern ireland will go to the polls tomorrow in their local council elections. the contest takes place against a backdrop of no functioning devolved government in northern ireland as the demcratic unionists are refusing to take part because of their opposition to the brexit trade rules.
the moment the americans are saying no. when the european leaders are talking of an international coalition, they are talking about getting as much european support and saying to the americans that we might have to move on this. at the moment the americans are still saying no. 0ne one line of loose debris from ukraine given the important fleet like importance of the air defence of kyiv for that you might ve read a story that the russians claim to have blown up a high tech patriot defence system that the americans had supplied for that well, the american defence teams are saying today that it is still operational. there is damage to it that was caused by a projectile near it and that damage is still being assessed but the defence system itself is still in operation for the crucially important to the city. one of the world s biggest car makers stellantis has called on the government to renegotiate part of the brexit deal or risk losing parts of its car industry. stellantis says it ca
on where parts are sourced. it is the first time a car firm has openly called on the government to renegotiate the terms of the deal. courtney bembridge has more from the newsroom. the deal on electric cars and batteries is one of the last things to be ironed out during the brexit negotiations back in 2020 between borisjohnson and ursula von der leyen. well now there s a plea to reopen negotiations and it s come from one of the world s largest carmakers. stellantis owns brands like fiat, citroen, peugeot and vauxhall. now, it had promised to make electric vehicles in the uk, but now says that plan is under threat because of brexit trade rules on where parts are sourced. let s have a look in a bit more detail. so at the start of next year, new rules are due to come into effect, which dictate that 45% of the value of an electric car must be sourced from the uk or the eu. otherwise it faces tariffs or taxes.
written it, the trump appointees ruling has been significantly watered down by the fifth circuit, leaving fda approval in place and it may be completely put on hold. if the supreme court decides to pause the entire ruling while the appeals process plays out, but in the meantime, some democratic members of congress are already talking about measures they might have to take to protect access to abortion if it doesn t get overturned by a court that i think it s going to be on congress to act, and i think we re going to have to do that. now, the justice department still needs to file its motion to the supreme court and the supreme court would need to step in before midnight on friday. in the meantime, washington federal judge is doubling down on his ruling from last week. week. saying that under his order, the fda must not change any of the rules surrounding mifepristone in 17 states, plus dc, which, of course, will likely lead to even more confusion in how this will all play out in the co
national defense information. the arrest comes after a fast moving search by the us government only one week after president joe biden and other senior u. s. leaders were briefed about the leak that exposed the trove of top secret documents. the documents were accessible to thousands of people, military and civilian. but the digital trail of information led investigators to a small group for closer scrutiny. allowing the fbi to home in on a suspect the pentagon having to explain how such young members of the military have access to such national secrets, you received training and you will receive an understanding of the rules and requirements that come along with those responsibilities and you re expected to abide by those rules, regulations and responsibility. it s called military discipline, according to the washington post, the man behind the leaks posted the national security secrets. for a group of his online acquaintances to see which cnn could not independently verify the docume