And brett bruen, former us diplomat and professor of Crisis Communication at georgetown university. First, the latest headlines. Donald trump has posted a bond of almost 92 million as he appeals against the verdict of a Defamation Case against him in new york. Mr trump wants to reverse an order to pay the writer, ejean carroll, more than 83 million. A United Nations Fact Finding Mission has concluded that iran was responsible for the violence that led to the death of mahsa amini a kurdish woman accused of breaching islamic dress rules. A report said the government also used Unnecessary Lethal Force to suppress demonstrations that followed. A report on the british armys top undercover agent in the ira during the troubles in Northern Ireland has found that his actions probably cost more lives than he saved. The agent, codenamed stakeknife, worked inside an ira unit responsible for rooting out informers. Officials in australia say the Great Barrier reef is undergoing another mass bleachin
after he was found guilty of trafficking a man to britain to harvest one of his kidneys. ike ekwere madu s wife, beatrice, was given a four and a half year sentence. the judge also handed down a ten yearjail term to a medic who helped them. the victim a 21 old street traderfrom lagos was offered $8000 and was promised a better life in britain, but only realised what was going on when he met doctors in hospital. the couple had planned to give the organ to their daughter who has a kidney disease. justicejohnson handed down the sentence at the old bailey in london. the wealth and power inequality and disparity between you and c could not be more marked. you, ekweremadu are a senator in nigeria s national assembly. you have held high political office. you had many staff, including domestic staff, maids, chefs and drivers. you own multiple properties around the globe. there is evidence of as many as a0. more than £400,000 went into your bank account over a six month period. b
extremist videos that influenced two mass killings in the united states. daniel harris was convicted of encouraging terrorism. us presidentjoe biden urges protesters in tennessee to remain peaceful after five former memphis police officers are charged with the murder of a black man, tyre nichols. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has been defending the government s record on economic growth. in a speech, he said there s too much gloom about the economy, and that the uk can be the next silicon valley with a network of investment zones, and brexit a catalyst for growth. but his speech follows recent warnings that thousands of british businesses face bankruptcy and a slump in the uk car manufacturing industry. this report from our economics correspondent, andy verity. uncertainty has made it really difficult to attract investment into the uk, and this is what we need to address. what we need is a plan. a growing chorus of business leaders has b
conservative cabinet minister justine greening and ron christie former adviser to george w bush. welcome to the programme. it has been a fractious few days, nato allies openly criticising the decisions in berlin, the german chancellor refusing to send his tanks, unless the united states also had skin in the game. but out of delay and a whole lot of diplomatic wrangling, has come a momentous decision. nearly 100 nato tanks, will be sent in the coming month to the front line and the border with russia a move that was unthinkable months ago. we will provide battle tanks to ukraine, the leopard two. this is the result of intensive consultations with our allies and international partners. i want to stress that it is right that we did not allow anyone to pressure us but that instead we relied on close cooperation on the special issue and we will continue to do so. the americans took some convincing. the abrams while readily available, will take longer to ship, they are more compl