now with trays. andres gallagher information mcauley and this is the story, right now prosecution about an hour in the closing arguments and former president trump s criminal trial. the greatest leire of all time. outside the courtroom stark reminder that all of this is happening against the backdrop of the 2024 election the biden campaign holding a news conference during robert de niro. cream trump weekly firing back. watch. we don t want to act wake up after the election saying again? my god. what the hell have we done? if you don t think this is politics why do the democrats will out a retread like robert de niro to try to change the size subject? hannah brandt has been inside and take but first to the correspondent nate foy he is life are as outside the courtroom as you has been for the past few weeks. good afternoon. hi, trace. right now prosecutors are really addressing michael cohen s credibility concern saying former president donald trump picked coh
not be apathetic about it. you are welcome back not be apathetic about it. you are welcome back anytime. we ll be speaking to the conservative party deputy chairman before 2.00pm. remember, you can follow the latest election coverage. just head to the bbc news website we have a live page running with plenty of updates and analysis from the campaign you can also find it on the bbc news app. let s turn to the israel gaza war and there s growing condemnation of an air strike near rafah, which palestinian officials say killed at least 45 people including women and children at a refugee camp. an israeli government spokesman says the initialfindings of its investigation are that an air strike against a hamas compound nearby set off a fire which killed the palestinian civilians. the palestinian presidency in the occupied west bank described the strike as a massacre and accused israel of deliberately targeting displaced people. egypt has also condemned the attack and call
thank you forjoining us. tell us exactly what has happened. thank you ve much. exactly what has happened. thank you very much- as exactly what has happened. thank you very much. as you ve exactly what has happened. thank you very much. as you ve already - very much. as you ve already mentioned yesterday afternoon there were several very loud explosions and extremely close proximity to our offices of the international committee of the red cross in rafah which led to very high loss of life. there were many wounded, the scenes were horrific, frankly and nothing i ve ever seen before. we had an influx of children, women, young men, all of whom had been extremely badly injured as a result of these explosions and we were able to transfer them to the nearby located red cross field hospital where we have dedicated teams working to save lives and to meet the needs of civilians during this conflict who have consistently lacked access to health care and we were able to receive 22 da
salmond. the continuing cost of the pandemic government borrowing hit more than £19 billion pounds last month the highest february figure since records began. and could rachael blackmore become the first female jockey to win the cheltenham gold cup? and coming up on bbc news. uefa are investigating after rangers claim their player was racially abused by a slavia prague player during their europa league defeat. they deny the allegation. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. a number of eu countries have started using the oxford astrazeneca covid vaccine again, after the european medicines agency confirmed it is safe and effective. germany, france, italy and spain are among the countries that halted its use earlier this month, after concerns about blood clots. but with cases and deaths rising now across europe and millions of people in france being placed under lockdown at midnight tonight there s been a stark warning from germany s health minister, who s
a lesson in primate parenting bonobos have been seen for the first time adopting babies outside their family groups. we ll hear from the scientists behind the research later this afternoon. a number of eu countries have started using the oxford astrazeneca covid vaccine again after the european medicines agency confirmed it is safe and effective. germany, france, italy and spain are among the countries that halted its use earlier this month, after concerns about blood clots. but with cases and deaths rising now across europe and millions of people in france being placed under lockdown at midnight tonight there s been a stark warning from germany s health minister who said there isn t enough vaccine supply in europe to prevent a third wave. our europe correspondent nick beake reports. paris in the spring, a city where the mood is darkening. the french capital is descending into another lockdown, part of the effort to stop a third wave of the virus taking hold across