the biggest tax cuts in half a century in a bid to kickstart growth. more than seventy people die after a migrant boat sinks off the coast of syria. a new type of cancer therapy shows promising results in early human trials. we hear from the study leader. and the first woman to win the booker prize twice the celebrated author dame hilary mantel dies at the age of seventy. officials in four russian occupied regions of ukraine have been holding self declared referendums on whether to become part of the russian federation. the kremlin supports the votes just as it did after the annexation of crimea the ukrainian territory which was invaded in 2014. but the government in kyiv and western countries have condemned the referendums saying they are just a sham, and that they will never be recognised. these are the four areas where voting is being held. they include occupied parts of luhansk and donetsk in the east, and zaporizhzhia and kherson, in the south and cov
They say there is no case here. But we have a corrupt Attorney General that tried to make a case. Thank you very much. [indiscernible] mr. President , do you believe in karma . John the president walks away after speaking to cameras outside the courtroom there in manhattan, the former president insisting its a witch hunt, he did nothing wrong, that maralago was undervalued by the judge, which a lot of people would say at 18 million hes got a case to say that it was undervalued. This is going to go on for a long time. We may be hearing from the former president a lot in the days and weeks ahead. Gillian you heard him sort of tripling down, same Talking Points over the same strategy, messaging over the last two days as well, reiterating his claim maralago should be valued at closer to 1. 5 billion. John and adding the new wrinkle some republicans are floating his name for Speaker Of The House. Something well get into a little later on. Gillian i would not wish on my worst enemy. That the
all right, hour two, we re happy to have you. we re looking at a number of protests planned pretty much around the world, a big one in washington d.c. where we re expecting north of 100,000, maybe a minimum, a massive demonstration and similar in london, paris and iran today. the themes are the same, more pro-palestinian and the rage continues. the separate rage and the comments that came out of hezbollah leader yesterday telling the united states that you will pay, essentially for backing of israel and this unacceptable war against hamas, said that all options remain on the table, not concerned about u.s. warnings to stay out of this conflict. in the middle of that, of course, keep in mind that it s hezbollah and forces of hezbollah in the north, in lebanon, that have been, you know, inciting these attacks and others on israel. that s exactly where you were going to find steve harrigan in northern israel right now on how that part of this war and possibly an expanding one
come through. so now the ball is in his court. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a virus that kills cancer cells. a new type of therapy shows promising results in early human trials. we ll hear live from the study leader. ben johnson, the fastest man on earth is flying home to canada in disgrace. all athletes should be clean going into the game. i m just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning these people - were in their homes, tonight those homes have been burnt down by serbian soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened presumably in case americans invaded. it s no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world.
we ll look back at her life and work. benjohnson, the fastest man on earth is flying home to canada in disgrace. all athletes should be clean going into the game. i m just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning these people - were in their homes, tonight those homes have been burnt down by serbian soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened presumably in case americans invaded. it s no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world. and so the british government has no option but to continue this action even after any adverse judgment in australia.