of its outgoing leader has resigned after the party reveled a sharp drop in its membership. hello and welcome to the programme. the former us president, donald trump, says he expects to be arrested on tuesday. in a post on his own social media platform, he claimed to have seen leaks from the manhattan district attorney s office, which is yet to comment. mr trump is accused of paying hush money to an alleged mistress, and called on his supporters to protest if he is detained. we can speak now to deana bass williams, former republican strategist. she joins us from new york. thank you forjoining us here. i wonderfirst of all, thank you forjoining us here. i wonder first of all, what do you make of this story? it is curious and it does make of this story? it is curious and it does come make of this story? it is curious and it does come from - make of this story? it is curious and it does come from a - make of this story? it is curious and it does come from a former president
hello and welcome. we start with that breaking news coming out of scotland. peter murrell, the husband of scotland s former first minister nicola sturgeon, has been arrested as part of a police investigtion into the finances of the scottish national party. 58 year old peter murrell was the snp s chief executive until he quit last month. in a statement, police scotland said they had taken a 58 year old man into custory for questioning over the party s funding and financing. alexandra mackenzie is our scotland correspondent. alexandra, not much detail coming in on this yet, but tell us what we do know and more about who peter murrell is? $5 know and more about who peter murrell is? know and more about who peter murrell is? ~ , i. , , murrell is? as you say, this news has ust murrell is? as you say, this news hasjust broken, murrell is? as you say, this news hasjust broken, so murrell is? as you say, this news hasjust broken, so we murrell is? as you say, this news hasju
the british prime minister has sacked the chairman of his party, nadhim zahawi, following an investigation into his tax affairs. mr zahawi had to pay a penalty to settle a multi million pound tax dispute. an investigation ordered by rushi sunakfound he had broken the ministerial code. our political editor, chris mason, reports. nadhim zahawi arrived in the uk as a child, unable to speak english. he became a multimillionaire and rose to be chancellor of the exchequer. but tonight, his political career and reputation is in tatters. in a 2,000 word letter to the prime minister, the government s ethics adviser is devastating in his criticism of mr zahawi. sir laurie magnus says. minutes after the prime minister had sacked his party chairman for what he called a serious breach of the ministerial code, the questions began. for a start, why hadn t he got rid of him days ago? as a general rule, i think it is important when allegations are raised that they re investigated promptly. bu
civil rights campaigners, who s died at the age of 93. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the european court of human rights has tonight refused an application by the parents of archie battersbee to postpone the removal of his life support, effectively ending the family s legal battle. doctors who say archie is brain stem dead were waiting for a decision from the court before beginning the withdrawal of his treatment. the 12 year old has been in a coma since an accident at his home in essex in april. let s go live now to the royal london hospital in east london, where archie has been receiving his life support treatment since april. charlotte gallacher is there. charlotte, can you bring us up to speed with these latest developments?- speed with these latest developments? speed with these latest develoments? , . , , speed with these latest develoments? , , . developments? this was the news that archie battersbee s developments? this was the news that archie battersbee