a british parliamentary probe into partygate finds evidence that breaches of covid rules would have been obvious to boris johnson. the us announce another new military aid package for ukraine worth 400 million dollars. it comes as president biden meets the german chancellor scholz for talks in washington. meanwhile, on the ground in ukraine the head of russia s wagner group says its forces now surround most of bakhmut the east ukrainian city which has been the focus of extensive fighting in recent weeks. it s the murder case that s gripped the us and drawn attention across the world. alex murdaugh, a prominent south carolina lawyer, has been given two life terms in prison for killing his wife and son on their hunting estate. in court today, prior to the sentence being announced, the sa year again denied murdering his son paul and his wife maggie. i m innocent. iwould never i m innocent. i would never hurt my wife maggie and i would never hurt my son paul paul. wife ma
in the case that s gripped america, disgraced lawyer alec murdock is jailed for life for murdering his wife and son. 21 months in prison for the british reality tv contestant stephen bear who put a private video of himself having sex with an ex girlfriend online without her consent hello and welcome to bbc news. the former uk prime minister boris johnson may have repeatedly misled parliament over social gatherings held at downing street during covid restrictions. that s according to mps investigating his conduct, who said that evidence strongly suggests that breaches of coronavirus rules inside no.10 whilst he was prime minister would have been obvious to him. mrjohnson was among those fined by police for breaking lockdown rules. but he said there was no evidence he had knowingly misled parliament over the issue. our political correspondent helen catt reports. did borisjohnson know more about lockdown parties in downing street than he told mps? for months now, mps on th
guilty verdict. signed by the forelady, 3/2/23. we had no doubt that we had a chance to present our case in a court of law they would see through the one last con that alex murdaugh was trying to pull and they did and we are so grateful for that. prosecution team in south carolina feeling good this morning. they got that verdict in just about three hours. now we are waiting for them to be back in the courtroom this morning because the sentencing hearing will be underway. good morning. alex murdaugh has been found guilty on all counts in the double monitored of his own wife and son. we will find out if he is going to get life in prison. the attorney general is going to join us lufb as the judge is preparing to sentence murdaugh. emotions high in east palestine east palestine last night demanding to be relocated after last month s toxic train derailment. two families brought together by tragedy. the parents of television journalist and 9-year-old girl killed in last wee
alex murdaugh the disgraced former south carolina attorney will be sentenced after a jury found him guilty of killing his wife maggie and 22-year-old son paul. the jury deliberating less than three hours thursday afternoon, this follows more than a month of testimony. the convicted murdaugh on two counts of murder, two counts of possessing a weapon while committing a crime. one of those jurors speaking out on abc this morning. about 45 minutes later we after all our deliberating, we figured it out. that s really fast. the evidence was clear. the state says it is not seeking the death penalty, instead prosecutors are pushing for life in prison without the possibility of parole. the judge denied a defense motion to declare a mistrial saying there was overwhelming evidence to convict murdaugh. the main prosecutor also spoke after the verdict was read. justice was done today. it doesn t matter who your family is, it doesn t matter how much money you have or people thi
we ll leave that at that. before announcing sentence on these cases with regard to all of the other pending cases, are any of them here in kco collite? i believe some of them are, and have been in buford and other places. we may have worn out our welcome here. and i will thank all of the sheriff s office, and i know that mr. harpootlian has sacrificed many, many things, and to have the attorney general here, mr. alan wilson, to be here along with everyone else, it has been quite a sacrifice, but there are other victims whose cases deserve to be heard. and this case has jumped some of those other cases, perhaps jumped it because of the case assaulting the integrity of the judicial integrity of our state, and even in this trial, the law enforcement have been maligned for the past five or six weeks by one who had access to the wheel of justice to be able to deflect the investigation and as the evidence has pointed out in this case, looming storm that mr. waters talked about.