tonight with the context, political analyst dahlia schneidlin, and the former federal prosecutor joe moreno. hello, welcome to the programme. under the united states constitution, everyone has the right to the fifth amendment. but for many years, donald trump held a particular view of those who invoked it. so, they have five people taking the fifth amendment, like you see on the mob, right? you see mob take the fifth. if you re innocent, why are you taking the fifth amendment? fifth amendment, fifth - amendment, fifth amendment. horrible. horrible! but today in new york, he refused to answer any questions under oath, pleading the fifth. the former president had been deposed in a civil case brought by new york attorney general, letitia james, who is investigating whether the trump organisation inflated then deflated the value of its prized assets, its golf courses, its skyscrapers, to deceive the lenders and the tax authorities. in a statement soon after, mrtrump said. joe,
his comments come ahead of tonight s penultimate conservative hustings with rishi sunak and liz truss facing tory votes in norwich. gcse results are out today for pupils in england, wales and northern ireland the pass rate is down on last year but higher than it was before the pandemic. good afternoon. pressure is growing on the government to help households and businesses cope with soaring energy costs. a think tank has called for a universal 30% cut in bills and businesses want covid style emergency grants to help companies that are struggling. the upper limit of what suppliers can charge per unit of energy in england, scotland and wales the energy price cap is set to be announced tomorrow. less than a year ago, a typical annual home energy bill was about £1,200, it s now about £2,000 and it s forecast tomorrow to reach £3,500 per year, payable from this october. there are further increases expected in january. back in may, the government promised a £15 billion support
on twitter @annitabbc. a decision is expected today over whether hundreds of gmb union members working as check in and ground staff at heathrow airport will take strike action. the taliban appeals for international help in afghanistan after a powerful earthquake kills more than 1,000 people. we are desperately trying to work with local partners to get through that rubble and see if there are any survivors that we can administer first aid to get to local hospitals. borisjohnson arrives in rwanda for a meeting of the commonwealth s heads of government with food security, climate change and the government s migrants policy expected to be on the agenda. polls have opened in two parliamentary by elections which are taking place today in wakefield, and tiverton and honiton. eight medical staff who treated the football legend diego maradona in the days before he died are to stand trial for alleged criminal negligence. dat two of glastonbury gets underway. more than 200 thousand fest