the us announce another new military aid package for ukraine worth $400 million. it comes as president biden meets the german chancellor olaf 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. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. 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. i would never hurt my wife, maggie. and i would never hurt my son, paul paul. thank you, your honour. thank you. after a lengthy address that last nearly half an
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
result would give vindication to others that had suffered from similar crimes. georgia harrison appeared visibly relieved after the sentence was given. i want to let all other victims of this crime know that i stand in solidarity with them, and i have absolutely no regrets on waiving my anonymity. i hope that this puts anyone off committing this sort of crime, and i hope for anyone else who has been a victim of it, it gives them some sort ofjustice. women s charities have told us stephen bear s prison sentence sends the right message. it sets a statement to the general public and it says if you are thinking or considering of committing this crime, because it is a crime, you could go to jail for that and that s an incredibly important message to send because at the end of the day it is sexual abuse. this is the most high profile revenge porn conviction since the law was introduced in 2015. the fact that georgia waived her anonymity and came forward is a huge milestone
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
at all as energy prices will be lower than £2500. from july we are expecting to see prices fall, perhaps below £2200 for the average customer, and that could last until the end of this year. beyond that we don t know. there is still a lot of volatility in the market and prices could rise again. bills are still more than double the level they were 18 months ago. without government support they would have been higher still, but many will hope the worst of a daunting winter is behind us. simon jack, bbc news. a man and a woman have been remanded in custody in the uk, charged with manslaughter of a baby. constance marten and mark gordon appeared before magistrates on three charges. the baby s body was found in a plastic bag under a pile of nappies inside a locked shed outside brighton, in southern england, on wednesday. the couple are due to appear in court at the end of the month. the british reality tv contestant stephen bear has been sentenced