the former mp, jared 0 mara, is sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted for fraudulent expenses claims. and we ll hear more about a study of killer whales reveals that mothers make a lifelong sacrifice for their sons. the offical death toll from monday s earthquake in turkey and syria is now over 17,500. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. yes, you join is here, about two hours drive from the epicentre of this devastating earthquake, a place where the loss has been so significant that it is where the president has chosen to visit today, and where he hasjust president has chosen to visit today, and where he has just announced that new figure. i am hearing prayers being recited as we broadcast from here. one of the prayer leadersjust told us that 100 leaders have come from five cities across turkey to help bury the dead. in that main cemeteryjust behind us, 400 were buried yesterday. here, just behind, the refrigerated vans where the bodies are w
we then embarked on adapting the novel into a screenplay which took us about two years and tried to get it off the ground. and it was impossible. almost a decade later, and things were serious. to keep hold of the film rights, she needed $10,000 by the end of the week and didn t have it. she came up with a plan enter a triathlon in costa rica and if she won, the prize money would be enough. this was your last shot. it was, it was my last shot and i turned up at the race, fighting fit, ready to really go for it, and i thought, i m going to win this race all right, and the day before the race i actually fell off my bike and broke my shoulder. with no alternative, she still entered, swimming a mile on one arm. it was brutal. i was exhausted. it s hilarious, because my husband was watching from the shore and all he could see was my leg kick, and all of the people beside him were, like,
charges. there were three charges of making indecent photographs of a child, possessing a prohibited image of a child, assisting misconduct in public office and also possession of cannabis. the two men were charged following a metropolitan police investigation into a serving officer, chief inspector richard watkinson is. he was suspended from duty and released on bail, but he was found dead at his home in buckinghamshire on the 12th of january. his death is being treated as unexplained, but not suspicious. the met said that on that date last month, he was due to answer bail and he was also due to be charged with a number of child sex offences most of the two officers who appeared in court today didn t enter any pleas, but they will next appear at
transcript of it. the judge explains that yeah, he will grant immunity to these five witnesses but surprise, he is also going to reveal their identities. the prosecution wanted all their names kept secret unless and until they ended up testifying. the judge said no. i m telling everybody who they are. that s not something that we knew would happen today. people who watched the hearing in court today didn t hear this happen but we now know from the transcript that this is how it went down. quote, the judge, i received a number of motions that were under seal, requested to be under seal for these witnesses. why do they need to be under seal? these are witnesses who have been granted immunity by the government and yet are reluctant to testify and don t want to testify. and therefore you re asking the court to issue an order because you ve granted them immune. why in the world should all of that be under seal and exparte? from the special counsel s
was going forward, you can t say? all i said is it s consistent with his account, mr. zimmerman s account, that s all. it s also consistent with trayvon martin pulling back in terms of providing the same angle. told you that too. reporter: the last testimony of the day was from zimmerman s former neighbor, too ill to appear in person. she said she believes the voice screaming for help sounded like george zimmerman. based on the fact that i ve only heard george s voice and it s a white male voice, i would say that it was his. and when you say you ve heard him talk, tell us again about how long you ve known him. by that time, it was 2 1/2 years. reporter: perhaps the most powerful statement made in court today didn t take place on the stand. but when mark o mara said the defense planned to rest wednesday. martin savidge, cnn, sanford, florida.