A welfare reform expert. And rex it is say the u. K. Should push ahead with trade talks and cut ties with the e. U. In december despite the ongoing virus crisis. Good afternoon we start with our breaking news story that archie host and former 1st minister of scotland alex salmond has been acquitted of all 14 sexual offense charges on 2 u. K. Casar joins me now with the latest. On their research so take us through the verdict. Well alex salmond has been cleared up for a 2 week trial at the high court in edinburgh now mr summit was originally charged with 14 sexual offenses against 9 women midway through the trial the prosecution could do one of the cases one of those charges that he was found not guilty of 12 others and it a unique situation under scotts issue albeit with the 14th charge he was found with the case was found at have been not true then so mr samad innocent in the eyes of the law and all 14 of those charges now before a court in edinburgh to around 6 hours to make its deci
Hit in the rocky base housing u. S. And Coalition Troops killing 3 and ensuring many more. Has announced travel from europe to the u. S. Will be suspended starting on friday for 30 days and order to fight the corona Virus Outbreak the unprecedented restrictions do not apply to the United Kingdom though the president made the announcement in a National Address during which he accused the e. U. Of not responding quickly enough to the virus taking early intense action we have seen dramatically fewer cases of the virus in the United States than are now present in europe. The European Union failed to take the same precautions and restrict travel from china and other hot spots as a result a large number of new clusters in the United States were seeded by travelers from europe hours earlier the head of the World Health Organization described the outbreak as a pandemic for the 1st time expressing alarm at the spread in the severity of this disease Johns Hopkins university in the us says infect
Necessary to acquire said what did you make of them then saying this same q. C. Lewis representing the usa pointing out that wiki leaks cables were founded well hes a former cia proxy asama bin ladens house in pakistan what do you think when you think they were going with that case to try and get as scientists to virginia its all about image and they want to create an image so mr summers eason going to me super free moral that hes a terrorist if you will and making any sort of connection with. Some of the larger just fulfils their purpose to make that image the bible or any other court in the world with me during my trial the only thing that i see. For the trial the only thing accrued beyond a reasonable doubt was that i was black and they have theirs they have to show during my trial because there is no evidence that i was there. Unruly on american black men who have the nerve to stand up against the cia and u. S. Government yeah in your book i wanted to spy the persecution of an amer
Thats good and even great. A jury has seen footage of the Manchester Arena bomber salman abedi looking around the area where he detonated his device, days before the attack. Police say the body of a boy, believed to be aged 13, has been found in the river wear near bishop auckland. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with 0lly foster. Theres a fundamental change to Grassroots Football training , the under 12s wont be allowed to head the ball, because of the potential health risks. Thanks, 0lly. And ben rich has the weather. It is relentless at the moment. We have had the rain, flooding. We will talk more about that but some today have seen some significant snowfall. All that and the forecast for the week ahead on the way. Thanks ben. Also coming up the uk needs over a million more homes to give everyone somewhere decent to live in. Well be looking at the bbc analysis which underlines the scale of the housing shortage. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. Fears of a possible co
That same sort of mercy or weve talked to people whove been in the court they say they can see all the u. S. Officials and then you hear a british q. Seated speaking the words what do you think why do you think they might have been using your case so early on in the proceedings at this south london court and they trying to tie up the cia are they trying to connect a publisher and journalist to someone who like you consider themselves a wrongly convicted former cia officer i think what theyre doing is. Considering be efforts to use the espionage act with their own called a darn good job to see to quiet dissent since acquired free speech i think it does make sense and where you know her purse or wait for them to mention my case because there was an appeal on that series where the government wont be appealed to finally decide. Cleary me confusion about whether the government. To go out to the press were any journalist or by leaving just you know. Be a stars case thats tradition proceeding