one of the biggest financial frauds in american history that s how a new york prosecutor described the actions of sam bankman fried, the former cryptocurrency boss, who, in the last few hours, has been convicted of defrauding investors. as you ve been hearing, mr bankman fried was arrested a year ago, when his cryptocurrency exchange, ftx, and his investment fund, alameda research, went bankrupt. prosecutors said he had used money stolen from ftx customers to prop up alameda and to fund his lavish lifestyle. after a month long trial, a jury agreed. late on thursday, they found him guilty of all seven counts of fraud and conspiracy. as the bbc s erin delmore explains, the collapse of ftx and the crimes of bankman fried are posing all kinds of uncomfortable questions for the crypto industry. after more than four weeks in court, thenjust four and after more than four weeks in court, then just four and a half hours of deliberations, a jury half hours of deliberations, a jury
it comes as seven un mandated human rights experts have said that they believe that the palestinians in gaza are at grave risk of genocide, and that time is running out to prevent this. the special rapporteurs alleged that israel was planning to decimate the gaza strip. joe inwood reports. israel says it has gaza city surrounded. its ground forces, supported by heavy armour, are pushing into the crowded, urban centre of the strip. but no one thinks this will be quick or easy. they are on hamas s territory. the group put out their own footage, showing an attack on an israeli tank. they said they would make gaza a curse of the place for israel. cursed place of israel. caught in the middle are ordinary palestinians. the un human office has said so many civilians have been killed and wounded in israeli air strikes, it has serious concerns that these are disproportionate attacks that could be war crimes. israel blames hamas. designated terrorists by many governments, includin
hello. rishi sunak is promising to increase the tax free allowance for pensioners if the conservatives win the general election. he says the policy would mean retirees are £95 better off from the beginning of the next financial year. in a moment, we ll be on the campaign trail with labour and the reform party. but first, harry farley reports on the new conservative pledge and the reaction to it. the prime minister at a pottery factory in stoke on trent, painting his offerfor pensioners. under current government plans, the tax threshold are frozen, so as the state pension rises under what is known as the triple lock, more pensioners would be dragged into paying tax. now the prime minister is promising the tax free allowance will increase for pensioners, but not everyone else. for will increase for pensioners, but not everyone else. will increase for pensioners, but not everyone else. for people who work hard all not everyone else. for people who work hard all their not ev
Tottenham make it seven Premier League wins in a row to keep up the pressure on table topping chelsea. And from the countryside to the classroom. Well be looking at the lamb cams helping to teach children in inner city schools about life on the farm. And philip avery has the weather. Good morning. Happy easter. That doesnt look bread promising. Already raining in Western Scotland and Northern Ireland but is it heading your way . Ill have all the details shortly. Good morning. First, our main story. An attempt by north korea to launch a test missile has failed, a day after it issued a Nuclear Warning to the us. American officials believe a land based Ballistic Missile exploded within seconds of take off, close to the east coast city of sinpo. The test, which is in violation of un resolutions, came just hours after a massive Military Parade was held in pyongyang as a show of force. Us Vice President mike pence will arrive in the south korean capital this morning for talks on the norths n
Tottenham make it seven Premier League wins in a row to keep up the pressure on table topping chelsea. And from the countryside to the classroom. Well be looking at the lamb cams helping to teach children in inner city schools about life on the farm. And philip avery has the weather. Good morning. Happy easter. That doesnt look bread promising. Already raining in Western Scotland and Northern Ireland but is it heading your way . Ill have all the details shortly. Good morning. First, our main story. An attempt by north korea to launch a test missile has failed, a day after it issued a Nuclear Warning to the us. American officials believe a land based Ballistic Missile exploded within seconds of take off, close to the east coast city of sinpo. The test, which is in violation of un resolutions, came just hours after a massive Military Parade was held in pyongyang as a show of force. Us Vice President mike pence will arrive in the south korean capital this morning for talks on the norths n