live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the us where one of the most highly anticipated defamation trials began and ended just as quickly. with the jury already selected media giant fox news settled with dominion voting systems, for $787 million. the issue at heart of the case was whether fox news was liable for airing the false claims that dominion s ballot counting machines were used to manipulate the 2020 election in favor ofjoe biden over then president donald trump. one of dominion s lawyers, justin nelson and ceo james poulos spoke after the settlement.
so there is a lot of pent up travel demand, and with airport traffic, as you mentioned, really picking up, and we expect that to continue throughout the rest of the year. it could even be higher next year, once more people get more comfortable with the covid situation and travelling and spending. so we think this is a theme to watch, it is likely to bring some boost to the economy with the chinese tourists spend in place likejapan, south korea or even places like europe. one of the most highly anticipated defamation trials in history is underway in the united states. dominion voting systems is seeking $1.6 billion dollars in damages and a public apology from fox news, saying it knowingly broadcast false claims and conspiracy theories about the outcome of the 2020 us election.
Fox News agreed to settle a voting machine maker s defamation lawsuit alleging the network aired false claims that it rigged the 2020 presidential election against former President Donald Trump.
in one of the biggest defamation trials in us history, fox news, owned by rupert murdoch, and america s most watched cable news network, has agreed to settle a huge lawsuit out of court. fox has agreed to pay nearly $800 million to a voting machine company called dominion voting systems, which had accused fox news of spreading false statements after the 2020 presidential election which donald trump lost to joe biden. fox news repeatedly broadcast false claims about vote rigging, and blamed dominion and its voting machines. the news about the settlement came in the past hour. let s join our correspondent michelle fleury in delaware. tell us first of all what kind of impact this outcome had and how damaging could it be to rupert murdoch and fox news? this damaging could it be to rupert murdoch and fox news? this was very abru t, murdoch and fox news? this was very abrut, we murdoch and fox news? this was very abrunt. we had murdoch and fox news? this was very abrunt. we had got murdo
live from our studios in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the us, where one of the most highly anticipated defamation trials began and ended just as quickly. with the jury already selected media giant fox news settled with dominion voting systems, for $787 million. the issue at heart of the case was whether fox news was liable for airing the false claims that dominion s ballot counting machines were used to manipulate the 2020 election in favor ofjoe biden over then president donald trump. one of dominion s lawyers, justin nelson and ceo