in london, chelsea are taking on real madrid, trying to overturn a 2 0 deficit against the defending champions. it is currently 0 0. missed a really good opportunity to put chelsea ahead. still advantage real madrid. meanwhile, napoli, the runaway leaders of serie a, are trying to recover from a 1 0 first leg defeat against ac milan. that game is also goalless, but ac milans olivier giroud had a penalty saved 20 minutes in. at the moment, it s ac malan and real madrid. meanwhile, manchester city are in germany ahead of their quarter final second leg against bayern munich on wednesday. they have a healthy 3 0 advantage from the first leg at the etihad last week, and they ll have phil foden available after he returned to training after recovering from having his appendix removed. city boss pep guardiola says they won t be sitting back in bavaria. i understand the situation, to come herejust to defend i understand the situation, to come here just to defend something. we came to
and professor steve h hanke from johns hopkins university. he served on president reagan s council of economic advisers. we will bring you up to date in the case of the first american journalist to face espionage charges in russia since the soviet era. evan gershkovich has had an appeal against his pre trial detention rejected. and we will look at why encrypted messaging services like whatsapp are urging the uk government to make changes to the online safety bill. but first, our top story on the programme, the dominion versus fox trial. it s been variously described as explosive a bombshell trial, and today it got under way in the us. a company that makes voting machines dominion suing the conservative fox news network for defamation. and in the last few minutes, we have heard it has settled. you will remember that it was due to start yesterday. there were delays for 2h hours. the case had got under way, but we understand it has now settled. our correspondent michelle f
hello, i m sarah campbell. you re watching the context on bbc news. it s going to be a huge spectacle, in part because, by midweek, you could see rupert murdoch, the chair of fox news, potentially on the witness stand being questioned by dominion s lawyers. this case is very much about the tension between, on the one hand, broad protections for freedom of the press and, on the other hand, consequences for the telling of a known lie. hello, welcome back. joining us on the panel tonight, we have the deputy political editor of the guardian, jessica elgot,
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the chair of fox news, potentially on the witness stand being questioned by dominion s lawyers. this case is very much about the tension between, on the one hand, broad protections for freedom of the press and, on the other hand, consequences for the telling of a known lie. hello and welcome to the context. on the programme, we will get the latest from sudan, where gunfire has been heard in the capital after a 24 hour ceasefire was supposed to come into force. residents of khartoum told the bbc the fighting hasn t stopped. the two rival generals whose troops have been battling for control agreed to a humanitarian pause to allow civilians to escape. there s signs of recovery in the afghan economy, but the un says those signs are weak and at risk of being undone by the taliban s recent restrictions on women working at ngos, which could lead to a significant drop in aid. the parade rehearsals under the cover of night time as the king s coronation is now just weeks away.