fails to elect a speaker in its opening session. no persons having received a majority of the whole number of votes cast by surname, a speaker has not been elected. and a mountain and a ski lift, but where s the snow? the record mild temperatures affecting europe s winter sports. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. russia s defence ministry says officials will be held accountable after ukrainian forces located and destroyed an army barracks in the occupied town of makiivka, killing dozens of troops. russia now says 89 people were killed. ukraine says the number was much higher. russia says the unauthorised use of mobile phones by russian troops allowed ukraine to target its troops because they were able to use the signal to find the soldiers location. here s some more of the russian military statememt. translation: circumstances of the incident are currently being investigated, but it is already obvious that the main reason, despite the restri
this makes him the first us president with a criminal conviction and the first major party candidate to run for office with a felony. mr trump was convicted of falsifying business records to conceal a sex scandal involving the former porn star, stormy daniels. the verdict handed down just a few hours ago comes after two days of delebrations. the former us president could face up to four years in prison and a $5,000 fine for each count. the trial officially began on april 15th after a lengthy jury selection process. then, over the course of more than six weeks, testimony from mr trump s former business partners, including long time lawyer michael cohen and his accuser stormy daniels, were heard. 12 new yorkjurors deliberated for two days to reach thursday s verdict in which they found him guilty on all 3a felony charges. mr trump will return to the manhattan courtroom onjuly 11th to be sentenced. here s what he said outside the court right after the verdict. our whole coun
With one mp in scotland saying that they will stand in the way of the choice of the scottish people. I mean, this is like winding the clock back to the bad old days of margaret thatcher. A record £70,000 fine for the Conservative Party for abusing the rules over Election Campaign expenses. The fsiinrsg ififiinfii; and spending that was not reported correctly. Coming up, me the author. Coming up shortly, jim naughtie talks to the Pulitzer Prize winning writer Siddhartha Mukherjee in meet the author. Today marks the annual bbc news School Report. It gives 11 16 year old students in the uk the chance to make their own news reports for a real audience. An increasing number in that age range struggle with feeling unhappy, self conscious, according to a special survey carried out as part this years School Report. Bryony mackenzie caught up with jordan stevens, from the rizzle kicks, who started his own social media Mama Do The Hump Mama Do The Hump hump, mama. Wont you please let me do th