Of the militant Group Hezbollah is found guilty. The widow of pc Andrew Harper tells the bbc of her heartbreak over the sentences handed out to her husbands killers. You know, he is never coming back. We are never going to have him back. But at the very least, we wanted some kind ofjustice for him. And an unwelcome spotlight on the us chat show hosted by ellen de generes as three Top Producers are fired for misconduct. And coming up in the sport and bbc news. The Champions League final awaits, but will it be Paris Saint Germain or rb leipzig who claim the first place . Good evening. Tens of thousands of students, whove now got higher a level grades after the governments u turn yesterday, have spent the day scrambling for university places. With many courses already full, some students remain unsure about their academic futures. The government has said it will help universities to find places for them. Ministers were forced to abandon the exam regulator 0fquals computer modelling for a
Provocation maybe the ukrainians in the west are seeing it that but certainly the russians are seeing it that way. We have heard official text is made available to us, putin is appealing to the upper houses of the russian parliament, the federal council, he said that due to situation in ukraine and threatening the lives, the personnel of the armed forces of the Russian Federation should be used in ukraine and then he quotes articles within the russian constitution. We do know that the Federation Council is about to vote on this here in moscow. There needs to be a clear majority. Putin has sent one of his Deputy Foreign ministers to represent him in the council and if they do vote on this in a positive, they will need to present a statement and then send this back to the president within two days. A lot of legal ease going on and maneuvering within the political sphere in moscow and what it is coming down to the russians say that the instability in crimea and threatening their dual citi
And Savannah Guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a thursday morning. Im Savannah Guthrie. Im matt lauer alongside Natalie Morales and al roker. We have a lot of news this morning including new information about the abduction of 16yearold Hannah Anderson. Its coming from newly released search warrants in the case. Well get a live report from san diego straight ahead. Well start with that deadly violence in egypt and new fears it is far from over. Nbcs chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel is in cairo once again for us. Richard, good morning. Reporter good morning. Many of the casualties happened here, this burned out area was the heart of the biggest protest camp and now is being controlled by the Egyptian Security forces. That death toll . Around 500, most demonstrators, but nearly 50 from the Egyptian Army and police. After egypts militarybacked government smashed two protest camps, today it was trying to erase that they ever existe
This is bbc news. My names mike embley with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Day two of the Virtual Convention joe biden will be formally picked as the Democratic Partys election nominee. His wife, jill, and former us president , bill clinton are due to give keynote addresses. Malis president and Prime Minister are arrested by the military in an apparent coup attempt. The us postmaster general says hes suspending changes to the Us Postal Service hed been accused of trying to interfere in novembers president ial election. And an unwelcome spotlight on the us chat show hosted by Ellen Degeneres as three Top Producers are fired for misconduct. Hello to you. In the next couple of hours, the Democratic Party in the United States will hold the second evening of its Virtual National convention. Joe biden will be formally nominated as the partys candidate for novembers president ial election. His wifejill will deliver tuesdays main speech. Therell also be appear
At Heathrow Airport are in disarray, after a court says they are unlawful because expansion didnt take climate commitments into account. Finish the lyrics tell me something, girl. Are you happy in this modern world . Or do you need more . Wow keep going. Plus, from the london tube all the way to hollywood how one viral clip changed the life of a singer from essex overnight. Hello and welcome. Im katty kay at the whitehouse with Christian Fraser. The who says the world must act now to stop the coronavirus. A new case has emerged in california with no apparent links to china. There are two new cases in the uk. Financial markets are tumbling, again. And around the world, everyone is asking, how worried should we really be . According to donald trump, not very. He says america is ready and is downplaying the threat. That, by the way, was a similar to the position taken by president moon of south korea when he said, just two weeks ago, that the virus would soon disappear. His country now ha