from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteeing bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: police in the bahamas arrest the former head of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, ftx, at the request of the united states. more than 30 years after the lockerbie air crash, the accused bomb maker is charged at a court in washington. to the us now, where reports suggest there s been a major breakthrough in the field of nuclearfusion. scientists at this federal lab in california say they may have found a way to generate more
this is bbc news. our top stories: police in the bahamas arrest the former head of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange ftx at the request of the united states. more than 30 years after the lockerbie disaster, the accused bombmaker is charged at a court in washington. the european parliament s president says the institution, and european democracy, is under attack following a corruption scandal. and could we be one step closer to abundant clean energy? reports of a major breakthrough in nuclearfusion.
charged with defrauding investors juxt just as congress is hearing testimony about the company s wild and sudden collapse. plus the biden administration is applauding a major scientific breakthrough. a small but huge step toward nuclear fusion. jennifer gran holmes joins us live. and an embattled los angeles city councilman refused to resign after leek leaked audio of racist comments and our interview with kevin de leon ahead. this is what we re watching at this hour. i m kate bolduan. let s start with the new developments in the dramatic collapse of the crypto exchange ftx. the s.e.c. has charged the company s founder sam bankman-fried with orchestrating a massive year long scheme to defraud investors. he was charged on eight charges
at the company, which only accelerated the race to withdraw funds from ftx, it collapsed as i say a month ago, and sam bankman fried, who was month on paper is one of the wealthiest people in the world, t shirt wearing, cyber whizzkid as he was hailed in the media, is now said to be down to one credit card only, and worth much less than he was at that point. much less than he was at that oint. ., ~ ,, much less than he was at that oint. . ~ ,, much less than he was at that oint. . ~ . , the libyan man accused of making the bomb that destroyed a us passenger plane over lockerbie in southern scotland in 1988 has appeared in court. the explosion killed 200 and 70 people. abi agila masud is alleged to have been a member of libya s intelligence service. us prosecutors say he won t face the death penalty. 0ur north america editor sarah smith has this report.