intercepted. and british prime minister rishi sunak says he s disappointed at the european broadcasting union s zelenskyy from making an address at the eurovision song contest. we start with the breaking news in the last couple of hours. a convicted child abuser has been found guilty of brutally murdering a seven year old girl in the north east of england more than 30 years after the killing took place. nikki allan was repeatedly hit about the head and stabbed dozens of times in sunderland in october 1992. prosecutors told newcastle crown court she was then dumped like rubbish in a derelict building near her home. david boyd, 55, from stockton on tees, was convicted after a three week trial. he will be sentenced on 23 may. our news correspondent, danny savage was at newcastle crown court and explains why this prosecution has taken so long. it was a complex and challenging case for northumbria police but they spent many years going off down the wrong avenue thinking that a
welcome to bbc news. we start in moscow, were a court has as i expected rejected the appeal of the us match one. evan gershkovich. evan gershkovich. have a look at these images of evan gershkovich appearing in court. the russian authorities accuse him of spying, charges which he and his employer, the wall streetjournal, strongly deny. he appeared at the same court where yesterday an opponent of president putin was convicted of treason and sentenced to 25 years in prison. here s our russia editor, steve rosenberg. this was the first time evan gershkovich had been seen in public since being arrested. the wall streetjournal reporter was appealing his detention. the appeal was rejected. he s the first western journalist here to be charged with spying since the cold war, a charge that he, his newspaper and his government categorically reject. the charges against evan are baseless, and we call on the russian federation to immediately release him. a rare glimpse inside the prison wh
propaganda. russia points to the united states and says washington is somehow behind that brazen drone attack on the kremlin. the white house calls this claim bs. a there s a word that comes to mind. i would tell you he s lying. it s a ludicrous claim. the united states had nothing to do with this. and the special counsel puts the trump organization in his sights. sources telling cnn jack smith s prosecutors are zeroing in on how long time president trump employees handled the evidence. up first for us, major breaking news right here in washington, d.c. a major victory for the justice department after prosecutoring leaders of the i object sur recollection. five members were convicted for various felony charges a short time ago. four of them, including the leader, was convicted of the most serious charge. that charge being seditious conspiracy. trial testimony detailed how the proud boys organized after trump s call for supporters to flood washington on the day the elect
the united states and around the world, i m christine romans. we begin with breaking news on what s now the second biggest bank failure in u.s. history. most of first republic bank is now being bought by jpmorgan chase in a deal arranged by the federal deposit insurance corporation. the fdic. cnn s clare sebastian live in london for us. clare, this deal announced just a short time ago. all weekend, we ve been waiting for word what would happen to first republic. we knew it couldn t continue as a concern here. fdic would have to step in. and you went to bed thinkiing first republic is your bank, it s now jpmorgan chase, right? yeah, christine, all 84 branches of first republic will reopen this morning as branches of jpmorgan. this is different than silicon valley bank which was taken by regulators and stayed there for more than two weeks. this happenmuch more quickly over the weekend with that auction held on sunday. several banks bid it. it seems they reached that deal with
thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. we re grateful the beat with melissa murray in for ari starts right now. hi, nicolle thank you so much. welcome to the beat. we re tracking breaking news out of tennessee these are pictures of celebrations in nashville, tennessee. just moments ago, the national metro council voted to reappointment justin jones jones was one of the two lawmakers expelled last week after protesting for tougher gun laws here is the moment that the council voted to reappointment him. justin jones has been elected as the interim successor for the vacant seat of tennessee house district 52, pursuant to the state law and the rule of governing a metropolitan council. jones is expected to retake his seat in the legislature tonight. and the legislature is gathering into session this hour so we could see justin jones dramatic return to the floor secondly, later this week, a different local council in the