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eight nutritious and filling meal. the wagatha christie trial gets underway in the high court rebekah vardy is suing coleen rooney for libel. as one of football s new superstars closes in on manchester city, what will the signing of erling haaland mean for the premier league and pep guardiola s title chasers? and i ll start to the money but also fairly grey for many, brightening up later with more sunshine, and one or all the details right here on breakfast. it s tuesday the 10th of may. our main story. this the queen will miss the state opening of parliament for the first time in nearly 60 years, because of ongoing mobility issues . prince charles will deliver the speech instead, which sets out the government s main plans for the year ahead. our royal correspondent daniela relph has more details. last year, he provided the support for his mother. today, the prince of wales takes on the main role instead of her. it is a significant moment, constitutionally and personally
donald trump says his guilty verdicts are a travesty . are his fellow republicans preparing to rip up the us legal system to protect him? here, sir keir starmer paves the way for diane abbott to be a labour candidate at the election. why the climb down? thank you very much. applause hello. welcome to newsnight, with you each week night with interviews and insight. our friday night political panel is here. sonia sodha chief leader writer for the observer, and tom harwood deputy political editor presenter at gb news. let s start by talking about donald trump. convicted felon donald trump. he is angry. a day after his guilty verdicts in that hush money trial, he gave a ao minute press conference at trump tower and said americans were living in a fascist state . he called thejudge in his case the devil , attacked joe biden and claimed without any evidence his trial had been rigged . this is, uh, a case where if they can do this to me, they can do this to anyone. these