gilda hakim. a federaljudge in the united states has sentenced the founder of the far right militant oath keepers, stewart rhodes, to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to the storming of the us capitol on january the 6th, 2021. with the latest, here s our north america correspondentjessica parker. he was convicted at the back of last year, and now we ve learned that a federaljudge has sentenced him to 18 years in prison. prosecutors had actually sought a longer sentence of 25 years, but 18 years is what he s been given. in court, we understand he was pretty defiant, saying that he was a political prisoner something that the judge really wasn t having anything of, basically suggesting he still presented a peril to the country. in terms of what happened during the course of the trial, he wasn t the only member of the oath keepers who was on trial, and we expect some further sentencing over the coming days but he is the leader of this far r
our aeroplane contrails. the water that aeroplanes check out the back makes controls. sometimes when there is a lot of moisture in the atmosphere, seven miles up in the sky, where the aeroplanes fly, they can persist for many, many hours, going the spectacular sunrise and sunset pictures. you get a sense of these contrails starting to work away, these lines of cloud you can see on the satellite picture. and they are, because we are starting to get drier air moving in across england, seven miles up in the atmosphere. you are less likely to see those contrails hanging around quite as long. weather wise today we have a bit of patchy cloud across south west scotland and northern ireland, may be an odd light shower. otherwise, the vast majority of the uk having dry weather with plenty of sunshine stop the sunshine, of course, is stronger this time of year. we have high levels of uv. the temperatures are widely reaching the high teens or low 20s. probably peaking at 23 celsius this
donald trump in the early polls, we ll break down the numbers with veteran american pollster, frank lu ntz. # i m your private dancer, i ll do what you want me to do. and an avalanche of tributes to the music legend tina turner. hello, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. net migration to the uk reached record levels last year with 606,000 people added to the population. the numbers were boosted by the arrival of hundreds of thousands of international students, and skilled workers, including more than 200,000 nurses and carers. the prime minister, rishi sunak, has said net migration is too high and he wants to bring the numbers down. in a moment we ll get more from our political correspondent jonathan blake but first let s speak to our head of data robert cuffe. and robert is in the newsroom. the main number is 600,000 people coming through and the main reasons why we are seeing such a large number is p
swing voters, those who are undecided? definitely ron desantis rather than donald trump. donald trump is leading right now but when the chips are down ron desantis would probably make a better candidate and i think ron desantis would make a better general election candidate againstjoe biden. bier? candidate against joe biden. very interestin: candidate against joe biden. very interesting to hear candidate againstjoe biden. very interesting to hear you articulate that so clearly and maybe we will talk again in the coming months. thanks forjoining us. the head of la liga in spain has said racism can never be eliminated. javier tebas was speaking to the bbc after the real madrid forward viniciuer was the target of abuse at valencia on sunday. mr tebas said he believed racist insults could be driven out of the country s stadiums within months, but the league would need greater powers. three valencia fans were arrested after the incident at the weekend. their club stadium has been
so going in and buying 100 cans of beans in a single go raises a few eyebrows. you re watching bbc news. racism can never be elimated that s what the head of la liga in spain has told the bbc. javier tebas was speaking after the real madrid forward viniciuer was the target of abuse at valencia on sunday. mr tebas said he believed racist insults could be driven out of the country s stadiums within months, but the league would need greater powers. three valencia fans were arrested after viniciusjunior challenged his abusers at the weekend. their club stadium has been partially closed for five games as punishment. the bbc s guy hedgecoe sat down with mr tebas for an interview, and asked him if he was frustrated with his organisation s perceived lack of power to act. translation: eliminating this - problem 100% will never be possible,