main stories on newsnight, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are, but from the ten team, it s goodnight. controversy rages over rape trials withoutjuries in scotland. could a new pilot scheme improve convictions rates in rape trials, or undermine the principles ofjustice? we ll be speaking to a former snpjustice minister, who is implaccable opposed and the head of rape crisis is scotland who backs the principle. also tonight. the afghan interpreters and their families promised safety in britain, but stuck, some now for a year, in hotels in pakistan, under effective house arrest. now i m stuck here. the taliban are threatening me. i can t go to afghanistan, and i can t go to the uk. i m stuck in the middle of things. fresh momentum for donald trump as the fbi is heavily criticised for its handling of its investigation into alleged ties betw
In the next hour held under five star hotel arrest we get exclusive access to riyadhs ritz Carlton Holding 200 of saudi arabias most powerful people. As far as detention centres go, this is beyond compare. Luxury Swimming Pool is beyond compare. Luxury Swimming Pool, restaurants, a gym, everything is glittering. And a bitter blow to britain after brussels ruled it cant now host the 2023 European Capital of culture. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The uk is in danger of losing almost 20 years of growth in earnings thats the stark warning from the institute of fiscal studies after yesterdays budget. The independent think tank says the squeeze on Living Standards in the past ten years is unprecedented and warns that the Economic Outlook is grim. It says theres no imminent end to austerity and government borrowing is now expected to rise for decades. The chancellor, Philip Hammond, said he hoped to prove the forecasts wrong and insisted his budget was a package for families feeling t
Striking chp officers on patrol. Reporter san jose chp officer ross lee took us on a ridealong today. He says the chp crackdown on facebook today with a video showing one of the many times that a drunk driver plowed into nef tir officers. They dont know why dui accidents have suddenly spiked, but they are fighting back. A chp personnel is going to be out in force. All personnel, including management, captains, supervisors, all the way up to the chiefs, will be pakitaking proactive enforcement looking for impairment. Reporter the crackdown, they say, will last until at least the end of the month. The message, be careful. There are lives at stake. Any type of driving under the influence is illegal. Reporter and along those lines, the officer says theyve seen a couple marijuanarelated duis but he said its too early to say how prevalent that is. Scott budman, nbc bay area news. Scott, thank you. A cold arraign knand rainy week. Rain earlier and now the next storm is on the way. Lets bring
To asia. We take up his accomplishments on the world stage. Our top story. Attorney general sessions testified before the house Judiciary Committee. Today they finally got what might pass for an answer on an investigation on the clinton investigation. Good evening. Great to have you with us. As we begin here, limits share some of your direct questioning of the attorney general with the audience. We know one fact. We know the Clinton Campaign and dnc paid for the dossier. We know that happened. It sure looks like the fbi was paying the author of that document. And it sure looks like a Major Political party was working with the federal government to then turn an Opposition Research document the hive lefnlt a national enquirerrer story to take to a fisa court to get a warrant to spy on President Trumps campaign. With all the things we know about james comey in 2016, doesnt that warrant naming a special count. 20 members of this committee wrote you asking you to do that. Mr. Comey is no lo
On the world stage. Our top story. Attorney general sessions testified before the house Judiciary Committee. Today they finally got what might pass for an answer on an investigation on the clinton investigation. Good evening. Great to have you with us. As we begin here, limits share some of your direct questioning of the attorney general with the audience. We know one fact. We know the Clinton Campaign and dnc paid for the dossier. We know that happened. It sure looks like the fbi was paying the author of that document. And it sure looks like a Major Political party was working with the federal government to then turn an Opposition Research document the hive lefnlt a national enquirerrer story to take to a fisa court to get a warrant to spy on President Trumps campaign. With all the things we know about james comey in 2016, doesnt that warrant naming a special count. 20 members of this committee wrote you asking you to do that. Mr. Comey is no longer the director of the fbi. We have an