and that s bbc news at ten there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight with kirtsy wark which is just getting underway 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. donald trump was in a miami court tonight facing criminal charges for allegedly stashing classified us government documents in mar a lago. but will his presidential ambitions be hindered or helped? a motorcade, media circus and crowds of protesters as donald trump pleads not guilty to 37 criminal charges in a federal court. could today be the moment some in the republican party abandon the former presidenter? we ll be joined by his former lawyer and the us pollster frank luntz. also tonight. we ll have the latest news from nottingham where two students and a middle aged man were murdered in the early hours of this morning. a 31 year old man is in custody. pr
prosecutions into thousand 15. if we are to make sure that escande like this can never happen again, we need to look at the way in which private prosecutions like these have been undertaken. any company can bring private prosecutions in this way. this is not a special power of the post office, i know my right honourable friend the lord chancellor wants to give this issue proper and thoughtful consideration and i am sure he will report to the house about this issue in due course. getting justice for the victims of this candle and ensuring that such a tragedy can never happen again is my highest priority as a minister and has been throughout my 15 months in office. when we talk about compensation, we have to remember that the lives of postmasters and their families caught up in this scandal have been changed forever. they face financial ruin, untold personal distress and a loss of reputation that no amount of financial compensation can fully restore. the government recognises h
especially what is happening on the battlefiled in ukraine and what appears to be the start of the counter offensive. kyiv says it is quote shifting to offensive actions in some areas. hanna malyar ukraine s deputy defence minister described the eastern city of bakhmut as the epicentre of hostilities , and claimed russian forces are on the defence there, as well as in the south. the ukrainian army has released these images, showing what it says are ukrainian forces destroying russian positions in the direction of bakhmut, in the occupied eastern region of donetsk. in contrast, russia claims it s thwarted a major ukrainian attack in the same region. its defence ministry has released this video, that it says shows ukrainian armoured vehicles coming under heavy fire. moscow says 250 ukrainian troops were killed and a number of armoured vehicles were destroyed. the claims have not been verified by the bbc we ll hear from our verified team shortly. here s a map showin