Stand. Been there all day. Nearing the end of just his first day of testimony. Michael cohen revealing what it was like to work for donald trump and made sure the boss looked good in the public eye. Work that trump would praise him for when he did that. Cohen testified that it would make him feel, quote, like i was on top of the world. Cohen was a guard dog protecting his boss at all costs. Trumps former pit bull today corroborated all of the interactions this jury has heard about over the past few weeks. That includes the allimportant meeting at trump tower in 2015. Thats the one with david pecker of the National Enquirer and donald trump where the catchandkill scheme was originally hatched. Michael cohen testified to conversations about keeping the story of Donald Trumps affair with playboy model Karen Mcdougal quiet. He testified to how he arranged with pecker the 150,000 Payment Mcdougal to bury the story. The jury then heard the only Conversation Cohen had with trump that he taped
on security, and through the prism of the baltic states. as former members of the soviet union, lithuania, estonia and latvia have been sounding the alarm about the existential threat they face from russia ever since theyjoined the nato alliance two decades ago. this year, they have been the loudest voices within the european union urging allies to go further and faster, raising the alarm about the kremlin s real intentions. this past week, the russians removed buoys that were marking the border with estonia on the narva river. the russian defence ministry briefly published a plan to revise its maritime border in the baltic sea, which was then quickly deleted, the kind of tactics that put all three countries on edge. the baltic states see two possibilities on the horizon. the first, if russia were to succeed in ukraine, is that they would try to exploit a weakened west. perhaps a surprise attack in the baltic states, followed up with a credible nuclear threat. the second scen
northern england, more cloud and the odd shower or a splash of rain. i will have all the details later. it s tuesday 25th june. the bbc has been told that the gambling commission is considering whether more police officers are involved in alleged betting on the date of the general election. four conservatives and a police officer assigned to the protection of rishi sunak are known to be facing inquiries. scotland yard has denied a report that it leaked the names of some of those under investigation. here s our political correspondent, iain watson. did you have inside information when you placed your bet on the election date? i made a statement. it s been nearly two weeks since this aide to the prime minister who s also a conservative candidate said he d made a huge error ofjudgement in betting on the date of the general election. another candidate and two members of the conservative party staff are also being investigated by the gambling commission. last night, interviewe
with some flights diverted to other airports. let s speak to simon calder, who is a travel correspondent for the independent for more on this. simon, is there any sign of hope for the passengers stuck there waiting? well, if you are a passengers stuck there and you have not been told that your flight is canceled there is a pretty good chance you are going to get on your way. but it is going to get on your way. but it is going to get on your way. but it is going to be after a long delay and it might be that your luggage does not travel with you. i have just spoken to someone who has managed to get from manchester to barcelona, he is getting on a cruise ship which departs in an hour or two. he is there but his luggage is not. that is going to be a challenge. there are a whole raft of flights, at least 60 departures, many of them from easyjet. canceled during the morning and afternoon. but when manchester airport says, if you are booked out of terminal one or two, and by the way
In cambridgeshire. She died on monday after a tiger entered the enclosure she was in. Ben ando reports. We do a lot of work for conservation, a lot of breeding to try and save. Rosa king had always loved animals. According to those who knew her was passionate about welfare and protection. Yesterday while doing thejob she protection. Yesterday while doing the job she loved at hamilton zoo park, one of the tigers in her care attacked and killed her. Today the family and friends of her pay tribute to the woman who had a special affinity for cheaters but loved all the big cats. Now an investigation is under way, police say there is no suspicious circumstances but they will want to know how a tiger got into an enclosure where she was working and turned a fun bank holiday into a tragedy. Expert said tigers are wild and are potentially dangerous weather in captivity or not. Under normal circumstances there is no reason for a predator like a tiger and a keeper should be in the same enclosure a