pakistan the release of former prime minister, imran khan saying his arrest on tuesday was illegal. and eurovision fever heats up. 16 countries take to the stage in liverpool later for the second semi final. welcome to bbc news we start with the war in ukraine and a significant development with confirmation from the british defence secretary, that storm shadow cruise missiles, pictured here, are being sent to ukraine. the missiles have a long range capability and are typically launched from the air. the move prompted an instant response from the kremlin. saying the decision would require an adequate response from our military . we ll get military analysis in a moment first though here s ben wallace with that announcement in the house of commons. here s the uk s defence secretary in december i informed the house that i was developing options to respond to a russia s continued aggression in a calibrated and determined manner. today i can confirm that the uk is do
e. jean carroll. we re getting new reaction to the jury s verdict and the order for trump to pay $5 million in damages. cnn has learned that federal criminal charges have been filed against republican congressman george santos amid investigations into his astonishing pattern of lies and fabrications. stand by for details on our exclusive reporting. and president biden and congressional leaders just wrapped up critical talks at the white house, and there is no sign of any breakthrough on raising the nation s debt limit as the clock ticks forward a potentially very very dangerous default. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin our coverage tonight in new york with the bomb shell verdict in e. jean carroll s civil case against donald trump. the former president found liable for sexually abusing carroll and defaming her. cnn s jean ka satellite and radar genjean casaras is joig us. gi
a verdict in the proud boys trial. four out of the five members of the far right group facing seditious conspiracy charges were found guilty while all five were found guilty of conspiracy to obstruct congress. all of this related to their roles in the january 6th insurrection. a high-tech manhunt ends with an arrest. police track down the suspect in a deadly atlanta shooting with a network of cameras and an old-fashioned tip from the public. the suspect s mother speaking out this morning about the shooting, as well. and the worst wave of attacks on ukraine so far this year. kyiv rappelled a barrage of strikes and russia faces attacks after the drone explosion over the kremlin. still unclear who was behind that attack, but the u.s. calls russia s accusation ukraine did it on orders from the u.s., quote, ridiculous. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in here to cnn news central. four members of the proud boys have just been found guil
we re live outside the federal courthouse on long island where he s scheduled to appear in just hours. also breaking this morning, we are hearing now from e. jean carroll for the first time since former president donald trump was found liable for sexually abusing and defaming the former magazine writer. a jury awarding carroll $5 million after a contentious civil trial, but today carroll says it was never about the money. i didn t even hear the money. this is not about the money. this is about getting my name back and that s what we accomplished. i m overwhelmed with happiness for the women of the country. it s really not about me so much. it s about every woman. we have the latest on both of these developing cases and what santos and trump s legal problems mean for the future of the republican party. let s begin with that breaking news involving new york congressman george santos who is in custody right now, and we ve just learned he s facing those 13 federal counts. n
a department store around 1996. he is likely to appeal, but this is certainly a victory for e. jean carroll. and jean casarez, president trump s lawyer trying to make a big deal out of the fact that the jury did the not find him liable for rape, but this is a big verdict for e. jean carroll. $5 million, donald trump found liable for defamation and battery. it is very interesting. it s definitely a victory for the plaintiffs. no question about it for e. jean carroll. she got justice today this was a trial where she testified for hours and she testified with great detail of how he raped her. she went through every single bit of how she did it and then went immediately to her friends. she told them exactly what happened. both of those friends who testified told her in 197, he raped you. and the jury did not believe more like ly than not because that s your standard legally, that he did rape her. they went to the second loo n line, which would be sexual abuse. it would be fas