of bakhmut, the east ukrainian city which has been the focus of extensive fighting in recent weeks. the former uk prime minister boris johnson will give evidence to a parliamentary committee later this month, who are looking into whether he lied to parliament. it relates to the parties which he participated in during the covid lockdown, and the statements which he subsequently made to parliament about them. it comes as conservative mps express anger that the partygate investigator, sue gray, has been offered a job with the opposition labour party, as sir keir starmer s chief of staff. a short while ago, we heard from mrjohnson. when i knew they could probably be contradicted by dozens and dozens of officials. but why on earth would i have done that? it simply doesn t make sense. i believed that what we were doing was within the rules. that s why i said what i said in the chamber. it was my honest belief at the time and that s why i thank the committee, but i don t think the
the us announce another new military aid package for ukraine worth $400 million. it comes as president biden meets the german chancellor olaf scholz for talks in washington. meanwhile, on the ground in ukraine the head of russia s wagner group says its forces now surround most of bakhmut the east ukrainian city which has been the focus of extensive fighting in recent weeks. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world. it s the murder case that s gripped the us and drawn attention across the world. alex murdaugh, a prominent south carolina lawyer, has been given two life terms in prison for killing his wife and son on their hunting estate. in court today, prior to the sentence being announced, the sa year again denied murdering his son paul and his wife maggie. i m innocent. i would never hurt my wife, maggie. and i would never hurt my son, paul paul. thank you, your honour. thank you. after a lengthy address that last nearly half an
a british parliamentary probe into partygate finds evidence that breaches of covid rules would have been obvious to boris johnson. the us announce another new military aid package for ukraine worth 400 million dollars. it comes as president biden meets the german chancellor scholz for talks in washington. meanwhile, on the ground in ukraine the head of russia s wagner group says its forces now surround most of bakhmut the east ukrainian city which has been the focus of extensive fighting in recent weeks. it s the murder case that s gripped the us and drawn attention across the world. alex murdaugh, a prominent south carolina lawyer, has been given two life terms in prison for killing his wife and son on their hunting estate. in court today, prior to the sentence being announced, the sa year again denied murdering his son paul and his wife maggie. i m innocent. iwould never i m innocent. i would never hurt my wife maggie and i would never hurt my son paul paul. wife ma
in the case that s gripped america, disgraced lawyer alec murdock is jailed for life for murdering his wife and son. 21 months in prison for the british reality tv contestant stephen bear who put a private video of himself having sex with an ex girlfriend online without her consent hello and welcome to bbc news. the former uk prime minister boris johnson may have repeatedly misled parliament over social gatherings held at downing street during covid restrictions. that s according to mps investigating his conduct, who said that evidence strongly suggests that breaches of coronavirus rules inside no.10 whilst he was prime minister would have been obvious to him. mrjohnson was among those fined by police for breaking lockdown rules. but he said there was no evidence he had knowingly misled parliament over the issue. our political correspondent helen catt reports. did borisjohnson know more about lockdown parties in downing street than he told mps? for months now, mps on th
six weeks. we are standing by for the court to resume in the verdict to be read. dianne gallagher as you know has been covering this from the very beginning she s outfront live in water bro south carolina outside of the courthouse. diane i understand the verdict came in a few weeks ago, a few hours of deliberations what else you understand is happening right here. as you can imagine this is a fluid situation, we have seen movement of the cameras inside of the courtroom signaling there is something going on but were focused on the seal every time we are in break. according to the pool at 6:41 p.m. the jury let the clerk of court no that they reached a verdict. we do not know what the verdict is, alex murdaugh facing four felony charges in a series of the murder of his wife maggie and his son paul, as you mentioned three hours of deliberation after lengthy closing arguments in the prosecution, the defense in a rebuttal from the prosecution this afternoon before the judge char