into the box. i think that is pretty clear. i don t think we can go much further than what we do with that. the last bit is sometimes confidence. the world snooker championship gets underway this weekend and ronnie o sullivan will begin the defence of his title against chinese debutant pang junxu. the world number one is aiming to lift that trophy for a record eight time at the crucible in sheffield and faces one of the rising stars of snooker in pang, who reached his maiden ranking final last month. elsewhere last year s beaten finallistjudd trump takes on former semifinallist anthony mcgill, mark williams will play jimmy robertson, and 2005 champion shaun murphy opens up againat sijiahui. four time championjohn higgins takes on david grace, who last week was battling just to save his tour card. and another four time winner, mark selby, faces another englishman in matthew selt. history made for great britain s gymnasts their first ever women s team gold at the european cha
on day four of the trial of gwyneth paltrow about her role in a skiing accident, the actress is preparing to give testimony. we will have the latest. the state visit of king charles to france has been postponed. the french and british governments took the decision following a phone call between president emmanuel macron and the king and follows the widespread protests over france s pension reforms. the interior ministry says more than a50 protestors were arrested and 440 members of the security forces injured. more than one million people took to the streets on thursday to protest against the retirement age being raised from 62 to 64. here s some of what mr macron said about postponing the king s visit. translation: i believe that you see l the situation linked to the protestsl because of pension reform in france. from the moments last night when the unions announced a new day of mobilisation on tuesday, and with the king s visit planned from monday to wednesday, i think we w
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paying hush money to porn star, stormy daniels, during his first presidential campaign. nbc news has confirmed that the grand jury has been convened for this. but former trump lawyer michael cohen, who went to prison for his role in the hush money payments, is now playing witness in this latest case. donald will ultimately be held accountable for the stormy daniels payment. this investigation, that was to be brought by alvin bragg s office, previously cy vance junior, is the most detrimental to him, is freedom, his livelihood, his business, et cetera, because it s the easiest to proof. the checks are the checks. we know a lot. there is recordings. the first three months payment was made by donald trump. and i think those to the house oversight committee who posted them and so on. and so, he s not in the same position, where he can deny or lie the way that he will he will in some of the other matters. meanwhile, the current president is focusing on his agenda how he s goin