Its six in the morning in singapore, and six in the evening in new york where Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial has been hearing from the key prosecution witness, Michael Cohen. He was once the former president s lawyer and fixer but he spent the day on the Stand Outlining how he made a payment to the adult film actress, Stormy Daniels, to stop her talking about a relationship she claimed she had with mr trump. The defence is expected to stress mr cohens criminal record and openly stated dislike of his ex boss. Our North America editor sarah smith reports. The star witness for the prosecution is also their biggest problem. Hes been to prison for telling lies to congress so why should thejury believe him now . Do you plan on telling the truth . Rude and loud mouthed, hes already been called a bully and a jerk in this trial. And he frequently attacks donald trump online. Even thejudge has asked him to stop it. Trumpism is fascism, and we must eradicate it from our body politic. Donald trump
Uk actionline. This is bbc news, the headlines. A crucial day in Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial in new york. His former lawyer Michael Cohen admits he lied to getjobs done for his former boss and intimidated reporters on the former president s behalf. The uk government says it will appeal against a ruling by a Belfast Court that parts of the rwanda policy should not apply in Northern Ireland. The bbc sees new evidence that the British Government was warned by its embassy in washington as long ago as the 1980s about the risks from contaminated american blood products. Turning now to a potential setback in the uk governments plan, to detain and remove Asylum Seekers to rwanda. Ajudge sitting in the high court in belfast has ruled it should not apply to Northern Ireland. Mrjustice humphreys ruled in favour of a challenge to the act saying that the law breaches Human Rights Protections guaranteed under post brexit arrangements. Rishi sunak has said the decision will not change the rwanda p
Hello there. An inquiry looking at why some women have traumatic experiences in childbirth has called for a Major Overhaul of maternity and postnatal care in the uk. The report, led by a group of mps, refers to harrowing evidence given by more than a thousand women who shared their experiences. It recommends more recruitment and training to ensure a safe level of staffing. Respecting the choices of women around giving birth, and accessing pain relief, and there needs to be universal access to specialist Maternal Mental Health services. A warning, michael buchanans report contains detailed descriptions of Birth Complications from the very beginning. Im bleeding, getting weaker, and theyjust im bleeding, getting weaker, and they just left im bleeding, getting weaker, and theyjust left me there for several hours until someone else came in to clean the room and said, you are still in here for decades, women didnt speak about birth injuries. I for decades, women didnt speak about birth inju
The isle of man becomes the first part of the British Isles to decide on assisted Dying Law Makers Vote tomorrow. The great thing is he is a very good pilot indeed. And the king hands over a senior Military Role, to Prince William. On newsnight will go deeper behind the headlines. And a first look at tomorrows front pages. Good evening. Were reporting for you on the Shifting Frontline in the war in ukraine, where russia claims to have made its first breakthrough, seizing territory, in many months. Their advance is towards the countrys second city of kharkiv. This is the map of the battlefield weve become used to seeing in recent months, with red marking the areas in the south and the east under Russian Military control. But now a new front has opened up to the north east, near kharkiv. Over the weekend its thought russia captured at least nine settlements, in what would be its most significant ground offensive, since the start of the full scale invasion in 2022. Ukraine has admitted Ru
As part of the findings of the birth trauma inquiry. Its calling for an overhaul of the britains maternity and Postnatal Care after finding poor care is all too frequently tolerated as normal. Our correspondent Louisa Pilbeam reports. She was left needing a stoma bag after mistakes in her maternity care. She spoke to bbc breakfast earlier this year. I ended up with a fourth degree tear and a rectovaginal fistula. I had a missed abscess, as well which burst. None of this was diagnosed till five days after the baby was born. Gill is not alone. The First Uk Inquiry Into Birth Trauma has heard what it calls harrowing evidence from more than 1,000 women. Some women said they were left in blood soaked sheets on Maternity Wards without help, evidence was given about babies who were injured during birth, and many women said they werent listened to. Birth trauma is thought to affect 30,000 women a year in the uk a term which refers to negative birth experiences, such as serious blood loss and e