the wall streetjournal reporter evan gershkovich is appearing in court in moscow for his appeal hearing against his detention. mr gershkovich was arrested on espionage charges in yekaterinburg last month. more than a0 countries led by the united states have called for the release of the journalist. the statement condemned moscow s efforts to limit and intimidate the media. us ambassador to russia visited mr gershkovich at lefortovo prison. these are the latest pictures of him, behind the glass, inside court. we have had a live feed up until the last few minutes from inside and outside, if you look at the outside of the court as well. this is an appeal hearing against the charges on which he is being held. of course, we cannot predict or know what the outcome proceedings will be, but many observers and washes of court proceedings in russia points to the fact that most of the time, once people are in the judicial system, very little changes, so most verdicts, when it comes to c
spying charges. he absolutely denies these charges and we have heard as well from the us ambassador to moscow, saying that he is in good health, is strong. she clearly pointed out again that the charges are baseless against him and called for russia to release him. it was a short statement you give outside the court. we have just short statement you give outside the court. we havejust heard, that his appeal by evan gershkovich against his pre trial detention has been rejected. let s return to sudan where fighting between rival forces has killed almost 200 people and wounded 1,800. a few hours ago, the general of the rsf the rapid support forces in sudan has approved a 24 hour ceasefire. general mohamed hamdan daglo tweeted that he had spoken to the us secretary of, state antony blinken, and agreed the pause to ensure the safe passage of civilians and the evacuation of people who are injured. mr blinken had called for the ceasefire during the g7 foreign ministers meeting t
Paul coyte is here with the latest from the world of sport and some canoeing work, canoeing news, i cant say canoeing news, Rugby World Cup last night england saw off japan. It wasnt down to hands, wasnt down to feet. It was actually down to joe millers head. Actually down to joe millers head. But ill tell you more head. But ill tell you more about that. Okay, look forward to that. Okay, look forward to that. And as always, you can join in any our discussions, email in any of our discussions, email us gb gbnews. Com you us gb views. Gbnews. Com or you can at. Gb news. Well can tweet us at. Gb news. Well the top story this morning is urgent investigations are being launched by the bbc and channel 4 in the wake of allegations of Sexual Assault, including rape against Russell Brand. But concerns have also been raised over how long the broadcasters knew about the allegations. Owns knew about the allegations. Owns the comedian and actor has been accused of attacking women between 2006 and 2
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Everything has to do with the tax reform in the u. S. Dollar, a little bit affected by the tax bill. Theresa may made moves to rally the troops to have a common vision on what trade will look like. We will speak with the vice chair of rothschild. We will also speak to david herro. And then, we will speak to fed president the of dallas we did get figures out of germany and Business Confidence is at 117. 2. It is missing estimates just buy a touch. To be at 117. 2. Weseems to be ranging as speak. Lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Reporter donald trump has called russia and china rival powers to the u. S. As he outlined a new foreign policy. In a departure from his previous statement, he declined to mention Climate Change as a threat. Donald trump we also face rival powers, russia and china. We will attempt to build a Great Partnership with those and other thatries, but in a manner always protects our national interest. Reporter nikki haley has blocked the u. N. Security