by dominion voting systems against fox news and its parent company would start on tuesday. the lawsuit alleges the broadcaster damaged the reputation of dominion by repeatedly airing lies about its vote counting machines and election fraud in the 2020 us presidential election. laurie laird is a us business journalist. why is this happening? i why is this happening? i think the fact that these why is this happening? i think the fact that these claims why is this happening? i think the fact that these claims of - why is this happening? i think the fact that these claims of a - fact that these claims of a potential settlement that were reported in the well streetjournal, a murdoch owned operation, i think that gives us some sense of the nature of these reports. whether the two sides can come to the settlement is a very open question. i m surprised that this thing it came this close to getting into a courtroom. dominion a comedy voting system, is trying to prove deformation.
returning to our top story this hour, fighting is raging for a third day in the sudanese capital, khartoum. the clashes are part of a power struggle within the country s military leadership, who have failed to deliver a transition to civilian government. doctors in sudan are telling us almost 100 civilians have died, they expect that figure to go up as more reports come in. you can foreign secretary, james cleverly, has called for a ceasefire and is urging both sides to return to talks. we have this video describing what life is like in khartoum. figs have this video describing what life is like in khartoum. is like in khartoum. as the fighting between the is like in khartoum. as the fighting between the sudanese is like in khartoum. as the fighting between the sudanese armed - is like in khartoum. as the fighting l between the sudanese armed forces and the other forces parliamentary continues, sudanese people continue to live in very dire and difficult situations, with
million. hello and welcome a long, this is world business report, i m ben thompson. starting in the us where one of the most closely watched media trials in decades has been delayed. ajudge in delaware announced late on sunday that the $1.6 billion defamation trial by dominion voting systems against fox news and its parent company would start on tuesday instead. that has now been confirmed. the lawsuit alleges that the broadcast of the reputation of dominion by repeatedly airing lies about its vote counting machines and election fraud in the 2020 us presidential election. let s cross live to wilmington where michelle fleury is in delaware where the trial was due to start. we say was due to start, lots of people keeping a very close eye on this but they will have to wait possibly a bit longer. this is very high stakes media trial, people are calling this one of the biggest media trials in decades. judge erick davis just convened the court right now to explain the delay. he sai
live when it happens. fighting is raging for a third day in the sudanese capital, khartoum. the clashes are part of a power struggle within the country s military leadership, which has failed to deliver a transition to civilian government. a doctors union in sudan says almost a hundred civilians have died but the true number is likely to be higher. our senior africa correspondent, anne soy, reports. this is one of the warring groups in sudan. it s the powerful paramilitary group currently fighting against the country s army. both sides remain defiant and post videos like these claiming gains in the clashes. we cannot verify their claims. civilians are bearing the brunt of the fighting. there is nowhere safe to go. sudan is a majority muslim nation. it s a difficult ramadan for them. we do not have water here in khartoum. we are also afraid of running short of ourfood supplies here because all markets are closed. unless there is a very immediate humanitarian truce for the peo