good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. here is the story. former president trump back on the stand right now behind those doors in new york city. he and the judge went at it this morning with trump telling him this is a very, very, very unfair trial. and then the judge asking trump s attorney to get control of his client at one point. before we take you to the courtroom with the very latest and the reporting inside, look at these new polls that came out over the weekend from the new york times sienna polling group shows trump beating the current president pretty handily in the battleground states right now. take a look at the margins. this is nevada, georgia, arizona, michigan, pennsylvania. if you can see those numbers. maybe we can take them tighter. most of these are really the battleground, the deciding states for 2020. when you look back at 2020, the same period of time, biden was ahead in these states. he went on to win all of these states. now you have big-name demo
but the only thing that matters are the facts and the numbers and numbers, my friend, don t lie. really election interference. it s all it is. ridiculous. the numbers are much greater. you have a racist attorney general who made some terrible. this showing as trump beating biden in five states. steve kornacki breaks it all down one year ahead of the election. overnight, new israeli air strikes on gaza city now surrounded by israeli tanks and troops where hundreds of thousands of civilians remain now cut off from escape routes from the south. and secretary of state blinken made unannounced stops in the west bank and baghdad after israel s prime minister netanyahu apparently rejected his calls to limit the air strikes and have temporary pauses to aid can get in and americans can get out. good day. former president trump is testifying in his new york civil fraud trial. the case that could collapse his new york real estate business. the judge telling mr. trump s attorne
hello and welcome to bbc news. we ll be getting more on all our top stories this afternoon, including tonight s doorstep vigilfor sarah everard, when we join the bbc one bulletin with clive myrie in a few minutes time. but first to the american city of minneapolis, and one of the largest pre trial settlements in us history $27 million to the family of george floyd. he s the african american man who died while being restrained by police officers in may last year. lawyers for his family say the city has agreed to settle in the civil case for damages. separately, a former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, is standing trial on criminal charges, including third degree murder, following the incident. here s the floyd family lawyer, ben crump. the financial compensation most directly impacts george floyd and his family, the future of their family. but it is the policy reforms that affects all of us. today marks the one year anniversary of the killing by police of breonna
Twentieth anniversary of her death. A 20 year old man has died after being confronted by a Police Officer in east london. Cctv footage has emerged of the officer wrestling Rashanjermaine Charles to the floor of a shop in hackney. Police in the Us State Of Texas say eight people have been found dead in a lorry at a Supermarket Car Park in the city of san antonio. The believe the incident is linked to people trafficking. Now on bbc news, sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im jessica creighton. Sensational shrubsole she takes six wickets as england women win the Cricket World Cup at lords. Jordan spieth lifts the claretjug at the open after another special performance. And theres champagne on the streets of paris for chris froome. He seals a fourth Tour De France title in a row. Good evening, thanks forjoining us. Lots of british success to bring you tonight. Lets start with cricket. After a day of pure drama at lords, england women have beaten india to win the world cup. This had