an american man has been sentenced to five years in prison for attacking police during the storing of the us congress by donald trump ausmat supporters. the jail term is the longest so far of anyone involved in january s the longest so far of anyone involved injanuary s riot. our north america correspondent david willisjoins me now. what were the specific charges? robert palmer was the first person involved in the insurrection on january six to be prosecuted in connection with assaulting a police officer, and as you say, he received the longest sentence so far, the three months or five years and three months in prison. previously, 43 months, 41 months, sorry, had been the four longest sentence handed down, but none of those defendants had faced such serious charges, and the judge was told that mr palmer attacked police with a wooden
stringent restrictions will he need to be implemented very soon in england to prevent covid hospital admissions reaching 3,000 a day. ghislaine maxwell, who s on trial in the us on sex trafficking charges, has told the court she won t be giving evidence. ms maxwell said there was no need to testify because the prosecution hadn t proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. she denies grooming girls for the late convicted paedophilejeffrey epstein. borisjohnson says he takes personal responsibility for the conservatives by election defeat in north shropshire. he said there had been too much focus on the conduct of politicians, rather than measures which could improve people s lives. some of his mps have urged him to make changes. the chancellor rishi sunak has held talks with business leaders about the impact of 0micron, after cutting short a trip to the united states. many businesses are calling for urgent help from the government. retail sales have been hit,
across the uk, a record total for the third day in a row. the government s scientific advisers say more stringent restrictions will be needed very soon in england to prevent covid hospital admissions reaching 3,000 a day. ghislaine maxwell, who s on trial in the us on sex trafficking charges, has told the court she won t be giving evidence. ms maxwell said there was no need to testify because the prosecution hadn t proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. she denies grooming girls for the late convicted paedophile, jeffrey epstein. borisjohnson says he takes personal responsibility for the conservatives by election defeat in north shropshire. he said there had been too much focus on the conduct of politicians rather than measures which could improve people s lives. some of his mps have urged him to make changes.
advisers say more stringent restrictions will be need to be implemented very soon in england to prevent covid hospital admissions reaching 3,000 a day. ghislaine maxwell, who s on trial in the us on sex trafficking charges, has told the court she won t be giving evidence. ms maxwell said there was no need to testify because the prosecution hadn t proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. she denies grooming girls for the late convicted paedophilejeffrey epstein. borisjohnson says he takes personal responsibility for the conservatives by election defeat in north shropshire. he said there had been too much focus on the conduct of politicians, rather than measures which could improve people s lives. some of his mps have urged him to make changes. the chancellor rishi sunak has held talks with business leaders about the impact of 0micron, after cutting short a trip to the united states. many businesses are calling for urgent help from the government. retail sales have been hit,
the headlines: another 93,000 cases of covid have been recorded across the uk, a record total for the third day in a row. the government s scientific advisers say more stringent restrictions will be needed very soon in england to prevent covid hospital admissions reaching 3,000 a day. ghislaine maxwell, who s on trial in the us on sex trafficking charges, has told the court she won t be giving evidence. ms maxwell said there was no need to testify because the prosecution hadn t proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. she denies grooming girls for the late convicted paedophile, jeffrey epstein. borisjohnson says he takes personal responsibility for the conservatives by election defeat in north shropshire. he said there had been too much focus on the conduct of politicians rather than measures which could improve people s lives. some of his mps have urged him to make changes.