stories of four women who were abused by epstein and maxwell between the years 1994 2004. we will now be hearing victim impact statements from two of them. also, over the last 17 years, scores of women have come forward to say they were abused by the pair as well, and they described maxwell as being really central to the abuse something which her defence has always denied, continues to deny, they say she was not part of what epstein was up to, that she had no involvement in any of it. but we will hear those victim impact statements at some point during the hearing. now the prosecution has asked for up to 55 years the most serious charge she was convicted of a sex trafficking of a minor, which carries up to 40 years. her defence has asked that she serves no more than 5.25 year years, saying she s
a pressing matter for ust now. but her a pressing matter forjust now. but her argument was that she doesn t have the full levers of power to deal with them. she said she ll be writing to prime minister boris johnson but she is prepared to negotiate the terms of a referendum, so how do you think those negotiations will go? interesting, she said she negotiations will go? interesting, she said she was negotiations will go? interesting, she said she was writing - negotiations will go? interesting, she said she was writing to - negotiations will go? interesting, she said she was writing to the i she said she was writing to the primacy to alert him for what she said in parliament today. she did not say she was writing to him to request a section 30 order, which means she is not even attempted to go down that path. we believe now is not the time for an independence referendum. it is the worst thing that could be happening to scotland and the uk right now, another damaging referendum, sew
we won t play her games, we won t play roles in a tense game, when there is real work to be done, real work on the cost of living crisis, real work to invest in public services. the white house calls the deaths of 46 people found in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of the texan city of san antonio, absolutely horrific and heartbreaking . ghislaine maxwell is due to be sentenced in the next few hours for recruiting and grooming minors for herformer partner, paedophilejeffrey epstein. borisjohnson faces a row over increased defence spending, as he heads to a nato summit likely to be dominated by the need to boost military resources to counter russia in ukraine. the odds of it being a war in europe have shortened almost as much as the timeline, so we must act. we cannot protect the british people or our allies with transformation strategies and glossy equipment. and coming up in sport, we ll be live at wimbledon as 23 time grand slam champion serena williams
in custody and the investigation has been handed over to federal agents. richard galpin, bbc news. in new york, sentencing is under way of ghislaine maxwell for grooming teenagers who were then abused by her ex partner, the dead paedophilejeffrey epstein. the 60 year old daughter of the late disgraced media tycoon, robert maxwell, could be jailed for a maximum of 55 years. i m joined by our north america correspondent nomia iqbal. tell us what s going on in the courtroom behind you. the sentencing heaļ¬na courtroom behind you. the sentencing hearin: is courtroom behind you. the sentencing hearing is under courtroom behind you. the sentencing hearing is under way. courtroom behind you. the sentencing hearing is under way. we courtroom behind you. the sentencing hearing is under way. we know - hearing is under way. we know ghislaine maxwell is inside the courtroom, she entered wearing navy scrubs and ankle shackles. she s wearing a facemask and has taken it off several times in ord
bolt the white house calls the deaths of 46 people found in an abandoned lorry on the outskirts of the texan city of san antonio, as absolutely horrific and heartbreaking . ghislaine maxwell is due to be sentenced in the next few hours for recruiting and grooming minors for herformer partner, paedophilejeffrey epstein. borisjohnson faces a row over increased defence spending as he heads to a nato summit likely to be dominated by the need to boost military resources to counter russia in ukraine. the odds of it being while a war in europe, have shortened almost as much as the timeline, so we must act. we cannot protect the british people and didn t make all our allies with transfer meeting translation strategies and glossy equipment. and coming up in sport we ll be live at wimbledon as 23 time grand slam champion serena williams prepares to go on centre court after a year off with injury.