with over two thirds of councils yet to declare there is still a long way to go. hello, i m maryam moshiri live in westminster as results from yesterday s local elections across england come in. rishi sunak s conservative party have lost over 200 council seats across the country, something he has described as disappointing . labour have taken control of plymouth, stoke on trent and taken medway in kent from the conservatives among their top target councils. and the liberal democrats have also picked up seats and taken control of windsor. their leader saying the results are ground breaking . there is still a long way to go as more than two thirds of councils have yet to declare their results. we ll bring you coverage throughout the morning and analyse what the results so far mean. but first let s get the story of the night from our political correspondent jonathan blake. cheering. celebrations in stoke on trent a key victory for labour overnight. they took control of the c
with any extradition request. also, greg jarret and alan dershowitz will join us . but first, we have new detailssm from alvin bragg s. repulsive political witch hunt.t according to sources that we have, bragge demanded that sou donald trump turn himself inal today. less thad trn twenty four hourse after the grand jury voted unfairly to indict him. the but because of security concerns, the arraignment won t take place until next week.y tu probably on tuesday afternoon,n. donald trump will be booked.e wb he will be fingerprinted. there will ba e a mumug shot.g the media mob, they will get their so desired mug shot. now, my gut instinct tells me that my friend, my colleague, peter seth, who was on lastg tob time, he s going to be proven correct. that photograph will end up on more t-shirts and more hats that sayn maga and trump 2020 four . it will also appear beforeor judge juan mershon, who by the way, the very same judge who is accused of railroadingth the former cfo of the t
in bucha. and king charles attends ceremonies in germany commemorating those who died in world war ii. welcome to the programme. we start in the us. donald trump has become the first former us president to face a criminal prosecution. the precise charges against him have not yet been made public, but they re thought to relate to falsifying business records to hide a payment to a porn star during the 2016 election campaign. it s alleged stormy daniels was paid off in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair. mr trump denies any wrongdoing, calling the indictment political persecution and election interference. 0ur north america correspondent, john sudworth, reports. the masssed ranks of the media say it all. donald trump s provided plenty of big moments in american politics, but few bigger than this his own imminent arrest. this is an abc news special. now reporting, david muir. we are coming on the air early because of breaking news at this hour. a grand jury here i
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