it includes 95 fighters from the azovstal steelworks in mariupol. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore and midnight in france, where the only survivor of the terror cell behind the november 2015 paris attacks has been found guilty of murder. salah abdeslam has been sentenced to life in jail. of the other 19 men standing trial, all but one were found guilty of terrorism charges. the attacks left 130 people dead. our correspondent in paris, hugh schofield, has more. it is opening remarks, the providing judge said of the 20 in the dock, 19 had all the charges upheld against them. only one of them have the terrorist qualification of his crime removed. in the case of all 19 others, all the charges and remember most of the merc with facing five different charges were upheld. that the man that came in nine killers but didn t kill. very interestingly, thejudge in nine killers but didn t kill. very interestingly, the judge said t
to review the surplus auctions. brobritney grirns vowing to retn to the nba after her arrest in russia. the workout comes day after griner ink add one year deal with the team. griner missed all of last season following her arrest and detention for bringing cannabis oil through a russian airport. she was freed in december after the biden administration worked out a prisoner swap with moscow. overseas in italy, the iconic gondolas in venice stuck in the mud slow tides. impacting water boats, taxis and ambulances that operate the canals. some blame ongoing drought affecting the region. the actual cause includes shifting sea currents and a recent full moon. those are your headlines. we will check in with meteorologist adam klotz for our fox weather forecast. hi, adam. adam: good morning, ashley.
eric: two americans from alabama who went to fight for ukraine and were captured by russian forces have been freed along with eight others in a prisoner swap with moscow. officials are crediting the saudi crown prince, mohamed bin salman, for making it happen. the americans, alexander druke and andy hune, they were captured in june and were released on wednesday along with five british citizens, one moroccan, a swede and a croatian. the deal, the saudi prince told me in an exclusive fox news interview how it all happened with the kingdom s help. it was a very complicated discussion, but i think in the end he was, his royal highness was able to convince president
being permanently a threat to society child killers, mainly. in the three or four people who are serving that sentence right now. that was what the prosecution asked for. the defence to all of this, have all said, don t turn this trial into a symbolic one. it may be a momentous and terrible thing that happened but these were not the main perpetrators. there needs to be taken into account. we shall have to see when the sentences are read out in the coming moments. in the coming moments. thank you very much- ukraine says it has carried out the biggest prisoner swap with moscow since the russian invasion. among the troops being returned are ukrainians who were captured defending the azovstal steelworks during the siege of mariupol. ukraine s defence ministry said on twitter that 144 of what it
welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i m monica miller. the headlines. the sole surviving member of the group that carried out the 2015 islamist attacks in paris has been sentenced to life in prison after the biggest trial in french history. the american singer, r kelly, has been sentenced to 30 years in jail for the systematic sexual abuse of women and children. a marked change in nato s approach to dealing with russian aggression. at their summit in madrid, leaders of the military alliance declare the kremlin to be a direct threat to their countries security. ukraine carries out the biggest prisoner swap with moscow since the russian invasion.