Lets stop the length of that sentence, the prosecutors had been pushing for 20 years, we think it is 19 but there has been a little bit of doubt about that. Lets start with the length of that sentence. Yes, the trial was held at a makeshift courtroom at a prison about 850 mild east of moscow in a Village Cold Melekhovo where Alexei Navalny is serving a previous nine year sentence. The trial on Extremism Charges was held Behind Closed Doors and journalists who arrived at that Detention Facility were able to follow proceedings when the judge were able to follow proceedings when thejudge read out the were able to follow proceedings when the judge read out the verdict from a different room via a video link, but the sound quality was so poor that they had difficulty understanding what the actual sentence was. But now the consensus among those journalists seems to be at is 19 years. This is the latest sentence and it may not be Alexei Navalny s last. His defence team says that they have hear
So what is driving this revival in bitcoin . Erin delmore reports. Its been more than two years since we have seen Bitcoin Cross the 60,000 mark, but the cryptocurrency did just that on wednesday, even soaring to 64,000. It may be closing in on its all time high of 68,000. There are a few reasons why crypto enthusiasts are fired up About Bitcoin these days, newly approved Spot Bitcoin Exchange traded funds have investors buzzing and there is a change coming up in april when bitcoin miners start getting less bitcoin for their efforts and the spectre of lesser supply fuels more demand. 0ne lesser supply fuels more demand. One more thing than any background here, the Federal Reserve is expected to cut Interest Rates this year, that stokes investors because interest in alternative investments like cryptocurrencies. But its not all smooth sailing, some uses of queen based global, the largest trip to exchange in the us unexpectedly saw their balances drop down to zero among the bitcoin buzz
0ur North America correspondent peter bowes sent this update. This means the trial of donald trump on charges that he was involved in a conspiracy to overthrow the result of the 2020 election will be significantly delayed if indeed it is able to go ahead at all. Donald trump is accused of being involved in a conspiracy to defraud the United States through his words, his actions, in the days leading up to january six, 2021, and the assault on the capitol building. He says he was the president at the time and therefore he cannot face these criminal charges because he had president ial immunity and that he cannot be charged for anything he did during that time. We have since heard from him again, after hearing about the Supreme Court does make intention is to look at this case, donald trump releasing a statement, reaffirming his still believed that president ial immunity applies. In fact, he says it is in the best interest of the United States, Notjust Talking about himself but referring
Following last years Military Supplies such as bulletproof vests and helmets, we will support Military Supplies on a large scale this year. Translation i can happily state that the agreement to transfer i the transport and special equipment including demining cars is already being executed. It helps us save lives. Live now to our Diplomatic Correspondent james landale. We dont often see asian leaders in ukraine. Can you give us a sense of the significance of this visit . Thats right. We dont often see them there with the president of indonesia went last year, the japanese president earlier this year, china has sent an envoy earlier this year but this is few and far between. Kyiv is a Conveyor Belt of european and american politicians visiting on a daily basis. So it is unusual and diplomats will take comfort from this because one of the great failures of the west, europe and the United States in this war, has been to convince the rest of the world that it matters to them as well. Large