attack on the company. and coming up we will hearfrom manchester united legend eric cantona, about his new art exhibition which chronicles the relationship between sport and modern society. good afternoon. the manchester city footballer, benjamin mendy, has been found not guilty of six counts of rape, and one count of sexual assault. jurors were unable to reach a verdict on one count of rape and one of sexual assault. it follows a six month trial at chester crown court. our north of england correspondent, danny savage, is there. tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial ongoing tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial ongoing since - tell us what happened today. we ve had this trial ongoing since last - had this trial ongoing since last summer here in chester. thejury began listening to evidence back in august. they retired to consider their verdicts just before christmas and have been back for nearly two
good afternoon. the front runner in the contest for the conservative party leadership, liz truss, says she will act on energy bills within a week if she becomes prime minister. her rival, rishi sunak, says he cannot rule out blackouts this winter, if he becomes pm. the uk is facing a genuine emergency on energy, he said. which of the two has won will be announced tomorrow. on tuesday, the queen will invite the winner to form a government. our political correspondent tony bonsignore reports. whoever wins the leadership race and becomes the next prime minister will becomes the next prime minister will be walking straight into an economic storm. they face one urgent question before all others, what to do about soaring energy bills. rishi sunak has long promised some financial support for everyone, with more on top for especially the most vulnerable. today, liz truss promised if she wins, help is on the way. i promised if she wins, help is on the wa . , ., ., promised if she wi
the most vicious, hateful and divisive speech ever delivered by an american president. pope francis has beatified one of his predecessors popejohn paul i in a ceremony at the vatican. police investigating the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel in liverpool have arrested two men, one on suspicion of murder. our correspondent laura trant is with me. laura, you have more details on that statement from merseyside police? yes, there has been a development in this tragic case. two men were arrested this morning in the runcorn area south east of liverpool in relation to the death of nine year old olivia pratt korbel. the force said that a 34 year old man was liverpool from liverpool was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder and he remains in police custody and is being questioned by detectives. am year old man from knowsley has also been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender, and he is also in custody. merseyside police are continuing to ask for a
spy steel works alien spacecraft or spy plans? why the defence chiefs are taking this phenomenon seriously. hello and welcome. republican and democratic primaries have been held in several american states ahead of november s mid term elections. vote counting is currently under way in pennsylvania. first, the republicans, where the contest is between david mccormick, who is married to former trump aide dina powell, and backed by well known trump advisers. mehmet oz, backed by former president trump or kathy barnette, a far right candidate who has appealed to maga voters. and for the democrats, john fetterman who is recovering from a stroke, has won. he was up against malcolm kenyatta, alexandria khalil and conor lamb. john fetterman s wife, giselle, updated his supporters after the vote. you may have noticed, i am not john fetterman. the next senator of our great state! so before i get started, i would like to take a moment to address the elephant in the room, which is that my
and getting south africa s youth back on track we ve a special report from johannesburg on attempts more than 200 wounded soldiers from the azovstal steelworks on the edge of the ukrainian city of mariupol have been evacuated. they d been withstanding a russian offensive for nearly three months, gaining almost legendary status among many ukrainians. pictures suggest that the soldiers were bussed out and have now reached novoazovsk, which is a russian controlled town in eastern ukraine. at least 50 of them are said to have been taken to local hospitals. it s not clear at this stage if they will be released into ukrainian government hands. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has stressed the importance of their release. translation: we hope - to save the lives of our boys. among them are the heavily wounded. they are being treated. i want to underline ukraine needs its ukrainian heroes alive. this is our principle. i think these words can be understood by all adequate pe