Welcome to The World Today an hour of International News from the bbc. The former lawyer and fixer for donald trump who once said hed take a bullet for the fomer president , today took the stand as a Star Witness For The Prosecution in mr trumps hush money trial. Michael cohen is testifying about his role in what prosecutors say was a cover up of payments to hide an affair with the adult film star stormy daniels. Mr trump denies falsifying Business Records to reimburse his then lawyer for the payment on the eve of the 2016 president ial election, when the story could have been politically damaging. Mr cohen a former close ally turned foe of mr trump pleaded guilty in 2018 to tax offences, fraud and Campaign Finance violations. The latter charge stemmed from the same payment at the heart of the current case. Earlier i spoke to our correspondent nada tawfik who has been in new york and staying across the trial for us. I asked her about the latest on what Michael Cohen has been saying at
Welcome to todays verified live. This will be one of the central dividing lines at the next general election. Labours sir keir starmer has pledged to scrap the governments Rwanda Scheme straight away if his party wins the general poll. The Labour Leader says he would use money saved to hire specialist investigators to tackle small boats crossing the channel. Well have more on that in a moment. But this is happened as the bbc has tracks down one of europes most wanted people smugglers Barzan Majeed nicknamed the scorpion. Speaking from northern iraq, he defended arranging for thousands of people, to travel to the uk, in small boats and lorries, arguing migrants are begging him for help. Our reporter sue mitchell is part of the team that tracked him down. She says Barzan Majeeds phone number was found on the phones of migrants coming to britain in small boats. My partner in this investigation is rob lawrie. Hes former british army and he has a lot of contacts in the migrant camps in bo
And harry accompanies his wife meghan at the start of an informal tour of nigeria. Donald trumps returns to the court as his Hush Money Trial resumes in new york. Iam i am alive in malmo as the dutch entry is told that he is barred from rehearsing at the last minute. We will have that and the latest from malmo. Hello and welcome. Confirmation that the uk economy is no longer in recession. The economy grew by 0. 6 between january and march, recession. The economy grew by 0. 6 betweenjanuary and march, the fastest rate for two years according to official figures. The fastest rate for two years according to officialfigures. The Prime Minister sat down exclusively with our Economics Respondent and said the economy was finally gaining momentum. It the economy was finally gaining momentum the economy was finally gaining momentum. ,. ,. ,. , ~ momentum. It is going to take time for eole momentum. It is going to take time for peeple to momentum. It is going to take time for people to really m
Kick off an informal tour of nigeria. And the dutch Eurovision Contestant is stopped from rehearsing by organisers. Well be live in malmo with the latest. The duke and duchess of sussex have begun their visit to nigeria. Here they are prince harry and his wife meghan being greeted at an event in abuja. Its the start of a three day trip, which is at the invitation of the chief of defence staff. Harry will attend a reception to honour military families, and meghan will co host an event for women in leadership. For more on that, ive been speaking with our africa correspondent simi, who is in abuja. It has been a lively day here for the duke and duchess of sussex and this is their first time in nigeria and as you saw in that, they were enthusiastically greeted by schoolchildren and traditional dancers and spoke about Mental Health and the duke spoke about how it is fortunate to speak up especially if youre feeling emotions like grief and loss and not feel the need to bundle it in. Behind t
We spend the day with prince harry as he makes a surprise visit to a Charity Event for bereaved military children. Aston villas European Dream is over. Disappointment in athens as theyre knocked out in the semi finals of the Europa Conference League by olympiakos. Good morning from the blue peter garden, which is going to be fine in todays lovely weather once again. Is it going to last of the weekend . Join me throughout the programme. Its friday 10th may. Officalfigures released in an hour are expected to show the economy is no longer in recession, after growing in the first three months of this year. The uk entered recession after output fell during two consecutive quarters at the end of last year. Our Economics Correspondent andy verity reports. At this butcher on the Gloucester Road in bristol, business is ticking along, but hardly roaring away. After the soaring price rises ofjust over a year ago some customers are now seeing wages rise faster than prices, and the price of meat or