after he was found guilty of trafficking a man to britain to harvest one of his kidneys. ike ekwere madu s wife, beatrice, was given a four and a half year sentence. the judge also handed down a ten yearjail term to a medic who helped them. the victim a 21 old street traderfrom lagos was offered $8000 and was promised a better life in britain, but only realised what was going on when he met doctors in hospital. the couple had planned to give the organ to their daughter who has a kidney disease. justicejohnson handed down the sentence at the old bailey in london. the wealth and power inequality and disparity between you and c could not be more marked. you, ekweremadu are a senator in nigeria s national assembly. you have held high political office. you had many staff, including domestic staff, maids, chefs and drivers. you own multiple properties around the globe. there is evidence of as many as a0. more than £400,000 went into your bank account over a six month period. b
the message i am hearing from people tonight is that they want us to focus on the priorities they want us to deliver for them. and that s about halving inflation, growing the economy, reducing debt, cutting waiting lists and stopping the boats. we ll have the very latest on all the local election results. also on the programme: at westminster abbey, the final preparations have been made for the first coronation in 70 years. god save the queen! the king and the prince and princess of wales, do a walkabout on the mall, chatting to people who ve grabbed a prime spot for tomorrow s procession. some asked about her children: they re really well, thank you. are they excited? excited, a bit nervous, obviously, with a big day ahead. but they can t wait, actually. what about you and william? yeah, all good. and memories of the last coronation we speak to people who played a part in the ceremony of 1953. and on bbc london. just 16 hours to go until the coronation procession in the sp
the proud boys group are convicted. and polls havejust the proud boys group are convicted. and polls have just closed after local elections in england. votes for thousands of council seats will now be counted. coronation this saturday. polls have closed. we will have the first reaction from professor sir john curtice. people hoping to get the best in person view on the day are camping in central london this evening as rehearsals and final preparations take place in and around westminster abbey. buckingham palace has revealed that the abbey will be full of seasonal flowers for the occasion and with two yew trees which will be planted at sandringham afterwards. in a series of reports, on tonight s programme we will be looking at the crown that will be used for the first and only time in the king s reign and at the defining moment the coronation will be in the public life of his consort, queen camilla. ourfirst report tonight is from our royal correspondent nicholas witche
laughed off that this could ve been an antireligious attack, listen. that christians were targeted in the school shooting? i have no idea. i have no idea. republican senator josh hawley blasting before looking at the feds to investigate as a hate crime. that is totally beneath the dignity of the office of the presidency of the united states, this is an office that has the responsibility of leading this country, children are dead, this is a terrible, terrible tragedy, joe biden should be acknowledging the targeting of people of faith, he should be saluting the law enforcement officers who put their lives on the line and saved hundreds of kids, but you should be saying we are going to get to the bottom of this, we are going to call it for what it is, a hate crime and do a full investigation to make sure it does not happen again. jesse: and it does not end there, the press secretary for katie hobbs forced to resign this afternoon after appearing to encourage gun violen
into the use of artificial intelligence. they are worried about the risks of developing machines designed to be smarter than humans and how fast things are moving right now. correspondent matt finn is live tonight in los angeles with a top story right out of a science fiction movie. good evening, matt. good evening, bret. this list of more than 1100 people calling for a temporary halt in artificial intelligence includes names that are considered some of the biggest ai advocates and greatest minds of our time. among them elon musk ceo of spacex and twitter. steve wozniak the co-founder of apple and andrew yang former 2020 presidential candidate. tech leaders are asking all ai laps immediate ai pause developing than the latest chatgpt platform. the pause should be public and verifiable so independent experts can develop a shared standard of safety protocols. the tech leaders say artificial intelligence can pose profound risks to society writing in part, quote: contemporary ai