we ll be speaking to a nuclear expert. ongoing rail strikes affect train services in england, scotland and wales with more disruption expected in the coming days. the prime minister of finland sanna marin has agreed to a drug test after a celebrity party video leaked on social media. welcome to abc news. the uk is facing a public health emergency, because people are having to choose between heating and eating this winter, due to soaring energy prices. that s according to the nhs confederation, which represents employers in the health service. ministers say millions of the most vulnerable households are being given £1,200 to help with higher energy bills. but it comes at a time when nhs services are already under intense strain. for category two reponse times for emergency calls in england which includes strokes and heart attacks there s been a sharp increaase this year to nearly one hour on average last month. the target, as you can see here, is 18 minutes. the nhs confedera
it shocked me a little bit. more trouble at liverpool city council. another government commissioner moves in after a damning report. sir alex ferguson testifies in defence of ryan giggs at the ex footballer s trial on assault and coercive behaviour charges. finland s prime minister takes a drugs test after a video of her partying raises concerns. another sparkling evening at the european championships in munich, with a british gold and silver in the men s 200 metres. coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel, the brazilian midfielder casemiro s heading to manchester united. a fee of around £50 million has been agreed with real madrid. good evening. a former british member of the islamic state terror group has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in america. el shafee elsheikh was among a group of british is members who carried out a brutal reign of terror in syria and became known as the beatles because of their english accents, a name given to
police in nicaragua detain a roman catholic bishop who s been a prominent critic of the president we ve spoken to human rights advocate bianca jagger who s following his case. he has been held hostage for the last 15 days without being allowed to go to officiate maths mass, will be allowed to get food or medicine. and a show of solidarity for salman rushdie authors gather in new york to demonstrate their support, a week after he was attacked. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we start in the us, where a former british member of the islamic state terror group has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in virginia. el shafee elsheikh, who s 3a, was among a group of british is members who carried out a brutal reign of terror in syria. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports from virginia. and then they would ask me to. el shafee elsheikh claimed he was a simple is fighter who wanted to help. but it wasn t true. he was part of
do those specific words create specific legal jeopardy for donald trump? i m john berman with brianna keilar, and judge bruce reinhart released several procedural court documents used to justify the search of mar-a-lago, providing new details and maybe a sharper focus on the president himself as a potential subject of a criminal probe. this is the document that was released and there is specific information in here about willful retention. in other words, they say he knew he had documents and he knew what they were. so this is all part of the argument over whether to release the affidavit justifying the search of mar-a-lago, prosecutors made the case for secrecy because they say evidence might be destroyed, but the judge set in motion the possibility of releasing a redacted version of the affidavit and that process will kick into gear as soon as next week. and ludicrous, ridiculous, bs, those words and phrases coming from some former trump senior officials who are scoffing
companies whose platforms these extremists are using. sending letters to meta, tiktok, donald trump s true social. the deadline is september 2nd. lawmakers give examples of what law enforcement agents are facing, including this from a pennsylvania man who was arrested for posting online quote if you work for the fbi, then you deserve to die. let s turn now to cnn washington correspondent sunlen serfaty. what exactly does the house oversight committee want these firms to do. reporter: they essentially want data and details in how they re responding to online threats, and very interesting, they certainly use very specific examples that they ve seen on social media recently. that s certainly a powerful effect here of making the point that this has become a problem, and certainly this is in response to the fbi search at trump s mar-a-lago saying that there has been an uptick in violent social media threats against law enforcement. now, this was sent to the eight executives of