significant step that he has decided not to appeal. they are now willing to put mike pence before a federal grand jury. trump is nervous. he thinks that the special counsel here may know quite a lot. take our support for the people of taiwan. seriously, we are not isolated and we are not alone. it s gonna be weeks upon months to be able to recover. you can see all the way back in the woods. that s the roof of the building. live from london. this is cnn newsroom. max foster and bianca nobilo. this thursday, april 6th nine am here in london , four am on the u. s east coast. we begin with another blow to form president trump. mike pence says he ll testify to the grand jury of the special counsel investigating the january 6th capital riots. the former vice president has signaled that he won t appeal a federal court ruling ordering him to testify under oath about trump s actions leading up to january 6th. but there are some limits to what pence may be willing to discuss. cnn s kat
but he added that the roman catholic church couldn t permit same sex marriages. and who ll claim the major prizes at this year s grammy awards? all you need to know about music s biggest night. hello, welcome to bbc news. iran s supreme leader is pardoning a large number of prisoners, including some of those arrested during the past months of protests. the pardon by ayatollah khamenei comes on the eve of the anniversary of the islamic revolution in 1979, a date on which he regularly offers an amnesty to some prisoners. but the iranian state media says it excludes those facing charges of spying for foreign agencies, murder and bodily harm, as well as the destruction or arson of state property. taraneh stone from the bbc s persian service says those freed have several conditions attached to their release. the supreme leader has agreed to pardon and commute sentences of tens of thousands of people who are in prison or who are waiting for sentences. the letter from the judiciary
next to the river wyre, nine days ago. and who ll claim the major prizes at this year s grammy awards? all you need to know about music s biggest night. it s 7am in the morning in singapore, and 1am in kyiv where reports say the country s defence minister oleksii reznikov will be dismissed and replaced with the head of military intelligence. it is suspected reznikov, a loyal ally of president zelensky, will be moved to a different ministerial position with ministry ofjustice named as a possible direction. in recent weeks, ukraine s defence ministry has been embroiled in a corruption scandal over an army food contract, with one of deputy ministers fired and named a suspect, and another resigning voluntarily. reznikov became defence minister several months before the invasion. during the war, he fostered relationships with western defence officials and helped oversee the receipt of billions of dollars of military assistance. with us now isjonathan marcus, a defence analyst an
mischievous asia s richest man hits back against us traders who raised doubts about his finances, wiping $10 billion off his companies share prices. and never too late to influence why brands are seeking out older people to push their products hello. we start here in the uk, where in a few hours time the government s finance chief chancellor of the exchequerjeremy hunt will announce plans to boost the economy and tackle the country s poor productivity. central to those plans, freeing the city of london s giant insurance firms from eu rules on how much cash they have to keep in reserve. they say it could release 100 billion pounds to invest in things like clean energy and infrastructure. mr hunt will also warn against an attitude of declinism amid accusations from business that post brexit uk is in danger of getting left behind in an increasingly competitive world economy. the future looks very uncertain because you have that ira, the 350 billion dollars been spent in
joining us in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca novillo foster joining you live from london just ahead on cnn newsroom. the world got to see what really went on at fox news in 2020, today s settlement is complete vindication and really a message that lies do have consequences. i m thankful that mr lester has turned himself in charge does not mean justice deep. live from london. this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, april 19th nine am here in london. four am on the u. s east coast. we begin with a colossal settlement in one of the biggest media cases in decades. the two year long battle between fox news and dominion dominion voting systems, finally ending with a whopping more than $787 million in damages to dominion, just before opening statements were set to begin. the deal, exposing the networks lack of credibility. the fox issued a statement saying it acknowledges the court found some of its claims about damian after t