cheering and applause. ukrainian soldiers in kyiv celebrate their country s 3 1 victory over scotland in the world cup qualifiers. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s eight in the morning in singapore, and 8 o clock in the evening in virginia in the us, where a jury has found that the actress amber heard defamed her ex husband johnny depp and ordered she pay the hollywood the hollywood star $15 million in damages. our arts correspondent david silitto has been following this trial. mr foreperson, is this the verdict of the jury? after six weeks in court and six years of angry disputes since their divorce, finally, a judgement by a jury on the allegations that johnny depp had violently assaulted his ex wife, amber heard. was this defamation? the answer. yes. cheering. outside, there were cheers from the waiting fans, the end of a trial that had been provoked by an art
to help ukrainian forces. ukrainian soldiers in kyiv celebrate their country s 3 1 victory over scotland in the world cup playoffs. and the record breaking brit who s defied the odds to climb everest not once but 16 times, even as his doctors warned he may never walk again unaided. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 7pm in the evening in virginia in the us, where a jury has found that the actress amber heard defamed her ex husband johnny depp and ordered she pay the hollywood star $15 million in damages. our arts correspondent david sillito has been following this trial for us from the beginning. here is his report. mr foreperson, is this the verdict of the jury? after six weeks in court and six years of angry disputes since their divorce, finally, a judgment by a jury on the allegations that johnny depp had violently assaulted h
there was one teenager who said to me she came here because she felt this was a once in a lifetime opportunity, she felt that it was important to see johnny depp s name be cleared. one woman i also spoke to was here for amber heard. she had this banner that said, we stand with amber heard. and it had messages on it from lots of amber heard supporters. and she said to me that she was worried that would be the verdict and she felt angry that, despite all the evidence that was shown, that it was ruled against amber heard, and she was worried about what sort of precedent it would set. amber heard was inside court we saw that, because, obviously, this was being televised whilstjohnny depp was not here. he s somewhere in the uk. his legal team were here and they released a short statement afterwards. but this is very much a resounding victory forjohnny depp. yes, a resounding victory for johnny depp, as you point out. but also a sort of a trial by tiktok for particularly amber heard, g
to help ukrainian forces. ukrainian soldiers in kyiv celebrate their country s 3 1 victory over scotland in the world cup playoffs. and the record breaking brit who s defied the odds to climb everest not once but 16 times, even as his doctors warned he may never walk again unaided. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it s 7am in the morning in singapore and 7pm in the evening in virginia in the us, where a jury has found that the actress amber heard defamed her ex husband johnny depp and ordered she pay the hollywood star $15 million in damages. our arts correspondent david sillito has been following this trial for us from the beginning. here is his report.
23 year old alex used to be a software engineer. he will soon be heading to the front. i will be really proud of myself, because i m doing a really great thing for my country. football is a big deal here, even in the darkest of times. everybody, especially the ukrainian team, feel their responsibility, because they want to show to us that they are fighting too. now, of course, normally for a game this significant, all the bars, the restaurants, the sports pubs would be packed, but of course there s a curfew, and so people are watching it at home or, in this instance, in their military base. ..an unusual setting for an almost unique sporting event. right now for us, it s really important to have some victory, like we won eurovision. and also the ukrainians would be really happy if we win this match.