the former chief executive of scottish national party peter murrell has been released without charge by the police, pending further investigation into party finances. mr murrell, the husband of former first minister nicola sturgeon, was arrested on wednesday morning. a police search resumed on thursday morning at the couple s glasgow home. let us cross live to our scotland correspondent james shaw in glasgow. what is the picture they re just now? $5 what is the picture they re “ust now? , what is the picture they re “ust now? m what is the picture they re ust now? m , what is the picture they re ust now? as you can see, the scene behind me now? as you can see, the scene behind me is now? as you can see, the scene behind me is a now? as you can see, the scene behind me is a big now? as you can see, the scene behind me is a big police - now? as you can see, the scene l behind me is a big police evidence tent obscuring the front of peter murrell and nicola sturge
for the first time after becoming the first former us president to ever face criminal charges. these were the crowds of supporters who greeted him at his mar a lago estate. he arrived there after pleading not guilty to sa criminal charges at a court hearing in new york. in the speech, he criticised the case against him and repeated the false claims that he d been cheated out of office in 2020 by voting fraud. let s hearfrom him first. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. from the beginning, the democrats spied on my campaign, remember that? they attacked me with an onslaught of fraudulent investigations, russia, russia, russia, ukraine, ukraine, ukraine. impeachment hugs number one. impeachment oats number one. impeachment oats number two. the illegal and unconstitutional raid on mar a lago, right here. hoax. live now to michelle fleury in new york. she has been covering the entire day of events for us
one of the world s biggest online, crime websites online crime websites is shut down by police in seventeen countries. is shut down by police in 17 countries. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7 in the morning in singapore and 4 o clock in the afternoon in simi valley in california, where us house speaker kevin mccarthy greeted taiwan president tsai ing wen at the start of a meeting that has already infuriated china. in the last hour, beijing has promised a resolute response. mr mccarthy is the most senior american politician to meet a taiwanese leader on us soil since 1979. the meeting took place at the ronald reagan presidential library during a stopover on president tsai sjourney home from latin america. china claims taiwan is part of its own territory and discourages the island s leaders from meeting foreign officials. the two leaders held a press conference earlier. here s what they said. the friendship between the people of taiwan
millions are under active alerts . we re tracking this and much more right here. on cnn news, central. breaking news. we re getting our first look at the destruction left behind after a tornado touched down in missouri overnight. taking a look now at aerial footage of some of the damage left behind in glen allen officials say several people are dead and injured and the danger not over yet today more than 85 million americans are facing the threat of severe storms. cnn s derek van dam is tracking these storms for us, you are in tornado ravaged little rock, arkansas, where we understand there is a warning out right now. that s right, sara. we just got word from the national weather service that this area has now been extended with our tornado watch as new tornado warned supercell thunderstorms are forming directly to our west . we ve got about 10 to 15 minutes in little rock where i m located before our storms strike . i want to just paint the scene here because we still have u
i m john king in washington. thank you. for sharing your day with us. new developments in the cases against donald trump. top trump aides tell a federal grand jury about the former president s plan to seize voting machines and there s new fallout from the 34 felony count new york indictment. trump attacks the prosecutor and the judge in that case now on a parallel path with the 2024 nominating calendar, plus two big middle election, middle america elections in chicago. a progressive wins at chicago mayor s race dominated by crime and by schools and this wisconsin blockbuster democrats seizing control of the state supreme court that giant proof of the power of the abortion issue, and today the speaker of the house plays host to taiwan s president. beijing reacts angrily even though this meeting is a compromise of sorts of first for us next steps in the 34 felony count new york case against donald trump and some important exclusive new cnn reporting about one of two federal inv