britain s cameron norrie japan s former prime minister shinzo abe has been shot dead in the street while giving an election speech. he was the country s longest serving post war prime minister. according to police, mr abe s attacker used a home made gun and fired two shots. world leaders have reacted with shock. us presidentjoe biden said he was stunned, outraged, and deeply saddened and india s prime minister narendra modi declared a day of national mourning. it all happend in nara, a city south west of tokyo. mr abe was shot near the railway station and flown by helicoper to hospital, where he was pronunced dead several hours later. from nara, here s rupert wingfield hayes. at 11 this morning, japan s former prime minister was out but lurking a few metres away, this man was caught on camera by a local tv crew. then suddenly two very loud bangs rang out. mr abe s bodyguards are on the assailant in seconds. held together with black tape. the former prime minister is flown t
arriving at a swiss court earlier. the former fifa president denying wrongdoing ahead of the verdict in his trialforfraud. i am not innocent in life, but in this case i will survive. also in court, the man once favourite to succeed blatter, co defendant and former uefa president michel platini. the two men were accused of an unlawful payment of £1.6 million between fifa and platini in 2011. they said it was backdated pay for advisory work. that the former french footballing legend had done a decade earlier. a panel ofjudges today ruling the pair s account of a gentleman s agreement was credible and that doubts existed about the prosecution s claim it was a bribe linked to a blatter re election bid. both men acquitted. it sjustice, but it s a victory for me, definitely. in the case of myjob, my work, 44 years working in fifa. for me, it s so important. it s so important that this case has been settled on the highest swiss level. the payment had emerged amid the corruption sca
gunshot. japan s former prime minister shinzo abe has been shot dead during a campaign rally. police say the suspect used a handmade gun. the us presidentjoe biden signs an executive order to help safeguard access to abortion following the supreme court overturning of roe v wade. , ., ., . and at wimbledon, the defending men s champion proves too much for britain s cameron norrie. novak djokovic seals his place in sunday s final. and coming up on the bbc news channel, the latest from the women s euros in england. one of the tournament favourites, spain, survive an early scare, to get off the mark. good evening. the labour leader sir keir starmer and his deputy angela rayner have been cleared by durham police of breaking lockdown rules. the force was looking into an event last april during election campaigning, when sir keir was pictured drinking a beer in the office of another labour mp. he d promised to resign if he was fined. at the time, indoor socialising between diffe
died in hospital in spain, he was 79. nearly four decades of power, marred by allegations of nepotism and corruption, his family enormously wealthy. at 10pm, jane hill will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello. it s adam in the studio. emma here. and it s chris. chris, i m looking at your phone to see if someone s going to phone with, like, a historic message as we re recording this podcast. because ijust, i assume that just what happens to you all the time now. you got to deliver for newscast as well. yeah. no, i m afraid. exactly. nothing other than are you going to ring before bath time is finished at home? 0h, mikejust managed to do that once we finished the other side of chris mason s life. so what was it like standing in downing streetjust before borisjohnson came to the podium? you could see all the staffers and you could see his few remaining supportive mps. they were all sort of hugging each other, looking. wha
and in the wimbledon men s semifinal, britain s cameron norrie loses in 4 sets to novak djokovic. the labour leader sir keir starmer and his deputy angela rayner have been cleared by durham police of breaking lockdown rules. the force was looking into an event last april during election campaigning, when sir keir was pictured drinking from a bottle of beer in the office of another labour mp. he d promised to resign if he was fined. at the time, indoor socialising between different households was banned. but today, the police said there was no case to answer, because of an exemption to lockdown rules for reasonably necessary work . our political editor chris mason reports april of last year sir keir starmer is having a beer and a curry. was this in breach of the covid rules at the time? durham constabulary looked into it, and today said no. people said to me i was taking a risk by saying i would step down if i was fined, but it was never about that. for me, it was a matter