in northern uganda. it was very tough because some of these things i had not experienced. a father having sexual intercourse with a daughter. granddaughter. there s nobody who can really support the person who has been raped. to me, i look at thisjustice, it s a weakjustice. this region suffered a 20 year hideous insurgency. about 55 dead bodies myself. i describe it as the war was fought in the body of the woman and the woman became the battlefield. the war ended about 15 years ago. but is the post conflict legacyjust as horrific as the war itself? i was born in uganda, and most of the early part of my life was spent in uganda. after the recent lockdown due to the covid pandemic, there were these horrific tales that came out of this country about an increase in teenage pregnancy. but there seemed to be even more tales that were coming from northern uganda, particularly about abuse of young girls. and i was interested in finding out what exactly was happening here in the unde
and coming up on the bbc news channel wimbledon later we ll have sportsday on the bbc news channel, we will have the and key interviews on the day s talking points all from the bbc sport centre. good evening. donald trump will be the first former us president to face criminal charges after a grand jury indicted him over money paid to the former porn star stormy daniels. the indictment, which is a formal criminal accusation, was the result of a secret vote by a grand jury in new york. that s a group of citizens who hear evidence and decide whether there s enough to charge someone with a crime. so what s this charge about? we don t know the specifics yet, but it centres on a payment made to stormy daniels after an alleged affair between her and mr trump in 2006. in 2016, just days before mr trump was elected president, his lawyer, michael cohen, paid £130,000 to stormy daniels to stop her from selling her story. two years later, michael cohen testified that mr trump directed
as the energy price cap for businesses ends tomorrow we talk to companies feeling the heat of rocketing energy bills. sewage was discharged into england s waterways at the equivalent of 800 times a day last year according to the environment agency. and gwyneth paltrow wins her court case against the man who tried to sue her over a skiing accident. and coming up in the sport later in the hour the bbc news channel. we will discuss today s biggest talking points from here at the bbc sport centre. good evening. donald trump has become the first former us president to face criminal charges over money paid to the former porn star stormy daniels. the accusation or indictment was the result of a secret vote by a new york grand jury. that s a group of citizens who hear evidence and decide whether there s enough to charge someone with a crime. we don t know the specifics of the charge yet, but it centres on a payment made to stormy daniels after an alleged affair between her
country, i ve been horrified by the stories of sexual violence and incest involving young girls in northern uganda. it was very tough because some of these things i had not experienced. a father having sexual intercourse with a daughter. granddaughter. there s nobody who can really support the person who has been raped. to me, i look at thisjustice, it s a weakjustice. this region suffered a 20 year hideous insurgency, about 55 dead bodies myself. i describe it as the war was fought in the body of the woman and the woman became the battlefield. the war ended about 15 years ago. but is the post conflict legacyjust as horrific as the war itself? i was born in uganda and most of the early part of my life was spent in uganda. after the recent lockdown due to the covid pandemic. there were these horrific tales that came. out of this country about an increase in teenage pregnancy. but there seemed to be even more tales that were coming from northern uganda, particularly about abuse
we should be wondering why it was so fast. i mean, look, most times and charles can agree or disagree with me. as a former prosecutor, when you get a verdict this fast, it s usually a verdict of guilty. this jury has salt through multiple weeks of testimony. this trial started with jury selection january 23rd, i want to say. it s been going more than 61 witnesses presented by the prosecutor. we heard from experts witnesses, we had cell phone evidence, blood spatter evidence. at the end of the day, i think what really moved the needle for the jury was the rebuttal closing from the prosecution. when the prosecutor got up and said, alex murdaugh kicked the person he loved the most, and it wasn t his wife. it wasn t his son. it was himself. and in order to preserve his lifestyle, his addiction, his financial fraud, he picked himself. and if that s what the jury heard last before they went into the jury room, i would not be surprised to see if the verdict is guilty. ellison ba