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ahead of the covid public inquiry,say they were obliged to pass on evidence of potential law breaking under the civil service code. is it fitting and proper that the correct procedure, certain anomalies vigorously investigated, or is it a smear, a stitch up, a witchhunt? they will not let lockdown lie. who said lie? it is on the front pages left, right and centre, we have been here before. it is an avid ready phone in, it has got to be done! forward to hearing from you on this one. that is what we re doing. we will be reading all your text to get a measure of what you think, here is the news from karishma patel. the annual rate of inflation in the uk fell to 8.7% in april, the first time since august last year that it s been in single figures. inflation had been at10.1% in march. borisjohnson s office has said it s totally untrue that the former prime minister may have committed further breaches of covid rules. labour has called on the government to explain why the allegati
says the judge overseeing his indictment hates him. see where this one is going to lead starts right now tuesday 2 15 trump s arraignment s set, according to cnn sources, the unprecedented security that now needs to happen for this unprecedented court appearance, plus 30 news organizations come to the defense of an american journalist detained in russia. their demands to putin and a friend of that reporter will also join me this hour. and from the midwest to the south confirmed tornadoes on the ground with the governor of kentucky, saying tonight s forecast is the worst he has ever seen. welcome to the lead on this busy friday. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper, and we start in our politics lead with new developments surrounding the historic indictment against former president donald trump tuesday around 2:15 p.m. trump is expected to appear before manhattan judged to be arraigned, according to sources . the former president is facing more than 30 counts related to business
written about his wife s alzheimer s, be chosen to represent ireland at the eurovision song contest? hello, and welcome to the programme. we start with breaking news. the australian tennis star nick kyrgios has admitted assaulting a former girlfriend, but has escaped conviction. his guilty plea in a court in canberra came after his lawyers failed to have the charge dismissed on mental health grounds. the court was told that kyrgios pushed his then partner to the ground, during an argument in december 2021. the magistrate called the incident a single act of stupidity or frustration , when sparing him a criminal record. our correspondent phil mercer is outside the court in canberra. take us through the facts of this case. well, next krygios s lawyer said that the assault, in january 2021 on his former partner, was completely out of character, and genuinely an isolated incident. his legal team had tried to have the charges against him overturned on mental health grounds. that f
there are new questions tonight about the source of substantial loans the congressman george santos s campaign. the embattled republican, who s been caught in a web of lies as you know, previously claimed he made personal loans to his campaign, totaling more than $700,000. a new filings with the election commission, he is indicating that loans of $500,000 and $125,000 had come from personal funds, those were left on marked. i want to turn out right away to cnn political commentator, jonah goldberg, and ashley allison. national politics reporter, eva mckend. eva, let me begin with you here about the new questions around these loans. what are you learning about the loans he allegedly gave to his own campaign? laura, the blood broad outlines of the story that you mentioned, that is absolutely correct. he previously said that he personally loaned his campaign $700,000. that was in the filing. he also has reiterated, he went on that podcast with congressman matt gates not too lo