and with western weapons continuing to arrive in ukraine the country s defence minister tells the bbc his country has become a de facto member of nato. tributes are paid to lisa marie presley, the only child of elvis, who s died at the age of 5a. royal mail customers still can t send letters and parcels overseas after a cyber attack on the company. good afternoon. the manchester city footballer, benjamin mendy, has been found not guilty of six counts of rape, and one count of sexual assault. jurors were unable to reach a verdict on one count of rape and one of sexual assault. it follows a six month trial at chester crown court. our north of england correspondent, danny savage is there, explain more about what happened today is. explain more about what happened toda is. , , ., ., explain more about what happened toda is. , , . ., ., explain more about what happened toda is. , ., ., , ., today is. this is a trial that began today is. this is a trial that began to be heard t
there will effectively be a shorter trial later this year when his private life will be poured over again. thejudge private life will be poured over again. the judge asked the jury if they could come up with a majority verdict, but because they were already down to ii jurors after starting with 12, one of them dropped out last month, they had to have a majority of ten to one, and that jury have a majority of ten to one, and thatjury indicates today that have a majority of ten to one, and that jury indicates today that they couldn t reach that majority on the remaining charges they were considering. this is a very high profile trial. benjamin mindy, manchester city defender, the most expensive transfer at the time, he joined the club a few years ago, he s got a world cup winners met mendy. but for him, this now goes on. he s obviously relieved and elated that he s been cleared of these charges. he now starts to go through the process again, but they come out later this year on those