Its six in the morning in singapore, and six in the evening in new york where Donald Trumps Hush Money Trial has been hearing from the key prosecution witness, Michael Cohen. He was once the former president s lawyer and fixer but he spent the day on the Stand Outlining how he made a payment to the adult film actress, Stormy Daniels, to stop her talking about a relationship she claimed she had with mr trump. The defence is expected to stress mr cohens criminal record and openly stated dislike of his ex boss. Our North America editor sarah smith reports. The star witness for the prosecution is also their biggest problem. Hes been to prison for telling lies to congress so why should thejury believe him now . Do you plan on telling the truth . Rude and loud mouthed, hes already been called a bully and a jerk in this trial. And he frequently attacks donald trump online. Even thejudge has asked him to stop it. Trumpism is fascism, and we must eradicate it from our body politic. Donald trump
Just as his mps began taking their seats behind him, one of them the conservative Natalie Elphicke crossed the floor to sit directly behind the Labour Leader. Timed for maximum political effect, and less than two weeks after the defection of dan poulter, how the Labour Leader enjoyed it. If one week, a tory mp whos also a doctor says the Prime Minister cant be trusted with the nhs and joins labour and the next week, the tory mp for dover, on the front line of the small boats crisis, says the Prime Minister cannot be trusted with our borders and joins labour what is the point of this failed government staggering on . In her statement, the dover mp said the conservatives under rishi sunak had become a by word for incompetence and division. In 2019, the conservatives took on a manifesto that was very much Centre Ground. But under rishi sunak, theyave abandoned the Centre Ground and broken many election promises. Meanwhile, under keir starmer, labour have changed, and i think that change i
Are some of those pictures from one attempt that happened just after dawn. The Uk Border Force has brought around 70 migrants to shore, and a dover lifeboat has been launched to reports of another migrant boat in the channel. Andrew harding was on the beach where a boat ran aground and left five people dead. We will speak to him in a moment. First, lets look at what he witnessed as that ill fated crossing began. Shouting. As i said, we canjoin our correspondence now. Andrewjoins us from the north french coast. We just saw some pictures of migrants running towards a boat. They look to be some sort of firecrackers going on at the same time. Can you explain what was happening at that time in the morning . 50. What was happening at that time in the morning . The morning . 50, this was before dawn. The morning . So, this was before dawn. We have the morning . So, this was before dawn. We have been the morning . So, this was before dawn. We have been waiting the morning . So, this was before
So, just to run you through those, he said they had identified an airfield and a commercial airline to take flights off. He said that they had 500 people trained and ready to escort people to rwanda. He said that they had secured extra court time to process legal claims, and 200 people legally trained to do that. So i think what rishi sunak was trying to do there was to get ahead of the debate this evening in the House Of Lords and House Of Commons about the intricacies of the bill and say that the government is ready to get flights off as soon as possible. Obviously, the caveat to all of that is that rishi sunak initially said that he wanted to get flights off in the spring, he is now saying the flights now wont happen for at least another 10 12 weeks, which takes us beyond the spring into the summer. I think that will have implications for whether these will be done. They certainly wont be done by local elections, and there are questions about how much of an impact this will have bef
Lawyer i should explain this is not the courtroom itself, no cameras allowed inside the courtroom when proceedings are active. This is on a different floor and you can see there the barrier is where donald trump will often come at the beginning of the day to speak to the media. We are in the short recess which is why cameras can pick him up at this life moment. Lets try and bring you that brief statement he gave before proceedings got under wayjust gave before proceedings got under way just a little gave before proceedings got under wayjust a little earlier. Ijust want to say before we begin, these are all biden trials. This is done as Election Interference. Everybody knows it. Im here, instead of being able to be in pennsylvania and georgia, and lots of other places campaigning. And its very unfair. Fortunately, the poll. Numbers are very good. Theyve been going up because people understand whats going on. This is a witch hunt and its a shame, and it comes out of washington. Its in co