three, two, one. our seoul correspondent takes the g force test to fly fighterjets as she reports on south korea s defence spending spree. we re still officially- at war with north korea. over the country, . there have also been increasing air incursions. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. a $500,000 legal settlement signed by virginia roberts giuffre and sex offender jeffrey epstein in 2009 included an agreement that ms giuffre wouldn t sue anyone connected to epstein. lawyers for prince andrew say the agreement, which has been made public in the last couple of hours, releases the prince from liability in the civil case brought by virginia giuffre, who accuses him of sexually assaulting her when she was 17. prince andrew has consistently denied the claims. our legal correspondent, dominic casciani, reports. a woman seeking her day in court. the unprecedented defendant
here in the skies over the country, there have been increasing air incursions. a powerful snow storm brings the us capital to a standstill with hundreds of thousands losing electricity and schools closing in the southeast of the country. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it was billed as a potential revolution in healthcare but was itjust a massive case of fraud? a usjury has found elizabeth holmes, the founder of the blood testing start up company theranos, guilty of conspiring to defraud investors. prosecutors said the 37 year old convinced them that small machines developed by theranos could detect certain diseases with just a few drops of blood from a finger prick. in a moment we ll have a closer look at the details of the verdict, but first our north america tech reporter james clayton on how theranos was founded. we d like to see a world in which every person gets access to this type of basic testing. elizabeth holmes had a vision that t
wonderful! our sole correspondence - wonderful! our sole i correspondence takes wonderful! our sole - correspondence takes the geforce test to fly fighter jet as she reports on south korea s defence spending spree. they are still officially at war with north korea. here in the skies over the country, there have also been increasing air incursions. hello. thanks very much for joining us. it was billed as a potential revolution in healthcare but was itjust a massive case of fraud? a usjury has found elizabeth holmes, the founder of the blood testing start up company theranos, guilty of conspiring to defraud investors after prosecutors said she had swindled private investors between 2010 and 2015. the 37 year old did that, they said, by convincing those investors that small machines developed by theranos could run a range of tests with a few drops of blood from a finger prick to detect certain diseases. in a moment, we ll have a closer look at the details of the verdict. but fir
brings the us capital and surrounding areas to a standstill. # 0h, # oh, you pretty things. and six years after his death david bowie s estate sells his entire catalogue of songs for more than $250 million. hello and welcome to the programme. a civil lawsuit against prince andrew, alleging sexual assault, reaches a crucial stage at a court in new york today. his team will try to convince the judge to throw out a civil case brought by virginia giuffre, who accuses him of sexually assaulting her when she was 17. it follows the release of a document that shows ms giuffre was paid half a million dollars in exchange for committing not to sue any potential defendant connected to the epstein case. it makes no specific mention of the duke, who has always denied the claim, as our legal correspondent dominic casciani reports. a woman making the gravest of allegations. the unprecedented defendant, a prince of the realm. and now a day of hearings for both virginia giuffre and duke of y