Heads into unchartered territory. Donald trump could potentially learn within a few days if these the first former president of the United States to be convicted of crimes at the same time, hes gearing up for the early he is president ial debate between General Election candidates in modern history, cnns Kristen Holmes as more on trumps efforts to rally support at this critical moment former President Donald Trump training the courtroom for the campaign trail this Holiday Weekend, were going to win so big as the jury in his criminal hush, money trial is poised to begin deliberations in his case next week. As he continues to try and make inroads with black and hispanic voters. I did criminal Justice Reform at a level that nobody told was fine. Us all again. And i did that dr. Julie for the black and hispanic community, trump making a Campaign Stop in the bronx thursday night. The simple fact is joe biden is not getting the job done for the bronx at that event, trump weighing in for the
welcome to the bbc news at six. thirteen hostages kidnapped in the 7th october attacks in israel are to be released tomorrow. the group, all women and children, are just a fraction of the nearly 240 people abducted by hamas, which is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government. they re due to be freed from gaza tomorrow afternoon, with a four day ceasefire scheduled to begin in the morning. there were hopes they would be released today. a number of palestinian prisoners will also be released from prisons in israel. our senior international correspondent orla guerin is in tel aviv this evening. orla. israel has received a list of names of those who are due to be freed tomorrow, and theirfamilies have been informed. they don t know what condition their loved ones will be in. when they are brought back eight israel, they will be brought directly to hospital for medical checks. six hospitals are on standby, with specialist teams and social workers. standby, with spec
good afternoon. net migration to the uk hit a record level last year almost three quarters of a million more people coming to live here than leaving. the figure stood at 745,000 last year, according to the office for national statistics, higher than previously thought. but the indications are that net migration is now slowing. in 2010, the then prime minister david cameron promised to bring it down to the tens of thousands. our home editor mark easton is here with more details. mark. the figure i think most people will be looking at and the one that will raise eyebrows is the right advised net migration figure for 2022. 745,000 more people came to the uk than left, helping push the population of england and wales up at its fastest rate since the baby boom of the early 1960s. now, the latest net migration figure for the year tojune this year is 672,000. down a bit from what we now think happened last year and it looks like net migration is maybe on a downward trajectory. who
record high, and the office for budget responsibility says it would represent the largest fall in living standards since the 19505. our business correspondent emma simpson reports. these reforms will save around two million self employed people an average of £350 a yearfrom april. better than nothing. tuning into the autumn statement at walthamstow market. a good place to test the mood. pensioners seemed happy. him increasing pension, that s good for me. and young workers like the rise in the minimum wage too. 10% more i m going to win i m going to earn. yeah. who wouldn t like it? but other workers said the cut to national insurance isn t enough. not with the way things are at the moment. the cost of living is too expensive. £450, divide that by 12, divide it by the family that you ve got. is it enough? i don t think so. here are the key details. first, that national insurance cut. it s going from 12% to ten for all employees from january. the self employed will see a
is a threat to democracy? well, to our system, you know, the assaults on the institutions starting with my own, the intelligence community and his characterization of us as nazis. the commentary he has made about the judiciary, and individual judges. the assault on the bureau are examples which are not constructive for our country. general clapper, i appreciate your time. thank you very much. thanks for having me. very tough words from general clapper there. if you are just joining us now, let s quickly lay out the top story tonight. the riveting testimony, did he make the case for the obstruction of justice? and we ll get reaction from the
intelligence community, and first, dana bash with all the key moments. reporter: the former fbi director under oath and unvarnished, called the president who fired him, a liar. the administration then chose to defame me by saying that the organization was in disarray. that it was poorly led, that the work force had lost confidence in