authorities since the end of the cold war. the us government and the wall streetjournal have dismissed the charge saying he s being used as a bargaining chip by moscow. we ve been speaking to evan s sister danielle. it s really hard for him, but we re so proud of him. he s very resilient and he is working really hard to stay strong. he worries about us. we try to make sure that he knows that we re doing well. and he even recently sent women and his life some bouquets in his life some bouquets for international women s day, march eighth, which is really nice. paul, i want to ask you, his detention was extended for a fifth time this week. what can you tell us about that? it s a pattern we ve seen since start of this. every two or three months, the russians produce him in court and ask for more time to investigate. we haven t seen any evidence through that whole process now. it s been extended for another three months, which means we don t know when there will be a trial. so r
this is bbc news, the headlines. jeffrey donaldson resigns as the leader of northern ireland s democratic unionist party after being charged what bbc news understands to be rape and multiple other sexual offences. prime minister benjamin netanyahu approves a new round of ceasefire talks a day after the un top court ordered israel to allow aid into gaza. and actorjohn boyega speaks for the first time about how the killing of his childhood friend, damilola taylor, shaped his life. more breaking news now on northern ireland. news thatjeffrey donaldson, the leader of the democratic unionist party, has been charged with historical sexual offences and has quit as leader. bbc news now understands that sirjeffrey donaldson has been charged with rape and multiple other sexual offences. the police investigation is understood to have started within the last number of months, after two women came forward. sirjeffrey s resignation letter to the dup states he will be strenuously contesting
the dup says mr donaldson, who has been in politics for almost ao years, has had his membership suspended pending the outcome of a judicial process. also of a judicial process. in the last hour northern ireland s also in the last hour northern ireland s first minister says she will do all in her power to make sure the government will deliver. she said it s vital the executive, including the dup, continued to govern. the party released a statement earlier, it says: police issued a statement on friday morning, not disclosing the identity of those charged. it read, a 61 year old man had been charged with non recent sexual offences adding that a 57 year old woman was also arrested and charged with aiding and abetting additional offences . the statement confirmed two people will appear in court on april 24. i spoke to our ireland correspondent, sara girvin. more details, more information starting to trickle through after what has been a really sharp breaking news that sirjeffre
for almost ao years, has had his membership suspended pending the outcome of a judicial process. let s speak to mick leary, who s the editor at slugger o toole a web blog on northern irish and british politics that has been running for more than 20 years. let me ask you first of all when did you first hear whispers or wind of all of this? you first hear whispers or wind of all of this? ., , , ., ., ., all of this? probably not long after 7am this morning all of this? probably not long after 7am this morning when all of this? probably not long after 7am this morning when rumours . 7am this morning when rumours started to pass around the numerous networks of journalists and other commentators. the information was fairly sketchy. i think the indication something something major was going to happen was indicated by the circumstantial evidence thatjeffrey donaldson removed all content from his social media channels. that s an indication something really big was going to hap
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