i hope one day we find a cure and live in a world free of mnd. by the time that you watch this, i will no longer be here. i am just a lad from yorkshire who got to live out of his dream of playing rugby league. as a father of three young children, i would never want any family to have to go through what my family and children have since my diagnosis. i hope i have left a mark on the disease. i hope it shows to live in the moment. i hope you find inspiration from the whole story. my final message to you is, whatever your personal battle, be brave and face it. every single day is precious. don t waste a moment. in a world full of adversity, we must still dare to dream. rob burrow, over and out. live from london. this is bbc news the first televised leadership debate of the general election took lace earlier this evening. place earlier this evening. it featured scottish party leaders from the snp, scottish conservatives, scottish labour and scottish liberal democrats. a u turn f
of a sitting president. the 54 year old denies three criminal charges stemming from his purchase of a handgun in 2018 the prosecution claim he was heavily addicted to drugs at the time and lied about it in registration forms. the first lady, jill biden, attended the jury selection hearing in delaware. president biden was not present. he issued a statement saying he was proud of his son, but he would not comment on the case. our correspondent tom bateman has been outside the courthouse in wilmington. well, five months before a presidential election and a trial here that will throw a very public glare on the personal life and the allegations of drug misuse of the son of the us president. now, hunter biden arrived here first thing this morning along with members of the biden family, including his stepmother, the first lady, jill biden. she satjust behind him at the front of the public gallery in the courtroom all day. i was in the press benches and watched hunter biden turn an
first tonight, hunter biden s gun trial begins. the first trial of a child of a sitting president. the first lady there in that courtroom. also developing, president biden preparing a new executive order, a crackdown on the mexico border. it would shut down the border immediately to asylum seekers if daily migrant numbers hit 2,500. and what we re learning about this. in new york city tonight, those two nypd officers shot and wounded. chasing a robbery suspect. one shot in the chest, saved by his bullet proof vest. what shorts have now revealed about the suspect. this major heat wave already building tonight. temperatures well into the triple digits across several states. and the wildfire burning in california. the swimmer attacked by a shark off the coast. bitten on the chest, arm, and hand. witnesses on how the swimmer survived. israel s war with hamas. tonight, the israeli military now confirming the deaths of four more hostages in gaza. here in the u.s. tonigh
she insists he will wield no influence over her government. she says she will prioritise welfare programmes, improve the lives of women and tackle security. the elections were marred by violence and threats, and a candidate was reportedly murdered after the polls closed this weekend, one among dozens of candidates killed over the campaign. it s a new day in mexican politics. after two centuries of men in power, when voters eventually chose their first female president, it was with a landslide. the victory itself was a moment to savour for claudia sheinbaum, and she was quick to acknowledge the many women who blazed a trail before her. i didn t get here on my own. we got here together, she said. thanks to our ancestors, our mothers, our daughters and granddaughters. in a nation of such entrenched machismo, what claudia sheinbaum has achieved here is no small feat. other women have tried and failed, but her offer of continuity with the governing party s social policies, whi