been arrested by police. let s go back to brian. your thoughts on this investigation? championing scotland on the world stage? i mention the idea of a disjuncture, we other disjuncture is that humza yousaf is the first minister, the rear of the scottish national party, he has to take any political head going from these political hit, but he was not the leader of the treasurer at the time that these things happen, he cannot intervene in the police investigation, he cannot nobody intervene in the elaboration, but he has to take the hit as it comes. 0ne insider described him as being very front facing on this, determined to carry on as first minister and challenge the things that face as first minister. and do what he can with regards to the crisis that has frankly engulfed his party. but it is that dreadful disjunction as far as he is concerned that he has to take the first match but he cannot directly intervene, he is in play has to hope that a diver dies down or goes awa
welcome to bbc news. we start in moscow, were a court has as i expected rejected the appeal of the us match one. evan gershkovich. evan gershkovich. have a look at these images of evan gershkovich appearing in court. the russian authorities accuse him of spying, charges which he and his employer, the wall streetjournal, strongly deny. he appeared at the same court where yesterday an opponent of president putin was convicted of treason and sentenced to 25 years in prison. here s our russia editor, steve rosenberg. this was the first time evan gershkovich had been seen in public since being arrested. the wall streetjournal reporter was appealing his detention. the appeal was rejected. he s the first western journalist here to be charged with spying since the cold war, a charge that he, his newspaper and his government categorically reject. the charges against evan are baseless, and we call on the russian federation to immediately release him. a rare glimpse inside the prison wh
in london, chelsea are taking on real madrid, trying to overturn a 2 0 deficit against the defending champions. it is currently 0 0. missed a really good opportunity to put chelsea ahead. still advantage real madrid. meanwhile, napoli, the runaway leaders of serie a, are trying to recover from a 1 0 first leg defeat against ac milan. that game is also goalless, but ac milans olivier giroud had a penalty saved 20 minutes in. at the moment, it s ac malan and real madrid. meanwhile, manchester city are in germany ahead of their quarter final second leg against bayern munich on wednesday. they have a healthy 3 0 advantage from the first leg at the etihad last week, and they ll have phil foden available after he returned to training after recovering from having his appendix removed. city boss pep guardiola says they won t be sitting back in bavaria. i understand the situation, to come herejust to defend i understand the situation, to come here just to defend something. we came to
live from our studios in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the us, where one of the most highly anticipated defamation trials began and ended just as quickly. with the jury already selected media giant fox news settled with dominion voting systems, for $787 million. the issue at heart of the case was whether fox news was liable for airing the false claims that dominion s ballot counting machines were used to manipulate the 2020 election in favor ofjoe biden over then president donald trump. one of dominion s lawyers, justin nelson and ceo james poulos spoke after the settlement. the truth matters. lies have consequences. over two years ago, a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories, causing grievous harm to dominion and the country. fox has admitted to telling lies about dominion that caused enormous damage to my company, our employees and
joining us here in the united states and all around the world , which church just ahead on cnn newsroom kansas city man accused of shooting a black teen who mistakenly showed up at his front door, now charged with felonies. prosecutors saying there was a racial component to the case call for peaceful protests in ohio after a ground jury decides not to charge eight officers. who shot a black man dozens of times after a chase plus the $1.6 billion defamation trial against fox news set to begin in the coming hours or a last minute settlement. keep this case from going forward. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with rosemary church. thanks for being with us first here in the united states , a white homeowner in kansas city, missouri, is facing two felony counts after allegedly shooting and wounding a 16 year old black teen who went to the wrong house to pick up his siblings. an arrest warrant has been issued for 84 year old andrew lester, who is not in custody. the pros