Good morning. It is going to be fairly cloudy and wet today across the central swathes of the uk. To the central swathes of the uk. To the south of that mostly dry and mild. In the north, blustery showers with gales in north west scotland. Details later. Good morning. Its wednesday, 13th march. Rishi sunak is facing calls to hand back millions of pounds donated to the Conservative Party by a businessman accused of making racist comments about the mp, diane abbott. Tech boss frank hester is reported to have said ms abbott made him want to hate all black women, and that she should be shot. The Prime Minister called the comments racist and wrong. Our Political Correspondent Hannah Miller has more. Hello, rishi. How are you . Very nice to see you. When rishi sunak made this visit to a mill near leeds in november, his Helicopter Ride had been provided by one of his partys biggest donors, frank hester, Who Last Year donated £10 million to the Conservative Party, now alleged to have made com
Military intervention. News being reported by afp news agency, dozens of Coup Supporters have gathered near french basis in niger, you might remember at the start of the coup the French Embassy was attacked by supporters of the coup which will be of concern, thousands of supporters gathering near the french base in niger. Russia seeing Military Intervention would quote destabilisation, quote. Interesting, their take on it. Russia prepared to take maximum advantage, and the wagner group, all the worries about them in the whole region. A lot of new is dropping in on the last while, we are keeping an eye on the constantly moving story and will return to it. The government are calling the hawaii fire is the states largest ever natural disaster. My gosh the scale of what has happened on the Island Of Maui has stunned all those living here. Unbelievable. And the thousands of tourists who were on holiday. The wildfire is fanned by destroying almost everything in their path. And taking many li
that is our show for this evening. now it is time for a special defendant trump addition of the last word, with lawrence o donnell. that starts right now. donald trump s principal occupation is defendant. he spent his first couple of years after leaving the presidency as a civil defendant, and then last year became a criminal defendant for the first time in his life on april 4th and just four months later. he became a criminal defendant for the fourth time in his life. it mantra jen, he can make two of the four criminal prosecutions he is facing disappear, but the rest of defendant trump s criminal and civil cases would simply be put on pause for four years. in june of this year donald trump will turn 78 years old. he could be convicted of crimes by then or shortly after, he is june 14th birthday. 78-year-old donald trump will appeal every criminal and civil verdict against him. the state and federal appeals court process could easily use up the rest of a 78 year old life.
defendant trump addition of the last word, with lawrence o donnell. that starts right now. o donnell. that starts right now. donald trump s principal occupation is defendant. he spent his first couple of years after leaving the presidency as a civil defendant, and then last year became a criminal defendant for the first time in his life on april 4th and just four months later. he became a criminal defendant for the fourth time in his life. it mantra jen, he can make two of the four criminal prosecutions he is facing disappear, but the rest of defendant trump s criminal and civil cases would simply be put on pause for four years. in june of this year donald trump will turn 78 years old. he could be convicted of crimes by then or shortly after, he is june 14th birthday. 78-year-old donald trump will appeal every criminal and civil verdict against him. the state and federal appeals court process could easily use up the rest of a 78 year old life. and so the title defendant
routes in the area. there have been concerned the israel hamas would widespread the region. these are two of the world s biggest choke points. the situation has come to a head because two big shipping companies, maersk, the container company and hapag lloyd another big shipping container company have both announced that they would stop sending shipping through the babar el mandeh strip. you have to make a longer passage through the cape of good hope, this might add nine days or six days to the united states. forships days or six days to the united states. for ships traversing from the atlantic to the pacific ocean through the panama canal there are additional issues, let s hear from the independent economist cornelia meyer. cornelia meyer. when you look at trade from cornelia meyer. when you look at trade from shanghai - cornelia meyer. when you look at trade from shanghai to - cornelia meyer. when you look at trade from shanghai to new| at trade from shanghai to new yor