learning to read at the age of 51. it may be a little bit grey and damp for some this morning, but there is a good deal of sunshine on the way as we go into the second half of the afternoon. good morning. it s thursday, the 27th of january. prince andrew is demanding a trial byjury in a civil case brought by virginia giuffre, who has accused him of sexual assaulting her when she was 17. the prince denies her claims, and his lawyers have lodged papers with the us court, which set out several reasons why they say the allegations are false. these include a denial that andrew was a close friend of ghislaine maxwell, at whose house some of the alleged abuse took place. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more details. across 11 pages, andrew s lawyers have set out his defence, a denial of the central allegation of sexual abuse made by virginia giuffre, and an assertion in respect of others that andrew lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny what s been claim
Whether her team will be fighting these accusations in court. the three dancers say they demand a trial byjury and whether or not that will happen and whether it will be settled out of court is a question that will be asked over the coming days but we have not heard directly from lizzo since the statement was put on instagram and twitter. we have made contact with her team but we have not heard anything back. her team but we have not heard anything back- her team but we have not heard anything back. thanks for “oining us. france says it has finished the evacuation of its citizens from niger after last week s military coup. officials say more than 1,000 people have been airlifted out of niger including nationals from a number of other countries. in the capital niamey a crowd of protesters have gathered
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Prince andrew demands atrial byjury in new york, as he denies he was a close friend of convicted sex trafficker, ghislaine maxwell. face coverings are no longer mandatory in england from today, but some big retailers ask customers to continue wearing them. on holocaust memorial day, we ll meet one of the survivors of nazi concentration camps, and the artist who was commissioned by prince charles to paint him. today the advertising watchdog will tell mps about their concerns about a post on social media not clearly marked as adverts. it is more regulation needed? i ll explain. a great start for england s women in the ashes test. they take early australia wickets in canberra, but they need more, with the hosts now digging in. and we ll be joined by the repair shop presenterjay blades, who s made a documentary about living with dyslexia and
Survivors of the auschwitz concentration camp have been commemorating the 40th anniversary of their liberation. they toured the huts, gas chambers and crematoria and relived their horrifying experiences. this is newsday on the bbc. i m karishma vaswani in singapore. 0ur headlines: britain s prince andrew demands a trial byjury in new york, as he rejects the allegations of sexual assault made by virginia giuffre. the us rejects russian security demands on ukraine and eastern europe and says further talks will address moscow s concerns. more on that ukraine story now. earlier, i spoke to nina jankowicz from