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
Also this lunchtime rbs reaches a £200 million settlement with investors who say they were duped into handing billions to the bank during the financial crisis. And scientists discover the hottest planet 650 light years from earth, its even hotter than most stars. And coming up in sport on bbc news englands cricketers hit new zealand for six, as they chase a place in the semi finals of the champions trophy. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The third man who carried out the deadly attack on London Bridge has been named as 22 year old Youssef Zaghba who was of italian moroccan descent. Italian media are reporting that he had been stopped by the authorities last year as he tried to travel from italy to syria and that italian authorities had tipped the british off about his movements. His identity has been revealed after Scotland Yard defended its decision to downgrade an inquiry two years ago into one of the other attackers 27 year old khuram butt. They say there was no