and professor steve h hanke from johns hopkins university. he served on president reagan s council of economic advisers. we will bring you up to date in the case of the first american journalist to face espionage charges in russia since the soviet era. evan gershkovich has had an appeal against his pre trial detention rejected. and we will look at why encrypted messaging services like whatsapp are urging the uk government to make changes to the online safety bill. but first, our top story on the programme, the dominion versus fox trial. it s been variously described as explosive a bombshell trial, and today it got under way in the us. a company that makes voting machines dominion suing the conservative fox news network for defamation. and in the last few minutes, we have heard it has settled. you will remember that it was due to start yesterday. there were delays for 2h hours. the case had got under way, but we understand it has now settled. our correspondent michelle f
Of gavin and stacey, is coming this christmas. Coming up on bbc news, can luton move out of the Premier Leagues Relegation Zone tonight . Victory over everton could put them on the road to survival. Hello there. Rishi sunak says its disappointing to lose good, hardworking councillors, after a painful night for the conservatives, in the local and mayoral elections. The losses are some of the worst the partys suffered in england for decades. Just look at this, the latest election figures as they stand, with the conservatives having lost more than 340 councillors. And labour have gained more than 140 so far. Chris mason has followed all of the developments through the night, and hes at westminsterfor us. After a lot of coffee hi, chris. Hello, good evening. Since we chatted last night there has been lots of noise, numbers and not a lot of sleep. And here is the picture as things stand with still more than 2a hours worth of results still to come. The conservatives are in a rut, a trend of
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