Serious failings in the force led to the Fatal Shooting of antony grainger, an unarmed man, in march 2012. I thought, what do you mean, been shot . We dont live in america. And then he said the police did it. And i just collapsed. That is antony graingers partner. We will be talking to her. Also, one marathon is normally enough for most people, but double amputee David Williamson is tackling 30 of them in 30 days to raise money for his favourite charities. Hell take a quick break from his 29th to talk to us live. Really, really tough. Exhausting. But we got through it and, tomorrow, we go again and thats just. Thats the way it is. It is what it is. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Bbc Technology Correspondent rory cellanjones has been keeping a video diary of the Proton Beam Therapy hes had to treat an eye tumour. Hell be on later on to talk about it and many of you have been tweeting your support. Tim on twitter says i had that every day for 6 weeks, w
Russian officials said it would further ruin ukraine and result in the deaths of even more ukrainians. The focus is now on when the aid will arrive, with reports suggesting it could begin within days. Our first report is from our North America correspondent nomia iqbal. On this vote, the yays are 311 and the nays are 112. The bill is passed. The moment has been a long time coming. After more than six months, a bill pledging further military aid for ukraine finally passed. Translation today we have got the decision we were waiting for on the american Support Package for which we fought so hard. President zelensky, how is. . President zelensky had personally met with us lawmakers to lobby for support. Many in congress waved ukrainian plans during voting, but there was still divisions, with members of the Democratic Party backing kyiv, others in the Republican Party not so much. But this is the sell out of america today. When we have members of congress in there waving the ukrainian flag
Now as we know the Creative Industries are very strong in scotland at the moment when speaking to a known scottish artist general bottoms lets take a loop im privileged to be here with a fantastic scottish artist jetted barnes is going to talk us through some of the Amazing Paintings welcome to the alexandra general can i tell you first of all to this Amazing Painting youve done particularly the influence by the saltire paintings and also let us know who this lovely young lady well the girl is my granddaughter sophie opin children because theres less baggage when you pin a child an adult brings with the Life Experience so the child is a much more to listen to presentation the soldiers have been a more work for many many years and fight the saltire is my connection with alex that all to me was first minister he had one of my paintings the roman iron on the wall behind his desk i painted the sole tears initially because im scottish i was drawn to the flag of love the color of the shapes
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The russian government says the charges are absurd, so what exactly are they alleged to have done . Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Senior us officials have charged thirteen russians with interfering in the american president ial election in 2016. Theyre the first charges from the department ofjustice in a long running investigation, alleging meddling in favour of donald trump. The indictment accuses the russians of setting up bogus social media profiles to spread fake news about his rivals, of organising political rallies, and of trying to encourage minority groups not to vote. A Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman called the accusations absurd. Our north america editor jon sopel has the story. Theres probably not a person anywhere in the world who doesnt know who won the 2016 president ial election. But how it was won and who influenced the result is still the subject of rancorous dispute. Today, in a dramatic development, charges were brought against a number of russians for