With over 800 hours of training. Not being distracted by the comments of a 17 year old or being filmed by some civilians. There is a policy around filming and they know that they can be film, they know that, this is not something new. This is not something earth shattering or even particularly noteworthy. Sergeant staggered your recall him, he s patrol and lapd, he said people used the rocks and bottles. They have phones, they are expressing concern, they are not doing anything. This is notjustification for an assault, for murder. sergeant stagger. The defence suggested in their cross examination that reasonable minds can disagree or that some of the witnesses don t line up exactly where the force began or what exactly should be done but don t get caught up in that, don t miss the forest for the trees. Consider a testimony as a whole. Officer after officer after officer got on that stand, raise their hand, and told you the chief of police, right, that this conduct, the nine minutes
this is bbc world news. it s newsday. good morning. it s 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in the evening in the venezuelan capital, caracas. that s where two opposition leaders have been dragged from their homes by security forces and taken to a military prison after being accused by president maduro‘s government of inciting violence. the un secretary general says the escalating crisis in the country is making a peaceful solution difficult. katy watson is in caracas. antonio ledesma screams for help as he is taken away in his pyjamas by the venezuelan intelligence service. there s panic while someone else yells that venezuela is now a dictatorship. he wasn t the only one to be taken away, officers also seized leopoldo lopez, an opposition leader released from prison a few weeks ago but placed under house arrest. tensions are running high in venezuela after the election of a new assembly that will effectively rewrite the and. there have been violent protests in r
donald trump promised to be a disruptive president. right now the thing he s disrupting the most is his own white house team. he now has a new chief of staff and a new director of communications, but what he seems unable to shift is the sense of a presidency in crisis, at odds with republicans in congress and still dogged by federal investigations of russia s alleged meddling in last year s election. my guest is sebastien gorka, a deputy assistant to the president on national security. where does the trump presidency go from here? sebastian gorka in washington, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, stephen. i want to begin with something you just said five days ago, you said, the atmosphere here in the white house is absolutely wonderful. we ve got a new broom sweeping through the communications shop in anthony scaramucci and we are humming along on all cylinders. plenty has happened since then. what s the atmosphere in the white house like today? fabulous. i literally just left
it s 8am in singapore, 1am in london and eight in the evening in venezuela, where political tensions are escalating. two prominent opposition leaders were dragged from their homes overnight and taken to a military prison, accused by the government of inciting violence. the un secretary general is now warning that a peaceful solution could now be more difficult. katy watson reports from caracas. antonio ledezma screams for help as he is taken away in his pyjamas by the venezuelan intelligence service. there s panic while someone else yells that venezuela is now a dictatorship. he wasn t the only one to be taken away, officers also seized leopoldo lopez, an opposition leader released from prison a few weeks ago but placed under house arrest. tensions are running high in venezuela after the election of a new assembly that will effectively rewrite the constitution. there have been violent protests in recent months and on monday former mayor mr ledezma released a video on social m
british gas is to increase electricity prices by 12.5% from september. the move which will affect more than three customers has led to calls for a cap on energy costs. now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. apple reports sweet earnings due to better than expect that sales of iphones and ipods. and it splits in two to form a new currency bitcoin. we start with apple, which has reported a juicy set of earnings. its shares are rising to record highs. it is best known for its iphones and computers, and they have reported a 7% rise in revenue to just over m5 have reported a 7% rise in revenue tojust over m5 billion. have reported a 7% rise in revenue to just over m5 billion. profits from apple watch, apple tv and other productsjumped from apple watch, apple tv and other products jumped more than 20% compared to last year. but revenue from china fell for the fifth straight quarter. we go to our north america technology reporter. he talked us thro