live ammunition was mixed up with dummy rounds that had become, allege that had come, allegedly, from the ammunition supplier to the rust set. the defence were very unhappy about this, asking the prosecution why this hadn t been disclosed earlier, believing that it could undermine many things about the case against alec baldwin. so the judge case against alec baldwin. so thejudge had to decide case against alec baldwin. so the judge had to decide what to do. there were a number of hours of legal arguments in this. thejudge had to bring back witnesses to ask them questions and at the end of a number of tense hours waiting this afternoon, the judge decided to throw out this trial. she dismissed the case, and it was a real moment of emotion in court because alec baldwin was listening intently to all of this and at the moment that thejudge to all of this and at the moment that the judge said the case of being thrown out and dismissed, he burst into tears. he turned and hugged
all the details for you as we had through the morning. it s saturday 13th july. thousands of england fans are descending on berlin ahead of tomorrow night s euros final against spain. here, pubs and supermarkets are preparing for what could be their busiest weekend of the year, with venues in england and wales allowed to stay open until one o clock in the morning, under special licensing rules. let s get the latest from john in berlin now. john, good morning to you. so, as you said, 60 years waiting for men to triumph at the football for england. what do we think? well, undoubtedly england. what do we think? well, undoubtedly it s england. what do we think? well, undoubtedly it s going england. what do we think? well, undoubtedly it s going to - england. what do we think? ji undoubtedly it s going to be a huge couple of days ahead, notjust for the players, but for the fans as well, who have followed their team across germany. six matches played so far, nowjust one sta
football s world governing body, fifa, investigates last night s events in hungary, where england players were racially abused during their 4 0 win. and at 5:45pm: as hollywood looks east in marvel s new asian action blockbuster, does shang chi live up to the hype? we ll get anna smith s take in the film review. good evening, welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, says he s had constructive discussions with his counterpart in pakistan about securing safe passage from afghanistan for people entitled to settle in the uk. with kabul s airport still closed, pakistan is crucial in the mission to help people flee afghanistan because the two nations share a land border. there are already about three million afghan refugees in pakistan. mr raab told a news conference in islamabad that britain was sending £30 million of aid to help afghanistan s neighbours cope with those fleeing the country. he also said uk experts were heading to the region to co ordinate efforts
having to do it again and again, itjust gets. and again, itjust gets harder, to be fair. and a remarkable comeback for the best us gymnast of all time. simone biles takes bronze, despite her struggle with mental health. we ll have all the day s news from tokyo, with just five days of competition left. also today. in scotland, the first minister confirms that almost all remaining covid restrictions willl end from next monday. the olympic sprinter from belarus tells the bbc why she s scared to return home, and the fears for her family s safety. and we talk to britain s youngest ever summer olympian, on the eve of her quest for gold. and coming up on the bbc news channel, a stunning silver for keely hogkinson. the 800 metre runner breaks a long standing british record in team gb s first medal on the track. good evening. we start with yet another outstanding day for team gb, at the olympic games injapan. sailing brought in two gold medals and a silver, the cyclists settled for si
tonight at ten. we talk to the sprinter from belarus who refuses to return home from the olympic games. krystina timanovskaya tells the bbc that she asked poland for protection because of serious concerns for her safety. translation: i can t go back to belarus now, of course. it is definitely not safe for me. i have no idea when i can go back. it may be five, or ten years. during the day, the belarus opposition leader held talks in downing street, urging the uk to put pressure on the ruling regime. we are fighting for rule of law in our country, for democratic changes and mrjohnson gave me to understand that they will be with us. we ll be live in belarus to ask how the widely criticised president lukashenko is likely to respond. also tonight. a tanker has been hijacked by armed men in the gulf of oman and ordered to sail to iran. men in the gulf of oman the number of drug related deaths in england and wales is at the highest level since records began. at the olympics, a sensa