reporter: we ve learned from multiple sources that the person is ricky shiffer. we are trying to find out what kind of connection he has with right-wing extremist groups. what happened was at the cincinnati field office of the fbi. he walked in there, according to our sources, armed with an ar-15 style rifle and nail gun and tried to breach that office. an alarm was sounded. he was pursued by law enforcement not just on the federal side but local and state as well. there was a standoff for several hours in a rural area of ohio which ended when law enforcement tried to have nonlethal ways of bringing him in, tried to negotiate with him, but then he was killed in the standoff when none of that was working. like you said, we have come across a user account on donald trump s media site, truth social, bearing the same name and authorities have not confirmed it is his account but we have one source telling josh campbell there is a government i.d. matching the same picture. in at
it s six in the morning in singapore, and six in the evening in new york where donald trump s hush money trial has been hearing from the key prosecution witness, michael cohen. he was once the former president s lawyer and fixer but he spent the day on the stand outlining how he made a payment to the adult film actress, stormy daniels, to stop her talking about a relationship she claimed she had with mr trump. the defence is expected to stress mr cohen s criminal record and openly stated dislike of his ex boss. our north america editor sarah smith reports. the star witness for the prosecution is also their biggest problem. he s been to prison for telling lies to congress so why should thejury believe him now? do you plan on telling the truth? rude and loud mouthed, he s already been called a bully and a jerk in this trial. and he frequently attacks donald trump online. even thejudge has asked him to stop it. trumpism is fascism, and we must eradicate it from our body politic.
uk/actionline. this is bbc news, the headlines. a crucial day in donald trump s hush money trial in new york. his former lawyer michael cohen admits he lied to getjobs done for his former boss and intimidated reporters on the former president s behalf. the uk government says it will appeal against a ruling by a belfast court that parts of the rwanda policy should not apply in northern ireland. the bbc sees new evidence that the british government was warned by its embassy in washington as long ago as the 1980s about the risks from contaminated american blood products. turning now to a potential setback in the uk government s plan, to detain and remove asylum seekers to rwanda. ajudge sitting in the high court in belfast has ruled it should not apply to northern ireland. mrjustice humphreys ruled in favour of a challenge to the act saying that the law breaches human rights protections guaranteed under post brexit arrangements. rishi sunak has said the decision will not change
hello there. an inquiry looking at why some women have traumatic experiences in childbirth has called for a major overhaul of maternity and postnatal care in the uk. the report, led by a group of mps, refers to harrowing evidence given by more than a thousand women who shared their experiences. it recommends more recruitment and training to ensure a safe level of staffing. respecting the choices of women around giving birth, and accessing pain relief, and there needs to be universal access to specialist maternal mental health services. a warning, michael buchanan s report contains detailed descriptions of birth complications from the very beginning. i m bleeding, getting weaker, and theyjust i m bleeding, getting weaker, and they just left i m bleeding, getting weaker, and theyjust left me there for several hours until someone else came in to clean the room and said, you are still in here! for decades, women didn t speak about birth injuries. i for decades, women didn t speak