Hello and welcome to bbc news. Jeffrey epstein died from suicide by hanging thats the reported conclusion of the autopsy into the death of the disgraced american financier. He was found dead in his cell last saturday while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Investigations have been taking place into why epstein was taken off suicide watch a few days before his death. I asked our north america correspondent peter bowes whether the findings of the autopsy settle the questions about how he died once and for all. Well, theres been a considerable amount of speculation over the last week including many conspiracy theories about the way he died. There was a newspaper report here a few days ago that suggested he may well have had injuries typical of someone who had been strangled, although those injuries in fact could have also been found from someone older who had taken their own life through hanging. Well we now know officially that that is the cause of death, suicide through hanging
Greenland tells President Trump he cant buy the worlds biggest island. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Jeffrey epstein died from suicide by hanging, thats the reported conclusion of the autopsy into the death of the disgraced american financier. He was found dead in his cell last saturday while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. Investigations have been taking place into why epstein was taken off suicide watch a few days before his death. I asked our north america correspondent peter bowes whether the findings of the autopsy settle the questions about how he died once and for all. There had been a considerable amount of speculation over the past week about what happened. He was found dead in his prison cell Early Saturday Morning and there had been some speculation, in fact, there was a newspaper report here a few days ago that suggested he may well have some injuries to his neck that was typical of someone who had died through strangling. Well, we know that now not to be the ca
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Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill president obama vowed today to nominate someone indisputably qualified to replace the Late Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. Senate republicans are insisting he forego a nomination fight in this election year. But after a Southeast Asian summit in california, mr. Obama said he means to do his job, and senators should do theirs. There are a lot of republican senators who are gonna be under a lot of pressure from various special interests and various constituencies and many of their voters to not let any nominee go through no matter who in nominate. But thats not how the systems supposed to work. Thats not how our democracys suppose
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by bnsf railway. Lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your financial future. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill president obama vowed today to nominate someone indisputably qualified to replace the Late Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. Senate republicans are insisting he forego a nomination fight in this election year. But after a Southeast Asian summit in california, mr. Obama said he means to do his job, and senators should do theirs. There are a lot of republican senators who are gonna be under a lot of pressure from various special interests and various constituencies and many of their voters to not let any nominee go through no matter who in nominate. But thats not how the systems supposed to work. Thats not how our democracys suppose