hello and welcome to bbc news. the vatican says pope francis has spent a good night in hospital after being admitted with a respiratory infection. a spokesman said he had been experiencing breathing difficulties, but they also confirmed he was not suffering from covid. the bbc s davide ghiglione is outside the hospital in rome. a spokesperson informed journalists that he spent a peaceful night at the hospital. so his condition remains stable at the moment. the vatican is trying to reassure journalists, people and catholics all over the world. according to italian news agency ansa, the pope should be discharged within the next couple of days. and he should be able to celebrate next sunday s mass. everybody knows at the vatican that the pope has been particularly weak over the last couple of months. we do know already that he was forced to use a wheelchair. so it could be quite tiring for him even if he is able to attend all the ceremonies and easter celebrations. we can get mo
donald trump back in court for new york civil fraud trial. plus, his latest delay tactics in the federal election interference case. and the new charges filed against hunter biden. then, a potential government shutdown looming, the house republicans move to formalize their impeachment inquiry into joe biden. and a judge granted in emergency abortion for a texas woman. the medical realities and consequences for women after roe as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle live from cnn msnbc headquarters here in new york city. and tonight, the justice department has filed new charges against hunter biden, the son of president joe biden. he s facing nine tax related charges, including three felony counts that were brought by special counsel david weiss. the allegations include failure to file and filing a false return. if convicted, he could face a maximum of 17 years in prison. the white house has declined to comment. his
you were pretty insistent, actually. this year s oscar nominations are announced with many brits, including carey mulligan, up for the top acting prizes. the grammy goes to beyonce. and beyonce makes grammys history breaking the record for the most awards ever won by a woman, and there s british success for harry styles and dua lipa. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister has said the country is united in shock and grief at the killing of sarah everard. borisjohnson said her death had unleashed a wave of feeling about the safety of women in britain, and insisted the government would work to ensure that women had confidence in the justice system. following strong criticism of the police s handling of saturday s vigil in london, mrjohnson said he continued to back the metropolitan police chief, cressida dick, and said there would be an investigation into what happened. here s our correspondent, richard galpin. the kidnap and murder of sarah everard has tri
elton john, days. that isn t the case today. no eltonjohn, no prince harry so far, but proceedings have been going on for 25 minutes on court 76 in the building behind me. this is not yet a trial. this is an argument, a legal argument, a trial. this is an argument, a legalargument, between a trial. this is an argument, a legal argument, between lawyers representing the people who publish the daily mail and the claimants, including prince harry, doreen lawrence and five other people, about whether there is evidence about whether there is evidence about whether there is evidence about whether also the law allows for there to be a subsequent trial. this is legal argument that has been going on forfour days now in this is legal argument that has been going on for four days now in front of thejudge, mrjustice nick lane. at the very heart of this is allegations by that core group of seven people, based on evidence they say has only relatively recently come to light, allegations they say abou