and tennis star novak djokovic is heading to the australian open after being granted a medical exemption from requiring a covid vaccine. prince andrew s lawyers have been trying to convince an american judge to dismiss the civil sexual assault case against him. they say his accuser, virginia giuffre, can t sue because of damages she accepted in 2009 from the paedophile, jeffrey epstein, in return for dropping her claims against him and any other potential defendant . prince andrew has consistently denied her allegations. 0ur royal correspondent, jonny dymond, has the latest. she says she was sexually assaulted by prince andrew three times. he denies every allegation and says he can t remember meeting her. today his lawyers argued the whole case should be dismissed. the civil case rests partly on this meeting in london, a night when virginia guiffre, here are aged 17, says she was forced to have sex with prince andrew. it is something the prince has consistently denied. you c
after a deadline to reinstate the country s ousted president expired. west african regional body ecowas had given the country s junta a week to reverse its coup, which has seen mohamed bazoum placed under house arrest. the bloc threatened military intervention if the demands weren t met by sunday. but the deadline has now passed, so far, without action. but a short time ago, niger s junta warned the threat is still there. translation: the planning of this war has been carried out. | free deployment of forces to take part in this war has begun in two central african countries. niger s armed forces and all our defence and and security forces, backed by the unfailing support our people, are ready to defend the integrity of our territory and the honour of our homeland. well, france has suspended all development aid to niger s neighbour, burkina faso, after its military government said it would see any intervention against the coup leaders a declaration of war. thousands of peo
cities and infrastructure. the supreme court considers whether the scottish government in holyrood can call an independence referendum without the agreement of westminster. and the prince and princess of wales at radio 1 s newsbeat recording a special episode on mental health. as we said at the start of this special newsbeat, this is all about having a meaningful conversation on mental health, but it shouldn t stop here. absolutely, because talking about mental health is so important. coming up on the bbc news channel, jofra archer is given an england central contract despite not playing international cricket for the last 18 months, so they re hoping the fast bowler will be back in the next year. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the bank of england has made a fresh move to try to calm investors, saying it will buy more government bonds after warning of a material risk on the markets to financial stability. uk bonds are also known as gilts, and they allow t
Number one, he agrees that john eastman, who gave legal advice to president trump, was an esteemed legal scholar. number two, he agrees that there were election irregularities, fraud, unlawful actions at the state level. all of that will eviscerate any allegation of criminal intent on the part of president trump. meanwhile, legalarguments are already playing out publicly in the former president s election fraud case. donald trump says he ll be asking the judge to step aside, claiming he won t get a fair trial unless she does. well, mr trump attacked judge tanya chutkan on his social media platform, also saying he ll be asking to move the trial out of washington, dc. 0ur correspondent sean dilley joined me earlier to help break this all down. sean, thanks so much for being with us. now, donald trump says that he doesn t believe that the judge in this trial, with regards to january sixth, will give him a fair trial. is there any evidence to support that?
Let s get the latest with our scotland correspondent alexandra mackenzie, who s outside the court in london. what has been said this morning? legal arguments. what has been said this morning? legalarguments. t’m what has been said this morning? legal arguments. . . what has been said this morning? legal arguments. i m so sorry, we are clearly legal arguments. i m so sorry, we are clearly having legal arguments. i m so sorry, we are clearly having a legal arguments. i m so sorry, we are clearly having a little legal arguments. i m so sorry, we are clearly having a little trouble - are clearly having a little trouble with that line, we will move on. there are calls for the government to expand the eligibility of free school meals to include all children in england from households receiving universal credit. the campaign, called feed the future, has the backing of famous chefs including tom kerridge and jamie oliver. ministers say the measure is not the best way to figure out wh