To china. Good to have you with us. Manhattans top prosecutor has convened a Grand Jury to decide whether to indict former u. S. President Donald Trump. That is according to the Washington Post. Those indictments might happen if the Da Presents Criminal Charges in its investigation into the Trump Organization. The expresident on tuesday again repeated claims that he is the victim of a witchhunt. Cnns Cara Scannell has the details now from new york. Reporter the Washington Post reporting that the Manhattan District Attorneys Office has convened a special Grand Jury to hear evidence in its longrunning investigation of Donald Trump and the Trump Organization. The image of the Grand Jury marks a significant turn and suggests prosecutors believe they have some evidence of a crime. According to the post, the Grand Jury will Sit Three days a week for six months, it will also hear other cases and is not exclusively focused on the trump investigation, but the sitting of a special Grand Jury is
it s wednesday, may 26, 5:00 a.m. here in new york. we begin this morning with the most significant news to date in the criminal investigation into the former president donald trump. the washington post reports manhattan s district attorney has convened a grand jury that s expected to decide whether to indict trump or other executives at his company or the trump organization itself. the key for prosecutors now, gaining cooperation from allen weisselberg the long-time chief financial officer of trump s company. last week his former daughter-in-law who has turned over documents to investigators offered her prediction. as far as i m concerned there has been nothing legal going on in the past 21 years. allen weisselberg, will he flip on trump? yes. so if weisselberg flips that would be major, of course, and devastating for trump. so what is he saying this morning? cnn s kara scannell reports. reporter: the washington post reporting that the manhattan district attorn
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are susie Boniface Columnist at the daily Mirror And Martin benham, home Affairs Editor at the evening standard. It to have you both here with us from the very start. The Daily Mail says princess Dianas Brother Lord Spencer is demanding Scotland Yard investigate the bbc over her panorama interview. According to the daily telegraph, the bbc is facing a major Shake Up to ensure the Martin Bashir Scandal can never be repeated. While the guardian has the former chair of the Bbc Trust Warning against what he calls the Feeding Frenzy engulfing the corporation as ministers say they will look at how its governed, in the wake of damning findings about its 1995 interview. The times focuses on Prince Harry telling how he used drink and drugs to mask the pain he felt over his mother s death as he accused the Royal Family of total neglect. The sun also picks up on Prince Harrys interview with Oprah Winf
Japan faces criticisms for plans to release into the sea contaminated water from the fukushima power plant. Hello to you. Johnson johnson has delayed the rollout of its Covid Vaccine in europe. Regulators in the United States had already called for a pause because of safety concerns. Expedia who have had the vaccine in the us have developed rare and severe blood clots. It has so far been given to almost 7 million americans. 0ur medical editor, fergus walsh has the story. An abundance of caution was cited by Us Health Officials as the reason why they paused the use of the single Shotjohnson Johnson covid jab. The vaccine, which in europe is branded as janssen, was approved in the us in late february. Since then, there have been six incidents of very rare clots in the brain, out of 6. 8 million doses. So, less than one case per Million People immunised. All were women under 50, one of them died and one is critically ill. I think this is an unusual occurrence of a serious adverse event th
A country in chaos indias Official Covid Death Toll passes 200,000 but the real number is almost certainly much higher. 0ne dose of the Oxford Astrazeneca or Pfizer Vaccine halves the likelihood of a person who gets coronavirus passing it on. The bafta Tv Nominations have been announced. Sir Steve Mcqueens Bbc Drama Small Axe leads the way with 15 nominations. And coming up how Self Driving Vehicles could be allowed on uk roads by the end of this year. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. A formal investigation has been launched into the funding of borisjohnsons Downing Street Flat Refurbishments by the Electoral Commission. The watchdog announced it was satisfied that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence or offences may have occurred. Mrjohnson came under sustained pressure from the Labour Leader during Prime Ministers questions about whether hed initially borrowed the money. The Prime Minister said again he had covered costs but has asked the new advisor on Min