live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the us where one of the most highly anticipated defamation trials began and ended just as quickly. with the jury already selected media giant fox news settled with dominion voting systems, for $787 million. the issue at heart of the case was whether fox news was liable for airing the false claims that dominion s ballot counting machines were used to manipulate the 2020 election in favor ofjoe biden over then president donald trump. one of dominion s lawyers, justin nelson and ceo james poulos spoke after the settlement. the truth matters. lies have consequences. over two years ago, a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america into an alternative universe of conspiracy theories, causing grievous harm to dominion in the country. grievous harm to dominion in the country- the country. admitted to tellinu the country. admitted to telli
we always want to win games, and of course it would really help us to put us in a better position when we win the game. also coming up on sportsday. how climate change might impact rugby union for gloucester s him for more than a century and a quarter at most risk. hello again. a list of problems facing this year s french open hasjust got longer. novak djokovic has withdrawn from the touranment with a knee injury, ending his own defence of the title at roland garros. the world number one had been involved in the latest finish in french open history. before returning yesterday to deal not only with another marathon match, but also a slippery court, which djokovic then claimed had contributed to the injury which has now forced him to pull out. ifa if a player is feeling a certain way and, you know, what else if a player is feeling a certain way and, you know, what else do if a player is feeling a certain way and, you know, what else do we if a player is feeling a certain way an
since i ve been gone? what has been going on. and. he s back. barack 0bama has returned to the public eye with a speech in his hometown of chicago. i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in paris. if you ever wanted an election about change, try france this weekend. french voters have just upended decades of political tradition, ousting the main parties and promoting two outliers. in almost equal numbers they voted for a young, centrist man who doesn t even have a party and an older, far right woman who captured a desire for nationalist revival. the two candidates will debate on wednesday and face each other in a second round vote on may the 7th. the meteoric rise of emmanuel macron has been remarkable he resigned from the socialist party a year ago and no one thought he d do this well. equally showstopping is marine le pen, who s transformed the front national and made it a force in this race. the bbc‘s lucy willamson has this report. two years ago, he was a
Yes, we ve got nothing to lose. we come into the game knowing that we are the underdog, but why can t we go and take them on headfirst and create history? in the early hours of this morning, afghanistan were comfortable winners in their first match at the tournament, with their opponents uganda falling way short of the target of 184 to win bowled out forjust 58. so that s a 125 run victory for afghanistan. the netherlands also take on nepal this afternoon. amateur athletes for gb s outrigger teams are currently training nine times a week as they prepare for the world championships in hawaii this august. described as the oldest water sport in the world, it s a form of canoeing, which started with people travelling between polynesian islands like hawaii. it s now a global sport with professional squads.but the british team are self funded. our reporterjames dunn went to meet some of them, as they trained in sussex.