The governments promised all students who achieved the required a level grades will be offered a place at their First Choice University. A prominent critic of the russian government is in intensive care his supporters say hes been poisoned. A man is found guilty of lacing baby food with shards of metal in a plot to blackmail the Supermarket Chain tesco. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Hashem abedi the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber has been sentenced to at least 55 years injail, for the murder of 22 people. Abedi refused to attend his two day sentencing hearing and face the families of those who died, who gave emotional statements about the impact of the attack in 2017. Number 10 have issued a statment from boris johnson, the Prime Minister, on the sentencing of hashem abedi. Mrjohnson says, the Manchester Arena attack was a horrifying and cowardly act of violence which targeted children and families. Those who were taken from us will never be forgotten, nor will the sp
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Scott thank you for being here. Republicans have up until now been complaining about the impeachment process. As these hearings and depositions have been a hind closed doors. But now with the Impeachment Vote and looking ahead for the process as it moves into the public sphere, can you talk a little bit about what the merits of your arguments look like . President trump has urged republicans to fight impeachment on the merits, not process. Can you talk about the arguments on the merits Going Forward . Rep. Johnson thats a good question. We just had a lengthy press conference after the vote on the house floor, which was bipartisan, you saw two democrats vote with the republicans not to proceed with the resolution. But we had problems with both process and the substance and we are anxious to debate both of those things and do it in the open, and that is the main thing. We want the American People to see the evidence that chairman schiff has decided to keep secret with these depositions a