drop in its membership. ireland have just kicked ireland havejust kicked off ireland have just kicked off against england on the final weekend of the rugby union s six nations. the former us president donald trump has claimed he expects to be arrested on tuesday. over a long running alleged hush money case. he made the announcement on his online platform, truth social, calling for protest, and for his supporters to take our nation back . mrtrump is mr trump is accused of paying hush money to an alleged mistress and called on his supporters if he is detained. i called on his supporters if he is detained. ~ , , detained. i think it is very important detained. i think it is very important to detained. i think it is very important to put - detained. i think it is very important to put this - detained. i think it is very important to put this into | detained. i think it is very - important to put this into context. what donald trump seems to be railing against in this tweet o
drop in its membership. the former us president donald trump has claimed he expects to be arrested on tuesday. he made the announcement on his online platform, truth social, claiming to have seen leaks from the manhattan district attorney s office, which is yet to comment. mr trump is accused of paying hush money to his alleged mistress and called on his supporters to protest if he is detained. i think it is very important to put this into context. what donald trump seems to be railing against in this tweet on his truth social social media platform is illegal leaks, as he calls them, by the manhattan district attorney s office, the department looking into allegations of hush money payments made on donald trump s behalf to two women. mr trump is not, his lawyers have since clarified, saying he has been notified he will be charged this on any other time with any offence. they are taking issue with the fact that there have been reports to the effect in the media here in the unit
the scottish national party s chief executive has resigned with immediate effect after they were forced to reveal a dramatic drop in membership this week. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. it s crunch time in dublin as ireland go for the grand slam against england we ll have the latest. earlier france kept alive their hopes of snatching the title, with a win over wales in paris. and reunion at the etihad but will burnley s vincent kompany come away all smiles against his former boss in the fa cup quarterfinals? a blow for f1 champion max verstappen he won t be on pole, for this weekend s saudi grand prix. we ll tell you why. and a big fight at the 02 can we expect fireworks in the ufc, in the rematch between leon edwards and kamara usman? hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. plenty to come, but we start with the six nations and ireland are within touching distance of a first six nations title since 2018. they re on course to
the former us president, donald trump, has claimed he expects to be arrested on tuesday. he claimed to have seen leads from the manhattan district attorney s office, which has yet to comment. mr trump is accused of paying hush money to his alleged mistress and called on his supporters to protest if he is detained. i think context is needed in great measure here. there is quite a lot to this. donald trump is saying that leet messages to the media indicate that the manhattan district attorney is likely to lay charges against him this coming tuesday, and he has called on his supporters to protest. in the last few days, there have indeed been suggestions in the media that charges could be imminent. that is a reference, presumably, that donald trump me to the leaks. but the grand jury donald trump me to the leaks. but the grandjury in donald trump me to the leaks. but the grand jury in manhattan which has been considering these charges against donald trump in connection with alleg
and academic roxane gay, has most definitely cut through with her books, which include unflinching testimony on the impact of being raped, on fatness and the meaning of feminism. how scary is this level of self exposure? roxane gay, welcome to hardtalk. stephen, thank you for having me. well, it s a great pleasure to have you here. you ve written with extraordinary candour about your own life. i have. and it strikes me that writing about it presumably a solitary occupation is one thing, but then speaking about it in public is quite another. it is, it is. over the years, has the speaking about it become easier? it has. i m actually afraid of public speaking, and that s why i m a writer. and i never anticipated in my career that i would be speaking about anything in public. but the more you do something, the more habituated you get, and it does get easier. and, you know, i tend to speak in front of very receptive crowds and so that also makes it a lot easier. and i stand by