ahead on cnn newsroom, the list of donald trump s co-defendants who say they re innocent keeps growing. where a trial stands and what we re expecting next. plus, millions of americans are getting ready to hit the road this holiday weekend as summer comes to an official end. flying or driving, a look at why travelers will want to head out early. and the pope making what might seem like an unusual trip. we ll look at how it might be more about one country s neighbors. announcer: live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. the sprawling racketeering case in georgia that s been brought against donald trump and 18 others could be upended at any time by a federal judge. at issue is whether one defendant, former trump chief of staff mark meadows should have his case moved to federal court. if that happens it could have a snowball effect on the others, including trump. meanwhile coconspirators rudy giuliani and six others are the latest to enter their plea
katherines primary academy in essex won t open next week, parents are asking why the warning was so last minute. it is a bit frustrating because it just seemed to be last second that they decided to say the building is not safe. this school in south london has been partially closed. i have two children, one of my children is in key stage two so her building is this one here which will be closed, and she will be relocated to another site about 20 minutes that way. my son is in year two so he will stay in the building that is still safe and usable. i will have a double drop off and pick up. the government says it is acting now because the guidance changed after a raac beam collapsed in a school last week. the beam had previously been thought safe. raac was used in public buildings from the 19505 to the mid 1990s because it was quicker to manufacture than traditional reinforced concrete and easier to install. as you can see, it is fairly lightweight and you can . probably see th
in 2012, ray bassil became the first arab woman to compete in trapshooting at the olympics. since then, she s taken part in two more olympic games and has won three world championships. and sarah eljizi is a basketball player who leads a series of sports programmes for right to play, an ngo promoting skills development and social cohesion among children living in refugee camps. welcome to you both. thank you. ray, why don t you start us off by explaining what tra pshooting is? trapshooting actually, it s an olympic sport, and it s defined by shooting clay targets. it s basically it s an outdoor shooting range where we have 15 machines. every machine sends a target, which is a random target with different angles, different degrees, whereby we have to call the target and we have to shoot it. so it s a very common sport, and especially in lebanon, because we know in lebanon most of the people are hunters. so this sport, actually, i took it from my dad, my dad, he was also a leba
the sister of billionaire arms dealer adnan khashoggi and built a business empire. he bought the ritz hotel in paris and defeated the lonrho group in the battle to buy harrods. lonrho s chief executive tiny rowland demanded an inquiry, which found mohamed al fayed had exaggerated his wealth and background. successive governments refused him british citizenship. do you think this is fair from the home secretary to behave the way with someone like me who have given employment to thousands of people, having four british kids? just it shows what type of people, you know, infiltrate in the political life and give us such a deal. revenge was swift. two conservative ministers, neil hamilton and tim smith, left the government, accused of taking cash to ask questions in the commons. another, jonathan aiken, resigned after mohamed al fayed revealed that he d stayed free of charge at the ritz in paris at the same time as saudi arms dealers. he went on to buy fulham football club and cou
go back to your desk and let her sign on and do the job that the taxpayer pays you for. this is a bloody disgrace. in this episode of this cultural life, the radio 4 podcast, he reveals his formative influences and experiences, and how at the age of 86, he s still as fired up as ever. there s an anger. is there? i think that s what drives you. well, you can t see it happen. you can t see it happen and be indifferent, you know, you can t. if there s something that puts fuel in the tank, it s seeing hope destroyed, you know? camera crew s ready. i think in my acting days, i did a tiny bit of bbc radio. oh, you did? it might have been in this very studio some 60 odd years ago. really, here? fantastic. well, we ve got to dig those performances from the vault. i can t think what it was. it was something. ken loach, welcome to this cultural life. it s a great pleasure to come. and good to see you. you, too. you were born in 1936. you grew up in the midlands. tell me about your fami