hello. welcome to the programme. ajury in chicago has found actorjussie smollett guilty of staging a hate crime against himself. mr smollett, who is african american and openly gay, was accused of orchestrating a homophobic attack against him by people impersonating supporters of then president donald trump in 2019 to generate publicity after reportedly being annoyed by his treatment on the tv show he was starring in at the time. special prosecutor daniel webb spoke to media shortly after the verdict. unfortunately, that is not the rat we wanted. sometimes that is the wrap that you have to take to win, especially a case where we remain 100% confident in our client puzzling innocence. from the first day of this case, his case has been prejudged, his case has been tried in the media, and it is unfortunate, this is the united states of america, we live in a constitutional democracy where everyone is presumed innocent. 0bviously everyone is presumed innocent. obviously it would s
the impact of covid continues the number of people now waiting for routine treatment in england is now almost 6 million. and there s not much good news from down under, either, as england s dismal start in the ashes continues. and coming up on the bbc news channel. new covid measures mean football fans in england will need to be double jabbed or have a negative test to get into games with a crowd of more than 10,000. good evening and welcome to bbc news at six. the prime minister is facing yet more scrutiny today over claims of other christmas parties and now fresh questions over whether he misled an investigation into how refurbishments to his downing street flat were paid for. the conservative party has been fined nearly £18,000 for failing to keep accurate records of a donation. it comes as the investigation by the cabinet secretary into a party in downing street last december is being widened to look at two other gatherings. labour has called for the prime minister to
panel found he d bullied his fellow rider bryony frost. scotland s last coal fired power station comes crashing down, as the snp and the greens lay out plans in the budget to tackle climate change. and heading into day three of the ashes england are desperately looking for inspiration with the hosts firmly in control. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel, leicester city falter at the final hurdle and fail to qualify for the next round of the europa league, beaten by napoli. good evening. the prime minister is facing yet more scrutiny tonight, over claims about christmas parties and fresh questions over whether he misled an investigation into how refurbishments to his downing street flat were paid for. the conservative party has been fined nearly £18,000 for failing to keep accurate records of a large donation which helped cover the cost. meanwhile, more details have emerged about a christmas party at number ten last year. it s understood downing street s head
hello and welcome. i m sean ley standing in for christian fraser. the drama surrounding the british prime minister borisjohnson has added fresh scenes and new characters. after the claims about a rules breaking christmas party, there are now questions over whether he misled an investigation into refurbishments at his downing street flat. if that wasn t enough, some conservative mps are furious over his new coronavirus restrictions. and to cap it all, mrjohnson s wife carrie, hasjust given birth. our political editor laura kuenssberg has been following it all. nightmares on downing street. behind every window, a different dilemma. what s the truth about last year s christmas party in the building? who paid for thejohnsons expensive interior design upstairs? how can they control another surge in the pandemic? can they keep their own party under control? when thejohnsons moved in upstairs, they had thousands of pounds of renovations. when the lavish expenses emerged, this w
and bringing some cheer to children evacuated from the indonesian volcano but what are they laughing at? hello and welcome to bbc news to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in london where an unofficial tribunal investigating china s treatment of the uyghur minority has found evidence of crimes against humanity and genocide. the findings detail systematic human rights abuses including forced labour and torture. the chair of the tribunal, sir geoffrey nice, explained how women were sterilised without their consent, and families deliberately separated. witness statements also described rapes and assaults in detention camps. pressure is growing on beijing, after both the us and other countries announced diplomatic boycotts of the winter olympics in beijing. the us house of representatives has also approved legislation, banning imports from xinjiang. human rights groups believe china has detained more than one million uyghurs over the past few years. here