hello, and welcome to bbc news. prince andrew is demanding a trial byjury. he formally denied all the allegations against him as he gave a court in new york his official response to allegations of sexual assault. virginia giuffre accuses the duke of york of forcing her to have sex more than two decades ago at the london home of the convicted sex trafficker ghislaine maxwell. the 11 page document sets out the duke s detailed response, strongly denying that he abused ms giuffre when she was 17. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more details. across 11 pages, andrew s lawyers have set out his defence a denial of the central allegation of sexual abuse made by virginia giuffre and an assertion in respect of others that andrew lacks sufficient information to either admit or deny what s been claimed. he says, for example, in relation to the widely publicised picture of the two of them, that he doesn t have enough information to admit or deny that there exists photograp
and tapping tiktok for talent. the man behind the spice girls forms a new band after holding auditions on the app. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it s been six months since the taliban swept to power across afghanistan after decades of war. the economy is close to collapse, millions face starvation, and the former allies of osama bin laden now face a new terror threat of their own large scale attacks by islamic state in the khorasan, or is k. this report is from yalda hakim, who has travelled to sangin in helmand province, a small village 600 kilometres south of the capital kabul. it was one of the deadliest places for british and american forces and their afghan allies. the road to sangin in helmand province was once littered with roadside bombs. now there is relative calm. our taliban escort says that this highway was hell for american marines and british troops. abdul karim laid mines. he is responsible for the killing of hundreds of coali
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the metropolitan police have launched their own investigation into the parties that took place inside downing street, to see if they broke covid rules. they ve done so after receiving information from the internal inquiry, led by the senior civil servant sue gray. her report, seen as critical in deciding prime minister boris johnson s future, could be released as early as wednesday. our political editor laura kuenssberg has more. the law applies in every town, every city, every road, and every house, and in the sw1 postcode of number 10. and the police have concluded they ve seen enough about what happened behind closed doors when the law was lockdown that it merits a full and proper look. i can confirm that the met is now investigating a number of events that took place at downing street and whitehall in the last two years. so, for only the second time in a century. can you survive the police investigation, bor
the metropolitan police have launched their own investigation into the parties that took place inside downing street, to see if they broke covid rules. they ve done so after receiving information from the internal inquiry, led by the senior civil servant sue gray. her report seen as critical in deciding prime minister boris johnson s future could be released as early as wednesday. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, has more. the law applies in every town, every city, every road, and every house, and in the sm postcode of number 10. and the police have concluded they ve seen enough about what happened behind closed doors when the law was lockdown that it merits a full and proper look. i can confirm that the met is now investigating a number of events that took place at downing street and whitehall in the last two years. so, for only the second time in a century. can you survive the police investigation, borisjohnson? ..a serving prime minister will be investigated f