welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in the united states, thejury in the double murder trial of alex murdaugh has found him guilty of murdering his wife and son. prosecutors had said the lawyer, from a well known and wealthy family, carried out the killings in an effort to distract from the fact he had been stealing from the family firm. here s the moment the verdicts were read out in court. guilty verdict. signed by the forelady, 3 2 23. we willjust renew our previously argued motions for the directed verdict and at this on the grounds on those grounds, we would make a motion for a mistrial and to set aside the verdict. by the state, response. your honour, based on our previous arguments, we would submit that the case properly went to the jury and the verdict was proper and we ll rely on those arguments. the court found at the end i of the state s case that there was sufficient evidence to find the defendant guilty, - if the evidence was. belie
that the suicide attack that killed 22 people might have been avoided. now on bbc news, talking movies: berlin film festival special. hello from berlin! i m tom brook, and welcome to talking movies. in today s program, highlights from the berlin international film festival. over 11 days, some 280 films are shown with big names from the world of cinema gathering here in the german capital. we sat down with sean penn, whose documentary superpower on president zelensky was one of the festival s big attractions. british acting royalty was in town with dame helen mirren portraying israeli prime minister golda meir. cate blanchett, oscar nominated for her performance in tar, walked the red carpet, as did steven spielberg, at the festival for a lifetime achievement award. and we look at queer cinema in berlin, which was making quite an impact. berlin has a long history of embracing political cinema in fact, it is an avowedly political film festival and this year, because the fir
a prominent lawyer in the us state of south carolina has been found guilty of killing his wife and son. prosecutors said alex murdaugh wanted to distract attention from his theft of millions of dollars from clients, which he used to fund an expensive drug habit. garry o donoghue reports. a courthouse in south carolina, but a dramatic trial that has gripped the nation s imagination. gripped the nation s imauination. ~ , . imagination. minimum sentence for murder. imagination. minimum sentence for murder. .. after imagination. minimum sentence for murder. after nearly - imagination. minimum sentence for murder. after nearly six i for murder. after nearly six weeks of for murder. after nearly six weeks of evidence for murder. after nearly six weeks of evidence but - for murder. after nearly six weeks of evidence but less i for murder. after nearly six i weeks of evidence but less than three hours of deliberation, the jury returned its verdict on both murder charges. docke
a small town courthouse in south carolina, but a dramatic trial that has gripped the nation s imagination. minimum sentence for murder. after nearly six weeks of evidence, but less than three hours of deliberation, thejury returned its verdict on both murder charges. docket number 2022 gs 15, verdict guilty, signed by the foreperson of thejury. outside the court, the prosecutor said justice had been done. if you do wrong, if you break the law, if you murder, then justice will be done in south carolina. the murdaugh family dominated the legal world in this picturesque part of south carolina. for decades, the family held key prosecutor roles in several counties, and their private law firm seen almost as powerful as law enforcement itself. it was at this 1,700 acre property that the bodies of maggie and paul murdaugh were found brutally murdered almost two years ago, the culmination of a series of events that had seen three other separate suspicious deaths connected to the fam
ken mccallum s expression of deep regret came after an official report found that the suicide attack that killed 22 people might have been avoided. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. nicaragua s veteran autocratic leader daniel ortega has been locking up political dissidents for years now. he has a new tactic mass deportation and withdrawal of citizenship from those who dare to criticise him and his family. my guest today is felix maradiaga, who was recently taken from his nicaraguan prison cell and flown to america. the good news is he s been reunited with his family after years apart. the bad news is ortega is trying to eliminate all opposition. so has resistance become impossible in nicaragua? felix maradiaga in miami, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, steven. it s a pleasure to be back here. well, it is great to have you back on hardtalk, not least because you have just emerged from more than 600 days in a nicaraguan prison. was it a sur