the boss of one of britain s biggest banks has apologised to the former uk independence party leader nigel farage after a row over why his coutts bank account was closed. alison rose, the chief executive at natwest, says comments made about him were deeply inappropriate. mr farage said his account had been closed because his political views didn t align with the bank s values. tonight ms rose has repeated her offer of alternative banking arrangements for him at natwest which owns coutts. the governement has announced that banks will now face tougher rules over closing customer s accounts in a move designed to protect freedom of expression. here s our analysis editor ros atkins to explain. this is a story about banking and political beliefs, and it starts here. i had a phone call a couple of months ago to say, we are closing your account. i asked why and no reason was given. mr farage suggested it was politically motivated. that was late june. by earlyjuly, there was a twist
now tonight author 60 breaking news. it s now in the judge s hands. lawyers for the former president just file their answer to special counsel jack smith s call for a gag order in the class by documents, case also tonight, what we re learning about how trump and biden teams are preparing for the cnn presidential debate. let s in two weeks from tonight. and later, new details so on the princess of wales is first public appearance since revealing her cancer diagnosis it s gonna be tomorrow. and what it could say about the state of her treatment. good evening. thanks for joining as we begin tonight with a breaking news on a gag order that jack smith says is designed to prevent the former president from making statements that quote, poses significant imminent and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents participating the investigation and prosecution of this case now, statements such as the former president s false claim that he narrowly escaped death during the search of mar
a little bit of despair. because the policies that we re putting in place are working. also coming up tonight as saudi arabia s descent towards the status of pariah state friends and family of the murdered journalist jamal khashoggi are demanding the return of his remains. we are calling on the entire world to put the necessary pressure international pressure on the saudi government to find his remains to be able to bury him here even be full finding those who are responsible be full this issue is covered up. or we begin the day in the final campaign sprint before america s most anticipated midterm elections in living memory now usually a midterm election is a matter between members of congress and the voters that they represent the u.s.
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what does the president want to know? did he ask about ukraine s efforts to battle corruption? of course not. did he ask how the war with russia was going? not a chance. on the phone, his voice loud enough, president trump asked sondland, is he s going to do the investigation? the answer was clear. he ensured trump that the ukrainian president was going to do it and that he would do anything you asked him to. if that wasn t telling enough, my colleagues, in a conversation that followed, an american diplomat dining with sondland asked if it was true that president trump didn t give a blank about ukraine, sondland agreed, saying the president cared only about big stuff. the diplomat noted that there
was big stuff in ukraine, like a war with russia. sondland replied that the president cared only about big stuff that benefits him personally. like the biden investigation that mr. giuliani was pushing. in that short conversation, we learned everything we need to know about the 45th presid