brand-new blockbuster reporting in the new york times pulls the curtain back on this new push by the stop the steal movement, which is based on the completely baseless idea that the 2020 election, which of course took place more than 15 months ago now, can be in the words of that movement s leaders, desert fied. quote, allies of mr. trump including the lawyer john eastman are pressing for states to pass resolutions rescinding electoral college votes for president biden and to bring lawsuits that seek to bring baseless claims of large scale voter fraud. some of those allies are casting their work as a precursor to reinstating the former president and even though there is no chance, zero chance, that the election will be decertified, this election has the potential for seeding more chaos, especially as the ex-president plots another run from the white house in mmxxiv. democrats an somes have raised concerns about the efforts. they warn of unintended consequences including the
leeds at stamford bridge, to reach the quarterfinals. we ll have all the results. and on newsnight at 10:30. we ll go deeper behind today s headlines and speak live to key players in today s big stories. plus, a first look at tomorrow s front pages. good evening. police scotland have apologised forfailings in a long running investigation that left a killer on the loose for almost 20 years. the hunt for the murderer of emma caldwell, who was 27 when she was strangled in south lanarkshire in 2005, was one of the longest in scottish history. today, iain packer, who s 51, was found guilty of her murder and jailed for life with a minimum of 36 years. he was also convicted of 11 charges of rape and multiple sexual assaults, against 21 other women, making him one of scotland s most prolific sex offenders. lorna gordon has our top story. emma caldwell, a vulnerable young woman who was murdered in terrifying circumstances. her killer was this man, iain packer, who for a quarter of a c
wait for the state of the nation address. just a reminder that we will be covering this in full on bbc news live page with analysis of president putin s speech as it happens. you can watch our live stream of the speech there, just press the play button. the dignitaries arriving for the speech they are in moscow. bbc news website to find complete coverage of this, or the bbc news app. let s speak to olga ivshina, from the bbc russia service. tell us about the speech today, what are we expecting? fine tell us about the speech today, what are we “petting? tell us about the speech today, what are we expecting? one thing has been stable over the are we expecting? one thing has been stable over the years are we expecting? one thing has been stable over the years for are we expecting? one thing has been stable over the years for putin s - stable over the years for putin s addresses and press conferences. this year is no exception. he is late, but according to his standards
one of life s most underappreciated talents is to know when it s time to move on to lives next chapter. so i stand before you today, was a president, and my colleagues, to say this will be my last term as republican leader of the senate. for more on both mcconnell s stepping down and the spending deal, here s our north america correspondent, gary o donoghue. after repeated attempts to get a spending agreement, it does look like leadership in congress from both sides of at least reached a partial agreement on some other spending bills that they have been arguing about. it looks now in the next couple of days that resolutions were put through senate and the house of representatives to extend one of the deadlines until next friday by which time they will pass spending bills on six separate departments. they haven t reached an agreement on the other six departments but they are going to push the deadline for that back until march 22 so in some ways, this is progress being made an
0ur north america correspondent peter bowes sent this update. this means the trial of donald trump on charges that he was involved in a conspiracy to overthrow the result of the 2020 election will be significantly delayed if indeed it is able to go ahead at all. donald trump is accused of being involved in a conspiracy to defraud the united states through his words, his actions, in the days leading up to january six, 2021, and the assault on the capitol building. he says he was the president at the time and therefore he cannot face these criminal charges because he had presidential immunity and that he cannot be charged for anything he did during that time. we have since heard from him again, after hearing about the supreme court does make intention is to look at this case, donald trump releasing a statement, reaffirming his still believed that presidential immunity applies. in fact, he says it is in the best interest of the united states, notjust talking about himself but re