we are shaming latina women on the show. alicia and i are but somebody s now. good to see you. have a good day. velshi starts now. good morning, sunday, april 21st. about 24 hours now, opening statements begin in the first ever criminal trial of a former president. tomorrow morning, the republic party s presumptive residential nominee, donald trump will be back in a manhattan courtroom as a defendant facing 34 felony counts. those charges stem from his alleged role in falsifying business records to cover up payments made to suppress a potential scandal, just days before the 2016 presidential election. those opening statements are going to give the public a preview of the case that both sides intend to present. some court watchers didn t think we would get to this point so soon. there were predictions the jury selection would take a couple multiple weeks, considering the defendant is so well-known, so well-connected. and so intimidating. then there were times last week t
welcome to bbc news. with just a few hours until polls open party leaders have spent the day criss crossing the country, making their last pitch to voters. 50 days after calling the general election theresa may said that brexit was the priority and she was the leader best able to build a stronger, more prosperous britain. beginning his day in glasgow the labour leaderjeremy corbyn warned voters against five more years of austerity and pledged more spending on health and education, delivering hope, not fear. from north, south, east to west, they re having breakfast on the go, managing to find a moment for a sit down and a cuppa. this is the last push, the final few miles as they try to win you over and even before most voters were awake, theresa may was out in east london. tomorrow is the big one. yes. talking about the conservatives promise to invest billions more in housing, roads and rail. with security dominating the campaign, late last night mrs may pledged to toughen
i will be talking to the poet adam o riordan about his first collection of short stories set in california. the burning ground. good evening. four israeli soldiers, three of them women, were killed injerusalem today when a man rammed the lorry he was driving into them. israeli police say he was a palestinian who was then shot dead at the scene, the israeli prime minister has said he was a supporter of so called islamic state. in the last 16 months there have been a series of attacks by palestinians on israelis, the hamas movement called today s attack a heroic act , but stopped short of claiming responsibility. this report from yolande knell contains images you may find disturbing. a hazy view ofjerusalem. this is what israeli soldiers on a training course had come to see. security camera footage shows two groups, the one in the background has just got off a coach when this happens. look at the top left of the screen, the lorry drives at the soldiers at high speed and hits t
But iran s escalations exploded beyond nuclear development. that is evident in what is happened in the middle east or no. the iranian regime and proxy groups increased regional aggressions. around backed militias have helped fuel insurgencies and civil wars and syria and yemen. iran is now more embattled than and it is more emboldened. moderate to existed within the government when the 2015 nuclear deal was thought was find are gone. in 2020, a headline uranium parliament was one and while already existing domestic politics had a lot to do with iran s shift in government, many experts say trump owing america out of the deal pushed the hardliners to the front of the iranian regime. and all of this made it nearly impossible for president biden to undo the damage. when biden came into power, negotiating with iran was basically hopeless but wasn t a lack of trying.