from the indonesian volcano but what are they laughing at? it s eight in the morning in singapore and six pm in chicago where a jury has found actorjussie smolett guilty of staging a hate crime against himself. smolett, who is african american and openly gay, was accused of orchestrating a staged homophobic attack against him by fake trump supporters in 2019. it was reportedly to generate publicity after being annoyed by his treatment on the tv show he was starring in at the time. let s go to our washington correspondent nomia iqbal. great to have you on the programme. i great to have you on the programme. i know great to have you on the programme. i know that great to have you on the programme. i know that this news is just coming programme. i know that this news isjust coming out. do you tell us will was said in court today? tell us will was said in court toda ? . v tell us will was said in court toda ? . , , ., today? that s right. this all happened today? that s righ
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rachel cunliffe, deputy online editor at the new statesman and katy balls, deputy political editor at the spectator. just to bring you at home at the date on the front pages. another tough day for borisjohnson on the front of tomorrow s papers. a yougov poll for the times suggests the conservatives have slumped to their worst rating in 11 months. another day another lie is the headline on the front of the mirror. the paper says the pm is accused of being untruthful over how refurb costs of his downing street flat was paid for. staying with that story and the telegraph is reporting that the pm s standards adviser, lord geidt, is on the verge of quitting, after accusations borisjohnson misled him over the refurbishment of his flat. about 50 tory mps are prepared to vote against new restrictions, reports the daily mail. the mps describe the plan b measures as draconian, unjusti
off until next year. my guest is the us special envoy for climate, former secretary of state john kerry. his mission remains to restore american leadership on the biggest existential challenge facing our planet. is that mission impossible? john kerry, welcome to hardtalk. happy to be with you. thank you. you have had some weeks to reflect on what was achieved at cop26 in glasgow. is your overwhelming feeling one of disappointment, so much work still to do? no. and, infact, i disagree with your initial assessment in the introduction. a huge amount was accomplished in glasgow and it was not put off. in fact, 65% of global economic enterprise, global gdp, is committed now publicly with real plans that have beenjudged to be real to hold the earth s temperature increase to 1.5 degrees centigrade. and the fact is that major steps forward were ta ken in glasgow, to wit the rule book that had been outstanding since paris was completed so that market rules, transparency, are now a
spent 26 years in a us prison in north carolina for a murder he did not commit. after proving his innocence, we follow dontae as he demands justice. people really don t know how going to prison for something you didn t do, a crime you didn t commit, especially for a long, long time. ..what it does to a person. i was accused of killing a white man in a drug deal gone bad. this is a case they re going to be teaching in law school 100 years from now. what could dontae have become? it was a travesty ofjustice. it took 26 years to make it partially right. i was exonerated on august 22, 2019. a lot of people think the ultimate goal is just getting exonerated and getting out of prison, getting your freedom back. it s a lot more than that. sometimes i wake up just crying. i just cry. people think that when you get exonerated, the fight is over. it sjust beginning, really. i haven t been pardoned. governor roy cooper, for some reason, hasn t pardoned me. he s asking for the state of n
and bringing some cheer to children evacuated from the indonesian volcano, but what are they laughing at? live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 9:00 in the morning in singapore and 7pm in chicago, where a jury has found actorjussie smollett guilty of staging a hate crime against himself. smollett, who is african american and openly gay, was accused of orchestrating a staged homophobic attack against him by fake trump supporters in 2019. it was reportedly to generate publicity after being annoyed by his treatment on the tv show he was starring in at the time. in the past half hour, special prosecutor daniel webb gave a statement to the media, speaking of the importance of taking this case to trial. let s take a listen. a lot of times people say well, it will things under the rug but this police department we spotted by absolutely testifying in his trial that they took it seriously, they believed he was the victim of a crime and they worked so