help to civilians in gaza. the head of hamas arrives ahead of talks for a pause in the fighting. colorado's top court rules that donald trump cannot run for president in the state. he says he'll appeal to the us supreme court. hello, i'm samantha simmonds. welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. hopes are rising of at least a temporary pause in the fighting in gaza, with a series of diplomatic initiatives under way. a vote is expected on a new security council resolution shortly. the text, released a short time ago, calls for extended humanitarian pauses and aid corridors. the leader of hamas, ismail haniyeh, has arrived in cairo for talks on a fresh ceasefire. israel's president has said his country is now ready for what he calls

another humanitarian pause. nearly 20,000 people are now reported to have been killed in gaza. 1,200 were killed and 240 taken hostage when hamas attacked israel on the 7th of october. the un security council is about to start and a vote could take place in the next hour. the white house has just said that discussions about humanitarian pause are very serious. it is all about the wording of the text. the draft is very long, but the key section talks of "extended humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout the gaza strip for a sufficient number of days to enable full, rapid, safe, and unhindered humanitarian access". it remains to be seen if the wording is now acceptable to the united states. for more we can speak now to our correspondent neda tawfiq in new york. welcome to you. in the past half an hour or so, welcome to you. in the past half an hour orso, reuters welcome to you. in the past half an hour or so, reuters news agency was

reporting that the us is saying if the un security council were to comment on the gaza resolution, it's important there is a condemnation of hamas. take us through the wording so far and hamas. take us through the wording so farand your hamas. take us through the wording so far and your assessment of what the us reaction is likely to be direct when it comes to a vote. yes, we have certainly seen in the past that the united states has cited that as a reason to veto passed resolutions. but look, in speaking with diplomats here at the united nations, it looks like over the last few days, the negotiations had continued. the vote had been postponed and delayed overn, numerous times over several days but that the real key sticking point was this establishment that the resolution calls for of a un mechanism to monitor aid into gaza. according to a senior arab diplomat, the united states had never cited

that initially as a red line in the negotiations that then said it would not be acceptable to them late yesterday. so that has moved to a point where this resolution is still going to be put to a vote. an arab diplomat says by taking out the establishment of a un mechanism it would gut the resolution and water it down too much to essentially eviscerate its purpose. so what diplomats are now bracing for here at the un is perhaps a third us veto on blocking the security council from acting on the israel—hamas war. so that vote will take place in a bit, once this meeting get started, after a meeting that is ongoing right now in afghanistan. but certainly diplomats starting to lose hope that the us will support this. take us through what will happen when it does get under way, who gets the opportunity to speak, how long

is it likely to take? 0nce is it likely to take? once the meeting gets under way, any member of the security council that wishes to speak before a vote can. then they will move to the vote and then members can give another speech, explaining how they voted. 0ften speech, explaining how they voted. often in these meetings as well, they do allow the palestinian ambassador, the israeli ambassador tojoin the meeting, to ambassador, the israeli ambassador to join the meeting, to also speak, although it is unclear if they will join this one in particular. but we will certainly i think expect to hear a mixture of regret, frustration, anger in members apostrophes beaches because our understanding is this resolution will get overwhelming support from the other members in the council, although the united states and the uk haven't publicly stated how they will vote. tell uk haven't publicly stated how they will vote. , , , will vote. tell us why it is so significant that _ will vote. tell us why it is so significant that those - will vote. tell us why it is so significant that those that i will vote. tell us why it is so i significant that those that want this to go through, the way the us

operates here, weather or not it votes in favour, weather it abstains autos. , , . votes in favour, weather it abstains autos. , ., ., votes in favour, weather it abstains autos. ., ., , autos. this is a resolution that is focused on _ autos. this is a resolution that is focused on the _ autos. this is a resolution that is focused on the humanitarian - focused on the humanitarian situation. look, the un agencies from unicef to the world food programme, everyone has been sounding the alarm about the fact that half of the population in gaza is starving, that they don't have access to basic needs. that despite access to basic needs. that despite a previous security council resolution calling for humanitarian pauseis resolution calling for humanitarian pause is that there is absolutely no way for un agencies on the ground to deliver any aid at scale to civilians because the fighting is so intense. theyjust aren't civilians because the fighting is so intense. they just aren't able to civilians because the fighting is so intense. theyjust aren't able to do that. so they had said that their civilian suffering is epic. that nowhere in gaza is safe. quite frankly, they have run out of words to describe how dramatic the humanitarian catastrophe is there.

so the council, the uae, took a visit with other council members to the rafa crossing in egypt and looked at what resolution they could put forward to try to perhaps streamline the process of getting aid in, to emphasise that all land, air and sea borders needed to be open to get aid in but there was some optimism that the united states could get on board with that. every member has expressed their desire to see the fighting stop although language on a ceasefire remained a key sticking point. the united states and israel say that would only benefit hamas that they did seem to make headway on that and as i said, the main sticking point was around this mechanism to deliver aid. ~ . ., , aid. we will leave it there and be back with you _ aid. we will leave it there and be back with you as _ aid. we will leave it there and be back with you as soon _ aid. we will leave it there and be back with you as soon as - aid. we will leave it there and be back with you as soon as that - back with you as soon as that discussion and vote gets under way at the un, thank you. i spoke earlier about the head of hamas visiting egypt for talks on a fresh ceasefire in gaza. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem and she explained the significance of those talks.

we know that the presence of ismail haniyeh in cairo, the head of hamas, who lives normally in doha — this indicates a level of seriousness. he's going to be meeting the egyptian intelligence chief who handles the gaza file. and we understand that there will be discussions around the possibility of a short term ceasefire that would see more israeli hostages being released. now, up to now, hamas has said that it will not accept anything less than a permanent ceasefire before it releases those hostages. so this will require a change in hamas' stated position. but we know that there are very intense efforts under way by both egypt and qatar, which have been key mediators here to try to get at least a new pause in fighting. just to reiterate, in the past few minutes, the white house has said discussions about humanitarian pause and hostage release a very serious and hostage release a very serious and humanitarian aid has been able to enter gaza from jordan today.

for families of the hostages taken by hamas, securing their release is the number one priority. yair moses' elderly father, gadi moses, was taken on october 7th and remains in captivity in gaza. yair says israel must negotiate to secure the release of all the remaining hostages. we expect the israeli government and the negotiator to do whatever they can in order to release him and all the other hostages to keep releasing them, the priority number one task for everyone in israel. i think it should be the number one task for the world. earlier, i spoke with israeli political analyst dahlia scheindlin — here's what she had to say. ican i can tell you that israelis in general are pretty sceptical of the international community and organisations. i think when the un, both of these kinds of these resolutions, i have to say this encompasses both leaders and the public, expect the united states to

come to israel's side, whatever that means. before that meant a veto. it is hard to know exactly what the expectations are because i would say it has not been dominating the news cycle today but my general assessment would be that israelis are again sceptical of what kind of power those resolutions have and expect the united states to at least come out on at least whatever israel has decided. it is led saying the language has been watered down numerous times and so clearly israel would not be getting the most severe kind of language that it would be concerned about in this situation and there have been indications even from the israeli side that they are prepared to renew some sort of pause, some humanitarian pause. so it is a little bit hard to say until it is a little bit hard to say until it actually happens but let's just say the israeli public is sceptical of international resolutions of this kind. ., . . of international resolutions of this kind. ., ., ., ., of international resolutions of this kind. ._, ., ., ., , ., kind. two and a half months into this war and _ kind. two and a half months into this war and with _ kind. two and a half months into this war and with more _

kind. two and a half months into this war and with more than - kind. two and a half months into this war and with more than 100 | this war and with more than 100 hostages still remaining in captivity in gaza, what is the mood among the israeli public, what they want the government do now? clearly eve bod want the government do now? clearly everybody is — want the government do now? clearly everybody is very. _ want the government do now? clearly everybody is very. very _ want the government do now? clearly everybody is very, very invested - want the government do now? clearly everybody is very, very invested in - everybody is very, very invested in getting the hostages released but what that actually means it is divisive. we have seen demonstrations, significant demonstrations, significant demonstrations, vertically after the very painful incident happened on friday evening of three hostages who were killed by israeli forces after they had broken loose somehow in gaza strip so you saw yet another groundswell of public calls for the government to negotiate some sort of a release of hostages which would involve a ceasefire. but at the very same time, israelis are in a very combative mood. they think the government needs to continue the war and is essentially behind the government aims. there is however great scepticism about what the actual aims are, whether the government has a clear plan for what comes both during and after this war. so i think the israelis are essentially behind the war fulfil us

but feeling deep uncertainty about whether it will achieve the aim of either releasing the hostages or lead to longer term stability. these are the kind of very deep contradictions and how israelis are feeling right now but overall, there is still a very strong feeling of simply shock and trauma. so i think the public itself is having a very hard time answering questions about anything detailed for the long term. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a prominent british businessman who was kidnapped in ecuador has been released from captivity. colin armstrong was abducted on saturday from a farm he owned near the city of guayaquil. mr armstrong is the president of ecuadorean agriculture firm agripac and former honorary consul in the ecuadoran port city. he is now with the police and authorities in ecuador. the ex—wife of a french serial

killer has been given a second life sentence for her part in the murders of two young women — one of whom was a british student. monique 0livier helped to lure 20—year—old joanna parrish, from gloucestershire, to her death in auxerre in1990. joanna's family said the sentence was a moment they had been "waiting a lifetime" for. residents in scotland were amazed by a rare sight in the sky on tuesday evening. the shimmering colours of nacreous cloud were spotted — one of the highest clouds in our atmosphere. 0sften referred to as "mother—of—pearl", nacreous cloud form in very cold conditions over polar regions and within the stratosphere, around 12—19 miles high, far above our normal clouds. you are live with bbc news. let's turn to the us. in colorado, the supreme court has ruled that donald trump cannot run for president

next year in the state. the ruling is based on a rarely used provision of the us constitution which bars officials who have engaged in insurrection or rebellion from holding office. it says he's in—eligible to appear on next year's ballot because of his role in "instigating violence on january six of 2021" — the day of the attack on the us capitol building. to clarify, the ruling does not stop mr trump running in the other states. in a statement, the trump campaign said the court had "issued a completely flawed decision", adding they "will swiftly file an appeal to the united states supreme court." in a campaign speech, the former president said no one will silence him. neverforget, our enemies want to take away my freedom because i will never let them take away your freedom. it's very simple. i'm not going to let them do it. cheering. they want to silence me because i will never let them silence you, and in the end, they are not after me, they're after you. ijust happen to be standing in their way and i always will stand in their way. 0ur north america correspondent said

what this would mean for that trump campaign. 3 what this would mean for that trump cam airn. �* , what this would mean for that trump camaiun. �* , , campaign. a hugely significant because essentially _ campaign. a hugely significant because essentially you - campaign. a hugely significant because essentially you have i campaign. a hugely significant| because essentially you have a campaign. a hugely significant - because essentially you have a us court which has decided a former president engaged in insurrection and therefore should not be allowed to be president again. there are multiple lawsuits being advanced by lots of advocacy and voting groups in different states across america to try and get trump booted off the ballots based on their belief that he's unfit to qualify, unfit to be president. those have been dismissed, but the colorado one stuck. it's worth mentioning that a judge in a lower court had already ruled that donald trump did engage in an insurrection but stopped short of disqualifying him. saying that section three, the amendment that you mentioned there that was created after the civil war, was too vague. however, this group of voters, they lawyers, republican lawyers, i should add, and unaffiliated, unaffiliated voters took it to the supreme court to say, "well, wait a minute. if if this amendment that is designed to stop former

confederates from returning to power should should mean that they can't return to any form of power, whether it's a low, low held office or the highest office in the land." and the judges on the bench, democratic appointees, a slim majority of them agreed. and so now this will come into effect on january 4th, but it's worth mentioning that because trump is going to take this to the supreme court, it means his name will still be on the ballot. however, it does mean — and this is the really significant bit — that the supreme court, the highest court in the land, is now going to probably get involved. which ever way they rule is going to be controversial, and it's going to have huge political implications, especially as we head into an election that was already massively unpredictable anyway. for more on that, let's cross live to desmond king, professor of american government at oxford university. welcome to you, good to have you with us. what you make of this ruling, does it set a precedent and

mean other states are likely to follow suit, do you think? i don't think it is that _ follow suit, do you think? i don't think it is that relevant _ follow suit, do you think? i don't think it is that relevant for - follow suit, do you think? i don't think it is that relevant for other| think it is that relevant for other states. it is an important ruling which the supreme court will inevitably pick up, i think, as your correspondent was saying. just to clarify something, however. the ruling is about going on the primary ballot, not about the presidential ballot, not about the presidential ballot and this is something that is very important to distinguish between. 50 very important to distinguish between. , very important to distinguish between, , , very important to distinguish between. , , ., ., between. so 'ust clarify what that means, between. so just clarify what that means. what _ between. so just clarify what that means, what is _ between. so just clarify what that means, what is the _ between. so just clarify what that means, what is the difference? . between. so just clarify what that l means, what is the difference? you are talkin: means, what is the difference? ym. are talking about the presidential election which will be november the 8th and who is on the ballot for thatis 8th and who is on the ballot for that is not the same as who is in the primary ballots. the ballot this concerns is selecting candidates to be included in the primary. this will determine _ be included in the primary. this will determine if _ be included in the primary. this will determine if he can be included in that ballot initially which will determine whether or not he can be included in the presidential ballot included in the presidential ballot in november? brute included in the presidential ballot in november?— included in the presidential ballot in november? ~ ., �* ~ ., ., in november? we don't know that. it could be that — in november? we don't know that. it could be that he _ in november? we don't know that. it could be that he could _ in november? we don't know that. it could be that he could still— in november? we don't know that. it could be that he could still run - in november? we don't know that. it

could be that he could still run in - could be that he could still run in november and possibly beyond the presidential ballot. but that is a technical point. the bigger point is that this is very, very significant and it is going to go to the supreme court. the supreme court has already been asked by the special prosecutor jack smith to determine whether former president trump has immunity from criminal prosecution for acts whilst he was in the white house, which is his defence against the charges that have been filed in washington, dc about the insurrection on january the 6th. this will be a separate stream. this one as you rightly pointed out about the 14th amendment and whether he counts as an insurrection list. i think legally commit the case is on slightly watery ground because he has not had, he hasn't been found criminally guilty of insurrection. so while their cases being brought on the grounds that the plaintiffs,

registered voters in colorado, consider his behaviour to constitute insurrection, which it may well do or not, but that has not yet been determined in a court. so i think that raises the question of due process and i think the supreme court is likely to be concerned about that. i court is likely to be concerned about that-— court is likely to be concerned about that. ., ., ., about that. i wanted to ask you, what will the _ about that. i wanted to ask you, what will the us _ about that. i wanted to ask you, what will the us supreme - about that. i wanted to ask you, what will the us supreme court| about that. i wanted to ask you, - what will the us supreme court have to weigh up when they are making their ruling?— their ruling? they will have to wei . h their ruling? they will have to weigh up. _ their ruling? they will have to weigh up. they _ their ruling? they will have to weigh up, they will _ their ruling? they will have to weigh up, they will do - their ruling? they will have to weigh up, they will do their. their ruling? they will have to i weigh up, they will do their best their ruling? they will have to - weigh up, they will do their best to offerjurisprudence and a very legal specific basis for their ruling. they are, as you know, nine members. there is a 6—3 conservative majority at the moment which would in principle favour the former president. it is an unelected office and they are there for life so they are not exposed to massive accountability. but they will be are looking at the legal grounds and will be weighing up whether this

amendment from the 14th amendment, particularly section three, which was enacted just after the american civil war ended in the 1860s, whether it is a valid grounds for making this decision. minnesota michigan had similar cases brought to their district courts, which were not upheld by the justices. so there is a mixed record here. qm. is a mixed record here. 0k, professor — is a mixed record here. 0k, professor desmond - is a mixed record here. 0k, professor desmond king, thank you forjoining us from oxford university. the european union has reached a breakthrough deal on new migration rules — after years of failed talks. the new laws are intended to limit the numbers of people coming in to the eu and make it easier to deport failed asylum seekers. here's the moment that agreement was announced. i start from a personal angle. i come from an island in the mediterranean and i know exactly what it means when we say that we

have finally delivered on the migration and asylum act. probably the most important legislative deal of this mandate.— the most important legislative deal of this mandate. from the newsroom, our reporter — of this mandate. from the newsroom, our reporter has _ of this mandate. from the newsroom, our reporter has more _ of this mandate. from the newsroom, our reporter has more on _ of this mandate. from the newsroom, our reporter has more on the - of this mandate. from the newsroom, our reporter has more on the details l our reporter has more on the details of that agreement. thea;r our reporter has more on the details of that agreement.— our reporter has more on the details of that agreement. they have agreed on this major— of that agreement. they have agreed on this major overhaul _ of that agreement. they have agreed on this major overhaul of _ of that agreement. they have agreed on this major overhaul of their - on this major overhaul of their immigration policy. at its core it's expended to speed up at its core it's expended to speed up and standardise the vetting of asylum seekers and migrants coming into the eu from outside the block. the eu is proposing to do this with five new laws, the first of which is this pre—entry screening procedure, which would take place at the new border detention points along the eu borders. it would involve taking biometric data from migrants, things like facial recognition technology. secondly, the eu wants to speed up the processing of asylum cases and also expedite the deportation of anyone who is not bound to have a

valid or legitimate asylum claim. finally and perhaps most crucially is what's being called this solidarity mechanism. this would be a fund that eu countries would be asked to pay into to help share and ease the burden across eu countries of housing migrants that are allowed to stay within the block. eu countries would also be asked perhaps to take the overflow of migrants from southern eu countries like greece and italy, should they be unable to cope with an influx of migrants, for example. so let's take a look at the numbers now of migrants coming into the eu over the years. you will see there the big point on the graph is 2015, when an all—time high of1 million people came into the eu that year, mostly from war—torn countries like iraq and syria. you will see the numbers have steadily declined over the years although we are seeing a slight uptick now as we approach

2024. this eu deal is not finalised, it still needs ratification. in the meantime, eu memberstates it still needs ratification. in the meantime, eu member states are taking members into their own hands. the french parliament yesterday passed a tougher immigration bill that would make it harder for migrants in france to bring over theirfamily members and migrants in france to bring over their family members and could migrants in france to bring over theirfamily members and could delay theirfamily members and could delay their access to welfare benefits. so this continues to be a thorny issue in eu politics. aha, this continues to be a thorny issue in eu politics-— in eu politics. a short while ago i soke to in eu politics. a short while ago i spoke to the _ in eu politics. a short while ago i spoke to the amnesty _ in eu politics. a short while ago i i spoke to the amnesty international' eu advocate on immigration and asylum and started asking her about her thoughts on the deal that has been reached.— her thoughts on the deal that has been reached. indeed today the eu has a . reed been reached. indeed today the eu has agreed on _ been reached. indeed today the eu has agreed on a — been reached. indeed today the eu has agreed on a package _ been reached. indeed today the eu has agreed on a package of- been reached. indeed today the eu| has agreed on a package of reforms to its— has agreed on a package of reforms to its asylum and immigration system which _ to its asylum and immigration system which will_ to its asylum and immigration system which will change its response to people _ which will change its response to peopie in— which will change its response to people in europe. 0urassessment which will change its response to people in europe. 0ur assessment is the outcome of this agreement will be to— the outcome of this agreement will be to create greater suffering at every _ be to create greater suffering at every step of a person's journey to safety _ every step of a person's journey to safety in _ every step of a person's journey to safety in the eu, from finding themselves trapped in countries outside — themselves trapped in countries outside of europe to their access to asylum _ outside of europe to their access to asylum and — outside of europe to their access to asylum and support and their

reception and dignity in europe or in a period — reception and dignity in europe or in a period of detention. this will lead to— in a period of detention. this will lead to many more people being trapped — lead to many more people being trapped in countries outside europe, detained, _ trapped in countries outside europe, detained, including families and young _ detained, including families and young children. more people will be denied _ young children. more people will be denied a _ young children. more people will be denied a fair assessment of asylum claims _ denied a fair assessment of asylum claims and — denied a fair assessment of asylum claims and what is most worrying is countries _ claims and what is most worrying is countries will also have the possibility to suspend eu asylum rules— possibility to suspend eu asylum rules and — possibility to suspend eu asylum rules and in very broad cadences which _ rules and in very broad cadences which could put people at severe risk of _ which could put people at severe risk of human rights violations and amount— risk of human rights violations and amount to — risk of human rights violations and amount to a — risk of human rights violations and amount to a severe threat to the right— amount to a severe threat to the right to — amount to a severe threat to the right to asylum. so based on this, our assessment is the agreement today— our assessment is the agreement today looks to worsen existing laws and create — today looks to worsen existing laws and create a lot more suffering on every _ and create a lot more suffering on every step — and create a lot more suffering on every step of theirjourneys. every step of their “ourneys. ursula von der every step of their “ourneys. ursula der leyen — every step of their “ourneys. ursula von der leyen said— every step of theirjourneys. ursula von der leyen said the _ every step of theirjourneys. ursula von der leyen said the deal- every step of theirjourneys. ursula von der leyen said the deal will. von der leyen said the deal will mean that europe will decide who comes to the eu and not smugglers. they have to take back some kind of influence, don't say, to try and prevent people coming over? many people who die on the journey. {lit people who die on the journey. of course. it is tragic that many people — course. it is tragic that many people have no option than to take a

dangerous— people have no option than to take a dangerous journey people have no option than to take a dangerousjourney to people have no option than to take a dangerous journey to reach people have no option than to take a dangerousjourney to reach europe in search— dangerousjourney to reach europe in search of— dangerousjourney to reach europe in search of safety. but it is also tragic — search of safety. but it is also tragic that the pact will do nothing to resolve — tragic that the pact will do nothing to resolve this. it is not going to solve _ to resolve this. it is not going to solve the — to resolve this. it is not going to solve the pressing problems that face asylum systems in the eu, it will leave — face asylum systems in the eu, it will leave people with fewer options. there is under investment into safe _ options. there is under investment into safe and regular pathway so people _ into safe and regular pathway so people don't have to rely on those dangerous— people don't have to rely on those dangerous journeys people don't have to rely on those dangerousjourneys and people don't have to rely on those dangerous journeys and in smuggling networks _ dangerous journeys and in smuggling networks. the pact does nothing to address— networks. the pact does nothing to address this. there is under investment in asylum reception in europe _ investment in asylum reception in europe which means people are sleeping — europe which means people are sleeping rough on the streets across the eu _ sleeping rough on the streets across the eu and _ sleeping rough on the streets across the eu and the pact does nothing to do addresses. there are policies that deny— do addresses. there are policies that deny people the right to asylum and the _ that deny people the right to asylum and the pact does nothing to address this either~ _ and the pact does nothing to address this either. what we say is of course — this either. what we say is of course europe could have a sustainable and human rights complaint system but if it wants to achieve _ complaint system but if it wants to achieve this it needs to take renewed _ achieve this it needs to take renewed political commitments to enforcing — renewed political commitments to enforcing eu law that does exist at the moment and to ensure accountability for violations at the

border~ _ we are going to go straight back to manchester crown court now where two teenagers have been found guilty of murdering 16—year—old brianna ghey. she was transgender and found in a park in february with 28 stab wound. we are expecting statements now from the police and herfamily. we can cross their life now and listening. —— live now and listen in. good afternoon. i am the detective inspector of cheshire's major investigation team. i would like to start by saying this was a senseless murder committed by two teenagers who had an obsession with murder. their only motivation in killing brianna was to experience what this would be like. brianna was a

teenager whose whole life was ahead of her. she went out on that saturday thinking she was going to meet a friend. the fact that she suffered with anxiety and was vulnerable was something which both defendants preyed upon. brianna trusted the female defendant. she was betrayed by someone she called her friend. was betrayed by someone she called herfriend. i would like to was betrayed by someone she called her friend. i would like to thank the family of brianna for finding the family of brianna for finding the courage to come to court and hear what happened to her. they have listened to some dreadful and shocking details of the case but have remained dignified and strong throughout proceedings. the loss of a child is always devastating and so there are no words to describe how they are feeling due to the way brianna was taken from them. i would also like to thank the community for their assistance that they gave the

investigating officers in supplying cctv and offering information in culcheth. the impact on the small community has been devastating. i hope that the local community and all of those that have been impacted by this horrendous case can take some comfort from the fact the killers of brianna have been brought to justice. killers of brianna have been brought tojustice. the investigation team and i were extremely shocked and saddened that the brutality and violence used by one or both defendants to commit this murder. four brianna's family, our heartfelt thoughts are with them. brianna was larger than life. she was funny, — brianna was larger than life. she was funny, witty and fearless. we miss— was funny, witty and fearless. we miss brianna so much and our house feels _ miss brianna so much and our house feels empty— miss brianna so much and our house feels empty without her laughter. to

know how _ feels empty without her laughter. to know how scared my usually fearless child must— know how scared my usually fearless child must have been when she was alone _ child must have been when she was alone in— child must have been when she was alone in that park with someone that she called _ alone in that park with someone that she called her friend will haunt me forever~ _ she called her friend will haunt me forever. priorto she called her friend will haunt me forever. prior to the trial, i had moments — forever. prior to the trial, i had moments where i felt sorry for the defendants because they had ruined their own _ defendants because they had ruined their own lives as well as ours. but now knowing the true nature and seeing _ now knowing the true nature and seeing neither display an ounce of remorse _ seeing neither display an ounce of remorse for what they have done to brianna. _ remorse for what they have done to brianna. i_ remorse for what they have done to brianna, i have lost all sympathy that i_ brianna, i have lost all sympathy that i may— brianna, i have lost all sympathy that i may have previously had for them _ that i may have previously had for them and — that i may have previously had for them and i— that i may have previously had for them and i am glad that they will spend _ them and i am glad that they will spend many years in prison and away from society — spend many years in prison and away from society. i would like to take this up— from society. i would like to take this up opportunity to give my thanks— this up opportunity to give my thanks to _ this up opportunity to give my thanks to all involved in the outcome _ thanks to all involved in the outcome today. thank you to cheshire police _ outcome today. thank you to cheshire police and _ outcome today. thank you to cheshire police and the cps for all of the hard _ police and the cps for all of the

hard work— police and the cps for all of the hard work that has gone into building _ hard work that has gone into building this case following a thorough investigation led by dci adam _ thorough investigation led by dci adam waller and nigel parr. thank you to _ adam waller and nigel parr. thank you to our— adam waller and nigel parr. thank you to our liaison officers, dc sarah — you to our liaison officers, dc sarah neuter and linda turtle for supporting us throughout the investigation and trial with such professionalism and kindness. thank you to _ professionalism and kindness. thank you to the _ professionalism and kindness. thank you to the judge to ensuring a fair trial has— you to the judge to ensuring a fair trial has been carried out for all. thank— trial has been carried out for all. thank you — trial has been carried out for all. thank you to the prosecution for all of their— thank you to the prosecution for all of their hard work throughout and for advocating the brianna in such an outstanding way. thank you also to the _ an outstanding way. thank you also to the jury — an outstanding way. thank you also to the jury that making the right decision— to the jury that making the right decision based on the evidence. i understand how difficult this must have been for you all that you have worked _ have been for you all that you have worked hard and thanks to you,

society— worked hard and thanks to you, society is— worked hard and thanks to you, society is now a safer place. thank you to _ society is now a safer place. thank you to all — society is now a safer place. thank you to all of — society is now a safer place. thank you to all of those who gave evidence, with special thanks to the couple _ evidence, with special thanks to the couple who— evidence, with special thanks to the couple who found brianna and to the first officer _ couple who found brianna and to the first officer on the scene. i am so grateful— first officer on the scene. i am so grateful that in the last moments of her life. _ grateful that in the last moments of her life, she had the concern and kindness— her life, she had the concern and kindness from you all and i undoubtably know that you did all you could — undoubtably know that you did all you could do to help my precious child _ you could do to help my precious child. thank you to the majority of the press — child. thank you to the majority of the press who have reported sensitively throughout. this has meant _ sensitively throughout. this has meant a — sensitively throughout. this has meant a lot to our family and brianna's _ meant a lot to our family and brianna's friends. lastly, please have— brianna's friends. lastly, please have some — brianna's friends. lastly, please have some empathy and compassion for the families _ have some empathy and compassion for the families of the young people convicted of this horrific crime. they— convicted of this horrific crime. they too — convicted of this horrific crime. they too have lost a child and they must _ they too have lost a child and they must live _ they too have lost a child and they must live the rest of their lives knowing — must live the rest of their lives knowing what their child has done. my family— knowing what their child has done. my family and i request some healing space _

my family and i request some healing space for— my family and i request some healing space for the next few weeks.