this was a rigged, disgraceful trial. the real verdict is going to be november 5th, by the people. lam i am live outside trump tower, where donald trump will give his first news conference since becoming a convicted felon. a new cancer treatment — the first people take part in trials of a vaccine designed to stop the disease coming back. if it's successful, then it's a medical breakthrough. another russian strike on ukraine's second city kharkiv leaves at least five people dead. and special treatment for the first hippo born in the uk for seven years. and coming up on bbc news, real madrid have arrived in the uk ahead of tomorrow's champions league final against borussia dortmund

at wembley, where there are new security measures in place. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. donald trump has said he will appeal, after becoming the first serving or former us president to be convicted of a crime. he was found guilty last night on all 3a counts of falsifying business records, only months before the election which could see him returned to the white house. he is still allowed to run for office, even with a criminal conviction. donald trump claimed the trial was rigged. he'll be sentenced injuly. our north america correspondent john sudworth has the latest from new york. in a nearby park, his opponents celebrated. trump is guilty! while inside the court, the former president was walking into history...

are you worried about going to jail? ..as the first ever to be convicted of a crime. this was a disgrace. this was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt. it's a rigged trial, a disgrace. but it was a jury who convicted him on the evidence. 3a counts of falsifying business records to disguise hush money payments to the porn star stormy daniels, for the purpose, prosecutors said, of keeping her claim that they'd had sex from the american public, just ahead of the 2016 election. the verdict brought only gloom to mr trump's supporters who were left repeating those claims of political persecution. and they are afraid of a much more popular opponent which they know will defeat them. but this was a decision made by 12 ordinary new yorkers, your fellow citizens.

there is nothing political about that, is there? i'm not going to say that the jury was tainted, but who knows? who knows? so despite the sense of despondency amongst the trump supporters, it's all pretty good—natured here, although, as you can see, there is a pretty large police presence, just in case. the bigger question, though, is what the reaction is going to be longer term, with america now in uncharted territory. you know, you can't even see the back, there's so many people here. what effect will it have on his election chances? will it put those crucial undecided voters off, or draw others to him? and what about the impact of his attacks on america's institutions, already intensifying in the wake of the verdict? the man who brought the case insisted the result was a sign the justice system is working. while this defendant may be unlike any other

in american history, we arrived at this trial, and ultimately, today, at this verdict, in the same manner as every other case that comes through the court room doors — by following the facts and the law, and doing so without fear or favour. millions will agree with him, and millions won't. sentencing will be in earlyjuly. mr trump is unlikely, legal experts say, to go to jail, but either way, one half of a divided country now has a convicted criminal as its candidate. john sudworth, bbc news, new york. our north america correspondent nada tawfik is in new york. she has been following the trial throughout. what's been the reaction as america wakes up today?

yes, the reaction following very much down partisan lines. to give you a sense, some of the new york papers saying donald trump, guilty on all 3a counts. the conservative could tabloid the new york post called it an injustice and a political hitjob. there is no doubt that donald trump and his conservative allies are now in full damage control mode. they have been taking to the airwaves, to social media, to not only attack the judge, but to claim that the jury was made up but to claim that the jury was made up of liberals, but also to suggest that this is now about revenge, about the need to take back the white house. what to we have certainly seen is donald trump stepping up his fundraising. the latest e—mail poses the question, is this even america any more? well, all that matters and what both sides agree on is that the election has now taken on even greater significance. never before has a

convicted felon represented a major party in a presidential election, let alone one as tight as this. my colleague nomi akbar went to the swing state of georgia and got the reaction of voters there to the verdict. —— my colleague nomia iqbal. wow. hmm... guilty on all 3a counts. all 34 counts. 0h, he betterwin now! this was a group of american citizens that are his peers - who have made that decision. and i believe in the system. i think the people that support trump will still probably support him, honestly. yeah, i mean, ithink there are people that will always be on his side. but i also think that there are going to be people that are going to look at a ballot and say, _ "are we going to elect a person that has... is considered a convicted felon?"

donald trump spent the evening here at trump tower and later today he will hold his first news conference to discuss the verdict. it is a fitting location. it is a location that has symbolised his evolution from real estate developer to reality star, to president, and now former president, to be the first convicted felon, and no doubt he will be angry and defiant, and what he says will set the tone for the next two months. thousands of nhs cancer patients across england are going to be invited to take part in trials of new personalised vaccines, in what's been described as a landmark moment in cancer treatment. the vaccines are designed to prime the immune system to recognise and destroy any remaining cancer cells after surgery, so reduce the risk of the disease recurring. our medical editor fergus walsh has the story. elliot was diagnosed with bowel cancer last year and has already had

surgery and chemotherapy. but tests show he still has fragments of cancerous dna in his blood, putting him at increased risk of his cancer coming back. hello, it's here. so he signed up to a trial at birmingham's queen elizabeth hospital of a new type of treatment, a cancer vaccine. i feel excited, you know? i did a bit of research about the treatment trial itself. and if it's successful, then it's a medical breakthrough. the time of reckoning! and this is the key moment when elliot receives his vaccine, tailor—made in germany by pharma company biontech to fight his cancer. he'll get up to 15 doses during the trial. so how does it work? elliot's personalised vaccine uses the same mrna technology as found

in current covid jabs. a sample of elliot's tumour was analysed, and proteins unique to his cancer were identified. the mrna vaccine instructs his cells to produce these rogue proteins. the hope is this will stimulate elliot's immune system to recognise and kill any remaining traces of cancer. how are you? elliot is the first patient in the uk to get the bowel cancer vaccine. he's had only mild side effects, but will be carefully monitored like more than 200 other participants in the international trial. i think it's really exciting. i think this is sort of a new era. the science behind this makes sense, this is one thing about this. my hope is that this will become standard of care. itjust makes sense that we can have something that can actually help in addition, to help patients reduce their risk

of cancer recurrence. first one done. there is huge anticipation about the potential of personalised vaccines to treat cancer, but it all depends on the outcome of trials like elliot's, with thousands more nhs patients across england expected to be recruited to similar studies targeting lung, breast and other tumour types. fergus walsh, bbc news. people in more than 600 homes in surrey have been warned not to drink their tap water, after tests carried out following a historic fuel leak. thames water said it was issuing the advice as a precaution. let's get the latest from frankie mccamley in bramley. what are people being told? good afternoon. from _ what are people being told? good afternoon. from the _ what are people being told? (emf. afternoon. from the corner of a park and ride which is about five miles from the area of bramley which is

the area affected in what can only be described as a makeshift water distribution centre. as you can see, cars are steadily coming through. thames water employees are filling up thames water employees are filling up the boots for those 600 homes, households that have been told not to drink the water. they are filling up to drink the water. they are filling up the boots because essentially, they don't know how long this is going to go on for. some people here are angry and others say they are extremely frustrated. they have been raising concerns for years about the quality of water. others tell me that a stream in the centre of bramley smells like petrol. one woman has said to me that she does not think the advice has been clear enough. there is a little bit of confusion as to whether or not we can even wash up with it. can we use our dishwasher? i initially thought it would be fine to wash up with it, but actually, maybe we are not. you worry about the long—term effects as well of having probably had low levels of petrol in our water for some years. it is worrying. i have had to put signs up over all the taps. "do not use!"

thames water say that this is a precautionary measure, following concerning results of elevated levels of hydrocarbons which are found in petrol. it says this is linked to a leak at a nearby petrol station, where works are currently being carried out to fix a water pipe. those works are expected to last for around four weeks.- last for around four weeks. thank ou for last for around four weeks. thank you forjoining — last for around four weeks. thank you forjoining us. _ in ukraine, five people have been killed in an overnight strike on the country's second largest city, kharkiv. germany has nowjoined the us in giving ukraine permission to use weapons supplied to the country to strike some military targets inside russia. the relaxation of restrictions are to defend the kharkiv region, which has come under increasing pressure from russian forces from just over the border in recent weeks. jean mackenzie reports from the capital, kyiv. russia is reducing villages

in the kharkiv region to rubble and gaining ground. the ukrainians say they have been powerless to stop this advance because russia has been firing many of its bombs and missiles with impunity, safely from across its border. overnight, there was another attack on this apartment building in kharkiv. at least five people were killed. dozens more injured. elena's husband and mother are still missing. as nato's foreign ministers met in prague, more and more of them joined calls to allow ukraine to use their arms to hit russia back, untilfinally, the united states, kyiv�*s biggest arms donor, gave its green light. they are hitting ukraine with missiles, with artillery, based inside russia. of course, ukraine must be able to hit back and to defend themselves. this is part of the right to self—defence. there are serious limits

to this self—defence. ukraine must only use the weapons to repel the invasion in kharkiv. it cannot fire into russia at any other point along the vast front line. nor can it hit targets deep inside russia. since the start of the war, president biden has been weighing up on one hand his support for ukraine and on the other, the need to stop this escalating into an even bigger conflict between russia and the west. he has been nervous about how moscow, with its nuclear weapons, would respond to this move. but as the situation on the battlefield has changed, so too have mr biden�*s calculations. in spite of the restrictions, this marks a major shift, a new phase in this grinding war. jean mckenzie, bbc news, kyiv. us and british armed forces have carried out a wave of air strikes against houthi targets in yemen in response to attacks on international

shipping in the red sea. houthi media has reported that 16 people were killed overnight and more than 35 injured. our diplomatic correspondentjames landale is with me. what more do we know? this is an often forgotten — what more do we know? this is an often forgotten conflict _ what more do we know? this is an often forgotten conflict will - what more do we know? this is an often forgotten conflict will stop i often forgotten conflict will stop the houthis, an armed group controlling much of yemen, backed by iran, have been striking international shipping since november. they say they are doing so to support palestinians in gaza. there was a flurry of activity and attacks in the new year. the uk and us formed a task force to try to hit back. since there there has been a reduction in frequency but in recent days there has been an uptick. overnight we have the first combined allied strike against houthis targets since february, 13 targets in all, drone facilities, drone storage, missile storage, command and control centres. british warplanes and american warplanes all involved. the prime minister said it

was very much carried out in self defence to try and prevent further attacks. the houthis says 16 people died and more than 30 were wounded. they also say they have launched a missile strike against a us aircraft carrier, the us ss eisenhower, to respond to the attacks so it's an ongoing conflict.— respond to the attacks so it's an ongoing conflict. thank you, james landale. our top story this afternoon... donald trump says he will appeal, after becoming the first serving orformer us president to be convicted of a crime. he was found guilty on 3a counts of falsifying business records. and coming up, scientists have discovered what they believe is the earliest and most distant galaxy ever observed. coming up on bbc news, defending champions england prepare to meet france in tonight's women's euros qualifier, with captain leah williamson relishing the chance of facing the side ranked third in the world.

now to the election, and all party leaders are out and about, just over a week into the campaign forjuly�*s vote. we're going to be hearing from our teams travelling with the main parties. first, the conservatives have unveiled plans to punish fly—tippers in england by adding points to their driving licences. they also say they want to evict disruptive tenants from social housing. rishi sunak is in the north—west of england later. let's speak to our correspondent jess parker, who is on the conservative campaign bus. clearly not on it right now. where are you and what is happening? goad are you and what is happening? good afternoon. are you and what is happening? good afternoon- i — are you and what is happening? good afternoon. i am _ are you and what is happening? good afternoon. i am on _ are you and what is happening? good afternoon. i am on a _ are you and what is happening? good afternoon. i am on a farm _ are you and what is happening? (emf. afternoon. i am on a farm in north—west england, in cheshire. i want to introduce you to some of the local residents. these are some seven—week old lambs. they are getting ready to meet the prime

minister. we understand rishi sunak may even be bottle—feeding them later during his visit here. away from the lamb sent to the politics will stop as you say, the conservatives have been announcing a crackdown on anti—social behaviour in social housing against repeat offenders. people could be evicted. and on fly—tipping, lower—level offenders could find points added to their driving licence. here is the work and pensions secretary mel stride. we will be applying a system whereby people can get points on their driving licences if they are found guilty of these kind of offences. i think that is really important because of course, almost all these offences use a vehicle of some form or another. in many cases, getting additional points on your licence will mean losing your licence altogether. this policy would apply to england. labour and the liberal democrats

have essentially been saying they reckon the conservatives' record on theseissuesis reckon the conservatives' record on these issues is woeful. rishi sunak has been crisscrossing the country during the campaign, combined with some eye—catching policy announcements such as that on national service. announcements such as that on nationalservice. but announcements such as that on national service. but the conservatives may note it doesn't appear to have led to any sort of significant shift in the polls and ultimately that's the kind of cut through they will be looking for. jessica parker, down on the farm, thank you. sir keir starmer is in scotland outlining more of labour's energy plans — including a promise to start work on creating green energy projects within months if elected. the greens say the pledge doesn't go far enough. let's get more from our political correspondent leila nathoo, who is on labour's campaign bus. no farm animals here in the west of scotland, but plenty of clear water between labour and the conservatives when it comes to the issue of energy. this is really going to be where policy differences come to

light. labourare where policy differences come to light. labour are keen to make this a central plank of their election campaign, promising to create a publicly owned energy company, great british energy, headquartered here in scotland. that would invest in renewable energy, something they want to get going with immediately they say. why? because they say they need to reduce britain's reliance on oil and gas imports from abroad, and to get energy bills down in their view, and to create the jobs of the future, keir starmer said, view, and to create the jobs of the future, keir starmersaid, and to get ahead of the transition away from fossil fuels will stop that's what keir starmer wanted to talk about today here in scotland, a key battleground for the labour party. some critics, including the green party, think labour isn't going far enough when it comes to its environmental credentials. remember, there was a policy to invest £28 billion a year in green technology. that has been scaled back. equally, the tories and snp are accusing labour of putting thousands ofjobs at risk in the oil and gas sectors.

how they listen to what sir keir starmer said today when he was challenged on that point. the worst thing we could do now is do what rishi sunak is doing and put our head in the sand and pretend it's not happening. and i'll tell you for why. that's what happened when coal was coming to an end. and we are still paying the price in communities across the whole of scotland and across the whole of the united kingdom. i'm not prepared to let that ever happen under a future labour government. sir keir starmer was also followed here to scotland by questions surrounding the fate of long serving labour mp diane abbott, particularly because he was sharing a stage with his deputy angela rayner, who appeared to go further than him yesterday, saying she thought there was no reason why diane abbott couldn't stand. the answer from sir keir starmer at the moment is that nothing has changed, no decision has been made and diane abbott has not been made and diane abbott has not been barred from standing. leila nathoo, thank _ been barred from standing. leila

nathoo, thank you. _ staying in scotland, a bit further down the road, the snp have been launching a plan for the economy. their leaderjohn swinney has challenged keir starmer to produce an emergency budget if labour wins the election, to reverse what he called tory austerity cuts. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon is in glasgow. yeah, the snp leader has been out campaigning here in scotland's biggest city. he came to a community centre here in the east end of glasgow to set out his party possible economic arguments will stop he told me earlier that he could do business with whoever ends up could do business with whoever ends up becoming the next prime minister as long as they deliver for the people of scotland. he said that would mean ending public spending cuts. which, as he put it, had been inflicted on scotland by the conservatives and that he believed, he said, would continue if labour got into downing street. i am really, really worried that a labour government, in order to establish its financial credibility, or whatever they are doing, are simply going

to sign up to prolonged austerity. now, as the first minister of scotland, responsible for enhancing our health and education services in scotland, which are my absolute priority, i can't do that effectively if my budget is being constantly undermined and eroded by spending cuts from london. john swinney�*s message to voters is that labour and the conservatives are pretty much cut from the same cloth when it comes to fiscal policy. he said voters in this general election face a stark choice and he would argue the snp is best placed to deliver for the voters here in scotland.— placed to deliver for the voters here in scotland. lorna gordon, thank you- _ and finally to the liberal democrats campaign bus, which is currently in the hertfordshire area. they've been outlining their committment to free school meals in england. their leader ed davey has been at a school in harpenden. damian grammaticas has

been following him. sir ed davey has made something of doing extreme sports this week. his extreme sport today, baking with primary school kids here on a half term baking course. the lib dems, on traditional geography and political territory today. free school meals, their offer they say today is to expand free school meals. they ultimately want to say they will do that to all primary school children. sir ed davey gave a few more details. our policy priority is to give free school meals to children in poverty. we are proposing to raise the threshold of income up to £20,000. that would mean nearly a million children living in poverty would get a hot meal every day. i think that should be a priority in a cost of living crisis. they say this could be implemented

from this year by putting a tax on big companies buying back their own... it's an idea copied from the united states. they say that could be rolled out, and that could be children both in primary and secondary schools in england. labour already have that policy in wales and in london too, the london labour mayor has it, and the liberal democrats think they can offer this to distinguish them, with the aspiration ultimately to offer it to all primary schoolchildren. sir ed davey has also been commenting on a couple of other things. he said on theissue couple of other things. he said on the issue of defections from the conservatives, he said he wasn't talking... the people he was interested in talking to were conservative voters who he said he thinks are defecting to the liberal democrats. ., , ., ., thinks are defecting to the liberal democrats. ., ., ., ~ democrats. damian grammaticas, thank ou. german police say an attacker stabbed and injured several people

at a right—wing demonstration before being shot and injured. it happened in the market square in the south western city of mannheim. we can find out more from security correspondent frank gardner. this seems to be. _ correspondent frank gardner. t�*i 3 seems to be, appears to be politically motivated. this was a rally against what they call the islamisation of germany, organised by a fringe group, headed by a political activist who calls himself a journalist, political activist who calls himself ajournalist, but political activist who calls himself a journalist, but he is not, he is a former politician and now political activist. he was attacked along with activist. he was attacked along with a number of other people. the assailant was shot by police. we don't know the condition of the assailant, whether he is alive. he is certainly wounded, and there is a very graphic video, he is shot and goes down. we don't know what the motives were. obviously people will jump motives were. obviously people will jump to conclusions that he was against what the rally stood for, which was in turn against what they call the islamisation of germany,

but the german police have been very tight—lipped about his identity, they will go through his digital record, his footprint, home address and contact, all of that, and i think they will announce later today whether or not it is classed as a terrorist act, attack, or not. thank ou, terrorist act, attack, or not. thank you. frank — terrorist act, attack, or not. thank you, frank gardner. _ slovakia's prime minister has been moved out of hospital two weeks after being seriously wounded in a shooting. robert fico was left fighting for his life after being shot four times at close range in the central town of handlova as he greeted supporters after a government meeting. the 59—year—old is said to have undergone a number of operations and is now receiving "home nursing care". the first hippo to be born in the uk for seven years is getting vip treatment at a zoo in north yorkshire. the calf, called aurora, had a bumpy start when staff became worried that her mother wasn't feeding her. hannah gray has been to see aurora and hear about her progress.

shut that and, then, this is my little girl. oh, my goodness! meet three—week—old aurora — a rare newborn hippo. in fact, staff at flamingo land, say she's the first hippo to be born in the uk for seven years. this is her mum. she's huge and appropriately named godzilla. common hippos are vulnerable to extinction, so the european breeding programme are delighted by the birth of aurora. it is so exciting to be this close to a little baby hippo, but it's been quite an anxious time for you guys here, hasn't it? yeah, definitely. obviously, amazing when she was born. but then after the first 48 hours or so, as much as mum kind of wanted to, she wasn't getting any milk. when she was just three days old, the veterinary surgeon found aurora in a life—threatening state. she's now getting round—the—clock care. it's a challenge, but now we've got her suckling.

onto our arm first, then slide the bottle in underneath. she's definitely getting the hang of it. come on, madam, let's have you. bup, bup, bup, bup, bup. how does it feel for you as a zookeeper? because this is a really rare birth to have happened at any zoo in the uk. i'm just proud of the team, proud of godzilla, and it'sjust amazing to be part of it. it's one of those things that you can tick off your list. you're going to get in your bath now? thank you. she's clearly growing in confidence now. and just look at how much she enjoys the water. watch your toes! she was named aurora because she was born the same week as the northern lights illuminated our skies, and her future is now looking bright. guests at flamingo land should soon be able to see aurora out and about alongside the other animals. hannah gray, bbc news. scientists have discovered what they believe is the earliest and most distant galaxy ever observed, using nasa's powerful james webb space telescope.

this image released by nasa shows the collection of stars as it was 290 million years after the big bang. they hope the discovery will improve understanding of the origin of the universe. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. i will stick to our planet and the tiny bit of it we are on. we have some much needed drier weather on the way for the next few days at least. in many parts of the country, they have been enjoying some sunshine. a lovely view in lancashire. not such a lovely view in suffolk where a cross on the eastern parts of england a northerly wind has been blowing and making it feel quite chilly. you can see from the radar we had rain around as well. that is becoming confined more to the south—east corner of england. more clout in northern scotland that could give some rain but on the whole it will be dry with some

spells of sunshine and areas of