is being closely watched, after more democrats in the house of representatives have joined calls for mr biden to bow out of the 2024 presidential race. michigan is a critical state in this year's election — and one the president cannot afford to lose. but many in the democratic party worry about mr biden�*s bid for the white house after new gaffes at the nato summit, and lingering panic from his poor debate showing. you're looking at live pictures here. this is that event in michigan where we are expecting the president to appear on stage at any moment. this is a rally that's taking place amidst continue scrutiny over his election prospects and his

ability to lead that campaign against some pretty high profile flubs at the nato summit. mixing up the names of his vice president kamala harris and donald trump, and then before he made that press conference, he also seemed to mix up the names of the president of ukraine with the leader of russia, vladimir putin. so those are the live pictures right now in detroit where we are waiting on the president to speak. michigan is going to be a crucial state in the election prospects for both candidates this year, donald trump and joe biden. it's been described as a blue wall strategy for presidentjoe biden trying to win several states and that rust belt area, pennsylvania and michigan. it will be difficult for him to win the election if he's unable to win michigan. this is also a state where the president has been struggling among his

democratic voters. this was earlier on during the primaries, more than 100,000 people voting uncommitted on their ballots, that was seen as a protest vote over the president's support of israel, his handling of the war in gaza, it will be interesting to see how he addresses supporters here in detroit, that will be coming up shortly, we'll be sure to bring you those comments, that speech live as it happens later on. ukraine's president volodomyr zelensky has continued to push for us support after the conclusion of the nato summit. mr zelensky was in the us state of utah on friday, speaking to the national governors association. in his speech, he described russia's invasion as a "battle

between good and evil" , and thanked americans for their support. it comes after that three—day nato conference, that was dominated by pledges of support to ukraine, including what nato leaders have called an "irreversible path" to future ukrainian membership. it's unclear when it will be offered full membership. nato countries pledged a collective $113 billion of military aid to ukraine in the coming year. this includes air defence support, as well as f—16fighterjets for the first time. somejets are already on their way from europe, according to the us secretary of state. the us also announced it will deploy long—range missiles in germany, starting in 2026, to deter russian aggression. it will be the first time since the cold war, and the move has angered russia. its defence minister andrei belousov intiated a phone call on friday with us defence secretary lloyd austin. they discussed lowering the risk of "possible escalation" over the war in ukraine. meanwhile ukrainians are still reeling from this week's deadly russian air strikes, that killed dozens of civilians, including children at a children's hospital in kyiv. 0ur ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse sent this report. rocket. on monday, in a matter of hours, missiles overwhelmed ukraine's normally well—defended capital.

and it's what they hit which made this one of the worst aerial assaults in this war. this is kyiv�*s children's hospital, where some of the patients were being treated for cancer. it was a site which drew worldwide attention and western condemnation. russia denied targeting civilian areas, but evidence to the contrary is mounting. and this was an attack which wasn't confined to one place or one hospital. cities across central and eastern ukraine were targeted. 1a people lost their lives here, and it took three days to find them from under the rubble. 0nce lived lives exposed by blown—away walls. the country is paying a mounting human cost. five doctors in a kyiv clinic died in one of the strikes this week. as nato leaders gathered in washington, president zelensky

couldn't contain his emotion. it's so difficult and... to lose children. and of course, you know, you see these people, you see parents and when their children are dying or dead. so it's... you want to kill putin at this moment. in the absence of battlefield progress, highlighting russian atrocities is kyiv�*s most potent weapon. sizeable western offerings have followed, including financial aid, the delivery of f—16 fighterjets and much—needed air defence systems. but ukraine got only a fraction of what it was after. in the centre of the capital, thousands of flags mark ukraine's fallen. it has long wanted nato membership and, after years of promises, no—one has ever said when, because of russia's ongoing invasion.

and that takes us to the heart of ukraine's unknowns. can it withstand more attacks on its infrastructure? are the current levels of military aid enough to carry it to victory, or will enduring defiance get it through? all questions brought to the fore by missile strikes which shocked the world. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. talks to reach a ceasefire in gaza between israel and hamas have ended without an agreement, officials said on friday. mediators discussed the terms of a truce proposal in doha and cairo this week. the two sides did not reach a consensus — despite hamas abandoning its condition of a permanent ceasefire to allow an agreement to be reached. but us president joe biden said both sides have agreed to a basic outline. he said in a statement, six weeks ago i laid out a comprehensive framework for how to achieve a ceasefire and bring the hostages home.

0ur gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf has been following the developments from istanbul. he gave this update. he himself involved in negotiation both in cairo and doha told the bbc that the talks has failed, the mediator spent a lot of time trying to bridge the gap between the two sides, israeli side and hamas and put an end for nine months of work, but the effort failed tonight will be hamas official told the bbc that they accuse the israeli prime minister, mr

benjamin netanyahu of sabotaging the cease—fire talks. they said it's for his own interest, he doesn't want this deal to go ahead. we haven't heard back from the israelis yet but this is what hamas are accusing israel of sabotaging the cease—fire talks. this news was very sad and very frustrating, the news for about 2.3 million people in gaza who are suffering for the last nine months from this war and they were hoping that an agreement could put an end for the war, but not this time. while a truce deal is uncertain for now, the lives of civilians continue to hang in the balance as safe havens shrink in gaza city and israel warns people to move south. residents returned to their homes in gaza city's eastern sha—jaiya. they saw buildings reduced to rubble, and dozens of casualties. israeli troops withdrew from the area earlier this week and said on friday that they �*eliminated' the deputy commander of hamas�*s shajaiya battalion. israel's military

accused him of playing a lead role in the october 7th attack at the nova music festival — where more than 360 people were killed. a school in central nigeria collapsed on friday, killing at least 21 people and trapping several others. witnesses say people could be heard crying out for help under the rubble. the country's national emergency management agency says the collapse happened as students took exams at the saint academy injos north, a district of plateau state. 0ur africa correspondent chris ewokor has been following the developments from the nigerian capital abuja. it is a big tragedy here in nigeria, and it is hard to imagine what many parents who lost their children in that collapse would be passing through at the moment. the number of casualties still not fully confirmed because we are hearing that as excavation is going on to help those that are trapped, more bodies are still

being pulled out, many are injured and taken to hospital and medics are calling for a donation of blood to help those who have been rushed to hospital. we understand that what happened today, the students were writing exams in their classes when the building came crashing down, falling on top of the children. many of them, including their teachers, lost their lives in the process. earlier in the day, many parents rushed to the place to try to identify the children, some who saw the bodies of their children on the ground were inconsolable, they were devastated. some also who couldn't find their children decided to go to the hospitals to try to locate them, and it's been more devastation, confusion and a lot of people are in shock over this unprecedented tragedy that

happened in central nigeria. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. a security guard has been jailed for life and must serve at least 16 years for planning to kidnap, rape and murder the television presenter, holly willoughby. the judge described 37—year—old gavin plumb�*s crimes as "depraved and vile", while thejury were told his actions had a catastrophic impact on her. plumb was arrested after he disclosed his plans online to an undercover police officer in the us. four migrants have died after a boat capsized during an attempt to cross the english channel, according to the french coastguard. on thursday night a navy patrol boat reported that people had fallen into the sea off the coast of northern france. police say 63 others were rescued. uk home secretary yvette cooper described the incident as "truly awful".

thejustice secretary shabana mahmood says the government had to act to release prisoners early in england and wales or face the collapse of the criminaljustice system. on friday ms mahmood announced a temporary reduction injail time for many prisoners — meaning some will serve 40% of their sentence rather than 50. you're live with bbc news. breaking news, a judge in new mexico has dismissed involuntary manslaughter charges brought against hollywood actor alec baldwin. this was the moment baldwin realised the case was being dismissed, you can see a clearly emotional reaction. he was on trial for his involvement in the death cinematographer halyna hutchins, who was killed by a bullet fired from a prop gun that mr. baldwin was using while filming a scene for the film �*rust�* in 2021. alec baldwin's defence attorneys successfully pressed for an immediate dismissal, after accusing the prosecution of burying evidence.

just a short time ago i spoke to our correspondent emma vardy who has been following the trial closely. this try hello has really taken an unexpected turn, a day of courtroom drama here, it emerged earlier today that this box of bullets, this new piece of evidence had emerged, a box of evidence had emerged, a box of bullets that have been given to police in recent months, but that hadn't been disclosed to the defence. the prosecution essentially said it wasn't connected with the case, it got filed under completely separate case and that was what was being argued in court today. now, in this box of bullets it's alleged it was supplied by the ammunition supplier to the movie set of rust. there were mixed up bullets between live rounds and dummy rounds. this cast a lot of doubt on the trial and the events leading up to the shooting. previously, the armour in the film, rust, she's already been convicted of involuntary manslaughter, she

was the person who makes up the bullets and that's how a live round ended up in the gun used by alec baldwin. this new piece of evidence cost doubt on all of evidence cost doubt on all of his arguments. 0ne of evidence cost doubt on all of his arguments. one of the unexpected things that happened was the lead prosecutor put herself on the stand, and gave an oath and explained why. the judge dismissed the trial, alec baldwin is essentially a free man now, this case cannot be put to him again emotional scenes in court and he just left in tears after hugging his legal team and his wife. yeah, we 'ust legal team and his wife. yeah, we just wanted _ legal team and his wife. yeah, we just wanted to _ legal team and his wife. yeah, we just wanted to ask - legal team and his wife. yeah, we just wanted to ask you - we just wanted to ask you briefly, can you describe the seenin briefly, can you describe the seen in the courtroom when this decision was made?— decision was made? right, the camera was — decision was made? right, the camera was right _ decision was made? right, the camera was right on _ decision was made? right, the camera was right on alec - camera was right on alec 0ldman, this is all being streamed live as the judge

started to give her ruling on this, she went point by point through the defense's argument why they believe this new piece of evidence undermined the whole case, he was listening intently and he just broke down intently and he just broke down in tears when the judge made that ruling. he put his head in his hands, he leaned to one side, he hugged his lawyer that has been defending him throughout this case, he hugged his wife who has been a comforting him to court every single day, she was in tears, too. the shock out here amongst the products, shock inside the port courtroom and then pretty quickly alec baldwin came out here, a huge number of media waiting for him as you can imagine, lots of reporters shouting questions, asking what does this mean to him, he is now a free man after nearly a three year weight of this trial, this case, potentially having this case hanging over him for all of that time. but he didn't stop to take any questions, straight to the car and off he went. live now to criminal defence attorney and legal analyst

rachel fiset. it's great to have you here. this really does seem to be a pretty surprising development here, what's your reaction to whatjust happened in the courtroom's it is the best possible thing that could happen to a defendant in this case. �* �* ~ h happen to a defendant in this case. ~ �*, ., case. and alec baldwin's team showed that _ case. and alec baldwin's team showed that there _ case. and alec baldwin's team showed that there was - case. and alec baldwin's team | showed that there was evidence that they should have been given and they were not. and a prosecutor has a very high standard to give exculpatory evidence, meaning evidence that is bad for the case and possibly good for the defence, and when they don't meet those ethical duties, this is exactly what can happen. along with sanctions and a host of other things, so really, the evidence that was not provided was so central to the case that the judge thought this case could not fairly proceed as a result of that evidence not being

given to the defendant. i actually wanted to ask you, how crucial was this evidence to the case?— the case? well, we will actually _ the case? well, we will actually never - the case? well, we will actually never know. i the case? well, we will| actually never know. it's the case? well, we will - actually never know. it's the fact that it could have been crucial to the case. we will never know. what they were, it was evidence of other live rounds on the set, the prosecution says it was not relevant at all because it was not the same exact type of bullet that was used in ms. hutchins death. they will never have a chance to test that, they had never had a chance to understand how those live rounds got on the set. and without being able to prepare their defence with all of the evidence, the case is dismissed because they, we would never know. we don't know if that was the absolute crucial evidence or if it was irrelevant, but it

was relevant enough to the central issues that the judge found it a dismissible case. and just to reiterate, just to clarify here, thejudge clarify here, the judge dismissed clarify here, thejudge dismissed the case with prejudice. what exactly does that mean? i'm assuming now that mean? i'm assuming now that will mean this case is essentially done.- that will mean this case is essentially done. the case is done. essentially done. the case is done- they _ essentially done. the case is done. they cannot _ essentially done. the case is done. they cannot retry - essentially done. the case is done. they cannot retry a . essentially done. the case is i done. they cannot retry a case against alec baldwin. it's dismissed with prejudice as a sanction for the prosecutorial misconduct of not turning over that evidence.— misconduct of not turning over that evidence. and how common is that kind _ that evidence. and how common is that kind of _ that evidence. and how common is that kind of ruling? _ that evidence. and how common is that kind of ruling? do - that evidence. and how common is that kind of ruling? do we - is that kind of ruling? do we see this very often in a criminal case? i see this very often in a criminal case?- see this very often in a criminal case? i have seen it in my own — criminal case? i have seen it in my own criminal- criminal case? i have seen it in my own criminal cases. it| in my own criminal cases. it has happened, we've had cases dismissed based on prosecutorial misconduct. but it is not supposed to happen. the prosecutors are supposed to be ethically carrying out their duties. they have a lot of power, being representatives of

the government and having the ability to put people injail, and so they are held to this high standard of having to turn over all the evidence. so it is not, it is not super... it is not, it is not super... it is not super common, it is not a common occurrence, because most prosecutors are abiding by those duties but when they don't, the sanctions and the consequences are very harsh. 0bviously consequences are very harsh. obviously as he said, we will never know exactly how this trial would have unfolded, but you have been tracking this trial closely. how did it seem to you, and how difficult was this case for alec baldwin's team to defend? i this case for alec baldwin's team to defend?— this case for alec baldwin's team to defend? i think alec baldwin's — team to defend? i think alec baldwin's team _ team to defend? i think alec baldwin's team was - team to defend? i think alec baldwin's team was doing i team to defend? i think alec baldwin's team was doing a l team to defend? i think alec- baldwin's team was doing a very good job in the defence of this case, i would say they were likely winning as of this point in the trial. there were some missteps that were being shown by the investigation and the prosecution, and frankly alec

baldwin can always rely on the fact that he was told the gun was not loaded. and as an actor, he simply is carrying out duties of other people's vision. 0n out duties of other people's vision. on monday, thejudge ruled he could not be, his role as a producer could not be introduced into the case, which was a very big win for the baldwin team. so going forward, really, the odds were looking more and more in his favour as this case progressed. i more and more in his favour as this case progressed.- this case progressed. i guess the next question _ this case progressed. i guess the next question is, - this case progressed. i guess the next question is, and i this case progressed. i guess the next question is, and of. the next question is, and of course we are seeing those emotional reactions from alec baldwin and his family in the courtroom, but you know, what comes next and what comes next for everybody who was involved in this tragic shooting on that set? will this affect any other cases or is this just one that will affect alec baldwin himself?— will affect alec baldwin himself? ~ ., , himself? well, i do believe that ms- — himself? well, i do believe that ms. gutierrez - himself? well, i do believe that ms. gutierrez read, i himself? well, i do believe| that ms. gutierrez read, the

armour that is already been convicted, will be filing appeals. 0ne convicted, will be filing appeals. one will convicted, will be filing appeals. 0ne willjust be simply based on this new evidence, that came in allegedly after her conviction, but it does come a new evidence can lead to an appeal and an entirely new trial. so this could very much affect her case and how, whether she is sentence, carries out her sentence. so this is a very big deal there. sentence. so this is a very big dealthere. i sentence. so this is a very big deal there. i think alec baldwin's team will likely seek sanctions against the prosecutors. there will be an investigation, internal investigation, internal investigation at the new mexico da's office, as it relates to inquiring why this misconduct, what will the intentionality was in it, so this prosecutors could be facing other sanctions besides this as well. aha, could be facing other sanctions besides this as well.— besides this as well. a really interesting _ besides this as well. a really interesting and _ besides this as well. a really interesting and surprising i interesting and surprising development there in that case,

criminal defence attorney, rachel, thank you very much for your analysis. joe biden is back on the campaign trail, he's in the state of michigan and i think we can take a look at live pictures they are, this is pastor cindy rudolph, you can see the president there behind her, she's warming up the crowd there. just a few moments ago she had the crowd chanting "don't you quit". that's exactly the question hanging over the president right now, whether or not he will quit, whether or not he will quit, whether or not he will stand down from the 2024 presidential race and potentially put forward a new democratic nominee, but as you can see, a very friendly audience there in detroit, michigan. he has brought together a friendly crowd, plenty of allies taking the stage for him. speaking there, and we are expecting the president to make his remarks, this of course coming off the

back of his highly anticipated solo press conference at the nato summit. the crowd they are chanting "four more years". this will of course be a crucial state, state of michigan is a battleground state, one both donald trump and joe biden are hoping to win come november. and it looks like the president will be taking to the podium, he's about to address that crowd, let's listen in.— let's listen in. hello, hello, hello! well, _ let's listen in. hello, hello, hello! well, i— let's listen in. hello, hello, hello! well, itell_ let's listen in. hello, hello, hello! well, i tell you i let's listen in. hello, hello, | hello! well, i tell you what, thank you, i love you back. look, i want to, i'm thank you, i love you back. look, iwant to, i'm not thank you, i love you back. look, i want to, i'm not going home unless i get one sign, and thatis home unless i get one sign, and that is motown isjoe town, and it is. cheering. you don't know how true that

is. ~ , ., , ., you don't know how true that is. my dad sold automobiles got me through _ is. my dad sold automobiles got me through high _ is. my dad sold automobiles got me through high school - is. my dad sold automobiles got me through high school and i me through high school and couege me through high school and college and law school, and we always look at motown. uaw. cheering em cheering _ . by the way, pastor rudolph, i'm still . by the way, pastor rudolph, i'm still a _ . by the way, pastor rudolph, i'm still a young _ . by the way, pastor rudolph, i'm still a young guy _ . by the way, pastor rudolph, i'm still a young guy but i . by the way, pastor rudolph, i'm still a young guy but whenj i'm still a young guy but when i'm still a young guy but when i was a young fella and my state that was segregated by law i would always start at bishop lehman's church in wilmington, i would go to 730 mass and go to ten o'clock service. how does desegregate the restaurants and my city. i tell you what, now you know why i spent so much time at that church. pastor, thanks for the introduction to your spiritual leadership, and by the way, we've got a great crowd here tonight, to state the obvious. i would get in trouble with my

dad looking down on me. we love you! cheering. my my dad would give me hell if i didn't turn and say excuse my back. i apologise. didn't turn and say excuse my back. iapologise. look, folks. members of congress... chanting we got your back! . i got your back to. i want you to know that i spent a lot of time with debbie, she has helped me out a lot. and iforget which

debbie, she has helped me out a lot. and i forget which event we were at, and someone said, you're his wife, aren't you? because she looks likejill. and thank you very much, i can't tell you... we've got lieutenant governor gilchrest. he's hard to miss, he seven and we have been sent. the democratic chairman. we've got many leaders, including sei you, cwa. thank you all. it's simple, unions. they'll save the world. cheering.

i can't tell you how much this means to me, it really means a lot. thank you, thank you. i'm here for one reason, kamala and i won in michigan in 2020, we're going to win it again in 2024. cheering. and here's how we're going to do it. we're going to stand up for women in america. we're going to protect contraception. we will protect ivf and we are going to restore roe v wade as the law of the land. cheering. i mean it. and protect the right to vote. i'll fight for medicare and social security and not cut it like the other guy wants to do. i'm going to keep lowering the cost of prescription drugs in america. going to keep expanding health care. no matter how many times tom and his mugger republicans come after the affordable care act, we will stop them and stop them and stop them. —— maga.

will protect our children, get weapons of war off the street. we're going to ban assault weapons. folks, look, more children are killed by a bullet then any other reason in america. they die for that more than anything else, any disease, any problem. it's sick. above all else, we're going to stand up for our constitution and save our democracy. cheering. folks, you probably noticed there's a lot of speculation lately, what's joe there's a lot of speculation lately, what'sjoe biden going to do? is he going to stay in the race? is he going to drop out? i am the race? is he going to drop out? iam running, and we're going to win! i'm not going to change anything. there you go, us presidentjoe biden saying i am running,

addressing those critics and his party about whether he should drop out of the way race for the white house in november. it isjoe biden speaking at an energetic rally in the state of michigan, of course we have live coverage of that rally on our website, check that out, but bbc .com/ news, and more coming up at the top of the hour on bbc news. is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour which is straight after this programme. train horn blows. my name is francis bourgeois, and i've taken on the challenge to travel from the southern coast of england... did your ears pop? i'm a railway enthusiast, and i use my social media to share my passion with the world. train horn blows. he laughs. what a legend! i have 5.4 million followers in total. it's been a pretty

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