this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. humbled but happy. hollywood'sjohnny depp wins his libel case against ex—wife amber heard, who says she's heartbroken. living in fear, foreign workers in south africa say they're concerned of yet another outbreak of anti—immigrant violence in the country. we have heard again and again that people have had their businesses smashed up and been threatened. there isjust a real sense that people don't know what is going to happen next. leaving the war behind, even forjust a moment, ukrainian soldiers celebrate victory over scotland in the world cup qualifiers.

and for the royal fans, the waiting is almost over. celebrations marking queen elizabeth's 70 year reign are about to finally begin. hello and welcome. the actorjohnny depp says he has his life back after he won a libel case against ex—wife amber heard. a court in the us has ordered the actress to pay $15 million in damages over an article in which she claimed she was a victim of abuse. she says she's heart broken by the verdict. our correspondent david sillito�*s been at the trial in the state of virginia and sent this report. mr foreperson, is this

the verdict of the jury? after six weeks in court and six years of angry disputes since their divorce, finally, a judgement by a jury on the allegations that johnny depp had violently assaulted his ex—wife, amber heard. was this defamation? the answer... yes. cheering. outside, the fans chaired. johnny depp�*s lawyers emerged to a hero welcome. johnny depp's lawyers emerged to a hero welcome.— to a hero welcome. today's verdict confirms _ to a hero welcome. today's verdict confirms what - to a hero welcome. today's verdict confirms what we i to a hero welcome. today's i verdict confirms what we have sent from the beginning that the claims againstjohnny depp are defamatory and unsupported by any evidence.— by any evidence. amber heard's case and video, _ by any evidence. amber heard's case and video, photographs - by any evidence. amber heard'sl case and video, photographs and hours of emotional testimony. slapped me across the face he slapped me again. hejust kicked me.

slapped me again. he 'ust kicked mei slapped me again. he 'ust kicked me. however, public oinion kicked me. however, public opinion was— kicked me. however, public opinion was throughout - kicked me. however, public opinion was throughout the | opinion was throughout the trialfirmly behind opinion was throughout the trial firmly behind johnny depp's claimed that he was the real victim here. in depp's claimed that he was the realvictim here.— realvictim here. in her rage and her— realvictim here. in her rage and her frustration - realvictim here. in her rage and her frustration and - realvictim here. in her rage and her frustration and herl and herfrustration and her angen and herfrustration and her anger, she would strike out. and i said, go ahead, hit me. bam. and i said, go ahead, hit me. bam, , , ' bam. so, completely different accounts of— bam. so, completely different accounts of a _ bam. so, completely different accounts of a marriage - bam. so, completely different accounts of a marriage and - bam. so, completely different| accounts of a marriage and one in whichjohnny depp says he was the victim and that is what the jury has agreed with today, and not only that, they have accepted that amber heard acted with malice with a reckless disregard for the truth. and remember, amber heard's account of her marriage in a uk libel trial wasjudged to be trial was judged to be substantially true yet from the beginning she was facing a

torrent of abuse. are beginning she was facing a torrent of abuse. are received hundreds _ torrent of abuse. are received hundreds of — torrent of abuse. are received hundreds of death _ torrent of abuse. are received hundreds of death threats - hundreds of death threats regularly, if not daily. campaigners for those who have endured domestic violence are worried. ~ ., ., endured domestic violence are worried. ~ . ., . worried. what we are concerned about in this _ worried. what we are concerned about in this instance _ worried. what we are concerned about in this instance is - worried. what we are concerned about in this instance is the - about in this instance is the chilling effect that the media coverage will have on survivors who need to come forward, and so ultimately that can be a very damaging things. victims are watching this and they are thinking about, how will either be treated if a come forward? amber heard says she is heartbroken. she did win part of a libel case over an allegation of carrying out a hoax but forjohnny depp's team, celebrations. in a statement he said he had his life back stopping along battle is finally over. we can now speak to the washington post columnist taylor lorenz who had been following events in the trial very closely. most people didn't actully watch the trial did they?

they watched clips on social media, memes on tiktok, youtube. how has that informed public debate around this trial? yeah, ithink yeah, i think the fact that most people did not watch every part of this trial has skewed a lot of people's opinions because they are viewing this trial through the lens of content creators that are either projohnny or pro amber. there is almost no neutral partyjust there is almost no neutral party just telling there is almost no neutral partyjust telling it how it is, summarising the events of the day, it is all sort of generator to maximise outrage and engagement. mas generator to maximise outrage and engagement.— generator to maximise outrage and engagement. was there ever and engagement. was there ever any incentive _ and engagement. was there ever any incentive to _ and engagement. was there ever any incentive to cover _ and engagement. was there ever any incentive to cover both - any incentive to cover both sides with any kind of neutrality? and if not, is there more money backing one of there more money backing one of the two people in this trial, for example?— the two people in this trial, for example? the sad fact is that neutrality _ for example? the sad fact is that neutrality on _ for example? the sad fact is that neutrality on the - for example? the sad fact is l that neutrality on the internet just does not play well. it doesn't rack up the views, doesn't rack up the views, doesn't get people interested to subscribe and watch more, so we saw from the beginning that

the internet was overwhelmingly pro johnny the internet was overwhelmingly projohnny depp. means and videos and things that defended johnny and bashed amber heard, often very misogynistic lee would just outperform everything else. you got to the point that a lot of the content creators i've talked to said that they were nervous to post anything that was seen as too pro amber because they would lose followers or lose subscribers, so there is all of that incentive at play throughout the whole trail. find throughout the whole trail. and then of course _ throughout the whole trail. and then of course they would therefore lose money. the take away from this widely publicised abuse trail is one of humour. it's become a form of humour. it's become a form of entertainment through humiliation. do we not have a problem if this is how consumers are engaging with content? ~ , ,., , ~' content? absolutely. i think especially — content? absolutely. i think especially when _ content? absolutely. i think especially when we're - content? absolutely. i think especially when we're about something to do with domestic violence these really intense issues, we want that nuance and we want that careful consideration, but that is just

not what you are going to get on social media which, time and time again rewards out rage and doesn'tjust reward people with views and followers and clout but also rewards them with money and so i think that we arejust seeing this money and so i think that we are just seeing this happen more and more and more, especially on tiktok. more and more contentious issues just go viral. if more contentious issues 'ust go viral. , , viral. if this is| representative viral. if this is i representative of viral. if this is - representative of the viral. if this is _ representative of the new media landscape, abuse trails as sport, what implications does the dominance of social media creators have on the stories that are heard and the way in which they are depicted did. you just see that the stories are very one—sided, the way that content creators cover this trial is again through the lens of one person or the other. misogyny and racism and all of these biases are baked into a lot of the content creator ecosystem just as much as the mainstream media and so i think we are going to have to

really think critically about where we are getting our youth. it may be highly engaging to have a content creator break down the ten craziest moments of the trail that day but you want to consider who is that creator that you are watching, what you know about them and what you know about them and what are their biases? don't just say that person really resonates with me, love their fashion tips, i am going to trust them on this but think a little bit more critically about where we are getting our news. d0 about where we are getting our news. y ., ~ about where we are getting our news. , ., ~ , ., news. do you think there is a dancer news. do you think there is a danger that _ news. do you think there is a danger that the _ news. do you think there is a danger that the social - news. do you think there is a danger that the social media | danger that the social media landscape might actually start impacting the outcome of trails? i impacting the outcome of trails? ., impacting the outcome of trails? ~' ., , , impacting the outcome of trails? ., ., , , ~ trails? i think undeniably. we don't know— trails? i think undeniably. we don't know that _ trails? i think undeniably. we don't know that it _ trails? i think undeniably. we don't know that it didn't i don't know that it didn't impact this outcome stopping thejury was the jury was not sequestered, we don't know what they saw online, the internet really sway public opinion on this. a lot of people started as pro amber but after being exposed to 24/7 content bashing her, again often very misogynistic lee, they were projohnny, so i think we don't know how this is going to play out but public opinion can affect big trails.

thank you so much for your time. ., thank you so much for your time. . ., ., here in the uk, there's a sense of excitement in the air — as a four—day public holiday weekend begins to mark the queen's platinum jubilee. millions of people across the country are expected to celebrate the queen's 70—year reign with events including street parties, fly pasts, military parades and concerts. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has the details. the rehearsals have been taking place four weeks after a three—year gap caused by covid, trooping the colour is back on norsgaard's parade with a very special task. the queen's guards, the household cavalry and the foot guards will launch the platinum jubilee with what they hope will be a flawless parade. in they hope will be a flawless arade. , , , , , . parade. in my eyes, the public will be out _ parade. in my eyes, the public will be out after _ parade. in my eyes, the public will be out after covid, - will be out after covid, everyone wants to see the

birthday parade because it is so special and for me it is a great honour and a great privilege to be on the birthday parade this year.— privilege to be on the birthday parade this year. normally the queen would _ parade this year. normally the queen would review _ parade this year. normally the queen would review the i parade this year. normally the | queen would review the troops on the parade ground. that won't happen this year, but she is expected to appear on the balcony of buckingham palace after the parade to take the salute and watch a fly past by the raf. and what of the suffixes, harry and meghan? they have arrived from california but unlike four years ago, they won't be in the procession of carriages from the palace to horse guards but they will watch with other members of the family from a building overlooking the parade ground. the duke of york will not be there at all. from the queen, pictured in this new photograph issued by the palace, ajubilee message. i continued to be inspired by the goodwill shown to me, she says, and hope that the coming days will provide an opportunity to reflect on all that has been achieved during the last 70

years as we look to the future with confidence and enthusiasm. there is enthusiasm aplenty where the most committed royal fans have been camping out for several days. not everyone is a fan of royalty, that is indisputable, but over the next four days, one person's dedication will be the focus of a nation's thanks and those tributes will begin this morning with military precision. and with trooping the colour back here on norsgaard in all its glory, the jubilee celebrations will be under way. jubilee celebrations will be underway. in jubilee celebrations will be under way. in the capital the tributes to the queen will continue with a service to thanksgiving, a party at the palace and a pageant, and the underlying sentiments of those tributes will be reflected in many communities around the country. and there's plenty of coverage

of the key events here on bbc news, and of course on the bbc news website where you'll also find this feature, who's on and off the balcony? there'll be no harry and meghan but there will be 17 members of the royal family alongside the queen, find out who they are on bbc news online. let's get some of the day's other news. a man armed with a rifle and a handgun's killed four people at a hospital in the us state of okla hama. a number of others were injured in the shooting at the st francis hospital in tulsa. the gunman, who's not yet been named, is believed to have turned his gun on himself. the 18—year—old white man accused of shooting dead 10 black people at a supermarket in buffalo in new york last month, has been charged with murder, hate crimes and domestic terrorism. prosecutors allege payton gendron, who earlier pleaded not guilty, was motivated by racial hatred. an overwhelming majority

of danes have voted in favour ofjoining the eu's common defence policy. this means they'll now contribute troops to eu military missions and and participate in eu foreign policy where defence is concerned. it follows finland and sweden's historic applications for nato, with the war in ukraine forcing european countries to rethink their security policy. mexican officials say hurricane agatha, the first of the pacific season, killed eleven people when it struck the south of the country on tuesday. at least 22 others are missing, mostly in mountainous areas. gail maclellan reports. this makes clear the awful power of the storm. the hurricane hit with winds of 169 kilometres when it made landfall on the coast. people were swept away as heavy rains triggered landslides and destroyed buildings. many did not want to leave their homes, fearing they would lose everything.

translation: when we were told to leave we wanted i to take something but we could not. i did not take a single plate, cup or change of clothes. not even sheets or towels. nothing. this was the strongest hurricane to hit mexico's pacific coast at this time of the year since records began. flash floods, mud and rock falls continue to threaten mountain communities and with communications down, the vulnerable will be harder to reach. gail mclennan, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: ukrainian soldiers in kyiv celebrate victory over scotland in the world cup qualifiers. the queen and her husband began their royal progress to westminster. the moment of crowning, in accordance with the order of service, by a signal given,

the great guns of the tower. tributes have been paid around the world to muhammad ali, who has died at the age of 74. outspoken but rarely outfought, ali transcended the sport of boxing, of which he was three times world champion. he was a good fighter. he fought all the way to the . end, even through his illness. yes, he did. uefa imposes an indefinite ban on english clubs playing in europe. today is the 20th anniversary of the release of the beatles�* lp, sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band, a record described as the album of the century. this is bbc news, the latest headlines.

the actorjohnny depp says he has his life back after he won a libel case against ex—wife amber heard. a court in the us ordered the actress to pay $15 million in damages. and in the uk, a four—day public holiday weekend is getting under way to mark the queen's platinumjubilee. anger against foreign nationals working in south africa has led to concerns of yet another outbreak of anti—immigrant violence in the country. president cyril ramaphosa has called anti—foreigner sentiment "deeply disturbing", saying it echoes his country's apartheid past". our correspondent lebo diseko has been speaking to immigrants in one south african township who say they're living in fear. a business that was once a dream come true, now the site of a recurring nightmare. this

mozambique barber has been repeatedly attacked by south africans accusing him of taking theirjobs. he asked us not to show his face or use his name. the first day they came here, there were seven of them, they made us lie down they took machines and even displays, we have no choice but to let them because they had guns. i'm afraid because when you come here i don't know what will happen, they could kill me. this is in the first time anti— foreigner sentiments have been an issue in alexandria, and marginalised community on the border of one of the richest areas. it was in this township that xenophobic violence began and spread around the country. with competition for scarce resources once again some locals are blaming other

africans. among the loudest voices, campaign whose name means to push back insular. alexandra dudula movement has been closing down businesses it claims are run by illegal immigrants.— claims are run by illegal immigrants. vigilantes and hooligans _ immigrants. vigilantes and hooligans break _ immigrants. vigilantes and hooligans break up - immigrants. vigilantes and hooligans break up the i hooligans break up the community, who is fighting for what's right. the government does deal doesn't deal the right way there won't be anything to do with thejhulan teas of harassment. we were attacked on the seventh of march by foreign nationals. some things are really seriously need attention. most ofthe seriously need attention. most of the foreignness _ seriously need attention. most of the foreignness we - seriously need attention. most of the foreignness we have i of the foreignness we have spoken to so they are too scared to go on camera but we have heard again and again people have had businesses smashed up, been threatened, there is a real sense people don't know what's going to happen next. the owners of the

store say they live in fear after south africans armed with whips stole their stock. it's not like this 19—year—old imagined for himself when he came to south africa from mozambique last year. mr; came to south africa from mozambique last year. my dream when i mozambique last year. my dream when i came _ mozambique last year. my dream when i came to _ mozambique last year. my dream when i came to johannesburg i mozambique last year. my dream| when i came to johannesburg was when i came tojohannesburg was get a good job and earn money, ijust want to get a good job and earn money, i just want to live my life like other people do. i'm so scared and thinking of moving to another country.— to another country. south africans _ to another country. south africans and _ to another country. south africans and foreigners i to another country. south | africans and foreigners say they feel forgotten by people in power because they are poor, and divided community united in despair. lebo diseko, bbc news. let's catch up with all the latest sports news. hello, i'm tulsen tollett, and this is your sports news where we start with football, and ukraine have moved a step closer to the world cup finals after a 3—1 win over scotland in their semi—final play—off. andriy yarmalenko scored the opener for ukraine in glasgow with a second

to roman yaremchukjust after the interval. calum mcgregor pulled one back before an injury time third to substitute artem dovbyk, means ukraine move through to a final play—off match against wales in cardiff on sunday, with the winner taking their place in qatar later this year. this is ourdream. this is our dream. this is not the final we need to show the best performance in our lives, we have to prepare as better and as much as we can, as we can. and like i said already in the past, we have a dream to be in the world cup and this is what we need to do. argentina beat italy to win the inaugural finalissima, the south american champions against europe's. goals from lautaro martinez, angel di maria and paulo dybala gave them a 3—0 win at wembley. italy were bidding farewell to their 37—year—old captain and defender giorgio chiellini, who's retiring after winning 117 caps. the semi—finals of the women's french open take

place on thursday. world number one iga swiatek is the favourite. the 2020 champion from poland beat americanjessica pegula in straight sets for a 33rd consecutive win and will face russian daria kasatkina at roland garros for a place in the final. i think it was my most solid match yes i am pretty happy with the performance and from age was really focused, jessica came back in those sets, so i'm pretty happy. casper ruud has become the first norwegian man to reach a grand slam semi—final after he beat danish teenager holger rune in four sets. the eighth seed will now play 33—year—old marin cilic after the croat, the 2014 us open champion, took over four hours to see off russian andrey rublev. to cricket, and the opening test of the series between england and new zealand gets underway in the coming hours at lord's. england have a new captain in ben stokes and coach with brendon mccullum who'll go up against the nation of his birth, which he led to the 2015 world cup final

when he was skipper. the black caps are the reigning world test champions while england have only won once in the last 17 tests. it's a new responsibility, go out there and try to do the same, try to win games for england, that's all i think about now. i'm excited, i don't see this as any hinder on what i bring to the team as a few people have speculated that i might, i'm very excited to get going. the women's us open tees off at southern pines in north carolina later on thursday with yuka saso of the philippines defending champion. world number two nelly korda of the united states is playing for the first time since early february, having recovered from a blood clot in her left arm as she looks to add to the pga championship she won last year. my my arm wasn't feeling too great, but, you know, i listened to my body, i went to

the er ahead ultrasounds and found out i had a blood clot, went home, and saw a specialist, and the. michael who was very, can't think of a better doctor to do my procedure, and i've been good ever since. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, tulsen tollett, and the rest of the team, that's your sports news for now. well, you saw it in the sport update there — ukraine's stunning win over scotland. our correspondentjoe inwood watched the match with a group of soldiers in the capital, kyiv, and sent us this report. this is no normal world cup qualifier, and these are no normal fans. these young ukrainians have all volunteered to join the fight against russia's invasion. 23—year—old alex used to be a software engineer. he will soon be heading to the front. i will be really proud of myself, because i'm doing

a really great thing for my country. football is a big deal here, even in the darkest of times. everybody, especially the ukrainian team, feel their responsibility, because they want to show to us that they are fighting, too. now, of course, normally for a game like this, this significant, all the bars, the restaurants, the sports pubs would be packed, but of course there's a curfew, and so people are watching it at home — or, in this instance, in their military base. an unusual setting for an almost unique sporting event. right now, for us, it's really- important to have some victory, like we won eurovision, and also the ukrainians| would be really happy if we win this match. i but in their way, a scotland team that almost everyone assumed would beat ukraine.

but not here. cheering. 1-0. cheering. 2-0. these soldiers have grown used to remarkable victories, but they also know that victory can turn into defeat. it's actually been a really good game, but it is getting tense now. ukraine have got a one—goal advantage, but scotland are pushing. it's getting nerve—racking, even for the neutrals. cheering. we won this match, so it's really great, so it means that there is nothing impossible for our country, and we're going to win this war. joe inwood, bbc news, in kyiv. loads of business coming up for you in five minutes. i will

talk about sheryl sandberg stepping down from me to. plenty more coming up. —— meta. hello again. we had some warm spells of sunshine around on wednesday but also some scattered showers, particularly across northern and eastern areas. one or two heavy ones mixed in. but in the west, a largely fine day — some lovely sunshine there in anglesey. satellite picture, at the moment, shows largely clear skies, but we do have some thicker cloud approaching from the northwest. that's going to be bringing some rain into northern ireland, as we head deeper into thursday, but for the time being, the skies are clear in most areas and it's another pretty chilly night, really, underneath those clear skies, with light winds for the time of year. we are looking at temperatures down to around 5—7 celsius for a number of you, which is on the cool side, certainly, forjune. now, looking at the pressure charts, pressure's actually rising a little bit across the uk, but then we've

got this weather front — that area of cloud i showed you a moment ago — well, that is set to swing its way in, so cloud will increase across northern ireland, and we'll steadily see outbreaks of rain moving in here, turning quite heavy, by the time we get to the afternoon. scotland, england and wales, a lovely sunny start to the morning, if somewhat cool, but those temperatures will quickly rise. a bit of cloud bubbles up. that could bring a few scattered showers to scotland and northern england, but for many, it's a dry day. temperatures a bit higher — 18 in glasgow, but we're into 19—21 kind of territory for england and wales, so it is warmer. that warmer trend to the weather continues into friday, but again, friday not wholly dry. there will be a a few showers, this time across wales, northwest england, western scotland and northern ireland. again, pretty well spaced out, so you do have a chance of missing them. the emphasis is still on some warm spells of sunshine, for most. temperatures quite widely reaching the high teens to low 20s. now, this weekend, the weather will stay fine across the north of the uk, so scotland, northern ireland and northern england keeping the dry

weather and sunshine, but the weather starts to get more iffy in the south. you see, on saturday, we'll start to see some thundery showers move up from the near continent, the greatest risk of those probably across the southwest of england and south wales. there will be a few more storms coming up through saturday night, and then into sunday, the storms kind of merge together to give some spells of heavier rain across parts of england and wales. now, this rain band could vary in position a little bit by the time we get to sunday, but, nevertheless, warm spells of sunshine, a few showers over the next few days, but we are going to see some heavy, thundery rain developing over the weekend.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. decision time. oil producing countries meet to set output targets, but what role will russia play after the heavy sanctions? writing a new chapter. one of facebook�*s most prominent figures says its time to leave. we'll have the latest from new york. and british retailers hope for a platinum jubilee sales boom. we look at how businesses are cashing in on queen elizabeth's 70 years on the throne.