live from london. this is bbc news. the russian opposition activist — vladimir karamurza — is sentenced to 25 years in jail. fighting between rival armed factions in sudan intensifies — with nearly a hundred people killed — and hundreds more injured. a billion—dollar defamation trial — between dominion — the voting systems firm and fox news has been delayed by a day. the uk prime minister rishi sunak — says he's happy to cooperate with a parliamentary standards investigation over a childcare firm, his wife has shares in. no—go — elon musk�*s space x — has cancelled the launch — of its mammoth rocket �*starship�*.

hello and welcome before we to those headline, the very latest, we were expecting the figures regarding the junior doctors strike in easter, the industrial action we were talking earlier to jim reed, he said we were going to get updated with the figures of operations and procedures and appointments that had to be cancelled. those have just appointments that had to be cancelled. those havejust come in. nearly 200,000 hospital appointments and procedures in england had to be rescheduled due to the strike by doctors between april 11 and 15. thatjust doctors between april 11 and 15. that just come to doctors between april 11 and 15. thatjust come to us from nhs

england, so almost 200,000, 195,000 cancellations is the exact figure and at the peak of the action there were 27,361 staff not at work due to the industrial action. there's been a response from the nhs, national medical director, who said today's figure lay bare the collapse of the impact of industrial action unplanned care in the nhs. each of those 195,000 appointments respond, have an impact on the lives of individuals and families and creates presbyter on the entire workforce. this is likely to be an underestimate of the impact because shum areas provisionally avoided scheduling appointments for those days. was staff try to manage the appointments, it is becoming increasingly difficult and the impact on patients will continue to worsen. so, that comments on the

numbers coming in and the reflection right there at the end talking about unfortunately, the situation is likely to continue to worsen that is the junior doctor strike action which remains unresolved. you heard the hud secretary, steve barclay, talking about that, talking about potential new strikes and the unprecedented nursing action. the royal college of nursing by letting their members for further strike action and said they could be further strikes from nurses right up to christmas after they rejected the governments pay off or on friday. so, unprecedented in terms of the sorts of pressures from those various groups, the royal college of nursing and junior doctors. those are figures, jim reed, i spoke to him earlier in the programme and will talk to them in the next two figures to get more on that. those are the figures in the terms of the number of patients affected last

week. dominion is suing fox for 1.6 billion dollars — alleging that its presenters knowingly spread false claims, that the 2020 presidential election, was rigged against donald trump. the washington post's media reporter — sarah ellision — is monitoring events closely. my reporting indicates that the judge asked the two parties to try to get together one last time to see if they could settle before before this explosive trial begins. and it does seem, though, that we are headed to trial, even though we have this 2a hour period. but we're all trying to figure out whether there could be some kind of last ditch, last minute settlement. you used the phrase explosive.

i said bombshell. i mean, just for people perhaps not familiar with this. why is it being so closely watched? because there is a huge amount at stake, isn't there? exactly. this is not only a trial, over $1.6 billion in dominion�*s lost profit and damages, but this is a trial that has enormous implications for press freedom in the united states. and also it is a sort of referendum on the lies and the misinformation that circulated during the trump era here that ended with the january sixth insurrection. so it's not simply a case of big numbers for a defamation suit and a libel trial. it also has enormous implications for democracy here and how and whether, in fact, these kinds of statements will be held accountable or whether they will clear the bar. you talked about big numbers,

but we're also talking about big, huge star names, tucker carlson, sean hannity, because we know from text messages, emails, sworn depositions that many at fox were questioning the network's coverage of the dominion allegations, including some of those names. exactly. and the reason that those statements are important is that in order to win a defamation suit like this in the united states, you need to prove that the media organisation acted with reckless disregard for the truth. and that means that you knew what you were saying was false and you went ahead and said it anyway, and that that statement damaged someone. and so those internal messages where you see people behind the scenes saying that this conspiracy theory is insane, and yet going on air and sort of promoting it, those are the kinds of things that dominion is really going to lean into.

you talked about the huge potential for embarrassment and reputational damage. what about the role of rupert murdoch? how much scrutiny is he coming under? well, he's very likely to have to testify in this trial. and i don't know if your viewers remember the phone hacking scandal, but that was sort of the last time that we saw rupert murdoch under this kind of microscope and headed for this kind of existential moment for his company. so we are expecting to hear from rupert murdoch. he's going to have to answer for what people were saying on air. and the internal messages that we've seen from fox and that have come out during this trial really show how he operates, which is something that we've all sort of thought we knew about. but now we're seeing it in writing. we would watch that story because potentially that trial could kick off tomorrow. more on that story here on bbc news. a man who was extradited from pakistan has appeared in court in london over the murder of police constable sharon

beshenivsky 18 years ago. piran ditta khan is charged with the murder of pc beshenivsky 2005 after she and a colleague responded to a robbery in bradford. the married mother—of—three, with two stepchildren, was a probationer with only nine months�* service when she was killed. her colleague, pc teresa millburn was seriously injured. earlier, i spoke to our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds. this was the second appearance by piran ditta khan at a court in the uk, following his extradition from pakistan last week, in connection with these historic allegations that he murdered sharon beshenivsky in november 2005 during a raid on a travel agency in the town in the north of england in bradford, and outside that travel agent was where sharon beshenivsky had been called to attend this incident. she was fatally shot in the raid. this man, piran khan is accused of notjust murder but also possession of a mac—10 machine gun and a nine millimetre handgun.

he is thought by prosecutors to have been involved in the organisation of that raid. a very short procedural hearing at the court, he appeared on a video link from prison. and really the only major matter of discussion was whether the case should happen here at the central criminal court in london, the old bailey as it is better known, or whether it should be held at a court in the north of england nearer bradford where the murder happened. and the prosecutor has said that that would perhaps be preferable for them and for the police because it would make it easier for the police to produce witnesses and to produce evidence in a case which dates back more than 17 years. not decided today, the judge will decide that at a later date. no date set for trial but ditta khan remains in prison and has been told he will remain while these criminal proceedings continue. tom simon is at the old bailey,

thank you for the update. the launch of the biggest ever space rocket has been called off at the last minute because of a technical fault. the starship, which is owned by elon musk�*s company spacex, is more than 120 metres high and is designed to have almost double the thrust of any other rocket. there will not be another attempted lift off for at least 48 hours. we've been talking to our science correspondent about what the glitch was. rehearsal. he said just before liftoff you say thank you very much and everyone goes on. the actual intention today was to go all the way down to t— zero and lift off but they discovered that they had a sticky vav in the pressurisation

system and as a rocket burns through its fuel you have to keep the tanks pressurised to make sure the fuel is pushing through the big rocket engines at the base of the vehicle. if you can't get the pressure into those tanks then the chances are you could have some sort of hard start in your combustion chamber in your rockets and you don't want that as you're trying to lift skywards. so, they decided today was not the day and there will come back if they can sort this issue. at least 48 hours from now. so, the earliest we are talking about is possibly wednesday, maybe thursday. they have permissions from the federal aviation administration in the us to keep the skies clear of aeroplanes and to also keep the gulf of mexico, where they're launching from, to keep that clear of boats that might wander into a debris field. we will see what happens and what the engineers say after they have gone through their data.—

through their data. when they try auain, if it through their data. when they try again, if it successful, _ through their data. when they try again, if it successful, how - again, if it successful, how significant is that would it be in terms of the way we explore space, and the cost of exploring space? this rocket, potentially, is a total of the game changer for two reasons. one, it's immense lifting capacity 0ne, it's immense lifting capacity and it would be capable of preaching more than 100 tonnes in orbit in one go. the international space station is over 400 tonnes and you remember how long it took them to build that with shuttle stations taking up ten tonnes here and sentence there. 0ver tonnes here and sentence there. over 100 tonnes in one go for this rocket. the other thing, the rocket would be fully reusable and rapidly reusable. a bit like an aeroplane. the history of rocket have been that you throw rockets away after one use or you through most of it away and only use some bits again. the whole thing would be totally reusable and to operate itjust the cost of the

propellant. so, again, total game changerfor propellant. so, again, total game changer for cost propellant. so, again, total game changerfor cost but also propellant. so, again, total game changer for cost but also that immense lifting capacity. john amos. the former secretary _ immense lifting capacity. john amos. the former secretary of _ immense lifting capacity. john amos. the former secretary of state - the former secretary of state hillary clinton is in northern ireland. ms. clinton made the awards in her role as chancellor of the university of banff us. she was speaking at the start of a 3d conference held by the university and ms. clinton said there would not have been an agreement to celebrate i they're not been for the women of northern ireland. i i they're not been for the women of northern ireland.— northern ireland. i remember startin: northern ireland. i remember starting in _ northern ireland. i remember starting in 1995, _ northern ireland. i remember starting in 1995, meeting - northern ireland. i rememberj starting in 1995, meeting with president and catholic women, mothers and daughters sisters and friends, who may have attended different churches on sunday but seven days a week. that their

husbands and their sons, their friends would come back and forth from work, from shopping peacefully. prayed for a better future for their children and grandchildren. women like ynez mccormick, pat hume mum mum, determined on top of unstoppable forces for peace. and joyce mccartin, who brought together protestant and catholic women in a safe house where they realised they all wanted the same thing. good jobs, good schools, peacefulsecure neighbourhoods. streets you could walk safely down. that neighbourhoods. streets you could walk safely down.— walk safely down. that was a little earlier. walk safely down. that was a little earlier- and _ walk safely down. that was a little earlier. and produce _ walk safely down. that was a little earlier. and produce many - walk safely down. that was a little earlier. and produce many reports into the verity of atrocities and

she was given a chancellors matter for achievements and i'm delighted to shejoins us for achievements and i'm delighted to she joins us here for achievements and i'm delighted to shejoins us here on for achievements and i'm delighted to she joins us here on this programme. thanks so much and congratulations. what was that like today? it congratulations. what was that like toda ? . , congratulations. what was that like toda ? . ., congratulations. what was that like toda ? ., ., today? it was a wonderful day. it started off _ today? it was a wonderful day. it started off with _ today? it was a wonderful day. it started off with mrs _ today? it was a wonderful day. it started off with mrs clinton - today? it was a wonderful day. it started off with mrs clinton and i started off with mrs clinton and george mitchell who was the person who enabled the good friday agreement and made the most magnificent contribution to the conference and then we had a lunch at which these 25 women were honoured for their contributions to the peace process. it was a great privilege to be there and for my work to be recognised. my work was in policing but there were many others, you know women in politics, women in the public service, there were two former presidents of ireland among the 25. so, it was a great day. we ireland among the 25. so, it was a treat da . ~ ., ireland among the 25. so, it was a treat da . ~ . ., , .,

great day. we heard hillary clinton referencin: great day. we heard hillary clinton referencing that, _ great day. we heard hillary clinton referencing that, she _ great day. we heard hillary clinton referencing that, she was - great day. we heard hillary clinton i referencing that, she was absolutely right, because within the negotiations behind—the—scenes, that whole build up, there were so many different female voices that were so critical, weren't there? the?r different female voices that were so critical, weren't there?— critical, weren't there? they were. they were — critical, weren't there? they were. they were absolutely _ critical, weren't there? they were. they were absolutely critical. - critical, weren't there? they were. they were absolutely critical. it - they were absolutely critical. it wasn't easy for many of them stop you know, women's voices weren't heard very readily at that time, particularly in politics, so it wasn't easy and it certainly wasn't using my sector, which was policing and policing accountability. there was a reluctance to engage with the whole process of implementing the good friday agreement to the extent that it needed to be implemented but although some of the work we did was difficult, we were very privileged, and i think very fortunate, that we were there at that time and we could make a contribution and that contribution needs to be sustained. because we don't have our

institutions up and running still number so we need to get them back. i will come to the modern challenges in a moment or two, but you reference some of your work and of course you investigated the bombing of omar howell, the police and let. was that the toughest moment for you? that paul electricity and everything that flowed out of it and what you actually establish in terms of what the authorities knew and how they handle that information to mark that was profoundly difficult because it was very early in my time as police ombudsman. we because it was very early in my time as police ombudsman.— because it was very early in my time as police ombudsman. we had to meet with the survivors _ as police ombudsman. we had to meet with the survivors and _ as police ombudsman. we had to meet with the survivors and the _ as police ombudsman. we had to meet with the survivors and the families - with the survivors and the families of those who had been killed in the bombing. we had to explain to them that there had been this big intelligence picture which had not been managed properly, and we couldn't see at that time that the bomb could have been prevented. now

i think improbability it could have been prevented, but we knew there was intelligence there that should have led to actions being taken which were not taken. we also knew that the intelligence which wasn't shared with the investigators, the investigation was poor, so there was an awful lot of bad news i had to give to people and act on that profoundly difficult. but it had to be done. ., ., . ., ., be done. you touch on it in an earlier answer— be done. you touch on it in an earlier answer because - be done. you touch on it in an i earlier answer because everyone be done. you touch on it in an - earlier answer because everyone will be familiar with the fact that it was a whole community that effectively did not trust the police force. in terms of your. they are doing. how much, or how long did that take for it did break down and change question mark i think it took a year or two for us to win the

trust of the people.— a year or two for us to win the trust of the people. that we really would investigate _ trust of the people. that we really would investigate the _ trust of the people. that we really would investigate the police - trust of the people. that we really would investigate the police and l trust of the people. that we really would investigate the police and it wouldn't be the way it had previously. we worked very hard at that. we made ourselves available to anyone who asked to see us and we met them when they wants to meet us which meant a lot of after hours meeting which across the country and things like that. but if people wanted to see a suisse would see them. and we would report on the scale of evidence that we found. we gained the trust of the police to because of police came to the conclusion were being fair. because we where we found with things wrong we where we found with things wrong we report to them and when we find things that weren't wrong we did not. which i to give integrity or to the system and that gave rise to the height community confidence in the office which i hope which was hard—won but profoundly important

because if policing is not trusted thenit because if policing is not trusted then it you don't have, if you like it, one of the major elements of a peace process. you do need policing that policing have can confidence in and i think we made a contribution to the establishment of that. just a final thought _ to the establishment of that. just a final thought about _ to the establishment of that. just a final thought about the _ to the establishment of that. just a final thought about the challenges now because you touched on that. it was interesting last week when we're listening to joe was interesting last week when we're listening tojoe biden, he was there at the university is speaking about the fragility of peace and the challenges of 25 years ago and challenges now. he responded by saying that what we have to do now is a renewal, renewal, is that of you that you share? what do you think is the best way forward and how do you get there? i think is the best way forward and how do you get there?— think is the best way forward and how do you get there? i think the best way forward _ how do you get there? i think the best way forward is _ how do you get there? i think the best way forward is to _ how do you get there? i think the best way forward is to get - how do you get there? i think the best way forward is to get our - best way forward is to get our institutions and particularly our northern ireland assembly up and running. we have to do that because as things stand in northern ireland at the moment, nobody can meet the fundamental decisions we needs to be

made to improve our health, or education, our infrastructure and everything is crumbling and falling apart. so, we need the assembly back and they think that will come when we work out some of the fine—tuning of the windsor framework to the brexit agreement. so, we still have some work to do there and i think it can be done, and hope to see the institutions up and running again and then we can move forward, and we need to do that. we and then we can move forward, and we need to do that.— need to do that. we have to leave it there but congratulations _ need to do that. we have to leave it there but congratulations on your i there but congratulations on your warlord today and thank you for taking time to speak this. let's return to the impacts of the interest—rate byjunior doctors. up interest—rate by junior doctors. up to interest—rate byjunior doctors. up to 200,000 procedures had to be cancelled by the strike. that speak to our health respondentjim reed,

he was anticipating these figures and they have come as you are hinting at it, you thought it might be around that figure of 200,000? yes, these figures have come through in the last 30 minutes was up if you go to the bbc website all the data is out there. 196,000 nhs appointments cancelled because of the strike in england byjunior doctors last week. that breaks down at around 175,000, so—called outpatient appointments, people who don't have to stay overnight coming in for scans don't have to stay overnight coming inforscans and don't have to stay overnight coming in for scans and consultations but also our own 20,000 elective, inpatient procedures, people who have to stay overnight with like hip replacements, cardiac... some heart surgery, staying overnight for procedure. quite a significant impact and in fact, the nhs boss said, you can see on here, talking about the colossus could also impact

as he puts it, of industrial action lawsuit. where it saying that the nhs say they think this figure could be an underestimate because it only icons for operations and procedures that were cancelled. it does not include the numbers that were not scheduled because hospitals knew the strike was coming up and hospitals take proactive action beforehand and make sure they don't book people in four straight days. so, the impact on patients could be greater than that puts up worth pointing out also that puts up worth pointing out also that we had some news from the unite union, one of the smaller unions that represent in the mean ambulance workers but also other workers in hospitals, and they have said they would now strike, ambulance workers, in one part of the country, in yorkshire, on the same day we are expecting nurses for strike over that bank holiday. the first signs there, although this is a limit parted of the country, that we could see coordinated action between different health unions as this

industrial action continues across the country and the health service. exactly on that point, that is a growing concern and you had it in the last line of that statement where they talked about the impact is unfortunately going to continue to worsen because there is that thought that has been spoken about over the last few days that the nurses, their industrial action, plans by them, thejunior doctors you willjust mention i'm lens workers as well, that somehow that becomes coordinated in a really unprecedented way.— becomes coordinated in a really unprecedented way. that's a thing. with nurses — unprecedented way. that's a thing. with nurses in _ unprecedented way. that's a thing. with nurses in particular— unprecedented way. that's a thing. with nurses in particular at - unprecedented way. that's a thing. with nurses in particular at the - with nurses in particular at the moment, they have a mandate to strike up to the 2nd of may, so this next strike we are seen matthew, is the last few days that nurses can go on strike is part of that mandate. then union bosses will have to go back to nurses across england and ask them to vote again whether they want to take industrial action and that decision will be key. we won't get the result of that boat until

sometime injune, but if nurses do vote again to take industrial action that mandate could last until christmas and that is why nhs bosses are concerned about the possibility aboutjunior doctors, and ambulance about junior doctors, and ambulance staff aboutjunior doctors, and ambulance staff and possibly senior consultants taking action at the same time, in some coordinated matter or staggered across weeks or months. it's exactly what health services bosses and the nhs it's is conserved about moving forward. i only have about 20 seconds left, if you could, is there any likelihood of negotiations? this you could, is there any likelihood of negotiations?— you could, is there any likelihood of negotiations? this afternoon the health secretary, _ of negotiations? this afternoon the health secretary, steve _ of negotiations? this afternoon the health secretary, steve barclay, i of negotiations? this afternoon the i health secretary, steve barclay, was talking and he made the point that you would like to see junior doctors say they are going to suspend strike action before entering talks over pat’- action before entering talks over pay. he also makes the point that the 35% pay increase thatjunior doctors are asking for is unreasonable muscle at the moment it looks like a deadlock this dispute.

jim reed there in the newsroom. thanks for taking us through those figures but that's it for me, thanks for watching. figures but that's it for me, thanks forwatching. next figures but that's it for me, thanks for watching. next up is bbc news at six. hello. 0ur weather for the next few days looks pretty quiet across the uk as a whole. there'll be some cloud coming and going, maybe the odd light shower, but really nothing much to report in the way of rain before the end of the week. we will, though, have perhaps a strengthening easterly breeze contributing to a chillier feel in the next 48 hours or so. that easterly wind comes across from the north sea underneath this area of high pressure. currently centred across scandinavia, it drifts across to the north of the uk by the time we get to thursday. and that easterly wind, as we look at the small hours of tuesday, introduces some thicker cloud, mist and murk to many eastern regions of the uk pushing across into the midlands by the end of the night as well. 0vernight lows widely four to six

degrees in a few sheltered spots. we could, though, just capture a few patches of ground frost, particularly north east of scotland. perhaps the welsh marches tuesday though there's the high across scandinavia easterly breeze again across england and wales. we should clear a lot of that low cloud mist and murk quite early on in the day, perhaps a bit hanging back around some of the north sea coast, but a lot of sunshine essentially taking us into tuesday afternoon. that wind off the north sea, though, will keep things feeling chilly across eastern counties and particularly adjacent to the north sea coast, because essentially you're just fetching air in that's been cooled down by those north sea waters. and at this time of year, they are only around eight degrees. we will see, i think, a bit more cloud across the south, east and east anglia pooled across from the near continent come the afternoon, highs here ofjust 12. and with the chance of the odd shower developing through the afternoon, that whole area of cloud marked up as a little weather feature here will transfer further west on the easterly end to the south of our high for wednesday.

so a bit more cloud initially on wednesday perhaps across the midlands, wales and for the south west of england. on and off through the day there may just be the odd light shower again with that wind. eastern counties, particularly coastal regions struggling with the temperatures towards the west as well. just a shade cooler i think than it was to start the week. but we are looking at temperatures in many spots reaching the low to mid—teens. forthursday, perhaps some rain arriving into the east later on. more widespread across england and wales on friday. the weekend, though, looks pretty showery for all and perhaps quite chilly to end.

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