live from london. this is bbc news... in the us — fox news settles a defamation lawsuit with the voting machine company dominion for more than three quarters of a billion dollars. hopes for a humanitarian ceasefire in sudan have been dashed as fighting between rival military factions enters its fifth day. thirty years since the racist murder of stephen lawrence — and a bungled metropolitan police investigation — his mother says the force has not changed. the us broadcaster fox news has reached a last—minute settlement to avoid a high profile defamation case brought by the voting machine manufacturer dominion. the american channel —

owned by rupert murdoch — has agreed to pay the equivalent of more than a 3 quarters of a billion dollars for its reporting of false claims of vote—rigging in the 2020 presidential election. graham statchell reports. joe biden takes the lead in pennsylvania... trump is now trailing... the 2020 american election, one of the closest and most contentious in us history. in district after district there were recounts and for some conservative commentators a narrative started to emerge. we don't know how many votes were stolen on tuesday night, we don't know anything about the software that many say was rigged, we don't know, we ought to find out. fox news, owned by rupert murdoch and backers of donald trump, questioned the credibility of the election. they echoed and reinforced donald trump's view that this was... a rigged and stolen election. the focus of attention, the machines used to count the votes and dominion, the company that made them. we talked about the dominion software, i know that there

were voting irregularities. tell me about that. that's to put it mildly. the computer glitches could not and should not have happened. fox news presenters and guests, including trump's former lawyer sidney powell, questioned the reputation of dominion. it is the most ludicrous, irresponsible and rancid system. dominion decided to sue for defamation, saying their business had been harmed by fox spreading false claims. extraordinary evidence emerged in the run—up to the trial. in a series of private messages, rupert murdoch described the claims against dominion as " really crazy stuff". fox news presenter tucker carlson was blunt about trump's former lawyer. "sidney powell is lying," he said. fox news was facing a six—week trial where more embarrassing details were certain to emerge. they decided to settle. fox has agreed to pay $787 million to settle dominion�*s defamation lawsuit. the truth matters,

lies have consequences. over two years ago, a torrent of lies swept dominion and election officials across america. fox news still faces a second bigger defamation lawsuit from another firm, smartmatic, which is seeking almost $3 billion. graham satchell, bbc news. cbs news correspondentjarred hill esplained how the story is playing out across the us. on one hand, this is on the front page of most major us newspapers but it's not necessarily the main story. in fact, only really in the washington post is it the main headline story on there. and it's been looked at pretty straightforwardly as a case in which we're seeing fox news agreeing to pay $787 million in order to avoid this trial. now, when it comes to how fox

is reporting on all of this, it's slightly different, there's less coverage then we've seen, it's not really prominent on the website at all and it has been very brief in the way that they're covering this. trying to really link any allegations of false statements to their opinion hosts, as well as to any guests that might have been on the show and not necessarily to the news organisation itself. and yet there has been important reaction to this. there has been but also we have not heard a tonne of reaction from the really key players here. someone like former president donald trump or some of his family members. so it's been interesting to see how this all plays out as fox news appears to be trying to separate itself from this case. fox news has put out some statements regarding this, saying they acknowledge the fact that there were some false statements that were discovered throughout the court process and that the acknowledgement of that

goes towards their efforts at journalism. again, trying to remove itself from some of the merits of what was a case and now is not. and this case very much brings into focus the issue of misinformation, disinformation in the united states and, i guess, globally as well, doesn't it? it does. at the end of the day, this ended up being a first amendment case. while it was specifically about the ins and outs of what did or did not happen on the air of fox news, on a broader scale, this was about the first amendment, the rights to free speech and how far that right would go in a court of law here in the united states in particular, and whether fox news was shielded by the first amendment from some forms of punishment and culpability when it comes to what was being posted or put on their air, whether it was by their hosts or some of their guests.

there's been more fighting in sudan despite a ceasefire that was meant to have been agreed upon between two rival military groups. this is the moment when a large explosion was captured on live tv, as newsreaders from al arabiya were talking to a reporter in the city of khartoum. the latest fighting is because of a power struggle between these two men: general abdel fattah al—bur—han, president of sudan's military government, on the left, and his deputy, mohamed hamdan dagalo, who leads the country's biggest paramilitary group, the rsf — on the right. the un has now described sudan's humanitarian situation as "catastrophic" — with mass displacement of people. the red cross has echoed that concern. the truth is that at the moment it is almost impossible to provide any hunamitarian services in and around khartoum. there are calls from various organisations and people trapped, asking for evacuation. for the past four days,

people have been out of water, food, electricity has been rationed and in some places totally disconnected. here's the latest from our correspondent merchuma in nairobi. the ceasefire did not happen. this would hopefully have been the tenth hour, but throughout the night, residents in khartoum and other parts of sudan have spent their time indoorsjust listening to what was happening outside, lots of gunfire, lots of fighting between the military, or the army, and the paramilitary groups. people are describing a moment of desolation and despair. it's just a few days until eid, people would be out celebrating, buying new outfits and foodstuffs but they haven't been able to do that. they are spending time without water, electricity, not knowing where their loved ones are.

both the army generals and the paramilitary leaders are accusing each other of not being able to adhere to the ceasefire. so, still a very fluid situation. there was supposed to be a few leaders from the african continent, including kenya's president, heading to sudan to hopefully broker a peace deal but that is not going to happen because the airport in khartoum is still inaccessible. they say the situation is not condusive for anyone to go into sudan to broker any peace deal. earlier i spoke to kholood khair, a broadcaster and founder of a sudan think tank called confluence advisory. she's in khartoum and spoke about the latest situation there. the ceasefire is not being adhered to and there were gunshots heard all across the city at 6pm, when the ceasefire was meant

to start, and it hasn't abated almost 2a hours later. the situation is dire. it's quite clear that neither general has any intention of going to a negotiation table any time soon, any intention of honouring the ceasefire. that compounds the humanitarian situation, many people without electricity, many without water, many unable to buy electricity and water where there is availability because of the failure of banking and electronic services. this is painting a dramatic picture and a very grave turn of events from just a week ago, where khartoum was just like any other city. talk me through the change because i think for people watching this around the globe, it's difficult to comprehend just how life has changed every day for people living in the city. i think the best way

to illustrate this is that this is the end of ramadan, the holy fasting month, and we should be gearing up towards the holy festival of eid, people should be with family, there should be people coming from abroad and people preparing to meet family elsewhere. people would be going out to buy new clothes and all sorts of celebratory things and instead, people are effectively living under siege. they don't know when the aerial bombardment will start or which areas of the city they will target. there is a terrible game of waiting. people's homes have been hit and civilians are quite clearly collateral. this is no longer a fight between the military and the paramilitary force and every day it is drawing in the citizens of khartoum in very dramatic

and desperate ways. the sacked boss of the business lobbying group the confrederation of british industry has told the bbc that he's been made "the fall guy" for the crisis at the organisation. tony danker said his reputation had been destroyed as the public had wrongly connected allegations of sexual harassment against him with separate accusations of serious misconduct at the cbi before hejoined. i want to apologise to anybody at the cbi that i upset and made uncomfortable. that is on me, that's on me. but i have had a week of coverage saying tony danc are sacked in rape scandal. these stories have been about rape and sexual assault and cocaine and bullying. none of that was anything to do with me and

it was all before my time. the first thing that has happened is my reputation has been totally destroyed. i never thought i would be here talking to you but i have two. the second thing that happened was when they fired me, they told me that some of the things i have done and they named them, these were things that just a and they named them, these were things thatjust a week or two earlier they said didn't merit any disciplinary action and now they told me they merited immediate dismissal. i have been made the fall quy- dismissal. i have been made the fall cu . dismissal. i have been made the fall iu _ , dismissal. i have been made the fall i u _ , ., guy. the first part of the investigation _ guy. the first part of the investigation was - guy. the first part of the | investigation was focused guy. the first part of the - investigation was focused on your conduct and you know what the charges are because you had to respond to them, and it said unwarranted verbal remarks in the office, a barrage of unwanted messages, some featuring sexually suggestive language stop what did happen? i suggestive language stop what did ha en? .., suggestive language stop what did hauen? happen? i can tell you the complaints _ happen? i can tell you the complaints that _ happen? i can tell you the complaints that were - happen? i can tell you the l complaints that were raised happen? i can tell you the - complaints that were raised with happen? i can tell you the _ complaints that were raised with me. and perhaps more helpfully i can

tell you which one is the cbi then said merited my dismissal. but the cbi president has said mr danker�*s account of events was "selective." i think tony's description there was selective. tony and i had a conversation when he was dismissed, i followed it up with a legal letter explaining everything in detail, so there's more in that letter than we just talked about. you haven't shown him the law firm's report? that's correct. why haven't you shown him that report? that report was commissioned by the board using a law firm, and those who spoke to it were offered confidentiality, their comments would not be relayed. and that was the basis on which we ran the report, the basis on which tony danker knew the report was being run. live now to our business editor simonjack. tell me first of all the report we are talking about here. have you seen it, has anyone seen it? i haven't seen it and tony danker

himself hasn't seen it which perhaps is odd given it was the basis for his dismissal, but what he did tell me was the four grounds he said he was dismissed for, and it said they were private karaoke party for 15 people after christmas dinner following the public instagram accounts of employees, sending nonwork related messages to staff on what messaging platforms and inviting individualjunior staff one at a time to breakfast, lunches and coffee is on a one—on—one basis. he accepted some staff may have found his approach at work uncomfortable and he apologised for that, but he clearly did not think they were grounds for immediate dismissal. as you heard in that clip, they said that account by mistake danker on the grounds of his dismissal was selective. that report and termination letter remains unseen by us. he termination letter remains unseen by us. , ., ., ., termination letter remains unseen by

us. he is never going to go back to the cbi, so — us. he is never going to go back to the cm, so why — us. he is never going to go back to the cbi, so why has _ us. he is never going to go back to the cbi, so why has he _ us. he is never going to go back to the cbi, so why has he come - us. he is never going to go back to the cbi, so why has he come out i us. he is never going to go back to i the cbi, so why has he come out with this now? he the cbi, so why has he come out with this now? , , , ., ., this now? he feels his reputation has been totally _ this now? he feels his reputation has been totally trashed. - this now? he feels his reputation has been totally trashed. he - this now? he feels his reputation has been totally trashed. he had | has been totally trashed. he had already stood aside pending an investigation into his conduct about claims and allegations that at least one employee thought amounted to sexual harassment. while that was going on fresh claims emerged about rape and drug use at cbi events, unconnected and predating mr danker. that, he said, played a part and celebrated his dismissal. importantly, in his mind, in the minds of the public, it associated him unfairly but some of those claims he says has nothing to do with them. he is not going to go back to the cbi, even if they cleared him. he says he doesn't want to sue anybody but he says he wants his reputation back but she says has been totally trashed. the he says they only through them under the bus, they packed up and reversed

over him again.— bus, they packed up and reversed over him again. what next with the cbi? it is over him again. what next with the cbi? it is going _ over him again. what next with the can it is going to _ over him again. what next with the cbi? it is going to be _ over him again. what next with the cbi? it is going to be brought - over him again. what next with the cbi? it is going to be brought in . over him again. what next with the cbi? it is going to be brought in to| cbi? it is going to be brought in to sort out what is undeniably a mess for the organisation? the? sort out what is undeniably a mess for the organisation?— for the organisation? they have chosen a new _ for the organisation? they have chosen a new director _ for the organisation? they have chosen a new director general, | for the organisation? they have l chosen a new director general, is for the organisation? they have - chosen a new director general, is to be chief economist for the cbi, spent nine years there. importantly, in many ways, was actually on the executive committee at the time when some of the serious incidents are alleged to have happened. some question are —— some people are questioning whether she is a new broom or a continuity candidate. the cbi remains in paralysis, it does two main things, it lobbies the government on the behalf of its members and engages with the member firms to promote best business practice. in the current situation, given the fact there are still an ongoing investigation, in which the police are involved, it is not in the position to do either of its two mainjobs and so it is paralysed. thank you very much. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

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different to _ students and academics. it is different to being _ students and academics. it is different to being in - students and academics. it 3 different to being in the classroom, actually going in and making a project. here in the uk, the mother of a black teenager murdered thirty years ago has told the bbc that the metropolitan police — the london force — has failed to change in the decades since and remains institutionally racist. 18—year—old stephen lawrence was set upon by a group of white youths in south—east london in april 1993. two men were convicted in 2012 — but others have never been brought to justice. my colleague reeta chakrabarti has been talking to stephen's mother baroness lawrence. well — we can cross to the newsroom — and speak to reeta now. this case of the murder of stephen lawrence has become perhaps the most famous, the most infamous case of a racist attack in the uk. it is now nearly 30 years. this weekend it will be a 30 years anniversary of his murder. he was attacked by a

group of white youths at a bus stop in south—east london in april 1993. it is a case that continues to resonate in the uk for all sorts of reasons to do with policing, racism and to do with wider attitudes in society. two men were convicted of his magic nearly 20 years after his death. but others are still free. 0n death. but others are still free. on this anniversary i sat down with his mother baroness lawrence who told me the grieving process had been difficult. it doesn't seem like 30 years to me. it's like — where have all the years gone. i'm always thinking about him all the time. and thirty years is a long, long time. where would he be now? those are the sorts of things i think about. what would he be doing? would he have children? i know that when stephen died, one of the things i said was that i wanted his name to be remembered and for him

not to be a statistic. but i didn't expect that after all these years, it is still quite a live issue for me as well as for the public. it took nearly twenty years to bring two of stephen's killers to justice. there are others out there who are still free. baroness lawrence thinks if it hadn't been for the family pressure continued to campaign forjustice, those two would never have been put behind bars and that is despite a landmark report in 1999, the macpherson report, which said the metropolitan police who were the investigating force were institutionally racist. it called for reforms _ institutionally racist. it called for reforms within _ institutionally racist. it called for reforms within the - institutionally racist. it called for reforms within the police. institutionally racist. it called l for reforms within the police. i asked baroness lawrence about attitudes, racial attitudes in society more widely and she said that while she thought there had been changes, they were perhaps

superficial. george floyd has opened people's eyes as little more than it was. i think black lives matter that too had made some changes. but if you look at it now, people have sort of settled back into how they were. and so it's not on the agenda any more. there's certain issues that bring it to the forefront and george floyd's death did but people i think have settled back into normal. last month there was another landmark report into the metropolitan police force which again found evidence of systemic racism and baroness lawrence said she wasn't surprised at this finding. it's no surprise because it's always been there. i don't know how many more inquiries and how many reviews you need to have to say the same thing. and still no changes and still denials. so it was no surprise.

listening to the excuses, that we do all we can, which is not true. officers are able to be as brutal as they want and nobody holds them to account. and until that happens, there's no way the police are going to move forward. and they have to not do it behind closed doors, they need to be seen publicly what they're doing for people to accept that they're going to change. in stephen's case, over the last 30 years, nothing much has changed. what is striking for me is that even though this is a 30 year anniversary, this doesn't feel like anniversary, this doesn't feel like a historical case, it feels like a very life one and that is partly because of the debate about the police and racism is still a very live debate, but there are many other issues as well. questions about whether the lawrence family, baroness lawrence herself, was spied

on by the police when they should have been investigating his sons —— murder. questions about the press, baroness lawrence has a case against the male alleging they were trying to get illicit information on her. there are many ramifications to this case that do not appear to ever go away and one wonders whether there will be any rest for baroness lawrence. 0ver over a century's worth of hollywood memorabilia will be going under the hammer. the centre—piece of the auction is john travolta's white suit from �*saturday night fever�* which has an estimate of up to 200—thousand dollars. 0ther star lots include a bathing suit worn by marilyn monroe, harry potter's wand and marty mcfly�*s hoverboard from back to the future.

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hello, today is not quite as warm across wales as it was yesterday. we have seen more cloud coming in here. scotland has been faring nicely across western scotland and this is where we will see the highest temperatures once again. we have high pressure dominating our weather, centred to the north—east of the uk and this by the front is taking some showers away from the

south—west of england but we are left with this easterly wind which is quite strong and gusty and it will make it feel chilly, especially if you haven't got the sunshine. cooler around some eastern coastal areas of the uk with the wind, we will see higher temperatures around the western coast but more cloud to enter the afternoon across wales, the south—west and northern ireland. that would get pushed away, a bit of upslope cloud coming into the pennines. but the winds will drop a bit. it will be chilly overnight stop the temperatures in towns and cities, could below freezing in grampian in the morning. heading into tomorrow, any cloud will move away and there will be a lot of sunshine around tomorrow, the winds picking up once again and dragging in some cloud from the new continent into east anglia, the south—east of england in the afternoon and i will bring some patchy rain and here it will be a particularly chilly. the wind similarto will be a particularly chilly. the wind similar to what we have seen today, strongest winds across england and wales, that will make it feel chilly but at this many places

will see some sunshine and in western scotland we could see temperatures as high as 18 degrees. tolerant levels are still high or even very high in wales and the south—west, tree pollen at this time of the year, the grass pollen starts next month. heading towards the end of the week, we have got high pressure setting more to the north of the uk, keeping in that run of eastern north—easterly wind but we have got where the front on the way, that means bigger cloud and some patchy rain on friday across england and wales, if it brightens up in the south that could trigger some sharp showers and we will have a strong wind across northern england and southern scotland. scotland and northern ireland should stay dry, the best of the sunshine and highest temperatures, reasonably warm in that sunshine that much more cloud will drop the temperatures in england or wales, perhaps only ten or 11 degrees. as we head into the weekend, the chance of some rain on saturday, looks drier on sunday, but showers in northern scotland on sunday will be turning wintry in the hills. it will get colder with a

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fox news settles a defamation lawsuit with the voting machine company dominion for more than three quarters of a billion us dollars. eurozone inflation falls sharply in march — but in the uk it remains stubbornly high, we look at what this means for interest rates going forward. welcome to world business report. let's start with fox news — it has settled a defamation case brought against it by the voting machine company, dominion, for its reporting of the 2020 us presidential election.

the broadcaster will pay dominion 787 million dollars.