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and also in washington dc is carry sheffield conservative commentator and senior policy analyst at the independent women's forum. i think tank a will welcome it to you. oh, thank you for joining us on this edition of inside story. there is certainly plenty of moving parts to this particular story, but before we get into the politics of it, i want to take a little deeper into the specifics of this case. and daniel, i'll start with you. as we mentioned before, this is not a criminal case, this is a civil case and so the former president isn't facing any jail time. so can you describe to us what the attorney general is hoping to achieve from this particular trial? well, there are. busy 2 sets of remedies that does he turn general seeking. the 1st is a fairly substantial fine of $250000000.00. but more importantly, they are seeking to pay them the trunk, donald trump, and his relatives from the ability to do business in new york state. which is a would be a huge blow to the truck organization and to the financial settings involved. it does not affect his ability to run for president or vot

columnist for the guardian, and joining us for the first time republican political commentator carrie sheffield house speaker kevin mccarthy?

columnist for the guardian, and joining us for the first time republican political commentator carrie sheffieldi am sure carrie will have views on the spending row in the united states, a shutdown avoided at least for now, but what is the future for house speaker kevin mccarthy? and what of the spending for ukraine? money promised by the white house was stripped from the bill this weekend, just hours before a pro russia candidate in slovakia, regained power. good evening, jeremy hunt is the seventh chancellor in 13 years to addess a conservative party conference. today he stood on stage next to a slogan promising "long term decisions for the future". not the easiest sell when your party's trailing 16 points in the polls, and the government is about to cancel a key part of a flagship infrastructure project, in which you have already invested billions of pounds of taxpayers�* money. a decision the current prime minister signed off as chancellorjust three years ago. we are also going to build better railways, madam deputy speaker. with spades going into the ground on hs2, our commitment to fund ma

tonight, author and journalist rachel shabi, and from washington, columnist and broadcaster — carrie sheffieldthe al ahli baptist hospital is well known in gaza — not far, in fact, from the bbc office. and in recent days, it would have been one of the places in gaza city in which hundreds of families would seek refuge. but tonight the reports are that hundreds have been killed, some still under the rubble, after a devastating explosion. hamas says an israeli air strike hit the main building in which people were sheltering, the health ministry says as many as 1000 people may have been killed or injured. the pictures emerging show a scene of utter chaos — with bloodied and maimed casualties being rushed out on stretchers in the darkness. there are bodies and wrecked vehicles in the rubble outside. we have seen a video of the explosion, but we can't yet independely verify it or tell you with any certainty what caused it. all the hospitals are providing refuge for people trying to escape the bombing, so the casualties figures would make sense. the israeli army says it is investigating and will rep