gary o'donoghue, bbc news, new york.ca correspondent, nada tawfik, is in new york with the latest. well, donald trump's appearance in person here at the court certainly changed the tone of proceedings. he came here speaking to the press no less than three times, slamming the case as a sham and directly attacking the judge and the attorney general as out to get him saying this was part of a plot to stop him from becoming the gop nominee. we also heard from the attorney general reiterating that no one is above the law and saying that she would go on to prove the rest of her case. now, inside the courtroom, donald trump listened all throughout the opening statements and the first witness nodding or shaking his head in agreement or disagreement based on what he heard from the attorney general�*s team. we heard them reiterate that donald trump had overvalued his assets by millions of dollars. they said it was one thing to exaggerate for the likes of forbes and forbes magazine, but it was quite another to exaggerate when doing

gary o'donoghue, bbc news.ud trial has pounded his fists in frustration with the former president's lawyers, for what he called the ridiculous cross—examination of a witness. mr trump was back in court in new york for the third day of his trial, which threatens to dismantle his business empire. he, his two adult sons, and the wider trump organisation, are accused of gaining financial advantage by giving misleading valuations of their properties. at least ten people have been killed and more than 80 missing after a glacial lake overflowed triggering catastrophic flooding in the state of sikkim. more than 20 indian soldiers were among those missing in the flooding. a hydro power dam has also been breached. our south asia regional editor anbarasan ethirajan has the latest. videos on social media show how catastrophic the flooding was. it was washing away everything on its way. a number of key bridges connecting this mountainous state have been washed away. and more importantly, a key hydropower dam was breached. n

gary o'donoghue, bbc news, new york.r lee scored 148 goals in over 300 appearances during an eight—year spell at city. he will be remembered as one of manchester city boss mike all—time greats. —— manchester city's all—time greats. for hundreds of years oysters were in plentiful supply around the uk's coast. and they were cheap, so cheap that in the 1800s oysters were known as the poor man's food sold on many street corners. but overfishing and pollution meant that by the 1900s they'd been all but wiped out, turning them into an expensive delicacy. for hundreds of years oysters were in plentiful supply around the uk's coast. but overfishing and pollution meant that by the 1900s they'd been all but wiped out, turning them into an expensive delicacy. now thosuands are being released onto a man—made reef off the north—east coast of england to try to boost their numbers. fiona trott reports. to the north sea... off the coast of sunderland, a final batch of oysters, 10,000 oysters, are thrown into the water. their aim, to rev

our correspondent gary o'donoghue reports now from new york. donald trump, in court yet again.he is? it's a scam, it's a sham. just so you know, my financial statements are phenomenal. he's being sued by the new york attorney general, who says he spent a decade over inflating the value of his properties in order to secure loans, insurance and lower—interest rates. he's after $250 million in fines and damages. no matter how powerful you are, no matter how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law. and it is my responsibility, and my duty and myjob to enforce it. donald trump is accused of overstating the value of his mar—a—lago club in florida by 25 times. he exaggerated the size of his penthouse apartment in trump tower by 200%. overall, he may have claimed to be $2 billion richer than he really is. before the trial began, the judge had already found donald trump and his two sons liable for fraudulently inflating the value of their properties. so these proceedings are to determine just how big the fines will be. this is a civil case, so they won't go to jail, b

gary o'donoghue is in washington dc — what are the consequences of this historic vote?itution was put in place, and they have never done this. they simply have never done this. at the moment, no one knows what happens next. in truth, kevin mccarthy was heading for a fall. he took 15 votes, if you remember, at the beginning of the year to confirm him as a speaker. the reason for that is that the numbers are very tight inside the house of representatives and there are a handful of republicans that have never liked him. eight of them voted tonight. they voted along with democrats, and that removed him from his post following what they said, republicans, was his dealing with democrats to keep the government open at the weekend. there are furious and frantic discussions going on inside the capitol now to work out who could get enough votes to become speaker. and of course, there are only 45 days for the federal government to be open because they couldn't agree on a spending arrangement. so the time and the clock is ticking. for america's allies around the world, that also me

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live now to our washington correspondent, gary o'donoghue. this is a very distressing case.d is that on saturday at some point, allegedly the landlord went to this apartment and when the mother of the boy open the door, the allegation is that he attacked her and tried to throttle her and that she ran off into the bathroom and when she emerged, the allegation is that her son had been stabbed. we are told multiple times, dozens of times. he died, and his mother was taken to hospital where she is expected to survive. the police have arrested joseph czuba, a 71—year—old landlord, he has been charged with first—degree murder and attempted first—degree murder and attempted first—degree murder and attempted first—degree murder but also the justice department in washington are looking at hate crime charges as well. he is expected to appear in court later today. sadly, the funeral of the young boy is taking place in a couple of hours' time. distressing case. hate crimes, there has been a focus on a worrying increase here in the uk, notjust against members of thejewish community but a

let's speak now to our north america correspondent gary o'donoghue — does this mean this is all over?y and a number of those people who supported jim george and are threatening to not support steve scalise when it comes to a vote on the floor. it only requires a handful of republicans to hold out for us to end up in a round and round a drum situation as we had back injanuary when it took 15 votes for republicans to choose kevin mccarthy. in the meantime security assistance for israel on hold, security assistance for ukraine on hold. a week after the republicans rejected their own speaker for the first time in this country personal history, they are no closer to coming to a compromise and in the meantime the business of the american people are simply not being done. . ~ american people are simply not being done. ., ~ i. , american people are simply not being done. ., ., nasa scientists carrying out tests on dust from an asteroid say they've identified matter which could shed light on how the key building blocks of life were delivered to earth billions of years ago. the dust was brought

our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue has more on the latest developments.nprecedented removal of the speaker has left congress in chaos. they are taking a week off while they decide what to do next. one rebel was unrepentant. to do next. one rebelwas unrepentant.— to do next. one rebelwas unreentant. , ., , unrepentant. this was the right call the american _ unrepentant. this was the right call the american people - call the american people deserve a lead and speaker who will the tell the truth and the international community need to know the next speaker will be honest and won't go back on the word. ~ , , . , ., honest and won't go back on the word. , word. with republics and is focusina word. with republics and is focusing on _ word. with republics and is focusing on themselves - word. with republics and is| focusing on themselves the question of funding for ukraine which congress controls remains undecided. which congress controls remains undecided-— undecided. does worry me but i know there _ undecided. does worry me but i know there are _ undecided. do

party in disarray and a vacuum right at the top of us government as our washington correspondent gary o'donoghuexplains. the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. and with that, kevin mccarthy's nine—month term as speaker was over. the final straw — his decision to do a deal with democrats to keep the government open. he didn't hesitate to point the finger of blame at the eight republicans who ousted him, led by matt gaetz, his nemesis. look, you all know matt gaetz. you know, it was personal. it had nothing to do about spending. the unprecedented removal of the speaker has left congress in chaos. so much so, they've decided to take a week off while they work out what to do next. one rebel, though, was unrepentant. this was the right call. the american people deserve a leader and a speaker who will tell the truth, and so too does the international community. they need to know that the next speaker is going to be honest and won't go back on their word. with republicans focusing firmly on themselves, the question of funding for ukra

our north america correspondent gary o'donoghue reports from washington. office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. and with that, kevin mccarthy's nine—month term as speaker was over. the final straw — his decision to do a deal with democrats to keep the government open. he didn't hesitate to point the finger of blame at the eight republicans who ousted him, led by matt gaetz, his nemesis. look, you all know matt gaetz. you know, it was personal. it had nothing to do about spending. the unprecedented removal of the speaker has left congress in chaos. so much so, they've decided to take a week off while they work out what to do next. one rebel, though, was unrepentant. this was the right call. the american people deserve a leader and a speaker who will tell the truth, and so too does the international community. they need to know that the next speaker is going to be honest and won't go back on their word. with republicans focusing firmly on themselves, the question of funding for ukraine, which c

our correspondent, gary o'donoghue, has more from outside capitol hill. truly historic moment in the life of this country. never in the 234 years since the american constitution was put in place, never has a speaker of the house of representatives been removed. kevin mccarthy in truth was heading for a fall. there were people in his party who never liked him. it took 15 votes at the beginning of the congress to get him to confirmed as speaker in the first place and ever since, a small group of republicans have been voicing their opposition to him. the final straw came in the last few days when he did a deal with democrats to keep the government open for 45 days, that push them over the edge and they brought this motion. they got the help of democrats, of course, to get him removed and now the question is who can actually get to 218 votes to be elected speaker? in the meantime, all of business has been put on hold and the question of the funding of the federal government will be delayed. allies of america around the world will be wondering what is happenin

earlier i spoke to our washington correspondent, gary o'donoghue. what we know about what happened is to this apartment and when the mother opened the door, the allegation was that he attacked her, tried to throttle her that she ran off into a bathroom and when she emerged into a bedroom, the allegation is her son had been stabbed, and we are told multiple times, dozens of time in fact that he died and his mother was taken to the hospital where she is expected to survive. now the police have arrested the 71—year—old, he has been charged with first—degree murder and attempted first—degree murder, but also thejustice department here in washington are looking at hate crime charges as well. he is expected to appear in court later on today and sadly the funeral of young wadea is taking place in a couple of hours' time —— couple of days' time. find place in a couple of hours' time -- couple of days' time.— couple of days' time. and hate crimes, certainly _ couple of days' time. and hate crimes, certainly there - couple of days' time. and hate crimes, certainly there has - couple of days' tim

from new york gary o'donoghue reports.rning, a warning, there are a few flashing images in this report. donald trump on his way to court yet again. the question this time around, is he as rich as he says he is? it this time around, is he as rich as he says he is?— this time around, is he as rich as he says he is? it is a scam, it is a sham- _ as he says he is? it is a scam, it is a sham. just _ as he says he is? it is a scam, it is a sham. just so _ as he says he is? it is a scam, it is a sham. just so you - as he says he is? it is a scam, | it is a sham. just so you know, my financial statements are phenomenal.— my financial statements are phenomenal. while the former - resident phenomenal. while the former president cannot _ phenomenal. while the former president cannot be _ phenomenal. while the former president cannot be sent - phenomenal. while the former president cannot be sent to . president cannot be sent to jail as it is a civil trial, this one has really wild,. the violent crime _ this one has really wild,. the

let's talk to our correspondent gary o'donoghue. bring as right up—to—date.-to-date. the heafina bring as right up-to-date. the hearing is _ bring as right up-to-date. the hearing is over, _ bring as right up—to—date. tie: hearing is over, hunter bring as right up—to—date. tte: hearing is over, hunter biden has now left the court, he spent about an hour in total inside the healing itself went on for about 26 minutes. as we expected people did not guilty to these three firearm charges. they are going to be some lotions brought in this case, for example his defence will bring a motion to dismiss on the basis that there was a plea agreement in place to wean july and they believe that's still valid and they also believe the charges are unconstitutional given the nature of some recent supreme courtjudgments on gun ownership. they have until the beginning of november to do that. we don't have a trial date at this stage and of course it will depend on the outcome of those motions but he seemed pretty relaxed in court, talking to his lawyers, wearing a dark suit and g