the vatican court has sentenced italian cardinal angelo becciu to five years and six months injail.gyman to face a vatican criminal court. at the heart of the trial was a 350 million euro purchase of a property in london, 60 sloane avenue, which used to be a harrods warehouse, bought with church money. but it incurred a huge loss and ended up costing the vatican tens of millions of euros. the trial, which began more than two years ago, has shone a light on the holy see's finances and has been seen widely pope francis gave the vatican's civilian courts the power to trial cardinals and bishops, where previously they were judged by a court presided over by cardinals. angelo becciu abruptly resigned in september, 2020 after being informed of an investigation against him. angelo becciu and nine other defendants had strongly denied charges that included embezzlement and abuse of office. the panel of three layjudges met just a few hours ago before retiring ahead of their verdict. and this brings an end to an historic trial of a once—powerful italian cardinal. thank you very much. in the la

and cardinal angelo becciu has been sentenced to jail for embezzlement.e's the highest ranking church official ever to stand trial before a vatican criminal court. hello, i'm tanya beckett. welcome. the israeli army says three hostages who were mistakenly shot dead by troops in gaza had been holding a white flag. early findings from an official investigation said the men were fired on in breach of the army's rules of engagement. an israeli soldier began shooting when three shirtless men emerged from a building in the suburbs of gaza city. alon shamriz, yotam haim and samer el—talalqa were killed in the north of gaza. the idf say their killing was "very tragic". an army spokesman said they had made a mistake and would not be punished. frank gardner, sent this report. for the families of the hostages that await in gaza, it is an agonising wait. the israeli military has given new details about how three is really captives were shot dead by its own soldiers. yotam haim, alon shamriz and telecom emerged shirtless waving a white flag. one of the soldiers identi

and cardinal angelo becciu has been sentenced to jail for embezzlement.

vatican court has sentened an italian cardinal to 5.5 years in jail for embezzlement. 75—year—old angelo becciu financial crimes. he was even once considered as a papal contender. the 2.5—year trial centered on a london property deal that led to huge losses for the church. becciu's lawyer says his client is innocent and will appeal. and we leave you with video nasa has released which it says shows the strongest solar flare emitted by the sun for several years. it happened on thursday. there were reports that it caused short—term disruption to radio communications here on earth for a few hours. you are watching bbc news. goodbye from all of us in washington. good night. hello there. part two of the weekend looks pretty similar to saturday's with a lot of cloud around for many, glimmers of brightness here, and there and it remaining pretty mild for mid—december. there will be some very wet weather, though, continuing across the north and west of scotland, thanks to almost stationary weather front here. but you can see on the air mass charts, the mild air moving up on a brisk south—westerly wind.

vatican court has sentenced an italian cardinal to 5.5 years in jail for embezzlement. 75—year—old angelo becciul charged with financial crimes. he was even once considered as a papal contender. the 2.5—year trial centered on a london property deal that led to huge losses for the church. becciu's lawyer says his client is innocent and intends to appeal. argentine presidentjavier milei raffled off the last salary he recieved as an lawmaker before being sworn in earlier this month. he held the raffle during a live broadcast on instagram. milei's month salary as national deputy was about 2.1 million argentine pesos or about $2,500. the winner was a woman named veronica gomez, according to a notary that supervised the draw. one last story to leave you with. a sparse christmas tree, bought more than 100 years ago forjust sixpence, has been sold for £2,600 — that's around us $3,300 — at auction. 84—year—old shirley hall inherited the tree from her mother, who was gifted it in 1920. the auctioneers called it an astonishing price for the humblest christmas tree in the world. stay with us here on bbc new

has sentenced an italian cardinal to five—and—a—half years in jail for embezzlement. 75—year—old angelo becciucrimes.he was even once considered as a papal contender. the two—and—a—half year trial centred on a london property deal that led to huge losses for the church. becciu's lawyer says his client is innocent, and intends to appeal. in paris, france's historic notre—dame cathedral saw a a milestone in its reconstruction since a devastating fire in april 2019. a crane hoisted a new gold copper rooster back to the top of the cathedral�*s spire. the previous rooster crashed through the church's roof during the blaze.workers are racing to finish rebuilding the cathedral in the next 12 months. argentine president javier milei raffled off the last salary he recieved as an lawmaker before being sworn in earlier this month. he held the raffle during a live broadcast on instagram. milei's month salary as national deputy was about 2.1 million argentine pesos or about 2,500 dollars. the winner was a woman named veronica gomez, according to a notary that supervised the draw. tense moments on the pitch

highest ranking church official ever to stand trial before a vatican criminal court — cardinal angelo becciuas been jailed for embezzlement. and luton�*s premier league football match at bournemouth is abandoned after their captain, tom lockyer, collapses on the pitch. he's in a stable condition. hello, i'm tanya beckett. the israeli army says three hostages who were mistakenly shot dead by troops in gaza had been holding a white flag. early findings from an official investigation said the men were fired on in breach of the army's rules of engagement. an israeli soldier began shooting when three shirtless men emerged from a building in the suburbs of gaza city. alon shamriz, yotam haim and samer el—talalqa were killed in shejaiya, in the north of gaza. the idf has called their killing "very tragic". an army spokesman told the bbc the soldier and his colleagues had made a mistake and would not be punished. from tel aviv, here's hugo bachega. for the families of the hostages who remain in gaza, it's an agonising wait. made worse by a tragic mistake. the israeli military has given new details a

vatican court has sentened an italian cardinal to 5.5 years in jail for embezzlement. 75—year—old angelo becciual crimes. he was even once considered as a papal contender. the 2.5—year trial centered on a london property deal that led to huge losses for the church. becciu's lawyer says his client is innocent, and will appeal. in paris, france's historic notre—dame saw a milestone in its reconstruction since a devastating fire in april 2019. a crane hoisted a new gold copper rooster back to the top of the cathedral�*s spire. a previous rooster was damaged after crashing through the church's roof during the blaze. the dented rooster will be displayed in a new notre dame museum. the new flame—shaped bird, which is also a weather vane, was blessed by the paris archbishop saturday morning. it also contains religous relics. workers are racing to finish rebuilding the cathedral in the next 12 months. a sparse christmas tree, bought more than 100 years ago forjust sixpence, has been sold for £2,600 — that's around $3300 usd — at auction. 84—year—old shirley hall inherited the tree from her mother, who

angelo becciu is the first cardinal to be convicted and sentenced by a vatican court.e francis himself had to change laws to allow bishops and cardinals to stand vial in a vatican tribunal as they were previous lay immune from prosecution. becciu, once tipped as a potential future pope, charged with embezzling church funds in a charity run by his brother, accused of authorizing hundreds of thousands of dollars to a so-called security consultant. she was accused of using it for luxury goods instead of helping to free a nun kidnapped in africa. >>> the restoration of paris' famed notre dame cathedral. the placement of a gigantic copper rooster. the iconic church caught fire in 2019 sending the original rooster crashing through the roof after a blessing from a local archbishop, a crane lifted the weather vein to the top of the church's nearly 100 meter high spire that crews are rebuilding. notre dame is set to reopen to the public about a year from now. >> wow. >>> and quaker oats is recalling more than 40 of the granola bars and cereals. they believe it could be contamin

highest ranking church official ever to stand trial before a vatican criminal court — cardinal angelo becciu

cardinal angelo becciu, who formerly acted as pope francis's chief of staff, found guilty of embezzlementi angelo lapenna. >> the court sentencing him to five and a half years in prison, and find some $8,700. he is now barred from holding any public office in the vatican. once seen as a possible contender for the papacy. the 75 year old, now becoming the most senior vatican official ever to be tried for financial crimes. the trial, lasting two and a half years, included 86 hearings, but two, along with nine other defendants, were accused of financial crimes, focusing on a property deal in london that cost more than $380 million, which ended in a huge loss for the holy see. eight defendants were convicted to prison sentences ranging from three years and nine months to seven years, and six months. they deny any wrongdoing. only one defendant, the cardinal's former personal secretary, was acquitted, and the sprawling case also included investigations into vatican funds donated to a charity run by bachchu's brother and the payouts of almost $600,000 allegedly given to free a missionary nun ki

. >> in what is called the vatican's trial of the century, cardinal angelo becciu, who formerly actedief of staff, found guilty of embezzlement and fraud. >> giovanni angelo, the court sentencing him to five and a half years in prison and find some $8,700. >> he is now barred from holding any public office in the vatican. once seen as a possible contender for the papacy, the 75 year old, now becoming the most senior vatican official ever to be tried for financial crimes. the trial, lasting two and a half years, included 86 hearings, but you, along with nine other defendants, were accused of financial crimes, focusing on a property deal in london that cost more than $380 million, which ended in a huge loss for the holy see. eight defendants were convicted to prison sentences ranging from three years and nine months to seven years and six months. they deny any wrongdoing only one defendant, the cardinal's former personal secretary, was acquitted. the sprawling case also included investigations into vatican funds donated to a charity run by bharti's brother, and the payouts of almost $60

cardinal angelo becciu, who formerly acted as pope francis's chief of staff, found guilty of embezzlement fraud. >> the court sentencing him to five and a half years in prison and fined some $8,700. >> he is now barred from holding any public office in the vatican. once seen as a possible contender for the papacy, the 75 year old now becoming the most senior vatican official ever to be tried for financial crimes. the trial, lasting two and a half years, included 86 hearings, but two, along with nine other defendants, were accused of financial crimes, focusing on a property deal in london that cost more than $380 million, which ended in a huge loss for the holy see. eight defendants were convicted to prison sentences ranging from three years and nine months to seven years, and six months. they deny any wrongdoing. only one defendant, the cardinals former personal secretary, was acquitted, and the sprawling case also included investigations into vatican funds donated to a charity run by his brother and the payouts of almost $600,000, allegedly given to free a missionary nun kidnaped in mali

. >> cardinal angelo becciu, who formerly acted as pope francis's chief of staff, found guilty of embezzlement and fraud. >> giovanni angelo, the court sentencing him to five and a half years in prison and find some $8,700. >> he is now barred from holding any public office in the vatican. once seen as a possible contender for the papacy, the 75 year old now becoming the most senior vatican official ever to be tried for financial crimes. the trial, lasting two and a half years, included 86 hearings, but two, along with nine other defendants, were accused of financial crimes, focusing on a property deal in london that cost more than $380 million, which ended in a huge loss for the holy see. eight defendants were convicted to prison sentences ranging from three years and nine months to seven years and six months. they deny any wrongdoing only one defendant, the cardinal's former personal secretary, was acquitted. the sprawling case also included investigations into vatican funds. don't nated to a charity run by batches brother, and the payouts of almost $600,000, allegedly given to free a missio