he acts like e belmarsh tribunal help to bring that. >> thank you.ou for mentioning what brings us to our next member of the belmarsh tribunal, which is selay ghaffar come the spokesperson for the solidarity party of afghanistan. >> congress and friends, i am honored to join you othis historical tribunal. all afghans, particularly the families of the war victims, expect the belmarsh tribunal to hold the united states accountable for the thousands of innocent afghans lives they destroyed in the future they stole. i salute the progressive international initiative. in the wake of the withdrawal from afghanistan, everybody asks this question -- how to the two decades of the u.s. military occupation of afghanistan and fighting terrorism and with the taliban terrorists getting an easy victory in afghanistan? well, in my opinion, only one by the name julian had to answer to this ministry. -- mystery. in 2011, he unmasked the truth through set of documents where he exposed the u.s. policy in afghanistan and said one of the walls was to [indiscernle] to afgha

you served on the belmarsh tribunal around the case of julian assange last weekend, which was modeledthe urgent russell tribunal in the 1960's would you also served on. we want to talk extensively about afghanistan, but that links directly to julian assange , for what he is charged with releasing. among other things, the iraq war logs and the afghanistan war diary, the thousands upon thousands of documents of what the u.s. did in afghanistan for decades. can you talk about the significance of this hearing as this is being raised in these two days? >> as you already pointed out, today ithe second day of this trial. we pray it will come to an end today. the defense is putting forward its arguments today. this is a political trial which is not allowed by british rule. we're also going to hear that julian's is as bad as he says and that he is in no fit condition to be in prison. effectively what has taken place is a punitive aempt by the british government -- i have to say this -- to try and punish julian on behalf of the united states. no british court could convict julian or allow him t

he appeared by video link from belmarsh top security prison.s. before the hearing began, he kept throwing his facemask in the air and when the judge began sentencing him, he turned his chair sideways so he was not facing the camera. since the murders, bibaa�*s daughter has had a baby boy. he will learn about everything that was lost when bibaa and nicole were taken from their family. june kelly, bbc news, at the old bailey. our correspondent helena wilkinson is at the old bailey. we heard from the girls mother after this verdict, after we saw the sentencing, and she talked of course about the police but also the degree of media coverage and the nature of coverage that the family have received. , ,, , coverage that the family have received. , ,, ., , received. yes. she spoke outside the old bailey and _ received. yes. she spoke outside the old bailey and she _ received. yes. she spoke outside the old bailey and she touched _ received. yes. she spoke outside the old bailey and she touched on - received. yes. she spoke outside the old bailey and s

he appeared by video link from belmarsh top security prison.began, he kept throwing his facemask in the air and when he kept throwing his facemask in the airand when the he kept throwing his facemask in the air and when thejudge began sentencing him, he turned his chair sideways so he was not facing the camera. since the murders, bibaa�*s daughter has had a baby boy. he will learn about everything that was lost when bibaa and nicole were taken from theirfamily. june when bibaa and nicole were taken from their family. june kelly, when bibaa and nicole were taken from theirfamily. june kelly, bbc news, at the old bailey. the chancellor has been defending his budget, saying the government was investing in public services, future growth and people�*s skills and prioritising those on the lowest incomes. but a leading economic think tank has predicted that millions of people in the uk will be worse off in the short term due to tax increases and the rising cost of living. the institute for fiscal studies predicts that for many middle—income families,

he appeared via video link from belmarsh top security prison.deways so he was not facing the camera. since bibaa henry's death, her daughter has had a son. the sister's mother described the baby as a legacy. june kelly, bbc news, the old bailey. the time is 1816. our top story this evening. and coming up — do the beaches of the dominican republic await? it — and all six of the other remaining countries on england's covid travel red list are to be removed. coming up on sportsday on the bbc news channel, lucy bronze won it last year. who will follow in her footsteps? we will talk you through the contenders for this year's bbc women's footballer of the year. glasgow is gearing up to host the major un climate summit, known as cop26, which begins this weekend. world leaders and activists will be among an estimated 25,000 visitors, expected to attend. 0ur scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, reports now on the city's preparations. glasgow has been getting ready — cleaning, painting, putting up a ring of steel around where the climate conference will

he appeared via video link from belmarsh top security prison. chair sideways so he was not facing the camera. since bibaa henry's death, her daughter has had a son. the sister's mother described the baby as a legacy. june kelly, bbc news, the old bailey. labour's deputy leader angela rayner has apologised �*unreservedly�* for comments she made at her party's annual conference, where she described conservative members as �*tory scum', saying she will in future be more careful in the language she uses. it comes as a 36 year old man from cambridgeshire was given an 18 month suspended sentence and two year restraining order, after sending threats to ms rayner. she described the incident as �*terrifying' and thanked police for handling the threats she received. ms rayner also paid tribute to sir david amess, who was stabbed to death in his constituency earlier this month. the latest government figures for coronavirus in the uk show that 39,842 new infections were recorded in the latest 24—hour period, along with 165 deaths, that's of people who died,

he appeared by video link from belmarsh top security prison.encing him, he turned his chair sideways so he was not facing the camera. since the murders, bibaa�*s daughter has had a baby boy. he will learn about everything that was lost when bibaa and nicole were taken from their family. june kelly, bbc news, at the old bailey. let�*s get more on that announcement in the last half an hour, that all remaining countries on the �*red list�* for international travel to the uk will be removed from 1st of november. joining me now is gemma haslemere from haselmeretravel in surrey(os) i guess he travel industry is delighted with this news. the end of the last travel as countries was yes, the travel industry is really pleased to hear that we will no longer have hotel quarantine from the first of november. bilge longer have hotel quarantine from the first of november.— longer have hotel quarantine from the first of november. also all the countries at _ the first of november. also all the countries at the _ the first of november. also all the countries at

he did however appear by video link from belmarsh prison to hear that sentence.stice whipple described the sisters as beautiful and gifted women. she also said to hussain, you surprise them, you terrified them and you killed them. you positioned their bodies in an embrace. this was to defile their bodies in death and to defile their bodies in death and to conceal what you had done. she also said that to make matters work, he had refused to acknowledge his actions. during the trial, he did not give evidence in his defence, and his defence did not provide any evidence to the court. a defendant does not have to give evidence in their defence, but thejudge does not have to give evidence in their defence, but the judge can direct thejury to their defence, but the judge can direct the jury to say that that can, if they want to use it against the defendant when they were considering their verdict. so in the last couple of moments, 19 years old, he has been sentenced to a whole life sentence with their minimum term of 35 years. we are expecting to hearfrom both minimum t