life or is in washington _ week. 0k, gary o'donoghue life or is in washington and _ week. 0k, gary o'donoghueue life for us in washington. the weapons supervisor for the film rust has been jailed for 18 months, following the fatal shooting of the film's cinematographer on set. 26—year—old hannah gutierrez was sentenced today after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. she was in charge of weapons during the production of the film in 2021, when a revolver fired by actor alec baldwin went off. halyna hutchins died following the incident. let's cross to correspondent emma vardy, who is following the story from los angeles. just bring is up—to—date on what we have heard today, then. just bring is up-to-date on what we have heard today, then.— just bring is up-to-date on what we have heard today, then. well, it was a very emotional _ have heard today, then. well, it was a very emotional hearing _ have heard today, then. well, it was a very emotional hearing in - have heard today, then. well, it was a very emotional hearing in which . a very emotional hearing in which hannah gutierrez—ree

let's speak to gary o'donoghue at| let's speak to gary o'donoghue at the supreme court, a significantary? yeah, very significant da . bear there, gary? yeah, very significant day- bear in _ there, gary? yeah, very significant day. bear in mind _ there, gary? yeah, very significant day. bear in mind this _ there, gary? yeah, very significant day. bear in mind this relates - there, gary? yeah, very significant day. bear in mind this relates to i day. bear in mind this relates to perhaps the most serious of the four criminal cases that donald trump is facing, that of trying to overturn the election in 2020. he is facing four counts on those charges and this really is a hearing to say where his lawyers will argue, look, a president can't be criminally prosecuted for something they did while they were in office, they can't be held accountable in that way. i think the reason it's important is not because ofjust because of this case, because it would also then undermine all those other cases, the documents case in florida, where he is accused of the breaches of the espionage act and obstruct

gary o'donoghue. — anywhere else around the world.rt to ukraine, the british foreign secretary lloyd cameron is among those supporting the proposal. well, the principle is a simple one which is there are frozen russian assets in the uk and europe and elsewhere. we should be finding ways of using those assets to help ukraine in its defence of this appalling illegal russian invasion. it's quite obvious to me that one day, russia will have to pay reparations for this illegal invasion and so we should use those assets in the meantime. but it's important we try and get agreement amongst our allies about the right way to do that. that is what we are discussing here. i am in no doubt we will find a way but we are going to have to be creative, we'll have to be flexible but i'm in no doubt we'll find a way amongst our allies to get ukraine the resources they need. straight to breaking news, we are hearing that peter merrill the former smp chief executive and the husband of the ex—ist minister nicola sturgeon has been rearrested in connection t

rajini: gary o'donoghue live for us in washington.at james landale in jerusalem, thank you very much. we are still running a live page on the bbc news website which has updates on all the developments, so do check that out. the weapons supervisor for the film "rust" has been jailed for 18 months following the fatal shooting of the film's cinematographer while onset. 26-year-old hunter gutierrez was sentenced today after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. she was in charge of weapons during production of the film in 2021 when a reviver -- revolver filed -- we can go straight to our correspondent and correspondence for the latest. bring us up-to-date on what we have heard today. emma: it was a very emotional hearing in which hannah gutierrez was sentenced to 18 months in prison, the maximum sentence she could receive for that involuntary manslaughter charge she had been found guilty of. the court heard various impact statements from helena hutchin'' friends, family, and from the director of the movie. in this case hana guti

gary o'donoghue _ for him to be ousted. gary o'donoghue in _ for him to be ousted.oghue in washington. let's for him to be ousted. (1:51: o'donoghue in washington. let's go to kyiv, and our correspondentjames waterhouse. james, ukraine, the of discussion, we heard there in washington, also in a capri. the stakes really could be hire, could they? you made that absolutely clear in his interview to the bbc. absolutely, he was making the argument _ absolutely, he was making the argument that— absolutely, he was making the argument that should - absolutely, he was making the argument that should ukrainel absolutely, he was making the - argument that should ukraine fall, then russia — argument that should ukraine fall, then russia wouldn't _ argument that should ukraine fall, then russia wouldn't stop - argument that should ukraine fall, then russia wouldn't stop there. . argument that should ukraine fall, then russia wouldn't stop there. ii then russia wouldn't stop there. i think— then russia wouldn't stop there. i think a _ then russia wouldn't stop there. i think a lo

gary o'donoghue's at the white house. gary, is this in the gift of president biden?ey general deal with this kind ofthin? �* �*, , ., of thing? joe biden's department of justice, of thing? joe biden's department of justice. and — of thing? joe biden's department of justice, and the _ of thing? joe biden's department of justice, and the past _ of thing? joe biden's department of justice, and the past three - justice, and the past three administrations here have been seeking the extradition ofjulian assange, it has been wending its way through the courts in britain. he has been in belmarsh prison forfive years, he was in the ecuadorian embassy, if you remember, for about seven years. but while meeting the japanese prime minister today, julian assange, who is an australian, the australian government has asked for the prosecution to be job donejoe government has asked for the prosecution to bejob donejoe biden was asked whether he agreed. he did not hear the question to start with, when asked again he said, we are considering it. if it really true, that would be a huge c

all right, gary o'donoghue, thank you for that. let's go to neda tawfik, who is in new york.ing on for him. what have we heard in court today? yeah. well, we've had more testimony from the first witness. we're still on the first witness in this case, david pecker, the former publisher of the national enquirer. and remember, prosecutors have really identified him as kind of a key figure in the alleged catch and kill scheme that they say was devised with donald trump and his former lawyer, michael cohen, to have the tabloid help his campaign before the 2016 election. the 2016 election keep out of the news any embarrassing stories? so david pecker has been doing two things here. he's kind of been laying the groundwork, explaining how that catch and kill scheme alleged catch and kill scheme works. he says that when one story came out by a former playboy model, karen mcdougal, that he believed she was telling the truth. he alerted donald trump. they agreed that they should buy her story. he testified that he paid her $150,000 for kind of the rights for her story, but disguised it

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gary o'donoghue, bbc news, washington. we leave you with some images of twiglets.e arrived at a zoo in the uk as part of an international breeding effort to save the species. lots more coming up on bbc news. hello. areas of low pressure are forming an orderly queue in the atlantic, heading our way over the next few days, bringing further bouts of rain. there will be some drier, sunnier interludes, and then, by the weekend, two things will happen — it will turn warmer, but it will also turn windier. the area of low pressure heading our way for the weekend isjust starting to take shape behind me. not much to see just yet, but that low is set to deepen. in the shorter term, you can see a couple of different low pressure systems working through. thursday morning, starting with some pretty heavy rain, actually, across parts of england and wales. that will tend to pull away eastwards as the day wears on, then we'll see some sunny spells, scattered showers, then later on, more rain will push through the south—west of england and into wales. for northern ireland and scotla

gary o'donoghue is in washington as the supreme court begins hearing the arguments.is going to be. what will his opposition be? nearly three hours of oral arguments before the supreme court, for the first time in the near 250 year history of this republic this court is being asked to rule on whether a president, in this case donald trump, is immune from criminal prosecution for acts conducted while he was president. it relates to the kc is facing over his attempts to overturn the 2020 general election and subsequent attack on the capitol in january the six. and subsequent attack on the capitol injanuary the six. his lawyers argue the constitution does give him that immunity. his prosecutors are saying, no, no one is above the law. this could have huge implications notjust this could have huge implications not just for donald this could have huge implications notjust for donald trump is my other criminal cases that he is facing, notjust for the election in november, clive, but also for every single president here on in. qm. single president here on in. 0k, ga , single

gary o'donoghue is in washington with more.ccupied pretty much every position on abortion over the last 25 years, but he has been claiming credit for overturning that abortion right by the supreme court by putting conservative justices there. social conservatives want that to go further, they want a nationwide ban on abortion and donald trump has been flirting with that idea but the polls are very clear it would be a liability for him to go down that road at the election so he has taken the strategic and frankly politically sophisticated decision to hedge on this one, for the fear of driving away republicans and galvanising democrats. anti—abortion groups are unhappy about that and his vice president mike pence said it was a slap in the face but the reality is that social conservatives are never going to vote forjoe biden so no matter how unhappy they are with donald trump, they have nowhere else to go. the authorities in hong kong have made the city's largest ever gold smuggling bust. the 146 kilogram haul is estimated to be w

caitriona: let's go now to the white house and our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue.y do we know about what was discussed on this call between joe biden and benjamin netanyahu? correspondent: i think we got a clear indication that a number of clear demands were made of the israeli prime minister, particularly an immediate cease-fire and not sort of tying that to the talk of releasing hostages, as the u.s. has often done in the past, but really saying put pressure on your negotiators, please, to bring a deal about. secondly, the threat of changing u.s. policy if israel did not change the way it was conducting the war. if it did not protect aid workers more than it has done, if it did not protect civilians more than it has done, and if it did not allow more aid into gaza , more trucks, a dramatic increase in trucks is what they are calling for, particularly from jordan, which is the border not patrolled by israel or egypt. caitriona: is there any sense that israel is minded to make those changes? does the white house have any expectation of that? gary: i think from what

founder has been held in belmarsh prison in london for five years. 0ur washington correspondent gary o'donoghuef the cuff comment that he made as he was sort of walking through the colonnade at the white house and a reporter shouted to him, you know, "will you consider australia's request?" because of course australia, julian assange, the australian and the australian parliament has passed a motion asking him to be returned to australia, saying, "would you consider ending the prosecution? " he didn't seem to hear the question at first, but it was repeated and he said, "we're considering it." now that would be a huge change, given that the us has been pursuing the extradition ofjulian assange from the uk for years and the thing is still winding its way through the courts. the home secretary signed the extradition back in 2022, but there's been court challenges to that and the high court is still waiting for some responses from the us to see whether or not mr assange could appeal the decision even further and possibly up to the court of human rights. but if america really is thinking about that,

gary o'donoghue has been carrying that angle for us.e st out, the justices appeared skeptical of his claim of absolute immunity. there is a question that needs to be answered. do the allegations in the indictment fall under official acts of the presidency or not? why is that relevant? gary: because it is a distinction being drawn here. interesting it is a distinction that one of the conservative members of the court, amy coney barrett, was interested in. whether or not any of the things donald trump is accused of fall into the private realm, because donald trump's lawyers acknowledge that private acts, asked him a private row, were -- can be subject to prosecution. she went throu some of the things that are part of the indictment. and donald trump's lawyer acknowledged they were potentially in the private realm. what you are starting i think to see here is a way forward where perhaps the supreme court says, look, there is a bunch of stuff in this case that may be subject to prosecution. that -- there may be some areas of the original in

earlier, i spoke to our correspondent gary o'donoghue, who has been following today's proceedings from starting by asking him about mr pecker�*s testimony. this is part of the prosecution's basic case here, that this money that was paid to stormy daniels, the pawn to stormy daniels, the porn star, was paid to her for reasons of keeping the story quiet because of the election. now, that's why they say the payments were dressed up as something else, because they would they could look like illegal campaign contributions. now, what they're trying to do is to establish the background here and say that david pecker, the publisher, the then publisher of the national enquirer, was involved really in a sort of plan with donald trump and his lawyer, notjust to stop those negative stories about donald trump, but to promote positive stories before the election — and indeed to promote smears about some of his opponents, hillary clinton, the republican opponents like ted cruz. so, what they're trying to say is that this was part of a pattern that led to the situation with stormy daniels, which, of c

let's get more now with gary o'donoghue, who's in washington for us. us?— clearly top of the agenda for both the uk and us? ., ., .., the uk and us? david cameron came here heping — the uk and us? david cameron came here heping to _ the uk and us? david cameron came here hoping to make _ the uk and us? david cameron came here hoping to make the _ the uk and us? david cameron came here hoping to make the case - here hoping to make the case for weapons transfers to ukraine because thatis weapons transfers to ukraine because that is blocked in congress at the moment and instead he has made headlines about weapons transfers to israel, saying the uk would continue to approve those export licences on the basis of the legal advice he and rishi sunak�*s government has had in the last few weeks. he said he was not prepared to publish that legal advice. labour have said he should publish a summary of it. his answer to that is he only thinks that should happen when british forces are being sent into battle, into conflict, as happened during the attacks on those wh

gary o'donoghue live for us in washington. there's been another mass stabbing in sydney.ople were attacked during an evening sermon which was being livestreamed online. meanwhile, there has been this tribute at the sydney opera house to the victims of the weekend attack at a shopping centre which left six people dead and a dozen injured. the assailant was shot dead. our correspondent katy watson is in sydney with the latest. katy. two days after a brutal stabbing here in the shopping centre behind me, and once again there has been horror and fear, with a second attack on the other side of sydney. they are not believed to be related in any way but it is still harrowing. police have said that a man has been arrested. those heart are not suffering from life—threatening injuries, but they have asked the public to stay away, and videos seen on social media do show a lot of tension. australia has been reeling, and it has been an difficult few days, especially here at bondi junction. across australia, flags flew at half—mast today, honouring the victims of saturday's attack. the

gary o'donoghue, many thanks- _ a man in iraq has started a landmark legal action against the uk oil practice known as flaring — caused his son ali's leukaemia. a bbc investigation in 2022 found that ali's village, which lies within the field of rumaila in southern iraq, had high levels of cancer—causing pollutants known to come from flaring. bp says it understands the concerns and that it is continuing to support the operator to reduce flaring at the oil field. esme stallard has the story. ali julood was a happy child who loved playing football with his friends. at 15, he was diagnosed with leukaemia, and last year, after six years of treatment for cancer, he died. in 2022, he documented his life for the bbc, living close to polluting gas flares, where gas is burned off during oil production. his family have been left devastated by ali's passing. now his father has started legal action against bp seeking compensation for his son's medical treatment. translation: it has been a year since ali died. - may his soul rest in peace. it was a very sad yearfor the family. for me, his mother,

gary o'donoghue, bbc news, new york. let's get some of the day's other news now.lumpur today after two helicopters collided in midair during a rehearsalfor a royal mile asian navy parade. that's according to a statement from the navy in kuala lumpur, so the navy in kuala lumpur, so the royal malaysia navy parade, chile helicopters colliding in midair and chile helicopters colliding in midairand ten chile helicopters colliding in midair and ten people have been killed. when we get more details, we will update you. let's bring you some of the day's other news. the us secretary of state says washington is looking into allegations that israeli forces have committed human rights abuses in gaza. antony blinken denied suggestions of double standards when it came to israel. mr blinken's comments follow reports that for the first time an israeli defence force unit was facing sanctions for alleged violations in the west bank. a severely ill peruvian woman who was an advocate of assisted suicide has died after being given a lethal drug overdose by a doctor. ana estrada had b

gary o'donoghue has more.onald trump, have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for acts committed while he was in office? that's the view of his lawyers and the special counseljack smith, who is prosecuting donald trump for his part in attempts to overturn the 2020 election says no—one is above the law. the justices examined all sides of this argument, especially interested in the distinction between public acts as president and private acts as president. their decision is likely to take about two months before it comes down and could delay the case even further. it will have significant ramifications for donald trump's other criminal cases and, indeed, for the election. donald trump himself was not in washington but was in a courtroom in new york, with the first of a criminal trial of us president is under way and he addressed the supreme court case. the us supreme court had a monumental hearing on immunity and the immunity having to do with the presidential immunity. and i think it was made clear— i

our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue had this update following joe biden�*s comment. this was pretty much an off the cuff comment that he made as he was sort of walking through the colonnade at the white house and a reporter shouted to him, you know, "will you consider australia's request"? because of course australia, julian assange is australian and the australian parliament has passed a motion asking him to be returned to australia, saying "would you consider ending the prosecution"? he didn't seem to hear the question at first, but it was repeated and he said "we're considering it now". that would be a huge change, given that the us has been pursuing the extradition ofjulian assange from the uk for years and the thing is still winding its way through the courts. the home secretary signed the extradition back in 2022, but there's been court challenges to that and the high court is still waiting for some responses from the us to see whether or not mr assange could appeal the decision even further and possibly up to the court of human rights. but if america really is

gary o'donoghue has been carrying that angle for us. we have set out, the justices appeared sceptical of his claim of absolute immunity, but there is a question that needs to be answered, do the allegations in the indictment fall under official acts of the presidency or not? why is that relevant?— of the presidency or not? why is that relevant? because there is a distinction being _ that relevant? because there is a distinction being drawn _ that relevant? because there is a distinction being drawn here - that relevant? because there is a distinction being drawn here and| distinction being drawn here and interestingly it is a distinction that one of the conservative members of of the court was very interested in, whether or not any of the things that donald trump is accused of fall into the private realm, because donald trump's lawyers acknowledge that private acts were subject or can be subject to prosecution. she went through some things that are part of the indictment and donald trump's lawyer acknowledge they were potentially in the