we now know the 33—year—old nurse from hereford lucy letby wills and the rest of her life in prison ashe murders and attempted murder she carried out while working as a nurse on the neonatal unit at the countess of chester hospital. we have heard over a period of months harrowing evidence from the parents of victims, we have heard about lucy letby�*s particularly cruel and calculating offending, the methods which are used to kill children in her care, sometimes by injecting them with air into their bloodstream, sometimes by poisoning them with insulin, sometimes by overfeeding them with milk. and the judge really talked today about the way that she had carried out a campaign of enormously cruel, criminal activity. campaign of enormously cruel, criminalactivity. he campaign of enormously cruel, criminal activity. he talked about the pain that each of those babies will have suffered at the moment of death or when they were having those sudden and inexplicable acute medical episodes. he talked about the pain that lucy letby had inflicted on those babies, the physical pain, but also the pa

we now know the 33—year—old nurse from hereford lucy letby wills and the rest of her life in prison as

and the judge said the new direction means they will have to agree by 10—1 on any counts which are not unanimous. lucy letby is 33 and originally from herefordl the charges against her. but the jury has been told by the judge they can return a majority verdict. we will bring you any more developments as it comes into us. let's turn to the major political emergency unfolding in west africa — following the military coup in niger. diplomatic efforts to find a resolution have stepped up — with a warning from washington. speaking to the bbc — the us secretary of state — antony blinken — has voiced his concern that niger's military leaders, might turn to the russian mercenary group — wagner — for help. the group is active in neighbouring countries — they're seen here in the central african republic — injuly of this year — and its leader has welcomed the takeover. the coup leaders, are currently standing firm against calls to restore democratic rule. here's what mr blinken had to say about wagner a little earlier. for sure, we have concerns when we see something like the wagner group possibly manifesting itself in different parts of the sahel. and

hereford nurse lucy letby have retired to considered their verdict. ms letby denies murdering seven babies and attempting to kill ten others. you can feel the tension every day here. no one knows if this willturns its verdict. the trial has been running for ten months. it's five—and—a—half weeks since the jury was sent out. now, they've reached their verdict. she's guilty. the jury has found lucy letby guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder another six. they found her not guilty of two attempted murder charges, and couldn't decide on a further six. but they have clearly found that letby is one of britain's most notorious killers. and there's a statement from the hospital: i speak i cannot imagine how the families in this case feel today. ijust open the case of this verdict brings all of them some peace of mind for the future. and that we've answered some of the questions that they were looking for. and there's a statement from the hospital. i speak for the whole trust when i say how appalled we are at lucy letby's crimes. we are extremely sorry that these crimes were committed at our hospital, and our thoughts continue to be with all the families and loved ones of the ba

hereford nurse lucy letby have retired to considered their verdict. ms letby denies murdering seven babies and attempting to kill ten others. you can feel the tension every day here. no one knows if this willnths. it's five—and—a—half weeks since the jury was sent out. now, they've reached their verdict. she's guilty. the jury has found lucy letby guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder another six. they found her not guilty of two attempted murder charges, and couldn't decide on a further six. but they have clearly found that letby is one of britain's most notorious killers. and there's a statement from the hospital: i speak for the whole trust when i say how appalled we are at lucy letby�*s crimes. we are extremely sorry that these crimes were committed at our hospital, and our thoughts continue to be with all the families and loved ones of the babies who came to harm or who died. we cannot begin to understand what they have been through. the jury was only asked to consider seven murder charges. we've discovered that 13 babies died during lucy letby�*s last year on the neonatal unit. she was on duty for every one of them. the police investigation is going wider still. t