showed it was just that this was a private case filed by a businessman named marcus ball what was his motivation to take boris johnson to court. right a private citizen who has been working on this relentless leaflets in the last 3 years he's been building this case collecting evidence he's also been collecting 200000 pounds to finance basically of this legal proceedings and he wants to set a legal precedent he said that he was tired of politicians lying in public office to the public and he wants to set a legal precedent that this will not happen again and that politicians can be held accountable in complaints if they are not telling the truth. reporting for us in london thank you very much. now turkey's largest city istanbul is preparing for a rerun of its may or election in a few weeks time the country's electoral commission will commission a null the result of an earlier vote following a complaint from president wretch a type of error to once a party now his party lost the election to him old who represented an alliance of opposition parties now way from the capital in the east of

showed it was just that this was a private case filed by a businessman named marcus ball what was his motivation to take boris johnson to court right a private citizen who has been working on those who invented this leaflets in the last 3 years he's been building this case collecting evidence he's also been collecting 200000 pounds to finance basically this legal proceedings and he wants to set a legal precedent he said that he was tired of politicians lying in public office to the public and he wants to set and legal precedent that this will not happen again and that politicians can be held accountable in complains if they are not telling the truth right. reporting for us in london thank you very much. now president bush has been sworn into office during his inauguration ceremony in nigeria's capital abuja it's a 2nd consecutive term but many young voters are disappointed by the so slow pace of change in the country. it was a leg key event by some standards the inauguration ceremony was shorter than usual because of security concerns. and former general mamadou bihari took his presid

ministerial candidate forrest johnston one of the they're alleging or what he's alleging this man marcus ball is that 3 counts of misconduct in public office and that is relating to the bracks it campaign ahead of the 2016 referendum and they say that he says that boris johnson essentially willfully misled the public over the primarily over the claims that $350000000.00 pounds a week was being sent to the european union and if we went through with bracks it and left the european union that money would come back and be spent on the n.h.s. now the arithmetic of that 350000000 pounds a week has been picked over in the past 3 years since the referendum and found to be judaists put it that way i will give you the nuts and bolts but it's close it's around $160000000.00 it's certainly nothing like $350000000.00 a week and the test now is whether this individual marcus ball busy can make the charge stick and the threshold is fairly high ridge of the details it's a public officer while he's an m.p. so that would work wilfully neglecting to willfully misconduct himself to such a degree as to amount to

let‘s your from his lawyer now. —— marcus ball.legations today. ican respond to those allegations today. i can say that the judge at the hearing on the 23rd of may heard arguments about the alleged political motivation of the application for the summons against mrjohnson. and in herjudgment today, has decided to issue a summons notwithstanding those allegations of political motivation by mrjohnson. so you refute the suggestion this is an attempt to try to block the outcome of the referendum? i am not going to be drawn on the substance of this case. marcus ball‘s lawyer there. more broadly, this leadership campaign has a way to go, huw. at some point, the 12 or so candidates we have already heard from, there may be more, they will be whittled down to two by mps in the commons, and probably by mid july, we will get a ballot of the last two, which goes to conservative party members, then we will have a new prime minister. the question is whether that prime minister will be boris johnson the question is whether that prime minister will

businessman marcus ball, on the right, crowd—funded the prosecution, arguing it's about standards intoday, considers that politicians have made, orsaid, things that are untrue, and he wants to ensure that there is a better standard in politics than currently is the case. but boris johnson, flag—carrier for brexit, is now favourite in the race to be the next prime minister. he may even be pm when and if his case is finally tried. a source close to borisjohnson said: "this prosecution is nothing less than a politically motivated attempt to reverse brexit and crush the will of the people. if the case is allowed to proceed, the state rather than the public will be put in charge of determining the strength of arguments at elections." but some say it is a matter of principle. generally speaking, i prefer it that the courts keep out of political affairs. i find that the general public are incredibly discerning. tough day at the office? tonight, boris johnson was keeping his counsel. do you accept that you deliberately misled the public? he denies wrongdoing and today's ruling was no finding

of the money needed to launch a private prosecution was crowd funded by campaign a marcus ball whose case alleges that johnson's claims had been irresponsible and dishonest amounting to misconduct in a public office johnson's lawyers denied the allegations but the magistrate issued a summons johnson himself must now answer the charges in court district judge coleman decided dunn's having considered all the relevant factors she was satisfied that this is a proper case in which to issue a summons against mr johnson for 3 counts of misconduct in public office if there is a beautiful day there has been no response from boris johnson or his spokesman but the timing is extraordinary johnson is the current frontrunner to replace to research and if he wins he could find himself as a prime minister facing trial that might make it harder for him to kind of just blow past this one. and also it's a very serious charge to to suggest that has contributed to. the outcome of the referendum and all that goes with that is something that i think you might find quite hard to shake off. concerns about th

the money needed to launch a private prosecution was crowd funded by campaign a marcus ball whose case alleges that johnson's claims had been irresponsible and dishonest amounting to misconduct in a public office johnson's lawyers denied the allegations but the magistrate issued a summons johnson himself must now answer the charges in court district judge coleman decided dunn's having considered all the relevant factors she was satisfied that this is a proper case in which to issue a summons against mr johnson for 3 counts of misconduct in public office. is a beautiful day there has been no response from boris johnson or his spokesman but the timing is extraordinary johnson is the current frontrunner to replace to resubmit and if he wins he could find himself as a prime minister facing trial that might make it harder for him to kind of just blow past this one. and also it's a very serious charge to to suggest that has contributed to. the outcome of the referendum and all that goes with that is something that i think you might find quite hard to shake off. concerns about the character a

businessman marcus ball, on the right, crowd funded the prosecution, arguing it's about standards in ic office. mr ball, who's stood with me today, considers that politicians have made, or said, things that are untrue, and he wants to ensure that there is a better standard in politics than currently is the case. but borisjohnson, flag carrier for brexit, is now favourite in the race to be the next prime minister. he may even be pm when and if his case is finally tried. a source close to borisjohnson said, "this prosecution is nothing less than a politically motivated attempt to reverse brexit and crush the will of the people. if the case is allowed to proceed, the state rather than the public will be put in charge of determining the strength of arguments at elections." but some say it is a matter of principle. generally speaking, i prefer it that the courts keep out of political affairs. i find that the general public are incredibly discerning. tough day at the office? tonight, boris johnson was keeping his counsel. do you accept that you deliberately misled the public? he denies wron

marcus ball raised around 250,000 euros to file a lawsuit against the conservative lawmaker.ow johnson must respond to the accusation court. after that, the case could go to trial. >> she said there was enough evidence to issue a summons. i think it will be very many months before this is resolved. reporter: johnson's lawyers reject a lawsuit as politically motivated. they say their client was engaging in a political campaign and not speaking in an official capacity. no date has been set for the hearing the case comes at an awkward time for johnson. he is considered the front runner in the race to replace theresa may as party leader and british prime minister. sumi: president muhammadu buhari has been sworn into office during his inauguration ceremony in nigeria. it is his second consecutive term, but many young voters are disappointed by the slow pace of change in the country. reporter: it was a low-key event by some standards. the inauguration ceremony was short of unusual because of security concerns. and former general muhammadu buhari took hihis presidential oath for the

the money needed to launch a private prosecution was crowd funded by campaign a marcus ball whose case alleges that johnson's claims had been irresponsible and dishonest amounting to misconduct in a public office johnson's lawyers denied the allegations but the magistrate issued a summons johnson himself must now answer the charges in court district judge coleman decided doubts having considered all the relevant facts is she was satisfied that this is a proper case in which to issue a summons against mr johnson for three counts of misconduct in public office if there is a beautiful day there has been no response from boris johnson or his spokesman but the timing is extraordinary johnson is the current frontrunner to replace to research and if he wins he could find himself as a prime minister facing trial. that might make it harder for him to kind of just blow past this one. and also it's a very serious charge to suggest that his lies contributed to. the outcome of the referendum and all that goes with that is something that i think you might find quite hard to shake off. concerns about

businessman marcus ball, on the right, crowd funded the prosecution, arguing it's about standards ine. mr ball who stood with me today considered that politicians have made, said things that are untrue and he wants to ensure there is a better standard in politics and currently is the case. but boris johnson, flag carrierfor brexit, is now case. but boris johnson, flag carrier for brexit, is now favourite in the race to be the next prime minister. he might even be pm when and if his case is finally tried. a source close to borisjohnson said this prosecution is nothing less than a politically motivated attempt to reverse brexit and crush the will of the people. if the case is allowed to proceed the state rather than the public will be put in charge of determining the strengths of argument at elections. this runs counter to centuries of british political tradition and risks undermining our democracy. the dispute centres on campaign claims of how much britain pays the eu against the rebate which comes back, some say it's a matter of principle. generally speaking i would prefer it that th

ministerial candidate forrest johnson one of the they're alleging or what he's alleging this man marcus ball is that 3 counts of misconduct in public office and that is relating to the bracks it campaign ahead of the 2016 referendum and they say that he says that boris johnson essentially willfully misled the public over the primarily over the claims that $350000000.00 pounds a week was being sent to the european union and if we went through with bracks it and left the european union that money would come back and be spent on the n.h.s. now the arithmetic of that 350000000 pounds a week has been picked over in the past 3 years since the referendum and found to be jus b.s. put it that way i won't give you the nuts and bolts but it's closer to around 160000000 it's certainly nothing like 350000000 a week israel's prime minister is in a race against time to form a coalition government or face an unprecedented 2nd election of the year binyamin netanyahu is right wing coalition has until midnight local time to secure the support of the door lieberman's nationalist use rail bets a new faction with

marcus ball, a businessman here on the right, is behind the challenge, a private prosecution financedline crowdfunding campaign. in previous hearings his lawyers have claimed borisjohnson repeatedly lied and misled the british public about the cost of membership of the eu. good morning, good morning, good morning. mrjohnson‘s legal team says he denies acting improperly or dishonestly at any time, and have suggested the case is a stunt aimed at undermining the referendum result. today, a districtjudge ruled there was enough evidence for a trial to proceed, but stressed that the allegations against boris johnson are unproven. he will now have to attend westminster magistrates‘ court for a preliminary hearing, before the case is sent to crown court for trial. as the frontrunner in the contest to become the next prime minister, this case will be an unwelcome distraction for borisjohnson and may be used by his opponents against him. jonathan blake, bbc news. 0ur assistant political editor, norman smith, joins me now from westminster. picking up on that point, the timing of this is not grea

businessman marcus ball, on the right, crowd funded the prosecution, arguing it's about standards inic office. mr ball, who's stood with me today, considers that politicians have made, orsaid, things that are untrue, and he wants to ensure that there is a better standard in politics than currently is the case. but boris johnson, flag—carrier for brexit, is now favourite in the race to be the next prime minister. he may even be pm when and if his case is finally tried. a source close to borisjohnson said, but some say it is a matter of principle. generally speaking, i prefer it that the courts keep out of political affairs. i find that the general public are incredibly discerning. tough day at the office? tonight, boris johnson was keeping his counsel. do you accept that you deliberately misled the public? he denies wrongdoing and today's ruling was no finding of guilt, but the case will be a spectacle and the outcome could have an impact on politics and campaigning in britain. john pienaar, bbc news. well, earlier i asked our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, why it was just m

ministerial candidate forrest johnson one of the they're alleging or what he's alleging this man marcus ball is that 3 counts of misconduct in public office and that is relating to the bracks it campaign ahead of the 2016 referendum and they say that he says that boris johnson essentially willfully misled the public over the primarily over the claims that 350000000 pounds a week was being sent to the european union and if we went through with bracks it and left the european union that money would come back and be spent on the n.h.s. now the arithmetic of that 350000000 pounds a week has been picked over in the past 3 years since the referendum and found to be jus b.s. put it that way i will give you the nuts and bolts but it's closer to around 160000000 certainly nothing like 350000000 a week now it's not often that we hone in on paraguayan on the weather forecast but flooding there at the moment is pretty relentless i have to say here to tell us more is meteorologist rob you're right you could navigate the river part of growing march and you can't see where the edges are in fact the video h

marcus ball may the legal argument that it wasn't just marcus ball may the legal argument that it wasn'tjustg it was a lie and it amounted to a serious offence of misconduct in public office. the judge serious offence of misconduct in public office. thejudge has serious offence of misconduct in public office. the judge has said, serious offence of misconduct in public office. thejudge has said, i make no judgment on whether the case is proven or not, but i make a judgment whether it will go forward to the next stage. my understanding is borisjohnson to the next stage. my understanding is boris johnson has, to the next stage. my understanding is borisjohnson has, or will be charged with the criminal offences of misconduct in public office, three charges. he will have to go to a magistrates‘ court in the normal way of things, but because the charges are so serious, it will then go on to crown court. we have the prospect at some stage in the future of borisjohnson prospect at some stage in the future of boris johnson going prospect at some stage in the future of borisjohnson going to crown cour

marcus ball, a businessman here on the right, is behind the legal challenge, a private prosecution financedwdfunding campaign. in previous hearings, his lawyers have claimed boris johnson repeatedly lied and misled the british public about the cost of membership of the eu. good morning, good morning, good morning. mrjohnson‘s legal team say he denies acting improperly or dishonestly at any time, and have suggested the case is a stunt aimed at undermining the referendum result. today, a districtjudge ruled there was enough evidence for a trial to proceed, but stressed that the allegations against borisjohnson are unproven. he will now have to attend westminster magistrates‘ court for a preliminary hearing, before the case is sent to crown court for trial. as the frontrunner in the contest to become the next prime minister, this case will be an unwelcome distraction for boris johnson and may be used by his opponents against him. jonathan blake, bbc news. 0ur political correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. serious political implications from this? yes, terrible timing for mr johnson. m

the money needed to launch a private prosecution was crowd funded by campaign a marcus ball whose case alleges that johnson's claims had been irresponsible and dishonest amounting to misconduct in a public office johnson's lawyers denied the allegations but the magistrate issued a summons johnson himself must now answer the charges in court district judge coleman decided doubts having considered all the relevant facts is she was satisfied that this is a proper case in which to issue a summons against mr johnson for 3 counts of misconduct in public office if there is a beautiful day there has been no response from boris johnson or his spokesman but the timing is extraordinary johnson is the current frontrunner to replace to resubmit and if he wins he could find himself as a prime minister facing trial that might make it harder for him to kind of just blow past this one. and also it's a very serious charge to to suggest that has contributed to. the outcome of the referendum and all that goes with that is something that i think you might find quite hard to shake off. concerns about the ch

it'a a private prosecution, launched by campaigner marcus ball, who crowdfunded £20,000 for the case.he prosecution "nothing less than a politically motivated attempt to reverse brexit and crush the will of the people". the judge reviewing the case says "the public offices held by mrjohnson provide status, but with that status comes influence and authority". "i am satisfied there is sufficient evidence of an issue to be determined at trial". with the conservative leadership race underway, this comes at a very inconvenient time for boris johnson, as our assistant political editor norman smith points out. it is a huge distraction to his campaign. the timing could hardly be worse, but he is the front runner. many people thought he was looking potentially unstoppable. this could be a possible game changer if it reignites question marks about his suitability for the topjob. the tory leadership contest is already quite a crowded field, here are ten of the candidates, including borisjohnson. today they were joined by an 11th contenderjames cleverly, under secretary for brexit, that means the

the money needed to launch a private prosecution was crowd funded by campaign a marcus ball whose case alleges that johnson's claims had been irresponsible and dishonest amounting to misconduct in a public office johnson's lawyers denied the allegations but the magistrate issued a summons johnson himself must now answer the charges in court district judge coleman decided dunn's having considered all the relevant factors she was satisfied that this is a proper case in which to issue a summons against mr johnson. 3 counts of misconduct in public office if there is a beautiful day there has been no response from boris johnson or his spokesman but the timing is extraordinary johnson is the current frontrunner to replace to resubmit and if he wins he could find himself as a prime minister facing trial. that might make it harder for him to kind of just blow past this one. and also it's a very serious charge to to suggest that his lies contributed to. the outcome of the referendum and all that goes with that is something that i think you might find quite hard to shake off. concerns about the

it's an unusual, private prosecution brought by marcus ball, a campaigner who'd raised more than £200,000lled brexit justice. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds is with us. boris johnson's team borisjohnson's team has dismissed this as a political stunt, which is for the courts to decide, but it is an unwelcome distraction as we kick off this leadership campaign. we are right at the beginning of that campaign, and we have this unprecedented legal challenge. it is very unusual for pure politics and the criminal courts to sort of come together in this way. i think it is the first time that a criminal prosecution has been used in a matter of political debate. so all sorts of things are interesting about this. i think the key thing is the charge, which as you say is misconduct in public office, which effectively says that boris johnson was a public official, which is important andl was a public official, which is important and i will come back to any minute, that he was grossly negligent effectively with his office, he abused his office, and he did so without any good reason. but the

businessman marcus ball, on the right, crowd funded the prosecution, arguing it's about standards ine. mr ball who stood with me today considered that politicians have made, said things that are untrue and he wants to ensure there is a better standard in politics and currently is the case. but borisjohnson, flag carrier for brexit, is now favourite in the race to be the next prime minister. he might even be pm when and if his case is finally tried. a source close to borisjohnson said this prosecution is nothing less than a politically motivated attempt to reverse brexit and crush the will of the people. if the case is allowed to proceed the state rather than the public will be put in charge of determining the strengths of argument at elections. this runs counter to centuries of british political tradition and risks undermining our democracy. the dispute centres on campaign claims of how much britain pays the eu against the rebate which comes back, some say it's a matter of principle. generally speaking i would prefer it that the courts keep out of political affairs. i find that the g

ministerial candidate forrest johnson one of the they're alleging or what he's alleging this man marcus ball is that 3 counts of misconduct in public office and that is relating to the bracks it campaign ahead of the 2016 referendum and they say that he says that boris johnson essentially willfully misled the public over the primarily over the claims that $350000000.00 pounds a week was being sent to the european union and if we went through with bracks it and left the european union that money would come back and be spent on the n.h.s. now the arithmetic of that 350000000 pounds a week has been picked over in the past 3 years since the referendum and found to be jus b.s. put it that way i won't give you the nuts and bolts but it's closer to around 160000000 certainly nothing like 350000000 a week. down kosovo serbs are valid to resist further police raids in the semi autonomous region protesters in north much of spoke out against the police operation on tuesday dozens of people were arrested in an operation against organized crime and corruption serbia but its troops on the high alert sayin

ministerial candidate forrest johnson one of the they're alleging or what he's alleging this man marcus ball is that 3 counts of misconduct in public office and that is relating to the bracks it campaign ahead of the 2016 referendum and they say that he says that boris johnson essentially willfully misled the public over the primarily over the claims that $350000000.00 pounds a week was being sent to the european union and if we went through with bracks it and left the european union that money would come back and be spent on the n.h.s. now the arithmetic of that 350000000 pounds a week has been picked over in the past 3 years since the referendum and found to be jew b.s. put it that way i won't give you the nuts and bolts but it's closer to around 160000000 certainly nothing like 350000000 a week the israeli government has reduced the size of gaza's fishing zone 3 days after allowing palestinians. to venture further out to sea israeli military says that it's in response to in century balloons flown towards israel by palestinians the fishing area was extended as part of a gyptian of cattery

the money needed to launch a private prosecution was crowd funded by campaign a marcus ball whose case alleges that johnson's claims had been irresponsible and dishonest amounting to misconduct in a public office johnson's lawyers denied the allegations but the magistrate issued a summons johnson himself must now answer the charges in court district judge coleman decided doubts having considered all the relevant facts is she was satisfied that this is a proper case in which to issue a summons against mr johnson for 3 counts of misconduct in public office if there is a beautiful day there has been no response from boris johnson or his spokesman but the timing is extraordinary johnson is the current frontrunner to replace to resubmit a and if he wins he could find himself as a prime minister facing trial. that might make it harder for him to kind of just blow past this one. and also it's a very serious charge to suggest that his lies contributed to. the outcome of the referendum and all that goes with that is something that i think you might find quite hard to shake off. concerns about t

but the this case has come through a private prosecution from a businessman called marcus ball who has alleged boris johnson knowingly lied about the amount of money that the u.k. sends to the e.u. and this formed a major part of the campaign you would probably have seen the pictures of a red bus driving around that mr johnson was in front of in front of with other senior breakfast here is claiming that the u.k. sends 350000000 pounds a week to the european union and if we were to leave or we could keep that money and spend it here in the national health service now mr ball says that mr johnson knowingly misled. voters on this and therefore this constitutes misconduct for public office john what do you make of the timing of this case because politically couldn't come at a worse time for boris johnson given that he hopes to be the next tory party leader on the next prime minister. it's it's dreadful timing for him because as you say he's he's the front runner and now he's going to have to be batting away these allegations and the summons that has been handed down by the courts just to m

it has rebounded a little bit and we will keep an eye on marcus ball you throughout the morning's. we will have more in dollars and cents as well. >>> happening today, the sheriff's office will announce a new program that lets people with unwanted guns turn them in to the sheriff's office at any time, no questions asked. unlike a gun buyback program, no money will be offered in exchange for those guns. the goal is to keep their guns out of the hands of people who should not have them and prevent accidental shootings or suicides in homes. >>> police are stepping up their campaign to keep people in san francisco's safer. officers will be watching for drivers who create roadway dangers for those walking or riding a bicycle. they hope to eliminate all traffic related deaths in san francisco by 2024. >>> a traveling exhibit on the history of one of san francisco muni's oldest lines. the story will show how it really changed the city. it rolled out 100 years ago. a few years later the line connected to the very building and to 20 years it went to the beach and the san francisco zoo. the

marcus. well, no ball cap on yet so far. it's fairly dry here in petaluma. maybe a little bit of a sprinkle right now. even on our drive up from mill valley, going up north through the cities through san rafael and novato, we didn't see any rain. so far, so good. of course the conditions could change throughout the day, as we have been discussing all morning long. there will be roughly two and a half inches in santa rosa through the weekend. when the rain comes in, things could change. a tweet was sent out by sonoma county as far as getting prepared for the rain. all the stuff we have discussed the past few months because of this rain. wet and slick roads, ponding. never drive-through standing water. increased commute times today and thursday. and reports of gusty winds may bring down smaller tree branches. that's typical when we see the rain come down. we will get reaction from folks when it comes to this weather. you cover rain a lot when they start to recognize you when they're asking you your thoughts on the rain. we will hear from them in the next half

in the fourth inning, tied at two, marcus simeian ties ties ts chad pender follows up with a double to the left. so now it is 5-2 oak they can't find the balle they did that was april 2013. and the little guy guy guy guy y night, i love his optimism. that allowed arizona to score first, and then still celebrating, having a great time. good. he is running and pilar completing the double play, that is kechbtly worth a dants or two. this is not, three hits for four rbi last night. the diamond backs have scored 28 runs in the last two games, 10-4 they wind today. >>> demarcus cousins scrimmaged with the team and he could be a go. the warriors have practice and rested plenty since monday night. the only thing they have not been able to complete is their game plan. game 7 is on monday night. they don't mind the long rest. >> at one point you want to just rest and relax. you have to know what is going on. still have some anxiety about what is going on. so some stuff that human beingings go on, we're super athletes they don't take that into a really good practice today, really sharp and we needed it. yesterday we chippag ascrimmage was really loose