naomi long. the gentleman asked us where _ talking. naomi long.y clearly what needed to be done and the truth is that every time health minister tries to progress that, try to do something about it we end up with parties taking up placards and opposing any changes to the health service and any reform. but we can't continue to fund what we have now, we are not doing it. we have a notional health service, not a national health service in northern ireland. and what we need to do at this stage is grasp the nettle, change how we deliver our services, modernise our service and thatis services, modernise our service and that is why we argued for a transformation fund specifically as part of the restoration project so we can start to make that transformation and change is why i will bring in chris hazard on that. the been commended for bringing the fiscal floor raised up to 1.24. what about transformation fund? in the dup manifesto online the health talks about £1 billion to get rid of waiting list. if there is no money there how can we actually change it

leaders — gavin robinson, the new leader of the democratic unionist party, and the challenger, naomi longous occasions, with gavin robinson emerging each time as the winner. but in 2019, the margin between them narrowed to around 1,800 votes. people will be watching this result very closely this time around whenever it comes around next month but for this stage of the campaign with more candidates in the race at this time around, at this point, it is too close to call.— is too close to call. brendan, thanks very _ is too close to call. brendan, thanks very much _ is too close to call. brendan, thanks very much that - is too close to call. brendan, i thanks very much that update. and from belfast to bolton. kevin... this is bolton north—east, one of a number of seats and labour�*s apartments which went blue for the first time in decades in 2019. 60% of people here had voted for brexit. they rang the bells on the town hall to celebrate. it was boris johnson's promise to get that done alongside his pledge to level—up areas like this where many residents struggle to make ends meet which helpe

we've heard from naomi long over the past few days. underdog, even in that seat that they hold. they are hoping to actually increase that number there, you know, in a good place in a couple of other constituencies. but the alliance message would be very much that, you know, they are, as i say, they don't identify as unionists or nationalists. and their big sell actually in their manifesto was about institutional reform. if you look at the devolved government in northern ireland, it hasn't sat for five out of the last seven years. it's been collapsed by the dup and sinn fein. they say, "look, that can continue no longer". speaking to the sdlp, they would say calum eastwood had a 17,000 majority in foyle in 2019. anywhere else in northern ireland, that would be seen as a really, really safe seat. he doesn't believe that that's the case. he's confident he will retain it, but he believes that was a brexit vote back in 2019 and those numbers may not stack up just the same way this time. but if the alliance can hold on to one, maybe do a lit

party leader naomi long also called for a new funding formula to increase the amount of public moneysh for that fairer financial deal for northern ireland, a deal that isn't about charity but is about being fair and accounting for what we are owed from treasury, according to our need. the scottish green party have promised a "transformative vision" for the country at their election manifesto launch. they're pledging to introduce a wealth tax on the richest people in the uk, an end to oil and gas companies being able to advertise, and a stop on all subsidies for fossil fuels. two weeks to go until wimbledon and britain's new number one, jack draper, has just claimed the biggest victory of his career by beating the top seed and defending wimbledon champion carlos alcaraz at queen's club in london. it's the first time the spanish superstar has lost a match on grass in almost two years. 22—year—old jack draper beat the world number two in straight sets. today is the summer solstice and thousands have gathered at stonehenge to celebrate the longest day of the year. it's thought stonehenge

he is under pressure from the leader of the alliance party, naomi long.ve more mp5 than any other in northern mps than any other in northern ireland. if they lose a couple of seats that would mean sinn fein would be in the running to be then largest party in northern ireland in westminster for the first time. that is something that dup would galvanise its voters to come out and vote. they will say the westminster elections are very much about whether northern ireland is represented by mainly unionists, mainly irish nationalists or parties that are neither. they will say for the future of the union it is important that the dup retains its position, as it were, on top of the league regarding westminster representatives for northern ireland. ., ~' , representatives for northern ireland. ., ~ , . throughout the day, we're taking a close look at northern ireland and the key issues and political battlegrounds there. annita mcveigh is in the titanic quarter, which is in the belfast east constituency. thank you very much. welcome back to belfast. we have been tal

looks like an interesting battle between him, the incumbent mp, and trying to unseat him will be naomi longissues being considered by voters here in northern ireland, the cost of living is a massive one, as it is across the rest of the uk. the constitutional issue also, whether northern ireland remains as part of the uk or leads to form a united ireland, and how people feel about that, does affect how they vote. lots in the mix here in northern ireland and just ten days to wait to see how it all pans out. thank you. the main parties have now announced their campaign promises ahead of the general election. it's a lot of information to take in, but there's a guide on the bbc news website, which gives a summary of where parties stand on the issues most important to voters. the trial has begun of a man accused of plotting the kidnap, rape and murder of the tv presenter holly willoughby. gavin plumb allegedly conspired online with a man in the united states to create a �*detailed plan' to carry out the offences. mr plumb denies the charges. our correspondent helena wilkinson is outside the court

we have seamus defet from the social democratic and labour party, naomi long, alliance party, naomi longohn ross, the traditional unionist voice party, ryan warren for the ulster unionist party . ulster unionist party. >> and i think was there one more? no, i don't know. right. let's turn our attention now to the mediterranean because divers and dogs and drones are being used in a major search for the tv doctor, michael mosley, who's just vanished. he's gone missing on a greek island whilst on houday on a greek island whilst on holiday with his wife. >> yeah, there has been some new cctv released of the 67 year old showing him in the sunshine , but showing him in the sunshine, but with an umbrella. but this was. it's all about the timings with these pictures. this was shortly after he left a beach where his wife was on the very small line. the island of symi. >> well, of course he's a very well known tv presenter, a doctor very well known for appearing on medical programmes and ones like the one show. and he had a podcast, just one thing, but he has not now been seen since wednesday . se

here's leader naomi long. our need. we also, as stephen rightly pointed out, need to revise our fiscal rules to enable notjust revise our fiscal rules to enable not just the assembly to manage revise our fiscal rules to enable notjust the assembly to manage its finances in a more cohesive way, but also to ensure that we can invest in those long—term projects whether it be infrastructure or environment, that will transform our society, enable economic development and ensure that we can tackle climate change. these cannot be done in cycles of three—year funding, these need a long—term vision, and that is what alliance has. it would allow us to improve our local public finances, invest in sustainable public services, tackle the cost of living and cost of doing business crises and address climate change, all of the things that impact on the people that we meet every day. we are also conscious of the cost of vetoes in government. of projects locked and delayed because agreement can't be found. those vetoes have hel

this comes after a hunter biden's daughter, naomi, gave an emotional hours long testimony about her father's past drug addiction or own paula reid was inside cord and reports that naomi appeared very uncomfortable while on the stand. >> and when she left, she gave her data hug a kiss on the cheek and was seeing trembling and wiping away tears as she exited the courtroom. >> we want to go to paula reid now has been tracking this closely. paula why did cord adjourn so quickly? >> boris, this is fascinating, as you said, i was import all morning. i watch naomi biden at two other defense witnesses testified we broke for lunch. we're expecting to come back in hear from hunters uncle james biden, and a few more witnesses when the defense came back from lunch, they said there are no longer calling any of those witnesses. the only outstanding question for the defense is whether they will call the defendant, hunter biden to the stand. the judge is now giving them a long weekend before deciding if they're going to do that. but it appears that after naomi biden's appearance on the stand, which did not

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expecting is president biden's brother james biden, who we saw walk in the courthouse not long ago, also naomien, hunter biden's oldest daughter, we saw her walk into the courthouse, she may be a defense witness as well. and first lady jill biden is in the courtroom, having flown back from france where she was with president biden for the normandy commemoration. >> and what about the vulnerabilities in the prosecution's case that the defense might seize on as they make their case today and what are the biggest challenges the defense had? >> i think the defense has really been focusing on the timing issue here. because the question on the form that hunter biden completed, that is allegedly false, is are you addicted to drugs and are you a drug -- a user of illegal drugs. and he's trying to point out, abbe lowell, the defense attorney, that nobody actually knew whether hunter biden was using and addicted to drugs on the day in question or around that day. and i think the theory is that in hunter biden's mind, he was a recovering addict at that point. so, in fact, he did not lie. i think it is a

told cnn that the emotional testimony would stick with him for a long time, including one saying that the testimony of hunters daughter naomi was quote, heart-wrenching. >> hunter biden responded to the verdict in a written statement saying, quote, in more grateful today for the love and support i experienced this last week from his wife, melissa, my family my friends, and my community that i am disappointed by the outcome recovery is possible by the grace of god. i am blessed to experience that gift one day at a time, unquote. hunter biden now faces theoretically up to 25 years in prison. he is expected to be sentenced before the presidential election. multiple jurors telling cnn that while they agreed he would was guilty, they do not think hunter biden's you go to jail. president biden has said he would not pardon his son. the president reacted to the verdicts this afternoon saying he accepts the outcome of the case and is proud of his son for his recovery i asked president biden about this possibility back in october 2022, before hunter biden was even charged are reporting cnn sub reporting, and the washington post repor

cross-examination, naomi and defense attorneys seemed caught off guard when prosecutors presented texts between her and her father during that trip, when he appeared erratic and went dark for long her texts reading, i don't know what to say. i just miss you so much. i just want to hang out with you. and from him one saying, i'm sorry, i have been so unreachable. it's not fair to you, naomi testified that she returned the our on october 19 and that at that time she didn't see any drug paraphernalia in it a few days after that, her aunt hallie biden testified earlier in the trial that she found drug paraphernalia in that same car, prosecutors seizing on this and suggesting that the drug residue and drug paraphernalia must have been put in the car our after she returned it, timeline crucial as hunter is accused of lying on federal gun buying forms about his drug use at that time. now, the defense team has a weekend to decide i'd if they want to put hunter on the stand and this is a risk reward calculus source familiar with their thinking tells me they think hunter could provide additional context. so those text messages you said hallie biden, where he suggested he was on a car doi

cross-examination naomi and defense attorneys seemed caught off guard when prosecutors presented texts between her and her father during that trip, when he appeared erratic and went dark for long stretches, one of her texts reading, i don't know what to say. i just miss you so much. i just want to hang out with you and from him one saying, i'm sorry. sorry. i have been so unreachable. it's not fair to you. naomi testified that she returned the car on october 19 and that at that time she didn't see any drug paraphernalia in it a few days after that, her aunt hallie biden testified earlier in the trial that she found drug paraphernalia in that same car. prosecutors seizing on this and suggesting that the drug residue and drug paraphernalia must have been put in the car after she returned it. timeline crucial as hunter is accused of lying on federal gun buying forms about his drug use at that time. >> now, the defense team has a weekend to decide if they want to put hunter on the stand. and this is a risk reward calculus source familiar with their thinking tells me they think hunter could provide additional context so those text messages you said hallie biden, where he suggested

cross-examination, naomi and defense attorneys seemed caught off guard when prosecutors presented texts between her and her father during that trip, when he appeared erratic and went dark for long stretches, one of her texts reading, i don't know what to say. i just miss you so much. i just want to hang out with you. and from him one saying, i'm sorry, i have been so unreachable. it's not fair to you naomi testified that she returned the car on october 19 and that at that time she didn't see any drug paraphernalia in it a few days after that, her aunt hallie biden testified earlier in the trial that she found drug paraphernalia in that same car. prosecutors seizing on this and suggesting that the drug residue and drug paraphernalia now you must have been put in the car after she returned it. timeline crucial as hunter is accused of lying on federal gun buying forms about his drug use at that time cnn's paula reid reporting for us. thank you, paula very much coming up. the new revelations about the us supreme court justices getting pricey gifts and lucrative deals the cnn presidential debates, june 27th, nine live on cnn and streaming on max. >> mom and dad agreed it was time fo

long. i definitely want to. >> lawrence: ainsley you are saying there is still time for you to change your mind l.j. >> ainsley: you will be a parent. you will be a great dad. >> brian: naomi campbell was married to david bow j y.? >> ainsley: no imam. >> lawrence: get them mixed up. >> brian: supermodel collection. >> ainsley: they are all gorgeous. >> brian: hard to know who they are married. to say. >> ainsley: we have a fox news alert. in 90 minutes jury deliberations resume in the hunter biden federal gun trial. we are live outside the courthouse. ♪ ♪ ♪ have you always had trouble losing weight and keeping it off? same. discover the power of wegovy®. ♪ ♪ with wegovy®, i lost 35 pounds. and some lost over 46 pounds. ♪ ♪ and i'm keeping the weight off. wegovy® helps you lose weight and keep it off. i'm reducing my risk. wegovy® is the only fda-approved weight-management medicine that's proven to reduce risk of major cardiovascular events in adults with known heart disease and with either obesity or overweight. wegovy® shouldn't be used with semaglutide or glp-1 medicines. don't take wegovy® if you or your family had medullary thyroid cancer, multiple endocrine neoplasia

they have a long weekend to strategize and figure out if there we're going to put the defendant, hunter biden on the stand. but this decision came after an appearance by his daughter, naomi biden. she took the stand to testify for the defense and during your testimony, she talked about two instances where she saw her father in 2018, now, the first was late summer 2018. she said he reached out to her while he was in rehab, saying that he would arrange a trip for heard of visits, and she took them up on it and brought her then boyfriend. now husband. and she said that when she met him in late summer 2018, he was as clean and as clear as she had seen him since his brother, beau biden had died, and she testified that she was proud of him and she was proud to introduce do's him to her boyfriend. she also testified that she saw him again in october specifically on october 19th, and that's key because of course the allegations here focus on the time period between october 12 october 23rd. that is the time between when he purchased the gun at the center of this case? two, when it was a discarded when she said on the 19th, she saw him, she was returning a car that she had borrowe