jack fenwick, in the newsroom. _ keir starmer. jack fenwick, in the newsroom, thank _ keir starmer.mer. jack fenwick, in the newsroom, thank you. there - keir starmer. jack fenwick, in the newsroom, thank you. there is. keir starmer. jack fenwick, in the newsroom, thank you. there is a | keir starmer. jack fenwick, in the i newsroom, thank you. there is a lot to get the newscast team into and they will be back later in the hour. you can watch nonstop coverage of the election campaign now — until the results are called and beyond — on bbc iplayer. just look for election 2024 live. now we are going to turn our attention to other news. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has described an air strike which killed dozens of people in gaza as a "tragic accident". the hamas—run health ministry said at least 45 people were killed after the strike hit a camp for displaced people in rafah. the israeli army said it had been tragetting two senior hamas leaders. a warning — lucy williamson's report contains some distressing images. morning didn't end the nightmare, but it brought the ch

i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . labour are set the gb newsroom.abour are set to launch plans to tackle the small boat crisis. today. sir keir starmer will unveil proposals for stronger new counter—terror powers that will effectively treat people smugglers like terrorists. his plans will be supported by around 1000 additional officers recruited by m15 to do this. labour will spend £75 million acquainting to a year of what would have been spent on sending migrants to rwanda. shadow home secretary yvette cooper set out labour's plan go after the criminal gangs. >> they would have new counter—terror style powers and also new resources to be able to recruit many hundreds, up to 1000 new investigators, cross border police because we have to go after the criminal gangs. they are undermining border security and putting lives at risk with these dangerous boat crossings. and that's why this action is so urgently needed . action is so urgently needed. >> and the uk is no longer in recession. according to official figures, the ons has published the latest gdp

i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . your top in the gb newsroom.y this hour. 36 year old marcus aurelio audouini monzo will appear in court today charged with the murder of 14 year old daniel andrew gwynne following a sword attack in nonh following a sword attack in north east london. daniel was fatally injured as he walked to school on tuesday morning. four other people, including two police officers, were also injured. the met police say. monzo, from newham, is a dual spanish brazilian national. he has now arrived at westminster magistrates court he's also been charged with two counts of attempted murder , two counts of attempted murder, two counts of grievous bodily harm, aggravated burglary and possession of a bladed article . voters are bladed article. voters are heading to the polls today in a series of local elections across the country. there are elections in 107 local authorities across england , as well as 11 mayoral england, as well as 11 mayoral races. a by—election will elect a new blackpool south mp following the resignation of former

i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . the in the gb newsroom.s pledged additional tax cuts as he sets out a dividing line with the labour party. he warns that labour party. he warns that labour will be forced to raise taxes to pay for their spending pledges. as he reiterated his own commitment to eliminating national insurance. si king. a short while ago in london, the chancellor accused his shadow rachel reeves are resorting to playground politics with her criticism of the high levels of taxation on uk households. >> it comes to labour policies on jobs , welfare reform and tax. on jobs, welfare reform and tax. the difference if they are elected, will be profound and damaging for every family in the country. labour, like to criticise recent tax rises, thinking people don't know what caused them. the furlough scheme, the energy price guarantee and billions of pounds in cost of living support. but labour supported those policies , labour supported those policies, which is why it is playground to politics use those tax rises to distract, debate fro

from the newsroom. 1001 and leading the newsroom. 1001 and leading the newsroom. 1001 and leading therning, the newsroom. 1001 and leading the news this morning , the prime the news this morning, the prime minister will set out what he's called bold ideas to create a more secure future as part of a pre—election pledge later this afternoon. rishi sunak is expected to warn that britain is facing one of its most dangerous penodsin facing one of its most dangerous periods in history. and he'll single out china, iran, russia and north korea as possible threats to the uk . delivering threats to the uk. delivering that speech in london. later, he'll tell voters there's a clear choice at the general election and pledged that he is the best person to lead the uk. what he's describing as a time of global turmoil. health minister maria caulfield told us this morning that the conservatives are getting on and delivering for the country. >> we're releasing more medical places to train more doctors. we're increasing the number of midwives we've got 21,000 extra nurses this year. the pm's going to be

i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . and as you've the gb newsroom. and as you've been hearing, labour has won blackpool south from the conservatives in yet another blow to rishi sunak's leadership, labour's chris webb took the seat , beating took the seat, beating conservative david jones in second following a by—election caused by the resignation of tory scott benton. mark butcher was third in a decent showing from the reform party . labour from the reform party. labour leader keir starmer called the result seismic . result seismic. >> it is, of course, the most important election result in the sense that it's a direct message to the prime minister because this is a parliamentary seat. that's a 26% swing, that's a huge swing and it's the fifth swing of over 20% in by elections that we've had in recent months. and years. so it's not a one off. it's no denying that the mood of the country now is for change. and i think it's for the prime minister to allow the country to express that change. now, in a general election, you and labour has made huge gain

there are more newsrooms than ever. trust in local news is 14% higher than national or regional and 73% of all organizations believe ai presents new opportunities. they believe the pluto system needs to be reformed. 83% believe government does not care about what they think. amongst younger people, 18 globally feel democracy is preferable to any other form of government. take those combinations, we have some challenges. let me set out some opportunities at same time according to a university study 76% of youth believe young people have the power to change the country. 7% believe there are ways to get involved. that is an opportunity to engage a generation looking to be engaged. we can talk about not voting, but they are looking to get engaged. the study shows trust is local. 67% trust local government. six out of 10 americans have more trust in local than national news and eight of 10 americans trust local news to give them the nation to get all in their community so the question is how do we harness this energy to empo

this is britain's newsroom on gb news, britain's newsroom on gb news, britain's news channel >> a brighterith boxt solar , sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update. it's a bit of a cloudy start for many of us. there will be some sunshine later on across southern areas, but further rain is to come across the north after a very wet few days here. however, having said that, it is going to be drier than it has been lately, but some drizzly rain will continue. it's an area of frontal systems wrapped around this area of low pressure here in the north sea. to the south, though, we're well away from that low pressure system, so we'll see some brightness. the best of the sunshine will likely be across parts of south wales, the southeast as well, but there could be a few showers here and there, temperatures just about climbing to 20 degrees in the south. but for most of us there will be a little below par for the time of yean little below par for the time of year, and it will feel fairly coolif year, and it

i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . the shadow the gb newsroom. in a worse state than people may think. in a speech in london, a short time ago, rachel reeves said the conservative government isn't being honest with voters . with voters. >> the conservatives are gaslighting the british public, they say. we've turned a corner and they ask people to stick with the conservative party. but it is those very conservative who are set to leave the average household. £870 worse off through stealth taxes and increases in council tax . the increases in council tax. the prime minister claims that he is delivering for the country , but delivering for the country, but the british people did not order what this prime minister is delivering . delivering. >> talks will resume in cairo today after israel rejected a ceasefire proposal that was accepted by the hamas terror group. israel's prime minister says the terms of the agreement are far from meeting its core demands . but are far from meeting its core demands. but benjamin are far from meeting its core demands

. >> very good morning to you from the newsroom . it's just after the newsroom.'s just after 9:30 and a recap of the headunes 9:30 and a recap of the headlines this hour. rishi sunak has claimed today's fall in the rate of inflation down to 2.3, is a major moment for the uk economy. it's down from the march figure of 3.2, driven by lower gas and electricity bills. the slowdown, though, is not quite as big as experts had predicted, prompting uncertainty about when the bank of england will cut interest rates. the prime minister, though, says everything is heading in the right direction and inflation is back to normal. >> now that is an important moment for our country, for the economy and shows that our plan is working now. whilst i know people are only just starting to feel the benefits and there is more work to do, i hope this gives people confidence that if we stick to the plan, there are brighter days ahead . brighter days ahead. >> however, shadow chancellor rachel reeves has warned the government can't be taking a victory lap. >> this is about more than lines

was in the newsroom. all the presidents men and a newsroom was a place that was cool and fast and everybody smoking cigarettes slamming down the phone they were going after the story it was cool to be there now you think about that npr story a few weeks ago where 1 of the journalists a long-time editor their sins a note saying you notice 89% of the people work here are doubt -- registered democrats and npr says how dare you but if you are to do that at all the newsrooms now that's what you would get and there's a reason for a decline's diversity is to be a strength not just diversity of ethnicity but diversity of thought they don't have it hiring way too many elitists from journalism to watch those movies thinking that's what it would be like instead trying to advance a progressive agenda so they have no money in another story that biden's in big trouble because of the left-wing news outlets don't how to run a business so they are running out of money as well. >> their idea of running a business is lookin

it was also a big year for some small newsrooms.luding some new digital outlets with a handful of reporters covering stories in their local communities. stephanie sy has our look. >> across the country, fewer americans have access to high-quality local news coverage . last year, an average of two to have local papers closed up shop each week. today, more than half of u.s. counties have either no local news source or only one remaining outlet. the new digital only enterprises are increasingly filling the gap. for more, we are joined by editors from two of this year's pulitzer winning community newsrooms. can dr. is ceo and founder of lookout santa cruz in california, which went further breaking news coverage of devastating floods. and andrew phan, executive director of the invisible institute in chicago, which took him two pulitzers for race and gentlemen. and congratulations on the prestigious award. both of your newsrooms are small , digital only outlets. you reached out to a handful of employees. lookout santa cruz, less than five

this is the britain's newsroom.lous andrew pierce now, we'd also want to hear what you think. so send us your thoughts. you can get in touch. gbnews.com/yoursay say. but lots of you have been getting in touch, james says this now. we earlier spoke about inflation in the previous hour. inflation has been driven by external factors. high oil , electricity, been driven by external factors. high oil, electricity, gas prices, etc. and that we all the uk in general have no control over the bank of england increasing interest rates in the uk will make absolutely no zero difference. all it does is punish already suffering people. >> yeah, and andrew says voting labour was a way for us to get rid of natalie from our area. but now we won't be voting laboun but now we won't be voting labour. that's interesting because of course she had a 12,000 majority in davis. she obviously thinks she was going to lose her seat, clearly because looking at the polls, she would lose on a majority of that. but my god, i've covered some defecti

and good morning from the gb newsroom. it's 931 . in his first newsroom. it's 931. in his first keynote speech of the general election campaign , sir keir election campaign, sir keir starmer will say economic border and national security will form the bedrock of the labour party's manifesto. his speech comes as labour and the conservatives clash over who will best protect the country. it follows rishi sunak's announcement of plans to introduce compulsory national service. the prime minister has also committed to raise defence spending to 2.5% of gdp by 2030. foreign office minister anne—marie trevelyan says the tories want to make sure britain is . secure. is. secure. >> the rest of the world is in a really rough place at the moment and we've got to make sure and that's the work that we do through nato. the incredible leadership that the uk shows. why it is that we believe these things are important to stand up for, so i'm very surprised by anyone who thinks that those values defending those values, ensuring our young people are resilient as individuals and as part

catherine heenan in our newsroom. we're going to come back to her in just a few moments. but now we're going to speak with nolan higdon, who is a lecturer of history and media studies at cal state east bay, thank you so much for joining us here. >> hey, thank you for coming. so what is your reaction to the verdicts today? >> i think this is quite a shocking historical you know, you'd listen. the generation that was alive when when nixon left the white house, they ing. it was to see him get that helicopter and leave and he was even convicted of a felony. let alone running so this just something that's out of the bounds of normal politics and something we've never seen before. >> how will the history book street former president trump after this moment? >> you know, i think the initial reaction we saw from trump really fits with the trump persona. he's he's promising that there was information related, the trial that we were able to see that he's going to really to previously with, you know, things like tax returns he's he's painted the whole trial as part of some scheme to

this is britain's newsroom.e weather. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. >> hello. good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update brought to you by the met office. it should be a dry day for most of us. there's a bit of a cloudier start across the east coast. that's because some clouds pulled in overnight that should slowly start to burn back throughout this morning and into the afternoon. there could also be some cloudier skies across western coast into this afternoon, but i think many inland areas will see some long lived sunshine. it will feel quite warm in the sunshine , quite warm in the sunshine, however. notice across northwestern areas of scotland starting to see some rain approach through this afternoon that will mainly be restricted to the western isles, perhaps parts of the highlands, and it will feel a little bit cooler here with a bit of a breeze. but in the sunshine, highs of 21 degrees are expected this afternoon, so a similar feel to yesterday thr

i'm sophia wenzler in the gb newsroom . met police in the gb newsroom.ark rowley has said a female police officer came close to losing her hand after a 14 year old boy was killed and others injured in a sword attack in north—east london, video has emerged showing the moment police arrested the man wielding a sawed . officers cornered him a sawed. officers cornered him at a property, bringing the suspect to the ground with three separate taser discharges. he's been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of a 14 year old boy. the 36 year old suspect is now in hospital, police saying they've been unable to interview him due to his condition. former met police detective peter bleksley urges police to look into the suspect's background, sincerely hope that the police investigation into the background of the man arrested yesterday is very thorough in that it explores any potential illegal drug use . illegal drug use. >> i have no evidence to suggest that that man has gone down that route in the past, but i am strongly suggesting that that investig

the top stories from the gb newsroom . the final the gb newsroom.eport of the infected blood inquiry will be published today by the inquiry's chair, sir bnan by the inquiry's chair, sir brian langstaff. more than 30,000 people were infected with hiv and hepatitis c between 1970 and 1991 by contaminated blood products and transfusions. around 3000 of those have since died. many haemophiliacs given infected blood products as part of their treatment. the prime minister is expected to issue an apology following the publication of the report. chancellor jeremy publication of the report. chancellorjeremy hunt has vowed chancellor jeremy hunt has vowed to compensate victims with a £10 billion package, but victim aid goodyear told gb news it's not about the money. >> i mean, the money is a part of this, obviously, because after 40 years of no insurances, mortgages and so on, lack of employment, finances do come into, of course, for losses. but it's about contrition and justice today. we need things that we need delivered, survive to robustly recommend our j

i'm aaron armstrong in the gb newsroom . armstrong in the gb newsroom.ed the tories may not win the general election after damaging defeats in the local polls. the prime minister believes the uk is on course for a hung parliament, with labour as the largest party, and says voters won't want to see sir keir starmer propped up in downing street by the snp. rishi sunak described the snp. rishi sunak described the local election result as bitterly disappointing. the conservatives lost nearly 500 council seats and the mayor's position in the west midlands, but women's minister maria caulfield told gb news things aren't as bad as the polls suggest . john swinney is likely suggest. john swinney is likely to be confirmed as the next leader of the snp. later, after a potential challenger pulled out late last night, veteran party activist graham mccormack has endorsed john swinney to become scotland's next first minister. he's now the only candidate to replace humza yousaf, who announced he was stepping down last week. nominated close at midday , the nominated clo

you're with britain's newsroom on gb news. >> 949 ben and anna with you on britain's newsroom on gb newsdeputy leader angela rayner says she doesn't see any reason why veteran mp of the labour party, diane abbott, can't stand with the party at the next general election in july. >> now diane abbott had the labour whip restored this week after a long suspension . she after a long suspension. she accused sir keir starmer of culling the party's left wing. >> we're now joined by peter edwards, former editor of labourlist . good morning, peter. labourlist. good morning, peter. in the times today, senior labour sources said that angela rayner's comments were, quote, deeply unhelpful. is there a clear rift now developing in the higher echelons of the labour party? >> i wouldn't put it quite like that. there might be a different sort of perspective, but i'm not sure how much, tension the pubuc sure how much, tension the public will pay. i still think the treatment of diane abbott is very important, but i think what will decide the election is the things that we spend most of our time talking abou

and good evening from the newsroom . it's just after 6:00 newsroom. it's just after 6:00 leading the news tonight. a man who led an armed robbery during which a police officer was shot dead has been sentenced today to a minimum of 40 years behind bars, 38 year old pc sharon beshenivsky was fatally shot when she interrupted the raid in bradford, nearly 20 years ago. 75 year old piran ditta khan, who spent 50 years, 15 years on the run rather, was found guilty of murder despite not pulling the trigger. he's the last of seven men involved in the robbery to be convicted. retired detective chief superintendent andy brennan described it to khan as a violent man. >> the reason why he's here at 75 years of age is on the basis that he decided to flee the country in order to try and make good his escape and avoid being held responsible and accountable for his part in what had taken place. and let's be absolutely clear, he is clearly the one person that was responsible for organising and planning this and making sure that those that went in there had firearms an

. >> and this is cnn you are in the cnn newsroom? jessica dean in washington, and we're following breaking news overseas or ron's president, ebrahim raisi has been involved in a helicopter crash in a remote part of the country that crash happening early this morning after the president, other officials attended a ceremony for the opening of a new near the border with azerbaijan. raisi's condition is unknown and rest, rest tours are having a very difficult time reaching the site nic robertson is tracking this story closely and joins us now with the latest. >> nick. now some 12 hours later, what do we know? >> confusing and conflicting information. jessica, from the iran's elite revolutionary guard corps in eastern azerbaijan province right up there are northwestern iran. they said just a couple of hours ago that they had a signal from the helicopter they go out and got a cell phone signal picked up from the helicopter as well that they knew where it was. but now we understand from their head of iran's red crescent their equivalent of

like that as well as our own internship program, one piece of that is internships and nonprofit newsrooms and underreported communities across the u.s. rachel: i think i could be brief, i'm the dean of the moody college communication here at the university of texas at austin. one of our schools and school of journalism and media in film and television, advertising and pr. >> let's talk for a second on a high level with all your interactions of people with high school and college grad level, what's your assessment of the spirit, the motivation and the skills of this generation, what they have and what they might be missing to face the journalism world that we have out there? >> i'd be happy to answer that, i'm completely bullish on the talent that you would expect from the dean of a college but coming out of the panel discussions we had today, that's an important point to make. the most questions from people about two things. what are the writing skills of students, are they learning old-school reporting, shoe letter reporting skills that i learned when i was a journalism student and what

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let's cross to the newsroom and speak to our political correspondent, jack fenwick.ack, good to see you. let's start with the announcement by labour leader keir starmer on voting age. yes, this is something keir starmer said labour wants to do and is aware has been labour policy for a while now but while we're into election campaign now, we don't know what will make into their manifesto but now he has signalled this move towards giving rise to 16—year—olds are something he wants to happen as he has seen happen in other nations and clearly thinks it's a good idea.

in, the cnn newsroom. i'm jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with a groundbreaking agreement that could reshape college sports major settlement between the five power conferences and the ncaa. paves the way for schools to pay student-athletes , students say, it includes paying $2.7 billion in damages to past and current current student at those schools will also have up to $20 million per year that they can use to pay those athletes. and with me now to talk about this as dante stallworth is a former nfl wide receiver and played for the university of tennessee as well as many nfl teams. and jeffrey kessler joins us as well. he was lead attorney in the antitrust suit against the ncaa hey jeffrey, let me start with you first. you've been involved in several suits for athletes, including the fight for the women's national soccer team

first, rob nesbitt joins us now live from the newsroom with more on that. vicki and ken, the protests at uc berkeley have also remain peaceful compared to what we have seen in other parts of the country. >> talked in jewish students and many will say safety is not a priority for the university. >> with hundreds of tents as their backdrop, faculty and staff at uc berkeley joins student protesters wednesday. they're calling on the university to stop investing in companies that work with israel, especially they are involved in making weapons of war. spokesperson for the university dan mogulof says so far there have been no disruptions to operations and no violence. >> that every student no matter who they are. what they believe in. has a right to feel. respected. welcome in a true sense of belonging jewish students on campus. tender disagree saying their safety has not been a priority for several scary. >> i nathan yap aware says star of david necklace with pride that says free palestine protesters become hostile with him. >> once they realize he's to see what

answer questions you may have called now and we'll come to you 808 to one 4,000 you're in the cnn newsroom. >> i'm jessica gene in washington and just two hours from now, former president donald trump will be back in a new york city courtroom for the fourth week of his hush money criminal trial. one of trump's most loyal and trusted aides, hope hicks to stay on friday, offering and and emotional day of testimony after bursting into tears in front of her former boss. cnn's zachary cohen is here in the studio with me. >> zach's walk us through some of the most important moments in her testimony and also how the prosecution might use these as they move forward time to weave together their story jurors, it just could be solved the prosecution really nudge closer to the repayment of michael cohen, trump's former lawyer, which is really at the center of this trial and also toward the alleged crimes are outlined in this indictment that was really the key takeaway from hope hicks is testimony that includes when prosecutors asked her about the reaction inside the trump white house in 2018, when the

catherine haena joins us live in the newsroom alongside evan low. hi, catherine. yeah, the man of the hour. there he is. thank you for doing this. >> yeah. the recount dragged on for more than couple of weeks. roughly an hour ago. it was confirmed the race to replace congresswoman anna eshoo is between sam liccardo and evan low. evan, you probably heard a little sooner than we did, but let's get right to it. and this is crazy. what was the final gap like 5 votes? >> well, catherine, yes, it's been a quite a wild ride, but yes, it appears i up 5 votes in totality between the 2 different counties. and now that this recount is behind us, i'm excited about the opportunity to in tackling the issues most pressing to everyday voters in our protecting reproductive freedom, tackling the issues of affordability and making sure that we're acknowledging climate change that. so i'm excited for this november election it's good to be with you. >> yeah, hey, listen. you look happy. you sound excited. but there were times avenue sounded a concerned you sounded angry. a one-point a

catherine haena joins us live in the newsroom alongside evan low. hi, catherine.he man of the hour. there he is. thank you for doing this. >> yeah. the recount dragged on for more than couple of weeks. roughly an hour ago. it was confirmed the race t

find out why this is britain's newsroom on gb news. >> in 27, britain's newsroom with gb news.rson. we've got the panel with us. nigel nelson and lord colville agency. gentlemen, you've just heard the reaction, the verdict against calocane stays the same . it's not being stays the same. it's not being changed to murder. so he could potentially get a whole life sentence. what do you think, i think that judges have to be left to do their job. and if they say that there was no error in sentencing in the first place, i think we take that in. and it was the attorney general who wanted this case to go, as did the families of us. yes, as as the families. >> we're expecting them to react shortly to to the the verdict. yeah. so you're content that it's the right. >> yes. >> yes. >> i mean, all the judges were doing was saying that the original sentence was correct. >> yeah. covid i think this is where it does get difficult because as nigel says , the because as nigel says, the judges are saying, the original sense is correct. whether we feel and the families feel, they'll be interesting

this is britain's newsroom on . gb news. newsroom on.sponsors of weather on . solar, sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> good morning. welcome to your latest gb news weather update from the met office. it's going to be a brighter day today. there's still some very heavy and thundery showers around though, and a weather warning for thunderstorms across much of scotland . that's where the scotland. that's where the showers are going to be most persistent and quite slow moving later on today. they're wrapped around this area of low pressure, so they'll be pushing in from the north and east through the day . so most through the day. so most persistent across eastern areas. but in the west there's still a risk of some showers. so i think sunny spells and showers for many western areas. however it should be a bit of a dry day across the south and in the dner across the south and in the drier weather. with the dry weather, temperatures will climb a little higher, so it's going to be a warmer day. highs of around 2021 degrees across southern are

this is cnn newsroom. when i get back to one of our top stories this morning, universities across the us are ramping up security measures as they prepare for graduation ceremonies. many beginning this weekend now it comes after a pro-palestinian protests erupted on campuses in recent weeks with police making mass arrests and ripping apart encampments. us education secretary miguel cardona sent a letter to college and university presidents on friday condemning, abhorrent incidents of antisemitism on campus he also pointed to several federal resources that could help ease the tension. more than 2,100 people have been arrested on us college and university campuses since april 18. and that includes the university of florida, which held its graduation ceremony on friday cnn's rafael romo is there it's been a very memorable day here at the university of florida in gainesville earlier today, the colleges of business yes. >> and nursing. you had the recognition ceremonies and now we are in the middle of the univer

our next hour of newsroom with wolf blitzer. it starts right now, i have a great happening this hour watching several important news stories unfolding live right here on cnn at any moment now, the us attorney general well, merrick garland is expected to announce that the justice department is suing ticketmaster's parent company. >> it would set up an antitrust flight that could reshape the multi-billion-dollar live music industry and president biden sitting down with kenya's president william ruto, with china's expanding role in africa looming over the state visit also write down, congress has grilling the president's of three major universities this is the first hearing since a wave of protests erupted at campuses across america. that are short time from now, officials in louisville will update their investigation at the scottie scheffler's arrest. they're expected to release new video of the incident last week involving the world's number one golfer hello, i'm will blitzer in washington and year in the cnn newsroom any minute

add ask for a preliminary injunction in the case in the newsroom.d it back to you. all right. well, thank you. san francisco's chinatown getting ready to host a number of events celebrating api month. >> this year's theme for the celebrations is moving forward together. many events are paying tribute to the year of the dragon, including the lion stance and me competition. that's on saturday. the grand master of the events as this years, competition is expanding to get more students, opportunity to showcase your skills. >> be 7 high schools taking place in this competition. there's school that's combining together for a number for first time. so it's pretty we have nice rules and everything for them. so it'll be really, really exciting time. >> events happening in chinatown included the night market. that's a lot of fun and a cultural festival hosted by the chinatown history and cultural association stark. it is really cool. and the weather is great. so it's just going to say tonight would be great if you're wondering the streets of chinatown with al

the latest headlines from the newsroom this houn headlines from the newsroom this hour.old mps the government cannot rule out state involvement in the hack at the ministry of defence, but he refused to confirm reports that china was behind it for reasons of national security. >> we can't release further details of the suspected cyber activity behind this incident. however i can confirm to the house that we do have indications that this was the suspected work of a malign actor and we cannot rule out state involvement. this incident is further proof that the uk is facing rising and evolving threats . threats. >> grant shapps also apologised to armed forces personnel whose names, addresses and bank details were potentially compromised in that hack. it's understood 272,000 people may have been affected. he set out an eight point plan to support them and announced a full investigation . varne. meanwhile, investigation. varne. meanwhile, beijing has strongly denied those reports that it's behind the hack, saying the accusations are completely fabricated . and are completely fa

and in the country's newsroom are about. this is these lessons, in fact one of the most important ones is that the media must be independent, must maintain its independence, must verify the information it receives from different sources and must not be influenced by influential institutions, and many of these lessons the basic and primary thing that we say in the classes and it was practically determined here, and i think one of the great lessons of this study is that even big journalism institutions and especially big newspapers may deviate from the correct principles of journalism and what we as journalists should follow is that we should not make such mistakes . we saw many mistakes in this. for some time, from the point of view of journalists, some of the newspaper's mistakes are very normal, they may happen in certain circumstances, but the important lesson that we should learn is that when the newspaper or journalists make a mistake, they should immediately and quickly express it. accept where they insist and insist th

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. >> we do have some breaking news now into the crowd for newsroom. bart service stopped between pleasant hill and lafayette due to a major medical emergency. the walnut creek station is currently closed. >> bart asking travelers to find other ways to get around between pleasant hill, walnut creek and the lafayette stations. the transit agency has set up shuttle train service between the pittsburgh. they point and pleasant hill areas. yellow line trains are turning back towards san francisco international airport at the lafayette station. we have some live pictures now into our newsroom. can see what's happening. which bart station is this that we're live at? this is at walnut creek. this is the walnut creek, bart station. we can see that we have the contra costa fire department there as well. some a law enforcement on the scene. so live pictures showing us at least the police activity of that is happening because of this major medical emergency that has stopped bart service as we get more information, we'll bring you all those developments right here

the top stories from the gb newsroom . stories from the gb newsroom.mpaign in wales , his election campaign in wales, where he's assured that his party are the party to help struggling households with the cost of living. the labour leader also recommitted to investing in britain's steel industry amid concerns over job losses at port talbot steelworks. he also outlined plans to cut nhs waiting times and recruit more teachers and police officers. sir keir rejected the notion that the prime minister was laying an ambush by calling the vote early , and added it is time for change. >> with that sense of national renewal taking our communities , renewal taking our communities, our countries forward for the for the future and so i say to you, if you're a family, there's been struggling with the cost of living for a long time now . and living for a long time now. and i mean struggling, struggling across wales, struggling elsewhere. if you're a business that's been absolutely up against it these past few years . against it these past few years. >> meanwhile, pl

and in the country's newsroom are about. these are the lessons. in fact, one of the most important ones is that the media must be independent to maintain his independence, he should verify the information he receives from various sources and should not be influenced by influential institutions . and i think one of the great lessons of this study is this. that even big journalism institutions and especially big newspapers may deviate from the correct principles of journalism and what we as journalists should follow is that we should not make such mistakes, we have seen many mistakes in this from the point of view of journalists and... a journalist can do it, when a mistake happens, the right thing is to come immediately and correct that mistake before bigger problems arise. university of richmond, mr. mufti, thank you for being with us in this conversation. the belgian government is sending 30 f-16 fighters to ukraine. this action is part of the new security agreement between kyiv and brussels, which was signed during zelensk

. >> in the semen newsroom hello, i'm jessica dean in washington and we start with breaking news. a particular danger, dangerous weather situation for tens of millions of people this moral day weekend. intense tornadoes baseball sign as hail and hurricane-force winds threatening part of the us. let's get you right over to meteorologist, at least the rafah to explain why this alert is of high concern, elisa yes, it's a rare type of tornado watch. it's not used all the time because it's being labeled a particularly dangerous situation, meaning not only are we expecting tornadoes, but were expecting tornadoes that can be long live violent strong. and this are unfortunately is coming as we get closer and closer to sunset. so it could happen here at night have tornado watch his stretching from wichita down towards san angelo, texas, the particularly dangerous situation is the one that is for the north sliver of texas and includes much of oklahoma, including oklahoma city, and then goes up into wichita until 11:00 central time this evening, again, labeled that particularly dangerous sit

this is cnn newsroom are falling developments at ceasefire talks in egypt.this comes amid a dire assessment of the humanitarian crisis in northern gaza last bracing for demonstrations at colleges and universities across the us this weekend, we'll look at the psychology behind protests. and a thrilling photo finish at the kentucky derby. cnn sport's carolyn menno joins be live to break down the 150th run for the roses live from atlanta this is cnn newsroom with kin group mover it goes here there isn't the israel hamas ceasefire and hostage talks have made some progress with it appears that they're far from an agreement. us officials say they have cautious optimism, but warned that talks have previously fallen apart at the last minute. cia bill burns is in cairo representing the us in the talks. officials from egypt, cotton and hamas are also taking part. us secretary of state says, what happens next is up to hamas. curious we wait to see whether an effect they can take yes for an answer on the ceasefire and release of hostages and the reality in this moment i

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i'm fredricka whitfield, the newsroom with jessica dean starts right now you're going to see in a newsroom. >> hi everyone. i'm jessica a dean in washington and we begin with breaking news out of ukraine as russia ramps up its attacks on the country's second-largest city of kharkiv military officials there say russia launched a third strike this afternoon that left more than a dozen people injured that includes a 13-year-old boy, that attack coming just our whereas after a strike on a shopping center in the city dramatic surveillance video capturing the moment of that attack. officials say at least two people are dead, more than three dozen injured and 11 when people who work at that hardware store are now missing. cnn chief international security correspondent nick paton walsh is live in eastern ukraine. he's been tracking all of these developments let's throughout the day, nic, what more do we know look, it it's terrifying, frankly to learn the details of what happened this afternoon. >> people in a hardware store huge, complex full of paint for the plastic feeling. >> these two airstrik

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