kenneth smith�*s lawyers have said it would be a �*cruel and unusual�* punishment — and the united nations to the alabama jail where the first ever execution by nitrogen gas is due to happen. kenneth eugene smith has spent three decades on death row. he�*s already dodged death once — his executioners botched an attempt to kill him by lethal injection. and now he faces suffocation by the state. opponents see this as a crucial test case and are urging alabama�*s governor to stop it — here led by smith�*s spiritual adviser, who will be in the execution chamber with him. so i need some assurance that this is safe. so this right here is an invitation to governor ivey to accompany me into the execution chamber. tv report: it was two weeks ago today... - smith was convicted in 1989 for his part in the murder of elizabeth sennett, the wife of a preacher who paid smith $1,000. the jury said he should get life injail, but thejudge sentenced him to death. one medical expert against capital punishment explains that inhaling pure nitrogen will starve the body of oxygen, but could cause catastrophic mis

. >> conforme estabamos en el r reporte, hemos recibido la informacion de que kenneth s smith, el reoido finalmente ejecutado con nitrogeno. >> continuamos con mas inf informacion. >> donald trump comparecio en el juicio de nueva york, en donde se decide cuanto debera pagar a la escritora e. >> jean carroll por difamarla. >> su testimonio duro menos de cinco minutos. >> menos de cinco el hombre que gano las primarias en iowa y en new hampshire, que se acerca a la nominacion de su partido, hablo frente al juez y trajo nuevamente tension a la sala del juicio carla mezola informa. >> con donald trump subiendo al estrado. >> sin embargo, su participacion fue muy breve el juez lewin kaplan habia advertido que no aceptaria escucharlo, negar las acusaciones de abuso sexual contra la escritora e.j. >> carroll, ya que un jurado lo encontro responsable de abusarla en la decada de 1990, nos dice este abogado de nueva york, no relacionado al defamo, esos son asuntos que ya se determino por la corte. >> el proposito de este juicio es solo para determinar los danos y los costos moratarios que le va

s. smith, it's around a human terry, an organization. the said that it's liz. punishing risk of this for carrying out life saving work. since january 20, 232678 microns. matthew j ease of disappeared on trying to cross the mediterranean for us. according to the un, rawlins embassy in spain says it's released the spanish tourist who was arrested shortly after he entered the room and in october 2020 to santiago, sanchez, called at all, was detained during an attempt by the football fan to reach caught up by foot in time for the will come, he was one of a number of far as detained in doing protests. of the death of the young rang, and most of a meeting demonstrations which are on accused western powers of provoking denmark's queen. more grace them has announced her abdication julia. i knew your speech. she said she'll step down on january the 14th due to poor health. after a 52 year ring, the eldest son conference frederick has been named as her successor. his wife, princess mary, will take the title of queen and grace that is your longest

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his absence opens the door for northampton�*s fin smith to make his international debut.the world cup semi—finals as our rugby correspondent chrisjones explains. marcus smith was set to start for england this weekend, and even though england haven't put a timescale yet on his return from this calf problem, he will definitely not play against italy, and it is another selection blow for the england boss, steve borthwick. he is already without 0wen farrell, manu tuilagi, 0llie lawrence and joe marchand in that midfield so it will be a whole new look. there is the experience of george forde to call upon, that is crucial as a world—class operator, but the intriguing option as northampton�*s in form but uncapped 21—year—old finn smith. and whether he starts or is on the bench, he is set now to make his debut in the stadio 0limpico. so lots for steve borthwick to ponder as he prepares to name his squad, starting xv, and the replacements on thursday evening but whoever is selected, the england scrum—half danny care is confident england are in a good place. i know the england fans

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this week, the bbc�*s north america editor sarah smith on the us presidential election.elcome to newswatch with me samira ahmed. coming up, there's more than eight months until voters decide on the next occupant of the white house. why have some viewers had enough of the contest already? and the peculiar challenges of reporting on one particular candidate for president. first storm isha and storm jocleyn this week caused considerable damage to many parts of the uk with heavy rain and strong winds, also resulting in two deaths on sunday. here's part of the bbc�*s coverage that day. if you do come near the coast, please make sure that you air with caution. the idea is, is that even when it is rough, the wind and the waves will come over and they could sweep you out to sea. and it's hard in this weather to try and find anyone. so please, if you do come down or if not, please just steer clear of the sea if you can. well, the rain is here and the strong winds have already started to arrive. and the sea is on its way in. and the real warning is around coastal areas with large

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in her first interview since the procedure, cox told "sunday morning"'s tracy smith why she fought toere, close to home. i mean, it's the hardest thing i've been through. i wanted to come home, cry in my own pillow, hold my babies, be near my doctors. so i was really hopeful. that's really what i thought about most, going into this. >> reporter: some of the people on the other side of the issue say, why not just have the baby naturally, and whatever happens happens? >> i want more babies. i talked with our doctors, and i didn't want her to suffer. i felt it was best for her, and i felt it was best for our family, as well. we want to be able to have more babies. we want to give siblings to our kids. >> norah: well, you can see more of the interview this weekend on "cbs sunday morning." "on the road" is next. that "on . d unintentional movements in her face, hands, and feet called tardive dyskinesia, or td. so her doctor prescribed austedo xr— a once-daily td treatment for adults. ♪ as you go with austedo ♪ austedo xr significantly reduced kate's td movements. some people saw a response

for more on the queen's reign and what's next, the bbc�*s naomi choy smith sent this report. �*s traditional new year's address. translation: on the 14th of january 2024, _ 52 years after succeeding my beloved father, i will step down as the queen of denmark. the 83—year—old danish queen said time had taken its toll on her health and she made the decision to abdicate

for more on the queen's reign and what's next, the bbc�*s naomi choy smith sent this report. nnouncement, live on national television, during queen margrethe�*s traditional new year's address. translation: on the 14th of january 2024, _ 52 years after succeeding my beloved father, i will step down as the queen of denmark. the 83—year—old danish queen said time had taken its toll on her health and she made the decision to abdicate after undergoing back surgery in february. translation: the surgery naturally gave rise - to thinking about the future, whether the time had come to leave the responsibility to the next generation. i have decided that now is the right time. queen margrethe plans to hand the throne to crown prince frederik, the eldest of her two sons. for many danes, queen margrethe is the only monarch they have ever known. she's seen here visiting windsor castle in 1974, two years after she succeeded herfather, king frederik. after the death of queen elizabeth ii, queen margrethe became the longest serving monarch in europe. denmark's prime minister thanked queen marg

for more on the queen's reign and what's next, the bbc�*s naomi choy smith sent this report. ear's address. translation: on the 14th ofjanuary 2024, 52 years | after succeeding my beloved father, i will step down as the queen of denmark.

his absence opens the door for northampton�*s fin smith to make his international debut. organisers say that security measures for the games are unprecedented . the games�* chief executive also says that they've sold almost all the tickets. our sports editor dan roan has been speaking to etienne thobois. i don't know if it's the expectation of the gb performance and sold to british people and it will be the french supporters and very excited to welcome you guys into paris for the games. and that's all the sport for now. new satellite data collated and checked by the bbc verify team, suggests over 50% of the buildings in gaza have now been damaged or destroyed. caroline hawley has been looking at the extent of the destruction. for weeks, aid agencies have been warning of the huge scale of suffering and destruction in the gaza strip, but no journalists have been allowed in independently. now bbc verify, working with academics who've used satellite radar mapping analysis, can show the extent of israel's military strikes. the un says a ceasefire is desperately needed. these m

cockroft has been speaking to the bbc�*s emma smith.lity seems to be shown almost criminalised for what they can't do or what they struggle to deal. and i almost feel like the statement puts us forward as one. i still can't catch a train if there is no one there with the ramp. i still can't catch a bus with my boyfriend. i still can't enter a shop if it's got to step into it. everything that affects other disabled people it still affects me no matter how quickly a push around the track. this is such a huge year, what are your— this is such a huge year, what are your goals — this is such a huge year, what are your goals for paris because make it seems _ your goals for paris because make it seems like — your goals for paris because make it seems like the barrier is still burning? _ seems like the barrier is still burnin: ? , , ., �* burning? definitely. i don't understand _ burning? definitely. i don't understand going - burning? definitely. i don't understand going to i burning? definitely. i don't understand going to major| understand g

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for sally smith, the bbc�*s coverage failed to hit the bullseye.e of 184 skippy 561. not so special forjohn lister. now, last month, the heads of three top colleges in the united states appeared before a hearing of the us congress to face questions about their response to incidents of anti—semitism on campus since the start of the conflict in the middle east. one of them was the president of harvard university, claudine guay at harvard. at harvard, does calling for the genocide ofjews violate harvard's rules of bullying and harassment? yes or no? it can be depending on the context. what's the context? targeted as an individual. targeted at an individual? it's targeted at jewish students, jewish individuals. do you understand your testimony is dehumanizing them? do you understand that dehumanisation is part of anti—semitism? there was a widespread scathing reaction to the answers given by dr gay and her fellow college heads. and on tuesday, she resigned, having also faced allegations of plagiarism in her academic record. ..and an online article with

though we will then in the european union, the kremlin mission, the state on the rush of putting s r t smith. net keeping our video agency roughly all the band on youtube tv services. for what question did you say a request, which is the couch area convenes the un security council in a bit to full as well to implement the international court of justice as ruling the golf on? south africa would quote the case to the hague, says, headed people. crimes have been exposed to the, well it's a crime. so gaze that part of a student in sleep. the students october last year, the people of garza had been the victims of parchment and strikes from land sea and the protocol of sending protests those around the globe takes to the streets and supposed to call to set a break in the art teacher is rulings as a when to be international, who opened a new game in the us. well they have to sit big.

it will be the state s second attempt to execute smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a preacherin a hired killing. our correspondent tom bateman reports from atmore in southern alabama. a journey to the alabama jail where the first ever execution by nitrogen gas is due to happen. kenneth eugene smith has spent three decades on death row. he's already dodged death once — his execution was botched in an attempt to kill him by lethal injection. and now he faces suffocation by the state. opponents see this as a crucial test case and are urging alabama's governor to stop it here, led by smith's spiritual adviser, who will be in the execution chamber with him. so i need some assurance that this is safe. so, this right here is an invitation to governor ivey to accompany me into the execution chamber. it was two weeks ago today... smith was convicted in 1989 for his part in the murder of elizabeth sennett, the wife of a preacher, who paid smith $1,000. the jury said he should get life injail, but thejudge sentenced him to death. 0ne medical expert against capital punishment explains tha

s. supreme court denied smith's appeal. jeff hood, his spiritual advisor, was with him at the end. over and over again. we were said that this was going to be the most humane execution that humanity has ever ever experienced. there is no doubt that even the most hopeful of parsons could not look at what we saw tonight and see any sort of humane. this was the 2nd attempt to execute smith in 2022 prison officials spent hours trying to give him a legal injection, but never hit a vein going forward. alabama as well as 2 other states that still allow capital punishment planned to use nitrogen to inflict the ultimate punishment. kristen salumi, algebra, stelito, brazil is that you had allow me indigenous people to say they're losing a battle to save the amazon rain forest land from illegal gold miners. and you're a good president. little of the silver declared humanitarian emergency. and sudden military foresight. the machines destroy everything to legal mind is using machines, destroy everything. they destroy the fluoride, they poisoned the volta and the fish. the fish are food, the foo

smith's lawyer say the use of nitrogen gas violated the u. s. constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. a view back by demonstrators who oppose the death penalty united nations experts warranted could be painful and would likely violate prohibitions on torture. but the u. s. supreme court denied smith's appeal. jeff hood, his spiritual advisor, was with him at the end. over and over again, we were said that this was going to be the most humane execution that humanity has ever ever experienced. there is no doubt that even the most hopeful of persons could not look at what we saw tonight and see any sort of humane. this was the 2nd attempt to execute smith in 2022 prison officials spent hours trying to give him a legal injection, but never hit a vein going forward. alabama as well as 2 other states that still allow capital punishment plan to use nitrogen to inflict the ultimate punishment. kristin salumi, algebra, colombia was appealing to international help as it backwards dozens of far as far as across the country. hundreds of fights

s. supreme court denied smith's appeal. jeff hood, his spiritual advisor, was with him at the end. over and over again. we were said that this was going to be the most humane execution that humanity has ever ever experienced. there is no doubt that even the most hopeful of parsons could not look at what we saw tonight and see any sort of he mains. this was the 2nd attempt to execute smith in 2022 prison officials spent hours trying to give him a legal injection, but never hit a vein going forward. alabama as well as 2 other states that still allow capital punishment plan to use nitrogen to inflict the ultimate punishment. kristen salumi al jazeera of the you in security council has discussed the downing of a russian military pioneer the board of with you trying to add an emergency. mazing boscoe accuses keith of shooting down the across and says was transporting ukrainian prisoners of war that ukraine has requested more evidence. gabrielle ellis, under reports from the un headquarters in new york, a pre meditated crime at an emergency meeting of the un security council. that is how

if we can�*t help them, they can�*t buy it themselves, what�*s happening to that baby? coletta smithr respects is 103—year—old christian lamb. she was an officer in the women�*s royal naval service — and herjob was to secretly map the shoreline in advance of the attack — which was a turning point in the second world war. she�*s been sharing her memories withjohn maguire. all who could get their hands on newspapers... as the news of the d—day landings was greeted with relief and great excitement by the british public, those who�*d worked tirelessly to make them happen shared that sense of historic achievement. among them was christian lamb. at six in the morning, i heard the news that they had landed. i was very, very thrilled. she�*s being brought back to whitehall by the taxi charity for military veterans to visit the area where she worked 80 years ago. in honour of her service, a suite has been named after her in the old war office buildings, now a raffles hotel called the owo. we felt we should give a bit of credit to this incredible woman that have helped the nation and help the

. >> tonight, straight from the source historic showdown of the central question in jack smith 's case. does a president have sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution on anything they did while in office? a deeply skeptical court turned over a hypothetical question about whether they could order seal team six to assassinate a political rival. also, tonight we now know why defense secretary lloyd austin has been in the hospital for the last week. president biden himself just learning today. the pentagon chief underwent surgery after being diagnosed with cancer. as we also learned, he was under anesthesia without his deputy being under aware. also tonight on the 2024 campaign trail, nikki haley now a single digits of donald trump in the first primary state. the question is, does this make a case for narrowing the gop field? we will ask our political experts. i'm kaitlan collins and this is the source. ♪ ♪ ♪ with just six days to go before the first vote in the 2024 primary race, donald trump was in a courtroom in washington today, hoping to evade charges for attempting to overturn tha

it will be the state s second attempt to execute kenneth eugene smith, who was convicted in 1989 of murdering a stay of execution, the state authorities say they will press ahead with the death sentence. 0ur correspondent tom bateman reports from atmore in southern alabama. hidden in the alabama woods — the jail meant to strike fear into every convict. for here, more than 160 inmates await execution. but it is the fate of one, kenneth smith, sparking an outcry from campaigners and a legal battle going down to the wire. this prison was already among the top in the us for carrying out executions. but what is planned for thursday will put it in a new league, the first in history to gas an inmate to death using nitrogen. and that, warn experts, could cause convulsions, brain damage, but not death or other catastrophic mishaps. smith has already been subjected to one failed execution by lethal injection. how are you, esther? his supporters say trying again with an untested method breaks the law on cruel and unusual punishment. this veteran campaigner against capital punishment remains in daily con

this week, the bbc�*s north america editor sarah smith on the us presidential election. e some viewers had enough of the contest already? and the peculiar challenges of reporting on one particular candidate for president. first storm isha and storm jocleyn this week caused considerable damage to many parts of the uk with heavy rain and strong winds, also resulting in two deaths on sunday. here�*s part of the bbc�*s coverage that day. if you do come near the coast, please make sure that

. >> tonight, straight from the source historic showdown of the central question in jack smith 's case a president have sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution on anything they did while in office? a deeply skeptical court turned over a hypothetical question about whether they could order seal team six to assassinate a political rival. also, tonight we now know why defense secretary lloyd austin has been in the hospital for the last week. president biden himself just learning today. the pentagon chief underwent surgery after being diagnosed with cancer. as we also learned, he was

capitol riot, which occurred when congress was meeting to certinyoe biden�*s presidential election. special counseljack smithd assault on democracy" and accused president trump of working to overturn the results of the 2020 election. we'll have to wait and see if the trial takes place when it's due in a few months�* time. and then, there was georgia, which led to the first ever mugshot of a former us president. there, he's also criminally charged with scheming to illegally overturn his 2020 presidential election loss, including with the infamous phone call to the secretary of state, where he urges him to find the 11,000 votes trump needs to beat joe biden in the state. donald trump claims this is all a witch—hunt and election interference. these are incredibly serious charges. and while the public may have already made up their mind about his guilt or innocence, now donald trump needs to convince at least one juror in each case of his innocence to avoid punishment or jail time. mission control: soft landing on the moon. i india is on the moon. celebrations as india made space history. its moon mission in aug

it will be the state's second attempt to execute mr smith, who was convicted in 1988 of murdering a preacher�*sife, in a hired killing. mr smith's spiritual advisor, reverend jeff hood, will be in attendance in the chamber and says the execution will be a "horrififc moment" for the country. it isa it is a death days. and execution day. it is just horrible. every time one of these executions happens it is horrible. it is important to point out this is a day nobody wants. it is a sad, awful day for everyone, no matter what your perspective is. alabama's governor kay ivey gave the bbc this statement. she says: "this method has been thoroughly vetted and both "the alabama department of corrections "and the attorney general�*s office have indicated "it is ready to go." governor ivey also said, "the legislature passed this law in 2018, and it is ourjob "to implement it. " alabama is one of 27 us states where the death penalty is still legal. however, there are executive orders in six of those states, shown in orange, that have placed a hold on executions. that includes california and oregon. all this

particularly trumpian arguments from his attorney when responding to the plain truth put forward by jack smith 's >> that's not a frightening future. that's our republic. what he is forecasting is a situation where the floodgates will be opened. we are in a situation where we have the prosecution of the chief political opponent, who is winning in every poll. and is being prosecuted by the administration he wants to replace. that's the frightening future. that is tailor made to launch cycles of a combination that will shake our republic into the future. >> just a really classic trumpian propagandist lie right there, casually winning in every poll, said almost as a stipulated aside that no one can rebut. clearly comes directly from trump. that is the kind of thing the boss wants to hear. he sits there while three judges weigh his potential freedom. the entire argument from his legal team, all of it today, was just about as chilling a warning as to what is at stake in this election as anything we've encountered this far, which is saying something, save for the actual bloody spectacle of january 6th.

it�*s a sad, awful day for everyone, no matter what your perspective is. kenneth smithg and hollering hooray. you know, that�*s not us. but we�*re glad this day is over. local officials maintained in advance that the use of nitrogen gas had been vetted and was safe. death penalty opponents maintained the procedure could cause convulsions or brain damage and was therefore tantamount to torture. kenneth smith had dodged death once before, after prison officials failed to insert an intravenous drip into his veins. as he lay on the gurney tonight, he said humanity had taken a step backwards with his execution. david willis, bbc news, washington. consultants have rejected the latest pay offer from the government in england by the narrowest of margins. the british medical association urged ministers to better the deal, after 51% voted against it, with a 65% turnout. the deal offered was worth an extra 4.95%, on average, and would have come on top of the 6% rise granted in april. the health secretary victoria atkins said she was disappointed the "fair and reasonable" offer had

let�*s get more from anna smith, film critic and host of the podcast �*girls on film�*. ng are this year's golden globes for you?— exciting are this year's golden globes for you? they are quite excitin: globes for you? they are quite exciting because _ globes for you? they are quite exciting because things - globes for you? they are quite exciting because things have i globes for you? they are quite - exciting because things have shifted a bit as we know the golden globes had a bit of controversy in the past, they are under new ownership and there are more people voting for them and i like the breadth of what we are seeing in the nomination, despite a few of the films being the leader, they are a bit more diverse, more foreign language films in there and yes, they are glitzy and glamorous so there is a lot to look forward to. 50 glamorous so there is a lot to look forward to— glamorous so there is a lot to look forward to. , , ., , forward to. so oppenheimer and barb b as we forward to. so oppenheimer and barb by as we saw— forward to. so oppenheimer and barb by as we saw

s. supreme court denied smith's appeal. jeff hood, his spiritual advisor, was with him at the end. over and over again, we were said that this was going to be the most humane execution that humanity has ever ever experienced. there is no doubt that even the most ho full of persons, i could not look at what we saw tonight and see any sort of he mains. this was the 2nd attempt to execute. smith, in 2022 prison officials spent hours trying to give him a legal injection, but never hit a vein going forward. alabama as well as 2 other states that still allow capital punishment plan to use nitrogen to inflict the ultimate punishment. kristin salumi algebra to columbia, which is coming up for international health. is it bottles thousands of far as far as across the country? hundreds of 5 fights and some volunteers have been trying to extinguish places in mountains, around bogota and sandra, rump. he actually has one from the air and on the ground. hundreds of firefighters and soldiers from the columbia army have been battling around the clock against dozens of forest fires burning across t

s. supreme court denied smith's appeal. jeff hood, his spiritual advisor, was with him at the end. over and over again, we were said that this was going to be the most humane execution that humanity has ever ever experienced. there is no doubt that even the most hopeful of persons could not look at what we saw tonight and see any sort of humane. this was the 2nd attempt to execute smith in 2022 prison officials spent hours trying to give them a legal injection, but never hit a vein going forward. alabama as well as 2 other states that still allow capital punishment plan to use nitrogen to inflict the ultimate punishment. kristin salumi al jazeera south korea is wanting that north korea is boosting. it's within this capabilities the north say the test find what a called a new strategic christmas solve this week. showing angles that launched the long range hot this on the can this all and sub lorraine trying to tack systems last week. and you just come visit the community on the border to see how the tension is affecting the lives of local fonts. the farmer gimme on being also runs a

smith he had answered, she put it, for his horrendous crimes. in her statement concluded by saying "ipray that elizabeth sennefs saying "ipray that elizabeth sennet�*sy can receive closure after all these years dealing with that great loss" as she said in a statement. this is, of course, a highly controversial means of execution. kenneth smith had dodged a previous attempt to execute him more than a year ago after officials in alabama failed to find a vein through which to administer a lethal injection. and there had been various appeals lodged over the planned execution tonight with the us supreme court, the highest court in the land. they were all reject did. and not long after the word came down that those appeals had been reject did came the news that kenneth smith had been put to death at age 20 5pm this evening, localtime death at age 20 5pm this evening, local time in alabama. david, how is it that nitrogen was used for this execution? well, what this procedure entails is pumping nitrogen gas into a mask which covers the phase and the inmate, the prisoner is therefore made to inhale this nitrogen gas and, basically, they are deprived, the bod

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