sophie long reporting _ of the table. sophie long reporting in _ of the table.ngeles, of the table. sophie long - reporting in los angeles, thank you. turning to the recent gun violence here in america. two more suspects were arrested in the alabama shooting that left a community in mourning. four people were killed and 32 others wounded at a dance studio in dadeville. today's arrests brings the total to five suspects. all of them have been charged with reckless murder. three of the five are teenagers, the others are 20 years old. gun violence like this has become common place in the us with at least 165 mass shootings so far this year. as king charles prepares for his coronation, hundreds california, of all places. ourjane hill's been taking a look. many of these remarkable photos have never been seen before. they tell the story of a young royal who became prince of wales and is now king. but they also give an insight into the man behind the crown with a keen love of sport, carrying out his duties as a royal, and perhaps the most intriguing shots, the candid on

sophie long. thank _ his remains outstanding. sophie long. thank you _ his remains outstanding.hat update | his remains outstanding. sophie - long, thank you for that update from los angeles. the turmoil and suffering in sudan are getting more acute by the day. the latest fighting started nearly a week ago, between rival military factions, and so far it�*s claimed at least 350 lives. civilians in the capital, khartoum, who are trapped between the factions, are running low on food and supplies. some have started taking water from the river nile, because access to fresh water is becoming very difficult. our correspondent andrew harding, injohannesburg, is monitoring the latest developments. another sunrise over khartoum. but still no sign of the promised ceasefire in sudan�*s shell—shocked capital. across this vast country, hospitals are increasingly overwhelmed. these are the victims of a power struggle between two rival armies, a war that has been waged in crowded cities with no regard for civilian life. doctors can�*t even reach many of the wounded. our volunteers live in field

sophie long, bbc news, arizona. this image taken inside donald trump's plane.s channels, tracking his plane. and the only non—american one — bbc news. so, if you're enjoying watching our channel — you're not the only ones! here's the seen live in mar—a—lago now, where donald trump will be holding a news conference in about two hours. you can see people packing into the room as our correspondent barbara plett usher was saying, increasingly crowded there. i want to take you to west palm beach now in florida, where mr trump's plane will touchdown in the coming hours as well. we'll have all of that in bbc news. that's it for me, thanks for watching. hello there. at this time of year, with light winds and a little bit of shelter, you can just start to feel the strength of the sunshine. the strength of the sunshine, but clear skies overnight can still lead to substantial frost. we have —6 celsius in parts of oxfordshire first thing on tuesday morning, lots of blue sky and sunshine stayed all day, and in kew gardens by the middle of the afternoon, 15 celsius was the h

sophie long has more on the charges. say they were pleased about that and they now encourage what they call a proper investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding this tragic accident. we have been trying to make contact with the special prosecutor's office, with the district attorney's office in new mexico and also hannah gutierrez—reed's lawyer, she was the armourer who was responsible for weapons on that that day. we haven't had a statement from any of those people. what we do know now is that hannah gutierrez—reed's lawyers have given a statement to deadline, an online publication are specialises in entertainment news and they have confirmed that the changes —— judges again so, she was facing similarjudges of involuntary manslaughter, have been dropped as well. we only have alec baldwin's lawyers who have alec baldwin's lawyers who have confirmed directly to the bbc. we have spoken to the office of the special brew prosecutor is when our prosecuting this case and they have declined to comment at this sta

sophie long, bbc news, arizona.ence in about an hour or so from now. you can see those live pictures of that room, increasingly packed, where we are expecting donald trump to adjust his supporters at 8:15pm in the evening local time. we are expecting him to talk to people there and address the charges that he has seen and a us court today. just a reminder that donald trump has pled not guilty to those 3a felony criminal charges during that court hearing in new york, as we've been reporting on bbc news. he has been accused of falsifying records to hide damaging information during the 2016 election. the charges focus on a hush money payment, and he has denied those allegations. lots more of course on the bbc website, as always, and we will have live coverage of that speech right here on bbc news. for now, that's it. do stay with bbc news. hello there. at this time of year, with light winds and a little bit of shelter, you can just start to feel the strength of the sunshine, but clear skies overnight can still lead to

sophie long, bbc news, arizona.being a cult. the group says it offers self—development, but people who've left say it's taken over their lives. people say they've been encouraged to hand over tens of thousands of dollars, separate from their families and have suffered extreme harassment. 0ne charity which helps people break free from abusive groups says it receives more calls about the organisation than any other in the uk. catrin nye has been working on the investigation. it's been 18 months since jeffrey leigh—jones left lighthouse international group, a life coaching company accused of being a cult. the 34—year—old sailor from portsmouth initially got involved with the organisation for business mentoring, but soon he was on the phone to his mentor at all hours of the day. i thoroughly enjoy the conversations you and i have. at first i was motivated, i was inspired and i started working hard. these calls then became more frequent, longer, more intense, more about deeper parts of your life. in time, began to share

sophie long, bbc news, arizona.association of headteachers also voted overwhelmingly against the uk government's pay offer. the union, which mainly represents primary headteachers, says it will now consider whether to ballot members over industrial action. it's the third union to reject the offer, with two days of strikes already planned by a classroom teachers union, as our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys, reports. piecing together school budgets is not easy. most of the money goes on staff. teachers pay for next year is not settled. head teachers are also waiting to find out the pay rise for support staff, which will come out of school budgets. brute support staff, which will come out of school budgets.- out of school budgets. we do have a teaching _ out of school budgets. we do have a teaching assistant - out of school budgets. we do have a teaching assistant per| have a teaching assistant per classroom here. they do a phenomenaljob. would not want to lose any of them. but there is no infinite pot of money. n

sophie long reporting in los angeles, thank you.ill try to get countries to decide on a unified approach to handling the country's taliban—led government.(ff gfx)the un says its secretary general, antonio guterres, will convene a meeting of top diplomats on afghanstan in doha next month — the qatari capital is home to a delegation of taliban. earlier remarks by his deputy — amina mohammed — suggested the meeting could include what she called "ba by steps" towards an eventual conditional recognition of the taliban government. 0ut out of that, we hope that we will find those baby steps to put us back on the pathway to recognition. is it possible? we don't know. recognition of the taliban? a principal recognition. in other words, there are conditions. what amina mohammed said in this event sparked a huge reaction among afghans, particulary women. zari kargar has been following all the reactions: this has had a huge reaction on social media and outside social media among afghans, particularly among afghan women. afghan women have gone o

sophie long has been following this story. thank you for joining.have not set exactly why they decided to drop the charges. what challenges have the prosecution been facing? reporter: we have not heard from the prosecution in this case. what we have heard from his alec baldwin's lawyers. they announced that the criminal charges he faced in involuntary manslaughter will be dropped. this comes on the day that the filming of rust that was being filmed when the cinematographer was tragically shot, that all ceased. it was due to resume after a hiatus in montana today. we did not know the charges against alec baldwin would be dropped. that came from his lawyers. we have had a statement from them who say they welcome the dropping of the charges and they encourage a proper investigation into the facts and circumstances surrounding this tragic accident. we get to hear from the prosecutors. -- we have yet to hear from the prosecutors. alec baldwin's lawyers have fought these charges every step of the way. they said the charges were wrong, that they represente

i spoke earlier to our west coast correspondent sophie long, who told us more.nt from his lawyers who said they were pleased with that and now they encourage a proper investigation to the facts and circumstances surrounding this tragic accident. we've been trying to make contact with the special prosecutors, the district attorney in new mexico and also hannah gutierrez—reed lawyer, she was the armour are responsible for weapons on set that day. we haven't had a statement from any of those people. what we do know now is that hannah gutierrez—reed's lawyer gave a statement to deadline, an online publication that specialises in entertainment news and they have confirmed he did back the charges against her, she was facing similar charges of involuntary manslaughter have been dropped as well. i should stress we only have alec baldwin lawyers confirmed directly to the bbc, we spoke to the office of special prosecutors and they have declined comment at this stage for that they simply said is soon as the statement is available they will make us aware. at this stage we h

our correspondent sophie long reports now from the state of arizona, which was won by a narrow marginocrats in 2020. they may be nearly 2500 miles from new york city but they could still show solidarity with their former president. this couple say their support for donald trump has never been stronger. he support for donald trump has never been stronger-— been stronger. he might be imperfect. _ been stronger. he might be imperfect. you _ been stronger. he might be imperfect, you might- been stronger. he might be imperfect, you might be - been stronger. he might be - imperfect, you might be someone been stronger. he might be _ imperfect, you might be someone who does not speak eloquently, who used to treat so much, but at the same time he says things the way they are. i time he says things the way they are. . . time he says things the way they are. ., ., ~ ., ., ., are. i am a mexican in salvador and he love everybody _ are. i am a mexican in salvador and he love everybody but _ are. i am a mexican in salvador and he love everybody but the - are. i am a mexican in salvador and he love

sophie long has this report.ough the chest and then he got one in the arm over there. the frantic efforts to save halyna hutchins, in the moments after the cinematographer was shot during a rehearsal of rust, a period western. halyna left behind a husband and young son and an industry asking why live ammunition was ever on a film set. alec baldwin was the actor on set that pulled the trigger. alec baldwin was holding the gun but he denies pulling the trigger. he says it was a freak discharge from a weapon he had been told was safe. turned, cocked the pistol, bang, and she hits the ground. in january he was formally charged with involuntary manslaughter, which alleges a criminal degree of negligence. his lawyers say those charges will now be dropped. hannah gutierrez—reed, who was in charge of weapons on set was also charged with involuntary manslaughter, which remains unchanged. am i being charged with something? no. prosecutors say those against alec baldwin were dropped in light of new facts that demand further

for more on this, i'm joined by our correspondent sophie long. tes, christian, so we now know, we have only heard from alec baldwin's layers that the two charges of involuntary manslaughter against him are due to be dropped the stub that comes from his lawyers, who have issued a statement saying they welcome that news and they now encourage a full and proper report into the tragic circumstances and facts surrounding this tragic accident. as you rightly pointed out, this took place in october of 2021 halyna hutchins, 42 years old, a rising star in the film world, she was shot by a gun alec baldwin was holding. we now know that that gun had live ammunition in it. it went through the director and struck halyna hutchins, who later died of her injuries. this news comes, the criminal charges against alec baldwin being dropped, as the filming of rust wasn't set to resume today in a new location in montana. the director, who was fiercely injured, is the director still of that film, there is a new cinematographer, but the cast any of the film felt very str

(sophie) it's a week-long celebration. and it's every mother's dream.and this morning, i will finally meet the bride. and it's not a wedding about love. it's interesting because it's all about showing off. (anliyat mze ahmed) it's been a very busy week! i'm a little tired! - no, every woman here dreams of this. (anliyat mze ahmed) exactly. you can do the two at once, but we couldn't because it's very costly. we divided the process into steps. the religious ceremony was the first step. that's when the traditional dowry is given, in the sum of 50 gold coins. we stopped there. we lived together for six years and we had two children. we've been preparing for this step for the past three years. i started planning the clothes; he acquired the jewels. we exposed all of this a few days ago. the clothing sewn with gold thread can take up to a year to make. it's embroidered by hand. there's a great deal of detail. it takes a lot of time and effort. (anliyat mze ahmed) the grand marriage is what opens the door to high society. people who haven't had a grand marria

sophie long, bbc news, arizona. we can speak now to political analyst eric ham in new york.ks for staying up and talking to us this morning uk time. richard, can i talk about the legal side of this? donald trump in court overnight and we know what the charges are now. what do you take from the list of what we have seen? the essential charges falsification of financial records of a new york business to cover up another crime and the underlying crime is the concealment of these payments, secret payments to stormy daniels and others to persuade them not to talk about donald trump's sexual escapades during his campaign for president. it's perfectly legal in the united states to have sex with a pawn star but probably legal to pay her $130,000 to keep her mouth shut but if you're running for president you have two register as public expenditure. thejustice department would not indict him because he was a sitting president but now the state of new york comes along and says you can't falsify financial records to cover up a crime anywhere, whether it is a crime in london, washington,

(sophie fouron) go, will your kids and your grandkids be doing this as well? (rivano goliardo) yes. - yes? si? - we make a good living. as long as this traditional method is prosperous, we'll keep practicing it. (sophie fouron) good fish! wow! (claudia tavani) traditions have been changing. they have been developing. for example, in terms of traditional activities, one of them is shepherding. and you know, traditionally, you would milk the sheep manually. just because nowadays, you don't do it manually, it doesn't mean that it's not a tradition anymore. it's still a traditional job in this country. going back to the traditional occupations and to the things we've done, and how they are connected to the territory is probably the best way to save this island and save the people from falling into even more poverty. (sophie fouron) there are three times more sheep in sardinia than human beings. it's more than great britain. it's more than new zealand. the shepherds' way of life has been in the heart of this island for centuries. [speaking italian and french] (mauro lampis) yes, they're... (mauro lampis) they're endangered. (sandr

the objective is for sophie to join rory on long i walk with me! for the time being, alone. it will happen. we will keep across that story in the weeks and months ahead, hopefully they will go out i woke together this summer. you're watching breakfast. coming up this morning — from shy sophie from romania to a dog who's very much a fan of the limelight. we'll catch up with pumpkin, the disabled westie who uses wheels to get round, after she made her stage debut as toto in the wizard of oz. time now to get the news, travel, and weather where you are. a very good morning welcome to bbc london, i'm thomas magill. junior doctors across the capital are preparing tojoin picket lines for the start of four—days of strike action which will begin in the next few minutes. thousands of appointments and operations are expected to be disrupted, cancelled or delayed in the dispute over pay. both planned and emergency care will be impacted in what's thought to be the most disruptive walkout in nhs history. despite this, bosses say there will be some services opera

sophie's choice. and it makes schiff the long shot. the on chance he has is this and hear me out.f is a white male. we think he is straight. we know he is jewish. so he doesn't shatter that hard. the only shot he has is transitioning. schiff has to have a immediate gender reassignment surgery. how bad do you want it, adam? the choice is yours. charlie kirk is the founder of turning point u.s.a. charlie, this is a mess out there in california. what will gavin do? >> it's another mess. on my way to the studio i had to navigate my way through homeless encampments. i'm in sacramento now. i don't know what he will do. i know you are asking what are people on the ground saying. i don't exactly hang around democrat primary voters on my visit to california. it's interesting, isn't it? you said it perfectly this woke game of thrones. the only difference is everybody is jaffery. it's like the red wedding on repeat. and these people are nasty. but i just want to take a step back and i want to just appreciate what we are learning. the different factions, right? as the democrat party has becom

if you love sophie's, these is the place to be well after a long and really colorful they, i had to add teeth. just bring in another life is quite a sight. i'm pretty sure i'm coming back here again. i cooked muscles with fries. does that get your mouth watering? maybe not. but in belgium, the locals love it, moves slit or a national dish, there reason enough for us to take a closer look and even a nibble. these are the crown jewels of belgian cuisine, small seats, a steaming pot of mussels, and piping hot fries. and we'll show you how it's done or what out. no more than ammonia. the belgian capital brussels is home to hundreds of restaurants, serving up the dish. among the most well known sister establishments, shalean and bo sounded lou sale operating for more than a century annoys city gardener. my name is cedric and i have been the chef. it was on the blue sale for 5 years. chef cal enough cooks up hundreds of kilos. of muscles and fries each week. the magic starts with freshly rinsed muscles and a few ingredients, butter, salt and pepper, celery and onions made about yoga. you add

long enough. we moved out of the city so our little sophie could appreciate nature.hen he got us t-mobile home internet. i was just trying to improve our signal, so some of the trees had to go. i might've taken it a step too far. (chainsaw revs) (tree crashes) (chainsaw continues) (daughter screams) let's pretend for a second that you didn't let down your entire family. what would that reality look like? well i guess i would've gotten us xfinity... and we'd have a better view. do you need mulch? what, we have a ton of mulch. it is the chairman of the house intelligence committee who you pointed out on friday that the intelligence committee believes that hunter biden's laptop in the e-mails on it are part of some russian disinformation campaign. the intelligence community does not believe that because there is no intelligence that supports that. we have shared no intelligence with anyone that hunter biden's laptop is part of some russian disinformation campaign. it simply is not true. maria: welcome back. there was john radcliffe back in october 2020. just before the

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sophie hutchinson, bbc news. cross—channel ferry operators in dover are trying to stagger the number of coaches this easter weekend, to avoid last week's long delays today at the start of the easter getaway, with queues for passport checks by french officials. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin is in dover with the latest. how is it looking so far? well, lorries are _ how is it looking so far? well, lorries are being _ how is it looking so far? well, lorries are being cued - how is it looking so far? well, lorries are being cued up - how is it looking so far? well, lorries are being cued upjustl lorries are being cued upjust outside the town and this morning tourist traffic cars looked pretty busy. the fts, the ferry operator, said earlier there was a 90 minute wait at border controls, that's where the french border police check people's passports here before they head over to france. now they are saying traffic is free flowing. last weekend of course many coach passengers in particular experienced really bad delays, more than 12 hours in some cases. that was put down to several things including the time those post—brexit passport chec

long are you... i'm done. i'm okay. we moved out of the city so our little sophie could appreciate nature.rying to improve our signal, so some of the trees had to go. i might've taken it a step too far. (chainsaw revs) (tree crashes) (chainsaw continues) (daughter screams) let's pretend for a second that you didn't let down your entire family. what would that reality look like? well i guess i would've gotten us xfinity... and we'd have a better view. do you need mulch? what, we have a ton of mulch. >>> now, they aren't diabetic, but a weight loss craze has caused some people to take a common diabetes drug called ozempic to try to shed some pounds. now another drug company says they are going to ask the fda to approve one of their blood sugar regulators purely for weight loss. eli lilly says their injectable drug monojaro delivered weight loss of up to 45 pounds in obese adults with diabetes. elizabeth cohen is following this and joins us now. what does the data that eli lilly is putting out there say? >> so this data is really interesting, boris. i want to preface this by saying this is st

sophie to dollars. but there is one small qualification that one ought to me, which is the united states. federal reserve has been essentially printing. hello is involved one of these for a long time. certainly since the 2008 financial crisis. but until the last year or 2 of this did not result in inflation. why? for a very simple reason, the all handling majority of the trillions of dollars that have been created since 2008 have actually gone directly into financial institutions where they have gone into the black holes that are the balance sheets of these financial institutions. hardly any of this money has actually taken out into the pockets of the ordinary, joined jane in the united states, which means that this money printing is hardly really a cause of inflation. inflation has been caused because all those conditions, which for the last 3 or 4 decades has kept inflation law, specifically the weakness of labor and the weakness of the world. majority the rest of the world in terms of demanding higher prices for that commodities and for their product. these have been suppressed, and now these can no longer be suppressed. which means that this, it's the fact that very devel

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long lasting relief in a scent-free, gentle mist. (psst psst) flonase. all good. we moved out of the city so our little sophie to improve our signal, so some of the trees had to go. i might've taken it a step too far. (chainsaw revs) (tree crashes) (chainsaw continues) (daughter screams) let's pretend for a second that you didn't let down your entire family. what would that reality look like? well i guess i would've gotten us xfinity... and we'd have a better view. do you need mulch? what, we have a ton of mulch. >>> celebrate the accomplishments of an i con. the melania trump stamp collection relive the moments of the most reluctant first lady including looking to the left, looking to the right, wearing an insane coat, being the best, shooting side eye to ivanka. dressing like a gangster from the future and holding her breath it is perfect for collecting or mailing classified documents act now and receive the tiffany trump exists gold coin pull out this coin and they'll know the melania trump stamp set. never forget. >> thank you >> you're welcome. >> jimmy kimmel posted that with the caption, happy birthday

middle there is the gentles to the left, the two girls with the long blonde hair are the phillips children and the two at the back are sophie and this area in the far north of england and southern scotland and northern ireland will be hanging around these areas all day long. edging a little further northwards, northern ireland, glasgow, in towards the stirling area could just about stay dry. brightening up across the rest of north and england away from cumbria and northumberland later so it will feel warmer here and in the south and east a dry day than yesterday. almost in western scotland, could hit 16 or 17 celsius, down a bit on yesterday because it is more breezy and the breeze will strengthen tonight becoming gale force to take us into tomorrow. elsewhere tonight, varying amounts of cloud, there will be outbreaks of rain here and there, the have your slightly towards the far south—west. any lengthy clear skies, there could be a bit of mist and fog, and the outside chance of frost but nowhere near as much as we have seen in recent nights. into then sunday, it should be sunday, but saturday, sunday the should be rain spr

long wait. let's get the latest now with our north—west of latest now with our north—west ot tngtenh— latest now with our north—west of england. reporter sophiee settlement with the junior doctors . reasonable settlement with the junior doctors. i thank you very much indeed for that . indeed. much indeed for that. indeed. let's actually update- c.t.“ :: indeed. let's actually update you on whet— let's actually update you on what downing— let's actually update you on what downing street is saying on this what downing street is saying on thts posttton. — what downing street is saying on this position. as— what downing street is saying on this position. as sophie was tnttsettng— this position. as sophie was indicating, health secretary steve— indicating, health secretary steve barclay— indicating, health secretary steve barclay insisting that his hoor— steve barclay insisting that his toor ertehs— steve barclay insisting that his door remains open and he wants to engege— door remains open and he wants to engege tn— door remains open and he wants to engage in talks— door remains open and he wants to engage in talks with the tostors. — to engage i