and a british girl born deaf can now here thanks to revolutionary gene therapy. stormy daniels is back in the witness box at donald trump's hush money trial, in new york. the adult film star has clashed with mr trump's defence lawyers over the affair she claims she had with him, before he became president. he's denied her version of events and denies falsifying business records. here's what he had to say about the court case. let's speak to nada tawfik, our north america correspondent. we had stormy daniels back on the stand and questioning has now concluded. but to give you the big summation of that cross—examination, stormy daniels denying that she has changed her story over time, denying she was motivated by money, and when she was motivated by money, and when she was motivated by money, and when she was asked about trying to profit

off of donald trump's indictment, she replied back, "not like, i'm like," because of two course donald trump has been fundraising office fundraising troubles —— not unlike donald trump himself. we seen battles between donald trump and stormy daniels's lawyers as they saw over and over again to discredit her, and she responded with a mix of humour, at one point when asked about her adult film career, that the acts depicted on the video were as real as the sexual encounter with donald trump itself. again, stormy danielsjust donald trump itself. again, stormy daniels just hitting back and reframing the questions in a way so that she wouldn't be intimidated by donald trump's lawyers, so it made for some very heated exchanges. mada for some very heated exchanges. nada tawfik reporting _ for some very heated exchanges. nada tawfik reporting from new york. it was victory day in moscow today, celebrating the soviet union's defeat of hitler and a chance for russia's newly—reelected

president putin to ram home his message that his war in ukraine is essentially a continuation of the second world war and the fight against fascism. there was less military hardware on display than usual — just one tank, in fact. but mr putin had a menacing message for the west — "we will not allow anyone to threaten us, our strategic forces" — by which he meant his nuclear forces — "are always on combat alert." let's speak to sergei goryashko, who's in riga. good to have you with us, what did you make of mr putin's message there and the whole victory day proceedings? does he look to you more impregnable than ever after this latest reelection, and the fact that he's essentially got rid of all of his opponents?—

that he's essentially got rid of all of his opponents? well, on the 9th of his opponents? well, on the 9th of ma , of his opponents? well, on the 9th of may. victory _ of his opponents? well, on the 9th of may. victory day. _ of his opponents? well, on the 9th of may, victory day, putin - of his opponents? well, on the 9th of may, victory day, putin didn't i of may, victory day, putin didn't even have a chance with the weather— it was snowing, which is not typical for a day of may in russia. but despite all that, it was a parade with notably less hardware, but with flying planes, which is the first time since the covid times, they cancelled the military planes flying past — this time, putin had the chance to see the planes. x soviet republic leaders, his usual friends, out second —— alexander lukashenko and some others from the republics and some others from the republics and even free countries like laos,

cuba, it gave the impression that putin was not isolated from the entire world — well, arguably, this is a question that the prime minister is trying to deal with now regarding its painful reaction to that... sworn in on the 7th of may. so it's clearly not the usual victory day parades, it's clear that the country is at war. you mentioned that it was not as hawkish as it could be actually, because he didn't threaten the west that much like he used to, he said he doesn't want to clash of civilisations and he wants to prevent a global war. so some sort of peaceful message, but with thanks. ,, ., ,, , ., ,

sort of peaceful message, but with thanks. ,, ., ~' , ., , . the mp natalie elphicke who defected from the conservative party to labour yesterday, has told the bbc tonight she is sorry for comments she made supporting her ex—husband after he was convicted of sexual assault. charlie elphicke was found guilty of sexually assaulting two women in 2020. our political editor chris mason is in central london with the story. there is anger and fury, there is upset amongst plenty of labour mps over these remarks from their new colleague, in an interview she gave to the sun almost four years ago, in which she said her ex—husband was "an easy ta rget" which she said her ex—husband was "an easy target" because he was attractive, which many regarded as blaming his victims. well, i've been talking to natalie elphicke in the last half hour. what do you say to

your new colleagues who were upset at those remarks you made about your ex—husband's victims? at those remarks you made about your ex-husband's victims?— ex-husband's victims? about that eriod of ex-husband's victims? about that period of my _ ex-husband's victims? about that period of my life, _ ex-husband's victims? about that period of my life, it _ ex-husband's victims? about that period of my life, it was _ ex-husband's victims? about that period of my life, it was an - period of my life, it was an incredibly difficult and stressful period~ — incredibly difficult and stressful period. but i do recognise it was much _ period. but i do recognise it was much worse for all of those people, all those _ much worse for all of those people, all those women who had to give evidence — all those women who had to give evidence at that time. sol all those women who had to give evidence at that time. so i would like to— evidence at that time. so i would like to take the opportunity to apologise to them.— like to take the opportunity to apologise to them. labour will hope that this softens _ apologise to them. labour will hope that this softens the _ apologise to them. labour will hope that this softens the anger - apologise to them. labour will hope that this softens the anger of - that this softens the anger of labour mps on this particular issue — but there's still a real discombobulated and from many within labour about arrival of elphicke as an mp because of her previous outlook on various policies. to give you a sense of that, fellow labour party members in a neighbouring part of kent, where she is an mp, have said tonight that she is a "toxic and divisive figure who has no place in the labour party". they are talking about labour's newest mp.

a bbc investigation found that more than 1,700 people could be living with undiagnosed hepatitis c after being given blood transfusions. official documents suggest that efforts by the government and the nhs to trace those who were most at risk, were inadequate. this new number lays bare the continuing dire consequences of the infected blood scandal — one of the biggest treatment disasters in nhs history. the bbc�*s health editor, hugh pym has been to meet two people who lost their mothers to liver cancer following hepatitis c infections. i didn't know for 27 years that i was walking around with hepatitis c. somebody in a&e blurted it out to us, that mum had liver cancer. i went in, i had a baby, and i was given a death sentence. remembering the thousands who have

died after being given blood contaminated with potentially fatal hepatitis c during surgery. doctors knew a quick diagnosis could save lives but transfusion cases are still coming forward, even decades after being infected. the hep c trust says two newly—diagnosed people call their helpline every month. that's really quite shocking, that there's people walking around, having had blood transfusions many years ago that have never actually had any treatment for the hep c. and had they had treatment for the hep c, their prognosis would be hugely different. victoria's mother maureen was one of many with this story. when she passed she was probably below four stone. she was in chronic pain. she didn't want to eat. it was just horrific. maureen died in february with liver cancer, five months after she was diagnosed with hep c

and 47 years after she had the blood transfusion that infected her. even though her medical records show she needed many blood transfusions in 1976 and had hep c symptoms since 2008, she wasn't tested for the virus. why was there not a campaign on the tv? posters in the doctors'? you know, why was mum not tested? because if mum had have been tested many, many years earlier, the outcome would have been very, very different and my mum would still have been with us. infections were the direct result of nhs treatment, but still the government didn't even start trying to trace infected people until 1995. despite saying they wanted to find victims, new evidence seen by the bbc shows the government instead tried to limit public awareness of the virus, deciding not to speed up detection to avoid embarrassing

bottlenecks at liver clinics. this internal note, written by a government official, says... it adds... this was ten months after it started. jo was given a contaminated blood transfusion in 1988 but wasn't diagnosed for 27 years. i had hot sweats, night sweats, day sweats, brain fog. "you're going through the menopause." no, i'm not! i've been through the menopause. they kept putting it down to other reasons. alcohol, other reasons.

professor ashley brown is leading efforts to trace those with hep c. he acknowledged that in previous decades, patient voices are often marginalised. irate decades, patient voices are often marginalised-— decades, patient voices are often marginalised. we see cases all the time where — marginalised. we see cases all the time where people _ marginalised. we see cases all the time where people have _ marginalised. we see cases all the | time where people have sometimes marginalised. we see cases all the - time where people have sometimes had the symptom or the test, but the test result— the symptom or the test, but the test result has not been relayed to them _ test result has not been relayed to them and — test result has not been relayed to them. and of course that's frustrating to the patients, that's negligence. ahead of the inquiry�*s report, the government says it will listen carefully to the community as this dreadful scandal is addressed. the failings for patients with infected blood transfusions will certainly form a large part of that report. hugh pym, bbc news. let's speak to ros cooper, who was infected as child with hepatitis c while receiving treatment for a bleeding disorder. thanks very much for being with us. first of all, you weren't really told about this, although you were infected as a child at 19, which was

extraordinary. infected as a child at 19, which was extraordinary-— extraordinary. that's right. i don't know at what _ extraordinary. that's right. i don't know at what age _ extraordinary. that's right. i don't know at what age i _ extraordinary. that's right. i don't know at what age i was _ extraordinary. that's right. i don't know at what age i was infected, l extraordinary. that's right. i don't i know at what age i was infected, but what i've been told since it is that the chances are that most of the clotting factor treatments that i've had — and i've had probably at least one a month for active bleeds — most will have had hepatitis c in it because of the way it was made from pooled blood donations. i don't know when i was infected because my medical notes went missing and when i tried to look for them, at a later point in my life when i was trying to understand what had happened, the nurse that i asked basically said they had gone down a black hole and she didn't understand why. so i never saw my medical notes — but when i was referred from manchester to london to have an operation on my ankle, which was with a joint team that included an orthopaedic doctor

and a haemophiliac doctor, when i was sat in my gown waiting to go down to have that procedure on my ankle, i can't actually tell you which doctor was, but one of the doctors stood in front of me and talk about my hepatitis c as if i knew what i was talking about — and that was the first i heard about it. and that must�*ve been a huge shock to you when you were told about that. it to you when you were told about that. . , to you when you were told about that. ., , ., �* to you when you were told about that. .,, ., �* ., , , that. it was, i don't honestly remember — that. it was, i don't honestly remember anything - that. it was, i don't honestly remember anything after - that. it was, i don't honestly l remember anything after that, that. it was, i don't honestly i remember anything after that, i don't them or what i said or the operation, i don't remember anything until months afterwards from that moment. 50 until months afterwards from that moment. ,, ., , until months afterwards from that moment. , ., ., , moment. so tell us how it has affected your _ moment. so tell us how it has affected your life. _ moment. so tell us how it has affected your life. well, - moment. so tell us how it has i affected your life. well, because moment. so tell us how it has - affected your life. well, because i already had _ affected your life. well, because i already had the _ affected your life. well, because i already had the same _ affected your life. well, because i already had the same -- - affected your life. well, because i already had the same -- as - affected your life. well, because i | already had the same -- as severe already had the same —— as severe bleeding disorder, i'm quite good at living with medical challenges, a lot of us who have been in the same situation are because we were born that way and we have a very strong resilience. but this hasjust

actually knocked me sideways because this was something that had happened through a treatment that was supposed to be helping me, because it was something that happened that i actually inject myself — so potentially i've injected myself with something i'm being told could potentially kill me. in my 20s, friends that i knew were dying or almost dying from liver cancer, i went to hospital and visited them so i saw what i thought my future would hold, and i was planning my funeral in my 20s. as you can see, i'm still here but my life has been hugely affected by it. everything from the virus itself causing me a lot of pain, issues with my liver — i had a liver biopsy to see how my liver was which almost killed me because they hit a vein accidentally — i haven't been able to have children, which was one thing i really wanted to do,

because the treatment to have children made me infertile. so it's had a massive impact, i've lost a really good career, and ijust recently got divorced, which i do put in part down to all of this, because although my husband was very supportive and actually — when we went through all the infertility problems, he was right by my side — i've carried a massive guilt around making this his life and feeling the unfairness of it. and also i've been campaigning for over 20 years — well, 30 years now, so that takes a massive toll. aha, well, 30 years now, so that takes a massive toll-— well, 30 years now, so that takes a massive toll. a huge toll, thank you so much for — massive toll. a huge toll, thank you so much for telling _ massive toll. a huge toll, thank you so much for telling us _ massive toll. a huge toll, thank you so much for telling us your- massive toll. a huge toll, thank you so much for telling us your story, i massive toll. a huge toll, thank you so much for telling us your story, a | so much for telling us your story, a very harrowing story like so many other victims as well. i think you very much indeed for your time. you

can read more about the infected blood scandal and the bbc analysis into the hundreds of victims living with undetected hepatitis c on our bbc news website. still to come on the world today... pro—palestinian protesters at the eurovision song contest in sweden as israel's contest and prepares to perform tonight. we will be live in sweden. around the world and across the uk, this is the world today on bbc news.

you are watching bbc news. an 18—month—old girl who you are watching bbc news. an 18—month—old girl who was you are watching bbc news. an 18—month—old girl who was born you are watching bbc news. an 18—month—old girl who was born deaf has had her hearing restored after being the first person to take part

in a new medical trial. she was treated shortly before her first birthday and, six months on, she's now starting to talk. michelle roberts has been to meet her. recorder plays note yay! 18—month—old 0pal is learning how fun making noise can be. yeah! she's the first person to get a new type of gene therapy treatment for an inherited deafness she was born with. her parents, jo and james, say it was a really hard decision to make. it was really scary, but i think we'd been given a really unique opportunity, with no real evidence that any harm or adverse effects was likely to come to her. surgeons carried out 0pal�*s procedure just before her first birthday. the infusion delivers a working copy of the 0tof gene that 0pal is missing. everything went to plan. gene therapy in her right ear and a cochlear implant in her left. clapping

just a few weeks later, she could hear loud sounds. and i'm not sure i believed it at the start. kept my phone out. i said it wasjust a fluke. now she can even hear whispers in her gene therapy ear. that was 2a weeks post—surgery, and we heard the phrase "near—normal hearing." she was turning to really soft sounds. yeah. they played us the sounds that she was turning to and we were quite mind—blown by how soft it was, how quiet it was. hiya, ladybird. 0pal�*s part of an international study and experts hope the treatment could work for other types of profound hearing loss, too. this is a very specific gene for quite a rare type of hearing loss. so what i'm hoping is that we can start to use gene therapy in young children, restore hearing from a variety of different kinds of genetic hearing loss, and then have a more one and done type of approach. big sister nora has the same rare gene as 0pal. good girl! keys for daddy.

more than half of hearing loss cases in children have genetic causes, so there's big potentialfor this new type of therapy. michelle roberts, bbc news. the eurovision song contest is supposed to be a festival of music promoting internationalfriendship. but this year, it's mired in controversy because israel is taking part, and its war in gaza has provoked a wave of protests at the song contest venue — which this year is malmo, in sweden. israel's contestant eden golan was booed when she rehearsed her song hurricane. the contestant for israel, eden golan, was asked about the protests. how do you feel about the demonstrations going on right now about_ demonstrations going on right now about israel's participation? well, i'm here, about israel's participation? well, im here. i'm _ about israel's participation? well, i'm here, i'm doing _

about israel's participation? well, i'm here, i'm doing what - about israel's participation? well, i'm here, i'm doing what i - about israel's participation? well, i'm here, i'm doing what i love i i'm here, i'm doing what i love most, i'm focused on music and the good energy. and there's so many good energy. and there's so many good people supporting me, and i feel like i have such an honour to represent my country, especially in these times. and i'm just focused on that and doing the bestjob ever, giving the best performance and showing our voice. we have with us pauljordan — aka doctor eurovision — who is an expert on the eurovision song contest. thanks so much for being with us. first of all, let's talk about those protests against the war in gaza, and they've really overshadowed this year's song contest in sweden. good evenin: , year's song contest in sweden. good evening. ben- _ year's song contest in sweden. good evening. ben- i— year's song contest in sweden. good evening, ben. i don't— year's song contest in sweden. good evening, ben. i don't think- evening, ben. i don't think they have, i think the contests are still joyous, it'll still go ahead and we will have a great grand final. tonight will be tense in malmo, israel takes to the stage, she's already been booed as your report said — but musical speak louder than the politics, and i hope that's the case. ifully understand people have strong feelings about what's going on in the world just now, and i hope

those protesters are committing to remaining peaceful and remembering that there's more that unites us than divides us. so that there's more that unites us than divides us.— that there's more that unites us than divides us. so you're taking it re u- than divides us. so you're taking it pretty up pete _ than divides us. so you're taking it pretty up pete view _ than divides us. so you're taking it pretty up pete view of _ than divides us. so you're taking it pretty up pete view of this - than divides us. so you're taking it pretty up pete view of this year's l pretty up pete view of this year's song contest. how do you see it musically, is it a good yearfor songs of the contest? who are your tips for success? —— pretty upbeat view. tips for success? -- pretty upbeat view. �* , . , tips for success? -- pretty upbeat view. �* , ., , , ., ~' view. it's a diverse year, i think --eole view. it's a diverse year, i think people took _ view. it's a diverse year, i think people took a — view. it's a diverse year, i think people took a lot _ view. it's a diverse year, i think people took a lot of _ people took a lot of inspiration from finland's second—place and treat last year, a lot of loud numbers, gregorius performances. there will be a lot going on on stage, and it'll be interesting, that there is no one favourite and it could be between four different countries. switzerland, croatia, italy, the netherlands, you never know how the jury and public will vote. so fingers crossed for a

really good, peaceful contest, and hopefully a chart here at the end of saturday night. just hopefully a chart here at the end of saturday night-— saturday night. just got off the fence, saturday night. just got off the fence. who _ saturday night. just got off the fence, who will— saturday night. just got off the fence, who will win? _ saturday night. just got off the fence, who will win? ben, - saturday night. just got off the fence, who will win? ben, you| saturday night. just got off the i fence, who will win? ben, you put saturday night. just got off the - fence, who will win? ben, you put me on the spot— fence, who will win? ben, you put me on the spot here. _ fence, who will win? ben, you put me on the spot here. i'll _ fence, who will win? ben, you put me on the spot here. i'll say _ fence, who will win? ben, you put me on the spot here. i'll say croatia - on the spot here. i'll say croatia or italy. watch someone else when! we will see what happens, paul jordan, thank you very much indeed for being with us with your predictions of what will happen at the eurovision song contest. before we go, let's show you these pictures from paris, fans crowding outside the arena where taylor swift has been kicking off the european leg of her eras tour, and she will be in paris for the next four nights, a handful of super fans camped out on tuesday to ensure they got a prime

spotin tuesday to ensure they got a prime spot in the standing section. many accents in the crowd were american, unsurprisingly, the venue says a fifth of the audience has come from the united states, and after france, taylor will be heading to the united kingdom! let's take you to russia, because it's been victory day, where they've been celebrating today victory against nazi germany and the second world war. and president putin was amongst those celebrating at the parade earlier on in moscow, and he drew parallels with the soviet fight against fascism and the second world war and russia's fight today against ukraine. so victory day celebrations there in russia. thank you for your company, do stay

with us here on bbc news. hello there. temperatures have been creeping up day by day. high pressure has brought plenty of sunshine around, but a weather front launching across northern scotland has brought thicker cloud here, some spots of rain and thursday was another grey day here with outbreaks of rain. now, as we move through tonight, it does look like that weather front will eventually move northwards, become confined to the northern isles for a while through the night before it clears away. it becomes drier here, but a dry night to come for most areas. bit of mist and fog here and there, temperatures ranging from 9—12 celsius. friday, then, our area of high pressure continues to bring a lot of fine and settled weather. we lose that weather front from northern scotland, so, apart from a bit of early cloud, some mist and fog, most places should have a fine dry day. widespread sunshine, particularly for england and wales, into northern ireland, central and southern

scotland, but some sunshine into the highlands as well. that'll lift temperatures up to 22 celsius perhaps, in aberdeen. 23—24, perhaps, in the warmest spots in england and wales. through friday night, it looks like we'll see mist and fog returning in places. a bit of low cloud, sea fog pushing into eastern england, east anglia and the south—east. that could creep a little bit further westwards into the midlands first thing on saturday. but again, those temperatures, 9—12 celsius. now for the weekend. it does stay warm, there will be some good spells of sunshine around, but the shower risk will start to increase, particularly as we head into sunday. that's because we've got a weather front and low pressure developing, pushing towards our shores, particularly by sunday. and into next week, it'll be a lot more unsettled than we've had this week. saturday, though, another warm day to come, a bit of early mist and fog and some low cloud across eastern england. 0therwise, plenty of sunshine, though we could see a few heavy showers develop across the high ground of northern england, central and southern scotland into the afternoon. that could be thundery as well. but a warm day to come,

quite humid too, the low—to—mid—20s quite widely. sunday probably the warmest day of the week across southern areas. it could be up to 26 celsius, plenty of sunshine. but then the showers and thunderstorms could become a bit more widespread through the afternoon. and the temperatures may be coming down a little bit across western areas as the clouds build up in the sky. then as we head into next week low pressure takes over, it will become a lot more unsettled, showers or longer spells of rain at times. but there will still be a little bit of sunshine too, take care.

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armaments. if it wanted to go into rafah, _ armaments. if it wanted to go into rafah, they— armaments. if it wanted to go into rafah, they can— armaments. if it wanted to go into rafah, they can still— armaments. if it wanted to go into rafah, they can still do _ armaments. if it wanted to go into rafah, they can still do that - armaments. if it wanted to go into rafah, they can still do that but i rafah, they can still do that but this is— rafah, they can still do that but this is about _ rafah, they can still do that but this is about trying _ rafah, they can still do that but this is about trying to _ rafah, they can still do that but this is about trying to pressurel rafah, they can still do that but i this is about trying to pressure mr netanyahu — this is about trying to pressure mr netanyahu into— this is about trying to pressure mr netanyahu into changing - this is about trying to pressure mr netanyahu into changing his - netanyahu into changing his decision? _ joe biden says he will not support a invasion into rafah but that may already be under way. there is shelling east of the city. republicans hold a press conference criticising joe biden for withholding weapons to israel. stormy daniels it is back in the witness box in new york testify against donald trump and we will have the latest on that. and we have somebody from boeing talking about fuselages leaving the factory with damage. we get more on that tonight with the transport secretary of the us. very good evening, israel's

tanks are massed on the border