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meghan owen reports. obviously, donald trump himself is at the heart of the trial but there are a number of key players, described as a bit of a hollywood blockbuster cast. so let's take a look. first of all we have justicejuan merchan. now he is a seasoned new york judge who also proceeded over the trump organisation's tax fraud case. next we have alvin bragg. he is the prosecutor, he inherited the trump investigation when he took office in 2021. and his former colleague, todd blanche, who is trump's top trial lawyer. interestingly, he is a former registered democrat before he became a republican and took on the biggest client of his life. it has not been easy to find a jury. in fact, the court has had to whittle it down from hundreds of people to just 12 jurors. their identities will remain anonymous due to security concerns but we do know there are five women and seven men. now for the witnesses. of course, at the heart of the trial we have stormy daniels, the adult film star, who alleges that she rece
meghan owen reports. obviously, donald trump himself is at the heart of the trial but there are a number of key players, described as a bit of a hollywood blockbuster cast. so let's take a look. first of all we have justicejuan merchan. now he is a seasoned new york judge who also proceeded over the trump organisation's tax fraud case. next we have alvin bragg. he is the prosecutor, he inherited the trump investigation when he took office in 2021. and his former colleague, todd blanche, who is...
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meghan owen takes a look at the scale of it. around 1 billion people are eligible to vote in this year's indian election. it is equivalent to one in eight people around the world. it is a mammoth election which requires a huge effort. this year we will see 15 million polling officials and security staff, 400,000 vehicles and 5.5 million electronic voting machines. let's take a closer look at the voters. they make up the equivalent of the populations of the us, russia, the uk, belgium, france, japan and brazil. let's take a closer look at the make—up of those voters. in red we can see a small percentage of first—time voters, the majority in green are aged 30 to 84. a small percentage are elderly. and they, for the first time will be able to vote at home via postal vote. india is keen that everybody gets a chance to have their say this year. in fact, according to the chief election commissioner, he said all teams will walk the extra mile to reach every voter, whether they are injungels or snowy mountains. we will go on horseba
meghan owen takes a look at the scale of it. around 1 billion people are eligible to vote in this year's indian election. it is equivalent to one in eight people around the world. it is a mammoth election which requires a huge effort. this year we will see 15 million polling officials and security staff, 400,000 vehicles and 5.5 million electronic voting machines. let's take a closer look at the voters. they make up the equivalent of the populations of the us, russia, the uk, belgium, france,...
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meghan owen explains. this unverified photo is being shared widely online. now, it appears to show professor zang lying professor zhang lying next to his laboratory in the drizzling rain. it's an act of protest. he claims that he and his team were blocked from entering their workplace. now, it was allegedly posted on a chinese social media platform, but was later deleted. so who is he and how did we get to this point? well, injanuary 2020, zhang sequenced the covid—i9 virus, and he was really keen to publish those results. but china's national health commission decided to block him from doing so, together with all other unauthorised scientists. now, a few days after he sequenced the virus, zhang decided to put his head above the parapet and publish his findings — becoming the first scientist to do so, but also defying chinese authorities. now, this helped the world in tackling the virus, but at the same time it came at huge personal cost to zhang and his team who work in these buildings here. now, since then, they've been subjected to demotions and setba
meghan owen explains. this unverified photo is being shared widely online. now, it appears to show professor zang lying professor zhang lying next to his laboratory in the drizzling rain. it's an act of protest. he claims that he and his team were blocked from entering their workplace. now, it was allegedly posted on a chinese social media platform, but was later deleted. so who is he and how did we get to this point? well, injanuary 2020, zhang sequenced the covid—i9 virus, and he was really...
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meghan owen reports. obviously, donald trump himself is at the heart of the trial but there are a number of key players, described as a bit of a hollywood blockbuster cast. so let's take a look. first of all we have justicejuan merchan. now he is a seasoned new york judge who also proceeded over the trump organisation's tax fraud case. next we have alvin bragg. he is the prosecutor, he inherited the trump investigation when he took office in 2021. and his former colleague, todd blanche, who is trump's top trial lawyer. interestingly, he is a former registered democrat before he became a republican and took on the biggest client of his life. it has not been easy to find a jury. in fact, the court has had to whittle it down from hundreds of people to just 12 jurors. their identities will remain anonymous due to security concerns but we do know there are five women and seven men. now for the witnesses. of course, at the heart of the trial we have stormy daniels, the adult film star, who alleges that she rece
meghan owen reports. obviously, donald trump himself is at the heart of the trial but there are a number of key players, described as a bit of a hollywood blockbuster cast. so let's take a look. first of all we have justicejuan merchan. now he is a seasoned new york judge who also proceeded over the trump organisation's tax fraud case. next we have alvin bragg. he is the prosecutor, he inherited the trump investigation when he took office in 2021. and his former colleague, todd blanche, who is...