He campaigns to return to the white house. He is charged with four counts detailed in this 45 four counts detailed in this 45 page indictment, Conspiracy To Defraud the United States can, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. There is the special Counseljack Smith announcing the indictment. Today an indictment was unsealed Charging Donaldj trump with conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to disenfranchise voters and conspiring and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. The indictment was issued by a grand jury of citizens here in the District Of Columbia and it sets forth the crimes charged in detail. I encourage everyone to read it in full. The attack on our Nation Plasma Capital on january six, 202i on our Nation Plasma Capital on january six, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. Described in the indictment that was fuelled by lies, lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a Bedrock Unction of the Us Government, the nation Plasma Process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the president ial election. The men and women of Law Enforcement who defended the us capital on january 60 heroes. They are patriots and they are the very best of others. They did not just defend a building with people sheltering in it, they put their lives on the line to defend who we are as a country in a people. They defended the very institutions and principles that define the United States. Since the attack on our capital, the Department Ofjustice has remained of justice has remained committed ofjustice has remained committed to ensuring accountability of those criminally responsible for what happened that day. This case is brought consistent with that commitment. 0ur brought consistent with that commitment. Our investigation of other individuals continues. In this case, my office will seek a speedy trial so that our evidence can be tested in court and judged by a jury of citizens. In the meantime, i must emphasise that the indictment is an allegation and must be presumed innocent until Proven Guilty Beyond A Reasonable Doubt in a court of law. I would like to thank the members of the Federal Bureau Of Investigation you are working on this investigation with my office as well as the many Career Prosecutors and Law Enforcement agents from around the country have worked on Previousjanuary The Country have worked on previous january six investigations. These women and men are Public Servants of the very highest order and it is a privilege to work alongside them. � ,. ,. , them. Lets go live to washington them. Lets go live to washington where i them. Lets go live to | washington where our them. Lets go live to washington where our North America correspondent sean dilley is here. Thank you for joining us. Special counsel jack smith says this will be a swift process. What can you tell us . It swift process. What can you tell us . , ~ , swift process. What can you tellus . , ~ ,. , swift process. What can you tellus . , ~ ,. , tell us . It is likely to be a theatrical tell us . It is likely to be a theatrical process tell us . It is likely to be a theatrical process as tell us . It is likely to be a| theatrical process as well. Donald trump is already reacting, suggesting the timing of these indictments is everything to do with his election campaign. Rather ironically he is accusing the special Prosecutorjack Smith of interfering with his attempts to run for president. The irony there of course is that the crux of this quite extraordinary indictment is allegations that donald trump backin allegations that donald trump back in November 2020 42 months after the election, despite being told that what he was saying was false, was stating in public various Conspiracy Theories in order to have the election overturned. Those Conspiracy Theories ranged from claims the Tens Of Thousands of dead voters were casting votes. In other cases he said the actual election machines were electronic switching boats from john trumpjoe biden. Donald. In other cases ballot boxes were stuffed, he said. A lot of claim within this document, the president of the time had quite a lot of advice from Government Lawyers from one attorney, a co conspirator. There are six co conspirators, none of them named, who advanced a theory about the election result the donald trump himself described as crazy but nevertheless it suggested it on repeat of this in public so what we are limping upforyear in public so what we are limping up for year is essentially an argument over the First Amendment stop is right to free speech which jack smith in the prosecuting team say he had. And the crimes described after November 2020 as a criminal scheme by the prosecution. As a criminal scheme by the prosecution. This is going to be uuite prosecution. This is going to be quite a prosecution. This is going to be quite a theatrical prosecution. This is going to be quite a theatrical next. Prosecution. This is going to be quite a theatrical next 24j be quite a theatrical next 24 hours. What can you tell us about the judge in this case . People are picking up the fact that thejudge in people are picking up the fact that the judge in this case is appointed by president 0bama. Thats not unusual because the way the us judiciary works. Theoretically there is a separation between the office of the president and the executive, the lawmakers and the legislature and the judiciary because they are appointed, there are going to be questions in terms of this in any scenario that ultimately the judges in any scenario that ultimately thejudges really in any scenario that ultimately the judges really there in any scenario that ultimately thejudges really there it in any scenario that ultimately the judges really there it to be a steward of the law. As the jury be a steward of the law. As the jury who decides what lay � s to delegitimise the circular votes which is actively organising, so he was doing anything you possibly could to undermine the american elections in a future so its a good day for me in the United States to have this indictment. Republicans are arguing that having this trial in washington dc, hes not going to have a fair trial stop is there may be some truth to that . , is there may be some truth to that . ,. ,. ,. , that . That will be standard for who both denied that . That will be standard for who both denied a that . That will be standard for who both denied a vote that . That will be standard for who both denied a vote of who both denied a vote of washington dc residents to have representation in congress. For them, the only place to have a child will be in the register read areas where and they run a Kangaroo Court and they are not going to get it. A legitimate american court, legitimate american court, legitimate american population. What is presented. This is a trickyjob the President Biden who is running another term. If he does face running another term. If he does face donald running another term. If he does face donald trump. Running another term. If he does face donald trump in | running another term. If he does face donald trump in this race. As one former president , charging a former president. How will he handle this . How do you suggest he handles this . Hes not charging donald trump with anything. Its the Attorney General team, President Biden is not part of this. It very clear there is a line between his white house, his 0val line between his white house, his oval office and the Attorney General white house, constantly calling for prosecutions of his political enemies. Resonate with the broad centre President Biden is not part of this process. If donald trump is innocent. What will his punishment donald trump is innocent. What will his punishment bp donald trump is innocent. 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To your point, if he is found guilty, point, if he is found guilty, he can still serve as president. You do see potentially that he might absolve himself . Potentially that he might absolve himself . , absolve himself . You might try to, the federal absolve himself . You might try to, the federal charges absolve himself . You might try to, the federal charges but absolve himself . You might try to, the federal charges but an i to, the federal charges but an interesting set of charges in new york. That is a state charge. They wanted to be put in the federal system so he could exonerate himself but evenif could exonerate himself but even if he wins the presidency, and exonerate himself with guilty verdicts in the federal system, he will still have that State Charge Hanging over his head. ~ i. State charge hanging over his head. ~ , State Charge Hanging over his head. ~ i. ,. State charge hanging over his head. ~ ,. , head. Thank you very much for oininu head. 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Event. Where will be fit in histo . , event. Where will be fit in history . Event. Where will be fit in histo . ,. ,. , event. Where will be fit in histo . History . This could prove to be a momentous history . This could prove to be a momentous moment history . This could prove to be a momentous moment for history . This could prove to be i a momentous moment for United States politics and american democracy. Donald trumps indictment poses serious challenges for america as he pursues the us presidency and leads the republican pact for the president ial nomination. Republicans are showing their support for recent polls. For another one of the white house. But what about the rest the country . But what about the rest the count . ~ , but what about the rest the count . G ,. But what about the rest the country . But what about the rest the count . G ,. , country . My research has shown throuuh country . My research has shown through experimental country . My research has shown through experimental survey through experimental survey data that sometimes when trump violates norms, that works to his benefit as opposed to a cost. As one might typically expect. This has been a practice which is rebounded for years to come and as weve seen from recent poll numbers, large swathes of the republican electorate and large swathes of the country do support donald trump through his norm violating behaviour. He did win over 70 million votes in 2020. Despite his non violating actions. There are still a lot of moderate republicans, even undecided voters. How are they feeling about the news of his ongoing legal problems . I think its a complicated situation for Many Americans because this is uncharted territory. The current president is prosecuting his predecessor and arrival stop this situation can devolve into political bickering and issue before the people is, how they understand the process and the evidence that the prosecution brings to bearin that the prosecution brings to bear in the court case. Bear in the court case. Where do ou bear in the court case. Where do you see bear in the court case. Where do you see all bear in the court case. Where do you see all of bear in the court case. Where do you see all of this bear in the court case. Wherej do you see all of this ending . This is not the only criminal case that facing. There is potentially another one in terms of obstruction of the election that is being taken up in georgia. Election that is being taken up in georgia in georgia. Donald trump has over the course in georgia. Donald trump has over the course of in georgia. Donald trump has over the course of his in georgia. Donald trump has over the course of his time i over the course of his time challenged observers and their expectations, taking things so far as to hold a rally to overturn the election. There could be a tremendous escalation that he has suggested such in his public statements so i think it is a very serious situation that must be met with both the Biden Administration and the American Public at large. Mrtrump has mr trump has been bleeding cash due to these legals fees he faces do you expect the next 24 hours that this will be a good time for him, as you cited, the people who do support and rally behind him . This, as he suggested, this type of behaviour time and time again over troubleds time in the limelight. Trump. He has used Prosecution Allegations to serve his political agenda and it has been a political agenda that has worked in many respects we can to maintain a strong position within the Republican Party and International Politics large. This will be a very interesting 24 are. Chandlerjames, thank you forjoining us on the programme. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Voiceover bbc, voice over bbc, bringing you different stories from across the uk. This drive instructed needs no lessons on how bad traffic can be around canterbury. Traffic can be around canterbury. Traffic can be around canterbu. , canterbury. The city was never made for canterbury. The city was never made for this canterbury. The city was never made for this volume canterbury. The city was never made for this volume of canterbury. The city was never made for this volume of trafficj made for this volume of traffic but unfortunately with more cars on the road i dont know what the answer is. The zoning lan what the answer is. The zoning [an was what the answer is. The zoning plan was supported what the answer is. The zoning plan was supported by what the answer is. The zoning plan was supported by the plan was supported by the previous conservative administration. The city would be divided into five zones with improvements made to existing routes and new bypass to form a ring road. Motorists would have to drive around brother than across the city to go between zones. Potentially facing a fine for crossing boundaries. The idea was getting people out of their cars are travelled by foot, bike, or public transport. But the new leadership of the council is officially reviewing the scheme which is a way of saying it will be scrapped. Balancing the needs of motorists and protecting the planet is a big political issue now with the conservatives condemning the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone by labours mary glindon. Voice over for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. You will live with bbc news. Ciaron maher as china reels from storm, another powerful thai food is hearing down on japan. Typhoon. This was seen earlier which has been already battered by a typhoon. More than 100 flights have been cancelled by the storm is expected to make landfall in the next few hours. The attowatt has been closed and evacuation advisories issued for Tens Of Thousands of residents. More on the typhoon shortly from the bbc Weather Centre but first to the aftermath of storm duxbury, one of the worst to get it over a decade. Tens of thousands have been forced to flee their homes in beijing. At least 20 people are known to have diagnosed him with mottled reports. Methods from the old days have been pulled out to reach people cut off by flash floods. Boats have been the best option for Emergency Teams but in places there are not enough of them. Roads have become perilous fast moving rivers and some have not heeded warnings, trying to drive through Suburban Beijing in clearly dangerous situations. Yesterday cars were washed away by the dozen and its not clear how many people died this way. Rescue workers have been stretched to the limit in a race against rising waters. In the neighbouring highbury province its been especially inundated after what i was devoted to take the pressure off the capital. But beijing has had to move more than 120,000 residents to safe areas for supplies have been stockpiled for them. Translation stockpiled for them. Tuna mom stockpiled for them. Translation ~. , translation we have prepared water, littles, translation we have prepared water, littles, bread translation we have prepared water, littles, bread and translation we have prepared water, littles, bread and hot water, littles, bread and hot water, littles, bread and hot water to keep people going. The government water to keep people going. The government warned people here to remain indoors and ordered employers to allow their staff to stay home. But the city is not used to flooding like this, certainly not in cities in the south of china. The last couple of days have been very tough. Locals have pitched in to defend their neighbourhoods. When firefighters arrived they are helping the most vulnerable. China can also mobilise the Peoples Liberation army at times like this. Helicopters have been crucial. Translation if this. Helicopters have been crucial. Translation if we can aet crucial. Translation if we can net in crucial. Translation if we can get in and crucial. Translation if we can get in and allowed, crucial. Translation if we can get in and allowed, we crucial. Translation if we can get in and allowed, we will. Get in and allowed, we will. But if we cant, soldiers will double down on ropes and reach those that need to help that way. Those that need to help that wa. ,. , y those that need to help that wa. ,. ,. , way. The priority further now is to reach way. The priority further now is to reach committees way. The priority further now is to reach Committees Cut. Way. The priority further nowl is to reach Committees Cut off from the outside World Without water and electricity. Lets get a clearer picture of the path of the typhoon. Southern japan is getting cold the moment by the typhoon. Period and the satellite. The eye is clearly visible in the centre is around the eye wall that we get the strongest gust of wind. We are fitting because the eye what is going to stay out to sea passing to the south and to the northeast of the island. So good news in that sense the strongest winds 250 kilometres an hour likely but some distance away from the ion, 160 kilometres an hour gust likely in okinawa, 100 mph which will lead to some damage and a lot of Flooding Rain and buttering waves meet with the typhoon. At the moment the typhoon is lurking in a westerly direction, travelling that way because it is passing the periphery of the subtropical ridge which is crossing japan and the korean peninsula. Eventually the ridge will weaken as it happens the typhoon will start to curb its way northwards. The big question is exactly where that will happen and there is a lot of uncertainty about that. In that we get it would go to eastern areas of china but equally good Curve Northwards to south korea for the south of japan. Were not sure exactly whether typhoon is going to go next. Thats our meteorologist. Lets look at the other stories in the headlines. The first of three french plays that evacuate european citizens from niger following last weeks Military Coup has now landed in paris. The French Foreign ministry organised the flights after demonstrators attacked the French Embassy on sunday. But france is that has no plans to a patriot and estimated 1,000 french soldiers stationed there. Hundreds the russians have been told to work from home after a drone strike their moscow office, for the second time in three days. The Russian Defence ministry blames you crave the latest attack. Steve has not commented on who was responsible but has also warned russia that the conflict would suit move to its territory. And arent going to have made off with an estimated 10 Million Euros of goods and narrated a prestigious jewellery store in the heart of the french capital, paris. Reports a treatment in suits and a woman in a dress carried out the robbery. Staff were forced to the ground before they grabbed luxury items and fled the scene. Greek Authorities Say they are going to crackdown on arson following major wildfires across the last month. Fires will be increased tenfold. Up to a maximum of 50,000 euros. She sentences could reach ten years stop the civil Production Minister said they need a change in mentality. Niceness as it picked up a Heartbeat Signalfrom a distant signal from a distant spacecraft accidentally lost contact with the wrong committed was that. Voyager two, launched in 1977, it is billions of kilometres away, is still broadcasting and said to be in good health. Warner brothers has apologised the causing offence to japan by linking its movie by peter oppenheimer. The film about the making of the first atomic bomb. Flippant memes have caused a backlash in the country. Nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more. There is a lot of publicity starring ray grassley and Margot Robbie Andindeed Ray Grassley and Margot Robbie and indeed its battle with the other big movie at the moment, oppenheimer. The story of robert oppenheimer, often known as the father of the atomic bomb. The battle has been branded barbenheimer and has led to a number of memes and social media, one of those showing Margot Robbie pars like her style as a mushroom cloud. The official barbie account replied to that, posting this in another meme Gillian Murphy is assured carrying Margot Robbie. The barbie account replied that that sparked outrage forjapan. A hashtag is trending. Japan of course is the only country to have suffered Nuclear Attacks. The barbie movie itself is due to be released on 11 august, just five days after the anniversary of the Nuclear Attacks on hiroshima in 1945. Warner brothers have apologised, posting a statement on the barbiejapan account which has been viewed over 36 million times. It said it was separately, the us hq for Warner Brothers gave the bbc this statement, saying in addition, twitter, which has now been rebranded x has added contacts to the original posts about the historical angle of those attacks onjapan. Thats nicky schiller. Youve been watching you stay. Before we 90, watching you stay. Before we go, A Reminder Of Ourtop Story donald trump has been charged with four cards after gradually examined his to overturn the 2020 election results. Charges include Conspiracy To Defraud the United States and that attempts to extract an official proceeding. Before the president has been summoned to appear in court on thursday in washington, dc. For more, go to the bbc news site. Alcoholics are running a live page we could find out the latest details. I am monica mueller. Thanks for watching. Mueller. Wet and windy weather on the way for wednesday. More on that in a second. But first of all, we start off with the news that for northern ireland, weve had the wettestjuly on record, with over double the averagejuly rainfall. Those records go back to 1836. It was also the wettestjuly on record for greater manchester, merseyside and lancashire as well. Now, weve got more rain to come through wednesday. This area of low pressure continues to strengthen and were going to see a swathe of particularly strong winds just running to the south of this hook of cloud you can see just here. Now, that is going to be working into the south west of the uk, but already those winds are picking up across south west england, across Southern Parts of wales, as our band of rain gets driven northwards and eastwards across much of the country. And, ok, its going to be a mild start to the day on wednesday, but those winds will continue to strengthen during the first part of the morning. The windiest weather works in across the south coast of england, where were looking at gusts of around 40 to 55 miles an hour. Even stronger for Northern France and the channel islands, where we could see gusts of 60 odd miles an hour. Now, winds that strong could bring down one or two trees, so you might find some localised disruption. You might also see the ferries running with even some cancellations or delays, so it might be worth checking before travelling if you have plans that way. Therell be plenty of heavy downpours for england and wales, some thunder mixed in, some really heavy downpours. But for northern scotland, well, this is probably where the brightest, driest weather is going to be. Youll manage a little bit of sunshine. It probably wont be too bad a day. Now, through wednesday night, the worst of the rain clears away eastwards, but you can still see some tightly packed isobars across the uk as we head into thursday. It will be a blustery day, with some of the strongest winds this time heading into northern ireland, driving in frequent showers here. Therell also be loads of showers for Northern Areas of scotland. But across inland areas, you probably have to wait, really, until the afternoon until we start to see those showers become really widespread and heavy. Now, its not going to be the warmest of days for for august, with temperatures generally high teens, maybejust about the low 20s. And that kind of Weather Pattern continues friday and into the weekend. We might even see some longer spells of rain across england and wales as the low pressure potentially moves its way in this weekend. But if youre fed up with being rained on over the last, what, six or seven weeks, better news for next week. It looks like we might have found the first signs of something that resembles summer late next week. Administration and the American Public at large. The us downgraded by fitch as debt grows. And as millions continue sweating under the extreme summer, we speak to one travel expert on how Holiday Plans have changed. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. Im monica miller. Well, the indictment of former us President Donald Trump isnt the only story making news today. Ratings agency fitch has downgraded americas top Credit Rating from aaa to aa plus. Fitch cited expected fiscal deterioration over the next three years, as well as growing Government Debt burden. Now, the downgrade also follows a Debt Ceiling Agreement injune that saw months of political brinkmanship. Credit ratings like these are used by investors to assess the risk profile of companies and government, us treasury and Us Government governments, rather. Now, the us treasury secretary, janet yellen, said that she disagreed with fitchs move and said it was based on outdated data. The white house has also said that the move defies reality and that they strongly disagree with the decision. Now cafe Giant Starbucks has unveiled Quarterly Earnings that beat expectations. The Worlds Largest coffee chain reported revenue of 9. 2 billion. Thats a jump of 12 from a year ago. The earnings were helped by a Consumer Recovery in china and a return to office in the United States. Michelle fleury has more