Mr trump responded by posting a Campaign Statement on his social media channel truth social. He likened his prosecution to the lawless persecution in nazi germany. Shortly after the charges were announced, he sent out a Campaigning Email vowing to continue his campaign for the white house. Heres our north america editor, sarah smith is in washington and has sent this report. Die hard Trump Supporters were anything but distraught as they learned of the latest charges against him. These people do believe hes being unfairly persecuted, but also that he can beat the rap. Hes going to be the case. I think its helping his popularity. Most people will believe hes a martyr, you know, just being persecuted, and i think he will get more votes. I pledge allegiance keeping a Vigil Outside of a washington prison that has some of the january 6th rioters, they think this largely democratic city will be hostile territory for a trump trial. Do you think that if a dcjury finds donald trump guilty, am i going to think that that was legitimate . Laughter. No. I Donald John Trump do solemnly swear. President trump swore to defend the constitution of the united states. But now hes accused of spreading lies and deceit, in a desperate attempt to stay in power, despite knowing he had lost the 2020 election. The police are now running back. The violent attack on january 6th was, say prosecutors, a result of his prolific lies, as he deliberately created nationwide mistrust and anger. The attack on our Nations Capital on January 6th 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. As described in the indictment, it was fuelled by lies. Lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a Bedrock Function of the us government, a nations process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the president ial election. Mr trump claims he is being politically persecuted and that his treatment is reminiscent of nazi germany in the 1930s. Why did they wait two and a half years . You know why . Because hes leading in the polls because theyre afraid of him becoming president and dismantling the party dismantling the deep state the parade in iowa always features gary leffler he went to support trump in washington on the 6th ofjanuary, but didnt break into the capitol. The democrats, their new playbook is to whoever the republican nominee is, they are going to try to press Criminal Charges on him. I dont like it but, you know, thats the way they decide to do it. This state will be the first to pick a republican candidate, so voters here follow politics closely and were fully expecting mr trump to be charged with trying to overturn the election. Given all the legal troubles that there are right now, i dont think that hes a viable candidate. And every time he gets indicted, his poll numbers seem to go up and he gets more popular, more people want him to be president. Because he has people believing that this is all deep state against him, and he is there protecting them from the deep state that is going to take over this country. Donald trump insists he will continue his president ial campaign, even if he is convicted and jailed for trying to overturn the results of the last election. Sarah smith, bbc news. Lets hear from attorney and National Security analyst ari aramesh who gave me a breakdown of what the allegations mean. I want to just give you the gist of the indictment, these four counts. It comes down to the former president knowingly, with full knowledge, that his claims about a rigged election were false. This information was given to him by his attorney general at the time, bill barr, told him that the Election Fraud claims were bogus by the secretary of defence, by attorneys at the white house, by lawyers from the Justice Department and by senior advisers, including people in the department of homeland security. So what it boils down to is this, the president knowingly insisted on perpetuating certain lies with the goal in mind, with the school to overturn the results of a legitimate with this goal to overturn the results of a legitimate election. Now you have counts for defrauding the united states, conspiracy, so on and so forth, but, again, it is about knowledge and knowingly committing criminal acts in order to overthrow the results of an election, which in this country, its the most sacred thing we have and we dont have an official process to hand over her the transition of power, it does during inauguration and it is during a president s conceding his or her defeat, and when you dont do that and when you decide and insist knowingly and falsely that you have not in fact lost the election, youre questioning and bringing under a cloud of uncertainty, our entire secret election process. Lets talk about timing here, because timing is everything. We are going to see these trials happening, potentially happening before and after an election . That is the key point, isnt it . Timewise, it is unlikely anything significant is going to happen before the election and that is significant, isnt it . First of all, in a criminal case, the defendant is entitled to a speedy trial, in this case, the defendant probably does not want a fair and speedy trial, so thats one thing. This case in particular has been assigned to a very, very highly professionaljudge and the district of columbia. She is known for handing out pretty tough sentences for criminal offenders, and secondly, i think this case is going to go to trial perhaps sooner than the case down in florida. But lets come up with a couple of scenarios. Lets say the president loses his trial. He will still be a free man until the results come out from his, after he exhausts all his options for appeal. Even then, none of these charges prevent the president from running or holding office. He did not violate the insurrection, the third section of the 14th Amendment that says if you were convicted of an insurrection and rebellion then you can no longer hold high office. Even if you commit murder in this country, you can still run, win election and go to office. So lets say he loses his trial, he becomes president , he can pardon himself. Lets say he loses trial, hes injail, can he still pardon himself because hes won the election . These are murky waters here. But again, the fact that i think this case is going to go and move on rather faster than the case in florida, but above all of this, these are two federal cases. Hes pending trial in new york, that is a state trial, and perhaps in georgia. If convicted in state trials for a state crime, then the president cannot pardon himself up. So what happens if you have a president at the white house was wanted by the state of new york or georgia . As always, you can find out much more on what is happening on the bbc website if you want more information on that story. The stepfather of a io month old boy has been found guilty of his murder at derby crown court. Police say that the baby, jacob crouch, suffered a living hell at his home in derbyshire before he was killed by 39 year old craig crouch in 2020. The boys mother, gemma barton, was cleared of murder and manslaughter but was found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a child. Their Sentencing Hearing is due to take place on friday. Phil mackie has been at the court and a warning some viewers will find his report distressing. A smiling, giggling baby, but during jacob crouch� s short life, he endured what was described as a Culture Of Cruelty at the hands of his mother, gemma barton, and stepfather craig crouch. Can you feel or hear any breathing . No. Hes. Hes gone. Hes stone cold and hes gone stiff. This is the 999 call made after they found jacobs lifeless body in his cot, five days after christmas in 2020. They met on a dating site when she was four months pregnant. They quickly moved in together. And jurors were told that their relationship meant everything to them. Crouch was even named as father onjacob� s birth certificate. They pretended to be good parents. Barton said thatjacob was her bundle ofjoy. Crouch said that he doted on his stepson. But in reality, jacobs life was one of relentless misery. In Text Messages shared in court, they called him a devil. They talked about their cruel punishments. And whenever he cried, they would smack him and send him to bed. This footage from her phone shows crouch joking about whetherjacob had been killed. Is everything all right . Uhhuh. Its very quiet in there, have you killed him . No i wouldnt mind if you had barton and crouch were arrested on suspicion ofjacobs murder nearly a week after he died. Im arresting you on suspicion of murder ofjacob. Would you like to say anything . It may harm your defence. At the time of his death, jacob had 39 rib fractures, i9 visible bruises, and a perforated bowel, which led to a fatal infection. He was only ten months old. Jacob crouch was born into a Culture Of Cruelty, where both of the people who he should have been able to trust above any other allowed him to be subjected to assault after assault. Heartbreakingly, for much ofjacobs short life, he would have been in significant pain as a result of the serious and repeated assaults. Craig crouch has been found guilty ofjacobs murder. Gemma barton was cleared of murder, but convicted of causing or allowing her sons death. Neither have explained how, or why, jacob died. Phil mackie, bbc news, derby. Lets turn to niger where major cities are facing Rolling Blackouts following last weeks coup in the west african country. The Power Shortages are a result of Nigeria Cutting supplies to its northern neighbour. With a number of European Countries already evacuating their citizens from niger the us says it may also evacuate staff and families from its embassy, which currently remains open. The uk says its prioritising getting british citizens out of the country to safety. Well todays power cuts come into effect as a delegation from the west Africa Regional bloc, eco was, arrived in niger to continue meditation. Some countries in the region have come to the defence of the new leadership, including burkina faso, mali, and guinea declaring that any Military Invention in the country would be considered a declaration of war. The situation is fluid ive been speaking to dr Olayinka Ajala a researcher of nigerian tensions at Leeds Beckett university. He began by explaining why nigeria has cut electricity to niger. I think it is in a bid to put pressure on the ruling juntas, if i can call them that. At the moment of negotiation, they have not yielded any positive outcome, so the feeling is that if they put more pressure on then, they might actually cause them to reconsider or cause of the citizens and start to think well, maybe this is not worth it at the end of the day. How likely is that that that is going to work . Well, i dont think its likely to work, to be honest, because weve seen what happened in the last 2a hours. The new leaders, they have support from burkina faso and mali, as your correspondent said, so i dont think that would work, but we are hoping that the delegation, which are currently in niger, left by the former military president of nigeria. As was mentioned in your reports, might actually bring out some for of compromise, but it is still unclear at the moment. Compromise, but it is still unclear at the moment. Looking at ecowas and the work at the moment. Looking at ecowas and the work they at the moment. Looking at ecowas and the work they are at the moment. Looking at ecowas and the work they are doing, at the moment. Looking at ecowas and the work they are doing, how and the work they are doing, how much is not compromised by the fact that we have had support, quite frankly, from other countries for the current Coup Government in niger, in particular burkina faso and mali have said that any attack on that country would be considered a declaration of war. It to on that country would be considered a declaration of war. A declaration of war. It to it more difficult, a declaration of war. It to it more difficult. To a declaration of war. It to it more difficult, to be a declaration of war. It to it more difficult, to be honest. A declaration of war. It to it more difficult, to be honest. In a declaration of war. It to it more difficult, to be honest. In the a declaration of war. It to it morej difficult, to be honest. In the last hour, a spokesperson for eco was came out and said, well, forces will be a last resort, so i think they are trying to change the rhetoric in order to give some room for negotiation and see whether or some form of diplomatic tactics that work can be more effective. Can be more effective. Briefly, they ma , wh can be more effective. Briefly, they may. Why does can be more effective. Briefly, they may, why does this can be more effective. Briefly, they may, why does this matter . Can be more effective. Briefly, they may, why does this matter . Can i can be more effective. Briefly, theyl may, why does this matter . Can you explain in the regional sense why it is important that, you know, we bring some sort of solution to the niger . Its bring some sort of solution to the nicer . � , bring some sort of solution to the nicer . � ,. , niger . Its very important because nicer is niger . Its very important because niger is such niger . Its very important because niger is such a niger . Its very important because niger is such a big niger . Its very important because niger is such a big ally, niger . Its very important because niger is such a big ally, not niger . Its very important because niger is such a big ally, notjust i niger . Its very important because niger is such a big ally, notjust a l niger is such a big ally, notjust a West African States but also to europe. They been a key ally in helping with legal migration to europe for a couple of years now and that work worked quite effectively and they been a really reality ally in the fight against terrorism, niger is central because they occupy a very large portion and have been very useful in these groups, so its important to bring them on board. A man who killed 11 people at a synagogue in the us City Of Pittsburgh has been sentenced to death. Seven other people, including five police officers, were injured when Robert Bowers opened fire at The Tree Of Life synagogue five years ago. The ruling needed a unanimous vote from the I2 Memberjury for the Death Sentence to be imposed. Around the world and across the uk. This is bbc news. Lets look at some other main stories in the uk this hour. The Prime Minister has said nadine dorries� s constituents are not being properly represented. The former Culture Secretary announced injune she was standing down as mp for Mid Bedfordshire with immediate effect. However, she later said she would not resign until she got more information about why she was denied a peerage in Boris Johnsons resignation honours list. The number of people missing payments on essential Household Bills like energy, phone and water is as high as it was over the winter, thats according to Consumer Group which . They estimate that around 2. 4 million households missed at least one bill payment in the month to mid july. Which also said 770,000 failed to make mortgage or rent payments. A court has ruled an american fugitive who fled to scotland after attempting to fake his own death to avoid prosecution can be extradited to the united states. Nicholas rossi is accused of rape in the state of utah. A sheriff ruled there is no legal barrier to his extradition and the decision will now be taken by Scottish Government ministers. Youre live with bbc news. Thousands of Women In Africa will die in pregnancy and childbirth as a result of cuts to the uks overseas aid budget. Thats the warning from an internal Foreign Office report, which has been made public by mps. The port, across from romania, serves as the main Alternative Route out of ukraine for Grain Exports since russia reintroduced to think that theres going to be a detrimental impact mainly on women and semi different countries. Like a and semidifferent countries. Like a serious issue. And semidifferent countries. Like a serious issue, disproportionately. Serious issue, disproportionately these cuts affect women and disabled people. The uk has a strong reputation when it comes to International Development and this slashing of the budget for the past two and half three years and has damage that uks reputation around the world. ~. , a nswer to answer to this, then . Welcome every single conservative mp that stood in the conservative campaign on a Manifesto Commitment or policy platform of committing to the 0. 7 to the aid budgets, but sadly that was cut by the former chancellor to 0. 5 . And if you look at the cuts facing yam income if you look at the cuts facing programmes for women and children in afghanistan, it is quite heartbreaking to see those statistics and numbers. 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I went to see the Uk Aid Budget Being used to help people get to health care, get clean water, women and girls into education, medicare, all of those things, and the government has basically lost control of the crisis. The home office is out of control, they cannot manage these properly and there are so many failures when it comes to the conservative government running the home office. Its made the situation far worse than it has to be. , ~ the situation far worse than it has to be. , the situation far worse than it has to be. ~ , the situation far worse than it has to be. ,. To be. Ok, thank you very much indeed. Ukraines deputy Prime Minister says a russian drone attack has damaged a0 thousand tonnes of grain planned for china, israeland countries in africa. Ukraines Defence Ministry says a grain silo was damaged in the Danube Port Of Izmail in the 0desa region. The port, across from romania, serves as the main Alternative Route out of ukraine for Grain Exports since russia reintroduced its defacto blockade of ukraines Black Sea Ports Last month. And we stay with ukraine, because as the country continues to make small gains on various fronts across the east and south of the country its also battling a second, but no less aggressive frontline in the form of russian propaganda. While disinformation has been used as a tactic since the war started back in 2014 when moscow annexed crimea its become increasingly targeted, honing in on ukrainian frontline female soldiers particular. 0lga Malchevska travelled to ukraine to investigate and sent us this report. Small steps on the road to recovery. My name is andriana. Im a soldier, servicewoman. A female soldier and a special unit markswoman. Adriana is one of the best known members of Ukrainian Armed forces. Her unit drove over a landmine last december. Russian media reported she had been killed, describing her death in graphic detail and calling her two days ago, i was talking with him and he said to me that, mum, remember when we were a family and when we loved each other . So after two years of absence of me, and that he tried to remember a period when we were a family and we loved each other. And i tried to explain to him that we now are family and we love each other. But the period is such. A normalfamily life is some way off. Adriana is now preparing to return to the front line. The price paid is already too high to give up. 0lga Malchevska, bbc news. Live pictures of mexico city, and Mexican Restaurant tours trying to be the world record of the longest sandwich. If the camera could just stop moving, it weighs 900 kilos. Good luck to them, i hope theres some egg mayo in there too. Hello there. This is not the sort of weather wed get this time of the year usually, and we have to wait until later, next week for any significant improvements. Now today, earlier on, we had gusts of 60mph on the Isle Of Wight the winds are not as strong now, along the south coast of england. And there was some sunshine around as well here and there in between the downpours. And this was the radar from earlier on we had some thundery downpours developing across some southern parts of the uk, and that more persistent rain across northern parts of england keeping it particularly chilly here. And its all been due to yet another area of low pressure that steered right over the uk and that was storm patricia, named by the french met service, with greater impacts across that part of europe. But things are going to calm down as we head into the night because the strong, gusty winds will continue to ease, the more persistent rain and thunderstorms move away, it does turn drier some clearer spells developing later on in places, as well, and temperatures by dawn around about 11 13 celsius. Storm patricia, that area of low pressure will be heading into southern scandinavia, taking the wet and windy weather with it. And then, as we head into thursday, the wind direction changes. We get a cooler north to northwesterly breeze, but it may well be a dry day for many places. Therell be some sunshine, particularly early on. Cloud will build up, though, almost anywhere could see a shower, and some of them will be heavy and thundery especially, i think, across Southeast Scotland and northern parts of england. But if you get a bit of shelter from that northerly wind, places like glasgow could see temperatures up to 20 celsius. It should be warmer in the southeast, as well, with fewer showers around here. But thats not really the story on friday again, most of the showers down the eastern side of england, thundery downpours developing in the southeast and east anglia this time. Probably not quite as windy on friday, and many Western Areas will have a dry day with some sunshine. But again, its not that warm 18 celsius in belfast, 19 in cardiff at best here. Still cooler air over the next few days, because the jet stream is to the south of the uk, and then, itll come right over the uk and that means we could see another area of low pressure heading our way by the time we get into saturday. Another weekend, another area of low pressure, more wet and windy weather, a bit like today. The worst of it across england and wales. This is bbc news, the headlines. The most serious Criminal Charge yet donald trump is accused of plotting to overturn the 2020 election result. The singer lizzo famous for her body positive messages is sued by three former dancers for alleged Sexual Harrassment and fat shaming. And 0rca alert well look at why the whales are deliberately hitting boats in the southwestern tip of europe. Lets return to our main story this hour and donald trump has been criminally charged with plotting to overturn his defeat in the 2020 us president ial election. Hes charged with four counts in the 45 page indictment brought by special counseljack smith. With this latest indictment adding to a raft of legal problems, donald trump has a very busy few months ahead. 0ur reporter Naomi Choy Smith has the timeline. Well, donald trump is said to set to appear in Federal Court this thursday in this latest case related to efforts to overturn the 20 20 president ial election. And Special Counciljack Smith said hes pushing for a speedy trial, which means this could well be going on in the middle of the next us president ial election, which takes place in november next year 2020 election. But of course, this is the third indictment mr trump is facing. And the other two cases, which are unrelated,