Donald trump is due in court on thursday to face his most serious charge as yet prosecutor spring knew criminal cases alleging the former president conspired to overturn the 2020 election he lost plus at the womens world cup south africa. C and jamaica make it to the knockout stages for the 1st time in history. Meanwhile, brazil and superstar martha crash out of the tournament, the village, welcome to the show. Military chase from across west africa have meant to prepare for a possible armed intervention and the crew. An easier, but the echo was regional groups at a military option would remain a last resort. The block also sent a delegation to negotiate with the home to other neighboring countries have bound to fight in support of the cool leaders of the uncertainty. European countries have evacuated, many of their citizens on emergency flights of the, as im serious, indeed, hang sort of an easier as future. Hundreds on foreign nationals heating home evacuation slides has been carrying citizens, mostly from european nations, loved ones re uniting back and rone in paris. After a hasty exit this is the one point we really felt that sense of insecurity. We knew that everything to change at any moment. All of a sudden the situation felt on safe far and the offices have been coordinating to get as many people out as possible. More flights should showed for the coming days, with embassies keeping a close eye on developments. 7 said, we are always in favor of a diplomatic solution. That is why our Embassy Remains open and we will see what happens. Of course, we are for the restoration of democracy. And we will see how the situation develops with them as foreign nationals, fleet, the situation, the leaving behind looks increasingly precarious. Nigeria, which supplies stephen cheapest, seem to have me just electricity has caused its power supply to put pressure on crudely to me. Im a has come doctor pro to supposing the one to attend violence on sunday, but the mood is still team the one to shows no sign of backing down. Despite ultimatums from the eco wants block, we stand for can nations to reinstate asked and president mohammed buzzer if one that could use military force if necessary. So this include a top and there are probably gonna be just one event. Our close, well connected. What is shown on the united response, we must present you how to use or to start engine wont have to go knows in the gym, hit on grid on, on. She had experiences which dont oncology results but of a neva states of banking. The code for the governments of the key to fossil and molly headphones, that any intervention will be seen as an act of war. The clock is ticking down to find a resolution with eco wants, giving the one to one week to restore and meet you as democracy. For a closer look, lets bring in a lease bernard, shes the director of strategic stabilization advisors. A firm that provides guidance to organizations operating in conflict zone. She joins us now from washington, dc. Welcome to the double, you know, eco, was, has sent a delegation to me here to negotiate with the coo leaders. How likely do you think is a diplomatic solution at this point, its not fully clear how likely that will be successful. Obviously were all hoping it is and that theres some grounds for the act. Busy are still occasion to at least manage a restoration of Constitutional Order and hopefully some version of a transition to. Busy democracy, thats the ultimate goal. But right now its not fully clear, i think, well now on the coming days, how successful that is. And well certainly see that with regards to actions taken by other neighboring countries with regards to causing the borders or other kinds of economic sanctions. Those will be huge indicators to see how well those conversations have gone. Yet these sanctions things, measures that are being taken not only backwards but also the world bank. Now for example, and theyre putting a lot of pressure on the home to and im wondering how long can they keep the country up and running under the circumstances . Right, well and thats the thing to discuss, right . Because if i know these numbers might be a little bit outdated, but when i used to live in the insurance 2017220. 19 uh, the statistics for Something Like nearly half of new jersey g p itself is driven by international aid. So obviously with not a section in the worlds bank, but other European Partners were talking about a huge current. Any kind of assistance of the country is getting, pushing, mandatory and assistance. A significant portion of the country relies exclusively on access to food aid from the International Community from w p. So if any of that gets caught, which could happen, that would obviously certainly have impacts on daily lives, making some of the most Vulnerable People in the world. And one of the poorest countries in the world, even that much more vulnerable progress. Speaking though, i have got to say that even if the us does have secure use systems, which is most likely going to happen at this point, that does not cutting humanitarian and Development Aid for the Us Government. And the us does provide most of the funding to w p. So at least with regards to that, i think that were a little bit okay. But anytime you have a group of on rule, people who are losing access to basic resources for their ability to live every day, youll see them start resort, change more desperate measures. And given that there are multiple to hottest groups threatening multiple sides of our country, we can only imagine that particularly in the periphery on the border. And youre going to see increased recruitment, right . You for the scripts. Yeah. And these air has been the west key ally in the style for a long time. What will be the consequences if the country really descended into instability with all of these actors that you just mentioned, maybe seizing this moment. Theres a lot of really scary situations that can play out the one that im tracking the most right now, since ive been watching the expansion, or if you had a script since the whole and close to west africa over the past few years, is that new share was fever last remaining bulwark of stability, where the west had a pretty strong grasp on being able to repel and contain some of these jihad of scripts that were operating kind of freely in volume burkina faso. If the share becomes an impermissible place and a less reliable printer for the lesser and Security Partners to operate in and also Development Partners who do provide a lot of that chartering of about extreme is on the i think they were going to see the potential for an easier to become an open pathway for jihad us to expand their access and mobility, and then territorial expansion into coastal west africa. So not directly for and specifically that in and nigeria. Theres also a lot of speculation about a russian influence through the Wagner Mercenary group. Whats your assessment of, of the threats and not for him, maybe facing the country. Yeah, so theres a lot of talk on social media right now. The, some of this might have been fomented by gardner, where that russian dis, information has kind of escalated things. I dont see any bras each of those plans at this point. Obviously theres stuff that we just dont have access to in terms of intelligence reports that might suggest otherwise. But its my understanding that russia and or wagner group were not involved in this. That said, we have seen in malia burkina faso in particular, where they were involved in the actual to itself and the instability of the issues that led to the civilization of those democracies. But they came in afterwards and exploited the narrative, particularly the anti western anti imperialism and anti french heritage day kind of emerge in lock step with the 2 military hunters at the same time. So i think that we can expect them to do. Sure. Does leave bernard many thanks. Thank you so much for your time. Thank you. Donald trump is due to appear in a court and washington on thursday to face the latest and most serious charges against them. To date, prosecutors have brought for criminal charges relating to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The former us president and several of his allies are alleged to have conspired to subvert the transfer of power and keep him in Office Despite losing to jo bye. This may not be the 1st time trump has been criminally indicted. But it is the most serious legal threat he has faced so far. He has been charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and of the attempt to obstruct an official proceeding. A joint session of congress to certify president jo bidens 2020 election victory at the heart of this investigation is the january 6th attack. When thousands of people storms the us capitalize, are trying to bridge the capital. The special council jack smith, who filed the indictment, has blamed to trump for the violence the attack on our nations capital. On january 6th, 2021 was an unprecedented assault. And the seat of american democracy is described in the indictment. It was fueled by lies lies by the defended, targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the Us Government and nations process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the president ial election. Prosecutor said trump pushed fraud claims. He knew to be untrue. We had an election that was stolen from us and pressured state and federal officials to alter the results of the 2020 election. Well, i want to do is i just want to find the 11780. 00 loads, which is one more that we have. They also alleged that he also inside, at the january 6th riots on the us capital in a desperate attempt to cling to power the. Were going to walk down anyway and were going to june. Our brave senators and congressmen and women trump is due to appear before a federal court on thursday. Despite his legal blows. He remains the most popular republican running for president a lot to unpack, and for that i am pleased to welcome john cole handy. The distinguished professor at the winery university, delaware law school, missed your call, and welcome to d. W. In your opinion, how strong is the d o js case against donald trump . As well as 1st, thanks for inviting me. I appreciate it. The case is quite strong. Of course, it depends on the ability of the prosecutor to prove the allegations and the complaint. But to the extent those allegations can be proven, and theres plenty of evidence thats set forth in the indictment, its a very strong case. What are the things i think needs to be emphasized here . Is that, in addition to this idea of, of obstructing an official proceeding and trying to get the results change. The most fundamental claim in a way is that through all of these actions, the former president was essentially trying to deprive people of the right to vote. Or maybe more specifically to have their vote counted. And so i think all of those things or, or quite serious and theres quite a lot of evidence thats at least set forth in the indictment. Yeah. And trump has never publicly a minute though, that he didnt believe what he was telling the American People to be true. Is that how decisive could this not so minor detail become that is a thats, thats a great question. So even if you can prove the acts, you also have to show that the president had the state of mind where he was. He knew that what he was doing was in violation of law. And that can be sometimes more difficult than proving the acts. But in this case, its not simply that he, he was exercising his 1st amendment right to say these things. But that he was actually doing things. And this is what the prosecution will have to prove that he was doing things that he knew to be in further ins of, you know, a false statements that the new, or, you know, got new and its that the statements were false and that he intended to separate the election and you have to do that by a circumstantial evidence. You know, almost always its very difficult to get into someones brain. So youre using the premium, which it adds to prove what you need to prove in this case. And i think theyve got a very strong case here. Yeah. And the drum currently face is 3 indictments in different jurisdictions. How could these cases influence each others outcomes . You think so . Yeah, theyre, theyre all quite different. I think, you know, one is a, this kind of one off state claim which is based on the hush money payment to be a wedge charged funny amendment payment to a porn star. That was a wedge to have been dining further. And so heres an election that one kind of stands separately. The 2 federal charges are also quite different from each other. One is about concealment of documents after he left the presidency. And this one is about all of the events, not in yet, not limited to january, 6th that you what you will use to keep himself in power so they are quite different. The 4th indictment, which we strongly think is coming. Sometime this month is from the state of georgia, and that, that indictment when it is filed, as we expect it to be. That will connect up more closely with this 3rd indictment because the georgia indictment is also about trying to influence Public Officials to change the vote. So i think those 2 indictments will have a lot to do with each other. And you might see the judges trying to work out the timing and how those indictments are going to relate to each other. But those are the 2 that are that most closely connected with law Professor John calling. We appreciate your input. Thank you so much. Of course, thank you for having me as bringing up to speed now and some of the other stories making these around the world today. A gun man who stormed the synagogue and pittsburgh and killed 11 or so versed will be sentenced to death. The 15 year old perpetrators spread his hatred for jews and white supremacist, the leaves online before the shooting. The 2018 massacre and the tree of life synagogue was the deadliest anti semitic attack and us history. Circus president richard type, every one has failed to convince russias letting me put into rejoined a landmark green deal with ukraine in a telephone call on wednesday. He told president prove that it was a quote bridge for piece. Last month, rochelle pulled out of the afford brokerage bind turkey on the un that allow ukraine to explore. Grain via is lexi ports who lives in new bo frances has urged to europe to act as a peace maker and bring an end to the war. And ukraine, who was speaking at the start of a 5 day visit to portugal. The pontiff is there to celebrate the 1st world youth day since the pandemic. The dispute prussia has launched naval drills and the baltic sea involving dozens of warships. Im at high attentions with nearby nato members over the war and ukraine. The exercise called ocean shield 2023, are aimed at what rochelle calls testing the readiness of the navy to protect National Interests. This is the 2nd time russia is carrying out mass military drills in the Baltic States and finland became natos newest member back in april of this year. And for more we are joined now by our correspondent jennifer pocket, which lies from rica as the russian authorities. Close down d w s Moscow Bureau jennifer, good to see you. Tell us more about these drills to well, russia is known for holding military drills. Quite often. Lets think back to september 2022 where the bus stop exercise was held, and russia didnt contact this drill on its own, but with military forces from china, syria, india, nicaragua, just to name a few. But even more recently, in february of this year, that happened joint military drills by russia, south africa, and china, causing much backlash in regard to south africa participating. Russia even helped military drills and the arctic in april of this year when it comes to the most recent relo though, there is some information about how big it really was, even though the, the Russian Defense and industry is not always so forthcoming with data of military exercises this drill is called ocean shield. 2023, as we have mentioned and takes place in the waters of the baltic sea. And according to the Russian Ministry of defense, more than 30 warships, 20 supported vessels and 30 aircraft of the naval aviation. And russian aaron space force has participated in total that will be around 6000. 00 soldiers involved. The goal is to carry out more than 200. 00 combat exercises, including the use of weapons, the transportation of troops and military equipment, as well as practicing the defense of russia sea coast. Mm. Russia says that these drills are being held to test how ready the country is to protect its National Interests in the region. Now objectively, is there any threats to those interests as well, and you call, you could say that where, where is there is always a threat to National Interest is specially with a war in ukraine not going as planned for russia in terms of a quick victory. Also, the war is not happening far away, but heading close to home now for the general russian population that were around 16 drone attacks in the recent months and weeks on russia or illegally occupied territory by rush at lake crimea. For example, the most recent one, bedrooms hitting the business hop in moscow called moscow city. We also have to remember that even the kremlin was targeted by drones and the cry me in bridge, which was the same most of the inaugurated by putting in 2018 was also the target of 2 explosions. One in october, 2022 and one more recently in july 2023. This drill could be viewed as russia getting nervous and needing to prepare itself, or at least demonstrate its readiness to defend itself against the west. But we should not forget that this rhetoric of a western thread and quote, waging an undeclared war against russia by the west is often used by moscow when it comes to the military or military movements. As could be seen with the deployment of Russian Nuclear weapons to batteries, and also important pooty likes to show off russia as a military superpower in general. Not only to square possible enemies, but also to rush as population with military power play. He can keep his voters happy and dreaming of a russian empire. All right, dw, stand for pocket. Thank you for the. The workers across nigeria have gone on strike to protest the removal of government fuel subsidies. Petrol prices tripled after president and bullet, you knew by removed a discount, which was costing the government 10000000000. 00 a year. It was one of his key election promises and has been supported by the world bank and the i am at now. Protesters are demanding a higher minimum wage to help pay for fuel. Fed up with soaring costs. Hundreds of workers are striking. Stay one for 7. After the 2 main labor unions failed to reach deal with the government, i want the government to sit down and resume. We didnt, i do around people, many mistrust the governments policies and want to bring back the fuel subsidy. The unions have so far rejected incentives proposed by the state, claiming they dont do enough to shield the countrys pores from rising food and transport prices. Right now. Are the poor car no longer nigerians, but no longer we i and see the painters the oil rich west african nation in ports, the bulk of its petroleum because of problems with its refineries, the subsidies were keeping the prices down as a pump. But for a severe strain on the countries budget, workers struggling to make ends meet blame the governments mismanagement. The unions representing them are calling to stop the expense of exports and fix the existing refineries. Youve become a come come to court to do cuz i diluted went so far. We have no business republic one to go into to jerry answer grappling with the highest inflation in nearly 2 decades. The crowds of workers have made to advise you, sir. Im with a hardship brought upon them by the move out of your subsidy and the rising cost of living crisis in the country. They want the niger and government to take quick action. And at the womens world cup, south africa have made it into the not god stages for the 1st time offer, beating italy both sides knew a when would be enough to secure progression to the last 16 thrilling 5 goal and counter saw south africa come out on top, early on it when it leaves way up to just 11 minutes, they were awarded a penalty, and adiana cut also stepped up to put her side to head. But then her teammate, let the side down in a delta o c school, a spectacular own goal to put the schools level before half time. At this point, easily was still through, but it proved a costly era. As after the break, hilda, my guy then gave south africa lead the minutes continue to swing back and forth as easily restored parents in the 74 minutes meeting south africa would knocked out if the School Stayed at 2 o boss in the 90 seconds minute, hilda magnolia setup tim the tech atlanta for the historic winning go south africa. Go through to the knockout stages for the 1st time. As its in leon knocked out in group s, france thrashed, panama 63. 00, and their final group game to seal the top spot and match full of goals. Francis totty beyond he scored bash patrick. So 3 goals, starting with this one and then adding 2 penalties either side of the 1st time or is panama or now out of the turn. And there was a major surprise in group as, as well as brazil had been knocked out after a goal, a strong against jamaica, jamaica are through to the round of 16. For the 1st time ever though, neither side was able to score button jamaica had the better chances and a single point was enough for them to move in to the next round. Brazil legend march i had previously announced this would be for final worldcom. Itll be a sports corresponding tom good. Know, it was at the game in melbourne to witness marthas final world cub game in brazil. Color lets listen. Melbourne is proving a tricky patch for powerhouse nations. He at this was cop with 1st canada and now brazil. Seeing that time at the tournament caught sure in the stadium behind me, weve presented this departure to titan of the sport heads. Hope all time world cup top goal score, tomato had confirmed before this was comp that the solution to the competition would be her last and she saw it and with the wind power tonight as Jamaica Health fun to grind out through the whole country. Martha is a true icon and the face of womens football off the decades at the top of the game. Though, the world cup trophy will forever remain out of her reach. Her legacy will be defined by have many other achievements for jamaica progressing to the round of 16 is an Outstanding Achievement in and of itself. And best 1st ever welcome no count, much takes place back here in melbourne on tuesday. Having already exceeded expectations, they will have nothing to lose. And melvin may yet have another surprise in store as tom, good night from the world come in australia and with that we have reached our time. I am nicole really thank you so much for being with us. For watching the, the, with the news from roland conflict zone is up. Next, theres more news coming up at the top of the next hour. And dont forget, you can always get all the latest News Headlines around the clock on our website. That is, of course, dw season by the, entered the conflicts with sarah kelly. A carefully choreographed profession victory Day Celebration was a, thats showing military might on red square this week. My guess on complex ellen is nina cruz drove up. She has spent most of the war in moscow as russia prepared to face a ukrainian counter offensive. How safety is prudent positions . Thank you for inviting me. Conflict zone on dw, the all the good stuff for more little bagley basic goals, facing the countries beaches to las vegas and even from their own families. I can be the ones that are more valuable. I shrugged on the slicing social norms so you can use Self Determination goals. Escape from treasury and abuse. Starts oldest based on dw, the a carefully choreographed the russian victory Day Celebration was in that showing military might on red square of this week. But as proved and presided over the parade, you had little to show for the costly winter offensive, and ukraine have russians grown tired of the fighting. My guest on complex zone is nina cruz strove at professor of International Affairs at the new school in new