queues to get through security during the easter holidays. the former olympic and paralympic athlete, oscar pistorius, applies for parole after serving half his sentence for shooting and killing his girlfriend. hello and welcome to bbc news. donald trump has become the first former us president to face a criminal prosecution. the charges relate to falsifying business records to hide a payment to a pawn star, stormy daniels, before the 2016 election. in a statement, mr trump said the democratic authorities in new york were doing joe biden s dirty work accusing them of interferring in next year s presidential election. john sudworth reports. the masssed ranks of the media say it all. donald trump s provided plenty of big moments in american politics, but few bigger than this his own imminent arrest. the news was confirmed in an angry statement from the former president, blaming his political opponents. the democrats, he said, have done the unthinkable. the case against hi
could go out of business as the government scales back its energy support this weekend. good morning from manchester, where i will speak to businesses facing a huge increase in their bills. good morning, a wet start across england and wales in particular. we have coastal gales through the english channel. in scotland and northern ireland, cloud with showers. temperatures lower than yesterday. good morning it s friday the 31st march. our top story. donald trump will become the first us president in history to face criminal charges after a grand jury voted to indict him over a payment made to a former porn star. stormy daniels claimed she had an affair with him and was given a hush payment during the 2016 presidential election campaign. mr trump says he has been the victim of a witch hunt. our correspondent john sudworth reports. the masssed ranks of the media say it all. donald trump s provided plenty of big moments in american politics, but few bigger than this his own immi
after appearing in court in moscow. brazil s former president, jair bolsonaro, has returned to the country after three months of self imposed exile in the united states. and, one of the biggest creatures ever to walk the earth, a patagotitan dinosaur goes on display at the natural history museum in london. here in the uk, a man s been found guilty of murdering a nine year old girl who was shot in her home in liverpool. olivia pratt korbel was killed when shot were fired through herfrontdoor, fatally hitting olivia in the chest. her mother was also injured. earlier our correspondent rowan bridge was outside manchester crown court where the case was heard. olivia s family, her mum, her olivia s family, her mum, her brother and sister have been here for most of the trial over the last three of a half week sobbed at the verdict was absurd, and when the family came out, of course, out of the courtroom, they called the police officers who have been involved in the investigation.