hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the us. donald trump has spoken publicly for the first time since he was charged with 3a counts of falsifying business records, saying the legal action is an insult to america. the former us president earlier pleaded not guilty to hiding damaging information during the 2016 election. speaking to his supporters, mr trump said his only crime was to fearlessly defend the nation from those who would destroy it. in a campaign style speech, he lambasted the biden administration and repeated the false claims that he d been cheated out of office in 2020 by voting fraud. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. cheering and applause. from the beginning, the democrats spied on my campaign, remember that? they attacked me with an onslaught of fraudulent investigations, russia, russia, russia, ukraine, ukraine, ukraine, impeachment oaks number one, impeachment oaks number o
was killed by a bomb blast at a cafe where he was due to speak. female afghan employees of the united nations have been banned from working by the taliban. that s according to the un itself. until now, the un mission had been exempt from a ban on aid agencies using female staff. a un spokesman said the order was part of a disturbing trend. french president emmanuel macron is due to arrive in china later. he s seeking beijing s help to end the ukraine conflict. his trip comes after intense pressure at home following plans to raise the retirement age in france. a fund set up by campaigner dame deborahjames, who died last year, has raised £11.3 million for cancer research. bowel babe was set up a month before her death, to raise money for cancer research uk. it had an initial target