Good afternoon. Donald trump has been accused of plotting to overturn the result of the president ial election in 2020. Hes been charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, by spreading lies, dishonesty, fraud and deceit. Hes described the indictment as ridiculous. It is the third criminal case against mr trump whos already been accused of mishandling classified government documents and of covering up a Hush Money Payment to a porn star. Despite all that, hes still favourite to be the republican candidate in next years race for the white house. Our North America correspondent sean dilley reports. We love trump hes the first president to be charged with a federal crime. But if previous cases are anything to go by, Donald Trumps third indictment is only likely to boost his popularity with republican voters. The charges he faces, though, are serious. The 45 Page Indictment accuses the former president of knowingly spreading false claims about Election Fraud to trick and persuade
gilda hakim. a federaljudge in the united states has sentenced the founder of the far right militant oath keepers, stewart rhodes, to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to the storming of the us capitol on january the 6th, 2021. with the latest, here s our north america correspondentjessica parker. he was convicted at the back of last year, and now we ve learned that a federaljudge has sentenced him to 18 years in prison. prosecutors had actually sought a longer sentence of 25 years, but 18 years is what he s been given. in court, we understand he was pretty defiant, saying that he was a political prisoner something that the judge really wasn t having anything of, basically suggesting he still presented a peril to the country. in terms of what happened during the course of the trial, he wasn t the only member of the oath keepers who was on trial, and we expect some further sentencing over the coming days but he is the leader of this far r
as the energy price cap for businesses ends tomorrow we talk to companies feeling the heat of rocketing energy bills. sewage was discharged into england s waterways at the equivalent of 800 times a day last year according to the environment agency. and gwyneth paltrow wins her court case against the man who tried to sue her over a skiing accident. and coming up in the sport later in the hour the bbc news channel. we will discuss today s biggest talking points from here at the bbc sport centre. good evening. donald trump has become the first former us president to face criminal charges over money paid to the former porn star stormy daniels. the accusation or indictment was the result of a secret vote by a new york grand jury. that s a group of citizens who hear evidence and decide whether there s enough to charge someone with a crime. we don t know the specifics of the charge yet, but it centres on a payment made to stormy daniels after an alleged affair between her
continues across the continent. music. and finland s prime ministerfaces a backlash after a leaked video shows her dancing and singing at a party with celebrity friends. she says she did nothing illegal. we start with the war in ukraine. the leaders of ukraine, turkey and the un have been holding talks in the ukrainian city of lviv. one the agenda the situation at a nuclear power plant in the south of the country. it s here in the city of zaporizhia. and it s occupied by russian forces. kyiv has called for the plant to be demilitarised this is the ukrainian president. the nuclear security is a clear priority for everyone in the world, so russians should immediately and unconditionally withdraw its forces from the territory of the nuclear power plant, as well as stop any provocations and showings. it is unacceptable that russia is intentionally bringing us on the verge of a catastrophe in a global scale. the nuclear black man on the part of russia is a decisive argument