we start with breaking news. the former us president donald trump says he will be arrested on tuesday of next week. he made the announcement on his online platform, truth social. he did not give details of any charges he may face, but called for protest and for his supporters to take our nation back . mr trump is currently campaigning for the republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election. we re still trying to establish exactly what charges mr trump might face, if any. we hope to be speaking to an expert about this in the coming minutes and hours. in the meantime, let s go over exactly what we do know. donald trump has said that he expects to be arrested on tuesday in a case not by the manhattan district attorneys office. he has posted this on his own social media platform, truth social. donald trump said, without providing evidence, i have to say, that, i am quoting here, providing evidence, i have to say, that, iam quoting here, illegal leaks from the manhatta
the former us president donald trump has claimed he expects to be arrested on tuesday. over a long running alleged hush money case. he made the announcement on his online platform, truth social, calling for protest, and for his supporters to take our nation back . mr trump is currently campaigning for the republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election. i m joined now by our correspondent david willis in washington. donald david willis in washington. trump says he will be arrested donald trump says he will be arrested on tuesday. we don t know on what basis, or on what charges. do we have any more detail on that? well, i think do we have any more detail on that? well, ithink it do we have any more detail on that? well, i think it is very important to put this into context, and there is quite a bit of context here. what donald trump seems to be railing against in this tweet on his truth social social media platform is illegal leaks, as he calls them, by the manhattan
live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. republicans have criticised president biden over the amount of time it took to shoot down a chinese observation balloon that flew across the united states. china has said shooting down the balloon was an obvious over reaction. the diplomatic fall out is continuing, as warships try to recover the debris. secretary of state antony blinken was due to be in beijing this week, but he postponed the trip after the balloon was discovered. barbara plett usher reports from beijing. for days, this solitary object floated serenely through us airspace, putting a diplomatic crisis onto television screens in real time. was it a harmless weather balloon, as the chinese claimed, or a spy in the sky? moments after it arrived over the atlantic, the us brought an explosive end to the drama. that trail of white vapour you see on the left of the screen is an american fighterjet heading for the balloon. the second vapour trail is fr
and that s crucial to moving toward our enduring goal of palestinians and israelis enjoying equal measures of freedom, security, opportunity, justice and dignity. president biden remains fully committed to that goal. we continue to believe the best way to achieve it is through preserving and then realising the vision of two states. as i said to the prime minister, anything that moves us away from that vision is in ourjudgment detrimental to israel s long term security and its long term identity as a jewish and democratic state. you heard secretary blinken there referring to a two state solution to the israeli palestinian conflict. what that envisions is an independent palestinian state in the west bank alongside israel, withjerusalem as their shared capital. next let s hear what the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu had to say. to, perhaps achieve dramatic breakthroughs that i think could be both historic and enormously significant in our common efforts to bring
welcome to bbc news. our top story today: the us defense secretary says he had a rare phone call with his russian counterpart in the aftermath of a collision between a russian fighterjet and a us drone. the race is now on to recover the wreckage of the drone which is thought to be twelve hundred metres deep in the black sea. russia has also said it will try to find the wreckage. meanwhile, america s top general said the whole incident was a result of russia s increasingly aggressive behaviour in the area. us defense secretary lloyd austin gave this update earlier. as i ve said repeatedly, it s important that great powers be models of transparency and communication. and the united states will continue to fly into operate where ever international law allows. and it is incumbent upon russia to operate its military aircraft in a safe and professional manner. ukraine s foreign told the bbc that incidents such as this are inevitable until russia leaves crimea. our diplomatic corr