Of a candidate for the president ial election next year, donald trump, facing serious criminal charges that he tried to overturn the result of the last election in 2020, which was won byjoe biden. Mr trump, who was president between 2016 and 2020, is charged with four counts of plotting to subvert the 2020 election result. The 45 page indictment, or charge sheet, accuses him of knowingly spreading Pervasive And Destabilising Lies about Election Fraud that threatened american democracy. Each charge carries a maximum sentence of between five and 20 years. Mr trump said the charges had awoken the world to the corruption, scandal and failure that has taken place in the us underjoe biden. The former president has now been impeached twice, arrested twice and charged in three criminal cases. In the other two, hes accused of mishandling secret documents, and of covering up a payment to a porn star. Heres our north america editor, sarah smith. Die hard trumpsupporters were anything but distraug
the us says there will be more attacks against houthi forces in yemen after overnight american and uk airstrikes which hit more than thirty positions. the houthis, who are backed by iran, have been targetting vessels in the red sea since november they say this is in support of the palestinians in gaza. they are one of several militias in the middle east with iranian backing. the us targeted others in syria and iraq earlier this weekend and there ve been funerals today in baghdad after 17 people were killed. our international editor jeremy bowen considers whether there is any chance of a cessation of the conflict at the heart of all this between israel and hamas in gaza. rafjets took off from the british base in cyprus for the long flight to hit houthi targets in yemen. other western allies also affected by houthi attacks on shipping decided not to join the american air strikes. britain said these raids do not escalate a widening war in the middle east. others in the mid
it covers small and medium sized companies which should give us insight into how china s public sector is doing. 0n china s public sector is doing. on tuesday australia central bank will be meeting and investors will be watching to see if authorities will hold steady or hike the cost of borrowing because of inflation concerns. earlier, ispoke borrowing because of inflation concerns. earlier, i spoke to peter maguire of xm.com and he said he expected to see movement from tokyo on the japanese yen. i movement from tokyo on the japanese yen- japanese yen. i think there would not japanese yen. i think there would not be japanese yen. i think there would not be surprised. - japanese yen. i think there i would not be surprised. they had done it in the last six or a months as far as intervention when it approaches the 145 150 sort of handle so we will not be surprised to seek intervention sometime injuly. australia central bank will be meeting this week as well. it is a tricky
is these tensions, if they escalate and change into something more meaningful, i think that certainly we will have a huge reaction in the market, but for now i don t really see anything more meaningful coming into the market. ~ . market. we have reached the halfway point market. we have reached the halfway point of market. we have reached the halfway point of 2023. - market. we have reached the halfway point of 2023. how. halfway point of 2023. how would you describe the health of the global economy? that was a really intriguing of the global economy? that was a really intriguing question. - a really intriguing question. throughout this year, central banks and lawmakers have been focused on containing inflation, bringing inflation under control, and a lot of these banks have failed to bring the inflation to the target level, which is still running quite high, so especially in the uk the cost of living crisis is a huge issue, and inflation data last week has already show