it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin with breaking news donald trump has become the first us president in history to be charged with a crime. he ll be charged in new york over alleged hush money given to a porn starjust before the 2016 presidential election. mr trump, who s running again for president, has repeated he s innocent and called the indictment political persecution and election interference . his son eric said it was the opportunistic targeting of a political opponent in a campaign year. the bbc s nada tawfik s outside the court in new york. we can speak to her now. it is late in the evening there, as i understand it, nada, and the press have been gathering, as you have pointed out. what has been the reaction of people who have been passing you by, talking to you about this? figs talking to you about this? as ou talking to you about this? sis you said, talking to you about this? is you said, a few moments ago, the district attorney was a
donald trump has become the first us president in history to be charged with a crime. he ll be charged in new york over alleged hush money given to porn starjust before the 2016 presidential election. mr trump, who s running again for president, has repeated he s innocent, and called the indictment political persecution and election interference. his son eric said it was the opportunistic targeting of a political opponent in a campaign year. in a moment, we ll get the view from washington with our correspondent nomia iqbal. first, let s go to the court in new york. the bbc s nada tawfik is outside the court in new york. you have been there for the last few hours. what is the latest now? latest now? well, we are caettin latest now? well, we are getting a latest now? well, we are getting a better - latest now? well, we are getting a better sense i latest now? well, we are getting a better sense of| latest now? well, we are - getting a better sense of how all of this is lik
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 porn 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 him centres on this woman, the porn star known as stormy daniels. ahead of trump s 2016 election win, she was paid $130,000 to stop her going public with claims she had had an affair with him something he denies. hi
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