from washington. we ve had some indications, some pretty clear indications, for some time, that the district attorney in manhattan, in new york, was thinking about, or possibly thinking about, charging donald trump. he gave him the opportunity to appear before the grand jury, that is a precursor to an indictment coming down against someone. there has been a number of key hints in the last couple of weeks. this is coming to a head because we understand that the grand jury, which investigates these things, is perhaps seeing its last witness on monday and so there is some calculation going on here. donald trump believes that this is going to happen at some point next week. a lot of people think that may be true. the new york police department is preparing in case there is some sort of circus, some sort of spectacle, around that courthouse. there are some indications that this could be on the books but, you are right, there is nothing official from the district attorney that this
as to how long for. the scottish national party s chief executive and husband of its outgoing leader has resigned after the party reveled a sharp drop in its membership. hello to you in the uk and around the world the former us president, donald trump, says he expects to be arrested on tuesday and has called on his supporters to protest. in a post on his own social media platform, he claimed to have seen leaks from the manhattan district attorney s office which is yet to comment. mr trump is accused of paying hush money to an alleged mistress. supporters and detractors of the former us president have also talked about it. i mean, this isjust beyond ridiculous at this point. i mean, you can keep going after him and the outcome is all going to be the same, and it s only going to incite more people to come out and support, 0k? that s what it s about. the more people we have to show everybody, it doesn t matter, we are still going to support him and he s going to win. what ha
more than 43 people, including a baby, have died after a boat carrying migrants sank in rough seas off the southern italian mainland according to the coastguard. dozens of bodies were found on a beach near a seaside resort in the calabria region, with others found in the waters nearby. these pictures from the italian coastguard were filmed in darkness, early on sunday morning and you can see the wreckage of the boat. one local official has suggested as many as 150 people had been onboard. rescuers are still searching for survivors, after the vessel reportedly broke apart near the coastal town of crotone. the coastguard says 80 people are known to have survived but a large search and rescue effort continues on land and at sea. the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyenm urges eu asylum reform after italy migrant deaths. richard galpin reports. this is all that remains of the wooden boat in which so many people died last night as they tried to reach th