hello and welcome to the programme. we begin with breaking news coming out of the united states in the past half hour donald trump has become the first former united states president to face criminal charges. the case in new york relates to alleged hush money payments to an adult entertainer before the 2016 election. mr trump denies wrongdoing. i m joined now by our washington correspondent gary o donoghue. great to get you on the programme. i know that information is coming in fast and furiously. give us the latest of what we have heard today. it is worth pausing for a moment and realising that this is really a true moment in history. that where it is overly used, but this is a moment in history, the first time ever that an american president or former president has been charged with a crime. now, we know this investigation has been going on for some time. we know it relates to payments made to an adult film star before the 2016 general election. we don t know the details
i ll tell yo u that now. also tonight, take a look at a screen. in a minute, w youe will hear fy our very own sarah carter righth here on set, who was accosted ae by far left protesters on the streets of new york . here s a quick preview of what went down and out of here. get out of here. get out of here with this fireball. we are here in peace and love from your general liberal pea democratic psycho. anyway, we havove the full videt . thank god she s okay.ad, sh straight ahead, she lle telllll us a story, but we begin only a few blocks away where former president trump was arraigned on thirty four felony charges. now, yesterday, for allegedly mislabeling a couple of documents, basically. now, of course, these charges were cooked up and stacked by a manhattan d.a. by the name of alvin bragg. if any fansf al hervie to ful a political fantasy campaign promise, which i have a big problem with , and like many liberals, dreams of seeing donald trump in orange jumpsuit onne b
now on bbc news, the media show. a warning this programme contains flashing images. hello and welcome to this week s edition of the media show. in a minute we would talk about spotify, the was most popular music streaming platform, spending almost $1 billion on podcasting as well. but also the different developments coming out of spotify at the moment and its ceo is saying perhaps they got carried away with new investments. we will try to unpack what is going on and what it means for making money off music streaming and podcast. first of all, would talk about the fallout from a new bbc documentary about the indian prime minister, narendra modi. it is on iplayer at the moment and it explores tensions between narendra modi and the indian was minority and specifically look for claims around his role in the 2002 riots in which over 1000 people died. the programme was not broadcast in india but it has caused a few were all there. first of all, let s watch a short clip from the doc
so much happening. and thang us k you for joining . amateur hour. that s the focus of tonight s angle now in a small community, north dighton, massachusetts, the feds showed up in full gear. they even brought an armored vehicle all to take into custody. elon svehicle grant.orce a twenty one year old air force national guardsman. tod the justice department arrested jacayk douglas tachira in connection with ane in investigation into toalleged unauthorized removal,n retention and transmission of classified nationa l defense. information. tachira is an employee o f the united states air forcenfora national guard. we will share more informationti at the appropriate time. actually , the appropriatee l time is now. so the angle will shar ear more information and provide some much needed context. first, let s understanlet d what the biden administration is trying to do here. it s somehow tryin g to turnes in one of the worst intelligence breaches of the past two decades. th dec
of the government s plans. hundreds of thousands of workers go on strike in uk today more could be the biggest walk of industrial action since last year. a state of emergency has been declared in malawi with more than 200 people now confirmed dead after storm freddy hit southern africa for the second time in a month. and a small number of wolves have started to settle in belgium, for the first time in more than 100 years, as numbers increase across europe. hello and welcome to bbc news. let s begin today with the latest from pakistan, where the police appear to have stopped the operation to arrest the former prime minister imran khan. it appears to be due to a cricket match taking place. they say they will resume trying to arrest him afterwards. unrest continued in lahore through the night as imran khan s supporters clashed with security forces after police made another attempt to arrest him on a court order. he has accused the authorities there of acting outside the law in t