could go out of business as the government scales back its energy support this weekend. good morning from manchester, where i will speak to businesses facing a huge increase in their bills. good morning, a wet start across england and wales in particular. we have coastal gales through the english channel. in scotland and northern ireland, cloud with showers. temperatures lower than yesterday. good morning it s friday the 31st march. our top story. donald trump will become the first us president in history to face criminal charges after a grand jury voted to indict him over a payment made to a former porn star. stormy daniels claimed she had an affair with him and was given a hush payment during the 2016 presidential election campaign. mr trump says he has been the victim of a witch hunt. our correspondent 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 immi
in bucha. and king charles attends ceremonies in germany commemorating those who died in world war ii. welcome to the programme. we start in the us. donald trump has become the first former us president to face a criminal prosecution. the precise charges against him have not yet been made public, but they re thought to relate to falsifying business records to hide a payment to a porn star during the 2016 election campaign. it s alleged stormy daniels was paid off in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair. mr trump denies any wrongdoing, calling the indictment political persecution and election interference. 0ur north america correspondent, 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. this is an abc news special. now reporting, david muir. we are coming on the air early because of breaking news at this hour. a grand jury here i
dw. strikes by security guards at london heathrow airport will go ahead as planned from today, after last ditch talks failed to resolve a pay dispute. the walkout will end on easter sunday. it threatens disruption at the uk s largest airport at the start of the easter school holidays. i spoke to our transport correspondent katy austin a little earlier. well, it s security guards who work at terminal five at heathrow, which is only used by british airways. they are walking out today, and also security workers who deal with cargo coming in and out of the airport as well. but even though it is only those specific groups of security officers taking part in the strike, it does mean that staffing is stretched when it comes to security, and this is a very busy few days. today, the weekend, is the start of the easter getaway, so lots of passengers expected to be turning up to go on those holidays. and i think the impact on the ground, when we were at terminalfive earlier, to be fair,
ukraine, at least 19 people killed, several apartment buildings hit and reduced to rubble. cnn is on the scene in ukraine with the very latest. incredible video out of florida, destruction from a tornado that wiped out a dozen homes and damaged even more. now some 55 million people across the southeast are bracing for more severe weather as two major storms target the region. we have the forecast. a major win for abortion rights in two republican dominated states the latest attempts to ban abortions, ban most abortions failed and conservative lawmakers helped stand in the way. we are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. this is what is left of an apartment block in central ukraine after a russian rocket attack. it was part of a wave of strikes across ukraine. in the hardest hit, two rockets hit apartment buildings and a warehouse, killing at least 17 people. in dnipro the attack killed a mother and her 2