claims he made has many payments to stormy daniels after their alleged affair. nate foy is live in new york with the latest on this. they declined to comment on this. donald trump is reacting to his expected arrest on tuesday posting this on truth social reading and part, quote, with no crime being able to be proven and based on old and fully debunked by numerous other prosecutors fairytale, the far and away leading republican candidate and former president of the united states of america will be arrested on tuesday of next week, protest, take our nation back. this case centers around $130,000 hush money payment to adult film actress stormy daniels on the eve of the 2016 presidential election, donald trump s former lawyer michael cohen pleaded guilty to his role in that payment in a 2018 case, he claims it was meant to keep daniels quiet about an alleged affair the trump denies, prospered his claim the former president and his business reimbursed cohen for that payment.
covid-19 pandemic. that s according to a newly updated classified intelligence report from the u.s. energy department. according to two sources energy officials have low confidence in this latest assessment. that means the information is either not reliable enough or it s too fragmented to know for sure. it only adds to this big divide within the u.s. government over whether the pandemic began in china 2019, as a result of a lab leak, or whether it emerged naturally. president biden specifically requested that the national labs which are part of the department of energy be brought into this assessment. because he wants to put every tool at use to be able to figure out what happened here. we need to do extensive hearings. i hope our democratic colleagues in the congress can support that. i know the republicans in the house are certainly supportive of that. but this is a country that has no problem coming out and lying to the world. steven jiang live from beijing with the
and teachers unions today to avoid wednesday s planned strike in england and wales. and images captured by drone cameras to help monitor deer populations in england. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the former british prime minster, borisjohnson, has revealed to the bbc that he felt personally threatened by vladimir putin in the run up to the invasion of ukraine last year. mrjohnson said that during a telephone conversation and after a visit to kyiv the russian president said it would only take a minute to hurt him with a missile. the claim comes in a new bbc documentary about mr putin s leadership. here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. kyiv, last february a city on the brink of war. borisjohnson arrives in a show of support for a president, who is yet to replace his suit and tie with army fatigues. alongside other countries, we are also preparing a package of sanctions and other measures. the prime minister publicly urg
and that s crucial to moving toward our enduring goal of palestinians and israelis enjoying equal measures of freedom, security, opportunity, justice and dignity. president biden remains fully committed to that goal. we continue to believe the best way to achieve it is through preserving and then realising the vision of two states. as i said to the prime minister, anything that moves us away from that vision is in ourjudgment detrimental to israel s long term security and its long term identity as a jewish and democratic state. you heard secretary blinken there referring to a two state solution to the israeli palestinian conflict. what that envisions is an independent palestinian state in the west bank alongside israel, withjerusalem as their shared capital. next let s hear what the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu had to say. to, perhaps achieve dramatic breakthroughs that i think could be both historic and enormously significant in our common efforts to bring
rolled off the production line. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start the programme for you in the middle east where the us. secretary of state antony blinken been holding discussions to resolve the escalating crisis there. he has told israel it will endanger its long term security if it abandons efforts to resolve the conflict with the palestinians. mr blinken who was speaking after talks with israeli prime minister, bejamin netanyahu said his immediate priority was to restore calm. the visit comes in the midst of a spate of violence between israelis and palestinians. the bbc s middle east correspondent, tom bateman, has more. in tom bateman, has more. jerusalem at the wreckai spreading injerusalem at the wreckage is spreading and another generation grows up in its wake. israel s new far right police minister is vowing to step up home demolitions of palestini