hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. donald trump will be the first former us president to face criminal charges, after a grand jury indicted him over money paid to the former pawn star stormy daniels. mr trump is expected to appear in court in new york next tuesday to face the charges and enter a plea. he denies any wrongdoing and the affair saying the indictment is political persecution . our north america correspondent gary o donoghue reports from new york. this manhattan courthouse doesn t normally look like this. but then it s not everyday a former president gets charged with a crime. in fact, it s happened before. and this is the man who s brought the charges against donald trump, district attorney alvin bragg a democrat and a prosecutor in america s highly politicised legal system. but if mr bragg was saying nothing, the former president wasn t so reticent. he s called it political persecution , election interference and his opponent
people since tuesday. it comes as sudan s former prime minister, abdalla hamdok, warned that the conflict would be a mayor conflict for the world if it continues and could become worse than those in syria and libya. this is khartoum earlier. the ceasefire between warring generals in sudan has been repeatedly violated and the army now says it is launching a large scale attack on the capital. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. hello, everyone, we have just landed at stansted london airport. for dr abdulrahman babiker, a welcome return to british soil a return that almost didn t happen. thank you to the government for helping this and facilitating for us getting the guidance for the nhs doctors. by sea and air, others are following. thousands of foreign nationals fleeing anyway they can. port sudan on the red sea fast becoming a major hub. in the capital khartoum, the ceasefire seems precarious with the army warning people to stay indoors while it deploys tanks.
at a migrant centre. some of the biggest names in technology call for a pause in the development of advanced artificial intelligence warning it could be a threat to humanity. and one of the biggest animals ever to walk the earth the skeleton of a patago titan dinosaur is the latest addition to london s natural history museum. hello and welcome to the programme pope francis has been taken to hospital, suffering from a respiratory infection. the vatican said the 86 year old had breathing difficulties in recent days but said he does not have covid and he ll spend a few nights under medical supervision. it comes at the busiest time of the year for the pontiff, with easterjust next week. earlier, i spoke to davide ghiglione our bbc rome producer who gave us more information on the pope s condition. good evening from rome, where all eyes are on the hospital where pope francis will spend the night. we know that his condition is stable at the moment, but he wasn t expected to b
been struck by the warmth of the friendship between our nations. some of the biggest names in technology call for a pause in the development of advanced artificial intelligence warning it could be a threat to humanity. and one of the biggest animals ever to walk the earth the skeleton of a patagotitan dinosaur is the latest addition to london s natural history museum. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we begin with a developing story from rome, where pope francis has been admitted to hospital with what s being described as a respiratory infection. the vatican says the 86 year old is not suffering from covid but has been experiencing breathing difficulties in recent days and that he ll spend a few nights under medical supervision. it comes at the busiest time of the year for the pontiff, with easterjust next week. our reporter sofia bettiza joins me now. what bettiza joins me now. is the latest on the pope? pope what is the latest on the pope?
pension reform plans. it took minutes for this peaceful process to turn violent peaceful process to turn violent. masked protesters viole nt. masked protesters taking violent. masked protesters taking on the police. and the bbc is granted rare access to london s new £5 billion super sewer aimed at cleaning up the river thames. welcome to the programme. we begin today in the united states, where police who are investigating a mass shooting at a primary school in nashville say the attacker had legally purchased seven guns and hid them at the family house. audrey hale, a 28 year old former pupil, shot six people dead, including three children, all nine years old, and the school s head teacher before being shot and killed by officers. let s take a look at gun violence in the us. a mass shooting is defined as four or more people being injured or killed. it s only march and there ve been over 130 mass shootings across the us so far this year. and there ve been more than 60