The other two cases, which are unrelated, will be going to trial right in the middle of the us republican primary season thats where voters in various states, Republican Voters will be going to the polls to narrow down the field of hopeful republican candidates for president. And right in the middle of those elections, mr trump is due in new york to stand trial in connection to payments is alleged to have made to former adult film star Stormy Daniels. Injust have made to former adult film star Stormy Daniels. In just a have made to former adult film star Stormy Daniels. Injust a couple months later, mr trump is due in court in florida over the classified documents case these are allegations and charges that the former president unlawfully held onto classified documents when he left the white house, and stored them in his mar a lago estate in florida estate in florida. Now all this will be going to trial in the lead up to the Republican National convention, which is one of the biggest p
Good afternoon. Donald trump has been accused of plotting to overturn the result of the president ial election in 2020. Hes been charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, by spreading lies, dishonesty, fraud and deceit. Hes described the indictment as ridiculous. It is the third criminal case against mr trump whos already been accused of mishandling classified government documents and of covering up a Hush Money Payment to a porn star. Despite all that, hes still favourite to be the republican candidate in next years race for the white house. Our North America correspondent sean dilley reports. We love trump hes the first president to be charged with a federal crime. But if previous cases are anything to go by, Donald Trumps third indictment is only likely to boost his popularity with republican voters. The charges he faces, though, are serious. The 45 Page Indictment accuses the former president of knowingly spreading false claims about Election Fraud to trick and persuade
since israel s retaliation for the october 7th attacks, us military bases in syria and iraq have been attacked more than 170 times. the group behind the deaths at the tower 22 base called islamic resistance in iraq are part of an iranian sponsored network across the middle east. known as the axis of resistance , there s a number of pro iranian militias based in iraq, syria, lebanon, the palestinian territories and as far south as yemen. all are opposed to israel and the united states. from washington our north america editor sarah smith has the latest. in the situation room, president biden with his defence secretary is considering his military reaction. we are told he is weighing his options. he needs to retaliate, but without causing more conflict. we do not seek another war. we do not seek to escalate. but we will absolutely do what is required to protect ourselves, to continue that mission and to respond appropriately to these attacks. shortly after he learned of t