Hello, and a very warm welcome to the programme. Lawyers for the Trump Organization and its Chief Financial Officer, allen weisselberg, have pled not guilty to Tax Fraud in New York. The prosecutor said there had been a sweeping and audacious illegal Payment Scheme at the former president s company. Jon sopel is outside Trump Tower in New York for us. If you listened to the District Attorney, he makes it absolutely clear this is just following the facts and following the law, and that a Grand Jury has approved whats happened. Listen to the Trump Organization, and you get a completely different story. Theres a long Statement Illjust read you a bit of it. After years of investigating, dozens of subpoenas, millions of documents and millions of dollars of taxpayers� money, The Manhattan das office has decided to charge select trump entities with providing a car and apartment. Make no mistake this is not about the law, this is all about politics. And Donald Trump will have been furious at the way he saw his Chief Financial Officer treated today. The powerful moneyman of Donald Trumps Business Empire Today led into court in handcuffs, surrounded by police a heavy handed and deliberate show of force by the new York Authorities. The charge is being led by the District Attorney, cy vance. Hed been hoping to flip Mr Weisselberg, so that hed work with prosecutors, but the Trump Cfo is having none of it. And a statement from the Trump Organization spat defiance over the treatment of Mr Weisselberg. After a short hearing, he left court charged with fraud, charged with giving perks to trump executives and Family Members that were never declared. On the face of it, these charges might seem, after a three Year Investigation, relatively minor keeping payments off the books but the District Attorney is making clear to Mr Weisselberg, whos just leaving court now, that this is the start of a process, not The End of it. Trump lawyers after the hearing were trying to sound upbeat. The company is very, very optimistic. And, uh, were certainly hopeful that there will not be significant effects. What Donald Trump desperately needs now is that he remains tough, because weisselberg is under pressure from the new York Authorities to tell them everything he knows. This isnt over, nowhere near. Jon sopel, Bbc News, New York. We can now speak to a taxation professor. It is very good to have you with us on Bbc News. As an expert in this field, what you make of the charges that have been brought against the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Financial Officer and the Trump Organization . Its the Trump Organization . Its ei. Ht 0 the Trump Organization . It� s eight 0 weisselberg than anticipated. The trump it eight is about if you means benefits, but its about double keeping, fake books for the irs and real books for the organisation, where they basically paid him in kind instead of giving him in kind instead of giving him in salary, kind of freud, just accepting what the indictment says, but there was a little bit of light, if you called your boss and said, could you cut my Pay Check and make make Pay Check £1000 lower this month, but give me 1000 pounds in an envelope with unmarked bills so i can save on Tax Liability . That is kind of what is going on here. Its not just about that. Just about that. The prosecutors just about that. The prosecutors say just about that. The prosecutors say it i just about that. The j prosecutors say it is just about that. The l prosecutors say it is a just about that. The prosecutors say it is a 15 year long steam. Why do you think it is only now coming to light . Is it because he is a former president and it attracts more scrutiny, a higher standard he is being held to because of having held the highest office in the land . In the land . They only found it, i presume, in the land . They only found it, i presume, because in the land . They only found it, i presume, because they| it, i presume, because they look at the paperwork. Once you look at the paperwork. Once you look at the paperwork, again, assuming the indictment is true, it isjust assuming the indictment is true, it is just right there. How can you ignore that has two how could a prosecutor not ignore someone where they have a scheme where they can have their stated salary, real salary, and take it off the books in ways they dont want the irs defined . The analogy is a bit loose but, if you were investigating tony soprano for racketeering, then you just have a camera on him and see him hold up a Grocery Store at gunpoint. Are you not supposed to indict him for that . Yeah, you wouldnt have the camera on him if you werent investigating him for racketeering, but hejust ripped off a Grocery Store . That is kind of what it is like. ~ ,. , like. We must be a little careful with like. We must be a little careful with the like. We must be a little i careful with the analogies, especially comparing to holding up especially comparing to holding up a Grocery Store up a Grocery Store based on the indictment up a Grocery Store based on the indictment being up a Grocery Store based on the indictment being true up a Grocery Store based on the indictment being true to | the indictment being true to live this of Course. Live this of Course. And they do deny the live this of Course. And they do deny the charges. Live this of Course. And they do deny the charges. The do deny the charges. The indictment being true to for the Trump Organization going forward, what are the consequences of this, if anything . Consequences of this, if an hint . ,. ,. , anything . The organisation, the are anything . The organisation, they are highly anything . The organisation, they are highly leveraged, L Anything . The organisation, i they are highly leveraged, and very often, that companies will save the organisation is indicted for a fraud, they will call the loan is. I havent seen the documents, nor do i know what the lenders will do. But that is one way could be bad for the organisation. It would be impossible for trump to know about this scheme and not be engaged in criminal activity himself, there is no allegation in the paper is on what he knew. He personally wrote some checks, of Course you have to prove that you knew what was going on. But if you knew what was going on with weisselberg in conversation, again, if this is due as charged, he would then be a party to criminal tax avoidance. Party to criminal tax avoidance. ,. ,. , avoidance. But they do not charue avoidance. But they do not charge here. Avoidance. But they do not charge here. We avoidance. But they do not charge here. We should i charge here. We should reiterate no charges have been brought at all against Mr Trump personally as part of this. fit personally as part of this. Of Course, there is an un indicted Co Conspirator that is not him. Indicted coconspirator that is not him. �. ,. ,. , not him. Again, we should tread rather carefully not him. Again, we should tread rather carefully when rather carefully when speculating about unnamed Co Conspirators. Ijust wonder where you think this olgas next . , , where you think this olgas next . ,. ,. , next . They say it is part of an onauoin next . They say it is part of an ongoing investigation, next . They say it is part of an ongoing investigation, so next . They say it is part of an ongoing investigation, so thisj ongoing investigation, so this isjust ongoing investigation, so this is just is just the start. This all goes next . You have to prove it old. They are serving some very specific things here, that if true, it should be documentable, and then would make it a really open and shut case. What happens next is anyones gas. Do they charge other people, other crimes, Mr Weisselberg obviously has been charged with crimes that have a sentence of 15 years or something like that. But i think what happened is once everyone heard that they are going to indict him for stuff relating to fringe benefits, there was a thought, oh, like they gave him a Company Car and he drove it too much himself . Its not that. Is much more than that. Its not that. Is much more than that its not that. Is much more than that. Very interesting. Daniel shean than that. Very interesting. Daniel shean vero. Than that. Very interesting. Daniel shean vero. Yep. I to miami now. Where President Biden has been meeting families and Rescue Workers in surfside, where the Apartment Building collapsed a week ago. Eighteen people have been confirmed dead, while more than 140 are still missing. The bbc� s Sophie Long reports from surfside. How are you . President biden, thanking the Rescue Workers who have been searching for Survivors Day and night. He also spent time with the families affected, who he said are going through hell. They had basic, heart wrenching questions will i be able to recover the body of my son or daughter, my husband, my cousin, my Mum And Dad . How can i have closure without being able to bury them if i dont get the body . What do i do . Jill and i wanted them to know that were with them and the countrys with them. When i saw the video, my heart was ripped from my chest, because thats the moment i saw my mum and my grandmother die, so it was very difficult. And thats all i see now when i close my eyes. Now, pablo tries to hold on to memories of happier times. In the days that have passed since the building where his Mother And Grandmother lived crashed to the ground, Rescue Teams have been working around the clock, painstakingly removing rubble, searching for survivors. It is a dangerous and demanding task, both physically and emotionally. We are Human Beings and we are dealing with Human Beings beneath the surface. And we know that we look for them and we do the best to get to them, but still, the thought that under all this concrete, all this steel, there is a person maybe a little boy that is buried there, its very difficult to feel, to understand. The families of those still unaccounted for have been to visit the site, and some have told me that seeing the homes that they used to visit reduced to rubble with their own eyes is helping them now to start to prepare for the worst. All of them, though, have one question how long . How long can someone possibly survive in there . Its a question no one can answer, but they were able to see whats being done to reach those trapped in the twisted Metal And Concrete before the hope they cling to fades completely. They were able to understand that there was no longer a specific apartment, there is no spaces, and the crews are working night and day, 2a hours a day, 12 hour shifts, working on top of that pile, doing everything they possibly can to dig deeper into the rubble to try to find anyone that could possibly be there. As the Rescue Operation continues, people are demanding answers their Loved Ones will never hear. My mum would have been shouting at the top of her lungs from the rooftop, from anywhere, speaking to anybody that would listen, to make sure that those responsible for this are brought to justice and that reform happens so that this never happens again to any otherfamily, because no one should have to go through this. This wasnt an earthquake, it wasnt a terrorist attack. This was a building. People went to sleep, and then they died. Sophie long, Bbc News, surfside, miami. Turkeys president has rejected accusations his country has taken a step backwards by pulling out of an international treaty to prevent violence against women. Mr erdogan said Turkeys Battle on the issue did not start with the Istanbul Convention and would not end with its withdrawal. 130 countries have agreed reforms to business taxation. They want to ensure that multinationals pay taxes where they operate, and impose a minimum tax of at least 15 . Ireland and hungary are among nine countries that have not signed up. Scientists have found that an area of the Arctic Ocean that was thought likely to stay frozen far longer than the rest of the region may be more vulnerable to Climate Change than previously predicted. Researchers found that the region suffered a Record Decline in Ice Concentrations last year. Canadian authorities are now battling wildfires, after the extreme heatwave thats hit the western part of the country. Residents in lytton were forced to evacuate, as fires engulfed the area. On tuesday the town recorded the countrys highest ever temperature of 49. 6 degrees celsius. Monaco girljoins me from british colombia. What is the situation as far as fires and temperatures are concerned . Temperatures are concerned . Well, temperatures are concerned . Well, the fire that essentially destroyed 90 of lytton is still active in set to grow more. It is pretty windy and you may see in the background and hear it a bit. Wind is not good for wildfires, they found fires in flames and allow them to spread even further. We have a few smaller to spread even further. We have a few smaller wildfires to spread even further. We have a few smaller wildfires that a few smaller wildfires that are also throughout our province popping up including a new Wine Thatjust Province popping up including a new wine that just erupted about an hour or so ago and there are mass evacuations happening in that community right now. Happening in that community right nova happening in that Community Riaht now. , , right now. How wellprepared is the area for right now. How wellprepared is the area for this right now. How wellprepared is the area for this sort right now. How wellprepared is the area for this sort of the area for this sort of disaster as did mark doesnt have the infrastructure in place, shelters, centres, and so on . ~ ,. , , so on . Wildfires are pretty common so on . Wildfires are pretty common in so on . Wildfires are pretty common in bc so on . Wildfires are pretty common in bc and so on . Wildfires are pretty common in bc and unfortunately they appear to become more and more common here. This is quite a start for the wild season, for it to be so destructive and be so hot. That is one challenge. The weather has been so hot in lytton across the province we have not had rain in a few weeks. It feels like that, at least. We do have a pretty good Emergency System set up, it is pretty organised, these evacuations happen and people have to flee their homes let you know, behind me you can see there is an Emergency Operation Centre set up where people are registering and getting the support they need. We are seeing footage as we speak of some people who had to flee areas where the fires were taking hold, and the thickness of the smoke is really evident, its very noticeable. What is happening to these people now. Do we know where they have gone . I do we know where they have one . Do we know where they have ione . ,. , do we know where they have one . ,. , gone . I mean, lytton is somewhat gone . I mean, lytton is somewhat in gone . I mean, lytton is somewhat in the gone . I mean, lytton is somewhat in the middle gone . I mean, lytton is. Somewhat in the middle of nowhere. The nearest communities are, you know, 50 100 kilometres away. It is a pretty rural area. There are smaller communities in this area, so people have essentially fled to the neighbouring communities in the area. I am about two hours away, and this is one of the areas where many people have fled to. A mustang with Family Members if they have people in the area that they can go to, some are staying in hotels. All of them are pretty much booked up here where i am. People are able to get some support through the emergency centre. There is an Emergency Shelter if people have nowhere else to go. If people have nowhere else to to. If people have nowhere else to go. 0k. Monaco, corresponded with vancouver go. 0k. Monaco, corresponded with vancouver radio, go. 0k. Monaco, corresponded with vancouver radio, thank. Go. 0k. Monaco, corresponded. With vancouver radio, thank you for speaking with us here on Bbc News. For speaking with us here on Bbc Newa Stay with us, plenty more to come including this colon Princes William and harry unveil a statue of their mother on what would have been her 60th birthday. China marked its first day of rule in Hong Kong with a series of spectacular celebrations a huge Fireworks Display was held in the former colony. The chinese president , jiang zemin, said unification was the start of a new era for Hong Kong. The worlds first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. Scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly that was cloned in a laboratory using a cell from another sheep. I for the first time in 20 years, i russian and american spacecraft have docked in orbit at the start of a new era of cooperation in space. Cheering and Applause Challenger powered past the Bishop Rock Lighthouse at almost 50 knots, shattering the record that had stood for 3h years, and there was no hiding the sheer elation of Richard Branson and his crew. Hello, im ben. This is Bbc News, the latest headlines the Trump Organization, and its Chief Financial Officer, have been charged with multiple counts of tax related fraud. They pleaded not guilty. President biden has said it is essential to find out what caused an Apartment Block in miami to collapse last week. Votes are being counted as we speak in a crucial By Election in the uk stopping the Opposition Labour Party is open it can retain the seat of batley and spen. The rest with the party is tight. The contest has wider implications for politics In Britain because many a thing it is a test of the leadership of the Labour Party under sir keir starmer. Lets speak to our News Correspondent spencer stokes, and for our international viewers, just give us a little bit of the history that has led to this By Election, because it does have a rather tragic and sad story behind it . It does have a rather tragic and sad story behind it . Sad story behind it . It does, es. Sad story behind it . It does, yes. Accounting sad story behind it . It does, yes. Accounting well sad story behind it . It does, yes. Accounting well under. Sad story behind it . It does, i yes. Accounting well under way here, 47 turnout that you can trace the origins of this By Election back almost five years to 2016 when the former mp here, the Labour Mpjo Cox was brutally murdered, shot and stabbed in the constituency as she was about to attend a constituency meeting. That led to a By Election five years ago, Tracy Brabin became the next Labour Member of parliament back in this year, she stood down to become the first metro mau, a new post created for the region that she was elected to, so for the fifth time in six years, voters find themselves going to the polls in this constituency, labour hoping they can hold on, but they are facing a challenge from the conservatives with also 16 other candidates who are standing here, including left Wing George Galloway and his Workers Party who Labour Fair could take some of their voters away, perhaps allowing the conservatives to win this seat when we get a result three Orfour Seat when we get a result three or four Hours Seat when we get a result three orfour hours ago. We seat when we get a result three or four hours ago. Or four hours ago. We can hear a lot of hubbub or four hours ago. We can hear a lot of hubbub and or four hours ago. We can hear a lot of hubbub and clearly or four hours ago. We can hear a lot of hubbub and clearly a i a lot of hubbub and clearly a lot of interest in the count there, being watched closely notjust in the hall but right around the uk. Just explain for us why it is so significant and what the fallout could be depending on what the result is . , depending on what the result is . ,. , depending on what the result is . , ,. , is . Yeah, this could have huge ramifications is . Yeah, this could have huge ramifications for is . Yeah, this could have huge ramifications for keir is . Yeah, this could have huge ramifications for keir starmer, | ramifications for keir starmer, this is the second By Election hes faced in the last two months stopping the previous one was another seat here in the north of England And Labour had held it since the creation of the Seat Way back in the 19205. Of the Seat Way back in the 1920s. They lost that seat to the conservatives, they dont want a repeat of that happening here tonight, but pollsters are saying that could happen. Batley and spen though is something of a different seat and it has had a conservative mp, it was held by the conservatives through the Margaret Thatcher years of the 19805 Margaret Thatcher years of the 1980s through the early 1990s and the can only lost control of this Seat Back and 1997, so it is not a seat in the same way like hartlepool is that has always elected a labour mp, so although this would be a big victory for the conservatives, it wouldnt be unheard of for them to be taking seats in this area but after 11 years of conservative government, labour will be hoping to not only be retaining seats like this one, but also winning them from the government conservative party. 0k, government conservative party. Ok, spencer, for the moment, thank you very much. Spencer stokes there. Prince william and Prince Harry have unveiled a statue of their mother, diana, princess of wales on what would have been her 60th birthday. The duke of Cambridge And Duke of sussex, whose relationship has been strained in recent months, met for the first time since the duke of Edinburghs Funeral in april. Our royal correspondent Nicholas Witchell reports. The event should have been solely about their mother the unveiling by her sons of a statue of diana, princess of wales. But the sons, William And Harry, have fallen out. The special bond between two young princes has been broken. Harsh words are said to have been spoken. This afternoon, it could largely be hidden. They were with the Spencer Family dianas two elder sisters, sarah and jane, and her brother, charles. Everybody chatted quite amiably. How could it have been otherwise . William and harry, Side By side for some of the time, but more often than not they stood apart, until the moment of the statues unveiling. The statue shows diana with anonymous children. It is intended, in the words of kensington palace, to reflect her warmth, elegance and energy. William and harry stood together to look at the statue and exchanged their impressions. The brothers went on together to inspect the gardens. There had been talk of them both making speeches. Instead, there was a joint statement in which they said they remembered their mothers love and strength. Every day, they added, we wish she was still with us. Perhaps then her sons will wonder what she wouldve made of the current tensions. Perhaps today will help them to reflect. That is the hope of the sculptor. The fact that their mother is there, you know, in a real physicalsense, perhaps in the evening when the grounds are shut, they could easily come here for a moment of quiet reflection, and i hope that will give them some sort of comfort or solace. Todays events will have been an important, shared moment for William And Harry in which they will surely have felt their mothers influence. And perhaps it will have encouraged them to move on. Because William And Harry must surely know that the current tensions between them are not good, for them orfor the widerfamily. Nicholas witchell, Bbc News. An 82 year old american woman who trained to be an astronaut in the 1960s but was denied a trip to space because of her gender has finally got her wish. Wally funk has been chosen to accompany the worlds richest man, Jeff Bezos, and his brother on the first Crewed Spaceflight of their blue Origin Company later this month. This report from courtney bembridge. We land gently on the desert surface, we open the hatch and you step outside. Whats the first thing you say . Im will say, honey, that was the best thing that ever happened to me give me a hug its a moment Wally Funk has been waiting 60 years for. Youre going to be an astronaut. 0h, finally in the 1960s, she was one of 13 women who passed nasas stringent Training Programme to become astronauts. They asked me, do you want to be an astronaut . I said, yes they told me that i had done better and completed the work faster than any of the guys. So i got a hold of nasa fourtimes, isaid, i want to become an astronaut. Nobody would take me none of the women for the programme ever made it to space, and now at 82, Wally Funk is going to change that. She spent a lifetime flying and served as americas first female Air Safety Investigator and first female military flight instructor. But not content with blazing just one trail, shes now set to become the oldest person ever to travel into space. Woo i can hardly wait a ten Minute Flight with a lifetimes worth of significance. Courtney bembridge, Bbc News. Where space is concerned there is that ongoing rivalry and while Jeff Bezos is that ongoing rivalry and whileJeff Bezos has made that decision, sir Richard Branson has made the date that he will fly to the edge of space. It will bejuly the fly to the edge of space. It will be july the 11th Fly to the edge of space. It will bejuly the 11th or very soon afterwards. He will be a passenger in the back of the Unity Rocket Plane developed by his virgin collect company over the last 16 years. If the mission is not delayed because of whether or technical difficulties, it means sir richard will steal a march on his billion hour rivalJeff Bezos. Dont forget, as ever you can reach me and most of the team here on social media. Theres plenty more on the stories we have covered and plenty more as well including analysis on that By Election in the uk stopping it is all there on the website when you want it. Iwill on the website when you want it. I will see you soon. Hello there. Thursday wasnt a Bad Day for many of us. It stayed dry across much of the country, apart from a few showers which developed later in the afternoon across southern england. For friday, though, it looks like we could see a few more showers around generally. But that said, there should still be quite a bit of sunshine around. Itll feel quite warm too. So were in between Weather Systems for friday. This area of low pressure, though, will be moving injust in time for the weekend. It could bring quite a bit of rain at times and even some thunderstorms. So we start this morning off rather cloudy for many, bit of Mist And Fog around. That should tend to melt away quite quickly, and then there will be plenty of sunshine as we head on into the afternoon, but a scattering of showers will develop. Some of them could turn out to be heavy and thundery. I think the focus of them towards central and eastern parts of the country. Some areas avoiding them completely and staying dry, and it will be quite warm too top temperatures around 2a degrees. Those showers continue into the evening, push their way further northwards, and then we start to see the influence of that area of low pressure arriving across the south west, sending a band of Showery Northwards and eastwards across wales, the west country, into the midlands, and some of the rain could be quite heavy and thundery by The End of the night. And generally double figure values for most, so its going to be a mild night. So for this weekend, it is looking decidedly unsettled, as low pressure will be nearby. Here it is, very slowly moving its way north eastwards as its pushing against this area of high pressure. Its likely to bring spells of heavy rain, maybe longer spells of rain at times on saturday. And then into sunday, widespread showers develop, and some of these could really be quite intense. So this band of rain will continue to journey its way northwards across england and wales through saturday morning. Again, some of it could be thundery. Scotland could start dry with some good spells of sunshine, before Showery Rain arrives there later on. Further south, there will be some sunshine appearing, but again showers will develop when temperatures reach highs of around 21 or 22 degrees. Sunday, i think generally looking more unsettled across the board. Well start off with some sunshine, but then showers will get going some of these will be heavy, some thunderstorms mixed in there. We could see some localised flooding in places, in fact, and temperatures might be a degree or so down range from around 17, generally, to around 20 or 21 celsius. And then into the start of next week, low pressure sticks nearby. In fact, we could see a deep low which could sweep through to bring some wet and windy weather for a time. Hello. This is Bbc News with the headlines. Donald trumps long serving finance chief, allen weisselberg, and the organisation set up in the former president s name have pleaded not guilty to Tax Fraud and theft in New York. Its part of a three Year Investigation brought forward by The Manhattan attorney. President biden visits miami. He promised federal funding for the Rescue Effort would continue for a month. Mr biden was speaking after meeting families of victims of the disaster. Counting is under way in the West Yorkshire Constituency of batley and spen, where voting has been taking place for a new member of parliament. The results are expected in the next few hours and will be seen as a test of keir starmer� s leadership of the Labour Party. Lets stay