but also that he can beat the rap. most people believe he's a martyr, you know, just being persecuted, and i think he'll get more votes. i pledge allegiance! keeping a vigil outside a washington prison that houses some of the january 6th rioters, they think this largely democratic city will be hostile territory for a trump trial. do you think that if a dcjury finds donald trump guilty, am i going to think that that was legitimate? laughter no! i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear... president trump swore to defend the constitution of the united states. but now he's accused of spreading lies and deceit, in a desperate attempt to stay in power, despite knowing he had lost the 2020 election. the police are now running back... the violent attack on january 6th was, say prosecutors, the result of his prolific lies, as he deliberately created nationwide mistrust and anger. the attack on our nation's capitol on january 6th 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. as described in the indictment, it was fuelled by lies. lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the us government. the trump campaign claims he is being politically persecuted and says his treatment is reminiscent of nazi germany in the 1930s. why did they wait two and a half years? you know why? because he's leading in the polls! because they're afraid of him becoming president and dismantling the uniparty! dismantling the deep state! the indianola parade in iowa always features gary leffler. he went to support trump in washington on the 6th ofjanuary, but didn't break into the capitol. the democrats, their new playbook is to whoever the republican nominee is, they're going to try to press criminal charges on them. i don't like it but, you know, that's the way they decide to do it. this state will be the first to pick a republican candidate, so voters here follow politics closely and were fully expecting mr trump to be charged with trying to overturn the election. given all the legal troubles that there are right now, i don't think that he's a viable candidate. and every time he gets indicted, his poll numbers seem to go up and he gets more popular, more people want him to be president. because he has people believing that this is all deep state against him, and he's there protecting them from the deep state that's going to take over this country. donald trump is also facing criminal charges under the espionage act over his retention of classified documents. in another case in new york, he is accused of illegally paying hush money to a porn star who claims she had an affairwith him. and he may yet be charged with election interference in the state of georgia. and still the campaigning continues. donald trump says he will not stop electioneering, even if he's convicted and jailed for trying to overturn the results of the last election. sarah smith, bbc news, washington. earlier i spoke to our correspondent sean dilley in washington. he faces four charges and they revolve around allegations that he's obstructed official proceedings, that he's conspired against the united states government and also conspired against the rights of voters. ultimately, the charge is focused on two months in the immediate aftermath of the election, where it's alleged that he and six co—conspirators, four lawyers, one department ofjustice official and a political campaign worker had worked to persuade and sometimes trick states in an attempt to get them to help overthrow the election results and keep him in the white house. sean, what can we expect tomorrow in that courtroom? we're expecting donald trump to turn up in person rather than to appear virtually. we know that every time he has appeared in court that his ratings, his poll ratings, certainly within the republican party have gone up. normally you would say, well, how do you prepare for the security operation of a former president who's indicted on federal charges? well, the only precedent for that is this former president in his other cases, the unrelated case in new york, which revolves around his business affairs and how money were paid was paid to an adult film star. and the florida case, which looks into those espionage acts, charges that sara smith, our north america editor, referred to there. so an awful lot of security happening in and around the courtroom, as you can imagine. rather a lot of cases for mr trump at the moment. he's currently charged with 78 separate offences in three different cases. and of course, the understanding is that charges are very likely in georgia in relation to other election offences. this is though this is pretty much the most serious case in one regard so far because it relates to time when donald trump was president. and here's just one critical point, something that lawyers for donald trump are likely to seize upon. the evidence of mike pence, his former vice president, is likely to be pretty significant because there were, you know, various people saying they wanted to hang him for not overturning the election results. so it's fairly serious stuff. but actually what will be argued, no doubt by the lawyers is that mike pence, as an opponent for the republican party's nomination for president, has a political motive. whether he would actually personally do that is, of course, a separate matter, but they'll argue that he has a political motive to discredit donald trump. the world bank has stopped disbursements for all operations in niger saying it was alarmed by the coup. the first group of british nationals have safely left niger as other european countries have been evacuating their citizens from the country. it all comes as a delegation from the west africa regional bloc, ecowas, has arrived in the country to continue mediation. our correspondent catherine byaruhanga has more. there has been strong international condemnation of the coup in niger, and all eyes are now on the west african regional bloc to see what it can do to try and turn events around in niger. so it sent two high—level delegations to the country over the past week. first of all, there was the chadian president, mohamed idriss deby, who was there to meet with the military chiefs and now a nigerian—led delegation. but as these talks were happening, military chiefs from west africa were actually meeting in neighbouring nigeria. and there, they were drawing up potential plans for a military intervention in niger, to actually remove the new army chiefs that have taken power there. this is of huge international concern. the events happening in niger, because whilst we've seen islamist groups like isis and al-qaeda losing traction, losing support in many parts of the world, it's a very different situation in the sahel. there, they're actually taking even more territory. and niger was an important ally for countries trying to fight groups, islamist groups like those ones. and so the worry is that if you have instability in such a crucial country, in such an important region, it could cause further instability. a jury in the united states has sentenced to death a gunman who murdered eleven people at a synagogue in the city of pittsburgh in 2018. seven other people, including five police officers, were injured when robert bowers opened fire at the tree of life synagogue five years ago. the federaljury agreed unanimously that bowers should be executed. it's the first federal death sentence imposed under the biden administration. earlier, survivors of the shooting and families of victims gave their reactions to the sentence. i especially want to thank the prosecution team for their steadfast focus on this capital crime as an anti—semitic act. as a frontal assault on the constitutional freedom of religion and the freedom to bejewish and practice judaism in the united states. and for the final verdict in this case, i feel relief. and the jury sat through months of horror and delivered justice to my mum and everyone that was killed and everyone injured. the purpose of the death penalty is not so much punishing as cutting off the person from society. eliminating the evil, taking away the risk, the potential for infection, and the possibility of further harm to the citizens. even if he sits alive on death row for decades, he is separated from others. finally, justice has been served. and even though nothing will bring my dad back, i feel like a weight has been lifted and i can breathe a sigh of relief. although we will never attain closure from the loss - of our beloved rose mellinger, we now feel a measure - ofjustice has been served. this sentence is a testament to ourjustice system - and a message to all that this type of heinous act _ will not be tolerated. the bbc�*s sophie long has been following developments. 50—year—old robert bowers carried out the deadliest attack on a jewish community in united states history. his guilt was never in doubt, but his defence team had hoped to spare his life and that he would be sentenced to a life behind bars. well, injune, he was convicted of all 63 charges against him the following month, injuly. the same jury found that he was eligible for the death penalty. and today they unanimously voted that he should indeed be sentenced to death. now, the prosecution said that he had planned the attacks and he carried them out in the heart of thejewish community in order to instill fear in it. the defence said that he had a severe, untreated mental illness and cited evidence of a childhood marked by trauma and neglect. well, the jury found that he should be sentenced to the death penalty. there has been mixed reaction. there is no consensus amongst the victim's families on this sentence. 0ne family of rose mallinger who died in the attack. she was 97 years old and her daughter, andrea wedner, who survived after being shot and wounded. they had said that a measure ofjustice has been served and they said returning a sentence of death is not a decision that comes easy, but we must hold accountable those who wish to commit such terrible acts of anti—semitism, hate and violence. now, the families of the victims and the survivors themselves will have another opportunity to address the court and bowers himself tomorrow, thursday, when a formal sentencing will take place. now, thejudge is bound by thejury�*s decision, and he will now have to put a man to death. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. the stepfather of a io—month—old little boy has been found guilty of his murder at darby crown court. police say jacob crouch had suffered a "living hell" before he was killed by craig crouch in december 2020. the child's mother gemma barton was cleared of murder and manslaughter but found guilty of causing or allowing the death of a child. the prime minister has said nadine dorries�*s constituents are not being properly represented. the former culture secretary announced injune that she was standing down as member of parliament. however, she later said she would not resign until she was told why she was denied a peerage in borisjohnson�*s resignation honours list. the number of people missing payments on essential household bills like energy, phone and water is as high as it was over the winter, that's according to a consumer group. they estimate that around 2.4 million households missed at least one bill payment in the month to mid—july. you're live with bbc news. a curfew is in place and internet has been suspended in the city of noh in the northern indian state of harya na. six people have been killed since monday's violence triggered by religious tension during a procession by hindu nationalist groups. the bbc�*s india correspondent arunoday mukharji reports from noh on the outskirts of india's capital city delhi. a city now under lockdown, trying to douse the flames after violence broke out between hindus and muslims. these were the scenes as rioting mobs went on a rampage. the aftermath — burnt vehicles and looted shops. the violence began when a hindu religious procession was passing through this muslim—majority area. the man at the centre of the conflict, monu manesar, from a right—wing hindu group, wanted in the murder of two muslim men in february this year but still on the run. his brazen defiance of the law and open call to participate at the hindu march angering local muslims, igniting several hours of violence. this man saw his confectionary shop vandalized. and this is all that remains... ..his savings and life scattered. what took him three years to build, torn apart within minutes. translation: i'm very angry and feel like burning - the entire country. don't i have the right to live here? i feel helpless. the authorities didn't stand by me. they didn't even come to inquire my wellbeing. what do i do? for now, the fire may have been contained here in nuh, but the sparks have spread to other parts of the state. friction remains between both communities, and there is a fear that even the smallest incident can trigger widespread violence once again. and one of the places where the violence spread was in neighbouring gurugram. a man hides and films the moments a mosque comes under attack and set on fire. 22—year—old cleric saad amin was woken up and killed. riyaz uddin, an official at the mosque, had left before the violence began. he is in shock and terrified of going back. translation: why target him? what had he done? if you had a problem with the mosque, you target the mosque. but why take an innocent life? the clean—up has begun, but the mistrust will lingerfor a while. these clashes on the outskirts of the capital city of delhi at the start of an election season could have a political impact. arunoday mukharji, bbc news, nuh, haryana. one person has died and at least 25 people have been injured after a typhoon has battered the streets of japan's popular tourist destination 0kinawa. some areas have recorded wind gusts of nearly 200 kilometres per hour — that'si21i miles per hour and the airport in 0kinawa's capital city naha was entirely closed on wednesday for a second day. the slow—moving typhoon khanun neared the country's southwestern islands on wednesday, leaving more than 200,000 people without electricity. lets go live to 0kinawa and speak to james reynolds — a storm chaser and video producer who has specifically flown in to 0kinawa to get footage of the typhoon. tell footage of the typhoon. us how about the damage on tell us how about the damage is on the ground. it’s tell us how about the damage is on the ground.— on the ground. it's been a long and exhausting _ on the ground. it's been a long and exhausting 24-36 - on the ground. it's been a long and exhausting 24-36 hours i on the ground. it's been a long i and exhausting 24-36 hours now. and exhausting 24—36 hours now. i was out and about for the whole of yesterday in the middle of the storm and also trying to get a sense of the impact. i am thankful to report that the damage is such that is pretty minimal, 0kinawa is right in the middle of typhoon alley. it is built to sustain these powerful storms. thankfully there is very little building damage, but around the island as he mentioned and i saw with my own eyes as evidence, power outages across many areas. evidence, power outages across many arm-— many areas. tell us exactly how this particular _ many areas. tell us exactly how this particular typhoon - this particular typhoon compares to others you have encountered?— compares to others you have encountered? interesting, this one is certainly _ encountered? interesting, this one is certainly different. - encountered? interesting, this one is certainly different. i - one is certainly different. i think the actual eye of the storm passed about 100 km to the south of the island. this is usually where the worst weather conditions are found, but in this instance, the conditions way north which affected us on 0kinawa were far worst than i was expecting. gusts well over 100 miles an hour close to 200 kph was a surprise to me. itjust shows how much energy is contained in the outer periphery of the storm which is unfortunate for 0kinawa and neighbouring islands which have gotten the big hit from this typhoon. just watchin: big hit from this typhoon. just watching some _ big hit from this typhoon. just watching some pictures here of just the gusts of wind. how are residents responding to this? the residents here are used to typhoons will stop 0kinawa gets hit by them most years so it is really a place of stocking up on food supplies and drinks and just writing it out at home. what you do sometimes get is a bit of complacency so you will see people out on the road driving around in conditions where it's probably best to be staring at home. that is common in these islands.— in these islands. what has local government - in these islands. what has local government been - in these islands. what has i local government been doing to help these residents stay safe? it's been a very impressive response, it always is in japan. as i mentioned before, the overall infrastructure and set up for these typhoons it's always here because it's an annular occurrence but i was driving around in ferocious conditions, emergencies, clearing trees that had fallen, despite great personal risk to themselves, the emergency services were out there doing what they need to do in the middle of the storm. be safe and thank — middle of the storm. be safe and thank you _ middle of the storm. be safe and thank you for _ middle of the storm. be safe and thank you forjoining i middle of the storm. be safe and thank you forjoining us | middle of the storm. be safe i and thank you forjoining us on the programme. scientists in spain are investigating why increasing numbers of orcas, also known as killer whales, are targeting fishing and sailing vessels, damaging their rudders. its believed the behaviour which at the moment is thought to be a game has spread to 20?of the individuals. victoria gill reports. are these animals attacking, or playing? for more than an hour, five orcas nudged, rammed and spun this yacht around. it is one of at least 100 incidents this year and scientists are trying to work out what is driving the strange, dangerous behaviour. playing with the rudders, they break the fibre and the rudder split on the back, was completely split. so did that end up in the water? yes, and this floated so, because it is floating, the orcas were playing with it, like, from the bottom, and playing on their nose. were they? yes. in this boatyard in barbate in southern spain, they have repaired at least a0 sailing vessels damaged by orcas since april. here in the narrow strait of gibraltar, a population of fewer than 60 critically endangered iberian orcas move through one of the busiest waterways in the world. in the nearby fishing port, some crews say their boats have also been a target. translation: we have seen them and they are punching us, - a few days ago, sailing an hourfrom here. they have always been there but they have never come near us but in the last few years it has changed. scientists are examining footage of these encounters that has been taken by sailors since 2020, when sailing vessels started reporting that orcas were attacking them. it is thought the first encounters began four years earlier, with just two young, curious killer whales. now scientists say up to 20 individual animals have learned this behaviour. by pinning tracking tags to the animals' fins — a technique used for many years to study them — researchers here are gathering information that could help sailors. thanks to the satellite tagging, we are able to know where exactly, how to save the sailing boats and motorboats, how to leave the area and to not cross the main area of the killer whales. what are these killer whales trying to do? it's only a game. it's not a revenge, it's not climate change or nothing like that, it's just game and that's it. that game is focused on the boats' rudder. after orcas broke the rudder of a french boat earlier this year, they appeared to play with the floating debris. these incidents have become divisive here. for tourists on a whale watching boat like this, they will wait for hours just for a glimpse of these orcas, they are a spectacle. but sailors and the fishing industry here are desperate to understand how to avoid them. for sailing crews that are navigating these waters, if they see the orcas, what do scientists suggest they do? full ahead, full ahead motors. and straight on, don't change the course. wow! even that is not clear. other official advice for sailors contradicts it. these marine mammals and their unusual new habit is putting our ability and our willingness to share the ocean with its wildlife to the test. victoria gill, bbc news, in southern spain. pope francis has met with victims of clerical child abuse in portugal — months after a damning (00v)the pope child abuse in portugal — months after a damning report on sexual abuse by priests there. the pope is on a five—day visit to the country... in which he hopes to energize young catholics during world youth day, the world's largest catholic festival. the report found thousands of cases of abuse dating back to the 1950s, and alleged that the catholic church had "systematically" covered these up. pope francis acknowledged — this meant many people now view the church with, quote, "disappointment and anger" — and said victims should be heard. translation: due to our bad | testimony and the scandals that have disfigured the church's face, these scandals call for a humble and constant purification, starting from the cry of pain of the victims who must always be welcomed and listened to. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. visit our website to keep up with the latest org download app. i am monica miller, thank you for watching. hello there. wednesday's weather did not look or feel particularly summer—like across large swathes of the uk, thanks to an area of low pressure, this swirl of cloud on the satellite picture. this was named storm patricia by the french weather service because of impacts it had in france, but particularly on the southern flank of that storm system, we've had some very strong winds. there have been some really heavy downpours, but that area of low pressure is now rolling away eastwards. in its wake, though, we're going to be left with a brisk northerly wind, which will make it feel decidedly cool over the next couple of days. that cool breeze a big feature of thursday's weather, a mix of sunny spells and showers. some quite large areas of cloud, particularly across northern parts of scotland, where we will see some bits and pieces of rain. but for southern scotland, northern ireland, england and wales, it's a mixed bag — some spells of sunshine, some showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery. but there will be places that avoid the showers and stayjust about dry. temperatures ranging from 1a degrees in stornoway to 22 in london. and then as we head through thursday night, we will continue to see some of these showers. some clear spells here and there. i think out west, it will be mostly dry by the end of the night. temperatures typically holding up at between 11 and 1a degrees. so we head into friday, still feeling the effects of that northerly breeze. some spells of sunshine, some showers too. this time, those showers mostly across central and eastern parts of england. the odd heavy thundery one. elsewhere, more in the way of dry weather, although we will see cloud filling the sky across northern ireland later in the day ahead of this next weather system. and temperatures 16 to 20 degrees at best. and then let me show you what happens on saturday, because this area of low pressure is going to push its way in from the atlantic, the fourth weekend in a row dominated by low pressure. this one quite a deep affair. a bout of heavy rain, could well be some thunder and some lightning mixing in. northern scotland likely to avoid it, but some wet weather elsewhere and the potential for gales, particularly around some western coasts. and with the cloud, the rain, the strength of the wind, temperatures really will struggle — 1a to 18 degrees. we would expect temperatures higher than that at this point in early august. but as we look further ahead into the middle part of next week, there are some signs that things could turn a bit drier and warmer. global markets slide after fitch cuts its top credit rating for the united states. its treasury had called the move "unwarranted". and as winter bites in australia, many continue to struggle with the rise of energy bills, putting the pressure on officials. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm monica miller. we start on wall street this morning, after us stocks closed lower on wednesday, joining the rest of the global markets. this is after ratings agency fitch stripped america of its highest credit rating. the firm cited a growing federal debt burden and an erosion of governance that has manifested multiple times in debt limit standoffs. from new york, michelle fleury with the reactions. just like everybody has a credit report to determine how much they can borrow, the us government has its own credit report, and for the first time since 2011, that rating has been downgraded from aaa to aa+. fitch said... the assault on the capitol on january 6 was a factor in its position. adding to what this is a steady deterioration and governance of the last 20 years. from wall street to washington, reaction was swift. stocks tumbled while bond investors pushed up treasury yields higher. in washington, treasury secretary janet yellen reacted with anger. i treasury secretary janet yellen reacted with anger.— reacted with anger. i strongly disauree reacted with anger. i strongly disagree with _ reacted with anger. i strongly disagree with fitch's - reacted with anger. i strongly disagree with fitch's decision | disagree with fitch's decision and i— disagree with fitch's decision and i believe it is