In the trump administration. Some of the accusations against mr trump include violating georgias racketeering act. Racketeering is a type of organised crime where someone profits through dishonest or illegal activities. And the ex president � s also accused of soliciting the violation of oath by a public officer. Also, Making False Statements and filing false documents. A reminder that these charges are all in connection to accusations of Election Meddling by trump. The bbc� s Kayla Epstein has been following the events in georgia and has more on the legal view of the charges. Ive been speaking to legal experts about this all day and theyve told me they are not surprised that a Racketeering Charge was brought by fani wills. Its a Signature Charge brought in the past and we expected to see this, but weve still got indictment, which is nearly 100 pages, it names 19 defendants, including donald trump, i think a lot of people were struck by the breadth of the evidence she lays out. Almost 70 of those 100 pages are devoted to this Racketeering Charge. This allows the prosecutor to name donald trump as well as several other defendants, it allows her to paint a broad portrait of alleged crimes in service of a common goal. From lesser known figures to high profile lawyers, lets take a look at a few of the other defendents who arre charged alongside mr trump. Among them, mr trumps lawyer and former New York City mayor rudy giuliani, who faces 13 charges. Former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows, whos facing two charges, and hasjust filed a motion to move this case to a federal court. Also named in the case are former trump lawyer sidney powell, facing seven charges. Then we Havejohn Eastman also a former trump lawyer. And a former Department Ofjustice official jeffrey clark. They both are facing two charges. And just a reminder that the ex president himself faces 13 charges. This is just 6 of the 19 people charged in the indictment. Just a short time ago i spoke to bryan lanza, former Communications Director for Donald Trumps president ial Transition Team about this latest indictment. Thank you indeed forjoining us. Looking at that point first of all, mark meadows, the former Chief Of Staff has failed to move his case out of state level to federal level, would you expect the former president to do something similar . I president to do something similar . ,. , president to do something similar . ,. , � similar . I absolutely wouldnt thank you similar . I absolutely wouldnt thank you for similar . I absolutely wouldnt thank you for having similar . I absolutely wouldnt thank you for having me similar . I absolutely wouldnt thank you for having me this | thank you for having me this evening. I think those who are federal employers at that time, you have geoff clark, mark meadows and donald trump, there have been staring down the activities took place in the federal office and they are saying it is going to take place in the federal jurisdiction, supremely more favourable to trump and his team in then a Fulton County jury team in then a Fulton County jury paul. Team in then a Fulton County jury paul jury paul. Looking at the indictment, jury paul. Looking at the indictment, we jury paul. Looking at the| indictment, we surprised jury paul. Looking at the i indictment, we surprised at jury paul. Looking at the indictment, we surprised at the breadth and depth of both charges . I breadth and depth of both charges . Breadth and depth of both charaes . , , charges . Iwas surprised. It felt like it charges . Iwas surprised. It felt like it was charges . Iwas surprised. It felt like it was not charges . Iwas surprised. It felt like it was not just charges . Iwas surprised. It felt like it was not just the i felt like it was notjust the kitchen think that the whole library came with these things the challenge is to step back and look at that and that is what she needed to do to be different to the other indictments. We know the fourth indictments. We know the fourth indictment is losing its momentum, there is positive curatorial fatigue and i think the prosecutor in Fulton County have Something Different and bolder this is what it was. Her challenge is there are 19 people indicted on these and it will not be a six month trial, it will probably take close to a to set down a jury so it will probably take place well after the november election of 2024 and if he wins it will throw a unique wrinkle into the process and if he loses, i said it before, it is either the jailhouse or the white house for donald trump on this one stoplight he has already responded on this, accusing the prosecutor for having political motives. What sort of defence are likely to make . I think its pretty clear that the prosecutors raised money of this indictment already, from the investigation, donated money to the democrats, Fulton County is a puzzle in place and i think that bodes well for him and his board are bass and it will strengthen his argument as to why he needs to move it out of Fulton County because it is such a height. She is a hyper part is less than 1 of people in the us donate to political candidates and she has a broad history of donating to political candidates so that is an activist. An activist should not have the safe jurisdiction of her partners and background to push these indictments. That is my suspicion of what they will say. And probably have a strong leader to stand on. Strong leader to stand on. Josh struggled leg. If it does proceed in Fulton County, an unusual thing will be that there will be cameras allowed and we will see the trial and appearances and that will impact on how donald trump presents himself. This is the ultimate reality tv . If it presents himself. This is the ultimate reality tv . Ultimate reality tv . If it go that far, ultimate reality tv . If it go that far. If ultimate reality tv . If it go that far, if donald ultimate reality tv . If it go that far, if donald trump. That far, if donald trump wednesday, november election, they were not be a child. Lets be honest. There is no way an incoming president or the president of United States will be allowed to have this thing hanging behind his back that the board of governors, the governors involved in this process in georgia, they are all republican appointees. They would do what they can at that point to alleviate this pressure because now you have a republican president and it really does not serve the country in a purpose in having some type of trial by the republican president is there. So, so many dynamics we cannot anticipate what will happen but what we can anticipate is he will fight. Is a ready telegraph this is an extension of this part is in fight that has thought of targeted him in a unique way that no one else has been targeted and he will continue to make that case and the thing is, the opposition, the thing is, the opposition, the democrats and liberals, have given ample evidence to make that case and have it as a Selling Point Stoplight looking in the shorter term to next week, the first Republican Debate is set to take place on wednesday, the District Attorney have given donald trump and the other 18 people until next friday, friday week, to present themselves. Haw until next friday, friday week, to present themselves. How do ou think to present themselves. How do you think he to present themselves. How do you think he will to present themselves. How do you think he will handle to present themselves. How do you think he will handle those i you think he will handle those two appearances, the debate and presented himself . If two appearances, the debate and presented himself . Presented himself . If im stepping presented himself . If im stepping back presented himself . If im stepping back more presented himself . If im stepping back more in presented himself . If im stepping back more in a l presented himself . If im i stepping back more in a row presented himself . If im stepping back more in a row and his campaign, i dont surrender until friday. That becomes the news of the week Going Forward and everyone forgets there is a debate on thursday, especially if you does not show up. So the scenario at least in the media new cycle is very much set up for us to forget that he was even idea indicted by next friday because the debate is taking place by next friday because you will have this surrendering, nothing will be more high drama than that. North korea says the us soldier who crossed illegaly into its territory last month wanted to seek refuge there. This is the countrys first public acknowledgement of the soldier being detained. State media says travis king harbored ill feelings towards the us army and American Society in general. Private king ran across the heavily fortified border with south korea while on a civilian tour of the area. In the last hour, i spoke about this with our seoul correspondent, jean mackenzie. The First Official confirmation from north korea relating to travis king, what are they saying . It was a month since he made that dash across the border and into north korea where he was taken into north korean custody. This morning, we have heard for the very first time from the north koreans who have released a statement through the state media channel and in that they say that travis king said that he chose to seek refuge in north korea because he was being inhumanely treated in the us army and racially discriminated against. They also said that he was disillusioned with inequality in america and he wanted to seek asylum, in either north korea, or a third country. This is just what the north koreans are telling us that travis king said. And the us pentagon this morning has said that it cant verify that this is what travis king has told the north koreans but i think its worth looking at some of the background to this which is travis king was serving here in south korea and he was in trouble with the us authorities here and with the army, so actually spent some time in detention. He was due to be sent back to the us, where he was going to be disciplined by the army and possibly even discharged. So he chose not to get on that flight back to the us. He booked onto this tour when he dashed across. Also, travis kings family gave an interview to abc news in america just a couple of weeks ago. In that interview, they said travis king suggested when they spoke to him on the phone that he had experienced racism in the military and his Mental Health had deteriorated up until that moment in which he crossed. The other thing to note in the statement is the north koreans say today that he admitted he illegally crossed into the country, so admitted he broke the law. But there is no word on how they are now going to treat him and whether he will be prosecuted. Do we know anything more about travis king at this moment, his whereabouts, his condition . At the moment, this is the information that is missing from this statement this morning. We dont know his whereabouts, we dont know his condition and we know the us is incredibly concerned about his welfare. The pentagon has said this morning they are trying to negotiate his safe return which they had been doing from the beginning, but we know the north koreans hadnt been particularly responsive so what the us has been doing is trying to speak to the north koreans through this diplomatic channel they have with the un command, which runs the demilitarised zone. They had a direct hotline to the North Korean Army but the north koreans have only, to our knowledge, sent one message back, essentially saying that they have travis king in custody and they are investigating. 0k, jean mckenzie, in seoul, thank you. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. In other news fighting in the libyan capital of tripoli finally calmed, leaving 27 dead. Youre seeing the dark smoke that hung over the capital as tripolis two strongest armed factions clashed. The fighting came to a close after one side released a commander of the other faction, whose detention triggered the violence. At least 35 people are dead after an explosion at a Petrol Station in southern russia. The accident happened in the Southern Region of dagestan, on the caspian sea. A State Of Emergency was declared and some 260 Emergency Workers were deployed to the region. The Emergencies Ministry reported that Rescue Operations are ongoing. Two men have been released from the hospital after experiencing what the metropolitan police are calling a homophobic attack. Authorities say the men were standing outside a london nightclub, when another approached them with a knife and stabbed them before running away. The mpd has released an image of the suspected attacker in an effort to identify the man, who has yet to be found. Youre live with bbc news. Now to hawaii, where its been one week since Deadly Wildfires devastated parts of maui, including the historic city of lahaina. At least 101 people are now confirmed dead, with four people having been identified. As Recovery Efforts move forward with only 25 of the area searched so far, officials predict the death toll could double over the coming days. Anyone with a Family Member missing is being asked to give authorities dna samples to help in the identification process. Hawaii govenorjosh green has just been giving an update on the situation on the ground. Heres a bit of what he had to say. You can be sure i will not be allowing anyone to rebuild or resign or anything like that to take advantage of anyone. We will rebuild for the locals and we will work with the generosity, and it demonstrates that most, 99. 999 of everyone who has watched these telecasts and crisis unfold, wants to support and love the people of maui and hawaii. Its myjob to look out for those who may take advantage. I want to bring in bbc� s Helena Humphrey who is in maui. Helena, the governorjust posted a video on social media with an update. What extra details could you bring . He what extra details could you brina . , what extra details could you brim . ,. , ~ bring . He has been talking about the bring . He has been talking about the climbing bring . He has been talking about the Climbing Death i bring . He has been talking i about the Climbing Death toll. The efforts to continue to comb through the rubble. He has also been saying that residents of western maui would be able to trail along that road to lahaina along with employees from tomorrow. Residents from tonight. They will not be able tonight. They will not be able to use it the impacted area, however. Essentially, the idea is to be able to get access back to the west of maui. He has also been speaking about housing. Youve got to keep in Mind Thousands of people he remained displaced and said it is work in progress they are trying to get more people into hotel rooms. You also heard him comment about protecting the land here. He said that some of my comments may have been taken out of context previously when there were comments about the Government Purchasing the land in lahaina and i can tell you from talking to people here on this island, time and time again, theyve been expressing concern about that area being purchased by developers and basically people being priced out of their homes with luxury high rise Tourist Areas for example. The governor is saying it will be up to the people of lahaina to decide what to do with it. He also spoke about that visit from president beynon giving a little bit of an indication as to the timeline President Biden. The president reporting according to the governor saying that President Biden said if i could teleport myself here, i would, said if i could teleport myself here, iwould, but said if i could teleport myself here, i would, but he doesnt want to interrupt the delicate rescue mission. That focus on recovering those who perished in the fires, how are they identifying the remains they have found . It is slow and it has to be because there is a very delicate area. We understand close to 27 of that area has now been combed and the police chief was to get up to 85 the end of the weekend that he says he cant make any promises. Then it is about identifying the victims and put it frankly, people who are missing loved ones here have been told to give dna swabs to a family assistance centre, dentists are being brought in as volunteers because often people have been warning that it is likelyjust to be bones in terms of the remains that are found. Just to give you a comparison to other large scale fires, the Grenfell Fire In London in the uk, it took five months to identify the victims there. 911 and the world trade center, 40 of those victims were never found. There are warnings that in some cases this could be the case here. Around 1300 people still remain missing here. What is the level of destruction like . The area that they are carrying out that delicate search, as you describe it. It out that delicate search, as you describe it. Out that delicate search, as you describe it. It is vaster, katrina you describe it. It is vaster, katrina. We you describe it. It is vaster, katrina. We have you describe it. It is vaster, katrina. We have been katrina. We have been travelling around the island today. We are in one area, Upcountry Maui which have also been seeing fires there was a busy think about the level of destruction there in lahaina, thatis destruction there in lahaina, that is times 100 what we saw. Around 2000 buildings destroyed. 18 of it simply gone. The governor put it at the start of this disaster that it looked like a bomb had gone off. And one week on, with those delicate recovery operations continuing, that is the picture that remains and the picture that remains and the picture that will remain for a long time. The picture that will remain for a long time. And helena, the housing for a long time. And helena, the housing you for a long time. And helena, the housing you mentioned l the housing you mentioned earlier is obviously the big challenge for those who have survived. Just what is the latest of that . It survived. Just what is the latest of that . Survived. Just what is the latest of that . It is a really important latest of that . It is a really important point. Latest of that . It is a really important point. When latest of that . It is a really important point. When we | latest of that . It is a really important point. When we first came in we saw Emergency Shelters filling up and we then saw beds filling out onto the grass in front of Emergency Shelters stop we met people in recent days who were having to sleep out in the open. In terms of those operations there has been an effort to get people into housing. Airbnb have contributed about 1400 units and we are hearing about hotel rooms as well rubble we have also been hearing from other people who need shelter saying the money coming from those assistance programmes hasnt been enough in order to find an Affordable Hotel room on the islands right now. The governor addressing some of that in that addressing some of that in that address that he just gave saying we are working on issues as they come up. As they come up. Helena humphrey as they come up. Helena humphrey in as they come up. Helena humphrey in maui, as they come up. Helena | humphrey in maui, thank as they come up. Helena humphrey in maui, thank you for the update. As youve been hearing that search and Recovery Mission is painstaking as the responders involved search for those still unaccounted for. Earlier i spoke to former fema Associate Administrator and director of Disaster Operations Elizabeth Zimmerman about these sorts of operations, she dealt with over 930 disasters, emergencies and fires while at fema. And she addressed what needs to happen to rebuild. Fema likes to rebuild things to mitigate richer disasters. As they go to rebuild there are things they could do that could prevent these damages to happen in the future. You know a lot of what was lost our old historical buildings but when they go back to rebuild things and starting from scratch build things that are not only as much fireproof as possible but also looking at the ocean and the hurricane is as we know Hurricane Dorian played a role in this and so how those things can be brought in and look into the future so that these types of damages, whatever you can prevent, are minimised effects in the future, you will want to do that. For the latest information on the hawaii wildfires, please check out our website. We have the latest headlines, but analysis from our teams on the ground. Thats at bbc. Com news. Tuesday marked two years since the taliban returned to power in afghanistan after the us and other countries pulled out. The un says the country is experiencing one of the most severe humanitarian crises in the world, and has warned of a huge shortfall in funding and a deepening economic crisis. Women and girls have faced severe restrictions, including a bar on girls attending secondary school. 0ur chief International Correspondent lyse doucet has this special report. Cheering. Days gone by. Stadiums with female fans, female footballers. Now, sports are only for men and boys. Girls once went to school. Now, their high schools are shut. Qargha lake outside kabul, once a family favourite. Now, only men allowed. Afghan women are banned from public parks. Even Beauty Parlours were shut two weeks ago. This salon went underground. Schools operate in secret, too. Its risky, but these women are fighting for more than just beauty. Translation Beauty Salons were a safe place for women. I even had customers who were coming to the salon only to talk and spend some time, laugh and cry with other women. The only thing i can see from my heart is that the women of my country are deeply distressed. The un says this may be gender apartheid, but the taliban government spokesman told us the world shouldnt interfere. Translation this isjust an excuse i to put pressure on afghanistan. We have made progress in other areas. There is just one small issue remaining and we will sort this out as well. Its just a matter of time . Because most people believe they seem to be there to stay. Translation women are working in some places now and for the rest as well, as long as sharia allows it and there is a need. The same goes for girls education. We have never said that these restrictions are going to be forever. Afghans ask if, when, their lives will change. Security is better now. No more taliban attacks, of course. Foreign troops are gone, but donors are turning away, too. The un appeal is only a quarterfunded. One message the Afghan People really give us so forcefully and strongly is, please dont abandon us. We have already now a more difficult situation. If you take away ourjobs and if you take away even the basic needs that we have, where should we end up . More and more children are ending up like this, like ismutala and asif, working 14 hours a day to feed their families. Together, they earn about a pound a day. Just enough to put bread on their table. Their father used to be a driver with a foreign company. It shut down when the taliban took over. War injured him, too. Translation my baby has no cradle. I sold it to buy some flour. If theres no other way, i would be forced to sell my children to survive. Agonising choices. Thats life in afghanistan now. Against that backdrop, there are very real questions about whether the International Community should engage with the taliban. Lyse addressed those concerns earlier. Not a single country has recognised the Islamic Emirates taliban rule since they came to power. They believe they should be recognised. Most western embassies pulled out but neighbouring countries are there. A lot of the diplomats space, they are still talking to the taliban. The critics including a very large, very embittered afghan diaspora say what is the point . You just strengthen them when you talk to them, you just strengthen their hardline views. Others believe because there are signs of dissent within the taliban movement, there are taliban leaders who have been negotiating for a very long time to understand the importance of afghanistan moving to a more modern approach to education, to work, as they believe there is something that can be achieved in speaking with them. Nothing has been achieved yet, it is a very hierarchical movement. The edicts are handed down by the reclusive supreme leader, but, if you dont talk to them and you shut the door and those who believe in engagement, and many do, many dont, but those who do, many dont, but those who do say shutting the door completely will be the worst situation of all. the the top of the other with the latest headlines. To stay with us here on bbc news. Hello. Well, were just into the second half of august, and guess what . It looks like summer is not over yet. In fact, over the next few days, it is going to turn warmer, more humid. And this time next week, some of the Computer Models are indicating even warmer weather. But thats still a long way off. Lets concentrate on the here and now. A weak area of High Pressure is over us. That means light winds, fairly stable conditions out there. Weve had some clear spells, apart from central and eastern scotland, where it has been damp in places, a relatively mild ish morning between 10 and 13 degrees. But because of the light winds and all of the moisture weve got out there, it does mean its foggy in places, certainly around dawn and just after, certainly across england and wales, the more prone spots. But it wont last for very long. It never does this time of the year. So lots of sunshine eventually and then clouds will bubble up. Theres Cumulus Clouds and well see a few showers, but very hit and miss. Here are the temperatures. 22 celsius in glasgow, 22 celsius in birmingham, about 26 celsius expected in the south east, a bit like on tuesday. Now, tuesday, wednesday, well see this and into thursday well see this area of High Pressure still across the uk, but its drifted a little bit further towards the north. And with the help of this low pressure here, were picking up more of a breeze from the south southeast, a very warm direction this time of the year. So that does mean that the temperatures are going to be creeping up. This so, yes, one or two showers developing here and there, but generally speaking, a bright, if not sunny day. And look at these values, 23 celsius in liverpool, 23 celsius expected in glasgow and no doubt in some spots itll be even warmer than that in the south east, possibly 27 28 degrees celsius. And then thursday into friday, these low pressure Weather Fronts try to sweep in and they will. We are expecting some rain showers to move into south western and western parts of the uk. So i think friday, overall, quite a cloudy day with a chance of rain, but also humid and warm. Look at these temperatures, despite the cloud and the rain still low or mid 20s. And then the outlook into next week, look at these values, 27 28 degrees celsius, maybe even 29 celisus at some point. So certainly looking warmer. And in the north, it looks as though temperatures will rise a little bit as well. Look out for those who may take advantage. Voiceover this is bbc news. Well have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. If you dont live here and youre not affected by it every day, you forget that its happening. But it is