donald trump has become the first us president in history to be charged with a crime. he ll be charged in new york over alleged hush money given to porn starjust before the 2016 presidential election. mr trump, who s running again for president, has repeated he s innocent, and called the indictment political persecution and election interference. his son eric said it was the opportunistic targeting of a political opponent in a campaign year. in a moment, we ll get the view from washington with our correspondent nomia iqbal. first, let s go to the court in new york. the bbc s nada tawfik is outside the court in new york. you have been there for the last few hours. what is the latest now? latest now? well, we are caettin latest now? well, we are getting a latest now? well, we are getting a better - latest now? well, we are getting a better sense i latest now? well, we are getting a better sense of| latest now? well, we are - getting a better sense of how all of this is lik
the court. also tonight we are expecting district attorney alvin bragg to set up the indictment in full. donald trump, we know, is due to go back to mar a lago, so we will have our eyes glued on the plane, trump forced one, as it is known, which is on standby at laguardia airport. tonight we have a top panel for you as well. with us tonight is brian lanza, former communications director for the brian lanza, former communications directorfor the trump brian lanza, former communications director for the trump transition team, marianne marsh, the democratic strategist. also tonight, we are also going to hearfrom the federal also tonight, we are also going to hear from the federal state attorney, dave ehrenberg, who is with our standing by as well. but we are going to stay with these pictures. netta, let sjust set are going to stay with these pictures. netta, let s just set the scene for our viewers tonight. the former president still in the custody of the da, so he is not fre
let s get more on that unexpected interview the bbc conducted with elon musk. it came about after the bbc objected to a new tag describing it as government funded media on its main twitter account. in the interview, the billionaire agreed to change this to publicy funded. he also defended the site s policing of hate speech and the mass sackings of staff and described taking over the social media firm as painful. i m joined now by social media commentator and ceo of communication company, battenhall, drew benvie. hello, good to see you. what were your main takeaways from this rather lengthy interview? it your main takeaways from this rather lengthy interview? lengthy interview? it was an interesting lengthy interview? it was an interesting one, lengthy interview? it was an interesting one, that s - lengthy interview? it was an interesting one, that s for l lengthy interview? it was an - interesting one, that s for sure. thank you for having me on. it was quite eye ope
Well, we saw some of the passengers that had gathered their belongings and were greeted by members of the Singapore Air staff here. One by one, they took them out and we saw them reunited with their families. There were some real emotional moments and some big hugs after such an arduous trip. As my colleague, jonathan head, explains. Shaken by their ordeal, the passages were met by an army of ambulances after they landed in bangkok. They had just been served breakfast when the boeing airliner plunged without warning. A shot taken inside the cabin after the aircraft had landed gives us a sense of the absolute chaos on board. Another passenger, jerry, was travelling with his family to a wedding in australia. A bit of turbulence and suddenly, the plane plunged, i dont know how far, but they said it was 6000 feet. It didnt seem like 6000 feet. But it was a long way and so sudden. There was no warning at all. And i ended up hitting my head on the ceiling. My wife did. Some poor people were
Condition in hospital in bratislava. At a news conference, the slovak Interior Minister described the suspect as a lone wolf, who opposed the government. More details about his condition and emerging all the time. In the last few moments, slovakian President Elect Peter Pellegrini had this update from the hospital where mr fico is receiving treatment. Translation the Prime Minister is now facing the most difficult and challenging days, hours, minutes in order for him to survive. And i hope that everything will work out for the best. I really hope for us all to see his soon recovery and coming to full strength. Lets speak to bethany bell, our correspondent in bratislava. As we heard, microphone is in a very serious condition. We have been told that the next few days will be critical for him. That the next few days will be criticalfor him. She that the next few days will be critical for him. She was shot at very close range, including in the stomach, and of course he underwent several ar