hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the us. donald trump has spoken publicly for the first time since he was charged with 3a counts of falsifying business records, saying the legal action is an insult to america. the former us president earlier pleaded not guilty to hiding damaging information during the 2016 election. speaking to his supporters, mr trump said his only crime was to fearlessly defend the nation from those who would destroy it. in a campaign style speech, he lambasted the biden administration and repeated the false claims that he d been cheated out of office in 2020 by voting fraud. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. cheering and applause. from the beginning, the democrats spied on my campaign, remember that? they attacked me with an onslaught of fraudulent investigations, russia, russia, russia, ukraine, ukraine, ukraine, impeachment oaks number one, impeachment oaks number o
tonight at ten a date is formally proposed for a new referendum on scottish independence. the scottish government wants it to take place on the 19th of october next year subject to legal consent. my determination is to secure a process that allows the people of scotland, whetheryes, no, or yet to be decided, to express their views in a legal, constitutional referendum. eight years after the last referendum the prime minister says there are more important priorities for government. our plan for a stronger economy certainly means that we think we are stronger working together. we ll be looking at the likelihood of a referendum being held within 16 months. also tonight. the campaigner dame deborahjames host of the bbc s you, me and the big c has died at the age of a0. in ukraine, the aftermath of russia s attack on a shopping centre at least 20 people were killed and dozens injured. in new york, ghislaine maxwell is sentenced to 20 years for helping jeffrey epstein
for helping jeffrey epstein abuse young girls. turkey agrees to support finland and sweden s nato membership applications, the breakthrough comes after the three countries signed a joint memorandum. the campaigner dame deborahjames, host of the bbc s you, me and the big c, has died at the age of a0. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore and six in the evening in washington, dc, where an official inquiry into the riots at the american capitol has been hearing dramatic testimony from a former white house aide. cassidy hutchinson said former president donald trump knew supporters had weapons when he urged them to march to congress last year. she also said senior officials had warned repeatedly that mr trump s rally on that day to try to overturn joe biden s victory could spiral out of control. our north america editor, sarah smith, has more. a surprise witness. her appearance, kept secret until today, delivered ex