0ur north america correspondent peter bowes sent this update. this means the trial of donald trump on charges that he was involved in a conspiracy to overthrow the result of the 2020 election will be significantly delayed if indeed it is able to go ahead at all. donald trump is accused of being involved in a conspiracy to defraud the united states through his words, his actions, in the days leading up to january six, 2021, and the assault on the capitol building. he says he was the president at the time and therefore he cannot face these criminal charges because he had presidential immunity and that he cannot be charged for anything he did during that time. we have since heard from him again, after hearing about the supreme court does make intention is to look at this case, donald trump releasing a statement, reaffirming his still believed that presidential immunity applies. in fact, he says it is in the best interest of the united states, notjust talking about himself but re
but the supreme court s decision to take up the case could delay it beyond the election in november. earlier, i asked our north america correspondent peter bowes if this announcement comes as a surprise. i think it was inevitable that this would end up in the supreme court. donald trump s claims averted been rejected by a lower court and he claims he is immune to this kind of criminal prosecution because he was president at the time. this relates to the allegations that he tried to overturn the result of the 2020 election and mr trump faces multiple charges including one that he conspired to defraud the come of this was a trial does do to start very soon next month and it is been delayed and it is now on hold reading from the supreme court that they intend to hear arguments in april, the third week of april and a decision expected at some point injune and we know now that this trial, if indeed it goes ahead, it will not be happening until at leastjuly and were getting into po
tortured for three years on president putin s orders and then murdered. applause in her address in strasbourg, which received a standing ovation, yulia navalnaya said that people outside russia need to understand that vladimir putin is not a politician, but the head of an organised crime gang. she said he can t be negotiated with, and is capable of anything. she promised to continue his work towards a free russia. here s some of that speech. on his orders, alexei was tortured for three years. he was starved in a tiny stone cell, cut off from the outside world and denied visits, phone calls and then even letters. and then they killed him. even after that, they abused his body and abused his mother. 0n the one hand, the public murder has once again showed everyone that putin is capable of anything and that you cannot negotiate with him. and let s just take a moment to remind ourselves of what we know about alexei navalny s death. he was of course a vocal critic of president p
good evening. the last time julia navalny visited strasboug, she was with her husband and her children. he was with her in germany recovering, after russian security officials had poisoned him with the deadly nerve agent novichok. three years on she was back. but this time not with her husband. his body has been transferred to moscow, in time for friday s funeral. ms navalany told the european parliament she had spent the past 12 days, since her husband s death in an arctic penal colony, fighting to get his body back from the russian authorities. and even after they had killed him she said they had abused his body and his mother. she urged the politcians to stop thinking of putin, as a politician who plays by their rules. on his orders, alexei was tortured for three years. he was starved in a tiny stone cell, cut off from the outside world and denied visits, phone calls, and then even letters. and then they killed him. even after that, they abused his body and abused his moth