at the end of the season. there has been speculation that messi could move to saudi arabia or the mls. it s a big night in germany as either stuttgart or hamburg will move a step closer to confirming their place in the bundesliga next season. it s the first leg of their relegation play off. currently, stuttgart are leading 1-0. a currently, stuttgart are leading 1 0. a goal in the first minute from konstantinos. stuttgart trying to maintain their status in germany s top division for a fourth successive season while hamburg are looking to return for the first time in five years. england s cricketers are in complete control of their one off test against ireland after the opening day s play at lord s in london, after winning the toss and choosing to field england struck early thanks to stuart broad. he finished with figures of 5 51 as ireland were bowled out for 172. and in response, england closed just 20 runs behind on 152 1, with ben duckett unbeaten on 60. ultimately,
hello and welcome to bbc news. donald trump has become the first former us president to face a criminal prosecution. the charges relate to falsifying business records to hide a payment to a porn star, stormy daniels, before the 2016 election. in a statement mr trump said the democratic authorities in new york were doing joe biden s dirty work, accusing them of interferring in next year s presidential election. john sudworth reports. the masssed ranks of the media say it all. donald trump s provided plenty of big moments in american politics, but few bigger than this his own imminent arrest. the news was confirmed in an angry statement from the former president, blaming his political opponents. the democrats, he said, have done the unthinkable. the case against him centres on this woman, the porn star known as stormy daniels. ahead of trump s 2016 election win, she was paid $130,000 to stop her going public with claims she had had an affair with him something he denies. hi
Wont get in the way of food, water and medicine getting to civilians, as long as the assistance does not reach hamas. Mr biden says they are a few more things that need to happen before the aid can come in. This has been a very blunt negotiation i have had, so we want to get as many of the trucks out as possible. There are a 150 or so there. Not all will go. The first tranche, if there is a second tranche, see how it goes. Lets look at some of the other top headlines from the war at this hour. Protests across the middle east erupted over the explosion at the Al Ahli Hospital in gaza tuesday that left at least a71 people dead. Arab states and the main palestinian militant group, hamas, have continued to blame israel for the explosion, even as mr biden backed israels claim that it had nothing to do with it. And the United States vetoed a Un Security Council vote calling for humanitarian pauses in gaza, a move that was condemned by other members including russia, china and the uae. Our In
almost 3% of market s valleys. the standard & poor s index down more. nearly 4%. alison kosik live with the latest. what s driving this? reporter: we saw the sell-off pick up steam on wall street after a report a eurozone official said they have no plans to givotly a financial rescue package, financial assistance may not be in the cards for italy. the thinking, it will could be too big to bail out. the fact it s solvent but drowns in $2.5 trillion in debt. its economy more than twice as big as greece, portugal and ireland when you put them altogether. a bail xwout could cost clearly much more than it did for greece. the fear italy could default is playing out obviously in the equity market, in stocks and italy s bond markets. the ten-year yield spiked 7%. no one wants to touch italy s debt because it s a big question whether italy can even pay its bills. john? for someone watching here in the states you have a global domino effect going on. what will it take to stop the f