18 others, including his then chief of staff, mark meadows, and his lawyer, rudy giuliani, have also been indicted. Mr trump has denied wrongdoing and has described the investigation as politically motivated. Its the fourth criminal case to be brought against him since he left office. Lets take a listen to what Fulton County District Attorney fani willis said a short time ago. The indictment alleges that rather than abide by georgia was Mike Whittall process for election challenges, defendants engaged in a Criminal Racketeering Enterprise to overturn georgias president ial election result. Subsequent to the indictment, as is the normal process in georgia law, The Grand Jury issued Arrest Warrants for those who are charged. I am giving the defendants the opportunity to voluntarily surrender no later than noon on friday the 25th day of august, 2023. Earlier, Donald Trumps campaign issued a statement. Lets speak now to sean dilley, our North America correspondent, live from washington, dc
Saying, quote the fires began on tuesday and are now about 80 contained. The blazes spread quickly, fuelled by strong winds generated by a hurricane over the pacific ocean. Thousands are still in emergency shelters. Visitors are being evacuated from the island. These are the latest pictures we Have Smouldering Ruins and total devastation. The worst destruction has been on the island of maui, where some beachfront areas have been completely levelled. Us President Joe Biden has now declared the wildfires a major disaster. This triggers the release of federal funds to help Recovery Efforts. He spoke earlier. We have just approved a major disaster declaration for hawaii, which will get aid into the hands of people who desperately need the help now. Theyve lost, anyone who has lost a loved one, whose home has been damaged or destroyed, is going to get help immediately. And ive directed that we send support to these brave firefighters and First Responders and Emergency Personnel working arou
support. nearly two weeks on from turkey s devastating earthquake, officials say most rescue efforts to find survivors are to end. police in the north of england have found a body near where a woman went missing three weeks ago. 45 year old nicola bulley was last seen walking her dog near a river in lancashire in the northwest of england onjanuary 27th. 25 minutes after she was last seen, her mobile phone, was found on a bench, still connected to a work teams call. her springer spanial was found waiting nearby. lancashire police said they were called at 11.36 local time to reports of a body in the river wyre less than a kilometre from where she was last seen. a police statement on twitter said, an underwater search team and specialist officers have subsequently attended the scene, entered the water and have sadly recovered a body. our reporter yunus muller is in the village where nicola bulley went missing. have you got you? it is very windy, and we have had a couple of tec