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
queues to get through security during the easter holidays. the former olympic and paralympic athlete, oscar pistorius, applies for parole after serving half his sentence for shooting and killing his girlfriend. 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 pawn 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 hi
Pictures coming in from that the lead with jake tapper starts right now cnn Breaking News and welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper and we begin today with multiple breaking stories. All of which will have wideranging impacts on the 2024 election and moments from now and florida, former President Donald Trump will welcome the House Speaker mike johnson. To his maralago resort. The two men are holding a Press Conference in which they will discuss. They say election security, though we should note the last time the two teamed up on this issue they worked to try to undermine the 2020 election. So skepticism may be warranted. We are told the two Republican Leaders are expected to highlight the issue of non in citizens voting in federal elections. And if youre thinking, doesnt federal law already van, noncitizens from voting in federal elections, you would be correct. It is true but some municipalities allow noncitizens to vote in some local elections, like the mayor of tacoma park, maryland.
Will be if the republicans bite when it comes time to picking the nominee for president but also for president once again. for president but also for president once aiain. . ,, for president but also for president once aiain. . ~ i. to ukraine now. president zelensky has promised to punish every perpetrator of war crimes committed by russian troops in bucha, on the first anniversary of the town being retaken. the ukrainian military recaptured the small town to the north of the capital, kyiv, in late march last year, and international investigators are now collecting evidence in bucha and other similar places where ukraine says russian troops committed large scale atrocities. russia denies the allegations. from bucha, our correspondent hugo bachega reports. it s been a year since russian forces fled bucha, a town that is now known as the site of one of the worst atrocities committed in this war. russian soldiers are accused of torturing, raping and executing civilians. officials say mor
This is bbc news. welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories. donald trump becomes the first former us president to face criminal charges after an investigation into a payment made to a porn star. the charges relate to falsifying business records which is illegal in new york, mr trump denies any wrongdoing. the ecb has published its findings into former england cricket captain michael vaughan following allegations of racist language. he claims the charges have been dissmissed. was gwyneth paltrow at fault? no. us actress gwyneth paltrow wins a lawsuit after being sued over a skiing collision in utah seven years ago. the former olympic