we have a special report from taiwan where the government is taking steps to protect itself against what it sees as a growing threat from china. and nasa unveils the four astronauts who will prepare for a return to the moon the crew of artemis ii. it s six in the morning in singapore, and six in the evening in new york, where donald trump is spending the night ahead of his arraignment on tuesday. this is the seen life in new york. he s in his suite in the trump tower in manhattan, presumably conferring with his lawyers for what will be an unprecedented moment in us legal history. that s because never before has a us president, sitting orformer, faced criminal charges. the case is complex and hasn t yet been made fully public. we ll look at what could happen next and we ll be live with our correspondent in new york injust a moment. but we begin with this report from our north america editor, sarah smith. it s not quite a presidential motorcade, but as donald trump leaves h
good evening. we begin with the closing arguments in the historic first ever criminal trial of a former u.s. president. arguments that are still under way as we speak. in fact, the 12-member jury in donald trump s hush money election interference trial is hearing its seventh hour of summations right now. nearly three hours for the defense followed by four hours for the prosecution with the clock still running. it appears they will continue tonight until the prosecution finishes. over the last four hours the prosecution has been arguing that the case comes down to three things. that they claim they have proven. one, that there were in fact false business records that the false business records were intended to cover up conspiracy related to the 2016 election. number three, that donald trump was personally involved. prosecutor joshua stein glass has been taking them through it, starting with the meeting with trump, michael cohen, and the former national enquirer publisher dav
So that s what they have been riding on. now the airlines must take this under their own responsibility and know that they have to start feeding the pipeline of pilots quickly. david, thank you so much for the perspective. we appreciate it. thank you, boris. right now, there s growing international concern about the african nation as soldiers claim power after the president s own guards reportedly seized him. plus a cnn exclusive. we speak to a baltimore musician who says he was hired to organize a protest and never knew his clients had links to pro-beijing operatives. nothing anti-american. i want to keep stressing that.
Culminated and it did not achieve all of the gains, the final quote victory in bakhmut, and on the flanks of bakhmut, the ukrainians have been counter attacking and taking them back from the russians and the head of wagner saying that he is going to withdraw his troops from june and give them retraining and relaxation, and so even more tenuous as they are claiming this seemingly victory, but what to look ahead to is this looming ukrainian counter offensive. the counter offensive is hugely important, because it is going to be using additional yucrepe i crepe ukrainian brigades equipped with artillery and enormous riding on. this i personally think that it