Of election fraud. Lets run through extracts of that call starting with the debunked claims from the former president about suitcases of ballots the president also made claims about so called dead voters. Brad raffensperger did push back in his call with President Trump heres a series of further extracts. And in the most explicit part of the call trump spelled out how many voters he needed. Stephen loosley an analyst in us politics at the United States studies centre in sydney laid out the legal dilemmas mr trump now faces. Its a very serious indictment for a number of reasons. Firstly, it is Racketeering Charge under Georgia State law and racketeering legislation is modelled on the Originalfederal Legislation is modelled on the original federal legislation that was designed to bring down the mafia. The problem that donald trump faces is generally a conviction under legislation in georgia leads to a prison sentence, it is not certain that is the probability. Secondly, mark meadows, th
Welcome to three hours of checking out the truth behind stories. We start in hawaii, where 55 people are now known to have died in devastating wildfires. About 1,000 remain unaccounted for. Damage to Communication Lines is making it difficult to locate people. To give you a sense of the utter devastation on maui, i first wanted to show you these pictures. They were taken by a passenger on a Plane Landing on the island. They really capture the extent of the wildfires as they burn out of control. The governor of hawaii estimated that 80 of the town is gone. He said it was probably the us states largest ever natural disaster. We can also show you these pictures. They show that some buildings seem to have been left untouched by the flames whilst others just metres away have been completely destroyed. Locals have been left to just look in horror at what theyve lost. There were no warning sirens to alert them as the flames moved towards their homes. Authorities say it will take many years an
groups from unions, to students and others coming forward to raise their objections. in part, it is crystallised around the pension age, but so many different analysts saying the same thing, that so many different grievances weaved into these numbers on the streets. a more complicated one for the government to solve, i suspect than simply yes or no on the legal age. but that news coming and that the constitutional council has given it the thumbs up. there will be no referendum, that was a possibility. let s bring in a french political analyst and he is there waiting to talk to us in paris. it s not surprise decision of the constitutional court because a lot of people were saying that the referendum will pass and that the constitutional court will not avoid it. so, it s not a surprise, but i think that we will see in the upcoming hours and the weekend a lot of riots and strikes in the country, because there is still 70% of the french population that is against the referendum,
this week, two nations with caretaker readers, and problems that cannot wait. in israel, a coalition has collapsed. joe biden has been in a middle east seeking more saudi oil. they and the israelis want the united states to pledge action against iran. you re in the uk, if famous and not so famous five are vying to succeed borisjohnson as leader of the conservative party and prime minister. but in a context of tax cuts, is that the answer to what even ministers describe as a cost of living crisis? in the studio to discuss all of that, an american journalist and senior writer at bloomberg business week, based in london since the late 1970s, he writes on arab affairs. you burrow is a columnist with the male newspapers, he has reported from all around the middle east during his time and was a speech writer on david cameron s successful general election campaign in 2010. welcome to you all. let s begin in the middle east. stephanie, joe biden is engaged in this middle east trip, s