money paid to an adult film star. the decision paves the way for the first ever criminal trial of a former us president. the trial has been scheduled for next month. it s the first of four criminal cases mr trump faces. he s pleaded not guilty and says the cases are politically motivated. here is the former president speaking to reporters. we re here for something that is not a crime. - nobody s ever seen anything like it. what it is is election interference. it s being run byjoe i biden s white house. his top person was placed | here in order to make sure everything goes right. this is a terrible time for our country, this is a real dark period for our country. his top person and others have been i placed into the da s office to makel sure they do a good jobi of election interference. our correspondent nada tawfik, who is outside the courthouse in new york, has more. these appearances at court have certainly become common for donald trump, as he seeks to kind of boost his
following a fall of 0.1% the previous quarter. it s the third time that the uk has fallen into recession in the past 25 years. the first was during the financial crash in 2008 that was the deepest recession for decades. the most recent was at the start of covid when much of the economy was forced to shut down. the good news is this latest recession is smaller than previous ones. the difficult issue for the prime minister is that one of his five pledges is to grow the economy. 0ur economics editor faisal islam reports. signs of the times in harlow town centre. 0n the one hand, some evidence of the struggle for hairdressers, retailers, restaurateurs and others on the high street. on the other, they need to fill recruitment gaps. it may look like a recession, indeed it is now officially a recession, but it s not a very normal one. we officially a recession, but it s not a very normal one. officially a recession, but it s not a very normal one. we went to the food bank. a ve
yes, two big football transfer stories, jude bellingham to real madrid in a moment but in the last hour we have heard argentina legend lionel messi willjoin the american side into miami after his exit from paris saint germain. the former barcelona player is certain to reject a more lucrative offer from a saudi arabian side. he wanted to remain in europe for another year but after no satisfactory offers were received he had a choice between into miami and the saudi arabian side, he went with the american team full reasons including lifestyle and to deal with big brands extending beyond football. real madrid have agreed a deal with borussia dortmund to sign england midfielderjude bellingham £a86 million. the 19 year old joined dortmund from birmingham city in july 2020 and was one of england s top performers at the world cup last year. bellingham want the move and will have a medical at the next few days. the midfielder has been linked with some of the top sides in europe and
have the latest on that will come back to verify live. let s return straightaway to our story because both cad and moscow blame each other for the breach of that damn. meanwhile, people downstream of the dam are having to flee advancing floodwaters while those others have lost access to safe drinking water. let me just show you some of the latest pictures that we are getting from the region, because right throughout the day we have been seeing the rising waters. we have also seen in terms of the rescue efforts, multiple rescue efforts of people being plucked from rooftops. we heard that people are actually staying in trees overnight to try and escape all of that that you are seeing on the screen. let s speak to a climate and environmental policy expert from eco action ukraine, the civil society organisation that has been studying environmental impacts of the war in the country. thank you so much for being here on the programme. in terms of your assessment of the impact of wha
captain is said to have rejected a more lucrative offer from the saudi arabian side al hilal to move to major league soccer. it s thought messi wanted to stay in europe but there were no satista ctory offers. messi already owns a house in florida and his contract with inter miami includes sponsorship deals with adidas and apple. elsewhere, real madrid have agreed a deal with borussia dortmund to sign the england midfielder jude bellingham for $ 107 million dollars or £86 million pounds. 19 year old bellingham, who joined dortmund only three years ago from birmingham city, was one of england s top performers at last year s world cup in qatar and was recently voted player of the year in the bundesliga. bellingham who s agreed a six year deal with real madrid is due to have medical in the next few days. staying with football, the final of the europa conference league is well under way in prague where fiorentina are playing west ham united. west ham are looking to