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the icelandic capital, reykjavik — the fifth in six months. hi there, thanks for being with us. we start in new york — where the 12jurors in donald trump's hush money trial have begun their deliberations. in the first—ever criminal trial of a us president, mr trump is facing 3a counts of falsifying business records. prosecutors accuse the former president of an "elaborate scheme" that violated campaign finance laws. they say he and his campaign team tried to cover up a $130,000 hush—money payment to adult fim star stormy daniels, in order to supress

her claims of an affair with mr trump in 2006. mr trump speaking outside the court. so it seems that there - are a lot of witnesses, a lot of people that they could've called, that they didn't call. they didn't call them obviously because they would've - very bad witnesses for them. but take a look at the list — i and because of the gag order, i won't go down into individual names. i but you have a lot of big players that would've i solve their problem, or actually would'vel given us the win. we're ready have the win —j if we had a differentjudge, this case would've been over a long time ago. . the other thing, confusion is, i nobody knows what the crime is. because there is no crime. nobody knows what the crime is. the da didn't name the crime. the bbc�*s nada tawfik has been following the trial from the start. the jury went home without reaching a verdict on the first day, deliberating for nearly five hours. the judge started off the morning by instructing them, telling them to not let

any bias against donald trump get in the way and to decide this case on the facts. and he instructed them that they need to find two parts to find donald trump guilty. first, that he personally or in concert with others falsified business records. and secondly, that he did that to conceal and with intent to conceal another crime. they said that other crime could include a violation of new york or federal election law, or even tax violations. and he also told them that they can't convict donald trump on michael cohen's word alone. he said under the law, michael cohen is an accomplice and they must find corroborating evidence to back up his testimony. well, jurors got the deliberations under way. the first time they were able to discuss the evidence after nearly five weeks of testimony, hearing from 22 witnesses.

and after about three—and—a—half hours, they came back with a note asking to see testimony from the first witness in the trial under the prosecution's case, the former publisher of the national enquirer, david pecker. they also wanted testimony read back to them from the prosecution's star witness, michael cohen. they were concerned about an august 2015 meeting in trump tower, a meeting which prosecutors said was where the so—called "catch and kill" scheme was formulated, where david pecker would notify michael cohen about any negative stories about donald trump to try to buy them and then bury them — and all of that to help donald trump's campaign. so the jury, clearly wanting a closer look at what was said in that meeting with pecker, cohen and donald trump. they also want to see pecker�*s testimony from a call he had with donald trump, where trump allegedly told him that he knew karen mcdougal and also testimony where pecker

said he ultimately abandoned a plan to be reimbursed by trump for paying karen mcdougal, the former playboy model, hush money to also stay quiet about her story. and then after a bit more time, jurors had another note for thejudge asking that he reread his instructions to them from the morning. all of this signalling that the jury is taking their job extremely seriously. these notes are common during deliberations when jurors have additional questions and want clarification. but here we are, day one of deliberations down and they will return again to resume those deliberations on what will be a historic decision. jules epstein is professor at the temple beasley school of law, in philadelphia. he gave me his view on the possibility of the jury not being able to reach a unanimous verdict.

there are chances of a hung jury because michael cohen is a very damaged witness. 0n the other hand, the government tried to show that they don't really need mr cohen because the documents back it up. one reason that may make it less likely for there to be a hung jury is that mr trump made his lawyer argue that nothing was true. that he never had contact with a sexual contact with stormy daniels, that she was extorting him. and when the defends takes an extreme position, "nothing is true," and if the jury says, "gee, we think some of it is true," it may make it harder for them to trust the defence

on the rest of the theory. i guess, whatever the outcome, as we've been reporting, this is the first time in history that a us president has faced a criminal trial, and it is of course one of four cases that he's facing. what kind of precedent would this case set? well, it depends on the verdict, 0k? first of all, it sets a precedent, hopefully that no one is above the law. if he is convicted in this case, it will set a second precedent, which is, exactly how do these financial laws apply in the context of an election? i don't know if there are other precedents, because it's really a political thing, in terms of, is the country comfortable with the fact that a president orformer president should be tried?

and i think it's fair to say that our country is very split on that, at least as to this president. of course, as you say, we still don't know the verdict. but if he was to be found guilty, what will be the chances of him actually spending time behind bars? i suspect low. first of all, i suspect that from a comment thejudge made, i suspect also because it would be an incredibly difficult thing to accomplish safely. i expect so because it's a financial crime. i'm not saying they're not serious, but it wasn't like people were cheated out of their life savings. and i suspect, in some ways, that the judge would not

send him to jail precisely so that the judge looks down the middle, objective, and not vindictive. some of hong kong's best—known pro—democracy campaigners are awaiting a verdict today on subversion charges, which could see them imprisoned for life. officials charged the group known as the "hong kong 47" three years ago under the national security law imposed by china. the eight women and 39 men are accused of trying to "overthrow" the government by running unofficial primaries to pick opposition candidates for local elections. among those charged are opposition lawmakers like long—time activist claudia mo — known affectionately in cantonese as "auntie mo". there's also leung kwok—hung, a self—described "marxist revolutionary" better known as "long hair".

also in the dock are well—known people from the 2014 pro—democracy movement, including joshua wong, who as a student became the face of the umbrella movement. and benny tai, a professor of law at the university of hong kong, who launched the "0ccupy central" movement in 2013 — and has been called a "hardcore troublemaker" by beijing. most of the accused have been injail since being arrested in 2021 — held under the national security law. we've been speaking to nathan law, a pro—democracy activist who is in exile. definitely a devastating day for all hong kong people, because we're witnessing one of the biggest national security cases, and it could probably a guilty verdict. because we know by the track record, there has been 100% conviction rate in the national security law court, whichjudges are is hand—picked by beijing, and the law is written so it is basically open

for interpretation of the authority. so for now we've got 16 pledged not guilty. it is likely that we will see a lot of them, if not all, they will be remanded and will be found guilty. i remember speaking to some of them during the pro—democracy protests. things have changed so quickly. how much of an inflection point, in your view, is this case for the movement in hong kong? well, this case definitely is an iconic case. most of the defendants are the most prominent and high—profile political activists and politicians in hong kong. and they are all being accused of overthrowing the government because of what they've done, which is participate in a primary election. the behaviour itself is such a

common normal norm in democratic countries, but in hong kong, it turns out to be an act of subversion. i think this is really salient, in terms of understanding current—day hong kong politics and showing how authoritarian the government is. how do you feel, living in exile — do you feel safe? for me, i'm a wanted person, i want to by the hong kong government with similar laws, and i was actually part of the primary election before i left hong kong. so, ifeel a lot when i witness the case and follow the case, and it's definitely a devastating day because most of the defendants, i personally know them. a lot of them i worked with years and years, and then they ended up in prison, orfacing a heavy prison sentencing. is definitely devastating.

if you look at most of them, they've already been in jail for more than years without a verdict. and they are denied bail for that length of time. it is definitely outrageous. we can go live now to hong kong and our correspondent, martin yep, who's outside the magistrates�* court. yep, who�*s outside the magistrates�* court. we just saw a van driving into the courthouse, what is the mood there? ,., ., courthouse, what is the mood there? ., there? good morning. right next to me, there? good morning. right next to me. you _ there? good morning. right next to me. you might _ there? good morning. right next to me, you might be _ there? good morning. right next to me, you might be able - there? good morning. right next to me, you might be able to - there? good morning. right next to me, you might be able to see | to me, you might be able to see this 0 - dozens to me, you might be able to see this 0 — dozens of people here, some have reported the arrival of the night before trying to get seating to the courtroom to hear the verdict of these 16 defendants out of the 47 being accused of subversion, and whether they will be found guilty or not. and the word has been quite sombre, many of them just browsing through their

smartphones, covering themselves in checkers because it�*s early winter here in hong kong, and it will probably rain any time from now. some of them are facing away from the press, not really wanting to be talked to. and just at the back of the camera, there�*s been some activity, some foreign phases have dust faces have arrived, some diplomats from hong kong. so it�*s pretty tense, i�*ll put it that way, because of the police presence, dozens of them have already been here since this morning, setting up roadblocks, and you might see those shots of prison vehicles coming into the courthouse and the heavy security, and all these officers— many of them are wearing what�*s known as stab proof vests, preventing from any possible attacks

against the police officers. now these people have been charged with subversion — can you tell us exactly what that means? ,, ., you tell us exactly what that means? . ., , means? so the charge in full is subversion _ means? so the charge in full is subversion against _ means? so the charge in full is subversion against the - means? so the charge in full is subversion against the state i means? so the charge in full is subversion against the state - | subversion against the state — the chinese state. so they�*ve been accused by the prosecutors of organising that primary election back injune 2020, they were attempting to gain control and overthrow the chinese state in that way. the charge has never been against the hong kong government, but against the chinese state. so it�*s a law written by china, imposed in hong kong, but they are expected to deliver a verdict to determine who of the defendants, if they are found

guilty, and have committed more aggravated crime, and in that sense they might be sentenced to a maximum of life in prison. martin, just briefly, some people pleaded guilty, others didn�*t, so what changes would that make? 50 didn't, so what changes would that make?— didn't, so what changes would that make? so there's a saying that make? so there's a saying that it's customary _ that make? so there's a saying that it's customary in _ that make? so there's a saying that it's customary in the - that make? so there's a saying that it's customary in the hong| that it�*s customary in the hong kong court system, the english style court system, if you plead guilty you will gain some leniency in terms ofjail time, you would be given reduction — but under the national security law bite beijing, as well as the newly passed national security 0rdinance here in hong kong, there might be changes. there are clauses inside that law to influence whether the courts or even the prison surface would grant this leniency to jail time. so they

plead guilty probably in order to gain some leniency in jail terms. but whether it would work really depends on what the judge is saying this time. martin, thank you so much for now, and we�*ll be showing you some live pictures from the court where we saw some vans driving inside there, so do stay tuned on the bbc news channel where we will bring you all the latest as we get the verdict, of course a lot more on our website as well. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.

british parliament has officially been dissolved ahead officially been dissolved ahead of an election scheduled for the start ofjuly. prime minister rishi sunak has been outlining his policy to end what he says are ripoff degrees. he was campaigning in the south west of england. 0ur political editor chris mason was there. bodmin, in cornwall,

one week into the general election campaign. and the verdict from some folk here? it�*s ok, really. i think it�*s a good idea to have it. they're looking for your vote, of course, but ijust think they're fighting with each other and it's ridiculous. what do you make of the whole election fun and games? it�*s a total nightmare. i can�*t bear it. i can�*t watch television. it�*s just dreadful. you can�*t be telling me you�*re not watching television! i�*m trying not to. planes and policies, trains and... ..yet more trains. the prime minister arriving in penzance this morning, not looking too rough after a night on the sleeperfrom london. first up, a rail maintenance depot to talk up his idea on apprenticeships in england. a future conservative government will take the bold action of closing down underperforming university degrees that are letting our young people down, and instead using that

money to fund 100,000 new high—quality apprenticeships. meet, greet, talk and move on is the rhythm for all the party leaders out and about. it�*s lunchtime, this is liskeard, and the prime minister is arriving at a local broadband company. i've heard you're a bit of an expert anyway... having a go at other people�*s jobs, all part of many a visit... cheering ..and listen out for the generousjob offer, depending how things turn out. that was perfect, so if you're looking for a job in telecoms... the winding road to the 11th ofjuly, polling day, still has plenty around the corner, and where every announcement prompts a flurry of reaction as each party seeks to undermine the others. 0ur message, that the - conservatives have let people down in the west country over the health service, _ the economy, things like sewage in our rivers and on our- beaches, is resonating with people. _

the conservatives have to say, if they announce any policy, how they are going to pay for it. that is what we in the labour party deliver — fully—costed policies, and that is what we expect from the conservatives. in this general election, it is really the cost of the union on the table. we have a cost of living crisis inflicted by westminster, challenges connected to brexit, and of course austerity policies. the prime minister has made quite a thing of projecting a certain energy. he has hurtled around england, scotland, wales, and northern ireland in the first couple of days. now he�*s here in the south—west of england, a region teeming with conservative seats he really needs to cling onto. and after a morning in cornwall, next it�*s devon. late this afternoon, rishi sunak arrived in dunkeswell at a military vehicle manufacturer to talk to members of staff and to reporters. prime minister, there is no doubt you are meeting plenty of people out and about, but are you changing many minds? look, chris, you can see we are having a conversation here, but i am determined

to talk to as many people as i can across this country over the remaining weeks of this campaign. that�*s how i started it, and as you heard, i�*m thoroughly enjoying myself. i�*m enjoying having conversations with people about... and changing minds? ..about the things that matter. yes, lam changing minds. the tour for all the party leaders trundles on. oh, and you can tell the election is getting near when you see pictures like this. five weeks to go. chris mason, bbc news, in devon. 30 years since the first democratic poll following apartheid. the ruling rnc is facing its toughest challenge yet with widespread this appointment over the state of the economy, corruption, and high levels of crime. the singapore airlines flight which hit severe turbulence last week experienced rapid acceleration upwards

and downwards in the space of a few seconds throwing passengers who weren�*t wearing seat belts up in the air, according to an intial report. the aircraft dropped 180 feet, or almost 55 metres, in less than five seconds. one british man died and dozens more were injured during the flight from london to singapore. here�*s katy austin. the aftermath of last week�*s severe turbulence. today, new details of how the terrifying incident over the south of myanmar unfolded before the plane diverted to land in bangkok in thailand. an analysis of the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder says the plane probably went through an area of rapidly rising and falling air. moderate turbulence was followed by the plane unexpectedly rising and the seat belt signs going on. then a swift drop, which caused people not wearing seat belts to become airborne, the report says. when the aircraft went up again, they fell back. i�*d say it�*s the speed of the ups and downs, because... the rapid changes over less than five seconds resulted in the plane losing 178 feet in altitude. if you�*re strapped

into the aircraft — here�*s my person here — strapped into the aircraft. if there�*s a sudden drop in altitude, if you�*re secured to the aircraft you will drop with it. however, if you�*re not, as the aircraft suddenly drops you will stay where you are and the aircraft drops and that actually results in then heads banging on ceilings, which is exactly what happened. dozens were injured and 73—year—old geoff kitchen died. earlier today, singapore airlines said 42 passengers were still in bangkok, 26 of whom were in hospital. the airline said it was committed to supporting crew members and passengers, including covering medical expenses. katy austin, bbc news. a new volcanic eruption has begun in southwestern iceland almost three weeks after the end of previous activity, which had been ongoing since mid march. this latest footage shows a wall of molten rock shooting

up to a height of 50 metres, and huge plumes of smoke covering most of the sky. the eruption is taking place in an uninhabited part of iceland, but the fishing village of grindavik benjamin hardman is a natural history cinematographer. he has been documenting iceland�*s volcanoes since the eruptions began around three years ago. i moved to iceland ten years ago to pursue photography and cinematography of nature. and it is surreal to be with this opportunity to document nature forming, in a sense. and it�*s given me such a greater sense of understanding to the landscape here, being able to see these moments of formation, because we�*re surrounded by volcanoes for that. thankfully they are not all erupting like this. honestly, it never stopped being overwhelming and truly magnificent to see the power of nature. that�*s it for the programme, thanks so much for watching newsday.

hello there. well, wednesday was certainly a day of contrast. the sun is strong at this time of year, and if you get some, wow, those temperatures start to climb. in fact, it was a beautiful afternoon in surrey with a high of 21 celsius — 70 fahrenheit. it was a different story however, further north and east, we had a real cluster of thundery downpours across eastern scotland and they drifted their way into northeast england, threatening—looking skies to close out wednesday across sunderland. and those showers are continuing to move their way steadily southwards as we go through the day thursday. so, some of the showers will continue to be quite heavy. not too bad a day across much of scotland, and northerly winds still feeding in a few scattered showers here. but there is a greater risk across the east midlands, east anglia, and southeast england by the middle part of the afternoon, seeing some sharp thundery downpours. and if you catch one of them, well, they could bring a lot of heavy rain. now, further west, we will see the best of the sunshine. fewer showers here, 19—20 celsius not out of the question.

a pleasant afternoon for northern ireland on the whole, fewer showers generally through scotland. and, if you get more in the way of sunshine, fewer showers here, 19—20 — again, it�*s quite possible in sheltered western areas. now as we go through thursday evening and overnight, those showers will ease away. but that northerly wind always just feeding in a little more cloud off the north sea. a relatively mild start to our friday morning. and with clearer skies out to the north and west, there will be some early morning sunshine around. but, because of the wind direction, we always run the risk across eastern england, down towards the south east of seeing a few scattered nuisance showers. and if you don�*t get the showers, you could have quite a grey day. further north and west, there�*ll be a lot of sunshine, maybe some cloud continuing to linger in the northwest of the great glen. but where we get the best of the sunshine, again, we could see temperatures into the high teens, possibly 20 celsius. a little bit cooler on those exposed east coasts. as we head towards

the end of the week, this high pressure will continue to feed in from the west. we will be chasing cloud amounts around from time to time, but it�*s certainly going to be a drier story. some significantly drier weather. we haven�*t seen a good five—day stretch quite widely across the country of dry, settled weather since january. so enjoy the sunshine and the warmth.

bhp walks away from anglo american, as the uk mining giant refuses to accept its $49 billion takeover offer. if you�*ve done some online shopping recently, you may find it�*s taking more time to receive your parcels. we find out why. hello and welcome to business today. i�*m mariko 0i. to our top story this morning — the australian mining giant, bhp, has scrapped its $49 billion offer to buy its british rival, anglo american. its decision came after anglo american rejected a request to extend a deal—making deadline. bhp had been particularly attracted to the uk mining giant�*s copper assets — which, thanks to its mines in south america — would have given a combined company control of roughly 10% of global supply. another sticking point was reaching an agreement on job security for more than 40,000 south african miners employed by anglo american.