welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm steven lai. the headlines: the us supreme court rules donald trump is partially immune from prosecution for actions taken while in the white house — the former president says it's a good day for democracy. hurricane beryl threatens the caribbean islands — it strengthens to category four — and hits grenada. french politicians seek alliances aiming to block the far right from securing an absolute majority in parliament. the us supreme court has ruled that donald trump has some immunity from prosecution for offical actions taken while he was in the white house. a lower court will now decide

how to apply this ruling to criminal indictments he faces, and which of his actions qualify as official — and that will be delayed well beyond november's election. the former president described the decision as a �*big win.�* our north america editor sarah smith reports. the powerful supreme court has the final say on what presidents can and cannot do. today's historic ruling means a president can never be prosecuted for anything that's part of their official duties. but they do not have immunity for non—official acts. so what does this mean for the criminal cases against donald trump? fight for trump! when he spoke to supporters onjanuary 6, was he officially acting as the president, or as the losing candidate? we fight like hell. and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. donald trump is facing criminal charges related to the january 6th riot and attempting to overturn the election results. hang mike pence!

as his supporters stormed the capitol building, they chanted, "hang mike pence!" angry with the vice president because he refused to block the certification ofjoe biden as president. mr pence had to be evacuated from his office. donald trump cannot now be prosecuted for all the conversations in which he had been pressuring mike pence to overturn the election results. the supreme court did not say whether all the charges donald trump is facing are covered by presidential immunity, so it's going to have to be argued out in a lower court. which of his actions were official presidential acts and have immunity, and which were not, meaning he can still be prosecuted for them? trump is also facing charges in the state of georgia for trying to overturn the election result there. he phoned a local official and asked him to find more votes. so look, all i want to do is this. i just want to find, uh, 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have, because we won the state.

a court will have to rule on whether he was acting as president or not when he made that call. justice sonia sotomayor, a more liberaljudge, completely disagrees with the ruling, saying until now, every president who has served in the united states has understood that he could be prosecuted if he engaged in criminal conduct while president. going forward, presidents know they're free. the most immediate effect of this ruling will be to further delay the three court cases mr trump is still facing, making it all but certain they will not come to court before november's election. joe biden responded to that ruling a few moments ago. the

presidency _ ruling a few moments ago. the presidency is — ruling a few moments ago. the presidency is the _ ruling a few moments ago. tue: presidency is the most ruling a few moments ago. tte: presidency is the most powerful office in the world, but not only test yourjudgement, only test your judgement, perhaps only test yourjudgement, perhaps more importantly it tests your character. not only do you face moments where you need courage to exercise the full power of the presidency, but you face moments where you need the wisdom to respect the limits of the power of your office of presidency. the nation is founded on a principle that there are no kings in america. each of us is equal before the law. no—one, no—one is above the law. not even the president of the united states. today's supreme court decision of presidential immunity, that fundamentally changed for all practical purposes today's decision certainly means there are virtually no limits on what a president can do. this is a fundamentally new principle.

and it is a dangerous precedent because the power of the office will no longer be constrained by the law even including the supreme court of the united states. the only limits will be self imposed by the president of the law. the decision to continue to court attacked in recent years on a wide range of long established legal principles in our nation. gutting voting rights to civil rights, to taking away a woman's right to choose, to today's decision that undermines the rule of law of this nation. nearly four years ago my predecessor set a violent mob to the us capitol to stop the peaceful transfer of power. but with our own eyes we watched what happened that day. an attack on the police, the ransacking of the capital, a mob hunting down a house speaker nancy pelosi. gallows

erected to hang the vice—president mike pence. i think it is fair to say it is one of the darkest as in the history of america. now the man who said that mob to the us capitol is facing potential criminal... on what happened that day. the american people deserve to have an answer in the courts before the upcoming election. the public has a right to know the answer about what happened onjanuary 6 before they ask to vote again this year. now because of today's decision, that is highly unlikely. it's a terrible disservice to the people in this nation. so now, now the american people have to do what the courts should have been willing to do, but will not. we have to render a judgement about donald trump's behaviour. the american people must decide whether donald trump's assault on our democracy onjanuary 6 makes him unfit for public office and the highest office in the land. the american people must decide

if trump's embrace of violence to preserve his power is acceptable. perhaps most importantly, the american people must decide they want to entrust the present once again with the presidency to donald trump. now knowing he is more emboldened to do whatever he pleases whatever he wants to do it. you know, the outset of our nation was the character of george washington, ourfirst president defining the presidency. he believed power was limited, not absolute. that power always resides. always. now over 200 years later, with today's supreme court decision, once again it will depend on the character of the men and women who hold that presidency. it will define the limits of the power of the presidency. because the law will no longer do it. i know i will respect the limits of the presidential powers i have for three and

half years. but any president including donald trump will now be free to ignore the law. i concur with what was said today, she said in every use of official power the president is now a king above law. with fear for our democracy, i dissent. so should the american people dissent. i dissent. may god bless you all, and may god help preserve our democracy. thank you, may god protect our troops. you, may god protect our troo s. , g ., you, may god protect our troos. , g ., �* troops. president joe biden s-ueakin troops. president joe biden speaking there. _ troops. president joe biden speaking there. let's - troops. president joe biden speaking there. let's get i speaking there. let's get reaction from peter bowes watching the president speak and for more let's cost to him in los angeles. what is your man take away having watched his full remarks? tt man take away having watched his full remarks?— his full remarks? it was a powerful _ his full remarks? it was a powerful statement - his full remarks? it was a powerful statement from | his full remarks? it was a . powerful statement from joe powerful statement from joe biden speaking from the white house talking about a dentist

president that is now being set by the supreme court in this ruling — make a dangerous precedent. he believed a long time no—one was above the liberty of the president says he that is fundamentally changed now. now a president, a future president whether it be donald trump or someone else could essentially do whatever they like in that particular role. he says he believes that donald trump will be emboldened by what the supreme court has decided. and then he pivoted as we have just heard to the election, saying it is now up to the american people to offer their descent to these decisions by the way they vote in the november election. very quickly he has turned this around to be a central election issue. of course it is crucially important for donald trump in terms of his ability to have this election, he has

three criminal cases hanging over him. it's unlikely this will take place before the election which is a good spot on trump in ourjoe biden making this a central election issue asking the american people tojudge on issue asking the american people to judge on these supreme court in terms of what they think of the court giving presidents this unprecedented power. presidents this unprecedented ower. ., ~' presidents this unprecedented ower. ., ~ y . presidents this unprecedented ower. ., ~' y . ., power. thank you very much for caettin power. thank you very much for getting us _ power. thank you very much for getting us across _ power. thank you very much for getting us across the. _ power. thank you very much for getting us across the. let's - getting us across the. let's carry on with the story. julia joins us now, what your reaction to what you heard from president biden they are reacting to this supreme court ruling. we'll be expecting him to make the remarks? brute ruling. we'll be expecting him to make the remarks? we were exectin: to make the remarks? we were expecting some _ to make the remarks? we were expecting some sort _ to make the remarks? we were expecting some sort of- to make the remarks? we werel expecting some sort of response from the white house and i think it is a prime opportunity forjoe biden to deliver some very forceful remarks on an issue that has become quite galvanising for the democratic

base and that issue is the supreme court �*s rulings in a number of various areas like abortion but today it was presidential immunity. i think president biden delivered on that, that being said this comes days after what many have called a disastrous debate performance from joe biden where he was knocked quick on his feet in the debate against donald trump and he was seen as weak in a time stumbling and unable to form a coherent sentence. i think this was certainly an opportunity to bounce back but at the same time i don't think it necessarily calms any notes about the criticisms of his mental acuity to serve in office. these were preprepared remarks, he was able to post them and did not take any questions from the public. this move came from opportunity and also risks as well.— also risks as well. speaking about the — also risks as well. speaking about the opportunity, - also risks as well. speaking about the opportunity, he l about the opportunity, he seemed very keen to link what has happened with the supreme

court ruling to the election coming up in november saying that the people must now decide on trumpet. tt that the people must now decide on trumpet-— on trumpet. it makes sense he would say _ on trumpet. it makes sense he would say that _ on trumpet. it makes sense he would say that --we _ on trumpet. it makes sense he would say that --we know - on trumpet. it makes sense he would say that --we know thatj would say that ——we know that when donald trump was campaigning in 2016 and 2015 when he announced the presidency he talked about the idea of appointing more conservative judges idea of appointing more conservativejudges and conservative judges and justices to lower courts and the supreme court and one thing that you heard republican say and democrat say as well is a lot of these rulings that have come out of the supreme court are a result of donald trump and republicans looking to push more conservatives on the high court and in lower courts. right now you have democrats trying to campaign on this issue of the supreme court essentially saying electjoe biden and democrats down the ballot and the senate house, democraticjudges, to push back on that president set by

republicans who appointed all of the justices in the first place. of the 'ustices in the first lace. , ., �* of the 'ustices in the first lace. �* ., �* . , of the 'ustices in the first lace. �* ., �* ~' of the 'ustices in the first place. joe biden was keen to draw on the _ place. joe biden was keen to draw on the dissenting - place. joe biden was keen to i draw on the dissenting remarks from justice sonia who said that the president is now a king above the law, that was her quote. what actions could this open the door to? what are the big concerns? t5 this open the door to? what are the big concerns?— the big concerns? is going to be concerns _ the big concerns? is going to be concerns that _ the big concerns? is going to be concerns that if _ the big concerns? is going to be concerns that if a - the big concerns? is going to. be concerns that if a president was to commit some crime or some illegal action and he or she is not president, they would not be held accountable essentially. that is the question here with donald trump, ithink question here with donald trump, i think there's a lot of questions as to whether he will be held accountable in a number of these federal cases that he is facing and there is this idea that this, as you heard it from the justice idea that this, as you heard it from thejustice who dissented in this is there's an idea that this makes the presidency more like maybe a dictatorship or an

absolute monarchy in some way, where you have a figurehead, a reader who basically can do whatever they want and they don't have to have those consequences. they don't have any checks on them, so that is the argument you are hearing from liberals and those who disagree with the decision. trump has been convicted of 3a counts we know already but there are other trials cases awaiting him, the ruling by the supreme court, how will that impact them going forward? tt impact them going forward? tit could impact the case in georgia for example, the case that federal documents case when there were questions as to whether he moved to illegally classify the documents and brought them to his residency. as a question as to whether he will ultimately be prosecuted for those cases, it seems like prosecutors are going to push along with this because there are questions about this ruling but one thing is for certain, we likely won't get a ruling

before november. donald trump could win the election and we could win the election and we could still be in this purgatory or area of limbo where we don't know what is going to happen in these cases. thank you for time today and helping us understand the recent developments. our political reporter at the helm. donald trump's for the top adviser reported to prison on monday to serve a four month sentence. he was convicted for... he was convicted the following year but has stayed out ofjail while appealing the judgment. he claims his conversation should be protected under executive privilege. on friday the supreme court rejected a last—minute bid to delay sentence. our north america editor sat down with him for an interview last week as she began i ask him how he feels about his prison sentence. how do you feel about that? it do you feel about that? tit doesn't make a difference, that's four years on a navy ship, i serve my country now

for the last ten or so years focusing on this. but it would imprison that i do that, it makes a difference at all. well several months _ makes a difference at all. well several months away - makes a difference at all. well several months away from - makes a difference at all. well several months away from the election, do you accept it is possible thatjoe biden could barely win the election in november?— barely win the election in november? ,.,, , , , november? impossible. remember, early voting. — november? impossible. remember, early voting. the _ november? impossible. remember, early voting, the ballots _ november? impossible. remember, early voting, the ballots get - early voting, the ballots get melbourne early building starts in this country around mid—september. we are only 100 days away from when it starts. if you say it's impossible for him to win fairly,... you are declaring now are you that if he... ., ., ., ., declaring now are you that if he- - -— if i declaring now are you that if. he- - -— if he he... hang on. hang on. if he is declared — he... hang on. hang on. if he is declared the _ he... hang on. hang on. if he is declared the winner- he... hang on. hang on. if he is declared the winner you - he... hang on. hang on. if he| is declared the winner you will cleanse election is stolen? he didn't win _ cleanse election is stolen? he didn't win in — cleanse election is stolen? he: didn't win in 2020. he is totally legitimate. this is the basic railing, this is why the show, ouraudience basic railing, this is why the show, our audience have never wavered from this ever.- wavered from this ever. there is a 60 court _ wavered from this ever. there is a 60 court cases _ wavered from this ever. there is a 60 court cases where - is a 60 court cases where judges found no evidence. that is not true- _ judges found no evidence. that is not true. they _ judges found no evidence. that is not true. they didn't - is not true. they didn't have standing. this is never

adjudicated.— standing. this is never ad'udicated. ., , adjudicated. look into this november... _ adjudicated. look into this november... if _ adjudicated. look into this november... if he - adjudicated. look into this november... if he is - adjudicated. look into this i november... if he is declared the winner you will immediately cry foul and say... the winner you will immediately cry foul and say. . ._ cry foul and say... how do you say declared — cry foul and say... how do you say declared winner? - cry foul and say... how do you say declared winner? by - say declared winner? by certification by the states? he will not get certified by the states. he would not have been certified last time if we didn't have the fiasco of january 6. didn't have the fiasco of january 6-_ january 6. you said to supporters _ january 6. you said to supporters that - january 6. you said to supporters that they l january 6. you said to - supporters that they need to be ready to fight back. what does that mean? irate ready to fight back. what does that mean?— ready to fight back. what does that mean? we mean on tables like this work, _ that mean? we mean on tables like this work, it _ that mean? we mean on tables like this work, it is _ that mean? we mean on tables like this work, it is not - that mean? we mean on tables like this work, it is not boats i like this work, it is not boats it is ballots. right now we have trained up on army of poll workers, poll watchers, election officials, we have been training up for years, lawyers will be ready and this time they will have their filings ready to go and there will be outside the courthouse. some clarification on those comments, joe biden fairly won the 2020 election as certified by all 50 states in washington, dc that year. according to paletto fat non—partisan fact checking operation run by the

institute, willjump selection institute, will jump selection fraud institute, willjump selection fraud lawsuits failed either due to error or lack of evidence. in addition the associated press reviewed or ballots disputed by truck and felt fewer than 475. this would not have changed the outcome in any state. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news.

a dangerous category 4 storm is moving through the caribbean, with wind speeds of more than 200 kilometres an hour. power is down across the island of grenada as hurricane beryl sweeps through. reports from the tiny island of carria—cou, which is part of grenada, say it's being flattened by the storm. there are also storm surges in the sea and leaders of nearby islands have all issued hurricane warnings. the prime minister of st vincent said he was expecting a natural disaster that could continue for days.

it's already passed through barbados, leaving a trail of damage. beryl is the most powerful hurricane ever recorded injune — and of a strength not normally seen until much later in the season. take a look at the map of its predicted path. a true landfall — with the eye passing over a coast — may not occur, but even so, beryl will unleash a devastating blow to the nearest islands. will grant is monitoring ths storm from mexico city. well, we're hearing that particularly some smaller islands are off grenada have been essentially cut off, communications down to carriacou and to a place called petite martinique. so both of those are essentially incommunicado at the moment. so the authorities don't know just how bad things are. and being small islands off an island nation, one can imagine that it's very low—lying and will have received the full brunt of the storm as it passed over. i mean, in essence, that lack of communication

is becoming a real difficulty as the hurricane makes its way through the caribbean. i've been in contact with a reporter in saint vincent and the grenadines, and he can't now currently get word out very easily either. so things are difficult, as you can imagine. it always takes a little time when large or major hurricanes pass through the caribbean to get a full snapshot ofjust how bad the devastation is, where the worst devastation has been wrought. and i think we're in that point now, just trying to kind of assess what the damage is and wait for updates from the authorities themselves. guy vital—herne is from world vision and is in haiti — i asked him how he and his team are preparing themselves for the coming storm. right now, world vision is pre—positioning. we are pre—positioning some items just in case, um, the hurricane actually, uh, strikes some communities in haiti. all the predictions say that it will not have a direct impact,

but we are pre—positioning — also informing communities of the upcoming storm, uh, so that they also can make some preparations. and in the last few years, haiti has been hit by several natural disasters, political unrest as well. how vulnerable is the state of the country? oh, very, very vulnerable. now, we're talking since 2010, it's been, uh, um, disaster after disaster. after the 2010 earthquake, we had hurricane matthew, it was a category four, hurricane, went straight through the southern hemisphere. and then, in 2021, we had the earthquake and also in the southern hemisphere. and lately, it's all the political and, gang violence in haiti that have devastated communities, families, and particularly children in haiti.

so, as of right now, we are, haiti is definitely not ready, for, something like that, even as they predict heavy rains that could cause flooding, landslides. and in the past we've seen those rains causing also roads being flooded, diminishing logistical capacities, and even collapsed, bridges. so it would be very catastrophic for haiti, to be highly impacted by, by beryl right now. taking a look at other stories and the headlines. at least nine people were killed and four others injured when a car ploughed into a crowd of people in the south korean capital seoul. a man believed to be in his 60s drove the vehicle into pedestrians waiting at a traffic stop. police say they are investigating the incident. they want casualty numbers may increase. officials injapan

have imposed restrictions on the number of tourists allowed to climb mount fuji. a 4000 people a day will now be allowed to use the popular trail and they will each be charged $13 to do so. last summer close to a quarter of a million people climbed mount fuji leading to congested parts widowed with rubbish. a space rocket owned by a private chinese company has accidentally launched itself during a test, before crash landing into a hillside. footage on social media shows the rocket falling back to earth and exploding in china's henan province on sunday. the company responsible for the rocket said a "structural failure" caused the rocket to take off. australia says it has more than double the visa fee for international students, the move is the latest effort by the government to rein in record migration numbers, putting pressure on the housing market. visitor visa holders and students with temporary graduate visas are now banned from applying on the shore free student visa. before we go some

video from london. military horses broke free and ran loose through the centre of the city on monday. it's the second such incident since april, the uk ministry of defence said the three horses came loose from their riders during exercises. they were soon returned to their barracks and one of the horses sustained minor injuries. none of the horses that escaped were involved in the previous late april incident. to stay with us on bbc news, i will be back shortly with business today. great as was to have you with us. goodbye for now.

hello there. not much change to the weather as we move into tuesday. in fact, the upcoming week will remain pretty unsettled, i think, with low pressure always nearby. it will be breezy, even turning windier across northern areas by the end of the week. some rain at times, mainly in the north and the west, and it will remain on the cool side for earlyjuly. this ridge of high pressure, though, bringing quite a bit of dry weather, i think, on tuesday. we'll start off with quite a bit of sunshine around in northern, central and western areas. more cloud for eastern england, a few spots of rain — that rain will tend to ease down. and then as we head into the afternoon, skies will turn cloudy again as the temperatures rise a little bit, and we'll see some patchy rain pushing into western scotland, mainly through the afternoon. again, disappointing temperatures, 13 to maybe 19 or 20 degrees across the south. so i think it should stay mostly dry for wimbledon on tuesday — temperatures around 20 degrees — but with low pressure moving in on wednesday, i think there's a greater chance of seeing some disruption to play with temperatures also

at around 18 degrees. so as you move out of tuesday into tuesday night, we start to see this low pressure system moving in, bringing thicker cloud, outbreaks of rain, and stronger winds. i think the far southeast will stay dry until we reach the morning period, but because of the cloud, the rain, and south—westerly winds, i think it'll be a slightly milder night for all. so wednesday, we have this area of low pressure and its weather front crossing the country. it'll be a breezy day for most and a cloudy one. i think cloudy from the word go, outbreaks of rain splashing their way from west to east. i think it stays quite wet across northern and western scotland through the day. we could see something a little bit drier, perhaps, into the afternoon across eastern areas, maybe skies brightening up out west, certainly for northern ireland, but a breezy, even blustery day to come for all areas — these are mean wind speeds. temperatures disappointing for earlyjuly at 12 to 17 or 18 degrees across the south. so that's wednesday out. as we move through thursday,

this area of low pressure will bring even stronger northwesterly winds to the country, most of the rain across the north. and then for friday into the start of the weekend, could see another area of low pressure hurtling across the uk to bring another spell of wet and windy weather. so yes, an unsettled outlook for the end of the week. most of the rain in the north and the west. there will be a little bit of sunshine at times in the south and the east.

boeing announces it will buy sprit aerosystems, ina bid in a bid to improve the safety of its planes. as the eu's tariff deadline inches closer, we look at the impact these duties on electric vehicles will have on the world's number two economy. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. we start with boeing. around two decades ago, the plane maker changed the way it was doing business and began outsourcing production of some of the major components of its biggest—selling planes, like the 737 max and the 787 dreamliner. now, it's reversing course and bringing one of its biggest suppliers, spirit aerosystems, in—house. our north america business correspondent erin delmore has more on that $4.7 billion deal. the move comes after months of renewed

scrutiny on the aerospace giant, after a door plug