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a manhattan grand jury on charges of paying alleged hush money ah, learned tendencies under 0 live from london, also coming up condemnation from the white house after a u. s. journalist is arrested in russia and charged with espionage summer, southern africa's largest banks, implicated in a money laundering scheme, exposed by our serious investigative unit. senegal was opposition, leader sentenced in a defamation case. his party describes as politically motivated. ah, hello manhattan grand jury is brought charges against the former u. s. president donald trump for alleged hush money payments made to an adult film actress during his 2016 presidential campaign trumpet,

called investigation politically motivated and has denied having an affair with the actress. why cannot joint his life from washington dc? so what, what do we know about to what's actually going on here? what we've heard from several news agencies reporting that the grand jury has in greece to indict it is now apparently being confirmed by one of trumps lawyers. joe jack, a piano who's told the associated press at the grand jury has reached the decision to indict. now this is rather strange because the grand jury is not sitting today, but experts point out that what could have happened is that the grand jury, which last set on monday could have agreed on the indictment. and then it is up to the 4 person of the jury to sign that indictment at any time that the prosecutor wishes to get it signed. so it's quite possible that the jury agreed on monday, and it's only now that the indictment that has been actually signed. what we do

know is that it has not yet been presented to donald trump. the exact details of what charges will emerge from this. also not known at this particular stage what the process is is that donald trump will be informed. busy about a date at to which he has to appear in a manhattan court, where he would be fingerprinted and charges formerly laid. but that is all something happening in the days to come at present. what we have from several sources is that the grand jury has agreed to indict and he would be the 1st, the former president to face criminal charges. and also i suppose it would have an impact on the 2024. an action way would be the 1st president of either nature as standing precedent or a former president to be charged with a criminal, a criminal item. now as to that election, a very interesting is that inmates, those convicted of crimes who i imprison,

cannot vote in an election. but there's nothing in the constitution that would stop them from standing. any person who's been indicted or in fact sentenced, i can still stand as president in the united states in terms of the constitution. so on one hand, there's that a, whether or not to galvanized as his base. so such an indictment is something that remains to be seen at something that clearly donald trump hopes will happen. given that he already announced the fact that he was being indicted some 10 days ago, which was not confirmed at the particular time. but in terms of the constitution, even if indicted, even if convicted, he could still stand as president of the 2024 election. so this is an issue that will and full in the days ahead. and certainly it's going to be something that will impact on his campaign. should he continue running, which he has said he will, but it's going to be used by his opponents very sharply at pointing to his lack of character as they would say. but it may also well abused by his supporters as

evidence of the ongoing which hunt as donald trump himself has characterized these ongoing charges against him. my can thank you very much indeed for that update, or christine salumi has more now on the background, the case. adult film star stormy daniels and her alleged sexual encounter with donald trump is at the center of the criminal case against the former president after she threatened to go public about the affair. in the final days of trumps 2016 presidential campaign, trump fixer michael cohen paid her $130000.00 to keep quiet. cohen admitted to the payment a violation of campaign finance laws served time in prison, and last week, testified against trump before the grand jury. this is not revenge, right? what this is, is that accountability. i don't want to see anyone including donald trump in guided, prosecuted, convicted incarcerated, simply because i fundamentally disagree with them. this is all about accountability

. he needs to be held accountable for his 30 days. the former president has always denied the affair and any knowledge of the payment which was listed as a legal expired mm. under new york law, it is the falsification of business records, not the payment itself. that would be trumps crime a misdemeanor. and only if prosecutors can prove he made the payment and falsified records specifically to hide the affair from voters. would it be a felony or more serious crime that could come with jail time? the falsification of records for the purpose of committing tax evasion would be the addition tional specific crime to elevate falsification of business records from a misdemeanor to a felony. so he need, he needs a thing like that he needs basically, that is mr. bragg needs

a scheme to defraud one nature or the other president. trump has described this case as a witch hi, but it's far from the only criminal investigation he's facing. in georgia, prosecutors are looking into his alleged attempt to overturn jo biden's, vic, 3 in the state in 2020 and several government bodies are investigating his alleged role in the attack on the u. s. capital. on january 6, 2021 house republicans have already called on the manhattan district attorney alvin brag to appear before congress to discuss what quote plainly appears to be a politically motivated prosecutorial decision. and quote, this is the 1st time in history that a us president has faced criminal charges. kristen salumi al jazeera new york. ah, the united states has condemned the detention of wall street journal reporter evan

gush cabbage by russia's f s b security service. they also advised all us citizens currently in russia to leave immediately. gosh of it, she was a united states citizen was stopped in the city of catherine berg on suspicion of espionage. according to russian state media, a criminal case has been opened against him in court in moscow with his lawyer present. this espionage charges are ridiculous. the targeting over american citizens by russian government is unacceptable. we condemn the detention of mister girl school, which in the strongest, in the strongest terms. we also condemn the russian governments, continued targeting and repression of journalists embassy. moscow has engaged the russian ministry of foreign affairs on this matter in the seeking counselor access. i want to strongly reiterate that americans should

heed the u. s. government warning to not travel to russia. us citizens residing or traveling in russia should depart immediately as the state department continues to advise russian jordan has more from the state department in washington dc on the us government action plan. well, the 1st priority, according to the principal deputy spokes person to the damp hotel, is for the usaa embassy in moscow to gain consular access to mr. gerson elvish. this is something that is guaranteed by international treaty. but as we have seen in the recent case of the w, n. b, a player, brittany griner, it was very difficult for consular officials to get to see miss griner while she was being held in prison for the better part of a year. it's also been very difficult for us officials to meet with paul whelan, the former marine who had been convicted of espionage and is being held for 16

years in a russian prison. so that is the 1st priority. it is worth pointing out that girl of it was detained while he was on a reporting trip to your counter and berg, about $600.00 of 1600 kilometers east of moscow. and the consulate there was not informed that he had been detained until he turned up on thursday. now, it's also a question, and officials at the state department and at the white house don't want to answer this question. will evan gorski, which be considered wrongfully detained? that's an added layer of urgency to an american's case when that person is being held by a foreign government for whatever reason. and certainly being charged with espionage is perhaps a much more serious charge in terms of diplomatic relations than in the case of brittany griner being found with a small amount of vog hashish in her travelling luggage. the will street journal

released a statement saying it vehemently denies the allegations from the f s b and 6. the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter, evan gosh, of which we stand in solidarity with evan and his family. those vari has more from outside the court in moscow. 31 year old evan gar cove, which made us 1st court appearance here in this building behind me, i left over the court house on thursday in the russian capital. the charges that are being brought against him are that of espionage against the russian federation . the courts told the reporter that he will be held in custody for the next 2 months until may 29th, where the investigation will continue. now, if he's found guilty, you could face anywhere from 10 to 20 years in prison. these charges stem from allegedly him carrying out activities in a central region of russia,

where the f s. b services alleged that he was gathering information about the russian security apparatuses in that region. now these are allegations that the kremlin is aware of. according to the mitre pest, called the spokesperson for the criminal. and the journalist was caught red handed at carrying out espionage in russia. we also heard from the russian foreign ministry spokesperson, who said that this is not the 1st time something like this has happened that the accusing western people of using the cover of journalism to carry out various activities against the russian states. of course, at the arrest comes at a very sensitive time between the united states and russia, and it is certainly going to escalate tensions further to do as investigative unit as uncovered a money laundering operation in south africa. the scheme implicate some of the country's biggest banks. a former member of the criminal syndicate,

has spoken exclusively to under 0, and is on james has this report. doubt con is a form of money launderer. he fears for his life and is speaking exclusively to out as there is investigative unit from a safe house. he says his role was to forge paperwork to disguise the money laundering as legitimate transactions in the office. we had a strong and in the strong room red boxes upon boxes, off bank stamps. we had boxes of passports, red boxes of id documents. head of the operation is dowd's brother mohammed khan. his street name is mo dollars. his financial services firm served as a front for the laundering. he sort of held up as the sort of shadowy figure that controls many laundrin util africa that everybody wants to find wants to. le kate wants to discuss. funds to catch wins to prosecute or wants to use. we've obtained

a trove of thousands of documents that reveal fakin voices from fictitious suppliers address to mo, dollars clients. no goods, no services, purely just money running. and i can tell you that with 100 percent certainty, because i done that logo we conceal the identity of one of mo dollars. former business partners, mom with journeyman from one the lower between is because will be a 1000000 in profitably transferring to different countries to different places. and you got all the connections to do with it to ensure the skin success. the laundry is bright employees at south africa's banks. you look after us, you pushed through all our payments. no questions asked wonder specific company and real match your salary every month in cash, elijah records, kickbacks paid to staff at sas fin bank,

who are responsible for processing foreign payments. we were actually the executive management team of the assessment for dix pro, sit in department here. i can put it in that way. mormon was c o, off of it, company. without them knowing the ledger records bribes, paid to employees at other banks to for vin maker is a senior manager at the compliance division of standard banks of africa. and also is the key communicated to the south african reserve bank. i can make a phone call for you not do individuals in eps or it would put whatever you tell them to put on a list it for you. and they would, duncan mohammed con, told us that all the allegations against him were false, and based on manufactured evidence, he denied bribing any one in the south african banking sector. vivian nike denied involvement in

a money laundering syndicate. sas finn said it was taking vigorous action against former employees. absa passed on our findings to it's forensic investigative unit. and standard bank told us it takes a 0 tolerance approach to fraud and criminality. alexander james al jazeera and what's the next installment of our 4 part series, gold. matthew smoke and mirrors, and the full episode is coming up on our 0 on friday at 12 g and t still to come on the program. back in brazil, former president julia bow scenario returns for the 1st time since his election loss. that his political path is unclear. ah, ally, the rain clouds have been gathering across western parts of australia and that'll feed a fair bit of wet weather into

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oh, i remember remind her of all breaking story at this hour manhattan grand jury has brought charges against the former u. s. president. donald trump, for alleged hush money payments made to an adult film actress during his 2016 presidential campaign. trump is called the investigation politically motivated and has denied having an affair with the actress. it's the 1st ever criminal case against her on the u. s. president. and a joke to potentially to trumps, bid to retake her white house in 2024. as bringing my camera again, who's live in washington dc, so might just explain to us why, how this is come out to start the unusual way this a news emerging. it is indeed what appears to have happened is that the grand jury, which did not sit today and may have decided a few days ago that these charges should be pressed against donald trump,

that there was enough evidence to press ahead with these charges. we do not know what the charges are as yet until they are made public. but what can happen is that the district attorney can then choose to slow walk the announcement of the indictment. this would give authorities time to get security in place, for example, particularly in a case like this one. the indictment becomes official when the 4 person off that grand jury formerly signs the indictment. now, according to several news agencies, this is what has happened in the last few hours, and it has been confirmed by one of donald trump's lawyers that the indictment has been signed. now what happens next? well, the indictment would be sent to trump's lawyers as a matter of due procedure, donald trump would then be summoned on a specific day to surrender himself in a manhattan court, where he would be photograph to documented fingerprints taken,

and where the charges, the indictment, a criminal indictment, this is called will be formally laid before him. so that is a process that will happen in the days ahead. we do not know what the charges are. as i repeat, we do not know even where the donald trump's lawyers have formerly received news of the indictment all the enticement itself. but one of his lawyers confirming that the indictment by the grand jury has happened and much what we've been told you there has been a while actually from a p saying that turned on trump's lawyers say they will vigorously fight the indictment against him in the hush money case, and this has been a kind of the combination of nearly 5 years of investigation that yes it has been and the grand jury was convened in january this year. so it's been sitting for a few months combing through the evidence that the district attorney has gathered, deciding which is sufficient evidence in the so called hash money case to actually

bring charges. now it's a very complicated case in terms of getting criminal charges filed in terms of paying hush money. the key to it is that the district attorney is arguing, has said so publicly as that it was during a presidential campaign that this is a ban on campaign spending, breaking campaign spending. so the situation is that he paid money knowingly to a bird, a possible crime in terms of this, the campaign funding a crime in which he is standing accused and on which his lawyer, his former lawyer did plead guilty and served a number of a period of time in prison. so it's a complicated case on that level. many attorneys have said that the buyer is very high to get a conviction. but clearly the grand jury now has decided, according to several sources, that there is a enough evidence to go ahead and press the charges. and if so,

then we will seeing coming days, the former president becoming the 1st former or sitting president, fixing a criminal charge and that could well happen within the next week. my can at the time being. thank you very much. indeed. on to other news, the senate goals, opposition leader, it was man, song goes been given a 2 month suspended sentence for defamation. so who was sued by the tourism minister. he did not appear in court to face trial on thursday. the position he has previously denied any wrong doing and said the case against him is politically motivated. nicholas huck has more from deco outside opposition. leaders, guzman suncoast, residents, police fire rounds of tear gas, the car, a normally quiet city. caught between fear and anger. it's puzzling streets overrun by security forces as supporters of sancho fight with police over the world going, i got lucky with him, brother,

we looking come going it of nevada. we have members of parliament here to support sancho and we are getting guessed. what is this? we are honest citizens, not criminals, violent people, more nicole just sancho stayed at home sick as a judge sentenced him to 82 months, suspended sentence, and $8330000.00 fine for defamation. after he accused the minister of tourism of corruption, your position accuses synagogues government of using the courts to crack down on political rivals if president magnet south mark wouldn't piss at it. but the verdict is saved. sancho from losing her civil rights, allowing him to run in the next presidential elections at least for now. sancho has another case pending against him. it's a victory for the senegalese demo, crazy for us. because it was not about persons. it was not about individuals. it was about our institution. what have been done this morning is a strong message for the world. that cynical ease

a strong democracy. ahead of the trial, schools and colleges remain closed authorities suspended bus services and banned motorcycles from city streets and police conducted random searches. the conviction has brought some relief to the existing political tension, but also anger about what rights group describe as an increasingly repressive states. with just a year to go before the presidential election, amnesty international accuses the government of restricting civic space, bounding protest, but also detaining journalists and opposition figures. nicholas hawk al jazeera de carr, brazil's former president, jaya burton. arrows returned home after spending 3 months in the state of florida. the far right, formerly there was greeted by crowds of supporters as he arrived at his liberal parties, headquarters in brazil, yet he met party officials and hope he will meet opposition against president who is in us your lunar silver. but an error is facing

a number of investigations which could affect his ability to stand in future elections. we are showing these people that for a moment and for a short time. president lewis in our seo lula da silva, is empower. and he is not going to do what he wants in the future of our nation. we are practically 20 percent of the benches in the congress in addition to other colleagues of ours, who are here from several other parties. we have a majority within congress and we want the best for our country to day. the ball is in your court. i am sure that you will lead brazil to a safe haven. it is with great pride that i return one, hey, and a half has more from the liberal party's headquarters in brasilia also. now the supporters have been gathering since the early hours of the morning 1st at the airport in the capital, brazil. yep. been here at the headquarters of his liberal party. their hopes have been raised since his return from the 3 month self imposed exile in florida. now

many here are hoping that he will lead the opposition against the government of president. we didn't last to hold of us still, but also about a says that he will not do that, but his plans show otherwise. he has already planned to crisscross brazil looking for vote for the next municipal elections, which will be next year. now also motto had planned a very big come back. he wanted an open vehicle to parade through the streets of brazilian security did not allow him to do that. they also did not allow him to leave to the main entrance where his supporters were waiting to catch a glimpse of him. but he has plans of having a very active political role he has said so. and this comes at a moment when president moonlight is starting to face his 1st difficulties to get all the support that he needs to approve. all of the government measures monica

inactive, brazil. yeah. i'll just sarah. thousands of people have gathered intel of eve to support is ready, prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and his delayed plans to decrease the powers of the court demonstrations, marched across a major city highway. the rally led by fall right. organizations are those months of anti government protest opposing this and, you know, who's proposals 9 american soldiers have been killed after their black hawk helicopters collided in the state of kentucky. it happened during a routine night time training exercise party co. hayden is related to washington rushing to the scene of the crash on wednesday night, but finding only wreckage and no survivors. 9 service members killed during what was supposed to be a routine training mission. this is a training progression, and specifically they were flying and multi ship formation to ships under night

vision goggles at night. that you black hawks crushed after witnesses say they were flying unusually low to the trees. 2 helicopters disappeared out of the sky. the log flashed and we ran outside and we started seeing another helicopter that circled the area where i thought the impact was for probably 30 minutes. and then we saw ambulances and sar use military. so these helicopters are equipped with a kind of black box to their hopeful that they will, you know what led to the crash. according to pentagon statistics, the army lose an average of 5 soldiers every year to ation accidents. the pentagon says it is too early to tell if this signals a bigger problem with the black hawk. we need to allow time for this investigation . but for example, any time there is the potential for a fleet of aircraft to have some type of systemic issue, then certainly again, those fleets can be stood down. you've seen us do that with other types of aircraft

in the past. again, i'm not aware of anything like that right now for the black cock. we need to allow time for the investigation to run its course. the army now trying to figure out how a routine training flight turn deadly for none of their own paddle haine al jazeera washington. uganda has become the 3rd country to deploy troops to the eastern democratic republic of congo. the troops will join the east african community forces which include burgundy and kenya in the border town of ghana. fighting between the army and 23 rebels as forced more than 800000 people from their homes. m $23.00 is widely understood to be backed by a neighboring rwanda. a claim denied by the government in kigali. click mandy who is catch up on our website address that is andrea 0 dot com. ah.