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adult film star just before the 2016 presidential election. trump calls and political persecution on a witch hunt. his lawyers say they'll fight it out in court. ah, and money and fight now to their life from doe was their coming up. the ages jailed former prime minister naji bra sac loses his last chance to challenge his corruption conviction in court. we look at why more palestinians in garza relying on charity to help them break their fostering the holy month of ramadan. ah, the 1st time in history, a former us president has been charged with a crime. donald trump has been indicted by ground during your compton investigation

into a hush money payment made by his former lawyer to an adult film star. gabriel alexander begins all coverage from new york. after more than a week of intense speculation and anticipation, manhattan district attorney ivan bragg leaves his office in new york. having just made history minutes later, a spokesperson confirmed that a grand jury bragg convened had voted to indict former president donald trump over alleged hush money to a former adult film star. and that prosecutors were working out the arrangements with trumps lawyers for the former president to turn himself into authorities. it wasn't long before a typically combative. trump responded through a post on social media. trump calling the indictment an attack on our country, the likes of which has never been seen before. 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 trumps. then fixer michael cohen paid her a $130000.00 to keep quiet. cohen, who testified before the grand jury has said he made the payments at trump's direction, and in 2018 pleaded guilty to violating campaign finance laws. not revenge. right? what this is is about accountability. i don't want to see any one, including donald trump indicted, prosecuted, convicted incarcerated, simply because i fundamentally disagree with them. this is all about accountability . he needs to be held accountable for his 30 deeds. trump has always denied the affair and also initially denied any knowledge of the payment, but now says it took place as a legitimate legal expense ah.

under new york law, it is the falsification of business records, not the payment itself. that would be trumps crime a misdemeanor. and only of prosecutors can prove he made the payment and falsified records. specifically to hide the affair right from the voters or the i r s. would it be a felony or a more serious crime that could come with jail time? the falsification of records for the purpose of committing tax evasion would be the addition, specific crime to elevate falsification of business records from a misdemeanor to a felony. the exact charges against donald trump in the indictment are still under seal and have not made public. it's expected early next week. trump will arrive here in new york to turn himself into authorities. he'll then base a judge and then be released. trump is the 1st current or former president of the

united states to ever face criminal charges. gabriel is on dough al jazeera, new york. my canada is in washington dc and has been gauging reaction across the political divide. reaction to the indictment has largely been along a partisan lines. republicans generally criticizing the decision to bring an indictment against donald trump. many describe it as a with an eye zation of the legal process. that is the words used by the speaker of the house. kevin mccarthy echoed as well by the governor of florida run dissenters . who importantly also said that he would not cooperate in any attempt to extradite trump from florida to face trial in manhattan. this an important point should trump decide not to surrender himself to face the charges in a manhattan court. but on the other side, we heard from representative adam shift,

who was typical of the democratic reaction. basically saying that trump's criminal acts as he put a have caught up with him and saying that no matter how rich and powerful. busy nobody is above the law, but the interesting point from hearing from republicans that the electro system has been undermined by the district attorneys decision to bring charges against donald trump. this in itself ironic, given that under binding the electro system or attempting to subvert the electro system is a charge that donald trump may well be facing in georgia in the months ahead. class finkelstein as a lawyer and a faculty director of the center of ethics and the rule of law. she says the outcome of this indictment could have an impact on all the potential cases against, from of all the cases that could potentially come to fruition against donald trump. this is, in a sense,

the most minor. the big concern here would have been campaign finance violations that the payments to stormy daniels issued through michael cohen, the president's former lawyer um would have been a violation of campaign finance laws. that's not likely what this indictment is about. this indictment is likely about false financial statements. so of all the things georgia election interference, seditious conspiracy for january 6th possible espionage charges because of moral lago. this is the sort of lowest on the totem pole. i'm and i would be surprised if this alone resulted in jail time for donald trump. either way there will be profound consequences. first of all, if donald trump is indeed tried successfully prosecuted and sentenced, we'll send a very important message that no one is above the law. beyond that,

if this prosecution is unsuccessful, i'm very concerned about the impact that that could have on other prosecutions, such as any federal prosecution, either for moral logo or for the january 6 insurrection. ah, and that would be a profound concern because those more serious charges, if they are not prosecuted, if they are not punished, really would send a message to future precedence about the possibility that they can violate the law with impunity. malaysia's highest court has dismissed an attempt by former prime minister, not g browser to have his corruption conviction reviewed. he is serving a 12 year sentence. the case relates to the loosing of the states investment fund in one of the biggest money laundering scandals in history is the country's fust former leader to be jailed. lawrence louis has more from kuala lumpur. this was not

deposited final chance to have his corruption conviction handed down and 2020 reversed. now that he has failed, he will be going back to prison. now the guilty verdict was handed down by a high court in 2020, and subsequently affirmed by 2 different appellate courts. in 20212022. and on friday, 4 out of 5 judges from the federal court agreed. they would not grant a review of the earlier decisions. there was one dissenting judgement from a federal court judge. now not yet faces. still several of the trials in relation to the one m d, b corruption scandal. he was recently acquitted of audit tampering, a report related to one m d b. now it has to remember that the scale of this corruption scandal not only shocked the world, but it angered people in malaysia so much that they voted for political change. now

jabrisa was the prime minister and the finance minister of malaysia when the scandal happened. and it wasn't just the scale of the corruption. it was how attempts to have the corruption investigated. we're constantly shut down by those in power at the time that really led to people in 2018, casting their vote for the opposition leading to a change in political power for the 1st time in malaysia's history since it gained independence from british colonial rule. in 1957, brazil's former president jerry bull sanara, has returned home ways facing investigations for crimes including inciting riots. hearty officials are hoping he will lead opposition against present louise ignacio nearly da silva, monica yanna cave reports from the capital zeniah. ah, hundreds of supporters gathered from the early hours at the capital z airport hoping to greet the former president on his return to brazil. that federal police

had other plans for symbols, fernando to leave by a side door and shattering his hopes of an open corporate through the streets of brazilian donya. so as i had travelled 1500 kilometers, just to greet her political hero, she says both. so a matter of supporters have been vilified since his election lost and was disappointed that she could not see. suddenly my change a keeper gonna, we have been called terrorists when most of us are peaceful. brazilians who are committed to a cause, work hard to get both in our back in power. tensions in brazil have been high since bull sonata failed to formerly acknowledge defeat. in october's divisive election, i've only been right and then refused to pass the sasha, his successor, present reason, masula, thus your vo. instead, he flew to florida last december, 2 days before leaving office. one week later, thousands of his supporters storm the presidential palace congress in the supreme

court, claiming the election was wrecked. good fortune also narrow is at risk of being charged and imprisoned, or made ineligible for future offices wont dumb with? he is the target of 20 investigations. he has been accused of spreading dis information about the election result and of allegedly stirring up the insurrection . but his supporters believe he will lead them to victory in 2026 persons. there will be so small too narrow, has already laid out his mission for he has said he will travel over brazil to rally support for his liberal party from now until them when a simple elections next year. he hopes to help elect at least 1000 miss and strengthen the grip of the brazilian conservatives new. it's a global sonata told this party he will pursue, oh, here we are practically holding 20 percent of the benches in congress. in addition, having the support of parliamentarians, mother parties with majority within congress,

we want the best for our country today, the boards in your court. i'm sure that you will leave brazil to a safe haven is with great pride, but i return. also, nato himself has said that he will not lead the opposition in brazil, but the return of the former president from his self imposed exile has raised hopes among his supporters. they say he's the only one capable of uniting the brazilian right again. monica inactive, al jazeera, brazilian, brazil, 5 people have been arrested in mexico in connection with the death of 39 people during a fire at a migrant detention center. the attorney general's office says, warrants were issued against immigration officers, private security staff, and the person who allegedly started the place in c, a dot. what is a video of monday's incident appears to show god's failing to open lock doors in the detention center. as a fire spread, a journalist from the wall street journal has been arrested in russia on spying

charges. us citizen, even goes cobit was reportedly detained, while working near the city of yucca to burg. monahan has more the journalist appeared briefly in moscow court house and afterwards was briefly seen being taken away in a car to be held elsewhere in custody. but i really don't publish that. they held a quick trial. i don't know. it took 3, maybe 15 minutes, a spokes person for the russian foreign ministry admitted greevich had a press. peter and official accreditation, reclaimed, he was arrested for what she described as a different kind of activity than journalism. his employer says the wall street journal definitely denies the allegations from the f s b and seek the immediate release of our trusted and dedicated reporter. we stand in solidarity with evan and his family, a blue and russian speaker. the 31 year old has been reporting from the region for more than 6 years. the reaction from the white house would angry. this espionage

charges are ridiculous. the targeting of american citizens by russian government is unacceptable. we condemn the detention of mister girl college in the strongest in the strongest terms. we also condemn the russian governments, continued targeting and repression of journalists. the us state department has been in close contact with the detained journalist employer. first, the u. s. embassy. moscow has requested official notification of the arrest and russia is required to provide that under our bilateral consular convention. second, whenever you are citizens are arrested abroad. we pursue consular access as soon as possible. however, due to russia's administrative procedures and security requirements, it will likely be several days before that happens. the ongoing russian military

campaign in ukraine has brought relations with the u. s. to its lowest point in decades dating back to the height of the cold war, which was the last time russia arrested. the u. s. journalist on the charge of spying. vincent martin al jazeera still has on al jazeera detainees of one of pakistan's. overcrowded prisons describes the unsanitary conditions, the hilton and unrest in synagogues. capitol a z o position needed sentence in a case, horses, se mysql database? ah ah. hal i received some rather nasty weather recently across so central and eastern parts of the care, northern areas of syria, just pushing across the north of iraq some when she was still in place here. quite a brisk wind as well. just blowing him from at east side of the mediterranean,

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on the back you watching our desert reminder, our top stories this our donald trump has been indicted by a grand jury in your curve and a ledge hush. money payment made by his former lawyer to an adult film star. it's said to have happen just before the 2016 presidential election in a statement trunk called the indictment. elliptical persecution and election interference out the highest level in history. blamed on what he called radical left democrats and asia highs. court has dismissed an attempt by former prime minister the g bras act to have as corruption, conviction reviewed, and g be serving a 12 year sentence. the case relates to the looting of the state's investment fund or at least 35 people have died in central india after floor collapsed at a hindu temple. dozens of worshippers celebrating a religious festival plunged into a step well when the floor gave way in the city of indoor rescue,

as have been working through the night to pull people out and recover their bodies . human rights organizations say prisons and pakistan are holding up to 60 percent more prisoners than their authorized capacity. a human rights watch report, documented what it says, a wide spread deficiencies in the prison system. i said bake has this report. oh, this cell isn't meant to hold this many people. human rights watch says these prisons, overcrowded and detainees are keen to tell us what they are going through. debit out of a donor every time i go to court, the judge is in there. if you late the police beat you and ask you for bribes, then they tell you to get ready. how can you get ready on time when there are 3 washrooms for over a 100 people are gonna come that there aren't enough bathrooms. there's no cleanliness and the food is terrible. lewis have to speak to the clients through boss. there were, i'll put it back to find gum slag. the main reason for overcrowding imprisons

across pakistan is the poured you diesel system. prisoners don't have clean water prisoners sit on cold floors and if there's a toilet meant to be used by 10 people is being used by over a 100, a normal person, congo inside there. it's so disgusting gilbert grammar. but some are making attempts to increase standards. authorities here love is that there is an issue of overcrowded within prisons, but they say it's not a problem for the prison system. they say the problem is with a plaything and justice system, it takes considerable time for trials to start and for verdicts to be handed out. at this prison fessler paused. vicki show us their arrangement for visitors to acknowledge the facility is holding twice its capacity known hope according to the propensity of this reason. department and what is gone thing is 219 prisoners in the of these do and it is definitely over overpopulated gene. we are getting

closer to the salmon, maybe slowly, better for the business owner and sooner this problem, a horrible little group before they tell us medical staff are available for prisoners 24 hours a day. and meals have been put together with the help of nutritionists from the cities university. the prison is a legacy of colonialism. it was built by the british in the 19th century. but with the country in economic and political crisis to look, bringing it up to 21st century western standards may take some time. i said big al jazeera, fessler, both pakistan. uganda has become the 3rd country to deploy troops to the east and democratic republic of congo. to take on the m 23 rebel group, they will join troops from burgundy and kenya fighting between the congolese army and rebels is force more than 800000 people from their homes. m $23.00 is widely understood to be backed by neighboring wonder, which denies backing the grip. senegal is opposition leader. osman sancho

has been given a 2 month suspended sentence for defaming the tourism minister. the opposition leader has denied any wrong doing and says the case against him is politically motivated. nicholas hack has moved from docker outside opposition leaders, guzman suncoast, residence police, fire rounds of tear gas, the car, a normally quiet city. caught between fear and anger. its muzzling streets overrun by security forces as supporters of sancho fight with police. over the world going on monkey would mcgruther. boy, i don't think i'm 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 gorgeous sancho stayed at home sick as a judge sentenced him to wait 2 months suspended sentence and a $330000.00 fine for defamation. after he accused the minister of tourism of

corruption, your position accuses senegal government of using the courts to crack down on political rivals if president might. if so, mark wouldn't this idea. but the verdict, it saves sancho from losing his 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 cynically demo crazy for us. because it was not about persons. it was not about individual, it was about our institution. what have been done this morning is a strong message for the world that synagogue will ease a strong democracy. ahead of the trial, schools and colleges remain closed authorities suspended bus services and ban 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. thousands of people have gathered in tel aviv to support israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his plans to overhaul the judiciary. demonstrate is marched across a major city highway rally led by far right. organizations follows mom says anti government protest, opposing netanyahu's proposals. and it's smith has more from television. after more than 3 months of protests against benjamin netanyahu is attempt to overhaul israel's judiciary and give more power to politicians, appointing supreme court judges. this is the 1st time supporters of those reforms have come out to protest. insignificant numbers here in tel aviv,

in the liberal heart of israel, where most of those anti reform protest have been taking place over the past 3 months. most of these people will have come from settlements in the occupied west bank and from towns and cities elsewhere in israel. the march organized by a far right group. and an indication really, although the numbers are less than those taking part in the anti reform protest, it's still an indication of the real split the there is an israeli society, the people here been chanting, the people voted for reform a reference to the election. the returned benjamin netanyahu to power towards the end of last year, and an indication of our challenging is going to be for netanyahu to balance the demands of those who forced him persuadable, forced him to put the reforms to one side. when ours says he'll bring them back towards the end of the next parliamentary session and the next policy and mentor session in april. and the opposition who just won the reforms completely shelved,

hollis indians in casa, a living with food insecurity, poverty, and other hardships caused by the israeli blockade. the poorest in the strip of struggling during the muslim holy month of ramadan temporary, their daily fast seemed kitchens stepping in to fill a growing need. as lina, black liverpool in a soup kitchen and gaza volunteers prepare food for struggling, found these breaking their fast. ah, la la la la mulatto saba, in our 7 years of charge to work people's needs and poverty have increased due to deceased on garza and many people don't have food at home. well, the idea of the soup kitchen is to offer prepared, minced people to alleviate their difficult situation. ah, every day during the fasting month of ramadan, better luck this charity kitchen and drove off offers meals to as many as 170

families living in poor condition. the world bank says the poverty reading garza is more than 50 percent. many people depend on charities to access food, especially during this month. after ramadan, the soup kitchen will continue to operate twice a week. would you mind a guide you are lo will up? i'll be in london and every day i come and get food because we cannot fool to cook at home. we take the food from hair and break off fast with it. now the situation is bad. honestly, we can't buy anything or cook. we should receive money from the ministry of social affairs, but so far it hasn't come through and people say the increase in food prices and the worsening humanitarian situation caused by the decade long israeli. an egyptian blockade has left them struggling to make ends meet. but during this month of giving community kitchens prove much needed comfort to those most and meet lena

barclay and jose zapeda the u. k is laid out a plan to boost energy security by investing in cleaner and more affordable power sources. it includes funding for offshore wind and comp and capture projects. critics say the government is just rehashing existing initiatives that team baba reports it was going to be the prime ministers green day in the end, it was rebranded energy security day, which it sooner can. his net 0 minister was shown around a nuclear laboratory as they launched their plan. we're going to create jobs across the country. we're going to increase our energy security, reduce people's bills, and reduce our call the emissions. the government plan includes a wide range of measures. they're launching an insulation scheme to make 300000 homes more energy efficient. there's a plan to invest around $300000000.00 in developing green hydrogen as a few it's claimed to be more environmentally friendly. and as the formula establishment of great british nuclear,

to promote the building of new power plants. critics point out many proposals are simply reheated versions of old announcements. and in many cases there's no new funding. for example, the government's pushing an existing $25000000000.00 investment in carbon capture and storage, removing carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuels and storing it on to the north sea. many in the energy sector recording for the government to use subsidies to encourage investments in clean energy, like those president biden's announced for us firms or lose out on jobs and revenue . we were there without thinking many years ahead of the rest of the world. but this good most is just did that and delayed and those business opportunities that investment will have gone to the u. s. it will have gone to the e u because they've also woken up to the fact that hydrogen offers is huge potential. just last year, the existing net 0 strategy was ruled unlawful, an inadequate because it didn't show.