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the 1st you as president to be charged with a crime, donald trump is indicted over payments to an adult film star. he says it's a witch hunt. ah, i'm told mccrae this is al jazeera live from dar ha. also coming up brushes closest ally calls for a truce and you cried that a russian president, alexander lucas shanker, makes his annual address to his nation overcrowded and under resourced. we look at the troubling conditions inside pakistan's prisons, emulation jailed form, a prime minister, and a g. brusheart loses his last chance to overturn his corruption conviction. ah, for the 1st time in history for you as president has been charged the crime,

donald trump has been indicted by a grand jury in new york. the charge or charges have not yet been made public, but the jury was investigating a hush money payment made by trump's former lawyer to an adult films stop. gabriel elizondo begins l 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 brad 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, right? trump calling the indictment an attack on our country, the lakes 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 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 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 truck crime a misdemeanor. and only if prosecutors can prove he made the payment and falsified records specifically to hide the affair right from voters or the i r s. would it be a felony or a more serious crime that could come with jail time? the source of occasion 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 if not made public, it's expected early. next week. trump will arrive here in new york to turn himself

into authorities. he'll then face 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 the, i'll just in new york. christian salumi is outside the manhattan district attorney's office and new york for us. and kristen, how soon can we expect to see trump inside the court house? at this stage, we expect president trump to appear in the court house behind me on tuesday to formally acknowledged the charges. he would have to be a finger printed and mug shot aid in the court house like any other person accused of a crime. i and he could even be led in handcuffs to see the judge for the formal arraignment. the formal acknowledgement of the charges which will be unsealed on

tuesday. so at that point, we will know for the 1st time exactly the extent of the charges that the district attorney is planning to levy against him. we understand that there are multiple counts in the indictment expected. i and then after that, like any, it is expected that he will be allowed to go back home until the president's next court appearance. of course, we've never had this happen before in the united states. we've never had a president appear at a court house to face charges before there's a you might see some of the security barriers behind me here. there's already a heavy police presence in the area and it's a huge security concern for the secret service charged with protecting the president as well. so it's likely that the president will be taken into the court house in a private entrance that we won't see him on the way n. but on the other hand, the president has really tried to get ahead of these charges. he's already talked

about this being a political persecution. he's called on his supporters in the past to rally and demonstrate on his behalf. so we don't know if he might try to make a public appearance here in new york. of course, while he's use this to rally his base and raise funds for his presidential campaign, new york city really isn't his base. it's his home town. but it's a very democratic town and he's not particularly popular here. his, his base is elsewhere so he may choose to make that appearance at another location or at trump tower elsewhere in the city. or he may lay low. we just don't know what's going to happen. but there's a lot of anticipation. police are a hyping up security and preparing for possible demonstrations. i also wanna sorry to interrupt, be unprecedented. kristen ever had it certainly will be. i just want to ask you

about the district attorney, because that's an elected official impulse suggest that this case is being regarded by a majority of americans as being politically motivated. how big a part is public opinion plying in all of this? well, you know, republicans have certainly rallied behind donald trump. i elected officials and the party in house speaker, kevin mccarthy, and others have already called on the manhattan district attorney to come appear before congress and justify ah, the actions that he's taken against the president be given. this is so unprecedented. they've called this is an attempt to interfere with the election, a weapon ization of the justice system. i. but you know that the district attorney, ivan bragg, actually when he took office just over a year ago, declined to press charges against president trump. and another investigation that

his predecessor had been working on, he put those charges aside, and he was criticized by democrats in that case as well. so he's under a lot of pressure from both sides. a in this case in he's kept a pretty low profile and said, just focusing on the procedure going forward. okay, we'll have to leave the thank you so much. that is a kristen salumi for us in new york. the bill russian president has delivered his annual address to the nation, alexander lucretia, a friend, an ally of russian president vladimir putin called for a truce and ukraine. he also addressed persons recent announcement. moscow would station, tactical nuclear weapons on beller russian territory, saying the deal was made in belarus. his request dawson jabari has more from moscow . the bell russian president said that he is willing to host lot of mere zalinski and he urged the ukrainian president to come to the negotiating table as soon as

possible. lucca shinkel said that nobody wants to fight, and his proposal includes a complete freeze in all the forces that are fighting in ukraine. he said, all those forces the russian forces will basically hold their positions where they are. and that is when the ukranian president could come to the go shading table and continue a process that would not involve any western or eastern countries in those talks. the alexander lucas ankle also said that people don't want to fight. he did also say that his country is under attack. he accused the polish defense minister of saying that nato should consider opening a 2nd front against his country if ukraine fails. and he also made the accusation that the west is preparing to invade bella ruth, to destroy the country. he also use this occasion to highlight the fact that his talks with the russian president vladimir putin, our ongoing,

and they are going to secure an agreement that we see the return of nuclear weapons to bella luce. there is a lot of details that need to work out, but it's clear by the speech being delivered by the bell, russian presidents that he feels his country's under attack. and that the return of nuclear weapons to his country would be a defensive maneuver. but certainly it will see a increase and tensions in this region. stanislaus miss recovered. she is a researcher at financial university under the government of the russian federation . he says, look, as she has been forced into a close alliance with moscow since the start of the war. luca shanker was a person that was tried to seat onto a chair. if, if we do remember what happened several years ago, dickie to go to decatur ago, he always wanted to be friends with russia. but where he wanted to get support from russia, while at the same time, not allowing russian military forces to be in bill or was in large numbers. he

always wanted economic support from russia without agreeing, let's say, to a joy in russia. some people in russia were mad about this situation, but for now, she is forced to be on the rational side and on the side or fresh allies. because, well, he's under the sanctions. he, the whole economies under sanctions, not able to sell his goods to europe in washing arms. he's not able to offend, let's say, fertilizers to different parts of the world. we are 4th of european countries. so he has nothing to do now. and probably this is the western mistake when they force luca shameka to be on the russian side. malaysia's highest court has dismissed an attempt by former prime minister energy resolved to have his corruption conviction reviewed the jeep is serving a 12 year sentence. the case relates to the embezzlement of the states investment fund and one of the biggest financial scandals in the country's history. he is the 1st formal leader of malaysia to be jailed. florence louis has more from patricia

this was not brozowski final chance to have his corruption conviction overturned through the judicial process. now that he has failed, he will have to return to prison to serve the remainder of his 12 year sentence. while he seeks a royal pardon, his lawyers had hoped the highest court in malaysia would review its earlier decision. not your browser was found guilty of corruption, abuse of power and money laundering in 2020. that position was subsequently reaffirmed by 2 different appellate courts in 20212022. now, on friday, 4 out of 5 judges voted to dismiss nudges application. the majority decision said they were satisfied that there was been that there's been no miscarriage of justice and even said nudge. it was the quote author. a of his own misfortunes uncorked not

your faces. 3 other trials related to the one m d, b financial scandal. although he was recently acquitted of audit temporary, florence louis al jazeera who jaya malaysia, human rights organizations say prisons and pakistan holding up to 60 percent more inmates than their authorized capacity. the human rights watch report documented what it says, a wide spread deficiencies in the prison system. a said bag reports from foss, halibut, i, this cell isn't meant to hold this many people. human rights watch says these prisons are overcrowded, and detainees are keen to tell us what they are going through. debit out of regina . every time i go to court, the judge is in there. if you're 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 all gone that there aren't enough bathrooms. there's no cleanliness and the food is terrible. lewis have to speak to the clients through boss bill what

i'll put it back to find gum flag. the main reason for of a crowding imprisoned across pakistan is support 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. it's been used by over a 100, a normal person, congo inside there. it's so disgusting, kill, but yeah, but some are making attempts to increase standards. authorities here acknowledge that there is an issue of overcrowded within prisons, but they say it's not a problem for the present system. they say the problem is with the policing and justice system. it takes considerable time for trials to start and for verdicts to be handed out at this prison fessler, but they can't show us their arrangement for visitors. they acknowledge the facility is hold him twice, its capacity. 93040 capacity of this is on department, and today's bonding is 219 prisoners in the of the zill.

and it is definitely over overpopulated. jill, we are getting constructed to 7 marty story better for the business. and it in sooner did this problem of or public library 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, still bringing it up to 21st century. western standards may take some time. as that bag i'll jazeera fessler, both pakistan pirates have abandoned, a danish owned oil tanker in the gulf of guinea, but holding some crew members hostage. the armed men boarded the vessel 250 kilometers of point noah in the republic of congo on saturday. the ships, owners say the rest of the 16 strong crew are safe. ron's revolutionary, god says one of its advisors has been killed in an israeli attack on the outskirts

of damascus. syrian started media says air defense systems and deceptive, bought it called hostile muscles over the capital. it's his assimilate attack wounded 2 soldiers on thursday. but still ahead on al jazeera, hundreds of wildfires sweep through northern spines, temperature's reach record highs for this time of year. plus i rob mcbride in june . hey, south career where the early shore side of spring is an even sure aside of climate change. ah frank assessments, this treaty provides us with this hopeful moment where countries could come together and stop putting in place. the rules will allow us to treat with global commons with the attention it deserves. inside story on al jazeera jump into the screen head percent of the population globally is responsible for about 15 percent

of carbon emissions. showing the debate. people have already lost their life. people, how close to that culture people health conditions have your say. want to broaden this conversation by bringing more voices into it live on you to people commenting . i want the whole world to know that jackie are not headed directly over this with the powers that be this on al jazeera, heavy fighting in that we don't simply focus on the politics of the conflict. it's the consequence of war, the human suffering that we before talk. we brave bullets and bombs and some of the world's most troubled regions. the army fled in the face of idols, advance. it is one of the most serious about the violence in recent years. in some instances we are the target because we give voice to those demanding freedom the rule of law, and we always include the views from all sites. oh

the me. you're watching, i'll just hear a reminder of our top stories. the falla former us president donald trump, has been indicted by a new york grand jury. pennel with investigating money paid by trumps. full a lawyer to an adult films down below. russian president has delivered his annual address to the nation exams. a friend and ally of russia's president person has urged keven moscow to stop the peace talks without pre conditions. of finland is a step closer to becoming a member of nato. to key is parliament has passed a bill approving the finish application to join the military alliance. the turkish vote was the last one required finland and sweden applied for night membership

after the russian invasion of ukraine and cra, initially blocked both bids. so i think disagreements on kurdish groups. it considers terrorists who, according to toria, will decide on friday if former south african paralympic oscar pastorius can be granted parole. he was jailed in 2016 for the murder of his girls girlfriend rufus dean camp. if the court rules in his favor, he's expected to be released the same day, but the same kent family lawyer says they will oppose an early release. the story is claimed he mistook his girlfriend for an intruder the night she was killed festival. it's a facial metric experience. as you can imagine, it's painful, you know, had to face us, get the stories again this morning. he's the killer of her daughter for them. it's a life sentence. he's eligible to be considered a placement on the role. they don't feel that he's he should be released. they feel that he, i show no remorse is not be able to take it. because if he had beam,

he would have come clean and told the 2 story of what had been that night. at least 35 people have died after a floor collapsed to the hindu temple in central india, it happened in the city of indoor dozens of worshippers celebrating religious festival plunged into a communal, still lined well. when the floor gave way rescue as have been working through the night to pull people out and recover bodies. dozens of palestinian football fans are accusing the israeli army of attacking them with tear gas. while they were watching a local league final troops stormed the stadium unoccupied, east jerusalem, and 5 t guess when the match was under way, some players were also affected by the tick s. 3 people were injured. a greek rail inspector has been detained in connection with last month's try and disaster. 57 people were killed when a passenger train collided with a freight train running on the same track. the employee as

a supervisor who was on duty at the time of the accident. he's been charged with the disruption of traffic safety, causing diff, firefighters in northern spain are battling more than a 100 wild fires, was heard. he's warned record high spring temperatures and dry conditions have resulted in an early start. the countries wildfire season. victoria gaiden b reports and out of control wildfire scorch his spain's northern coast. the rough terrain, high winds and low humidity, a hampering firefighters. battling the flames. o spain's wildfire season started early this year in the east in valencia region. more than 4000 hectares of forest were destroyed last week. and 1500 people were forced to abandon their homes. they have only just been allowed to return on a windows or such a delicate. it's a feeling of joy for all of us that are coming back home is fundamentally a very important thing. we love the communities we belong to the community. so you

can imagine how relieved i feel pretty much the un environment agency says climate change will spark a 30 percent increase in severe wildfires by the middle of the century in spain that already dealing with the fallout, the countries wildfire season now runs from spring to autumn, not just during the summer, and spain's meteorological agency says, temperatures in march have been up to 14 degrees higher than normal. it's a new reality. people are struggling to adjust. he told me that your, your not under our why do you, authorities have brought us a bottle of water because they have told us that we cannot drink from the taps all the food in my freezer is the frosted. it's bad and everything is ruined. with warmer weather forecast in the weeks to come, scenes like this are likely to play out again for many more months. victoria gate and be al jazeera, south africa's governing african national congress has for years,

relied on the support of trade unions to submit its hold on power, but labor activists hit by the countries economic crisis. so they're getting frustrated with the i and see how room tough reports from johannesburg. protests in south africa happened a lot. sometimes every day, low ages rising poverty, the high cost of living and corruption, a some of the issues raised by workers. the country's biggest trade union grip closet to feels the governing african national congress at times, excludes it from crucial decision making processes. we hope that will begin as we started to reconfigure the alliance board. does it call of course, or do we want to reconfigure the alliance? reconfigure in dallas me is that any program that is government is good? well, it must have a support of their lives. of course i do calmness, but the amc has governance at africa since white minority rule ended in 1994. but it hasn't been easy. unions have

a lot of bargaining power here. the governing african national congress is part of an alliance. along with the congress offset applicant take unions and the south african communist party at the and c need their votes in con, afford to ignore them. differences about who in house of africa should be run, has seen some unions threatened to pull out of the alliance with the agency and form their own political party. those differences have no loose been there. and a, we've always been able to resolve those differences is not the 1st time, but some within cassandra might have felt that don't want to leave the alliance to consistently engage into fund common ground. and some into common spots yet or so, felt that no one to contest elections. i don't miss the fact. those contradictions are there, but consistently we to gait president, sir emma poses, as administration is working on turning around the economy, create more jobs and deal with those implicated incorruption. elections are next

year, and let's say if a spit were to ever happen between trade unions, entered africa's governing party that could hurt the agency chances of holding on to its majority. advertised algebra, janice black and south korea crowds have been enjoying the peak of the cherry blossoms season festivals were scaled down or cancel during the corona. virus pandemic for the changing climate means the flowers blooming earlier every year. brought mcbride reports. oh wow. it's the sure sign of springs arrival that is eagerly anticipated in south korea. more so through the pandemic, when from the 1st year in 2020, the cherry blossom season coincided with the end of the 1st surge of the virus. the delicate beauty of the bloom coming to symbolize the hope of new life i have. it's great to come back with friends and even better with my baby daughter. oh, wait

a minute. it's nice coming not to see the flowers after such a long time from now the one blessed with a 3rd of a 1000000 cherry trees or long gold railway lines and streams. the town of gin hay has the longest established blossom festival in south korea. and in this 1st full year of welcoming back the kraus, it's hoping for nearly 5000000 visitors with warming temperatures. this southeast corner of south korea traditionally sees the cherry blossom 1st before it rolls north up the peninsula in a wave of color. but it's already bloomed in soul. the 2nd earliest date on record, the earliest being set just 2 years ago. in this district in sole, the annual celebration of the forsythia bloom has been brought forward a week because the flowers have bloomed early. neighboring japan is also experiencing earlier cherry blossom tokyo this year,

equaling the record for the 1st balloon. and back in the southeast of south korea as the city of young ju prepares for its festival. the blossoms are already falling with several days to go by listening. damn, it seems to be blossoming earlier each year, which makes you think about the environmental. nature is beautiful, but seemingly ominous barometer of dangerously changing times. rob mcbride, al jazeera young jew, south korea or the vatican says pope francis will be discharged from hospital on saturday. the 86 year old head of the roman catholic church was hospitalized with a respiratory infection on wednesday. he complained of breathing difficulties. well, that's all from a tom a cry for now. the news continues here on al jazeera, after inside story, which is coming up next. ah

hello, still looking a little disturbed across southern parts of china at the moment still got a little bit of cloud, just bringing some showers in here for further north. his high pressure in charge is fine, dry and sunny for the time being some lovely warm sunshine there. the spring heat started to push his wife, replacing a 22 celsius a 26 there into her soul. and his fine and troy for the coming days across said japan as we go on into the next few days, that we will gradually see where to where the sweeping in her cross, sir, central and eastern parts of china. by early next week, we'll see some really big downpours coming in here. so certainly something to watch out for next week we got some live showers down towards some parts of in the at wet or whether there will be across the northeast of india, pushing across bangladesh. there will be some heavy and sundry showers here, i could call some localized flag and notice the shower still hugging the far north

of in the northern parts pakistan also seeing some rather disturbed weather as we go on through the next few days. hope the shower not quite as wise, but as we make our way into where choose they, but they are still there. nevertheless, temperatures now pegged back in the hall to around $25.00 celsius, but they're picking up in new delhi to around $32.00 degrees. ah, it's a $1000000000.00 money laundering operation to coal. marsha is bigger than the covenant with financial institutions, regulators and governments complicit. i'm always offering with the list, right. i'm just right there in a 4 part series. alger 0 is investigative unit goes, undercover in southern africa, pittsburgh egan. philip randy pacino's dylan once it's to the following, it's perfectly virgin part to on al jazeera.