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the 1st sitting or former us president to face criminal charges. donald trump pleads not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records. these are felony crimes in new york city, no matter who you are. and not in wilma ah, i learned databases out, his ear, alive from london, also coming up finland's flag. it's hoisted outside nato headquarters, as it officially becomes the 31st member of the transatlantic military alliance and livelihoods up in smoke one of darkest largest clothing markets is engulfed by flames. ah,

henry donald trump has pleaded not guilty to $34.00 criminal charges in a manhattan court room. the 1st sitting or former u. s. president to do so. the charges relate to claims e falsified business records in 3 hush. money payments made to $3.00 people including an adult film star during trumps 2016 net presidential campaign. prosecutor say the payments are part of a catch and kill scheme to suppress negative information about trump and r. a conspiracy to undermine the integrity of the 2016 election. in the last few hours, the manhattan district attorney alvin brag outlined the charges against trump. under new york state law is a felony to falsify business records with intent to the fraud and intent to conceal another cry. that is exactly what this case is about. 34

false statements made to cover up other crimes. these are felony crimes in new york state. no matter who you are. we cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct. this is what donald trump's lawyer, joe tech athena had to say to reporters after the court hearing really right. i'm ready to fight. and what does that mean like important, clear. i don't want to put a man from a political standpoint. that's not for me to answer. i don't know. apparently, according to the polls, but i'd stopped using the target was absolutely not. gabriel's owner is outside the court house in new york gave when can we expect a trial well, the prosecution said in front of the judge that they were hoping for a trial to begin in january of next year. 2024 in response from lawyers said they

thought that that timeframe was a little in their words aggressive. and they were telling the judge if they would hope that they would perhaps push it back to the spring of next year. the judge is not ruled on that yet. this is a long, slow process. but the key to this is both the prosecution and the defense are looking at a trial date of next year. and whether it be early next year, mid next year or late next year. one thing is, is for sure that will be right smack in the middle of the 2024 presidential election, one in which there's a high probability that donald trump is very well could be the republican nominee for the presidency that would set up the real spectacle of the unprecedented situation of a trial here in new york featuring donald trump on trial for 34 felony charges at

the same time. while he's also in the middle of a presidential campaign, that's just foreshadowing to what could be in the future. but what we saw here today in new york city was certainly unprecedented itself as donald trump surrendered to authorities. and we now see that i conic photo or photos of trump, sitting in the court room with his lawyers on each side. as the judge was telling him about the 34 criminal counts against him, all of which he pleaded not guilty to and what to expect from for president trump next? well, he's going to be in morrow. lago is the state in florida. we have not heard from him yet, but that is about to change in about 2 hours or an hour. so i looked at my watch

there at about 8 pm local time. trump is expected to make comments about the day's events here in new york. you will be the 1st time that we hear from the former president, and it will be interesting to see what he has to say. you know, in the past he said that he's attacked the district attorney out and brag, and he's called date mid political persecution. we're likely to hear something along those same lines when we hear from trump in a couple hours. gabriel, thank you very much indeed. and let's go now to john henry news live in lower manhattan for us. and what was the mood outside? caught was very angry early on. it was only about 4 hours ago a little over 4 hours ago that president trump, former resident trump, was inside. being reigned, giving is not guilty please. well, around that time out here,

there were hundreds of people. many hundreds were tro trump hundreds were anti trump, and there was a line of police separating them also barricades, which you can see here. it just piled up because this event has so divided america and it played out here in the streets of new york. but you can see now that the road is open. it is mostly reporters like us out here who are finishing up their days. because president trump or former president, trump, i should say, is on his way back tomorrow. lago. and here new yorkers are again, going about their business just, you know, commuters at the end of the day here at now we did talk to some of those people though, and this is what they had to say about why they were protesting. well, it's about time because no one above the law, i'm in a very low i'm. if i break the law, may i go to jail it being like me. so the break the law, you need to be held accountable for what i think it's absolutely but it goes cuz it

makes it through this to him. they can do it to anybody. and so that's why my come on pay off. i'll process for listed a bad that we don't even know have friends a what not. there is so many other crimes that can be taken care of. and even crimes that other politicians have committed those. yeah, they're definitely trying to stop them from, you know, being president and, you know, messing with the election in 2024. john a little bit about the other court cases that president trump performed president trump is involved in that's right. this is the only one in which trump has been indicted so far in this might be the least dangerous one for the present. and there is a special counsel in washington looking into trumps actions on january 6th, 2021 right after he lost that election. whether he had incited that crowd to

violence, it went on to overtake the capital. and there is a case in georgia in which a grand jury has just has recommended charges against a number of people. we don't know if trump was among them, but there was a call that many people have called a smoking gun in which trump asked the secretary of state. and this is on a recording that has been publicized for 11000 something votes. so they could overturn his loss in florida. so there are a number of cases he faces. there's also a woman here, is suing him for defamation over what she says was an alleged rate. so the form of resident phases, a number of legal cases. and this is probably not the most perilous one who and even if it's for the 1st one to an intern. thank you very much. indeed. just a reminder the case against the former president, the manhattan district attorney. albin bragg says, trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the 1st degree in

order to conceal damaging information and unlawful activity before and after the 2016 election. the unsealed indictment accuses trump directing 3 different instances of hush money payments to cover off alleged affairs. a statement from the district attorney's office said from august 2015 to december 2017. trump orchestrated to his catch and kill scheme through a series of payments that he then concealed through months of false business entries and one instance the da ledgers. $30000.00 was paid to a former trump tower, dorman claimed to have a story about a child. trump had out of wedlock. in the 2nd instance, $150000.00 was paid to a woman who alleged she had a sexual relationship with from and in a 3rd instance, 12 days before the presidential general election, 130000 dollars was wired to an attorney for an adult fill mattress

barn as a former us federal prosecutor joins us live in washington. d. c. thanks for being with us. tell us what your view is of the case that you've seen so far. how. how strong is it for the prosecution? i think it's very strong. i think it is a winnable case. i think it had been downgraded by people who were sympathetic to, to trump and who really hadn't seen just what the case was as it emerged today. i think it's a much stronger case than people really realized along along the way of 34 counts. you may not be convicted on all of them, some of them may get thrown out. but that is a formidable of the group of allegations alleging felonies. these are not misdemeanors. these have been upgraded to felonies, and i think mr. trump's in a lot of trouble. i think to the extent that he thinks that he can ruin

and mr. cohen this testimony, and that he won't be able to really hurt trump. i think he's wrong. ok. cohen is a credible witness and he no longer has any charges pending against him. so he, as you know, he is a credible witness and i think he will do a lot of damage to mr. trump. and he mentioned the word felony for people who don't know the us legal system that well to tell us about what the level of that charge is and it does it come with potential potentially prison sentence? oh, absolutely. a felony is i actually, i think it comes from english jurisprudence. if you go back far enough, by a felony is, is a serious charge. these, the charges that dog people go to jail for a misdemeanor is bad behavior. and these tend to be much lesser crimes, and they can norma, they might or might not result in any kind of the prisons more often it's probation

and a fine if it's serious enough. it could result in some jail time. but it's a 2 different categories of offences. tell us what the strategy will be from that at the defense camp. how they going to play this? oh, that's a good one. i. i think they're going to say that, you know, trump has been a bad boy, but he's not a felon. and what he did was, you know, wasn't the right way to do things. i don't think they can get up there credibly and put on a defense that says none of this happened. it's just not gonna fly. and i think they know that. so they're gonna have to try to diminish and minimize and, and also accused the prosecutors in mr. trump's words, a which on that this is the kind of case it should never have been brought and that it's being brought for political reasons to discredit trump. i think that is the most likely um, strategies that they're going to use diminished the the chargers,

the st. seriousness of the targets and claimed that it's all politically motivated to discredit trump and barren. thank you very much. indeed. let's bring in john malcolm. he's the vice president at the institute of constitutional government, director of the knee center for legal and judicial studies. and the senior deal fell at the heritage foundation. he joins his life in washington, d. c. by scott. i just want to put your tea. what alan? barras said that it is viewed as a winnable case and much stronger than people are thought. what is, would you agree or disagree with that? that it, i would agree that the case is winnable, but i do not think that it is a strong case. so he said that there are 34 counts in this indictment. there are and that some of them may get dismissed, so they may convict on some or a quit on others. or $34.00 counts in this environment are going to rise or fall together. they all relate to invoice is submitted by michael cohen and repayment made to michael cohen for the $130000.00 payment that he made to stormy daniels. if

you believe that donald trump knew that these were false and crease it was, they were enter for an intent to defraud. and that michael cohen, in fact, had made an excessive or illegal federal campaign contribution. and the donald trump knew it. then maybe he gets to take it if you do not believe those things he will get acquitted on all of these charges, and it is an eminently defensible case. donald trump may be able to argue, but michael cohen was my lawyer at the time i made these payments. he was performing legal services for me. it wasn't until much later, but i found out that this was done to pay off miss daniels, or he may say, look, i'm of, i'm a billionaire. i get sued by people all the time for frivolous reasons. and that $130000.00 to me is simply a nuisance payment. so i paid it or perhaps will say i paid it in order to spare myself and my family from embarrassment. i would have made this payment,

which he did by the way, out of his personal funds, regardless of whether i was running for president. and if this payment had it was to cover up something tawdry. but it was not to cover up any legal campaign finance violation. so again, it's a winnable case this case if it goes to trial will likely be tried in new york city . not exactly friendly territory for donald trump, but i don't think it's a particularly strong case. i agree though, that the other 2 investigations that are currently pending against donald trump, one in atlanta, georgia, and the other being can in washington d. c by the department of justice. those are more serious charges and i think the odds are high that ultimately he will be charged by one or both of those entities. and he said if it goes to trial, so if you me, there are some steps that might come in between, you know, in between that happening. if it does, do you think that president trump, my former president trump, might testify while he might, were a long ways away from that? i, again, i think that there's a decent possibility of these charges may end up getting he dismissed it.

oh, sorry. we lost, i don't, malcolm. then let's just see if we, if you recover, if the salon recovered at all? no, i think we lost a storage. oh no, we are. sorry. mount a john. we lost you there for me and you got him. yeah. got you back, sorry about that. so you would just a trial to the question of whether with a trump would testify. he will certainly want to testify, but that is a very risky thing to do. sir. george are told that they cannot convict somebody unless they are convinced that their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt endures. take that, that instruction very seriously. but if the defendant testified in the subject to cross examination, a lot of times at that point in the jurors mind, it really becomes a question, not of whether the guilt has been proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. but did we believe him or didn't? we believe him and if it turns out that they don't believe donald trump, the go up considerably that he would be convicted. thank you very much and did not

come there for 20 years. thank you. good to be with you. still to come this half hour. the un tells it's ask our staff to stay home after the taliban band women from working for the world body. and while the social media company tick tock has been defined, nearly $16000000.00 by the you case, data watched i oh, we could have our coldest easter sunday in parts of australia in decades. those details in a moment and i see you by the way, but 1st let's talk about the forecast on wednesday. some showers through w, a pushing into the out by curling into the byte. this energy will continue to move eastward in the days to count. still some showers being kicked back into sidney. it's been a very gloomy and damp forecast there as of late. ok,

let's talk about sunday right now. darker the yellow, the lower the temperature. you're waking up sunday morning, melbourne, 11 degrees. that could be your coldest easter sunday. in 77 years, a c t camera at 6 back to the here. and now we've got whether alerts in play for the west flag with this batch of what weather could jump about. a 100 millimeters of rain flooding has destroyed thousands of homes in southern borneo. the picture on wednesday shows it starts to drive across parts of java island, but still heavy falls of rain for east java province. bali and low bulk islands got rain through the korean peninsula in southern china is while this, these bands of rain is dumped about a 100 millimeters of rain. we can expect much of the same for the korean peninsula . so that will certainly help with wildfires burning across the country there as it shuffles into japan over the next little bit better update season. ah.

in the 19 fifties and sixties african countries gained independence from the colonizers and increased efforts to reclaim that cultural heritage. and 6000 bodies as story. yeah, it's very hard. a documentary series reveals how european countries refused they request and even exhibited human remains in their museums, restitution africa stolen off episode to return on al jazeera. ah ah, i reminded the top stories analogies era, donald trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 criminal charges in the manhattan courtroom. the 1st switching or former

u. s. president to do so. the charges relate to claims. he falsified business records in 3 hush money payments made to $3.00 people, including an adult film star. during his 2016 presidential campaign, the manhattan district attorney i'll been brag on the charges against trump. york state law is a felony to false 5 business records with intent to defraud it intends to conceal another price. that is exactly what this case is about. 34 false statements made to cover up other crimes. these are felony crimes in new york state. no matter who you are, we cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct. now, finland has formerly joining nato in a sermon at its headquarters in brussels. it comes less than a year after how think he asked to join the military alliance,

falling rushes invasion of ukraine. moscow is warned of counter measures to dress what it says and security threats created by finance membership. i faucet reports. this was one thing. vladimir putin said he was fighting to reverse when he ordered the invasion of ukraine last year, the expansion towards russia of nato. philip, her son today become the 31st a member of nato. the era of military non alignment in our history has gone to an end, a new era. big is finland is safer, and nato is stronger with finland as an ally. we stand together, we protect and defend each other, all for $1.00, and $1.00 for all. a year ago, finland and sweden join nato exercises in norway. russia's invasion of ukraine

fronting both to seek the guaranteed protection of nato membership. until now nato's eastern border with russia included poland. this jolla, latvia, estonia and norway. in total, a frontier running more than 1200 kilometers, finland joining nato more than doubles russia's land border with the alliance. later says no non finish troops will be stationed in finland without helsinki permission. but russia has already vowed to increase its military presence near the border. the kremlin promising countermeasures to what it calls a threat to its security and national interests. crushes defense minister said it added to a patent of nato activity near russian territory since the crane invasion. this is irma, of course, all these crates, risks of a significant escalation of the conflict. but it will not affect the outcome of the special military operation of europe senior bali, the war and ukraine also under discussion at night to on tuesday. with talks on increasing member countries contributions and longer term integration between nato

and ukrainian forces. still short of the full membership ukraine is seeking. there is no better solution to showing you atlantic security as a whole. then membership of gray, evangel membership agree. there's still no agreement within nato, on a timeline for something that would be seen in moscow as the ultimate provocation. ah, nato secretary general is though promising swift progress on sweden's membership by getting to kia to overcome it's objections and allowing the swedish flag to become the 32nd to fly here. harry force it al jazeera. russia's children's rights commissioner has rejected allegations of war crimes made by the international criminal court. yes, you see is accused maria over below, over of unlawfully deporting children from ukraine. last month. the hague based court issued arrest words for her and president vladimir putin. it says hundreds of children had been taken from orphanages in areas of ukraine,

claimed my moscow in length of a warden resentment contracted in january. we took control of returning children home had been sent for rest and rehabilitation in crimea in october last year. cream e cause now dusty and crimean crossin and dog legend. much of you my by the way, i'd like to draw your attention to the flap at all. the children i see, had been sent there, but their parents from the center we did not die for saying long ago, public schools that asleep. so when investigations are published, claiming that the children are being transferred on marsden with a re education to certain secret dams filled from the satellite. colleagues, i regard these allegations as a sort of conspiracy theory on that. if not, well, you could by the un of told all staff in there, afghanistan officers not to come to work for 48 hours due to security concerns. the body is seeking additional information from local taliban authorities, about abandon african women working for them. that soft, a members of their female staff in anger her were prevented from carrying out their

duties. african women have already been banned from secondary and higher education, as well as engineers and most public sector jobs. aid worker say this is made it difficult to reach female beneficiaries. james bass has more from united nations in new york. this is something that the united nations had greatly feared already. most women in afghanistan are banned from work, including those who are supposed to work for humanitarian organizations. now it seems that ban has been extended to the united nations and its agencies, the spokesperson for the un secretary general says if this is not reversed, it will have a devastating impact on their work. for the secretary journal. any such band would be unacceptable. and frankly, inconceivable. this is the latest in a disturbing trend undermining the ability of aid organizations to reach those most in need. it goes without saying, but unfortunately it does need saying that female staff members are essential for

the united nations to deliver life saving assistance. such orders as we saw today, donna violate the fundamental rights of women and infringe upon the principles of non discrimination. if the taliban do not reverse their ban on women operating in the country, can the un continue to operate? what is clear is that we cannot do it without women, right? the women are the backbone of our humana terror of our humanitarian oper, operations. the secretary general is urging the security council to meet to discuss this issue. i understand that senior un officials planned to meet with officials from the taliban in the coming hours. it's not clear who will represent the united nations at that meeting. because the top you, an official in afghanistan is a woman special representative rosa, autumn by eva is the former president of kingston,

james bay's alger 0. at the united nations. a massive fire has torn one of the biggest clothing markets in the bangladesh, capital. thousands of stores bent down and several firefighters were injured. it took crease more than 6 hours to contain the place. the cause is still unclear. bangladesh has a pause, fire safety record. time chandry has more from bank of us our market in deca, absolute devastation as you can see. that through he started building with 10 growth all under the ground just within a matter of few hours. everything last, there were about 4000 garments and clothing stores that was in this building. gone in 6 hours stood a frame. he can he endless smell the stench all over here was on lopez and cloud that has been a major problem here. the police, the military that been time to discuss the crowd on, on local fire sarbanes, how do we have difficulty getting in here?

because a huge number of cars and not been in the founding a. yeah, there's no water. i didn't hear that has been a challenging factor. the military has been using helicopter to water drop since morning. those are the fires pretty much under control. and live grandfather in south africa made it to we hadn't gone down the ground. millions of dollars are good to go. we spoke to some of the own of the sob. i had 2 shops and one has burned down. it's all gone now with nothing left. i am simply left abandoned on the street. many of the fires could have been prevented if there was fire fighting, a 2 men inside the shopping area, talking to some of the shop owner there, forbidden out any fire, a finger or anything to prevent such quiet. now that there is no hide room. there's no other equipment to take care when there's a process started in any of this cases, much preventable situation,

probably because of negligence from part of the business owners and partly because of the lack of recess and enforcement from the government side. so i'm just giving you the money. should i go to see if there was fire incident some previous occasions, but still no one bothered to take any precautions. despite this, there was no fire fighting equipment available to deal with such occurrences. that devastated before the month of ramadan there waiting for the biggest sale of the year. the holy aid and not and i have nothing family and they send that family. they will have a very, very sad id or sure tick tock has been fined nearly $60000000.00 by britons data watchdog for misusing children as data. information commissioners office as the social media company use the personal data of children without their parent's consent. it also claims tick tock allowed more than a 1000000 children under 13 to use the app. despite that in the minimum age to have

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