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massive election interference at a scale never seen before in our country. former president donald trump speaks for the 1st time since pleading not guilty to $34.00 felony criminal charges, a falsifying business records. ah, hello, i'm money inside the sound. is there a lie from joe hall or so coming up? is there any forces? stormed the alex, a mosque in occupied east jerusalem flooring, stung grenades and arresting worshippers during ramadan. pres, breeze presidents of ives and impeachment, bit over the crack down on protested. and with escalating security threats from the with create the u. s. japan and south korea whole bad, largest naval. ah

. only you as president donald trump has defended himself against a string of criminal investigations and an address to his supporters that his mar logo residence in florida. he pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts and a manhattan court ferryman. cheese day, a fuss facing a former us president to d. so gabriel alexander has both new york, their images that will go down and us history. donald trump, arriving at a court in manhattan. gone was the traditional swagger that is defined trumps persona. to day, the former president was uncharacteristically somber, as he became the 1st current or former president to ever be charged with the crime . and this is what he's been charged with. the indictment being unsealed before

trump in the court room. $34.00 felony counts, including falsifying business records, and other charges stemming from a $130000.00 hush money payment to a former adult film star. donald trump pleaded not guilty to all the charges. the case against trump laid out later by the manhattan district attorney alvin brag. 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. however, the indictment did not impress trump's legal team. he says frustrated, he's upset, but i'll tell you what he's motivated and it's not going to stop him and it's not gonna slow down. earlier outside the court house, the anticipation had built to a fever pitch as both supporters and detractors of the former president gathered

outside phony case. everybody knows that political persecution today is the beginning of a long series of potential passengers. and finally, after hours of waiting trumps motorcade arrived right past our camera. donald trump's motorcade arriving here at the court house. he's in one of these vehicles a historic moment. it's a very scary times, a very fragile time for american democracy. and not only should americans be nervous, good people around the world should be as well. this is just the start of what likely will be a long legal battle. the next phase will be a trial. trump's lawyers argued to the judge that they don't want that trial to begin until the middle of next year, putting it right smack in the middle of a presidential campaign, one in which it's probable trump himself would be a top contender for the republican nomination. trump left court without comment

after more than 2 hours inside. later in the evening when trump returned to his mar lago, a state in florida, he broke his silence. this fate case was brought only to interfere with the upcoming 2024 election. and it should be dropped immediately. trump showing his defiance against a judicial process that is very much in motion. gabriel's hondo al jazeera new york lost a closer look at the case against the former us president. a statement from the district attorney's office said from august 2015 to december 2017. trump orchestrated his catch and kill scheme through a series of payments that he then concealed from months of false business entries. in one instance, the dear ledges, $30000.00 was paid to her former trump tower. dorman, you claim to have a story about a child tromp had out of wedlock. in a 2nd instance,

$150000.00 was paid to women who lead. she had a sexual relationship with trump and in a fed instance, 12 days before the presidential general election, a $130000.00 was wanting to an attorney for an adult film. actress michelle, been all it's a lawyer, political analyst, and the president of the been on center for women, politics and public policy. she says the district attorney has a strong case against the former president. appears that his strategy is not a new one. it will be to called the investigation and the case just like we became accustomed to hearing the former president use the terms, fake news, i expect and strongly suspect that we will continue to hear him say that this is a a fake investigation. it is a fake case, i believe that he will continue to say that it is politically motivated and go back

to discuss a lot of the things that we used to hear him say about many, many things that were happening here in the united states, including cases of quote unquote election fraud, which we know never happened. what they presented us with were just the bare boned facts. there's not a long preamble, there's a lot, not a long statement of facts to go along with each element of the offense that he has been been charged with. it feels like a strong case if i, if you asked me to rate at one out of 10 with 10 being the highest likelihood of him being found guilty, i would probably rate it at a 7 or an 8, which is a high probability. it's not as it's not, it's not as sexy case. it is a case of, you know, of falsifying documents with the intent to commit another crime. what will be more interesting is to see whether or not this is a one and only case. or if this is the beginning of an avalanche of cases that we're going to see coming after the former president on the state level and at the

federal level. israeli forces have stormed the alex m mosque in occupied east jerusalem, and fired romco to bullets and stung grenades at palestinians. during ramadan. pres, there were keesing worshippers of barricading themselves off to exceeding the agreed timings videos shy women and children crying for help. as israeli forces beat worshippers with battens that resulted nearly 7 palestinians being injured, the palestinian prisoners. the 1st commission says 400 people have been arrested off to the incursions. israel says that at least 11 rockets have been fired from garza into southern israel in the early hours of wednesday. a number of them have been intercepted according to a statement. i speak to you now a site who joins us live on the phone from gaza or more. can you tell us about these rocket attacks, una, to move in until now. the love and rockets,

the total. they were fired at different times in the hours of one day. they all fell in empty areas while others where intercepted a case, one case was said to have hit factory instead, road causing partial damage to the building of the factory. the deputy head of the political view of how my son had i duty. he said in a statement that they use really aggression against the blessed and most today and was committed against the worshippers. and those in retreat is a major crime to which our people and their resistance will respond with to with full force. he also added that a cold had been made at the very to the found the people in different areas occupy lands in his words and the west bank to faith. this tenuous crime so that everyone knows that hardening is. 9 sensitive will be punished and

a big guys for paid. 9 the other hand to the secretary general of the land to have movement. he also confirmed that what is happening in a most constitutes a serious threat to them is consecutive. d in a statement to issued a don't today one day said that the policy people must be present before the inevitable confrontation in the coming days. so far marine there is no exposed by the really army on the launching of the rockets. we're still waiting to see how the situation will develop in the coming hours. okay, thank you for the outside speaking to stay on the phone from gaza. that's tend to all correspond natasha name who has the latest from occupied jerusalem. this is not a surprise yesterday on social media. i saw the bombastic rhetoric circulating on

social media with calls for palestinians to come to l ox, a mosque in anticipation of the passover holiday on wednesday morning, in which you will be expected from 7 o'clock in the morning until 1130. to visit the compound. as part of non muslim visiting hours. so this, these type of clashes again, were expected based on what i was seeing on social media. the police are saying that dozens of people barricaded themselves inside el acts on mosque. tuesday night into wednesday morning. they said the police that the people had a stock pile of stone sticks and fireworks. the police say that they attempted to coax the people to come outside of the mosque. there was an agreement with the compound authorities that no one would be spending the night. police say when they

could not coax the people to come out peacefully. that is when they entered the mosque and began firing stun guns and forcibly removing people. there been some injuries and there have been arrest a parish president dina watts has survived an impeachment, bit of a handling of anti government purchase. congress has rejected a motion to remove, but what a in russ broke out in december on to the removal of her left, his predecessor pedo castillo dozens of demonstrators calling for new elections. died in confrontations with security forces. arianna sanchez has more from lima with 64 legislators voted against them. 34 in favor of allowing a hearing to impeach a precedent. the w out of the day for her handling of the protests that erupted in peru early in december, when former president bill castillo,

was ousted from office, nearly 50 people have been killed since left wing parties, presented this motion in january to impeach president the novel, new out of there because of permanent moral in capacity for her handling of the of the protests on human rights groups in peru have denounced rights violations. the united nations has called on peruse government to investigate the claims of the excessive use of force by security forces. now are the top prosecutor in the country of house in launched an investigation in january against the nevada, for genocide and murder of so far? no one, not one soldier or one police officer has been detained in the case. now the lawyer of lot of the house said that there were no orders to eliminate any one but

to establish peace in the country. well, congress is controlled by right wing political parties. they have favored a strong use of force by security forces to quell the protest. in the streets of the country, the former congressional leader america, alba has said that if the hearings, the impeachment were to be because of the death that they add, that it did not merit. now most of the victims were young were poor, and many of them were children. medina, sanchez as a seed i, lima sled on al jazeera, did queued up the asti killeen up with 13000 villages in the night. adults i bring a case against will giant shell all the way to london's high course and will tell you why the united nations has told its afghanistan to stay home for 48 town. ah,

here's her headlines for the americas. this is your forecasts for wednesday. the 5th of april, a look at this, pushing into the great lakes. severe weather threat will now be here. those blizzard conditions through the northern plains, but i think for the lower great lakes, we're going to see a bit of everything, some freezing rain, rain, and even some snow as well, and consider temperatures and ottawa, montreal, just a few degrees above freezing a. d. c. though 2829 for you on wednesday, the storms extend right through to the u. s. gulf states. so not good news because of course this area is still trying to recover from that tornado outbreak that we saw california. it's quiet, temperature is coming up in colorado and kansas, and then our next push of what, whether into the pacific northwest. so showers creeping into portland with a high of 9 degrees. got some exceptional heat in mexico city, you know, the highest temperature ever recorded here about 3233 and we've got you in for 30

degrees on wednesday. south america looks like this bursts of rain to the east of the pay ruffian and bolivian and is pushing into the northwest of brazil. and we've got some storms of rumbling across paraguay salsa on. has a high 26 degrees, not a bad day. and by jablonka sun cloud combo there, 24. that sure weather update will see you soon. ah. ah t a

ah ah ah. he watering out, is there a mind if our top stories, as our donald trump has addressed his supporters of florida else being charged with $34.00 felonies of falsifying business records, the former u. s. presidents as the case against him as election interference was already forces. have stormed the alex, the mosque, unoccupied, east jerusalem during ramadan. pres, accusing worshippers of barricading themselves soft exceeding the agree timing's. the palestinian prisoners fast commissions is for once people have been arrested. careers president, dean up will want a has survived,

and impeachment bid over her handling of an anti government protest. on russ burka in december, the removal of her predecessor had no castillo us south korean, and japanese warships have wrapped up a 2 day exercise in the east china sea. it was aimed at increasing their readiness in the face of escalating threats and missile launches from north korea, where the north has recently tested what it's described as a nuclear capable, under water attack drone for more rob mcbride reports from so this exercise was led by the us aircraft, carrier limits and its escorts, which have been in the waters of the korean peninsula, conducting large scale exercises with the south korean counterparts. exercises that have also involved drills between air force jets and land forces and the largest scale drills to take place here in 6 years, much to the anger of north korea,

which has responded characteristically with multiple missile launches. this trilateral exercise. now, with japanese war ships, we are told involved anti submarine drills and also search and rescue the intention being to increase the preparedness of the 3 navies in the face of increasing threats from north korea, but also sending a message further afield as a counter to china and it's growing influence in the region, much to the displeasure of paging itself to ship and out. you should go. we hope that all parties will move in the same direction, resolve the legitimate concerns in a rational manner, and maintain peace of stability on the peninsula. the united states actively pursues a policy of freedom of navigation, sailing through the contested waters of the south and east china seas. seas that china regards as its own backyard. and this exercise is ended with

a joint statement from the us, japan and south korea saying that all 3 very much share a vision of an indo pacific, which is open and free robert pride al jazeera. so new images from inside one of the 3 melted reactors of the fukushima nuclear power plant of spot concern about its safety. the react was damaged and late radiation. as a result of the 2011 su nami, not coma, and fukushima. image is captured by a robotic probe, show issues with thumb, expose steel reinforcement which ex bedside could affect it's earthquake resistance . the footage also showed a potential pilot of nuclear fuel an avalanche in north east india has killed at least 7 tourists and injured 11 others. 22 survivors have been pulled from the sto and taken to hospital with 8 in critical condition rescue. as a cooled off the search for the night,

the 70 people still feared missing at novela mountain past in the himalayas. near the chinese border. iraq and curtis don have agreed to restart oil exports through turkey. a full will request has been sent to ankara. mohammed up the y. he'd has more from baghdad, iraq's a prime minister. how much sudan? he has a now and said that his government has his truck a deal with the government of that semi tuna mas kurdish region to resume oil exporting. that follows a hold of operation. since the rule that was passed by the international court of arbitration late last month, according to iraqi officials, this move has come up sort of the rule that was in favor of the federal government about a debt. we understand that the federal government that had to, to hear over allowing the similar to name is,

could this region to export its oil for all turkish lands and turkish port of jihad on the mid train and without the consent of the federal government. above that, according to the prime minister of the federal government of iraq, and how much he sued any this deal is meant to diffuse detention between the 2 regions and also to evade any deficit in the budget. we understand that this whole deal according to she. yeah. so danny is awaiting legislation by the parliament to regulate that whole process. this also is meant to save about $400000.00 barrels per day, the oil exporting capacity of that seeming to miss kurdish region. this is also part of a decayed long of dispute between the federal government but that,

and that of the similar to the must, could this region over oil and gas sectors that has resulted in 2 different policies of gas and oil sectors. all john sal is doing course in london next week to face charges that it pollution water and soil in nigeria is nyja, delta, or than $15000.00 villages are bringing the landmark case. they keys the company subsidiaries of destroying their land and their way of life. armitage as reports from o gully the oceans just buried the firmly metric. rosalyn was 87 years old when she died, but the claim her death was hastened by her exposure to all pollution in mecca. before thick on you there got to clearly you do these before, so they just when you moly oh, else because of the water i thought of mercy is covered in skin rushes. she says its from ingesting and breathing in contaminated water. royal dutch shell has been

producing all in a go new land since 1958. the organic community is now suing it for environmental damages. i'm gonna go to, you know barbie is a man leading the charge against the all giant. he says his community feels betrayed by show. i am devastated that that opt you now. shell rear door shell is trying to see how we can hide away from this. what roy dos, shell deed, in all galli, did queued up people. the asked the killing our people. so those who are making profit or those who have made profit out of these need to know that it is blood money. they say the devastation caused by almost 70 years of oil exploration in nigeria, niger delta is massive. thousands of sectors of mangroves, land,

and water sources have been damaged. it's estimated it could take between 30 to 50 years to restore the polluted sites to what they were before. more than 50 all schools have been recorded in organic and build communities, polluting palms and rivers contaminating for strokes and drinking water. the communities want shall to pay compensation unclean of the area. the company says their case has no legal standing environmental. he said, the situation in the 2 communities is dire or by in every boy. if you go by the us panama. they said that a gun with a impact there is no horned red players are wolf, w hitcho's time, that police killer. not a u haul is pi corbin's in. we know hardly that how killer bends in its lawyers from the community claim shall wants to delay cheese dis, hearing for another 2 years to wear down the villages and the printer and how the

case thrown out and that could have wide implications there. casey, seen as a test as to whether multi nationals can be held accountable for the actions of their overseas subsidiaries. uh huh. degrees al jazeera. oh golly. united nations has told all their staff in afghanistan offices not to come to work for 48 hours because of security concerns. the body is seeking additional information from local taliban authorities, about a ban on afghan women working force and solve to members of their female staff in numba or prevented from carrying out their duties. afghan women have already been banned from secondary and high education as well as working for and cios and most public sector jobs. a workers say this is made it difficult to reach female beneficiaries. james space has more from the un. 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 8 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 earlier today, donnelly 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 other, the, the backbone of our humanitarian, a, of our humanitarian oper, operations. the secretary general is urging the security council to meet to discuss this issue. i understand that senior, you and officials planned to meet with officials from the taliban in the coming hours. it's not clear who will represent the united nations of that meeting because the top you and official in afghanistan is a woman. special representative rosa autumn by eva is the former president of kingston. james bays al jazeera at the united nations. finland has for me join nato and a salmonella headquarters in brussels. it comes less than a year to helsinki, asked to join the military alliance, falling rushes invasion of ukraine. moscow has warned of countermeasures to address where it sees as security threats created by finance membership high for so 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 a 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 alloy. we stand together, we protect and defend each other, all 4 wong, and one for all. a year ago, finland and sweden joined nato exercises in norway, rushes invasion of ukraine fronting both to seek the guaranteed protection of nato membership. until now nato's eastern border with russia included poland. this is tanya 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 counter measures to what it calls a threat to its security and national interests. russia's defense minister said it added to a patent of nato activity near russian territory. since the crane invasion, this is irma, of course, all this creates risks of a significant escalation of the conflict, but it will not affect the outcome of the special military operation. 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 insure in europe like security as a whole.