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ah, this fake jayce was brought only to interfere with the upcoming 2024 election and it should be dropped immediately. fighting words from a u. s. president turned criminal defendant. donald trump pleads not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records in hey, a story to parents, and course. ah, hello until mccrae. this is al jazeera alive from doha, also coming up garza undefiled. israel launches air strikes on the besieged palestinian enclave. after it intercepted rock had 5 attacks on garza follow israeli forces beating and arresting hundreds of palestinian worshippers inside the alex and mosque. during ramadan prince and french president menu, i'm

a corona arise, and beijing, the high level talks with chinese leadership ping focused on the war. and you crying, ah, for me, you as president donald trump's day in court and an extraordinary moment in the nation's history and new york, trump pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records, linked to payments to a porn film actress ahead of the 2016 election, but back in florida, he claimed he was the victim of election interference. both the president and his supporters appeared defiant from criticize the prosecutor and called the case against him. fake. they attacked me with an onslaught of fraudulent investigations . russia, russia, russia, ukraine, ukraine, ukraine, impeachment hoax, number one,

impeachment hoax number to the illegal and unconstitutional raid on maro lago right here. but now they have really stepped up their efforts by indicting the 45th president of the united states who received 075000000 votes, which is more than any sitting president in the history of our character. alessandro followed the unprecedented di, in course a new york, their images that will go down in u. s. 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

a 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 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 is 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 billed 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 from showing his defiance against a judicial process. that is very much in motion gabriel's hondo. i'll just eda new york nessa hassan. he has more on trump speech from palm beach, florida. the strategy that comes out of the speech is he's talking to right now, not to the rest of the world country too many or with my think. so he's talking to his base and only his base. he knows the country is divided. he knows that 60 percent of americans are for a good trial just like any citizen in the united states,

it doesn't mean anything if you're president or no. so in this speech, what we've seen is the victim role, but also defending himself. he would talked already about atlanta, georgia, and that's the next serious a complaint of the authority of this against him. that's another serious case, much, much more serious apparently, than the saga to day in new york. so he's already denying any wrongdoing in the atlanta talking today directly to the district attorney to the da in georgia atlanta that those phone calls. because the authorities have 3 phone calls please. what is inciting officials to change the results of those elections in georgia? what he says tonight, he's not guilty. he's not guilty. those phone conversations are not what they, what the government thinks. they are. also he attacks the da in new york or the one who got him today in court. and he just plainly says this, he's off is motivated by politics only. d,

a new york campaigned during his election to get tromp to get to him was early forces have arrested hundreds of palestinians after storming the alex and mosque and occupied east jerusalem. they entered during ramadan prison the early hours of wednesday firing stung grenades. video of the ride shows is ready officers beating palestinian worshippers with battens. please say they were forced to winter after what they called agitators barricaded themselves inside . the arab league has condemned the israeli right. later a royal carried out is try its own garza israel says 11 rockets were fired from the strip into southern israel and somewhat intercepted in a moment, una l. so you will join us from gaza with more on those strikes. but 1st it's go to natasha. g. and i'm who is an occupied east jerusalem for us and natasha can just talk us through what happened this morning? it alex mosque. the israeli police say they have arrested

350 people. the palestinian prisoners society says that number is between 4 and 500 . the red crescent says a dozen people have been arrested 3, excuse me, injured, 3 hospitalized, and the israeli police say 2 of their police officers were also injured. police say early wednesday morning, a group. these railey police describe as masked juveniles barricaded themselves. ringback inside l ox, a mosque with clubs, fireworks and stones. due to a prior agreement, before ramadan began, no one was supposed to be spending the night inside the mosque. the israeli police says they attempted to coax the people out of the mosque. and when that failed, they forcibly entered there are reports that they fired it's done grenades rubber, bullets, and used baton to beat people. and that the, there is quite extensive damage to the alex,

a mosque tension. so obviously clearly very high also a very important time of year for both muslims and jews. isn't it? absolutely ramadan and pass over for a 2nd year in a row are overlapping this in some respects, a was anticipated. on tuesday, there were calls urging palestinians to go to alex, a mosque to quote, defend it from the occupiers. there are visiting hours that are going to be ending shortly for non muslims. and it was expected that there would be a large number of jews entering the compound as part of pass over. they are not permitted to pray, but this is a sensitive issue for palestinians. the people who typically enter are nationalists and have very conservative ideology. and in the past, despite a ban on praying inside the compound, people have been caught praying. and as we mentioned earlier,

has been condemned by the arab league. what else has been the reaction there? well, let's start with what's happening in israel. the national security minister has met with the police commissioner and is calling on the israeli cabinet to convene and respond to the rocket attack from the gaza strip. israeli media is reporting that there are international efforts to try to deescalate the situation. the palestinian president's office has warned the israelis about pope crossing red lines. the jordanian foreign ministry is quote, condemning the storming of mosques and says, the israelis barrack caught the consequences of this dangerous actions and this morning in nablus. that is a hot bed of armed palestinian resistance, a site of a lot of violence over the last several years. there were protests condemning what happened this morning. okay, thank you so much for that update this natasha name for us and occupied east

jerusalem. speak to you now, else i used who joins us live from garza and the last of the strikes were launched only a few hours ago. have we gotten any idea of what sort of damage that caused to fanny? well these really air strikes were targeted on the military camps belonging to hamas and islamic jihad in different areas off because a strip these military sites are usually empty, especially when there is any kind of escalation there. quickly being emptied by the policy infections, no casualties have been reported only material damage in these sites. also, there have been strong mediations, egyptian, and international mediations taking place in the past few hours. and they seem to have successfully restored, called in the is a couple of hours ahead and where,

where we have it for witnessed any air strikes or launching of rockets in the skies of gaza, of cor, sir a habash sir. deputy, a political leader issued a statement on the aggression of these really are forces on alex or mos calling out to the policy in people. 2 o 2 a to stand against this aggression and use all tools to confronted. also islamic jihad leaders called the policy in people to be present for any confrontation in the coming days. okay, thank you. that is a, you know, l. so you'd for us in garza or to other news in french president a menu on macaroni has arrived in china for a 3 day state visit. or kron will be joined by e u. commission president as lavonne de lion and meetings with chinese prison, changing ping on thursday. europe is aiming to reset its alliance with china and bolster,

tried measuring position on russia's invasion of ukraine is likely to be on the agenda. on day 2 of the amazing and brussels nato foreign ministers are discussing china's ties with russia that concerned beijing is considering supplying arms to moscow. secretary general gin stolen berg said the ministers, we'll also talk about how to raise defense spending. he said he expects night. are members to commit to investing 2 percent of g d, p in defense? when leaders made for a summit later this year. so, with the 1st meeting of an expanded nato, after finland formerly joined the military alliance, russia has warned, it will take a counter measures to address for it sees as security threats created by the move harry force at 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. fill out her said 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 for $1.00 and $1.00 for all. a year ago, finland and sweden joined nato exercises in norway. russia's invasion of ukraine, prompting 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 finished 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. crushes defense minister said it added to a patent of nato activity near russian territory since the crane invasion, russia, a gamer. 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. senior bali, the war and ukraine also under discussion at night to on tuesday with talks on increasing member countries contributions and long 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. then membership of great eventual membership agree, there's still no agreement within nato, on a timeline to something that would be seen in moscow as the ultimate provocation loo. nato secretary general is though promising swift

progress on sweden's membership by getting to kia to overcome its objections and allowing the swedish flag to become the 32nd to fly. here harry, force it al jazeera, a still head on al jazeera, peruse, presidents survives and impeachment vote, failing to stop violence during anti government protests last year. and with eyes on north korea, the us, japan, and south korea hold the largest joint naval drills. ah ah hello there, it's a divided picture weatherwise across europe. we got lots of fine and dry weather to be found in the west with sunshine. that's not the case for the east. was things wintry and wet weather particular for the southeast and more central areas of the mediterranean,

thanks was storm system. now it's already brought very heavy rain caused some landslides, as well as wind damage in the very south of a city. and it brought a bit of a wind to remixed to the balkans. we had some heavy snow fall in places like soviet 20 centimeters in belgrade. and that's that a new record for april. there's still some wintry bits and pieces lingering around on wednesday, but the worst of the weather is still affecting southern parts of italy. malta seen some of that heavy rain as well for the west of this a much finer t y, a picture of the iberian peninsula. lots of heat coming through in the south. but still some blustery winds blowing about that thanks to weather system in the north west of africa. for the north of this were expecting some rain to roll into northern parts of france, some heavy bursts of rain as wealth britain on the island of island. but it will improve as we go into the easter weekend for the east of this, a bit of a wintry mix starting to come back in parts of scandinavia, sweden as well as norway, as we get into thursday. if we have a look at the 3 day for oslo, though it's set fair for saturday,

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you're watching, you'll just hear a reminder of our top stories. the sour former us president donald trump has pleaded not guilty to charges of falsifying business records. the 2024 presidential hopeful, told supporters he believes the cases bike and he's a victim of election interference. is ready, forces had carried out it strikes on gaza after rockets for funds from district. israel says 11 rockets were fired from gaza and just tell them israel and some were intercepted that came off to is ready for the school. the alex most can occupied east jerusalem by instance during ramadan pris firing stun grenades as palestinians through fireworks. hundreds had been arrested. the united nations has told staff and it's again, a son offices not to come to work for 48 hours because of security concerns that you when says that seeking additional information from local tell upon authorities

about a ban on afghan women working for us. that's off to members of it's female staff and nega ha, were prevented from carrying out their duties. afghan women a band from the country and higher education, as well as in joe's and most public sector jobs turn space has more. this is something that the united nations had greatly feared already. most women in afghanistan are banned from work, including those who were supposed to work for humanitarian organizations. now it seems that band has been extended to the united nations and its agencies. the spokes person 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 an acceptable 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 today, donald violate the fundamental rights of women and infringe upon the principles of non discrimination. if the taliban do not reverse that 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, the backbone of our humanitarian, of our humanitarian opera 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 of that meeting because the top you an official enough kind of stone is a woman special representative rosa autumn by eva is the former president of kingston. james bays al jazeera at the united nations. us south korean and

japanese worships have wrapped up a 2 day exercise in the east china sea. it was aimed at increasing readiness. following the psalm launches by north korea from mcbride is in. so with more, 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 its growing influence in the region, much to the displeasure of paging itself to ship and are you sure we hope that all parties will move in the same direction, resolved a 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, failing 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. rob mcbride, al jazeera soul tie ones president is to meet with the us house speaking during a stop over in los angeles in the coming hours saw in when folks with kevin

mccarthy will be the latest in the series with senior american officials. china has warned mccarthy he's playing with fire by meeting side. peruse president, tina bella has survived and impeachment motion over her handling of anti government protests. majority of the peas rejected the motion by left us parties, nearly 50 people were killed and anti government protest in december. after boulevard is predisposed, pedro castillo was removed from power. arianna sanchez has more from lima, was 64 legislators voted against and 34 in favor of allowing a hearing to impeach president d, w r k for her handling of the protest that erupt it in peru. early in december, when former president kasteel was ousted from office, nearly 50 people have been killed since the left wing party presented this motion in january to impeach president

w. r. because of permanent moral incapacity before handling of the protest. no human rights groups in peru have denounced rights violations. the united nations have called on through the government to investigate the claims of the excessive use of force by security forces. now, the top prosecutor in the country house in launched an investigation in january against the law for genocide and murder. so far, no one, not one soldier or one police officer have been detained in the case. now the lawyer 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, strong use of force by security forces to quell the protest in the streets of the

country. the former congressional leader, a mighty government, said that if the hearings, the impeachment were to be because of the deaths, that they, that it did not merit. now most of the victims were young. what poor and many of them were children, madana sanchez as a lima. heavy rains and flooding have had much of tours. northern regions, streets are under water and homes have been destroyed. local authorities slightly 65000 people have been effected last month president in about a while to declare the state of emergency after a powerful cycle and cause severe damage in the region. more rains are expected in the coming weeks. and large wildfire is burning in the us state of oklahoma. more than 600 acres of land around 5 evacuation orders have been issued around the town of weatherford a rescue teams making final checks for survivors of an avalanche in

ne india which killed 7 people on tuesday. 22 survivors have so far been pulled from the snow and now through la mountain past in the himalayas. police say 8 of them remain in critical condition. at least 70 people are fed dead. i mean, most military government is trying to encourage visitors to return despite fighting and bloodshed. but as tony chang discovered in the ancient city of bygone and central me and man, the fighting isn't far away. the sleepy stoop is begun. ancient pagoda is some more than a 1000 years old. this was once the capital, what would become a unified mamma? even here, people protested against the military coup and 2021. and even here, the military showed no mercy in the crackdown as one resident told us anonymously. or gar, unit school, she even though began as a unesco heritage site,

the military shot massively during the protests. i saw 2 people die right in front of me. 2 years on, some locals are coming back, keen to soak up the spirituality of a place. many people from miramar considered sacred, but they don't spend like the foreign tourists. things have gone from bad to worse for tour guides. first, the curve at 19 pandemic than the qu, when business really dried up. doris guerrero, damage or the economy of began relies entirely on tourism. the rate of the said to between international tourists and local gas is different and also their demands. the area is also home to some of mere mas, ancient crafts. in a nearby village they make lacquer where the old way twisting finally cut bamboo. before applying the dark reson once hardened the finished product carved and colored a skill that takes years to master. but this workshop has already lost 85 percent

of its customers and 2 thirds of its craftsman. if they're tourist no, come to bargain. so we wear loose. were loose. ah, generation like always generation and your businesses were? yes yes. oh. and while life has returned to normal here, the fighting isn't far away. the military has told us, we can go no further than this. here what a river has become a dividing line, and central me on my, on this side, the tranquillity of began on the other, what appears to be a full blown civil war. and they say at night, if you listen carefully, you can hear the shooting on the other side of the river. the day before there were reports that 50000 people had fled the fighting in nearby meal, some of whom are now seeking shelter in the historic temples and monasteries of this ancient town. tony chang out.