hello, everyone. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: president trump's former campaign chief, paul manafort, found guilty of eight criminal charges, including bank and tax fraud. president trump gave this reaction. this russian collision, this is absolutely nothing to do, this is a witch—hunt, this is a disgrace. and it doesn't end there: the president's former lawyer, michael cohen, pleads guilty to tax evasion and violating election campaign finance rules. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: we can only welcome them at the border. myanmar‘s de—facto leader, aung san suu kyi, defends her government's handling of the rohingya crisis, and blames bangladesh forfailing to send back refugees. and the bicycle that's proved lucky for one south korean woman, who's travelled across 70 countries on two heels. —— wheels.

live from our studios in singapore and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. good morning. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm on the us east coast, where there are two big breaking stories regarding former members of president trump's inner circle. his former campaign manager paul manafort was found guilty on eight counts, including tax evasion. the charges against him could carry a prison sentence. also, president trump's former lawyer, michael cohen, has surrendered to the fbi. he pleaded guilty in court to violating campaign finance laws. in the past hour, deputy us attorney robert khuzami, who was the lead prosecutor

in the case, has been giving further details outside the courtroom. as he heard, michael cohen played guilty to eight felony charges, five of those that were tax evasion for the years 2012 to 2016, in which he failed to report approximately $4.1 million in income, approximately $2.5 million of that money was from interest payments from a personal loa n interest payments from a personal loan that he failed to report, approximately $1.3 million of that money was from the operation of his taxi medallion business, approximately $100,000 of that money was from brokerage commissions, and over $200,000 was from consulting these. that is over $4.3 million over a five—year period, which tra nslates over a five—year period, which translates into a loss to the united states treasury of approximately

$1.3 million. for more on this, i've been speaking to our new york correspondent, nick bryant. what we saw today was quite remarkable. i was in court to hear michael cohen admitted guilt to those eight fines, five of them about tax evasion, two of them about tax fraud, and then there are really politically explosive crimes. to win paying off two women, including a porn star stormy daniels, which she said was that the direction of the candidate. he did not mention the candidate's name, but the candidate's name, but the candidate's name, but the candidate's name of course is donald trump. so what is likely to happen next? well, michael cullen left court just a next? well, michael cullen left courtjust a short next? well, michael cullen left court just a short while next? well, michael cullen left courtjust a short while ago to cha nts courtjust a short while ago to chants of lock him up from a the new yorkers who had gathered outside the court. he has been sentenced today.

pa rt court. he has been sentenced today. part of the plea agreement with prosecutors was that he would get a more lenient sentence than he would have got if it had gone to trial, for example, saving the government the expense of a trial. but the judge in the case, this is that michael cohen got very nervous and his boys started to break, he said he did not have the regard, he did not have to go by the plea agreement sentencing recommendation any could impose a maximum sentence of up to 65 years. what is crucial to point out is what michael cullen did not do today, he has not agreed to co—operate with prosecutors, that was not part of this plea bargain. —— michael cohen. there had been a lot of speculation beforehand that he would flip, as it is called, that he would flip, as it is called, that he would flip, as it is called, that he would co—operate with prosecutors here in new york and co—operate with the robert mueller probert that is headed out of washington. he has not done that yet, that is a crucial detail. he has admitted to those charges, and those two charges, to

him say that the president of the united states, who was then a candidate, directed him to break the law on campaign contributions is extraordinary, but as i say, that he has not fully. —— flipped. we are expecting donald trump to possibly talk about both of these cases when he addresses this rally in charleston, west virginia. this is the scene there now. it has just gone 7pm and president trump did speak about paul manafort in particular. just to give you the background, paul manafort was also convicted on one count of failing to disclose bank accounts. the that case failed to reach a verdict on ten charges, with the judge declaring a mistrial on those. a short time ago, before donald trump

put to the centre of the arena that you can see you now, you spoke about this. this is what he had to say. paul manafort is a good man, he was with ronald reagan, it he was with a lot of good people over the years. i am very sad about that. it is not involve me but i still feel it is a very sad thing to happen, it has nothing to do with russian collision. this started as russian collision, this is absolutely nothing to do, this is a witch—hunt and if's a disgrace. this has nothing to do with, they started out looking at the russians involved in oui’ looking at the russians involved in ourcampaign, there looking at the russians involved in our campaign, there were none. i feel bad for him. he worked for ron paul, he works for ronald reagan, he worked for many, many people, and look at the way it ends up. and it was not the original mission, believe me. it was something very

much difference, and nothing to do with russian collision, to continue witch—hunt. thank you very much. witch—hunt. thank you very much. witch—hunt and a disgrace, his words there. we'll keep an eye on things there. we'll keep an eye on things there in charleston, as soon as he sta rts there in charleston, as soon as he starts speaking, we will bring you the scene there. a short time ago, i spoke to our washington correspondent chris buckler told more about the paul manafort case. paul manafort has been found guilty ofa paul manafort has been found guilty of a charges, this all relates to his time working in the ukraine for pro— russian politicians there and working for oligarchs. the jury itself were not able to come to a conclusion on ten other charges, and that has been declared a mistrial by thejudge. nonetheless, the special counsel robert mueller will regard

this as being something of a victory because we have had the president at this trial standing on the sidelines, really questioning the merits and the rights of bringing this case against paul manafort, a man who was his campaign chairman, a many was the brains behind some of that campaign in 2016. but who has 110w that campaign in 2016. but who has now been found guilty of all these charges of hiding millions and millions of dollars from the authorities, and it does go to a question ofjudgement potentially of president trump, but as you heard there, he is remaining extremely loyal to paul manafort. there will be people questioning exactly why thatis, be people questioning exactly why that is, certainly paul manafort was somebody was with the campaign during a very crucial time, during that time whenever that meeting took place for example at trump tower between the campaign and some russians, whatever it seems that they had information which they were claiming that they had about the other candidates, i.e. hillary

clinton. but president trump is determined, he says, to carry on saying that paul manafort he believes has been treated badly and that this whole investigation has been handled badly into the investigation of allegations of russian collision on the 2016 presidential election are witch—hunt. presidential election are witch-hunt. is not going to end there because the charges that the jury there because the charges that the jui’y were there because the charges that the jury were not able to make a decision on, the opportunity for them to decide whether they will be a fresh trial in the coming days on that, and also of course a day to sentencing is yet to be set for paul manafort. well, goes even beyond that because paul manafort actually faces another trial on separate charges, again brought by the special counsel robert mueller, and again that means the pressure is going to remain on him. his lawyers indicated that there is no indication that he is prepared to co—operate with a special counsel, but that pressure will remain on. at

the same time, it is important to make the point that the president is right to say that all of these charges had nothing to do with him. he has defended paul manafort, he has also distanced himself from them. he has made very clear that all these charges relate to the time before he worked for the trump campaign, nonetheless can imagine that all eyes will once again be on paul manafort when he appears in court next month, and that includes the eyes of donald trump himself. we have much more in both of those cases coming up for you later in the programme. “— cases coming up for you later in the programme. —— on both. our other top story this hour — malaysian prime minister, mahathir mohamad, has cancelled three big infrastructure projects with china because he said the country couldn't afford them. the schemes — two pipelines and a rail link — were suspended last month. earlier, he also appeared to criticise china by warning against what he called a "new version of colonialism". beijing said more co—operation between the two countries is needed.

translation: trade cooperation like this brings benefit to the people of both countries, but in the cooperation between two countries, it cannot be avoided that they may be various kinds of goblins and different views at different times. the these problems, they should be appropriately resolved by friendly consultations. —— for these problems. also making news today: a major earthquake of magnitude 7 has struck the northern coast of venezuela. the us geological survey says the quake, which was centered near the town of guiria, was felt as far away as the capital, caracas, where it shook buildings. the international nuclear watchdog, the iaea, says it has no evidence that north korea has stopped its nuclear programme — that's despite its promises to do so. it says the north's ongoing nuclear programme is a cause for "grave" concern. moving onto other news stories.

the de—facto leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, has defended her government's handling of the crisis in rakhine state, nearly a year after a violent military operation against rohingya militants killed thousands, and drove 750,000 refugees into neighbouring bangladesh. speaking on an official visit to singapore, she blamed bangladesh forfailing to send the refugees back to myanmar. 0ur south east asia correspondent jonathan head has more. this was a setpiece piece by aung san suu kyi in a country where she was guaranteed a sympathetic audience. singapore is one of myanmar‘s largest investors in trading partners. much of it dwelt on the troubled history of myanmar‘s developments, but she did talk about the government's efforts to deal with the rakhine crisis, paying tribute to the contribution of former un secretary general kofi and nine who died last week. however,

aung san suu kyi made no mention of the allegations of massive human rights abuses by the burmese military against the rohingya people population, playing in what she called terrorism for the crisis, which is said still posed a threat. the danger of terrorist activities which was the initial cause of the humanitarian activities in rakhine remains real and present today. u nless remains real and present today. unless the security challenges addressed, the risk of intercommunal violence will remain. it is a threat that could have grave consequences not just for that could have grave consequences notjust for myanmar that could have grave consequences not just for myanmar but also for other countries in our region and beyond. she also blames bangladesh for failing beyond. she also blames bangladesh forfailing to send beyond. she also blames bangladesh for failing to send back the rohingya people refugees. a government was ready to receive them, she said, it was up to bangladesh to decide when they should come back. the two countries have signed a repatriations agreement, but this stipulates that the refugees must return voluntarily. most refugees say they do not feel safe enough to go back.

it can be decided only by our two countries working together. the returnees had to be sent back by bangladesh and we can only welcome them at the border, that is part of our agreement. access to rakhine state the international organisations is still very limited. the military has refused to acknowledge that its troops committed atrocities in what the un has described as a campaign of ethnic cleansing. that report by our south east asia correspondent, jonathan head. live to charleston, where donald trump has taken to the stage after briefly speaking to the media on his way to the rally, giving his reaction firstly to the news that paul manafort, his former campaign manager, has been found guilty of

eight of the 18 charges he faces relating to tax and bank fraud. in a separate case, we relating to tax and bank fraud. in a separate case, we are relating to tax and bank fraud. in a separate case, we are reporting on michael cohen, his former lawyer, who has also been convicted on multiple fraud charges. we are expecting him to make mention of both of those, we think, in this address. we will listen in to see what he says as he addresses the israeli in charleston, west virginia. —— addresses this rally. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: we will be keeping you right across all the latest developments as president trump's former lawyer michael cohen admits campaign violation, and his ex—campaign chief paul manafort is found guilty on eight charges of tax fraud, bank fraud, and failing to disclose foreign banks accounts. also on the programme: seeing the world on two wheels. we speak to a south korean woman — who has travelled across 70 countries on a bike called lucky. this is newsday on the bbc.

we will take you to charleston, west virginia, where donald trump is addressing the crowds. virginia, where donald trump is addressing the crowdslj virginia, where donald trump is addressing the crowds. i love you too. it's a guy, but i love you. you are proud of our country, you are proud of our history, and unlike the nfl, you always honour and cherish our great american flag. it was just

announced by espn bat, rather than defending our anthem, our beautiful, beautiful national anthem, and defending ourflag, they've decided that they just were broadcast when they play the national anthem. we don't like that. so, while the players are nearly, some of them, not all of them at all, you are all proudly standing our national anthem. thank you. the espn thing was terrible, just came out. under our administration, america is winning again, and america is being respected again. all over the world it is america first. this is the

greatest economy that we've had in our history, the best. 0ur steel mills are back. they are roaring back. we are making steel again. united states steel announced a massive infusion of cash. they are opening up seven different plants. 0ther steel companies all over the country, they are opening up plants. people said steel will never be back. steel is back. it is one of the hottest industries in our country, because of what we have done without tariffs. they —— with our tariffs. they were dumping steel all over the country. our military will soon be stronger than it has

ever been before. donald trump speaking at a rally in charleston, west virginia. we are expecting him to address, of course, though significant developments in the two legal cases of his former aides paul ma nafort legal cases of his former aides paul manafort and michael cohen. as soon as he does we will bring you his response on bbc world news. earlier i asked washington post reporter carol leonnig which of the two cases she believes will be most damaging for mr trump. in some ways, both of them are very bad for the president optically, because these people were if not best friends with him, very close to him on the campaign, and he trusted them with very senior positions, though he has said otherwise at times. in terms of legal repercussions, it seems as though mr cohen points the greatest finger, i guess, at mrtrump, cohen points the greatest finger, i

guess, at mr trump, by saying that he worked in co—ordination with donald trump to violate campaign finance laws in the fall in the early summer, late summer, forgive me, of 2016. mr manafort‘s charges are almost entirely about his own actions, long before he met as the trump. the issue there has always been that the special counsel who is investigating russian interference in the election in 2016, the presidential us election here, special counsel's goal in prosecuting and pursuing mr manafort a lwa ys prosecuting and pursuing mr manafort always seems to have been to get him to co—operate in his probe, and thus far has been unsuccessful, but has been successful in prosecuting him on these very old chargers. can you remember a time where you have seen anything like this before? no. but, you know, the last year has been whoo, no. there is almost nothing to

parallel what happened today, and it was as we described here just non—stop news, and sort of breathtaking that... and eerie that in both instances a jury found one trump confidant guilty of eight counts, and in a few moments' time agreed to allow a second trump confidant to plead guilty to eight cou nts confidant to plead guilty to eight counts of felony is. just very quickly, before i let you go, what is the headline going to be in the washington post? manafort convicted, trump confidant pleading guilty to paying off women to try to interfere in the election of 2016. a 31—year—old south korean woman bought a bicycle seven years ago and named it lucky. she decided to use the bike to explore the world, and has since cycled through 70 countries, ridden 66,000 km, and made it to five continents. jinjeong says there have been some hairy moments along the way,

and she has also captured some amazing pictures of her adventure. jinjeong joins me for her first—ever interview shortly. but first, let's take a look at some of the places she has visited. we are indeed lucky to havejin jeong join us in our studios. thank

you forjoining us. thank you for having me. congratulations, 6000 kilometres, what inspired you to travel the world? well, my dream was to travel the universe, so before going to the universe i want to see my planet earth first, so i decided to cycle around the world. i think car is too fast and walking is too slow, but bicycle is a good speed. that it has taken such a long time, seven that it has taken such a long time, seve n yea rs that it has taken such a long time, seven years and you have covered five continents. what is the next continent you want to cover? christiania. christiania, all right, after that antarctica. so tell us, what is the most favourite place that you have visited among the five continents? —— 0ceania. that you have visited among the five continents? -- oceania. there are so many places in my mind, in my memory, and a really amazing place was bolivia. it is assault desert, so there is no trees, no animals, sometimes car passing, but it was

very, very quiet. and of course, there are now closer relations between south korea and north korea. would you want to cycle through north korea? actually this is my dream. i have dreamt about north korea for a long time, because we have the same history for a long time, and it isjust next to my country, so i really wish i could cross, and i applied to get permission later. and in your seven—year journey, you permission later. and in your seven—yearjourney, you have only had one bike. i have so many friends who cycle only in the philippines but have about three or four bikes. how were you able to do this, and how were you able to fund this journey? so my bicycle is named lucky, i was so lucky. to have only one bicycle. and i have a blog, so i put donations, so people sometimes donate, and also a wrote for my cousin, so i survived somehow. and you survived seven years. have there

been some hairy moments in that seven—year journey? been some hairy moments in that seven—yearjourney? ever been some dangerous moments? a few car accidents, sometimes sexually harassed, and one time i ran away from some strange places, so yes. but i am still lucky. and you are here, and we are very privileged to have you on tuesday. thank you so much forjoining us. good luck with your 0ceania bike trip. you have been watching newsday. we will be back will allow breaking news from america. see you soon. hello. well, in the last few days it's been pretty warm across the uk,

with temperatures in the high 20s across the south. we've got another fine day on the way on wednesday across central and southern areas of the uk. you'll probably see scenes like this from tuesday. lovely weather there around the docklands in london. but there is change on the way. this weather front will cool things off over the next few days, but initially the cooler air will be reaching scotland and northern ireland. at ahead of it we still have warm air coming in all the way from the azores, from the subtropics here. so that is why it is so warm outside. in fact, temperatures overnight around the mid— teens across much of the country. now, the weatherfront mid— teens across much of the country. now, the weather front will be moving across the uk through the early hours of wednesday morning. it's already been wet across scotland, parts of northern ireland as well have seen quite a bit of rain, and that isjust as well have seen quite a bit of rain, and that is just about living in the south—western scotland now. to the south of that it is dry. where the sky is clear, there might bea where the sky is clear, there might be a little bit of a chill in the air, 13 degrees for norwich, but generally where we have the cloud it is around 15, 16, 17 degrees. so this is very warm and humid air over

us this is very warm and humid air over us first thing in the morning. here is the weather front. this is a cold front, or cool front you can call it in the summer, behind the cooler air comes in, much fresher air. so scotla nd comes in, much fresher air. so scotland and northern ireland in the afternoon will be quite a bit cooler. you can see those yellow colours here indicating those lower temperatures in the north atlantic, mostly around the teens. 17 in belfast, only 14 in stornoway, but to the south we have got temperatures in the high teens. and then this central bit here around northern england and wales, that is where the weather front is moving through, so the chance of catching, i think some rain during the course of wednesday. now, wednesday into thursday, these weather fronts, of wednesday. now, wednesday into thursday, these weatherfronts, in fa ct a thursday, these weatherfronts, in fact a succession of them start moving through the uk, and then behind it, and the forecast has been the same for the last few days, we have this much fresher air coming in off the north atlantic and iceland, so that cooler air starts invading the uk on thursday. 0ne weather front the uk on thursday. 0ne weather fro nt m oves the uk on thursday. 0ne weather front moves through the south—east earlier in the day, so possibly some rain. again, more weatherfronts earlier in the day, so possibly some rain. again, more weather fronts and showers moving into scotland and

northern ireland, and also a bit of a breeze. these are winds in miles per hour, you can double these, so when's gusting perhaps to 30 mph thereof western scotland. but cool already on thursday. you can see temperatures in the low 20s in the south, in the mid—teens for belfast, glasgow and for edinburgh. how about the next few days? well, it looks like the temperatures might pick up a little bit, but not awful lot. and cardiff might be up to 19 by monday, possibly 21 in london by monday, but it will be quite changeable. goodbye. i'm babita sharma with bbc world news. our top story this hour: dramatic developments in two separate court trials in the us, involving figures who have been close to president trump. a jury finds his former campaign manager, paul manafort, guilty of eight charges relating to tax and bank fraud. president trump has called it a "witch—hunt". and in new york, the

president's former lawyer, michael cohen, pleads guilty to tax evasion and election campaign finance violations. we'll have all the latest developments on both cases here on bbc world news. and this story is trending on bbc.com. danny boyle has announced he'll no longer be directing the nextjames bond movie. he's blaming "creative differences" for his decision. the next bond film is due for release next year. stay with bbc world news. more to come. now, it's time for hardtalk.