welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: president trump's former personal lawyer michael cohen pleads guilty to breaking campaign finance rules. in court under oath, he says he committed the crimes at the direction of the candidate. and another dark cloud for the president. his former campaign manager paul manafort is found guilty of tax and bank fraud over his work for foreign governments. no turfing out. the uk's brexit secretary says all european union citizens currently in britain will be able to stay even if no deal is struck. 18 windrush migrants who may have been wrongfully removed from the uk are to receive an official government apology. an astonishing day, in a presidency full of astonishments.

donald trump's former personal lawyer michael cohen has pleaded guilty to breaking election campaign finance law, and testified in court that the candidate directed him to commit the crimes, with the principal purpose of influencing an election. mr trump has previously denied any knowledge of payments to women alleging they had affairs with him. in a new york court, under oath, michael cohen effectively said the president is lying. and all this as the man who chaired the 2016 trump campaign, paul manafort, was found guilty of tax and bank fraud. here is deputy us attorney robert khuzami, lead prosecutor in the case against michael cohen. these are very serious charges, and reflect a pattern of lies and dishonesty over an extended period of time. they are significant in their own right. they are particularly significant when done by a lawyer. a lawyer who, through training

and tradition, understands what it means to be a lawyer, to engage in honest and fair dealing, and adherence to the law. mr cohen disregarded that training, disregarded that tradition, and decided that he was above the law, and for that he is going to pay a very, very serious price. as all that was unfolding in new york, a jury in virginia found one of mr trump's key strategists in the 2016 campaign, paul manafort, guilty on eight charges of tax and bank fraud. no verdict was reached on ten other charges. none of them relate to the time he was working for donald trump. he was forced to resign, months before the election, because of questions about his links to foreign governments. the president was asked about him tonight. i must tell you that paul manafort‘s a good man. he was with ronald reagan. he was with a lot of different people over the years, and i feel very sad about that.

it doesn't involve me, but i still feel it's a very sad thing that happened. this has nothing to do with russian collusion. this started as russian collusion, this has absolutely nothing to do — this is a witch—hunt, and it's a disgrace. worth saying this was on the way to a campaign rally where he said nothing about this. no, this was a very typical donald trump rally, talking about his achievements while being an office, but significantly and noticeably not tackling what has happened over the last three hours, these past extraordinary hours where in the space ofjust a few moments, a view —— as you have just been reporting, into two separate courts, two figures certainly in the life of donald trump, his personal lawyer and campaign manager during the 2016

election, during the crucial summer months about election, both in court, one being found guilty and the other admitting guilt. very serious charges, tax and bank fraud charges, both of them heading to jail. and, in, we have talked before about the new normal. while things happen —— wild things happen and in the next wild thing happens. and then we move on. just let's remind ourselves, and admitted felon is saying under oath in court that his co—conspirator and/or his aider and a better was the president of the united states. that is quite something. i think of everything that has happened in the last few hours, those words in court from michael cohen are the most significant and could have repercussions for the months to come for the president, because he is essentially implicating the president in a crime, a crime that was committed supposedly to help him become president. and of course, this is related to essentially payoffs, money paid to women who

claim they have had relationships with the president, including the former porn star stormy daniels, and this of course breaks election rules. that is the most significant, and although a sitting president, justice department would not indict a sitting president, there maybe some members of congress who are now thinking that it is time consider impeachment of the president. because, as michael cohen's attorney was saying, if those payments were a crime for michael cohen, why wouldn't they be a crime for donald trump? yes, since he says he was directed by the candidate for federal office. there was only one candidate that he was dealing with at the time, clearly he was talking about mrtrump, and at the time, clearly he was talking about mr trump, and he does seem very directly to implicate the president in what he has netted doing himself. so where do you think all this goes next, peter, if, indeed, anywhere? well, ithink it is largely down to some extent to

what the politicians think, especially those in congress. perhaps with the power to take this further and consider impeachment. that would be a very serious move. now, of course a lot of republicans would be minded to do that. they support the president, they believed in what he is doing, they like the kind of things he has been talking about at the rally, creating jobs and changing america in the way that he promised to change the nation, and certainly looking at his base and certainly looking at his base and his supporters at that west virginia rally that he has been out in the last few hours, they certainly believe very strongly in this president. at the same time, things have changed in the last few hours, when you have someone so close to the president as his former personal lawyer, he was the fixer, he was the gatekeeper, revealing that he essentially broke the law for the man who is paying him. and so for the man who is paying him. and so much depends, i guess, how much if anything these two men wish to say to the special prosecutor. no indication they are necessarily put co—operating at the moment but both

faced quite serious jail time. that isa faced quite serious jail time. that is a pressure. that is key, i think, to this. there is no indication yet that michael cohen is inclined to co—operate with a special prosecutor, the mueller investigation. clearly he has struck a deal to get a shorter sentence. he could be going to jailfor many, many years, but might not be as bad for him because he has pleaded guilty and avoided a trial and pleaded to these charges. it is open to question whether he will talk to robert mueller and his investigators, the prosecutors who are looking into russian can collusion in the 2016 election. eric ham is a us political analyst and biographer of the republican party. he joins us now from washington. eric, what are you thinking about this? there is a lot of talk about impeachment again, but impeachment isa impeachment again, but impeachment is a political process, isn't it? and this president, quite apart from saying this is a fuss about nothing,

has enormous support from his party. the republican party is not going to move against him, is it? that's right, but what we do know is this mueller probe continues to move full speed ahead, and one of the issues that we have been hearing from the trump legal team is they want to see this mueller probe wrap up in wrap up this mueller probe wrap up in wrap up quickly, and the reason for that is they want to get this done and out of the way before we see what is looking like a blue wave that will possibly reshape the congress, and so possibly reshape the congress, and so you have bob mueller, who sends a report to robert rosen scene, the deputy attorney general, who is in charge of the mueller probe, and the report says that the president did in fact do something that was illegal, it will be up to the congress to decide on those impeachment proceedings —— rob rosenstein. that could take place after the mid—term elections, when we could see a democrat controlled house and senate, and that is

something that the president is trying to avoid. eric, the other word of course that is going around is pardons, possibly, eventually. despite the fact that the special prosecutor and most of his team are republicans, appointed by republicans, appointed by republicans, the president of course sees what they are doing as railroading by democrats. he has talked before about pardons. what are the chances of that? well, i think what we are going to see if the limits of these presidential pardons, and i wouldn't be surprised if robert mueller, with the verdict today, i wouldn't be surprised if you see that very information actually sent to state jurisdictions, where the president's power of pardons simply has no power there. now, here is something else that will be important to take a look at, as well. while we just had this trial today that saw paul ma nafort this trial today that saw paul manafort found guilty of eight

counts, primarily as it related to his own personal dealings, the second trial that is scheduled to start in the next two weeks, that will be looking specifically at paul ma nafort will be looking specifically at paul manafort as a foreign agent. that trial is much more detrimental to the president, because it does focus more directly on the issue of russia and paul manafort‘s dealings with russians, ukrainians, and more importantly as a foreign agent. now, this is going to get worse for the president, particularly as it moves into the realm of the political, where we could see this begin to reshape elections for the president, and of course this issue of impeachment that is now hovering over this administration. much depending, of course, as ever, on the mid—term elections. thank you very much. the uk brexit secretary, dominic raab, has told the bbc that in the event of a no deal on brexit, he will move swiftly to secure the rights of european union citizens in great britain. mr raab said there was absolutely no question of eu citizens being tu rfed out.

he was speaking after talks with the eu's chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, who said overrall discussions are now entering their final stage, but some fundamental disagreements remain. from brussels, ben wright reports. many of the continent—hopping train travellers at the eurostar this morning probably didn't notice the man who now leads the uk's brexit negotiating team. dominic raab landed the job last month after david davis quit the cabinet in frustration at the government's own brexit plan. so it is mr raab who is now trying to get a deal with the eu over the line by end of march next year. but what if there is no agreement? some of theresa may's ministers have ramped up warnings there could be no i asked the brexit secretary would that would mean for the many

eu citizens who live in the uk. we value their contribution, we want them to stay. it's inconceivable we would do anything other than make sure they're legally in a position where they are secure to stay. but we need to set out the details of that, in due course, to do it in a responsible way. i see — so it's working out the structure, but legally they will be able to stay. they shouldn't worry, if there is a no—deal, about being turfed out of the uk? absolutely, there's absolutely no question that you're going to see eu citizens turfed out. we've made that clear in the past, i've made it clear in the past, i'm happy to give that reassurance again today. do you miss mr davis, mr barnier? the uk's latest plan for a new trading relationship with the eu has been dismissed by brexiteers as a betrayal, and criticised by the eu. translation: i hear the debate in the uk about no deal, and to be very frank with you, i do see this blame game starting against the european union. but the european union is not

going to be impressed by that kind of blame game. at body should understand that. —— everybody should understand that. —— everybody should understand that. isn't the truth that even if you have a vague outline of what the future relationship looks like, really, we leave the eu and it's a leap into the dark? we're not going to know. it could take years to negotiate this stuff. no, that's wrong. certainly we'll want to make sure we hammer down, hammer out as much of the detail as possible. it'll be really important to make sure, for people at home, but also for the eu, that we choose a clear model for our relationship, and we're both committed to doing that. ministers and officials are clocking up the miles. brexit talks are now intense, the clock is against them, and the final destination remains farfrom certain. ben wright, bbc news, brussels. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: a decade in the making. three young golden eagles

are released at a secret location in scotland. washington, the world's most political city, is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed, i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa, 97 people have been killed today, in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last ten days, 500 have died. chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we're all with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people, in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us," chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" this is bbc news.

the latest headlines: president trump's former lawyer michael cohen has pleaded guilty in a manhattan court to violating campaign finance laws. and in separate case, donald trump's former campaign chief paul manafort is found guilty of eight criminal charges, including bank and tax fraud. it is the first trial stemming from the inquiry into alleged russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. the british home secretary, sajid javid, has apologised to 18 members of the so—called windrush generation after a review found that they may have been wrongfully removed from the uk or detained. the windrush generation refers to the hundreds of thousands of immigrants who moved to the uk from the caribbean and other commonwealth states between 19118 and 1971, but who were never given proper documentation. almost 12,000 cases have been re—examined. chi chi izundu reports.

they were invited to come and help rebuild britain after the second world war. but questions over proper documentation proving their indefinite right to remain have left thousands with problems accessing things like healthcare, getting a job, or even remaining in the country. but today, the home secretary offered a formal apology to 18 people. the home office found they were unable to demonstrate their continuous residence, which led to them being removed or detained. in a statement, sajid javid said... but, for some, sorry is just not good enough. it questions the value

and the validity of an apology. what is the value and merit in an apology when in actual fact you've got thousands of people up and down the country in britain, british citizens of caribbean heritage, who have not been given any compensation. the government have refused to even consider interim payments. the treatment of the windrush generation caused furious backlash against the government since its was highlighted earlier this year. but today, some have welcomed this symbolic first step. i think when you're issuing personal apologies that you have to bear in mind that that carries some weight in terms of accepting liability, so it is progress. the home office also confirmed that the 18 will be put in contact with a special taskforce set up in response to the crisis. but for the thousands waiting, like glenda, life is still on hold. we're still going through difficulty, it's like we said before.

in the beginning, if we were allowed to work, if we were allowed to get in touch with the benefits what we paid into, taxes what we paid into, then perhaps, you know, we would have felt, you know, some kind of way to say thank you very much. but we're still going through difficulties. president trump has been holding a rally in west virginia, as he steps up his support for republican candidates in the mid term elections. it's a chance for the president to connect with his base ahead of november's elections. 0ur correspondent nick bryant travelled to the state of tennessee to test the pulse of evangelical voters, who backed mr trump in large numbers in 2016. it wasn't just the post—industrial landscape of the rustbelt that provided lush, political terrain for donald trump, but the southern bible belt as well. congregations such as the thousand hills catholic church in essential tennessee. white

evangelicals, who in the presidential election, gave the new york millionaire a high level of support that ronald reagan or george w bush. support that ronald reagan or george w bush. we like someone who adjusts a what is on their mind, speak whatever you want to say and be as plainspoken as you can. whatever you want to say and be as plainspoken as you canlj whatever you want to say and be as plainspoken as you can. i don't agree with some of the words that he uses, but he is doing more than any of the other presidents in the past. you think he is truly one of the great presidents? i truly do. his behaviour, a lot of people think, is not very christian. well, as christians we all fail, that is why we need jesus christ in our lives. many white evangelicals feel besieged and isolated in what they feel has become an increasingly godless america. many also feel sneered at by east and west coast elites, agreed and is chaired by

donald trump. there is a mutual sense of victimhood, that the present would had exploited. a good radio, a good clown... on policy too. the past that he says the tron support for gun rights and his zero tolerance approach to immigration resonate in these churches too. tolerance approach to immigration resonate in these churches toom isa resonate in these churches toom is a very tough situation to jail mums and dads and babies who are left here. it is a tough situation. but you don't flame donald trump?” don't flame donald trump, i'd blame mothers and babies who chose to come to this country illegally. evangelicals have become more right wing over the past 50 years, partly because the gospel of prosperity has been preached in so many mega churches across the country. the former property tycoon is a beneficiary of that trend. evangelical movement has always liked a showman, charismatic speakers with star power on tv. but

it isn't just what speakers with star power on tv. but it isn'tjust what donald trump is, it isn'tjust what donald trump is, it isn'tjust what donald trump is, it is what he isn't. a democrat pushing a socially liberal agenda. it is what he isn't. a democrat pushing a socially liberal agendalj like trumper he is not scared to speak what he thinks. it is what he sees as the moral wreckage of america that is important to david. it is important to maintain a majority in the supreme court and for social conservatives, the social playboy is delivering just that. even the people in tennessee have got to have a person in the white house that may be a womaniser versus a person in the white house that opposes gay marriages. the issue of 93v opposes gay marriages. the issue of gay marriage is that important?m you pick one or two they would pick a womaniser. white evangelicals is to be the biggest democratic —— demographic that thought private life would affect political life. it 110w life would affect political life. it

now shows they are the demographic was likely to become that. they have been —— they have become more forgiving since the advent of donald trump. following ten years of planning, a small group of golden eagles has been released at a secret location in scotland. there are fewer than five breeding pairs in the south of scotland and none in england or wales. 0ur correspondent lorna gordon has been given exclusive access, ahead of the eagles taking flight, for the first time. they are a sight more familiar to the moors and the mountains of the highlands and islands. but this young golden eagle is about to be released into the wild much further south. the raptor is hooded to keep him calm. he's one of three birds moved to a new home in a part of scotland where less than a handful of pairs remain. this is a male, he's really healthy.

got a nice bit of meat on his sternum. and he's ready, ready to go, do you think? he's definitely ready to go. before that, they are measured. 124. examined to ensure they are healthy. then fitted with one of these, a satellite transmitter to track them once they take to the skies. the birds have been handled just twice — once when they were taken under licence from their nests in the highlands and then just now when they have been checked over and tagged before being released. scotland's golden eagle population has faced challenges, from changing land—use to persecution, but those behind this project are confident they will get a warm welcome here. young golden eagles are heavily persecuted. a third of them have been killed, either through shooting or poisoning. down here, in the south of scotland, we've been able to reassure ourselves that persecution is not an issue, it'sjust a small, fragmented population which needs this helping hand from us. filmed on remote cameras,

when the time comes to spread their wings, the birds hesitate. that's not though, unexpected. then those first, short flights harried by buzzards above the heather. so this will be their first time out of the aviaries. they may fly a few metres, they may fly a few hundred metres up the valley. we've chosen a spot where there's lots of different sites they can rest and perch, rocks for them to sit on and things like that. so hopefully they'll fly out into the valley, find somewhere to settle and then just in their own time, get up into the skies and start to explore. their range could reach from the rolling hills of southern scotland to the lake district or wales. the hope is, they may eventually return to sites last populated by golden eagles more than 100 years ago. lorna gordon, bbc news, in the moffat gills. just briefly, news from venezuela where a powerful earthquake has struck the northern coast. these pictures have been coming in. tremors were felt in many areas of the country, including the capital,

where buildings were evacuated. you can see how these people feel. there are reports of a magnitude of seven for this particular earthquake. that extraordinary story that has been developing in new york and in virginia president trump's former personal lawyer michael cullen has pleaded guilty to breaking election campaign law and has said in court under oath that the candidate directed him to commit the crimes with the printable purpose of influencing an election. the judge said he could impose a system —— a sentence up to 65 years of. paul manafort, the man who chaired the campaign team, was found guilty of tax and bank fraud. those charges do not relate to his role as key strategist for his 16 campaign. more on that and all the news any time on the bbc website. thank you for watching. 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. but ahead of it, we still have warm air coming in all the way from the azores, from the subtropics here, so that's why it's so warm outside. in fact, temperatures overnight around the 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 too have seen quite a bit of rain, and that's just about moving into south—western scotland now. to the south of that, it's dry. where the skies 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's around 15, 16,17 degrees. so 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 a cool front, you can call it in the summer. behind it, the cooler air 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 1a in stornoway, but to the south, we've got temperatures in the high teens. and then this central bit here, around northern england and wales, that's 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, 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 moves through the south—east earlier in the day, so possibly some rain. again, more weatherfronts 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 winds gusting perhaps to 30 mph there off 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. bye— bye. ningxia this is bbc news. the headlines: donald trump is facing a huge test of his presidency after his former lawyer admitted breaking election finance rules. michael cohen says he did so at the direction of the candidate presumed to be mr trump. the 51—year—old admits paying hush money to two women who claim to have had sex with the president. and in a separate court

case in virginia, unrelated to the election campaign — the jury found president trump's former campaign manager, paul manafort, guilty of eight charges he faced relating to tax and bank fraud. the uk brexit secretary dominic raab has told the bbc that in the event of a no deal on brexit, he will move swiftly to secure the rights of european union citizens in great britain. mr raab said there was absolutely ‘no question of eu citizens being tu rfed out.‘ now on bbc news, hardtalk‘s shaun ley talks to nury turkel