this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. our top stories. donald trump says he will be arrested on tuesday, calling on his supporters to protest. pakistan's former prime minister imran khan attends court on corruption charges, which he says are politically motivated. a deal allowing the export of ukrainian grain from black sea ports which was due to expire has been renewed. but it is unclear as to how long for. the troubled swiss bank is reported to be in takeover

talks it could be bought by its rivals ubs. hello to you in the uk and around the world the former us president, donald trump, says he expects to be arrested on tuesday — and has called on his supporters to protest. in a post on his own social media platform, he claimed to have seen leaks from the manhattan district attorney's office — which is yet to comment. mr trump is accused of paying hush money to an alleged mistress. supporters and detractors of the former us president have also talked about it. i mean, this isjust beyond ridiculous at this point. i mean, you can keep going after him and the outcome is all going to be the same, and it's only going to incite more people to come out and support, 0k?

that's what it's about. the more people we have to show everybody, it doesn't matter, we are still going to support him and he's going to win. what happened since 2016, it seems like itjust, it's horrendous. our constitution is just blown to bits. yeah, it seems like if he does get indicted, i don't think- it's going to change too much. i think it will chargel and amplify his base given that he's running. i think it's a great thing that donald trump can get arrested. well, he's committed so many crimes, and nobody has prosecuted him yet enough. i look forward to seeing justice being done. our washington correspondent, gary o'donughue, has this update. we've had some indications, some pretty clear indications, for some time, that the district attorney in manhattan, in new york, was thinking about, or possibly thinking about, charging donald trump.

he gave him the opportunity to appear before the grand jury, that is a precursor to an indictment coming down against someone. there has been a number of key hints in the last couple of weeks. this is coming to a head because we understand that the grand jury, which investigates these things, is perhaps seeing its last witness on monday and so there is some calculation going on here. donald trump believes that this is going to happen at some point next week. a lot of people think that may be true. the new york police department is preparing in case there is some sort of circus, some sort of spectacle, around that courthouse. there are some indications that this could be on the books but, you are right, there is nothing official from the district attorney that this will happen at time x on day y. and yet that chilling message, that rallying call for his supporters. yes, a very chilling message. i think that will strike a lot of people as resonant

of the kinds of message he was sending out ahead of january the 6th a couple of years ago, of course, which ended in that riot at the capitol. these are very different circumstances, it's a very different situation, the atmosphere is pretty different at the moment but the fear is there will be some people who could respond to that kind of message in the way that they did previously. that is generating some concern. it is obvious that the former president is really ratcheting up his rhetoric at the moment. if you read the statements today, they are 100 mile an hour donald trump, back to the old days of the twitter posts we came to expect over that period of time. i think he is clearly riled by this and the irony is that this case is perhaps the least serious of the potential criminal charges he is facing.

there are others that could be worse for him but this one is first and therefore it is significant. the former republican strategist, deana bass williams, says it's hard to know whether donald trump really will be arrested — as he claims. it is curious and it does come from a former president who is also a media maven and understands how to enthrall the entire globe with one tweet. so, as you pointed out, we haven't had confirmation of any of this. i think it is possible that the former president is doing what he does best and that is sucks all of the air out of the room and has all of the eyes on him. with that being said, if he is actually going to be indicted, i do believe that is an outrage and it is a waste of the new york prosecutor's time. we have heard from his

attorney, susan nettles, who has said that, as president trump states, his post is based on leaks in social media. since this is a political prosecution, the district attorney's office has engaged in a practice of leaking everything to the press rather than communicating with president trump's attorneys, as would be done in a normal case. what exactly does that translate to? again, there is so much about this that we as pundits, observers, regularamerican citizens don't understand. it has certainly caused a ripple in the news cycle over the last 12 hours. we have seen leaks throughout and this process hasn't been very clear but we are already enthralled in our 2024 presidential cycle. it is earlier than normal

but we have at least three candidates who are vying for the republican ticket and donald trump is obviously one of the most popular. in terms of what this means, is it an actual attempt to silence or derail president trump's chances at 202a? i think it's actually galvanising support for him. i don't think anyone really understands what is the legitimate reason to actually prosecute a former us president for allegedly paying off his mistress? everything about this is unprecedented and odd. there have been violent clashes outside the court in islamabad hearing a case against pakistan's former

prime minister imran khan — who's charged with not correctly declaring funds he received for selling state gifts. his home was raided by police. he says all cases against him are politically motivated, after he was ousted from office last year. our pakistan correspondent caroline davies sent this report. pelting police with stones, tear gas canisters exploding, filling the air, and in the middle, supporters clinging to his car, this was the arrival of imran khan at court today. tensions between mr khan's supporters and the authorities have been rising all week, an attempt to arrest him led to clashes in lahore. when his convoy left for court this morning, he did so with armed guards. at the entry to islamabad, the convoy stopped. police said mr khan's group would need to disarm. the crowd and traffic built, and amongst them

we found mr khan, adamant that the authorities�* only intention is to jail him. putting in prison means that they will keep me out of the election race right until the end of the elections, so i won't be able to campaign — that is the whole thing. opponents say it has nothing to do with politics, but is mr khan whipping up his supporters, making them into a human shield for him to avoid the law. the authorities blocked roads into the capital and the court with shipping containers and banned rallies, but supporters still came. this is the aftermath. imran khan may well have left this courtroom but the police are still here and you can still see the sticks and stones on the ground and you can smell the tear gas that has been used, and the real concern after today is that this is not the end of tensions between the authorities and imran khan's supporters. the months of battles in the courts are now spilling into pakistan's streets, with neither side conceding ground. caroline davies,

bbc news, islamabad. president putin has flown to crimea in ukraine, to mark nine years since the region was illegally annexed by russia. he's been accused of war crimes by the international criminal court — specifically the forced deportation of children from ukraine to russia. efforts are continuing in ukraine to bring home children who've gone missing since the invasion, as our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. vladimir putin today in sevastopol. there to open an arts centre and mark the anniversary of russia's illegal annexation of crimea. one place he can still visit without risk of arrest after international prosecutors accused him of war crimes. the united states may not accept the jurisdiction of the international criminal court, but president biden welcomed its decision nonetheless. well, i think it's justified, but the question is, it's not recognised internationally

by us either but i think it makes a very strong point. he has clearly committed war crimes. thank you. the allegations are that mr putin has personal criminal responsibility for deporting children from occupied parts of ukraine to russia. according to this lawyer, potentially as many as 700,000 children — yes, 700,000 — were taken, and only a fraction have been brought home. she welcomed the court decision, but... it's only the first step. our next step should be returning back all ukrainian children from the russian federation to ukraine. not only because of the reason to reunite them with theirfamilies, but in order to receive as much as possible evidence and testimony from them directly. in kyiv today, people told me the court's decision meant the world now knew about russia's alleged war crimes. what is your reaction? i'm very happy about it

because justice will come. extremely happy. why? because we expected this for more than one year and because, definitely, vladimir putin has committed crimes. at home, vladimir putin is honoured as a head of state. abroad, he is now wanted as an alleged war criminal. the kremlin has rejected the accusations against him, but on the global stage his isolation has deepened. james landale, bbc news, kyiv. a deal allowing the export of ukrainian grain from the black sea has been renewed — hours before it was due to expire. kyiv says the agreement will continue for four months — while moscow claims it agreed to just 60 days. �*the grain initiative�* was first brokered lastjuly, during fears of a global food crisis, after moscow blockaded ukrainian imports. russia and ukrainejointly account for nearly a third

of global wheat supplies — with ukraine's contribution nearing 10 percent. imogen foulkes has the latest from geneva. the negotiations to extend this grain deal really went down to the wire and the agreement was due to expire today but now we have had a statement from the united nations saying, yes, the deal can be extended but immediately after statement came out, there was then more confusion. ukraine said, great, it has been extended for 120 days, that is what we asked for, kind of hinting we got what we wanted. russia then hit back saying, no, we've told all our partners in the black sea grain deal that it has been extended for the 60 days that we said almost a week ago we were prepared to accept. so, i think we can safely say grain can still be exported from the black sea but we don't know for how long. let's not forget this

is a very, very important deal for food insecure countries in the horn of africa, somalia, for example. successive drought is said to be on the verge of famine, it relies on grain which the world food programme often buys in ukraine. then we have, for example, yemen, afghanistan in the midst of humanitarian crises, they too are food insecure and, of course, we have seen a rise in global food prices and any disruption to the global grain supply will push those prices up again. donald trump says he will be arrested on tuesday, calling on his supporters to protest. it's not yet clear what charges, if any, he is facing. pakistan's former prime

minister imran khan attends court on corruption charges, which he says are politically motivated. the troubled bank, credit suisse, is reported to be in advanced talks with its larger swiss rival, ubs, to try to secure a deal aimed at stabilizing its finances. in recent days shares fell sharply after it said it had found weakness in its financial reporting, prompting the swiss national bank to step in with an emergency $54 billion lifeline. earlier, i spoke with lananh nguyen who is a us finance editor for reuters live from new york about the situation. there are many provisos. the first is what we just recently, and exclusively reported, that is ubs is seeking 16 billion in government guarantees in order to do a deal. there's a lot of risk around the steel in terms

of credit suisse�*s troubles. what we understand is the governments and parties from both companies are trying to hammer out some of the terms here and ubs is driving a hard bargain because there are lots of risk and many employees that may need to be laid off as well as a litigation risk against credit suisse. there's a lot still happening. it's a fluid situation and no guarantee of a deal at all right now. this situation can change entirely so we are following this very closely. even swiss regulations would have to be somehow circumvented or emergency measures brought into place. normally, this would take six weeks and were talking between 2a to 30 hours between now and monday? so, large transactions in banking are very complex. they are very thorny and they require a lot of regulatory oversight. and they require a lot of deal—making between

the two companies. it's not usually this quick but at the same time we are facing unusual and extraordinary times in the banking industry. where two national champions in switzerland are looking at a deal to merge. this is a moment where authorities and companies will get creative, as we ahve seen in the us financial crisis in 2008, the normal rules do not apply here. how much of a shock has this been to switzerland? swiss banking and the swiss financial sector is normally stable. it's not something that easily succumbs or creates the jitters, and then we have this. what are people staying within the swiss banking sector? what are people saying within the swiss banking sector? i think switzerland has, as you say, been seen as a very stable regime. however, credit suisse has had problems for months now and we could say years, in fact.

it has had a lot of losses and unleashed a strategic review in the fall and laid off a lot of employees. there are issues around credit suisse and we have seen that us banks have also carefully manage their exposure to this company as well. it's not a total suprise it is in this process right now. i think what's interesting is that the problem in the us banking sector have spilled up into the financial markets and destabilised the general state of banking and people given investors a lot of jitters about the whole industry. there have been further clashes in paris for the third night running — as protests continue against president macron's reforms to pensions. riot police in the french capital clashed with some protestors in the crowd, as trash bins were set on fire. the government is facing two motions of �*no confidence�* after it decided to push through its plans of raising the retirement age to sixty— four without a vote in parliament.

belgrade hasn�*t recognized kosovo as independent since it was declared i6 kosovo as independent since it was declared 16 years ago. speaking after 12 hours of talks, the eu foreign policy chief told a news conference in north macedonia that the deal would bring significant benefits for both sides. i want to stress to — benefits for both sides. i want to stress to open _ benefits for both sides. i want to stress to open the - benefits for both sides. i want to stress to open the path - benefits for both sides. i want to stress to open the path to i to stress to open the path to reaching the objective of joining the european union. serbia and kosovo need to normalize their relationships. there is no way around it. this agreement and this annex, which is an integral part of the agreement, is an important step forward in order to make it a reality. we will continue

working tirelessly until we reach a comprehensive agreement on the normalization of their relationship. an earthquake has struck ecuador, killing at least 12 people. the quake with a magnitude of 6.8 could be felt in half of ecuador�*s provinces and buildings have damaged in several cities. the tremor was also felt in northern peru. this is the strongest quake to hit ecuador since twenty— 16, when nearly 700 people died and thousands were injured. peter murrell, the scottish national party�*s chief executive who�*s married to nicola sturgeon, has resigned with immediate effect. the move comes after a week of chaos in the snp, with the party forced to confirm a massive drop in membership numbers, and two of the candidates in the current leadership race questioning the election process. the bbc�*s scotland editor james cook reports.

it�*s a partnership forged in politics. nicola sturgeon and peter murrell met through the snp and went on to dominate it. but her decision to quit, along with a police investigation into party finances, has piled the pressure on him. the final straw, a row over the snp�*s untruthful claim that its membership was stable when, in fact, it had plummeted by 30,000 in just over a year. in a statement, mr murrell said... all three candidates fighting that campaign have voiced concerns about the state of their party. decisions within the snp have been taken by too few people, and i think that�*s well—recognised across the political domain. and snp members want to know that our institution is democratic, that they can influence it, that

they can shape policy. i think there has been a feeling that they are disempowered from that process. we need to have internal reform of headquarters, and i think it should be a priority for whoever the next leader of the snp is. if it's me, within the first week i'll make sure we get the work under way to look at that internal reform of h0 which is absolutely necessary. the third candidate, ash regan, has been mr murrell�*s harshest critic. she says that democratic foundations of the party are now reasserting themselves. an era is ending for scotland�*s ultimate power couple. peter murrell played a key role in building the snp�*s slick, professional, election—winning machine. but now, say his opponents, the wheels have come off. which means one member of this trio will face huge challenges — repairing public services, reviving the stalled campaign for independence and reuniting a divided party. james cook, bbc news, glasgow.

good opera has the power to stir the soul and here�*s one that was written by a group of singers who used to sleep bro.

opera, but not as you know it. songs about life in nottingham, performed by local singers who�*ve been homeless. caroline and simon both spent time living on the streets. now, they�*re centre stage. i feel like a star. i love entertaining people, making people laugh. it�*s a chemical ofjoy. i get excited when i start singing and performing and doing things. when you see the orchestra, it�*s just so wonderful, what they�*re doing. it�*s a production called streetwise opera, around 100 singers are from homelessness projects here in nottingham and in london and manchester. they�*re working with the bbc concert orchestra and a professional, classical choir. but they�*re not just singing opera, they�*re writing it too. this is all about the luddites, who fought against machines replacing theirfactory jobs in nottingham. we�*ve all written words to put into songs. picking out bits of nottingham that i thought would represent us, like the clock tower. # when the clock strikes two...#. i we�*ve worked really hard on this for over a year. ifeel so much happier, my confidence has gone through the roof. it�*s like magic. it�*s a kind of magic! next tuesday, they�*re be performing in public, here at nottingham playhouse.

then they go to london for a big finale performance that will be broadcast nationally on bbc radio 3. my anxiety and depression has improved. i�*m out and about, i�*m socialising with friends. you are somebody special. you're notjust a number. it�*s changed your, hasn�*t it? it has, yeah. i've got a lot of friends which i've never had. # we're not having it!#. i've really come a long way. we're not having it! we�*re proving people wrong and letting them know that we can do all the things they say we can�*t. # respect!#. that�*s it for me from now but you can get hold of me at twitter. the rest of the team

can be found at bbc world. stay with us plenty more coming up shortly. hello. the weather on sunday is looking pretty good for most of us. a lot of dry weather in the forecast. sunny spells right from the word go, but it�*s not going to stay completely dry. later on sunday, we are expecting some rain in the northwest of the uk and it will be brought by this weather system. you can see on the satellite picture. but ahead of it, there�*s a big gap in the clouds. there�*s a ridge of high pressure. hence, things will be dry early on sunday morning, all but the extreme southeast and east anglia. there might be some showers earlier on, but on the whole it is a dry start to the day for many of us, not particularly cold between three and seven degrees, maybe a touch of frost in some rural areas further north. so here�*s the forecast for the morning. you can see lots of bright, if not sunny weather, but this weather front is fast approaching. let�*s have a closer look. england and wales in

the south looking sunny. around 3:00 in the afternoon, temperatures will be about 13 degrees. the winds are light, very pleasant out there. skies turning a little more hazy the further northwest and north you go. in fact, already at this stage, rainjust about nudging into the western isles of scotland and it�*s raining in northern ireland. so by no means is it a dry day. we are expecting that rain to reach the northwest through the middle part of the afternoon and then eventually reaching the western fringes of wales, lancashire, the lake district, south west and parts of scotland. and come the evening raining in the lowlands of scotland, too. now the forecast for monday shows another weather system moving across the uk. in fact, there�*s a succession of weather fronts waiting in the atlantic. it is going to be an unsettled week. so here�*s the forecast for monday. that rain spreading across north western parts of the country. notice it�*s not raining everywhere. it will be often cloudy though right across the uk and rain is possible almost at any time anyway. temperatures very mild,

up to 15 degrees in some spots. and you can see these weather fronts gathering out towards the west on monday evening as well. and then tuesday onwards, these weather systems are racing across the atlantic, a large area of low pressure. it�*ll be breezy at times, but it�*s never going to get particularly cold. in fact, it�*s going to stay on the mild side. here�*s the outlook then for the week ahead. and you can see a lot of rain icons there. so distinctly wet week in the forecast, but it�*ll stay mild. double figures across the board. even the mid—teens. bye.

this is bbc news. i�*m lukwesa burak. the former us president donald trump says he will be arrested on tuesday, calling on his supporters to protest. it�*s not yet clear what charges, if any, he is facing. his lawyer says the former presidents claim is based on media reports. pakistan�*s former prime minister imran khan attends court on corruption charges, which he says are politically motivated. the court say the here and couldn�*t take place because of mr khan says the charges are politically motivated. on the ninth anniversary of russia�*s illegal