this is bbc news. i'm anjana gadgil. the headlines: donald trump says he suspects there are plans to arrest him on tuesday, calling on supporters to protest. president putin visits the crimea peninsula on the ninth anniversary of russia's illegal annexation from ukraine. a deal along the export of ukrainian grain from black sea boards has been renewed but it is unclear for how long. serbia and kosovo reach agreement on how to normalise relations according to the eu's top diplomat. the troubled swiss bank, credit suisse, reported to be in takeover talks, could be bought by its rival ubs.

former us president donald trump says he expects to be arrested on tuesday and has called on his supporters to protest. in our post on social media he claimed to have seen leaks from the manhattan district attorney's offers which is yet to comment. mr drum is accused of paying hush money to an alleged mistress. here is our correspondent stop in order to make america great and glorious again i am announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. applause. four months after announcing his room he could make history for a rather different reason. responding to speculation in the american to level a chorus of accusation

against the manhattan district attorney whose office mr trump believes has been licking use of his imminent arrest. central to a long—running investigation undertaken by the da's office is the porn star known as tommy daniels. prosecutors have been looking into whether he made illegal payments in order to buy her silence before the 2017 presidential election following a brief affair. that he denies but it is the final five words of that social media postings that have proved particularly disconcerting. protest, he writes, take our nation back — message chillingly similar to the one he delivered before the uprising of the us capitol building on 6january 2021 which saw a violent mob of trump supporters lay siege to the seat of government. senior republicans have rallied to his defence. and wetuppa house

speaker kevin mccarthy said... his democratic opponent, nancy pelosi branded mr trump's social media message reckless, saying its aim was to keep himself in the news and promote unrest among supporters. for boaters in his home state of florida the tune is familiar and opinion remains sharply divided. this is beyond ridiculous at this point, i mean you can keep going after him and the outcome will all be the same and it is only going to incite more people to come out and support. he has committed so many crimes and nobody has prosecuted him enough yet, i will look forward to seeing justice be done. mr to seeing “ustice be done. mr trum's to seeing justice be done. mr trump's legal team says they have received no indication of the arrest but he is facing legal battles on a number of other fronts as well. america's

40 other fronts as well. america's a0 per president could become the first one ever to be charged with a crime. david willis, bbc news, washington. i spoke to the president of west coast trial was abide by this case may be the one to get him into court. i think it is very likely because we're about new york law, and new york is unique and requires a criminal defendant the opportunity to appear and testify before a grandjury. of course, donald trump said no but that opportunity was provided, the last of all the witnesses that's going to be grand juryied on monday. the leaks coming out of the office, i fully expect the manhattan district attorney to indict donald trump sometime this week. donald trump has previously admitted making this payment to stormy daniels, so what are his avenues of defence? i expect donald trump to pursue one of two defenses, he will either argue that michael cohen is a rat trying to get his revenge, or he is going to pull the defence that these payments

were to protect his wife and his family, and they had nothing to do with the 2016 election. that would actually be a legal defence because the prosecution has to prove the false documents were related to some other crime, and when the feds prosecuted michael cohen, they said it was illegal. and cohen being trump's personal lawyer who gave the payment initially to stormy daniels before being compensated. he's going to play an important part in this, isn't he? explain that. of course, he absolutely is the critical witness because he is the one who paid the $130,000 in hush money to stormy daniels, and donald trump later admitted to reimbursing him, and so he will be the prosecution's star witness in this case. of course, this isn't the only potential legal proceeding that donald trump is facing, so why this one and why now? prosecution requires two things — evidence and a prosecutor

willing to take on the most politically charged prosecution in american history. we have seen so far, whether it is the capitol riots or the documents at mar—a—lago, prosecutors in the united states don't have the stomach, they don't have the fortitude to take on the former president. and at least appears right now that the manhattan district attorney is going to take the unprecedented step of charging a former president. we are really witnessing american history right now. what difference if any do you think donald trump's announcement that he will be arrested will make to this legal proceeding? it won't affect the legal case but it will certainly rally his base. we know there are trump supporters that will believe in the former president, no matter whether he is indicted, arrested, even convicted, so that is more of a political play than a legal one. president putin has phoned to crimea and ukraine, marc

muniesa is the annexation. he has been accused of war crimes by the international criminal court, specifically the forced deportation of children from ukraine to russia. efforts continue to bring home children that have gone missing invasion. 0ur reporter investigates. vladimir putin today in sevastopol. there to open an arts centre and mark the anniversary of russia's illegal annexation of crimea. 0ne 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 their families, 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 brokered by the un and turkey— a deal brokered by the un and turkey along the export of ukrainian grain from the black sea has — ukrainian grain from the black sea has been renewed hours before — sea has been renewed hours before it _ sea has been renewed hours before it was due to expire. chevps— before it was due to expire. cheops is_ before it was due to expire. cheops is the agreement will continue for four months while moscow says it agreed to just 60 days. the grain initiative was first brokered july last year after fears of a global food crisis after moscow blockaded ukrainian ports. russia and ukraine currently covered for nearly a third of global wheat supplies with ukraine's contribution nearing 10%. this report from geneva.

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 that statement came out and there was more confusion. ukraine says, it has been extended for 100 bloody days, but is what we asked for, kind of hinting that they got what they wanted. russia then head back and said, no matter, we have told our partners in the black sea grain deal but it has been extended for 60 days that we said almost one week ago we were prepared to accept. so i think we can say grain can still be safely exported from the black sea but we don't know for how long, and let's not forget this is a very, very important dealforfood important deal for food insecure countries in the horn of africa,, somalia for example, successive drought and said to be on the verge of

famine. it relies on the ground which the world food programme often buys in ukraine. then we have for example yemen, afghanistan in the midst of humanitarian crisis. they are also food insecure and of course we have seen a rise in global food course we have seen a rise in globalfood prices course we have seen a rise in global food prices and any disruption to the bible grain supply will push those prices up supply will push those prices up again. in israel, protest against the government plans to curb the supreme court's powers have entered the 11th week. tens of thousands of israelis have taken part in more nationwide illustrations. 0pponents have accused benjamin netanyahu, controller neta nyahu, controller corruption charges, netanyahu, controller corruption charges, for trying to use the reforms to quash possible judgements against him. he has rejected the accusation. earlier i spoke to mr waxman from ucla saying that there are worries about the future of democracy.

it isn'tjust future of democracy. it isn't just about future of democracy. it isn'tjust about protecting the independence and power of the independence and power of the supreme court there is a broader concern about the future of israeli democracy, if you but if you really weaken the supreme court and politicise the judicial appointments process you are basically giving more power to the government, particularly to far—right government. let further weaken australian democracy or move it was a theocracy?— democracy or move it was a theocracy? any sign that the government _ theocracy? any sign that the government will _ theocracy? any sign that the government will budge? - theocracy? any sign that the j government will budge? you might very little, there was an opportunity earlier in the week when president herzog proposed a kind of compromise package but the government immediately shut it down and i think in many ways administered netanyahu himself may want to stop this, may want to find some sort of compromise but it has been really hemmed in by hardliners in his own party and particularly by the coalition partners. in many ways he can't stop the process and i think

the government will continue to try to push through this judicial overhaul as quickly as possible. you talk about the hardliners and netanyahu's, but how hardline are we talking? very hard line. in terms of what they would like to do i mean not only to introduce more stringent religious laws on israel's population but particularly his far—right coalition partners — the grand design is for them to annex the west bank without giving palestinian presidents citizenship or equal rights and so removing the supreme court as an obstacle to that plan is really a central part of their agenda. 50 really a central part of their arenda. " ., agenda. so 11 weeks into protest. _ agenda. so 11 weeks into protest. no _ agenda. so 11 weeks into protest, no sign - agenda. so 11 weeks into protest, no sign of - agenda. so 11 weeks into . protest, no sign of budging, agenda. so 11 weeks into - protest, no sign of budging, so what happens next? unfortunately i think we are going to see more protests and the protest themselves really intensifying in terms of the tactics, disruption and attempt to cause massive disruption across the country. one of the

concerning developments in the past few days has been counter protesting, using violence, so this is something really particularly beyond ——to be on a level. and the broader concern if the government succeeds in passing these proposals the supreme court itself might veto them, may override them and israel will be in unprecedented constitutional crisis. violent clashes outside _ constitutional crisis. violent clashes outside the - constitutional crisis. violent clashes outside the court i constitutional crisis. violent l clashes outside the court and islamabad hearing the case against imran khan, former prime minister, charged with not correctly declaring funds received for selling said gifts. he says all cases are politically motivated after he was ousted from office last year. our 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 mr khan's 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. 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 till the end of the elections, so i won't be able to campaign. that's the whole thing. 0pponents say this has nothing to do with politics, but with 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. 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. the troubled bank credit suisse is in talks with its largest swiss rival, ubs, to try and secure a deal aimed at such shoring up its finances. in recent days shares fell sharply after weakness was found in its reporting, prompting the swiss national bank to step in with an emergency ssa billion lifeline. but there are a few provisos for the ubs takeover. lananh nguyen is the us finance editorfor reuters in new york, and has been looking at the details. there are actually

many provisos. so the first is what we just recently and exclusively reported, which is that ubs is seeking $6 billion in government guarantees for credit suisse in order to do a deal. now, there's a lot of risk around this deal in terms of credit suisse's troubles, and what we understand is that the government and the parties from both companies are really trying to hammer out some of the terms here. and ubs is, i think, driving quite a hard bargain because there are lots of risk to the company. there are many employees that might need to be laid off, on top of which there is a litigation risk against credit suisse. so there's a lot still happening. it's a fluid situation and there's no guarantee of a deal at all right now. the situation can change entirely, so we're following this very, very closely. so large transactions in banking are very complex. they are very thorny and they require a lot of regulatory oversight. on top of which they require a lot of deal—making between the two companies.

so it's not usually this quick, but at the same time we're facing unusual and extraordinary times in the banking industry, where two national champions in switzerland are looking at a potential deal to merge. and so i think this is a moment where authorities and companies will get creative, as we've seen in the us financial crisis in 2008, the normal rules do not apply here. there have been further protests in paris against president macron�*s calls for reform to pensions. the government is facing two motions of no confidence after it decided to push through its plans to raise the retirement age to 6a without a vote in parliament. hundreds of people in milan have protested after italy's government told the city council to stop registering

same—sex parents' children. the right—wing government has put an emphasis on traditional family values and has reignited a debate around her conservative agenda. a child's drawing of herfamily, but for some children in milan, the picture isn't quite so clear. same—sex parents in the city are insisting they must have the right to register and adopt their children. translation: we are very angry and very disappointed _ with the government. with the state in general, which does not recognise the same right for all children. our children are equal to others. italy legalised same—sex civil unions in 2016. given opposition from the catholic church, the country fell short of granting the couples the right to adopt. surrogate pregnancies are still illegal for same—sex couples. but adoption has become a grey area.

some courts have ruled in favour of allowing couples to adopt each other�*s children. italy's right—wing government has told milan's city council that must end. translation: we are sending. the message to not discriminate against the daughters and sons of these wonderful families, who together with so many others participated today, filled this square, to be in europe and in the future. we are talking about trampled rights. prime minister giorgia meloni's administration has put an emphasis on a conservative agenda and "traditional" family values. but these families refuse to be collateral damage. azadeh moshiri, bbc news, milan. the chief executive of the scottish national party has resigned with immediate effect. peter murrrell is married to the first minister,

nicola sturgeon. the move comes after a week of chaos in the snp, as 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's 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 underway 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 the 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. a good opera has the power to stir the soul, and here is one which has a powerful story before a note has even been sung. it was written by a group of singers who used to sleep rough. jeremy bell went to meet them. 0pera, but not as you know it. songs about life in nottingham, performed by local singers who have been homeless. caroline and simon both spent time living on the streets. now they are centrestage. i living on the streets. now they are centrestage.— are centrestage. i feel like a star. i love _ are centrestage. i feel like a star. i love entertaining - star. i love entertaining people, making people laugh. it's a chemical ofjoy. i get excited when i start singing,

performing and doing things. you know, when you see the orchestra, it'sjust you know, when you see the orchestra, it's just so wonderful what they are doing. it's a production called streetwise 0pera. 100 singers are from homelessness projects in nottingham, london and manchester. they are working with the bbc concert 0rchestra with the bbc concert orchestra and a professional classical choir. but they are notjust singing opera, they are writing it to. this is all about the luddites, who fought against machines replacing their factory jobs machines replacing their factoryjobs in nottingham. brute factory “obs in nottingham. we have factoryjobs in nottingham. we have all factoryjobs in nottingham. - have all written, like, webster put into songs, picking up bits of nottingham that i thought would represent us, like the clocktower. i? would represent us, like the clocktower.— would represent us, like the clocktower. # when the clock stands still... _ clocktower. # when the clock stands still... we _ clocktower. # when the clock stands still... we have - clocktower. # when the clock| stands still... we have worked on this over — stands still... we have worked on this over the _ stands still... we have worked on this over the years. - stands still... we have worked on this over the years. i - stands still... we have worked on this over the years. i feel. on this over the years. i feel so much happier. my confidence has gone through the roof. it's like magic, it's a kind of

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twitter, and there is more on all our stories on the bbc news mobile app. 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 north—west 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 south—east 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 3:00pm 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 north—west 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 north—west through the middle part of the afternoon and then eventually reaching the western fringes of wales, lancashire, the lake district, south—western 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, anywhere.

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. you can see a lot of rain icons there, so a distinctly wet week in the forecast. but it'll stay mild — double figures across the board, even the mid—teens. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: former us president donald trump claims he will be arrested on tuesday and has called on his supporters to protest. it is not yet clear what charges he is facing. his lawyers says the claim is based on media reports. 0n the ninth anniversary of russia's illegal annexation of crimea, president putin travelled to the ukrainian peninsula to reassert russia's territorial claims. this was his first visit to the area since ordering a full—scale invasion of ukraine 13 months ago. he visited a children's summer camp and cultural projects. a deal brokered by the un

and turkey along the export of ukrainian grain from the black sea has been renewed hours before it was due to expire.