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 will annexation from ukraine. a deal allowing the export of ukrainian grain from black sea ports has been renewed, but it is unclear for how long. you protest in italy after the right—wing government reignited the debate over traditional family values. the troubled swiss bank, credit suisse, reported to be in takeover talks, could be bought by its rival ubs.

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 at social media platform he claimed to have seen it leaks from the district attorney's office which he is yet to comment on. he is alleged to have paid hush money. here is outlaw north american correspondence. to make america great again i am running for president of the united states.— united states. donald trump took to his —

united states. donald trump took to his own _ united states. donald trump took to his own platform - united states. donald trump. took to his own platform truth social two level accusation at the district attorney who mr trump says has been leaking news of his imminent arrest. central to a long—running investigation undertaken by the da office is the porn start known as stormy daniels. they have been looking into whether he made illegal payments to buy her silence before the 2017 presidential election. he denies it but it is the final five words of the social media post that are particularly disconcerting to some. a message chillingly similar to what he delivered shortly before the uprising at the us capitol building on the sixth of january 2021 which saw a violent mob of trump supporters lay siege to the seat of the. senior republicans have rallied to mr trump's defence. 0n to mr trump's defence. on twitter at the house speaker

kevin mccarthy said arresting the former president would amount to what he called outrageous abuse of power but democratic opponent nancy pelosi branded mr trump's social media message reckless, saying the aim was to keep himself in the news and foment unrest and wants —— among his supporters. in his home state of florida the tune is familiar and opinion remains sharply divided. , , , divided. this is 'ust beyond ridiculous h divided. this is 'ust beyond ridiculous at _ divided. this isjust beyond ridiculous at this _ divided. this isjust beyond ridiculous at this point. - divided. this isjust beyond | ridiculous at this point. you can keep going after him and the outcomes are all going to be the same and it is only going to incite more people to come out and support. he going to incite more people to come out and support.- come out and support. he has committed — come out and support. he has committed so _ come out and support. he has committed so many _ come out and support. he has committed so many crimes i come out and support. he hasl committed so many crimes and nobody— committed so many crimes and nobody has prosecuted him enough _ nobody has prosecuted him enough yet. i will look forward to seeing _ enough yet. i will look forward to seeing justice be done. mr trum's to seeing justice be done. iji' trump's legal to seeing justice be done. m trump's legal team say they have received no indication of his arrest but he is facing legal battles on a number of other friends as well. america

45th president could become the first one ever to be charged with a crime. i asked the president of west coast trial lawyers where this might be the one to get donald trump 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 all other crime, and when the feds prosecuted michael cohen, he 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, 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, there have been prosecutors in the united states who don't have the stomach, they don't have the fortitude to take on the former president. and it 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 flown to crimea and ukraine to mark nine years since the region was illegally annexed by russia. he has been accused of war crimes

by the international criminal court, specifically the forced will deportation of children from ukraine to russia. efforts continue in ukraine to bring home children who have gone missing since the invasion. 0ur diplomatic correspondentjames lundell reports. 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 is a crime person.

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 turkiye allowing the export of ukrainian grain from the black sea has been renewed hours before it was due to expire. kyiv says it will continue for four months while moscow says it agreed to 60 days. the initiative was brokered last july during fears of a global food crisis after moscow blockaded ukrainian ports. russia and ukraine account for nearly one third of global wheat supply it with you ukraine's contribution 10%. imogen fawkes 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 globalfood prices and any disruption to the global grain supply will push those prices up again. an earthquake has struck off the coast of ecuador, killing at least 13 people. the tremor which damaged buildings in several cities was also filtered northern peru with what young girl died in a border province with her homework collapsed. bbc america editor reports. half of ecuador�*s people felt the quake. the southern province of 0loro was the most affected.

emergency services said people they were trapped inside houses. video shows residents removing rubble the search for survivors. the president made an appealfor calm. an appeal for calm. translation: according an appealfor calm. translation: according to the oceanographic institute there is no reason to worry about sa derby. is no reason to worry about sa derb . ., ., ., derby. the tremor had an after-shock _ derby. the tremor had an after-shock at _ derby. the tremor had an after-shock at 12:22pm i derby. the tremor had an i after-shock at 12:22pm local after—shock at 12:22pm local time at a scale of 4.8 point eight and one third at 1255 on a scale of 3.7. there are some injured people who are being treated in hospitals and there are houses destroyed, both in the province of eloro and in azuia so we have taken the decision to activate the industries.— decision to activate the industries. ecuador has a history of _ industries. ecuador has a history of earthquakes i history of earthquakes including a major 15 years ago including a major 15 years ago in which nearly 700 people were

killed. the bbc world service is america's editor without report. there have been clashes in paris for the third mcgruddy as protests continue against president macron �*s reforms to pensions. robert has been piling up on the streets of the capital after workers joined piling up on the streets of the capital after workersjoined in the action. the government is facing motions of no confidence after pushing through its plans of raising the retirement age to 64 without a vote in parliament. protests have taken place in milan after the government told the city council to stop registering same—sex parents children. the right—wing government has put an emphasis on traditional family values but it has reignited a debate about the agenda. a child's drawing of her family, 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. you are watching bbc news. the headlines donald trump says he expects to be arrested on tuesday and has urged supporters to launch mass protest. is attorney says there has been no communication from law enforcement. president putin has visited the ukrainian peninsula on the night anniversary of the illegal annexation of crimea. to israel, where protests against the government's plans to curb the supreme court's powers have entered their 11th week. tens of thousands of

israelis have taken part in more nationwide demonstrations. opponents of the reforms have accused prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption charges, of trying to use the reforms to quash possible judgements against him. he has rejected the accusation. gabe friedman told me this year scale of the protests are unprecedented. it scale of the protests are unprecedented.- scale of the protests are unprecedented. it is not 'ust tens of thousands �* unprecedented. it is not 'ust tens of thousands of i unprecedented. it is notjust i tens of thousands of protesters but hundreds of thousands of protesters. the numbers are not going down every week. to 50,000 people across israel are protesting out of a population of 9 million people in israel thatis of 9 million people in israel that is the equivalent of 8 million people in the united states protesting, the fact it

is gaining momentum is huge. on the way they are staying in headlines and being disruptive, the prime minister benjamin netanyahu to be airlifted to the airport earlier this month, to get a flight to italy to meet with the italian leaders because protesters had blocked the highway so effectively. it is really a crisis on the ground. is there a consensus, and the us among jewish communities there about what is going on? yes, i don't want to say 100% consensus butjust about every group you look at, from across the political spectrum, may be leaving out a few really fringe groups, across the spectrum it is really this is the moment that americanjewish leaders that american jewish leaders have feared for a long that americanjewish leaders have feared for a long time, it could be the last straw that breaks the camel �*s back in

terms of americanjewish terms of american jewish support for terms of americanjewish support for israel. terms of american jewish support for israel.- terms of american jewish support for israel. what could these reforms _ support for israel. what could these reforms mean - support for israel. what could these reforms mean for - support for israel. what could these reforms mean for the i these reforms mean for the relationship between the us and israel? for relationship between the us and israel? ., , . , relationship between the us and israel? ., , ., , ., ., , israel? for years the ma'ority of american fl israel? for years the ma'ority of american dues * israel? for years the ma'ority of american dues are h israel? for years the majority of american dues are pretty l of american dues are pretty liberal, and four years the relationship has been complicated, many of them support israel but with reservations in a very complex way, despite the problems they see and the situation with the palestinians and other things and how socialjustice issues are treated there as well, an americanjewish leaders are american jewish leaders are saying, americanjewish leaders are saying, this could be the last thing that pushes those people, though supporters over the edge to saying i can'tjustify my support of israel in or, i have supported it for years, despite the way it is selected and the government has shifted further and further right on many things, they feel like this is the last thing, so they are

pulling out all the stops, organisations that don't usually criticise or israel or step into the political realm at all our raising the alarm. the european union top diplomat has announced agreement between kosovo and serbia on how to normalise relations between the country, after 12 hours of talks the eu foreign policy chief told a news conference in north macedonia the deal would drink significant benefits for both sides. 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 daysm shares fell sharply after weakness was found in its reporting, prompting the swiss national bank to step in with an emergency $54 billion lifeline. but there are a few provisos for the ubs takeover. lananh nguyen is the us finance

editorfor reuters in new york, 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 violent clashes outside the court in islamabad hearing a case against pakistan's former prime minister, imran khan. he has been charged with not correctly declaring funds received for selling state gifts. he says all cases against him are politically motivated after he was ousted from office last year. our pakistan correspondent, caroline davies, since 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. opponents 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. he was given this despite the discrimination he faced. he is the top dancer. i’m

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become stars in their own right. you are watching bbc news. wow. 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. former president donald club —— trump said he will be arrested on tuesday and calls on his followers to protest. the lawyer says that it is based on media reports. president putin visits the crimea peninsula on the ninth anniversary of russia's illegal annexation from ukraine. it was his first visit to the area since ordering a full—scale invasion of ukraine 13 months ago. a deal brokered

by the un and turkiye allowing the