this is bbc news with the headlines. donald trump becomes the first former us president to face criminal charges — the charges are thought to relate to falsifying business records to hide hush money payments to a pawn star. to a porn star. the unprecedented indictment of a former president of the united states for a campaign finance issue is an outrage. former paralympic sprinter oscar pistorius — who was convicted of murdering his girlfriend — is denied an early release from prison. a uk cricket disciplinary hearing upholds charges against several players over the use of a racial slur. former yorkshire cricketer, azeem rafiq, says the sport needs to end institutional racism for good one of the core reasons for me speaking out was for the game to get better and i think it is really,

that test really starts now. italy becomes the first western country to block the ai chatbot chatgpt, over privacy concerns. president zelensky attends ceremonies being held in bucha — a year since the town was recaptured by the ukrainian army. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk, on pbs in the us or around the world — donald trump has become the first former us president to face a criminal prosecution. the precise charges against him have not yet been made public, but they're thought to relate to falsifying business records to hide a payment to a pawn star during the 2016 election campaign. to hide a payment to a porn star during the 2016 election campaign. it's alleged stormy daniels was paid off in exchange for her silence about an alleged affair. mr trump is expected to appear

in court in new york to face the charges and enter a plea next tuesday. he denies any wrongdoing and the affair — saying the indictment is �*political persecution�*. gary o'donoghue reports this manhattan courthouse doesn't normally look like this, but then it's not every day a former president gets charged with a crime. in fact, it's never happened before. it's a political sham, and it's politically motivated. it's finally good to see some justice happen. if you do something wrong, you should be held responsible, right? you can'tjust buy your way into getting out of trouble. and this is the man who's brought the charges against donald trump, district attorney alvin bragg, a democrat and a prosecutor in america's highly politicised legal system. but if mr bragg, like most democrats, was saying nothing, the former president wasn't so reticent. he has been on social media to rail against the decision. he's called it political

persecution, election interference, and his opponents thugs and radical left monsters. the unprecedented indictment of a former president of the united states on a campaign finance issue is an outrage. no—one is above the law, not even a former president of the united states. in the next few days, donald trump will come here to the courthouse. he'll have his fingerprints and his photograph taken. he'll then appear before a judge to enter a plea. until recently the most powerful man in the world will be processed like any other defendant. the case all centres on the financial accounting for $130,000 paid to this woman to buy her silence before the 2016 general election. hi, everyone! stephanie clifford, aka stormy daniels, an adult film star, says she had sex with donald trump in 2006, something he denies.

way to go! at mr trump's florida home, his supporters have been fired up by what they see as a political witchhunt, reinvigorating his political campaign. 100%, they don't want the man to even make it to election day, because they're afraid he's going to win with a landslide, and i believe he will. but this case in new york is not the only legal problem facing donald trump. stop the steal! two other criminal investigations are looking into his role in the storming of the capitol onjanuary the 6th two years ago, after he lost the election, and attempts to overturn the results. those inquiries could prove much more serious for the former president as he readies himself for another run at the white house. gary 0'donoghue reporting there.

well, president biden has been asked about donald trump's indictment, this is what he had to say your reaction to president trump's indictment. no. reporters talk over each other. i have no comment on the indictment. have you any comment in the wake of the indictment? no, i'm not going to talk about trump's indictment. reporter question. i have no comment on trump. ...of the charges against trump politically motivated? i have no comment on trump. i'm joined now byjulia manchester, us political reporter at �*the hill'. good to have you with us. what you think aboutjoe biden declined to comment in any way or form? i think about joe biden declined to comment in any way or form? i think it's politically — comment in any way or form? i think it's politically smart _ comment in any way or form? i think it's politically smart based _ comment in any way or form? i think it's politically smart based on - comment in any way or form? i think it's politically smart based on the - it's politically smart based on the fact that there is a good chance

that donald trump and joe biden could face off against each other again for round two in 202a. joe biden doesn't want to get in the politics of this. he wants a pleasure seeing himself as a candidate who is running for reelection and focus on issues that are affecting the american people every day. the economy, inflation, crime, health care, the situation at the southern border. the more he focuses on those kitchen table issues the more relatable he would appears to voters versus the former president who has been indicted and is under investigation in a number of differentjurisdictions. joe biden, trying to rise above the politics there but it's really unclear how long he will be able to do that because this is going to become the talk of the tone in washington. house republicans on capitol hill are very much chomping at the bit investigates alvin bragg and make a big to do over this

indictment so is going to be something the white house will have to address at some point. you mentioned _ to address at some point. you mentioned i've _ to address at some point. you mentioned i've been - to address at some point. you mentioned i've been back here at the manhattan district attorney who bought the indictment against him. i'll be curious, actually? what does it feel like there today and you're coming up to 2a hours up to since this was released? just give us a sense what it was like in dc. i don't think a lot of this covering politics in the political sphere here in dc were necessarily surprised but more so shocked. we knew this was coming in and in fact there was reporting yesterday morning that suggested an indictment could come later in april, so the timing of it yesterday took everyone, including donald trump and the white house, off guard. i think americans right now are a little shocked and i think there is may be some trepidation as we approach tuesday. remember, when donald trump

first posted on truth social, his social media site about two weeks ago that he was to be arrested that tuesday and because of protests, that cause a lot of concern in washington and new york city because it brought back memories ofjanuary six. i think that concern has somewhat faded away but i think there is a weariness because we are in uncharted territory. we have never seen a president of the united states in our 200 year history of the country get indicted. that is a trepidation _ the country get indicted. that is a trepidation you _ the country get indicted. that is a trepidation you talk _ the country get indicted. that is a trepidation you talk about. - the country get indicted. that is a trepidation you talk about. i - trepidation you talk about. i suppose unsure of what might happens next. how much can you know about tuesday which people are looking at, potentially be in a court date for mr trump? we potentially be in a court date for mr trump?— potentially be in a court date for mrtrum? ,. ., , mr trump? we understand donald trump is likel to mr trump? we understand donald trump is likely to be _ mr trump? we understand donald trump is likely to be arraigned _ mr trump? we understand donald trump is likely to be arraigned in _ mr trump? we understand donald trump is likely to be arraigned in new _ is likely to be arraigned in new york city on tuesday. what would happen is he will show up at the core how in manhattan and since certain to himself and be at the

defendant stand and will be processed, so that means a mug shot will be taken, fingerprints taken. we know that alvin braggs office has beenin we know that alvin braggs office has been in contact with charms attorneys office but i don't know if are going to see pictures of all of that happen unless something is elite. i think alvin bragg needs to be very careful, knows he has to be careful look, about how he proceeds because this has become already so politcised and he is as a democrat in a political office so he doesn't want to make it seeing as he's making a show of what is happening. there are also concerns even among donald trump critics that this might be one of the weaker investigations into donald trump and it would not stand muster any court of law so they're very unsure as how we proceed tuesday.— they're very unsure as how we proceed tuesday. but, this is, no matter how _ proceed tuesday. but, this is, no matter how long _ proceed tuesday. but, this is, no matter how long it _ proceed tuesday. but, this is, no matter how long it goes, - proceed tuesday. but, this is, no matter how long it goes, it - proceed tuesday. but, this is, no matter how long it goes, it would probably cut into the camp in time

before the next election, i'm talking about the presidential election of 202a. talking about the presidential election of 2024.— talking about the presidential election of 2024. ~ , , election of 2024. absolutely. right before we started _ election of 2024. absolutely. right before we started speaking - election of 2024. absolutely. right before we started speaking i - election of 2024. absolutely. right before we started speaking i got i election of 2024. absolutely. right before we started speaking i got a | before we started speaking i got a fun reason e—mail from before we started speaking i got a fun reason e—mailfrom donald trump camping that she blasted out to the press and he listed all of the comments and support that he received from publican figures including some of those figures running from president are thinking about running against him for president. notably absent from that list was ron desantis, the governor of florida. ron desantis spoke out against the decision and i live in bragg to the indictment donald trump yesterday and even said that she wouldn't want to participate in an extradition process if it came to that from florida to new york city but we know that ron desantis and trump are rivals on the campaign trail, even though ron desantis hasn't officially jumped trail, even though ron desantis hasn't officiallyjumped in so just a bit of context they're about detention forming. i

a bit of context they're about detention forming. a bit of context they're about detention forminu. , ., detention forming. i understand. so stranue detention forming. i understand. so strange bedfellows _ detention forming. i understand. so strange bedfellows there. _ detention forming. i understand. so strange bedfellows there. thank - detention forming. i understand. so| strange bedfellows there. thank you so muchjuliet manchesterjoin us from dc. the social media influencer andrew tate and his brother tristan are to be released from preventative custody, with immediate effect, after a judge ruled in favour of their appeals. but they will remain under house arrest. two romanian associates, georgiana naghel and luana radu, are also being released. tate, his brother tristan and the two romanian female suspects have been under police detention since dec. 29 as prosecutors investigate them for suspected human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. all four have been ordered to stay in the buildings where they live, unless they have judicial permission to leave. south african paralympic star 0scar pistorius has been denied parole in south africa. that's according to the department of correctional services — but now there is confusion

about whether he was even eligible to apply for it in the first place. here's our africa correspondent andrew harding to explain what happened. earlier today, south african prison officials insisted that 0scar pistorius had served half his sentence and therefore qualified for parole. the parole hearing went ahead. the paralympic athlete gave evidence, explaining why he felt he had behaved well in prison and deserved to be set free. the family of reeva steenkamp, his victim, also testified, arguing that he should not be released because he had not shown sufficient remorse. and then, suddenly, prison officials came out and revealed some stunning news, that in fact, this whole parole hearing should not have gone ahead, that they had received recently, in fact, three days ago, new legal advice, explaining that because of the way you calculate the number of days he has served in prison, he is not actually due to qualify for parole until next august, 2024. and so he remains in prison for now.

i think there is some sense of real shock and frustration with the way this has been handled. there is an element of farce, really. none of this should have taken place today. at heart, this is a confusion because 0scar pistorius was sentenced twice. his initial sentence was appealed and therefore there has been a debate and an uncertainty about which days in prison should count and which should not. and ms steenkamp's family released the following statement: while we welcome today's decision, today is not a cause for celebration. we miss reeva terribly and will do so for the rest of our lives. we believe injustice and hope that it continues to prevail. king charles' three day tour of germany has come to a close. the last event of the trip for the monarch and queen consort was a reception with hamburg residents and members of the local british community,

they were accompanied by germany's president frank—walter steinmeier. it's the first state visit of charles�*s reign. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, is leading ceremonies in bucha, to mark the first anniversary of its liberation from occupying russian troops. he and and several european leaders have listened outside an orthodox church, while the names of ukrainians who were killed were read out. the town has come to symbolise atrocities carried out by russian forces. bucha, a suburb in the northwest of kyiv, was the focus of fierce fighting. 0ur reporter, hugo bachega has more... president zelensky went to bucha to mark one year since the town was recaptured by ukrainian forces. bucha, a quiet down outside kyiv, has come to symoblise atrocities committed by russian forces in this country. the president said ukraine will never forgive russian troops responsible for the violence committed in bucha, and he said that

humanity would prevail. now russian forces are accused of executing, torturing, and raping civilians in bucha. i think everyone remembers the images of dead bodies lying in the streets. now there is a massive effort in bucha to collect evidence of possible war crimes, international investigators, activists and volunteers are there interviewing witnesses and survivors. the hope is that one day, the perpetrators can be identified and brought to justice. here in the uk, a further highly critical report into yorkshire cricket club following allegations of racism by former player azeem rafiq has upheld complaints of racism against five former team—mates — but has cleared michael vaughan, the ex england captain and bbc pundit, of using racist language. the report, by the cricket discipline commission, is the latest into the claims into historical racism by rafiq

which he first made in 2020. here's our sports editor, dan roan. as a former ashes winning england captain turned commentator, michael vaughan is one of cricket's highest profile figures, but for almost 18 months, accusations he used racist language hung over him. he denied the claim, and after a hearing earlier this month, today was cleared. a disciplinary commission ruled... vaughan stepped back from his bbc broadcasting work last year after former yorkshire team—mate azeem rafiq alleged that moments after this huddle before a match in 2009, his former captain said, "there's too many of you lot" to him and three other asian players. today in a statement, vaughan said...

vaughan urged reconciliation but condemned what he called an inappropriate approach by the ecb, saying there had been no winners. now out of contract, the bbc will have to decide whether to restore him to the team. i think michael himself will be able to have greater detail about exactly the toll it takes on him, notjust him, but his family, close friends as it were, but there have been some difficult, challenging times and dark times. but this was still another damaging day for yorkshire, which admitted four charges, including a failure to address systemic use of racist language over a prolonged period. the panel said that its findings did not undermine rafiq's wider assertions and upheld some of the disrepute charges against five other former players and coaches here. all five, which included former england stars matthew hoggard and tim bresnan, had withdrawn from the disciplinary process.

today, rafiq gave me this reaction. you know, the hearing was very much closure for me, and again today i feel very vindicated. seven out of the eight charges, for me, it is very important that we don't get hung up on individuals, because that is not the way we are ever going to solve this issue. yorkshire, facing a financial crisis after having to pay compensation to staff sacked in the wake of the scandal, could now be hit with a points deduction, and with what is expected to be a chastening game—wide report on diversity in english cricket still to come, the scrutiny is set to remain. dan roan, bbc news. the vatican has said that pope francis can leave hospital on saturday as expected, given his continued recovery from a bronchitis infection. earlier pope francis baptised a newborn in the paediatric ward of the gemelli hospital in rome where he is receiving treatment — appearing in good physical condition. he also visited young patients on an oncology ward, bringing them chocolate eggs and copies of a book

about the life ofjesus. pope francis is scheduled to take part in a palm sunday service on sunday. some tech news now, as italy has become the first western country to block the advanced chatbot chatgpt. the italian data—protection authority said there were privacy concerns relating to the model, which was created by us start—up 0penai and is backed by microsoft. the regulator said it would ban and investigate 0penai �*with immediate effect'. millions of people have used chatgpt since it launched in november 2022 , as it can answer questions using natural human—like language. the technology journalist, will guyatt, explained the implications of the ban. it's come from absolutely nowhere. there has been some concerns about privacy on the platform but we have not had any government suggesting they were going to do anything close to this. the regulator in italy has come out with a statement saying this is a temporary measure until chatgpt respects privacy, quite

a strong statement that they have suggested there. this is interesting because we don't know how many users there were forr chatgpt in italy. were for chatgpt in italy. there are 100 million people who have been using chatgpt in the last several months. it has only been around since november. but the interesting thing from this is that it all goes back to the italian regulator suggesting that algorithms that are made to train... so what happens in these artificial intelligence systems is that they are being trained by all the information you put into it, it is "learning" from what you put into it, and they are suggesting there is currently no legal precedent in italian or eu law that enables this to happen. if that is the case, i am pretty confident there is no law in any country in europe, because we are very slow at adapting to technology and rules when they come through. you could find theoretically a load of different countries following italy and maybe the whole of the eu following with this ban until you get into a situation

where 0penai and their big funder, now microsoft, get this together and have the conversations that are required. it is a surprise to me as somebody that has followed the tech industry for 20 years that this has happened so very quickly. well, everything happens quickly with chatgpt, it seems. will, i have got about a minute or so but i know the uk wants to be a leader when it came to ai. what do you think this italian ruling might mean? obviously, the uk is not in the eu any more. this will be really interesting as to whether the uk reacts to this any way. we have seen tiktok being banned on government devices, following concerns in other countries. but i know that the uk government are very keen to position themselves at the front of ai and ai development and the idea that a country can ban a piece of ai technology on the basis of privacy seems to set the argument for al in that country back by a certain period of time. let's see what happens in the next few days and weeks. i really don't know where this one is going next. and of course, you are looking at italy there but do you think globally, we are talking

about the eu and the uk, do you think that globally, are they watching italy, or could possibly follow? yes, well, it is already banned in countries like russia, china and north korea, no big surprises there. i can't see it being banned in the us because microsoft is such a huge investor in it now. but let's see what happens in other countries. i know people will be listening and this has been a really big surprise. nobody expected this at 9am this morning. a us court has dismissed a defamation case brought against the duchess of sussex by her half—sister, samantha markle. the duchess was accused of spreading "demonstrably false and malicious lies" to a "worldwide audience" in the royal couple's televised interview with oprah winfrey in 2021. a florida judge has dismissed the lawsuit, saying she was expressing "an opinion about her childhood actress, gwyneth paltrow, has been awarded the sum of one dollar, after winning a court battle over a skiing collision in utah, in 2016.

terry sanderson had accused her of crashing into him at a resort sophie long reports from utah. the oscar—winning actress has been present throughout this trial that's been streamed around the world like a reality tv courtroom drama. a "he said, she said, who hit whom" on the slopes of a luxury ski resort — and at what cost? this is hard because i don't like going through this scene. he said he broke four ribs and has permanent brain damage, but she said she suffered, too. he has deterred you from enjoying the rest of what was a very expensive vacation? well, i lost half- a day of skiing, yes. right, 0k. he said he was hit from behind. i heard something i've never heard at a ski resort and that was a bloodcurdling scream. just can't do it, it was... aaagh... and then, boom. but she gave a different version of the collision.

i was skiing, and two skis came between my skis, l forcing my legs apart. and then there was a body pressing against me, - and there was a very. strange grunting noise. so, my brain was trying to make sense of what was happening, . i thought, "am i...? is this a practicaljoke? is someone, like, doing something perverted? i this is really, really strange." late—night hosts turned the case into comedy. he's a bumbling optometrist. she's a celebrity mogul. they collide on a ski mountain and neither one can remember what happened? this christmas, see hallmark�*s newest hit, goopsy daisy, a ski accident of the heart! applause and cheering. thank you. but no—one was laughing here. mr sanderson's lawyers tried to paint a picture of an entitled celebrity lacking in care for the little people. and ms paltrow�*s legal team said he wanted to hold her accountable for the unwanted effects of ageing and exploit her high profile and wealth. was gwyneth paltrow at fault? no.

after a trial lasting nearly two weeks, it took the jury just two hours to decide that it was not ms paltrow but mr sanderson who had been responsible for the crash. as the actress and influencer left court she went to see the man whose accusations had brought her here and said, "i wish you well." sophie long, bbc news, park city, utah. just to remind you of our breaking news — the social media influencer andrew tate and his brother tristan are to be released from preventative custody, with immediate effect, after a judge ruled in favour of their appeals. but they will remain under house arrest. andrew tate, his brother tristan and the two romanian female suspects have been under police detention since dec. 29 as prosecutors investigate them for suspected human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women.

we will continue following that story and many others right here on bbc news. stay with us. hello, the last day of march was unsettled across the southern half of the uk. plenty of showers and areas of heavy rain and strong winds, but this area of low pressure will clear away during the first part of the weekend, and into the start of april, things become a bit drier and brighter and more settled and we should start to see more sunshine on sunday. this area of low pressure has been pulling away into the near continent, taking strong wind with it but leaving a legacy of cloud. further showers and a weather front bringing further rain to northern ireland, parts of wales, southwest and southern england, some of the rain heavy at times. further north, a lot of cloud across north sea coasts but western scotland and north—west england seeing the best of any clearer skies are so temperatures may take a bit of a tumble. for saturday, still an area of low pressure pulling away very slowly

to the near continent, leaving a legacy of cloud across the country. a few showery bursts of rain being pushed in on an east north—easterly wind and eastern scotland and eastern england staying grey and cool. this weather front bringing further rain to northern ireland, parts of wales and the southwest will tend to fizzle out through the day. we could see skies brightening a touch but it will be chilly, certainly compared to the last few days across north sea coast, with an onshore breeze. further west, highs of 11, maybe 12 or 13 in the sunny spells across the south—west. as we head through saturday night, it stays rather cloudy for most. this weather front should peter out and turn drier across northern ireland, south—west england and i think any rain across eastern england will fizzle out. many places dry with variable cloud and clear spells and temperatures dipping between 2—7. a cooler night to come, then. sunday, high pressure builds in, few isobars so the wind will be much lighter. we are importing some slightly drier air from the east so i think early

on we should start to see any cloud beginning to break up and then sunshine will become abundant into the afternoon. a much brighter second half of the weekend for much of the country, away from northern scotland and northern ireland, a bit more cloud. despite the sunshine, although feeling warm in the sunshine, still quite cool, 9—12. pretty reasonable for early april. into next week, it looks like high pressure continues to bring a lot of dry and settled weather. at times, weatherfronts bringing rain to the north and west of the uk but turning milder as we move through the new week.

this is bbc news. the headlines — donald trump becomes the first former us president to face criminal charges. the charges are thought to relate to falsifying business records to hide hush money payments to a porn star. 0scar pistorius, the former paralympic sprinterjailed for murdering his girlfriend, has been denied an early release from a prison in south africa. the parole board said he hadn't completed his minimum detention period. the cricket discipline commission in the uk upholds complaints against five former yorkshire players for using racist language, but the former england captain michael vaughan is cleared. italy becomes the first western country to block the ai chatbot chatgpt over privacy concerns.