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. the social media personality, andrew tate, is to be released from prison after winning an appeal. he will remain under house arrest ahead of further hearings. italy becomes the first western country to block the ai chatbot chatgpt, over privacy concerns. hello. 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. live now to new york where we can speak to our north america correspondent nada tawfik. could you have with us. what has mr trump insane in response to the indictment so far?— trump insane in response to the indictment so far? donald trump has been very active _ indictment so far? donald trump has been very active with _ indictment so far? donald trump has been very active with posting - indictment so far? donald trump has been very active with posting on - been very active with posting on social media and also his campaign putting out messages to his supporters. he has said this is a political the persecution and it is election interference and part of a larger witchhunt against him and we can him, and also to weaken his base ahead of the upcoming presidential elections in 202a. he said this is going to backfire on the democrats

and particularly, presidentjoe biden who many expect to be, even though he hasn't declared, expect to be the democratic nominee. clearly, president trump is trying to rally his brace and energise his base and saying this is bigger than about him and his entire movement. we've seen that through campaign e—mails as well, hoping to get supporters to fund raise and to help them combat what she calls the radical left. it's to say that they're expecting mr trump to make an experience, what can you tell us about that? we mr trump to make an experience, what can you tell us about that?— can you tell us about that? we are getting further _ can you tell us about that? we are getting further and _ can you tell us about that? we are getting further and you _ can you tell us about that? we are getting further and you chose - can you tell us about that? we are | getting further and you chose about what is going to be a stunning moments here in new york. mr trump is expected to travel from his club in florida to go directly to trump tower his residence there on fifth avenue. he would be escorted throughout by the secret service and

is expected tuesday afternoon in court in new york. just like any other defendant, he will come here and be booked, where he will be... he will be fingerprinted and have his mug shot taken, again, escorted by the secret service all throughout and will be appearing before a judge in the afternoon to enter a plea in the afternoon. his lawyer said he would plead not guilty and will fight these charges vigorously and if that means putting through a motion to dismiss the case or trying to get other ways to delay this case since it's happening right in the midst of his campaign. that's what many would be looking out to sea. i wonder, as well, because of the interest in his case, are people thinking, whether it's prosecutors or others, to stop it becoming expectable, that could well have mr trump in the coming months. yeah, i

think the reality _ trump in the coming months. yeah, i think the reality is _ trump in the coming months. yeah, i think the reality is they _ trump in the coming months. yeah, i think the reality is they are _ trump in the coming months. yeah, i think the reality is they are humans l think the reality is they are humans and the understand both politically and the understand both politically and media, they understand is the first time a former president has been charged criminally and this particularformer been charged criminally and this particular former president is also alleging that they are weapon eyes in the criminaljustice system. i think with those negotiations with mr trump team there will be a level of care to make sure that those who say everyone has to be treated under the law equally, that those people are satisfied, but also understanding the image here would be something that would cause outrage to other americans. for example, we know there are no plans to put president trump in handcuffs and say it would not be necessary because he's being escorted by federal agents with takes away the need for that but it also helps with

the image, given this is a former president still coming to new york. i think there's a careful balance but prosecutors will have that in mind. . ~' ,, but prosecutors will have that in mind. ., ., ., ., , ~ ., mind. thank you nada tawfik from new york. 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. president biden having no comments on donald trump. former vice president mike pence labelled the donald trump's indictment a political presecution

and critised the manhattan district attorney for campaigning to bring charges against him. first, let me say, i think the unprecedented indictment of a former president of the united states for a campaign finance issue is an outrage. it is clear to the overwhelming majority of the american people that this is nothing short of a political prosecution, being effected by a manhattan da who literally campaigned on bringing charges against one particular american. and i must tell you that that should be offensive to every american, left, right and centre. every american deserves equal treatment under the law, and i believe the american people will see this for what it is.

we can go now to loveland, ohio and speak to a republican voter, becky bailey. do you have any concerns that the former president could be doing that? ., , ., ., ., former president could be doing that? ., ., ., , ., y that? nope, none at all. even stormy daniels, stephanie _ that? nope, none at all. even stormy daniels, stephanie clifford _ that? nope, none at all. even stormy daniels, stephanie clifford has - that? nope, none at all. even stormy daniels, stephanie clifford has come| daniels, stephanie clifford has come out and said that never happened. but now, as we know this of course is going forward and if there wasn't a case, we doubt the manhattan district attorney would move forward and try and prosecuted. sorry, becky just one moment. they would say that nobody is above the law including the president.—

the president. that's true. including _ the president. that's true. including the _ the president. that's true. including the district - the president. that's true. - including the district attorney. so, what you're looking for, if i'm understanding you correctly and peace correct me if i'm wrong. you're looking for an investigation into the manhattan district attorney? if need be. he wasn't acting like any district attorney i would have voted for. he would believe that the grand jury has decided there is evidence to move forward with this particular case. let's talk about your politics. we saw mike pence speaking there about our approach about what happened. does that mean warm you to mike pence in any way? ijust does that mean warm you to mike pence in any way? i just ask you as a vulture with presidential elections taking place any next year. i would say is the first time in a long time i've agree with mike pence. ~ . , in a long time i've agree with mike pence. ~ .,, ., in a long time i've agree with mike pence. ~ ., , ., ., pence. was of i find that interesting _ pence. was of i find that interesting because they pence. was of i find that - interesting because they may want pence. was of i find that _ interesting because they may want to some of the politicians supporting

mr trump they would like to stay on the site of mrjones base. would you consider something part of my tom's base. in lawyer supports her. is there anything he could do for example if they did prove that this had happened. would that change your opinion of mr trump if in fact those payments to stormy dennis to take place. payments to stormy dennis to take lace. , , payments to stormy dennis to take place._ president| place. president trump. president trump gave _ place. president trump. president trump gave us _ place. president trump. president trump gave us four _ place. president trump. president trump gave us four years - place. president trump. president trump gave us four years of- trump gave us four years of prosperity and peace and is the first time — prosperity and peace and is the first time in a long time we've enjoyed — first time in a long time we've enjoyed that. so absolutely not. the count enjoyed that. so absolutely not. country did enjoyed that. so absolutely not. tie: country did become more enjoyed that. so absolutely not. ti2 country did become more divisive we agree i would say became devices during a bomb is here and not during trump shares. i during a bomb is here and not during trump sham-— trump shares. i think it's more toaether trump shares. i think it's more together than _ trump shares. i think it's more together than i've _ trump shares. i think it's more together than i've seen - trump shares. i think it's more together than i've seen in - trump shares. i think it's more together than i've seen in the l trump shares. i think it's more - together than i've seen in the lung time. , ., ., , .,

together than i've seen in the lung time. , ., ., ., . time. interesting to have your voice on here becky _ time. interesting to have your voice on here becky and _ time. interesting to have your voice on here becky and i _ time. interesting to have your voice on here becky and i we _ time. interesting to have your voice on here becky and i we are - time. interesting to have your voice on here becky and i we are seeing l on here becky and i we are seeing this indictment as one of mr tom's base. thanks for spending time with us. 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 december 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. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come. still to come, we'll be finding out why italy is the first western country to ban the ai chatbot chat gpt.

the accident that happened here was of the sort that can, at worst, produce a meltdown. in this case, the precautions worked, but not quite well enough to prevent old fears about the safety features of these stations from resurfacing. the republic of ireland has become the first country in the world to ban smoking in the workplace. from today, anyone lighting up in offices, businesses, pubs and restaurants will face a heavy fine. the president was on his way out of the washington hilton hotel, where he had been addressing a trade union conference. the small crowd outside included his assailant. it has become a symbol of paris. 100 years ago, many parisians wished it had never been built. _ the eiffel tower's birthday- is being marked by a re—enactment of the first ascent by gustave eiffel —

this is news, sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's 0lly foster hello and thanks forjoining us.. the former yorkshire bowler azeem rafiq says he feels �*vindicated' after a cricket discipline commission found charges had been proved against five former players of bringing the game into disrepute through their use of racist language. the former england captain michael vaughan was cleared "on the balance of probabilities" of using racist language towards some his former teamates and rafiq. vaughan's lawyer has criticised the process and the toll it's taken on all parties one of the criticisms that could be made around having to use cdc proceedings is that it is adversarial, it will invite claim and counterclaim, it invites people to call each other liars because that's the environment litigators operate in.

and that can be very damaging and a harmful process. it's very often very good at getting to the truth, in the case of the heart of the matter, but ultimately it can cause a lot of damage as well in the process. after less than six months in thejob. the chairman of cricket scotland, anjan luthra has resigned following a row about progress on dealing with racism. a report last yearfound the leadership and governance of scottish cricket to be institutionally racist... with luthra promising to clean up the problem when he took up the role. in announcing his resignation luthra said he "fundamentally disagreed" with the way governing body sportscotland is running the sport. sportscotland say they're "fully committed" to helping rebuild scottish cricket. wimbledon will allow russian and belarusian players to compete the ukrainian foreign minister has describing the decision as �*immoral�*.

they were banned last year in response to russia's invasion of ukraine. but british tennis organisations would have lost millions because the lead up grass—court events would have to be cancelled. 0ur tennis correspondent russell fuller says there'll be contrasting reactions. the players again, if you take them as an international group, will be broadly very supportive. they did not like the idea they could all potentially be, as they saw it, discriminated against on the grounds of nationality, but where it will upset people very, very deeply is amongst the ukrainian player contingent. we are now moving towards a situation where the international olympic committee has indicated strongly they want to allow russian and belarusian athletes to compete at the olympics in paris next year and it means wimbledon and the other warm up events on the grass in the uk before the championships will be able to invite russians and belarusian players and some had

spoken out quite strongly. marta kostyuk has said we have been fighting to prevent russians and belarusians playing at all anywhere on tour and lesia tsurenko has spoken about having a panic attack against a match she was meant to be playing against the belarusian arena she talks of an ethical conflict any time ukrainian player comes up against a russian or belarusian. barcelona vice president rafa yuste has said the club has been in contact with lionel messi about a possible return to the camp nou. messi is yet to sign a new contract with paris st—germain — with his two year deal due to expire in the next couple of months. he made a tearful farewell to barcelona in 2021 after they were unable to offer him a new deal because of financial problems. anthonyjoshua has weighed in at a career—heavy 18 stone three lbs, for saturday's contest against the american jermaine franklin at london's o2 arena. the british fighter, lost his last two fights to world

champion 0leksandr usyk in august. american franklin meanwhile is lighter than when he lost to dillian whyte in november. and that's all the sport for now. political leaders in northern ireland have condemned an outbreak of violence which has seen a series of attacks on homes linked to a drugs feud. families are being caught up in the tensions which have been sparked by a fall—out within a loyalist paramilitary group. but with the 25th anniversary approaching of northern ireland's historic good friday peace deal, there are renewed questions over why the armed groups of the past still exist today. emma vardy reports. in broad daylight, masked men pursuing a fight over turf and drug money. this was the scene yesterday in one of four towns affected, as a school and nursery nearby were advised to lock their doors. after dark, there have been nightly attacks on homes

lasting over a week. petrol bombs have been thrown through windows. in one instance, a pipe bomb was used. properties have been smashed with hammers and bricks. many of them, say police, have children inside. these attacks are completely unacceptable, incredibly reckless, and place our communities at grave risk. we are utilising the specialist expertise of armed response unit officers and we are working closely with our colleagues in the paramilitary crime task force to counter the threat posed by these gangs. what is the impact of attacks on homes like that? a number of people have left their home and obviously, that has a significant impact on them and their children and their wider family circumstances. the disorder has been linked to what is believed to be around 50 members who have been expelled from the loyalist paramilitary group the uda. decades ago, loyalist paramilitaries were involved in the conflict in northern ireland known as the troubles, attacking catholic communities in sectarian violence. but today, the organisations have largely become gangs involved in the drugs trade.

this is stuff that should have ended 25, 29 years ago. you know, there has been a three—year—old girl in a house that was attacked. i'm told an elderly woman had her windows put in. a petrol bomb being thrown through a window into a living room where 15 minutes previously, a ten—month—old baby was crawling around. as we returned to the town of newtonards last night, masked men holding bricks were guarding houses. violence from armed groups continues in republican communities, too. while filming, we hear about a victim being taken to hospital not far away in west belfast. police received a report of a man being shot in both legs in this street here, a so—called paramilitary style attack, the kind of which still happens pretty regularly. northern ireland is about to mark 25 years since the historic peace deal, the good friday agreement, largely ended the conflict. but paramilitary groups

continue to exercise control over some communities. the issue with the loyalist paramilitaries is they continue to recruit young people into their ranks. that is why, 25 years on, in what should be a peaceful society, we still have incidents happen such as what is going on in north down. they are being groomed and sucked into these paramilitary crime gangs and then they are used as foot soldiers. when something like this happens and the leadership of these organisations clash with each other, they are dragged into these violent disputes. police have made ten arrests in relation to the recent attacks, and while the violence sparked by this turf war remains on a much lower level than the feuds of the past, in this significant year for northern ireland, there is a renewed desire to find better ways to weaken the groups behind it. emma vardy, bbc news. 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 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. you can find out more about the story and others we have covered on the bbc website and news app. thanks for watching. that's it for me. you can reach me on instagram and

twitter. i love to hear from you. thank you for tuning in and stay with bbc news if you can. 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. the social media personality andrew tate is to be released from prison after winning an appeal. he will remain under house arrest ahead of further hearings. italy becomes the first western country to block the ai chatbot chatgpt over privacy concerns.