inaudible. donald trump will appear in court on tuesday as he becomes the first former us president to face criminal charges. the unprecedented indictment of a former president of the united states for a campaign finance issue is an outrage. a huge tornado has hit the us city of little rock in arkansas. a state of emergency has been declared. social media personality andrew tate has been released from prison to house arrest before further court hearings. a warning that the rapid melting of ice in antarctica is slowing down the flow of deep ocean water, which could have devastating impacts for the world's climate. hello and welcome to bbc news.

"upset, angry, but not worried" — that's how donald trump's lawyer has described the former us president's reaction to his indictment by a new york court. he will appear there on tuesday, charged with falsifying business records. at least one felony offence is included — that could result in a jail sentence. it's all linked to alleged hush money paid by mr trump to the former porn star stormy daniels. our north america correspondent gary o'donoghue reports from new york. 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. 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 was saying nothing, the former president wasn't so reticent. he's called it: ..and his opponents: no—one is above the law, not even a former president of the united states. 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. today, it's donald trump. tomorrow, it's going to be a democrat. the day after that, it could be your brother, your son, your daughter. and we have to be concerned about the rule of law falling because what's happened here is this is a case that would not have been brought against another individual in this country if his name wasn't donald trump. 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, he will be processed like any other defendant. it's finally good to see somejustice happen. it's a political sham, and it's politically motivated. it's a political sham and it's politically motivated. but this case in new york is not the only legal problem facing donald trump. chanting: stop the steal! two other criminal investigations are looking into his role in the storming of the capitol onjanuary 6 two years ago, after he lost the election, and attempts to overturn the results. # �*cos there ain't no doubt i love this land... 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, bbc news, new york. to find out what voters think of today's development, in what's seen as donald trump's heartland, our correspondent nomia iqbal has

been to boones mill in virginia. away from the spectacle of the courthouse in manhattan, this quiet part of virginia really loves donald trump. whitey, who owns the store, says this indictment is good for his pockets and trump's popularity. oh, it's only been positive and itjust sends all the sympathy to him. and it's what he — it plays right into his hands. they'll do anything to try to get — take down trump, so this proves it. the case that's been brought against donald trump, it's been decided by your fellow countrymen and women in new york, who are doing their civic duty. but they're, uh... ..over—the—top liberals, yeah. they're just — they're just out to smear him any way they can, but it'll backfire on them. even sybil, the shop dog, is gearing up for 202a. people have travelled from outside of virginia state

to get their trump merchandise. saw the store and wanted to stop �*cos i'm a trump supporter, and i'm even more of a trump supporter today than i was yesterday. tell me why. �*cos this stupid indictment. it's just politically motivated. when i heard it on tv last night, ijust — i could not believe it. but the only thing it's going to do isjust make the case stronger for trump. this indictment has clearly fired up donald trump's core supporters — the ones he relies on. some have said it's awakened the sleeping giant. but will it get him the votes he needs to win back the white house? no, i don't. you don't? no, i don't. interesting. why? uh... because... i don't really think the american public will go for an indicted person. yes. he has for two elections, going on three. so, i wish the election was this november and not in '24. it's often asked is there a red line for donald trump's most ardent supporters?

it would seem even becoming the first president ever to be indicted has made them more entrenched, not less. nomia iqbal, bbc news, virginia. i'm joined now byjournalist and political commentator michael tracey. hello, michael. thank you for coming on bbc news to talk to me. day after indictment was announced, what has the reaction been and what is donald trump and his team been saying throughout all of this because we know that he has denied wrongdoing.— because we know that he has denied wrongdoing. well, one of the chief reactions _ denied wrongdoing. well, one of the chief reactions that's - the chief reactions that's observable to anyone thought of monitoring the fallout here is that although elements of the republican party, especially can republican leaders, maybe some donors, may be some form of elected officials may be some even of whom may have served in the trump administration, as much as they might have been maybe trending toward a desire to disassociate themselves with trumpet, you

can see this having some sort of a galvanising effect where even somebody like a mike pence or a bill barr, obviously the former being the previous vice president, the latter being the former attorney—general, would have falling out with trump and have falling out with trump and have rows with him to the point that trump would probably regard them as political nemeses. even they have come out and declared, basically, opposition to the sort of premise behind this particular prosecution or, at least, the tendency of this particular prosecution. and i think it's understandable, even leaving apart, you know, leaving aside the reaction republican elites because this is a threshold crossing event, as you've made clear in this report. there's been no president has ever been charged criminally before and so, you would expect that to be prompted by an offence of a certain level of gravity or to

be associated with some sort of transgression of significant magnitude and if it really happens to be the case, as all indications seem to point to, that this stems ultimately from the payment of a confidential settlement sum to a former aduu settlement sum to a former adult film actress, and maybe that's not quite what most people would have expected to really give rise to that crossing of the rubicon moment. michael, we know that donald trump is also running for 2024 presidency so how has the indictment, how will the indictment, how will the indictment impact all of this? well, it's very, it's impossible to say. there are portions of the republican party elect about who you may expect would at least be open to arguments about how trump is not the most politically expedient choice for 2024, given maybe some of his baggage or given some of the drama that seems to engulf him constantly

but now that he could be portrayed as an emblem of kind of these efforts all: and nations that are somewhat nefarious within the legal establishment or security state or other aspects of the governmental apparatus as being sort of marshaled unfairly against trump and therefore his wider movement, when you can see that also having a galvanising effect among those very same segments of the party coalition who might have otherwise been receptive to overtures from maybe even republican candidates. trump was prosecuted, or there was a special prosecutor, let's remember, authorised to investigate trump for years within his presidency on the realm that he had some salacious, illicit, treasonous relationship with the kremlin and therefore was guilty of, again, treason. that didn't pan out. and so there's memories of that are still fresh and now, this seems to just be another

sort of instalment in that continuum of kind of never ending attempts to legally take down trump and you can see that engendering a sort of partisan reflex or a certain loyalty sort of gravitation toward trump. sort of gravitation toward trum -. . . �* sort of gravitation toward trump-_ in i sort of gravitation toward l trump._ in the sort of gravitation toward - trump._ in the way trump. crosstalk. in the way that may be — trump. crosstalk. in the way that may be trouble _ trump. crosstalk. in the way that may be trouble could - trump. crosstalk. in the way that may be trouble could not i that may be trouble could not bring about if it was not him being positioned against the machinations of some sort of legal establishment against him. michael tracey. good to speak to you. thank you for your analysis there. thanks. on a somewhat related note, a judge in the us state of delaware has ruled that the defamation lawsuit against fox news by dominion voting systems can go to trial in mid april. some supporters of former president donald trump had claimed that dominion tampered with its voting machines to deny him a victory in the last presidential election. the suit argues fox news promoted baseless claims of vote rigging, and the company is seeking $1.6 billion in damages.

let's stay in the us, where there's some breaking news of a tornado that's torn through the city of little rock in arkansas. medical officials in the state have declared a mass casualty event with hundreds of people believed to have been injured. let's go live to the us and speak to our north america correspondent david willis. hello, david. good to speak to you. just bring us up to date on the impact of all of this and what more do we know about the situation in arkansas. in automatic state of the situation in arkansas. i�*i automatic state of arkansas as sarah huckabee sanders, you may remember that name — donald trump of my press secretary for many years, she tweeted to say that she had called in the national guard to help with the clean—up operation that will inevitably have to take place now in the state of arkansas.

she talked about a large tornado which she said had caused significant damage and meanwhile, medical officials in that state arkansas have said they are bracing for casualties. the epicentre, if you like, seems to be in the capitol little rock, where this, we saw these very harrowing pictures, didn't we, of roofs of buildings having been torn off, trees uprooted, cars tossed around —— capital. in the last few minutes or so, the mayor of little rock frank scott, has tweeted to say that 24 people in that city have been taken to hospital but there was so far no reports of fatalities. but he did say that property damage is extensive and the rescue services were responding. and the rescue services were resnonding-_ and the rescue services were responding. yeah, and david, the us national— responding. yeah, and david, the us national weather- responding. yeah, and david, i the us national weather service have warned of a high risk of tornadoes in several states,

haven't they, the watmore are they saying and what is the advice from officials at the moment?— advice from officials at the moment? ~ , ,., , , ., moment? absolutely. they are warninu , moment? absolutely. they are warning, officials, _ moment? absolutely. they are warning, officials, of— warning, officials, of inclement weather, tornadoes and every heavy storms, all the way from texas in the south, all the way to the great lakes and i will quote what they are talking about here. they are saying" this comes as an immense blast of extreme spring air is sweeping across the united states" and, of course, a week ago, we had the city in mississippi, rolling fork, which was levelled, basically, by a tornado which struck at the dead of night. remember, at nine o'clock in the evening. every little warning without one and many people of course did not see it coming, were not aware that it was bearing down on them, there were incredible tales of people seeking refuge, for example, in the case of a group of people who worked at a diner there in rolling fork in

a meat caller which was actually lifted off the ground at one point with them inside it but he survived the tornado. at the moment, it seems, 25 at least were killed in that whether episode at the moment, it seems that the casualties are not as high in this particular time —— weather episode. particular time -- weather episode-— particular time -- weather eisode. �* ., ., episode. but we will have to wait and see. _ episode. but we will have to wait and see. david, - episode. but we will have to wait and see. david, thank l episode. but we will have to i wait and see. david, thank you for the update. david willis. the social media influencer andrew tate and his brother tristan have been released from preventative custody after a romanianjudge ruled in favour of their appeals. andrew tate and his brother tristan can be moved from jail to house arrest while they're investigated for alleged human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. the brothers and two romanian female associates have been under police detention since december. all four have been ordered to stay in the buildings where they live, unless they have legal permission to leave.

this is bbc news. the latest headlines: lawyers for donald trump say he will surrender to a court in new york on tuesday after becoming the first former us president to face criminal charges. his legal team say he's �*angry but not worried' about the case which concerns alleged hush payments to the adult film star, stormy daniels. she claims to have had an affairwith mrtrump, which he denies. the us national weather service there has confirmed a �*large and destructive tornado' has hit the midwestern city of little rock in arkansas. 70,000 people are reported to have lost power in the state. turning now to ukraine, and president zelensky has been leading ceremonies in bucha on the first anniversary of its liberation from russian forces. bucha, a suburb to the north—west of kyiv, was the focus of fierce fighting and has come

to symbolise alleged war crimes carried out by russian forces. from there, here's our correspondent hugo bachega. president zelensky came president zelensky came here president zelensky came here to president zelensky came here to mark this day one year since the ukrainian forces recaptured this town that was occupied by russian forces and bucha has become the symbol of the atrocities committed by russian forces here in this country. we came here to the street where dozens of bodies were found and i think images of those bodies lying on the ground here shocked all of us and they have become a symbol of the brutality of the occupation here and not only the execution of these people, many of the civilians were trying to visit relatives, were trying to flee the city when they were killed but there were allegations of torture, allegations of rape but now here in bucha there is a massive effort to collect

evidence of those potential war crimes, international investigators, at best, volunteers are here collect evidence and there is also a massive effort to rebuild what has been destroyed. houses have been rebuilt, the roads, shops, but one thing that perhaps cannot be rebuilt and that is the psychological impact of the atrocities that were committed here, the trauma of the violence that was committed by the occupying forces in this town. let's get some of the day's other news. at least 11 people have died in a stampede in pakistan as residents flocked to collect rations at a factory during the muslim holy month of ramadan. initial reports say a woman and two children were among those killed in the city of karachi. it's not immediately clear what led to the crush. more than 100 fires are continuing to burn in parts of northern spain, although many of them are now under control. the authorities say most of the fires, centred in the region of asturias, were started by arsonists.

hundreds of people fled the area and a number of roads were closed. king charles has laid a wreath by the spire of church in hamburg in northern germany that was largely destroyed by allied bombing during the second world war. the gesture is being seen as an important symbol of reconciliation. the port was one of the most heavily bombed german cities of the war. the rapid melting of ice in antarctic is slowing down the flow of deep ocean water and could have devastating consequences on the global climate. that's according to scientists writing in the journal �*nature'. they say ice melts are driving a substantial slowdown of water circulation. this could trap nutrients in the deep ocean, reducing the their ability to support marine life near the ocean surface.

let's get more from ted scambos, an antarctic ice expert and senior research scientist at university of colorado. thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. first of all, what are your thoughts on the finding of this research and how concerned are you? it has been an interesting and important trend in the last several decades, antarctica's ocean circulation has changed, the coldest waters are not as cold as they used to be and in fact the surface circulation or near surface circulation is also changing and as a result we are seeing less sea ice, at least in the last few years and it is an important change for the ecosystems as well, because of the lower nutrient content in the deep ocean and changes in the deep ocean and changes in the deep ocean and changes in the circulation of the upper

ocean, it is concerning in another manifestation of climate change reaching the very farthest corners of the planet. very farthest corners of the lanet. �* , ., planet. and the findings of this research _ planet. and the findings of this research suggest - planet. and the findings of this research suggest the i this research suggest the deepest parts of the ocean could actually slow down by 40% in only three decades, so housing for kent is the speed of the slowdown here and just talk me through some of the implications?— implications? this water actually _ implications? this water actually does _ implications? this water actually does rest - implications? this water actually does rest deep l implications? this water l actually does rest deep on implications? this water - actually does rest deep on the seabed of the deepest parts of the ocean around the world and in fact it is a place that traps quite a bit of heat from global warming elsewhere. it is not of immediate concern in terms of say weather changes because this water sit in the bottom of the ocean. 0ver because this water sit in the bottom of the ocean. over the long—term it is going to change circulation in other areas and change the of places that see

upwelling of this water that ten to be places where there is a lot of life and a lot of economic erviti.- a lot of life and a lot of economic erviti. �* �* , ., ., ~' economic erviti. and let's look ahead now _ economic erviti. and let's look ahead now to _ economic erviti. and let's look ahead now to the _ economic erviti. and let's look ahead now to the possible - ahead now to the possible measures and what solutions you think should be put in place to tackle climate change. i think should be put in place to tackle climate change.- tackle climate change. i think tacklin: tackle climate change. i think tackling climate _ tackle climate change. i think tackling climate change - tackle climate change. i think tackling climate change is - tackling climate change is incredibly important. solving this particular issue would be a huge task in any other method than reducing c02 a huge task in any other method than reducing co2 emissions or actually removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and trying to call of the earth a bit. by that means, any sort of technical approach at the scale is just really hard to imagine. you look at a map and you think maybe antarctica is a faraway place and perhaps not so big. it is a huge area, larger than australia, as large as the united states and mexico

combined, trying to adjust what is going on across the coastline of such an area and even into the deep ocean truly is beyond the reach of what we can do technically. 0ur is beyond the reach of what we can do technically. our best answer is to reduce our carbon consumption and emission into the atmosphere and begin actually to remove it from the sphere if we can find an efficient way to do that. ted scambos, — efficient way to do that. ted scambos, thank _ efficient way to do that. ted scambos, thank you - efficient way to do that. ted scambos, thank you very much forjoining me here on bbc news, it was very good to talk to you. next week it's the 25th anniversary of the historic good friday peace deal in northern ireland, but it comes as political leaders condemn 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, sparked by a fall out within a loyalist para—military group. 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. and this afternoon, a man was assaulted by a masked gang in a shopping centre. in nightly attacks on homes, petrol bombs have been thrown through windows, a pipe bomb was used and properties have been smashed with hammers. many had children inside. these attacks are incredibly reckless, and place our communities at grave risk. 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, their children and their wider family circumstances. the disorder has been linked to what is believed to be around 50 members who've 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. there has been a three—year—old girl in a house that was attacked. 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. 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's about to mark 25 years since the peace deal, which largely ended the conflict. but paramilitary groups continue to exercise control over some communities. the issue with the loyalist

paramilitaries is they continued to recruit young people into their ranks. 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 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. the vatican has said that pope francis can leave hospital on saturday as expected, given his continued recovery from bronchitis. the 87—year—old was well enough to baptise a newborn in rome's gemelli hospital where he is receiving treatment. he also visited young patients on an oncology ward, bringing them chocolate eggs and copies of a book about the life ofjesus. you are watching bbc news, thanks forjoining me.

hello. for many parts of the uk, march turned out to be a wet month, not least across england, where, according to provisional met office statistics, it was the wettest march since 1981. but it wasn't that wet everywhere, in fact, there were parts of northern scotland where we had less rain than normal. these figures, 56% of the average, cover the period up to the morning of friday, the 31st. compare that with cambridge, which had seen more than three times the normal march rainfall. but for the start of april through the weekend, it looks like things are going to become drier and brighter. quite a slow process, though, because the weekend starts with low pressure in charge. a couple of different weather fronts providing a focus for some outbreaks of rain. this front here providing some particularly persistent rain through the morning across parts of northern ireland, parts of wales, the south—west of england, central southern england as well. a lot of that rain will tend to peter out. i think northern ireland

is likely to stay cloudy and damp through the day. elsewhere, quite a lot of cloud, some spots of rain, some mist and murk. and with this easterly breeze, it'll feel rather cool for some of these north sea coasts. further west, temperatures between 10—13 celsius, and there could just be a few glimmers of sunshine. most places will be pretty cloudy. now, we will keep fairly large amounts of cloud as we head through saturday night, but i think we'll see a few more clear spells around, some clearer skies, certainly filtering into eastern parts of england later in the night. temperatures generally between 2—7 celsius. very locally, there could be a touch of frost. but for sunday, we see high pressure tending to build, and that means some drier and somewhat brighter weather. now, there will still be some areas of cloud around, perhaps most especially across western scotland, northern ireland, wales, the south—west of england. but equally there should be some spells of sunshine, the best of that a little bit further east. temperatures, well, no great shakes on the face of it, but at this time of year, there is some strength in the sun.

so get yourself into some sunshine, it will not feel too bad. 0ur area of high pressure tries to hold on into the start of the new week. we will see frontal systems making some inroads from the atlantic. so, that means we will see, perhaps, some rain at times through the middle of the week, particularly towards the north and the west of the uk. at this early stage, and it is still a long way away, the signs for the easter weekend are quite promising.

this is bbc news. the headlines. lawyers for donald trump say he will surrender to a court in new york on tuesday after becoming the first former us president to face criminal charges. his legal team say he is angry but not worried about the case, which concerns hush payments made to a porn star. the governor of the us state of arkansas has declared an emergency after a tornado hit the state capital little rock, causing significant damage. medical officials believe hundreds of people have been injured and thousands are left without power. a court in romania has allowed the controversial social media influenza andrew tate to leave prison and move into house arrest.