tonight at 10: donald trump lands in new york where he's about to make history as the first former president, to be charged with a criminal offence. he touched down a short while ago and then headed to trump tower in manhattan — ready for the court appearance tomorrow. outside the trump residence, the supporters who say the indictment is a "political persecution" while democrats warn against violent protest. control yourselves. new york city is our home, not a playground for your misplaced anger. donald trump has just gone donald trump hasjust gone inside trump tower, where he is now with his lawyers preparing for his court

appearance tomorrow. he is clearly defiant and ready to protest his innocence. we'll have the latest from sarah smith in new york where the secret service has been conducting security assessments outside the court building. also tonight... the conservative politician nigel lawson — who served as margaret thatcher's chancellor in the 19805 — has died at the age of 91. the drug dealer who shot dead nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel in liverpool is sentenced to a minimum of 42 years in prison. members of england's biggest teaching union will strike for a further two days after voting to reject the latest pay offer. ladies and and in sport, relegation and champions league places both at stake as everton host tottenham in the premier league.

at ruslip rugby club. at ruslip rugby club. good evening. a short while ago donald trump landed in new york, where, for the first time in the history of the united states, a former president will be charged with a criminal offence. mr trump is to face charges connected to the payment of hush money to the porn actor stormy daniels in the lead—up to his campaign for the presidency in 2016. the hush money in itself was not unlawful, but it's alleged that business records were falsified to disguise the nature of the payment, in violation of campaign rules. in new york, police are on high alert and barricades have been erected around trump tower

and the manhattan criminal court, where mr trump will appear tomorrow. live to new york and our north america editor sarah smith. donald trump loves nothing better than being the centre of attention, and that is where he has family put himself today, with his carefully staged return to new york. it is obviously believes this legal case against ten can actually boost his chances of winning back the presidency in 202a. it's not quite a presidential motorcade, but as donald trump leaves his florida home he is still deliberately grabbing attention. there he is!— deliberately grabbing attention. there he is! �* , ., ., , there he is! american tv stations carried live _ there he is! american tv stations carried live his _ there he is! american tv stations carried live his arrival— there he is! american tv stations carried live his arrival in _ there he is! american tv stations carried live his arrival in newark. | carried live his arrival in newark. as a former president, donald trump gets the secret service to escort him into town, and he is obviously relishing being back in the spotlight. h0 relishing being back in the spotlight-— relishing being back in the s-uotliht. ., , , spotlight. no president in the histo of spotlight. no president in the history of our _ spotlight. no president in the history of our country - spotlight. no president in the history of our country has - spotlight. no president in the | history of our country has been subjected to such vicious and disgusting attacks... he subjected to such vicious and disgusting attacks. . .- subjected to such vicious and disgusting attacks... he is already usin: the disgusting attacks... he is already

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voluntarily surrender himself at the courthouse so it means he won't be handcuffed but once he gets in there who will be fingerprinted like any other defendant and told exactly what the charges against him are. when he appears out here in front of a judge tomorrow afternoon, we know that he plans to plead not guilty, and after that he will head straight back to my reliable, that residents and club it has in florida where he will give a speech in front of supporters in the evening —— you will head straight back to maro lago. it is clear he will be defiant, telling everyone not only can he beat this case but that he can he beat this case but that he can still win the presidency. for the latest in new york, many thanks, sarah smith, are new york editor. —— our new york editor. the conservative politician nigel lawson, who served as margaret thatcher's chancellor in the 1980s, has died at the age of 91. lord lawson, as he later became, was known as a tax—reforming chancellor — one of the longest—serving of the 20th century. the prime minister rishi sunak said

tonight that nigel lawson was "a transformational chancellor and an inspiration to him and many others". and borisjohnson said tonight that nigel lawson was "a fearless and original flame of free—market conservatism." mr lawson resigned in 1989 after falling out with mrs thatcher over her choice of economic adviser. are mcron looks back at his life and times. —— carolyn mccrimmon. —— carolyn mcquinn. hms dasher began his career as a journalist everything the spectator magazine and making regular appearances as a tv pundit. —— nigel lawson was the architect of the economic policies that underpinned thatcherism. six years in office saw some of the most far—reaching changes ever made to britain's financial affairs.

he began his career as a journalist, editing the spectator magazine, and making regular appearances as a tv pundit. he became an mp in 1970, earning a reputation as a man of the right. here he was calling for the end of sanctions against rhodesia, as it was then. the purpose of economic sanctions was to— the purpose of economic sanctions was to achieve a political end. they have failed — was to achieve a political end. they have failed to do this and i think it is clear— have failed to do this and i think it is clear to all of us darter—mac if it wasu't— it is clear to all of us darter—mac if it wasn't clear before that they never _ if it wasn't clear before that they never will — if it wasn't clear before that they neverwill. hms if it wasn't clear before that they never will. hms dasher —— richard is clear— never will. hms dasher —— richard is clear to _ never will. hms dasher —— richard is clear to all— never will. hms dasher —— richard is clear to all of — never will. hms dasher —— richard is clear to all of us now, if it wasn't clear— clear to all of us now, if it wasn't clear before _ -— it is clear— to all of us now, if it wasn't clear before. in 1983 he became chancellor in mrs thatcher's cabinet, presenting a series of tax—cutting budgets. the privatisation of state industries saw him fulfil his vision of a people's capitalism. his relaxation of the rules governing london's stock market was aimed at making the city a successful financial centre. but as inflation and interest rates rose, the government found itself in trouble. lawson's opposition to the poll tax, a measure which led to huge public disorder, soured relations with margaret thatcher. a public row with the prime minister's financial guru sir alan walters was the final straw.

good evening. the chancellor, nigel larson, _ good evening. the chancellor, nigel larson, resigned tonight, taking the government, westminster and financial— government, westminster and financial markets around the world totally _ financial markets around the world totally hv — financial markets around the world totally by surprise. his resignation was seen by many as the beginning of the end of the thatcher era. as lord lawson, who lost five stone in weight, criticised idol of man—made climate change and are due to leave the european union. the euroean to leave the european union. the european union, as it is now, half of it is— european union, as it is now, half of it is a _ european union, as it is now, half of it is a complete economic basket case: _ of it is a complete economic basket case, and _ of it is a complete economic basket case, and the other half is not all that greal — case, and the other half is not all that great ~_ case, and the other half is not all that great. . his what i was been that great. . his what i was been that the — that great. . his what i was been that the markets should be allowed to operate with a minimum of interference, a philosophy that guided — interference, a philosophy that guided one of the 20th century —— his view had always been that the market should operate with a minimum of interference, a philosophy that guided one of the 20th century's longest serving and most reforming chancellors.

the conservative politician nigel lawson, who served as margaret thatcher's chancellor in the 1980s, has died at the age of 91. more of the bill's news. —— day's news. the man who murdered nine—year—old 0livia pratt—korbel in liverpool, has been sentenced to a minimum of 42 years in prison. thomas cashman, a drug dealer who's 3a, refused to appear in the dock for the sentencing. the judge at manchester crown court said that olivia's future had been cruelly snatched away and that cashman had shown no remorse. olivia's mother said herfamily were living a life sentence. 0ur north of england correspondent judith moritz reports. the teddy bear that cheryl korbel has been clasping at court is made from her daughter's pajamas. some small comfort as she arrived to see olivia's murderer sentenced. but in a cruel insult, she was denied the opportunity to look into the eyes of thomas cashman. he had been brought to court amidst high security this morning, having last week been convicted of the little girl's murder. i was in court as olivia's family waited for cashman to be brought up from the cells.

we waited and then waited some more. the police waited, the prosecution waited, the jurors waited. and then cashman's barrister came in and said he wouldn't be coming. the glass dock stayed empty and the hearing happened without him. it meant he wasn't there to hear cheryl korbel as she went into the witness box to speak about her daughter's murder. she cried and she said the thing she misses most is hearing 0livia say, "mum". "everything's just so quiet now". she said, "i can't cope with the silence". cheryl korbel was supported in court by herfamily as sentence was passed. we can now draw a line under seven months of agonising torment that we had to... ..we have had to endure at the hands of cashman. my thanks go to the witnesses who bravely assisted the prosecution

case and defied the usual stance of "people do not grass." 0livia was shot last august. terrified she'd got out of bed to find her mum after hearing gunfire in the street. gunshots cashman was chasing another drug dealer, joseph nee. he fired at him, but his gunjammed and nee ran towards an open doorway. it was olivia's house. cashman shot as nee barged in. the bullet went through the door. the real gravity of this case is that a young child was shot and killed in her own home. as children do, 0livia was coming downstairs to seek reassurance. cheryl korbel should have been able to give that reassurance and to tuck 0livia back into bed. what's happened instead was chilling and strikes fear not only into the immediate community but also into the minds of other children and their parents. i feel i'm on it as well. olivia's family say she died

a scared nine—year—old, and they hope that haunts cashman for the rest of his life. all i want to know is what i'm arrested for. he was caught after a large scale manhunt. you're under arrest on suspicion of murder. the two guns he used haven't been found. tonight, cashman is beginning a a2—year stretch behind bars. a father of two himself, he's shown no remorse and taken no responsibility for murdering another parent's child. judith moritz, bbc news, manchester. members of england's largest teaching union are to strike for a further two days after voting by an overwhelming majority to reject the latest pay offer from the government. the education secretary at westminster called it "extremely disappointing", and said it would result in more disruption for children. teachers were offered an additional £1,000 one—off payment this year

in addition to the 5% pay award. for next year, from september, the offer is 4.3% for most teachers, along with the introduction of a £30,000 starting salary. but that was turned down by the national education union as "insulting", and walk—outs are now planned on the of 27th april and on the 2nd of may. 0ur education editor branwen jeffreys reports from harrogate, where the neu's annual conference is taking place. teachers arrived at conference today after four days of strikes, six days of pay talks. they waited to hear the latest on their dispute. the number of members that rejected the government's pay offer is 191,319. cheering and applause the strength of feeling here is clear. the vote to reject was overwhelming. the profession itself is furious. we're very, very angry at the offer, its an insult to us.

there is a promise to protect pupils facing exams. the union say the offer is too far below the cost of living and not backed by enough funding for schools. if you talk to headteachers, they will look at their budget with you and they'll say, "we can't afford to do this. we will have to make cuts in order to make those pay rises." that's not good enough for the children of this country. this word is incredibly important. england's schools will get more than two billion extra in cash and half a billion more next year to help with pay. but each school is also grappling with many rising bills. energy bills, inflation, inflation on food. you know, just the general cost, the increase. just as for everybody else, the prices have gone up incredibly high for schools. in harrogate's valley gardens, parents absorbed the news of more strikes. it could mean that i might lose out on money, i might lose out onjust certain things of everyday

essentials that you need that money for, especially with the cost of living crisis. i get it. it's been a years of, i you know, frozen pay and all that kind of stuff, j but they can't just expect in the current climate, you know, inflation linked pay, _ it'sjust not going to happen. teachers pay for next year now goes to an expert panel to advise. the extra cash for this year is off the table as parents and children face new strikes. their education has already suffered as a result of covid and on the run up to exams, to hear about new strike dates and the face of what is a very reasonable pay offer, i think is extremely disappointing news. i know many parents will be really worried about upcoming strikes. what i want to see is everybody getting around the table and resolving these issues. they can be resolved and the sooner they're resolved, the better. the government have not engaged and that means they're _ failing our children, - they're failing our families, they're failing our schools. tomorrow morning, delegates here will vote on whether to recommend a further three days of strikes right at the end of the summer term. and the union has made it clear —

it's prepared to re—ballot members, which means this dispute could run on into the autumn term. while the disputes in scotland and wales are settled, five teaching unions in northern ireland will walk out on a one—day strike in late april. branwen jefferies, bbc news. an estimated 1800 workers at the passport 0ffice have begun a five—week strike, also in a dispute about pay. the uk government insists the action won't affect the amount of time it takes to process a passport application. but the pcs union, which represents civil servants, is predicting significant delays. survivors of the terror attack at manchester arena in 2017 have filed landmark legal action against a conspiracy theorist

who claims reports of the attack were fabricated and suggests it might not even have happened. martin and eve hibbert, who were left with severe disabilities after the 2017 blast, are suing richard d hall for defamation and harassment. the bbc�*s disinformation and social media correspondent marianna spring has more details from a new hub above the bbc newsroom , bringing together our fact—checking experts. this is martin hibbert. he survived the attack at the manchester arena that happened in 2017, where 22 people were killed. martin and his daughter eva were left severely disabled after the attack and since then they have been targeted with conspiracy theories and hate online. now martin's decided to take legal action against this man, richard d hall, a conspiracy theorist who'd pushed those ideas as well as using tactics offline to try and figure out if survivors were lying about their injuries. that includes tracking people down, and one of the people he tracked down was eve. he admitted to spying on herfrom a vehicle parked outside her home. now martin has decided to file legal

action for defamation and also for harassment. now a case like this against a conspiracy theorist promoting these kinds of ideas hasn't happened in the uk, but it has happened in the us. alexjones is a talk show host in america and he's become infamous for promoting conspiracy theories suggesting that the sandy hook school shooting was a hoax. jones was ordered to pay nearly $1.5 billion in damages to those families because of the hate and harassment his conspiracy theories had provoked. during the original investigation i confronted hall at that market stall, and he told me i was wrong about how he operated. since then he seems to have held firm to his position and has continued to post online about the manchester arena attack, including saying things like "this proves the official narrative is not true", suggesting he still thinks it was staged or faked in some way.

since the claims were filed, i got but he hasn't responded to our request for comment. there were lots of reaction on social media to the investigation, and one of the people have started tweeting about it was manchester mayor andy burnham. he is now campaigning and working with martin hibbert to introduce new legislation that could protect survivors like martin who have been affected by these kinds of conspiracy theories and hate. but that's not an easy task. there are big questions about how to protect people from harmful content online while also protecting their right to freedom of expression. you can hear more about his story on this bonus episode of disaster trolls where we reveal how this legal case is unfolding. it's available on bbc sounds.

marianna spring reporting. 0ur disinformation correspondent marianna spring reporting. willjoin its ranks, as its 31st member, tomorrow. nato secretary—general jens stoltenberg said it would make finland a safer country, as well as making the alliance stronger. finland, which shares a long border with russia, decided to join last may after the invasion of ukraine, ending decades of military neutrality. in russa, an anti—war campaigner called darya trepova has been detained by officials in connection with the killing of a well—known blogger in st petersburg. it's been reported that vladlen tatarsky — a robust supporter of the russian military died in an explosion shortly after being presented with a gift yesterday evening. 0ur security correspondent frank gardner has more details. an ordinary scene on an ordinary street in saint petersburg. a woman enters a cafe carrying a box containing a statuette. it is hard to verify this, but russia says she was delivering a bomb. inside the cafe there's a meeting of russian pro—war activists. the invited speaker is this man, vladen tatarsky, a prolific blogger with over half a million followers.

and then this. the explosion killed him outright and injured over 30 others. russian officials were quick to blame ukraine, which denied it. but the suspect now detained is not ukrainian, she's russian. police are naming her as darya trepova, an anti—war activist. they have released this footage of her being arrested at home. she is then seen being questioned, apparently under duress. russia says she has confessed to carrying the statuette which killed tatarsky in the cafe. he was a big figure amongst russian military bloggers. a former convict, he fought against ukraine in the donbas. he was highly critical of russian failures on the battlefield, leading some to suspect inter—russian rivalry. well, this is a really murky incident. despite all the claims and counter claims, it is not immediately clear exactly who was behind this explosion.

to help guide us through it is 0lga from the bbc russian service. 0lga, what is your take on this explosion? russian war supporters and many other experts believe it must be ukrainian intelligence behind this attack. the russian investigative committee thinks that russian opposition was also involved. we need to remember that last year another prominent vocal supporter of the war was targeted in moscow. 0n the other hand, many russian war commanders were killed in strange circumstances since 2014. as russian investigators piece together what happened yesterday in st petersburg, the propaganda war continues. russia says this was ukraine—linked terrorism. ukraine's presidential adviser says it was russian on russian. spiders, he tweeted, are eating each other in a jar. frank gardner, bbc news.

the taliban have been back in power in afghanistan for over 18 months, and they are now trying to manage the growing drug problem — a problem partly of their own making. income from opium poppies has helped to fund their insurgency over the past 20 years. afghanistan is the world's largest producer of opium, supplying over 80% of global demand. around one in ten afghans is addicted to drugs, and thousands of addicts are now being rounded up from the streets and forced into treatment, while the taliban has imposed a complete ban on poppy production. figures from the un show opium cultivation increased by 32% in 2022. 0ur correspondent yalda hakim reports from kabul. rounded up and forced into rehab by the taliban. these men used to live here. they're among afghanistan's more than 3.5 million drug addicts. now, the bridge has been cleared.

this particular part of the bridge used to be packed with addicts. they're often huddled together, high and shooting up. it was a frightening sight for those trying to get past. this is where they're bringing them — to a former us military base in the capital. now a makeshift, rudimentary rehabilitation center where conditions are squalid. 28—year—old mohammed 0mar was a former flight attendant. one night i was in tajikistan. one night i was in iran and dealing in dubai, in turkish. in the confusion following the taliban takeover, he lost his job. i always i'm thinking lots, because i lost all of my things, all my life. it was lots of pressure in my head.

when the taliban ran the country in the 1990s, they all but stamped out poppy cultivation. they returned to the drugs trade to fund their 20—year insurgency. and now they destroying crops again. translation: there is| a ban on using, growing and trading of drugs. afghanistan will be drug free soon. but i was in helmand and they were still cultivating there. i can't comment on this because i haven't seen it. but there are orders of complete prohibition. these men will be kept in this facility for six weeks. resources are limited. more than 3000 addicts have been crammed in a space with 1000 beds. this is a country where drugs have been readily available and cheap. the un says since the taliban swept to power in 2021, drug cultivation has increased. the likelihood that these addicts will relapse

when they're out again is high. as the taliban learn how to transition from insurgency to governing a country, it's challenges like this that they have to grapple with. yalda hakim, bbc news, kabul. the us space agency nasa has revealed the four astronauts who will prepare for a return to the moon half a century after the last visit. they include cristina koch, the first woman astronaut ever assigned to a lunar mission, while victor glover will be the first black astronaut on a similar mission. they will prepare the way for a landing in the future and are due to fly late next year. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle reports. it's a new era of pioneers and adventurers. vying for seats on the most sought after mission in 50 years on a spacecraft that is heading back to the moon.

four astronauts ready to make history. and now they've been revealed. i'm christina koch, i'm a mission specialist on the artemis ii mission to the moon. she holds the record for the longest continuous stay in space by a woman. jeremy hansen, from the canadian space agency, a fighter pilot and physicist. and nasa's former chief astronaut, reid wiseman, the artemis ii commander. and making up the four, piloting the spacecraft will be victor glover. artemis ii is more than a mission to the moon and back, it's more than a mission that has to happen before we send people to the surface of the moon. it is the next step on the journey that gets humanity to mars. the one thing i'm most excited about is that we are going to carry your excitement, your aspirations, your dreams with us on this mission. artemis ii, your mission. three, two, one... and this is the rocket they'll be riding on. it made a test flight

to the moon last year, now it's ready for a crew. the artemis ii mission will lift off from cape canaveral in florida. the spacecraft will spend the first 42 hours orbiting the earth, testing the life support systems. it's the first time they'll have been used. the astronauts will then spend four days travelling to the moon, flying far beyond it, before heading back for a splashdown in the pacific ocean. the whole trip will take about ten days. it's been 50 years since humanity last visited the moon. this next—generation's mission is scheduled to take off at the end of next year. rebecca morelle, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here's sarah keith—lucas. some of us have seen the second day in a row of dry, spring weather and there has been some sunshine around. it was a glorious end to the day as

the sun set earlier on. many others are keeping those clear skies through tonight and into tomorrow. more in the way of dry weather, with some sunshine around but not quite everywhere tomorrow, because there is some rain on the way to the north—west and that marks a bit of a change to more unsettled conditions in the middle of the week. but at the moment it is high pressured dominating the weather. weather fronts trying to move in from the atlantic so that will bring rain through tuesday. in fact, we are seeing more cloud and rain filtering in from the north—west through tonight, bringing a few splashes of light rain but for much of england and wales, eastern scotland it is cold and clear. a touch of frost and temperatures getting down a few degrees below freezing in the more rural spots. we could be minus four first thing tomorrow morning. a few misty patches around here and there first thing, they will clear away quickly because we have strong sunshine this time of year, particularly across england, wales and the east of scotland. further

west, more cloud and a few