welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... donald trump has arrived in new york ahead of his unprecedented appearance in court to face criminal charges. he's spending the night at the trump tower in manhattan — accompanied by advisers and his legal team. this is the scene live in manhattan, where the media has gathered for one of the biggest stories of the year. as donald trump arrived here in new york, new york police officers and the mayor warned protesters that anything they do must be peaceful. we'll explain just what mr trump is facing and what effects it could have on the next race for the white house. also ahead...

we have a special report from taiwan — where the government is taking steps to protect itself against what it sees as a growing threat from china. and nasa unveils the four astronauts who will prepare for a return to the moon — the crew of artemis ii. it's six in the morning in singapore, and six in the evening in new york, where donald trump is spending the night ahead of his arraignment on tuesday. this is the seen life in new york. he's in his suite in the trump tower in manhattan, presumably conferring with his lawyers for what will be an unprecedented moment in us legal history.

that's because never before has a us president, sitting orformer, faced criminal charges. the case is complex and hasn't yet been made fully public. we'll look at what could happen next and we'll be live with our correspondent in new york injust a moment. but we begin with this report from our north america editor, sarah smith. it's not quite a presidential motorcade, but as donald trump leaves his florida home, he is still deliberately grabbing attention. there he is! cheering. american tv stations 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. no president in the history of our country has been subjected to such vicious and disgusting attacks... he is already using the claim that the case against him as a politically motivated witch hunt to raise funds. his campaign says it has brought in over $7 million in just four days. die—hard supporters outside

trump tower are adamant that he is being victimised by opponents who want to stop him being re—elected president, and that those efforts will backfire. he shouldn't even be charged with a misdemeanour in this case, and they are charging them with a felony. oh, my god, they really don't like this guy, they're really afraid of him. it sticks like crock of hog drippings, and i've had democrat friends of mine tell me, democrats, "i still hate trump but what they're doing to him is totally wrong." i would take a bullet for donald trump cos i know that man would take a bullet for me. and when he says, "if they can come after me with this case, they can come after any of you," do you believe him? yes! new york's finest are ready outside the courthouse braced for any protest or disruption. donald trump did warn of potential death and destruction is charges were brought against him. while there may be some rabble—rousers thinking about coming to any city tomorrow, our message is clear and simple. control yourselves.

new york city is our home, not a playground for your misplaced anger. mr trump may yet face are the most serious criminal charges. a special council is looking into whether he should be prosecuted for inciting the january sixth riot at the capitol, as well as the hundreds of classified documents the fbi found at his home in florida. and in the state of georgia, he could yet be charged with trying to unlawfully alter the result of the 2020 presidential election. the new york district attorney who's bringing the case against trump insists it has nothing to do with politics, it's all about the law. but there's no doubt that whatever happens inside this courtroom will have a huge political impact. that was sarah smith, our north america editor on that story. live now to our correspondent outside trump tower in manhattan, nada tawfik.

i know you have been out there talking to people and really seeing the participation, the huge amount of attention from the media there, just talk us through that. the media there, “ust talk us through that._ through that. yes, well, karishma, _ through that. yes, well, karishma, all— through that. yes, well, karishma, all day - through that. yes, well, karishma, all day long, | through that. yes, well, i karishma, all day long, the through that. yes, well, - karishma, all day long, the us media has been following and carry and live every step of donald trump's journey from his home in mar—a—lago here to trump tower in new york. the whole way, the secret service escorted him here. it is where he will prepare this evening to face the criminal charges against him tomorrow. even on his flight over, he was tweeting, repeating this notion that this entire case is a witchhunt against him. and i can tell you, there have been ash few supporters of the president here, not as much as in mar—a—lago and florida where they lined the streets and cheered for him as he left but here some have turned up with

signs saying trump 2024, they repeated his narrative that this isn't a case worth bringing, that this is all about and influencing the upcoming presidential elections and harming him. on the other hand, there are those who say the president has for a long time had this coming and that nobody is above the law and that he will have his chance to answer to the charges against him in court. i think it's important to remember that the indictment is still under seal so we don't know the exact charges but we do understand that it has to do with more than 30 counts of falsifying business records. records that the —— and that he did that to concealer crime. it has certainly been a day were new york, city officials, federal security issues have been bracing themselves, and you heard there the mayor of new york eric adams saying to anyone who plans to co—trust ——

protest, to control yourselves that new york is not the place to take out their anger. an to take out their anger. an interesting _ to take out their anger. an interesting 24 hours ahead, but talk us through the sort of divisiveness that this case has brought into american politics. we have seen that in the past but how much worse is it getting comedy thing? == but how much worse is it getting comedy thing? -- how much worse — getting comedy thing? -- how much worse is _ getting comedy thing? -- how much worse is it _ getting comedy thing? -- how much worse is it getting, - getting comedy thing? -- how much worse is it getting, do . much worse is it getting, do you think? donald trump has always been a polarising figure but he is my thing and upending us politics, breaking the conventions of the presidency with the fact that he is now facing these criminal charges. i think to his supporters and again because he has hammered this idea that he has faced two impeachment, he has faced several investigations, so, for his supporters, there is this idea that they keep being these investigations coming trump's way, and they see this as one

of the least consequential cases. ultimately, this is not the investigations over his attempts to overturn the election, allegedly, or attempts to hide classified documents at mar—a—lago, as some allege, but still this is such an unprecedented moment, where a former president is facing criminal charges, and that same man is trying to make a comeback for the white house at the same time. so i think these hasjust deepened at the same time. so i think these has just deepened the political divisions, his supporters who remain loyal to him remain convinced that this is notjust him remain convinced that this is not just an him remain convinced that this is notjust an attack on him but on them. while others who dislike president trump are hoping that this is what finally brings him down, but i think it is still too early to see how this will affect him politically, it is still early days. at least for now, though, his campaign say they have raised at least $7 million since news of the indictment broke, so donald trump is hoping to live rigel this for his benefit. whether that will

be the case in the coming months, who knows. i be the case in the coming months, who knows. i know you will be keeping _ months, who knows. i know you will be keeping us _ months, who knows. i know you will be keeping us up _ months, who knows. i know you will be keeping us up to - months, who knows. i know you will be keeping us up to date - will be keeping us up to date on that story. thanks for joining us on the programme. we can talk about this a little more. well, for more on that, we are joined now by tom ginsburg, he is professor of law and political science at the university of chicago. donald trump is presumably conferring with his lawyers, what is the legal strategy? i think there is a legal strategy and a political strategy. the legal strategy we don't know yet because we don't know the nature of the indictment but the suspicion is this will be a hard case the deposit you to prove because it turns on intent to commit a federal crime, that is the kind of link crime, that is the kind of link crime to the fraud, so some people are speculating it might

be hard to prove, and i think the legal strategy is going to be focused on donald trump's lack of intent and just following legal advice is probably what he will say. there is a political strategy too and i think from that point of view, i think right now it is actually a good thing for donald trump.— is actually a good thing for donald trump. is actually a good thing for donald trum. ., ., ., , ~ donald trump. nada tawfik was 'ust donald trump. nada tawfik was just saying _ donald trump. nada tawfik was just saying that _ donald trump. nada tawfik was just saying that there _ donald trump. nada tawfik was just saying that there has - donald trump. nada tawfik was just saying that there has been | just saying that there has been a flurry of support both in terms of public support, people out on the streets but also financial support, giving a boost to the campaign, i expecting to see more of that? well, i believe so, and one sign of that is how all the other people in the republican party, including several people who were expecting to be his rivals, have completely rallied around him. may says that their base, you know, at the end of the day, loves the narrative that donald trump is a victim, as some of your correspondents, interviewees were saying, he will take a bullet for them so

they have to take a bullet for him. really, he has upended the nomination campaign because it has made him the very centre of it, for sure. there is a very interesting dynamic... sorry, did me to _ interesting dynamic... sorry, did me to jump _ interesting dynamic... sorry, did me to jump in _ interesting dynamic... sorry, did me to jump in budget - interesting dynamic... sorry, did me to jump in budget to l did me tojump in budget to that point, does that mean that he then is the front runner and it puts the other candidates and a really tricky position, doesn't it, because they all have to back him? i doesn't it, because they all have to back him?- doesn't it, because they all have to back him? i think so, i think that _ have to back him? i think so, i think that is — have to back him? i think so, i think that is what _ have to back him? i think so, i think that is what is _ think that is what is happening. and he's always very goodin happening. and he's always very good in a large campaign field. he is very good, one—on—one, at mocking his individual opponents and so perhaps it would have been this way anyway. but this has really accelerated the republican rallying around donald trump. whether that is good for the republican party i am not so sure, and i have republican friends who actually are very upset by the whole thing because they think it is part of the democratic front —— plot to be the nominee because they

don't believe he could beat biden but whereas others could. so it is complicated and it is certainly affecting the reactions of many people. thtnd certainly affecting the reactions of many people. and i wonder whether _ reactions of many people. and i wonder whether you _ reactions of many people. and i wonder whether you can - reactions of many people. and i wonder whether you can speak. reactions of many people. and i l wonder whether you can speak to the divisions within american society about this, tom, because of course this is a hugely unprecedented moment in american politics, what you think is going through the minds of american voters that they watch this play out? i am sure its entire _ they watch this play out? i am sure its entire range _ they watch this play out? i am sure its entire range of - sure its entire range of emotions. for his fans, it is a reminder of what they stood for in the first place, they might be happy that it is likely will boost his ability dashes ability to get that nomination. for the marginal voters who would be needed to win an american presidency because of course it is, it is always coalition, broad coalition that is required, i think a lot of people are tired about hearing about donald trump another

drama about him so that is part of the calculus. and then there are people, including myself, who worry little bit about the president not prosecuting a former president but prosecuting a person who is running for office at the moment. because you can imagine that down below —— down the road, state prosecutors in red states will come up with spurious charges to bring up against democrat candidates so i wonder where this leaves us through the politicisation of the legal system.— through the politicisation of the legal system. tom ginsburg, professor of _ the legal system. tom ginsburg, professor of law _ the legal system. tom ginsburg, professor of law and _ the legal system. tom ginsburg, professor of law and political - professor of law and political science at the university of chicago, thank you forjoining us on the programme. we'll bring you full live coverage of the court appearance right here on bbc news. and in the meantime, if you want to catch up on just what the legal terms

like �*indictment�* and �*grand jury�* mean, or if you want to read up on the background to mr trump and stormy daniels, then just go to our website — bbc.com/news or download the bbc app. still to come a bit later in the programme — a special report on how opium cultivation in afghanistan has soared since the taliban came to power, and what they are trying to do about it. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. there are people who are both young and old who simply do not know that people of colour fought and died alongside their british counterparts in both world wars. a large crowd gathered to remember a generation who crossed oceans to help britain during world war ii. it is nothing short of a disgrace that the service of these brave who men came all those thousands of miles from the caribbean to help this country in its our need has

been pretty much erased from the history books. glenn's uncles came over from the caribbean to train with the raf in nearby hunmanby. he wanted a memorial for them and thousands of others who volunteered to serve. i help people. iam proud. ifeel for my comrade... you know. some are missing, obviously. you're live with bbc news. the taliban has been in powerfor over 18 months now and although income from poppies helped fund their insurgency, they are now trying to get a grip of the drug problem in kabul. thousands of addicts have been rounded up from the streets forced into rehab to give them time to dry out. but although th taliban government has imposed a complete ban on poppy production, the un says opium

cultivation increased by 32% in 2022. yalda hakim reports from kabul on the difficultjourney. hundreds of men rounded up by their new taliban rulers. but this is not what it seems. and this is where they have come from. they used to live under this bridge in western kabul. the taliban say they are cracking down. they are 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 were often huddled together, high and shooting up. it was a frightening sight for those trying to get past. this is where they are bringing them, to a former us military base in the capital. now, a makeshift rudimentary rehabilitation centre where conditions are squalid.

28—year—old mohammed 0mer was a former flight attendant. one night i was in tajikistan, one night i was in iran, in delhi, dubai. in the confusion following the taliban takeover, he lost his job. always i am thinking 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. but they returned to the drugs trade to fund their 20 year insurgency. the taliban have taken local journalists to poppy fields to show they are determined to eradicate the trade. as you know, they have ordered a complete ban on conception, cultivation and trade of drugs.

and we are implementing the ban. afghanistan will be drugs 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. but the un says that since the taliban swept to power in 2021, drug cultivation has increased. these men will be kept at this facility for six weeks. resources are limited. more than 3,000 addicts have been crammed in a space with 1,000 beds. this is a country where drugs had been readily available and cheap. 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. yalda hakim, bbc news, kabul.

the former us house speaker nancy pelosi's visit last year marked the highest us official to visit taiwan in 25 years. it triggered the largest ever chinese military drill surrounding the self—ruled island. beijing sees taiwan as a renegade province which it says will one day be returned to mainland china. 0ur correspondent danny vincent has more. mr shah watches the ukraine war unfold from taiwan. but the quality control engineer, there are comparisons between russia's war in ukraine and china's threats towards his home. the taiwanese government has extended mandatory military training from four months to a year. mr shah fears it is not enough. translation: |think| taiwanese people tend to avoid this issue. personally, i believe that if we want peace, you have to pay a price. freedom comes at a cost,

and i hope other taiwanese people can face this problem squarely. mr xia is one of an increasing number of taiwanese civilians determined to safeguard taiwan in the event of chinese aggression. this is a war survival game with airsoft bullets but the intensity is real. taiwan is on the front line aggressions from beijing. but here on the ground, these threats feel like somewhat of a war game. former us house speaker nancy pelosi's visit to taipei triggered beijing to launch military drills, encircling taiwan. now, president tsai ing—wen is set to meet with the current house speaker in the us. this woman is the co—founder of a fact—finding initiative in taipei.

she says that china is flooding taiwan with disinformation in a battle for hearts and minds. translation: we sometimes think that for china it is cheaper _ for the communist party to buy taiwan rather than go to war with taiwan. but the use of misinformation and disinformation is even cheaper for the communist party. it means they can use the democratic system against itself. the taiwanese have been living under the threat of warfor decades. they must now decide how best prepared for what beijing says is inevitable. danny vincent, bbc news taipei. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.... malaysia's parliament has voted to remove the country's mandatory death penalty. there are more than one—thousand—three hundred prisoners currently on death row there, although there has been a moratorium on executions since 2018. crimes like murder and terrorism will now be punished

by life imprisonment. the white house says it cannot confirm us media reports that a chinese balloon that flew across the united states two months ago was able to gather intelligence from several military sites and transmit it back to beijing. speaking at a briefing, the pentagon deputy press secretary sabrina singh said she could not confirm whether live transmissions were made by the balloon. oil prices have surged after several of the world's largest exporters announced surprise cuts in production. the price of brent crude oil is trading close to $85 a barrel afterjumping by almost 6%. the decision to reduce supplies was led by a group of gulf states, and russia then said it would extend its cut of half a million barrels a day until the end of the year. nasa has announced the crew of its artemis 2 mission — which will fly around the moon — and it will include the first

woman, and the first african—american ever to make a lunartrip. if all goes to plan, they'll blast off next year — and could help establish a permanent base camp on the moon. 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. one more line to bring you from the uk at this hour — nigel lawson, who was perhaps best known as chancellor of the exchequer during the 19805 — has died. he was 91. margaret thatcher appointed him to the treasury in 1983. he resigned in 1989, after falling out with mrs thatcher, over her policy on europe. the current prime minister, rishi sunak, has led the tributes — tweeting that "one of the first things i did as chancellor was hang a picture of nigel lawson above my desk. he was a transformational chancellor and an inspiration to me and many others." and you can see the picture of mr lawson in the photo which accompanies the tweet.

that's it from us, thank you forjoining me. do stay with bbc news. hello. we've seen a reasonably settled spell of early april weather over the past few days, largely dry with some sunshine. and that's going to continue at least for another 24 hours for many parts of the uk. so sunny spells around. there is some rain in the forecast through tuesday and it's mainly pushing in across the far northwest all down to this weather front you can see here. but it is meeting this big area of high pressure which sits to the east, and that's really going to be the driving force of the weather, particularly across england, wales and eastern scotland, too. that's where we've got the clearest skies over the next few hours. it's really quite chilly out there. a bit more cloud and drizzly rain pushing into northern ireland and western scotland. so temperatures by tuesday dawn here above freezing. but elsewhere we could see a touch of frost, perhaps as low as minus four in one or two sheltered rural spots across england and wales. now through the day on tuesday after that chilly start,

any misting is soon clearing away lots of sunshine for much of england, wales and eastern scotland. a little bit of high cloud around, so turning hazy at times, especially later on. more cloud, though, for northern ireland and western scotland. the breeze picking up and a little patchy light rain through the morning, becoming a bit more persistent during the afternoon. top temperatures for most of us, between about 12 to 14 degrees or so. not as cool as it has been close to the east coast because we're losing that onshore breeze. now overnight tuesday, and heading on into wednesday, we've got this cloud and rain just pushing more widely across the uk, but we do keep the clear skies for east anglia in the southeast. so yet again, just a touch of frost as we head through into wednesday morning here. but further northwest under that blanket of cloud and rain, it is going to be reasonably mild. so heading through wednesday, then this frontal system edges its way gradually southwards and eastwards too. so it will bring a spell of wet weather for many of us, i think through wednesday, not everywhere, probably east anglia, parts of lincolnshire, down towards southern and southeastern england, staying dry with some sunny spells all day. but elsewhere, a lot of cloud. the breeze picking up

from a south westerly direction and outbreaks of rain could be quite persistent at times. reasonably mild, still about ten to 14 degrees during the day on wednesday. and then as we head through towards wednesday night into thursday, we could well see a little bit of a ripple on this weather front. so that means that during thursday, more areas, especially in the east, could see some spells of persistent rain. should gradually clear away, though, as we head through good friday and into the easter weekend, showers tending to clear up. so many of us looking dry. could be a little bit of rain though at times in the south. bye— bye.

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