oliver schulz live from london, this is bbc news. donald trump speaks for the first time since he pleaded not guilty to charges in new york. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. israeli police clash with palestinian worshippers insidejerusalem's al—aqsa mosque after a pre—dawn raid at the holy site. pharmaceutical giant johnson &johnson offers to pay billions to settle lawsuits that allege talc—based products cause cancer. and buckingham palace says after the coronation, the queen consort will be known as queen camilla.

hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the us. donald trump has spoken publicly for the first time since he was charged with 3a counts of falsifying business records, saying the legal action is an "insult" to america. the former us president earlier pleaded not guilty to hiding damaging information during the 2016 election. speaking to his supporters, mr trump said his only crime was to fearlessly defend the nation from those who would destroy it. in a campaign—style speech, he lambasted the biden administration and repeated the false claims that he'd been cheated out of office in 2020

by voting fraud. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. cheering and applause. from the beginning, the democrats spied on my campaign, remember that? they attacked me with an onslaught of fraudulent investigations, russia, russia, russia, ukraine, ukraine, ukraine, impeachment oaks number one, impeachment oaks number one, impeachment oaks number two, the illegal unconstitutional raid on merhi largo, right here. —— mar—a—lago. our correspondent barbara plett usher witnessed the speech in florida, here's here analysis. this was quite a short speech,

he seemed tense and angry throughout it. he said the new york case was at interfering with the 2025 election and lashed out at the district attorney who had brought it but he did not talk much about it. he talked about other cases, the investigation into the classified documents that he brought from the white house here to mar—a—lago, and it could be that he is more worried about those cases. he also gave his usual list of grievances so in some ways it sounded like a campaign speech and this seemed a bit like a campaign rally. barbara plett usher. let's go live to new york and talk to our correspondent, michelle fleury. what an extraordinary 2a hours. talk as through from your perspective how this has been rolling out?— rolling out? well, if it felt like a campaign _ rolling out? well, if it felt like a campaign rally - rolling out? well, if it felt

like a campaign rally in i like a campaign rally in florida, it was nothing like that in new york city. when donald trump left his trump tower and made the journey to the courthouse, it was a very sombre donald trump, a serious looking donald trump. he was pretty subdued and none of the usual provider we come to expect from him as he surrendered into court and then later, once he was processed, thatis later, once he was processed, that is fingerprinted, he appeared in court for the reading of the charges against him and we now know, 3a felony charges, accusing him of falsifying business documents. all of these related to hush money payments made to the aduu money payments made to the adult film star stormy daniels by his sort of fixer come lawyer michael cohen, we understand, and it is the reimbursements to mr cohen which are at the centre of this case moving forward. we which are at the centre of this case moving forward.-

which are at the centre of this case moving forward. we are all din um: case moving forward. we are all digging into _ case moving forward. we are all digging into the _ case moving forward. we are all digging into the detail— case moving forward. we are all digging into the detail and - digging into the detail and wondering what does this mean for the election next year? bbc online say no laws exist to prevent an indicted president for running. many are seeing this multiple coverage as a bonus for him? i this multiple coverage as a bonus for him?— bonus for him? i think, constitutionally, - bonus for him? i think, constitutionally, there | bonus for him? i think, | constitutionally, there is nothing to stop him from running again. whatever the outcome of this. just being indicted does not prevent him from running again and should he and up in trial and found guilty, that also does not prevent him from running for office. i think what we're seeing here a donald trump with ever been a traditional candidate and who has always managed to turn situations to his advantage and that is what he's trying to do here. the moment the indictment dropped, he reached out to his supporters, to try and

successfully raise $10 million since the indictment first became public so he's trying to make lemonade out of lemons and we will have to see whether he can maintain the momentum forward but right now polls show that with republican voters at least, his approval ratings have risen since his legal problems deepened. find ratings have risen since his legal problems deepened. and in terms of those _ legal problems deepened. and in terms of those also _ legal problems deepened. and in terms of those also hoping - legal problems deepened. and in terms of those also hoping to - terms of those also hoping to run for the republican party, what is the analysis about that because of course the republican party need to decide who would be the candidate in the not—too—distant future? we the not-too-distant future? we kee the not—too—distant future? - keep hearing about the name ron desantis, who might be a potential challenger for the republican mantle. he very early on came out and said he stood by donald trump and he criticised this case. you heard from mitt romney, someone who

was not a fan of donald trump who said he too has problems with what the district attorney in new york is doing. what we're seeing here a republican party as a whole seems to be following lockstep behind donald trump and that will create problems, if you want to suddenly run against him, how do you do that we're going to have to see what happens going ahead but i think that is really the challenge and especially going back to those polls if donald trump is able to maintain that lady becomes very hard for any within his party to try and challenge him. —— that lead. party to try and challenge him. -- that lead-— -- that lead. thank you. we will have _ -- that lead. thank you. we will have more _ -- that lead. thank you. we will have more on _ -- that lead. thank you. we will have more on that - -- that lead. thank you. we will have more on that top l will have more on that top story later in the programme. israeli police have clashed with dozens of palestinian worshippers insidejerusalem's al—aqsa mosque compound. they say they carried out a pre—dawn raid into the holy site after agitators locked themselves inside the mosque. as they entered, police

say stones were thrown and fireworks set off towards them. video online showed the police beating people with batons. the palestinian red crescent reported numerous injuries. the islamist hamas movement, based in gaza, denounced the israeli action and called on palestinians to head to the al—aqsa mosque to defend it. nine rockets were fired at southern israeli towns from gaza following the police raid. since tension increased at the start of this year, the conflict has claimed the lives of over 90 palestinians and 15 israelis. let's get some of the day's other news: russian investigators have formally charged a woman over the killing of a prominent pro—war blogger in st petersburg on sunday. darya trepova was charged with a terrorist act resulting in death, and illegally carrying explosive devices. the blogger, vladlen tatarsky,

was killed by a bomb blast at a cafe where he was due to speak. female afghan employees of the united nations have been banned from working by the taliban. that's according to the un itself. until now, the un mission had been exempt from a ban on aid agencies using female staff. a un spokesman said the order was part of a disturbing trend. french president emmanuel macron is due to arrive in china later. he's seeking beijing's help to end the ukraine conflict. his trip comes after intense pressure at home following plans to raise the retirement age in france. a fund set up by campaigner dame deborahjames, who died last year, has raised £11.3 million for cancer research. bowel babe was set up a month before her death, to raise money for cancer research uk. it had an initial target

ofjust £250,000. pharmaceutical giant johnson &johnson has proposed to pay almost $9 billion to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits. they've been made over claims that its baby powder and other talc—based products cause cancer. the healthcare giant said it still believed the claims were "specious". but said the new settlement offer could help conclude its legal battle let's cross over to washington, our correspondent david willis is live for us. this could be one of the biggest settlements in history, in terms of this type of case. what more can you tell us? you are absolutely right and tens of thousands of people over the years here in the united states have filed lawsuits against

johnson &johnson, claiming the iconic baby powder and other talcum based products contain traces of asbestos which is carcinogenic and can cause a variant and otherforms carcinogenic and can cause a variant and other forms of gynaecological cancer. this has been going on inquiries, investigations by lawmakers and so on. such was the bad publicity as far as johnson & johnson were concerned, it actually withdrew a baby powder and talcum based products three years ago, citing the bad publicity. yet despite the fact thatjohnson & publicity. yet despite the fact that johnson & johnson thatjohnson & johnson continues to thatjohnson &johnson continues to assert that johnson & johnson continues to assert its products did not cause cancer, it has proven increasingly keen in recent years to settle this legal dispute and bring matters to a close and hence they have now offered a settlement offer,

up now offered a settlement offer, up from $2 billion to $9 billion and it will be up to the courts deciding on that. lawyers for some of the claimants have said they will come this proposed settlement, others have said they dismiss it on the ground it will not bailey cover the costs of their clients's medical bills. —— bailey cover. 75% of total claimants have to approve such a settlement before it can be approved. i a settlement before it can be approved-— approved. i know that for johnson _ approved. i know that for johnson & _ approved. i know that for johnson &johnson, - approved. i know that for johnson &johnson, it - approved. i know that for johnson &johnson, it is l approved. i know that for| johnson &johnson, it is a approved. i know that for - johnson &johnson, it is a key this will draw a line under this will draw a line under this legal battle that has been going on for more than a decade. what are experts saying about that?— about that? johnson &johnson claimed that _ about that? johnson &johnson claimed that this _ about that? johnson &johnson claimed that this would - about that? johnson &johnson claimed that this would meet l claimed that this would meet with the approval of about 60,000 claimants and that it will bring to a close not any current but future claims of

this kind. payments will be made over 825 year period and you're absolutely right, if it is approved by the claimant —— a 25 year period. if they do sign off it would be one of the largest lawsuit settlement of its kind in the history of the united states.— its kind in the history of the united states. �* . ., ~ , ., united states. again, thank you so much. united states. again, thank you so much- just— united states. again, thank you so much. just to _ united states. again, thank you so much. just to say, _ united states. again, thank you so much. just to say, we - united states. again, thank you so much. just to say, we will. so much. just to say, we will have more onjohnson &johnson in our business coverage which starts injust over 15 in our business coverage which starts in just over 15 minutes time. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. it has become a familiar sight, as vaping has grown hugely. in the latest national figures, worried communities. 9% of 11-15 worried communities. 9% of 11—15 —year—olds currently using e cigarettes, an increase of 6% from 2018. an educational

pilot scheme has been under way. i pilot scheme has been under wa . ~' ., pilot scheme has been under wa . ~ ., _, way. i knew it had nicotine in it, 'ust way. i knew it had nicotine in it, just didn't _ way. i knew it had nicotine in it, just didn't realise - way. i knew it had nicotine in it, just didn't realise how - it, just didn't realise how dangerous it was.- it, just didn't realise how dangerous it was. you can get addicted to — dangerous it was. you can get addicted to it _ dangerous it was. you can get addicted to it and _ dangerous it was. you can get addicted to it and people - dangerous it was. you can get| addicted to it and people think it will— addicted to it and people think it will help with your stress but it — it will help with your stress but it makes it more stressful. the clear— but it makes it more stressful. the clear messaging needs to go out that— the clear messaging needs to go out that vaping _ the clear messaging needs to go out that vaping is _ the clear messaging needs to go out that vaping is a _ the clear messaging needs to go out that vaping is a useful- out that vaping is a useful tool— out that vaping is a useful tool for— out that vaping is a useful tool for adults— out that vaping is a useful tool for adults to - out that vaping is a useful tool for adults to quit - out that vaping is a useful- tool for adults to quit smoking however— tool for adults to quit smoking however it— tool for adults to quit smoking however it is _ tool for adults to quit smoking however it is not _ tool for adults to quit smoking however it is not ok _ tool for adults to quit smoking however it is not ok for- tool for adults to quit smoking however it is not ok for young| however it is not ok for young people — however it is not ok for young people to _ however it is not ok for young people to vape _ however it is not ok for young people to vape— people to vape. critics say children — people to vape. critics say children have _ people to vape. critics say children have been - people to vape. critics say| children have been running people to vape. critics say - children have been running with packaging and flavours. it is hoped the pilot will be rolled out to other cornish schools. the government will introduce legislation to reduce sale and advertising. you're live with bbc news. let's return to our main story: the charges against donald trump were announced by the manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg. he was mentioned by name in the florida speech. let's hear from the former us president again. our elections were like those

of a third world country and now this massive election interference at a scale never seen before in our country, beginning with the radical left, georgia cyrus, alvin bragg of new york... crowd booing... who campaigned on the fact that he would get president, i am going to get him, this is a guy campaigning. according to the latest opinion polls, donald trump is the clear front runner in the race for the republican nomination for next year's presidential election. polling experts and commentators are busy debating how the latest events might affect voters' opinion of mr trump at such a crucial stage in the electoral cycle. our correspondent, sophie long, reports from the state of arizona which was won by a narrow margin by president biden and the democrats in 2020. they cheer.

they may be nearly 2500 miles from new york city, but they could still show solidarity with their former president. jorge and betty rivas say their support for donald trump has never been stronger. he might be un—perfect, he might be someone who doesn't speak eloquently, who used to tweet so much, but at the same time, he says things the way they are. i am a mexican in salvador and he love everybody, but the people say he's racist and this is not true. the clientele at their mexican restaurant near tucson tend to share their politics. it's kind of a prerequisite for getting served. we need to stand up and say, you know, this is not ok. it is not ok for you to attack your political opponent by arresting them.

i think his time has come and gone. this whole indictment, is changing everybody's opinion and it's giving him more - strength and more to run with. arizona was once a reliably republican state, but in 2020, it elected a democratic president for the first time in a quarter of a century. then last year, voters here chose a democratic governor. the republican candidate who won donald trump's endorsement did not win the election. nor did other trump—backed, election—denying candidates. are you in that picture withjohn mccain? yeah. many moderate republican and independent voters here want to move on. alberto gutier is a lifelong ultra—conservative republican. he voted trump in 2016 and 2020, but even he's had enough. why wouldn't you vote for donald trump now? because i think we need a change.

we need to find someone else, others who are not as brash as donald trump that can carry and rebuild the republican party — not only here in arizona, but nationwide. in a state where every vote counts, a criminal court case could, too. things are heating up for donald trump and for some here, they're getting too hot to handle. sophie long, bbc news, arizona. in the uk, teacher strikes are likely to continue in england until the end of the school year after the national association of headteachers also voted overwhelmingly against the uk government's pay offer. the union, which mainly represents primary headteachers, says it will now consider whether to ballot members over industrial action. it's the third union to reject the offer, with two days of strikes already planned by a classroom teachers union, as our education editor, bra nwen jeffreys, reports.

piecing together school budgets is not easy. most of the money goes on staff. teachers pay for next year is not settled. head teachers are also waiting to find out the pay rise for support staff, which will come out of school budgets. brute support staff, which will come out of school budgets.- out of school budgets. we do have a teaching _ out of school budgets. we do have a teaching assistant - out of school budgets. we do have a teaching assistant per| have a teaching assistant per classroom here. they do a phenomenaljob. would not want to lose any of them. but there is no infinite pot of money. now another teachers union has rejected the pay offer, a £1000 1—off cash payment, on top of 5% this year. for next year, 4.3% for most teachers, plus a £30,000 starting salary. the government says it is fair and reasonable. this head teachers union told me it is not good enough. union told me it is not good enou:h. ~ .

union told me it is not good enou~h.~ , , union told me it is not good enoudhl. , , ., union told me it is not good enou~h.~ , , ., enough. we asked members to say is it affordable _ enough. we asked members to say is it affordable in _ enough. we asked members to say is it affordable in your _ enough. we asked members to say is it affordable in your school - is it affordable in your school and overwhelmingly they told us it is not for the government needs to understand what they think is reasonable to put forward it is not enough. there is more cash — forward it is not enough. there is more cash going _ forward it is not enough. there is more cash going into - forward it is not enough. therej is more cash going into english schools, £2 billion extra next year, half a billion more and offer towards pay. even so, experts say there is little wiggle room in budgets. parents already know that have at least two more days of having children at home after the largest teachers union announced more strikes. now, primary head teachers in england may also decide to ballot over industrial action. far from this dispute being settled, there is every indication it may escalate. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. a man who abducted a young girl from an outback campsite in australia and held her captive has been jailed for 13.5 years. terence darrell kelly had admitted kidnapping

four—year—old cleo smith in october 2021. live now to sydney and our correspondent, phil mercer. i would imagine that many around the world remember really well when cleo went missing. the huge search that went on, talk us through today's news.— went on, talk us through today's news. went on, talk us through toda 's news. . , ., , today's news. terence kelly has been sentenced _ today's news. terence kelly has been sentenced in _ today's news. terence kelly has been sentenced in western - been sentenced in western australia's district court to a maximum term of 13.5 years in prison. thejudge said maximum term of 13.5 years in prison. the judge said this maximum term of 13.5 years in prison. thejudge said this is a man who lived in a fantasy world, who had suffered a neurological impairment and was using methamphetamine at the time of the abduction. terence kelly did not say much during the hearing. is that a few metres away from the parents of cleo smith, who back in october 2021 had the terrifying ordeal of waking up in the morning to

find their young child missing. the police say that the crime of terence kelly was opportunistic and not planned. this small girl, four years of age at the time, held captive for almost three weeks, 18 days, she was missing. it prompted one of the biggest missing persons investigations australia has seen in recent memory. eventually, cleo was rescued by the police. they broke into the house of terence kelly, in the coastal town of carnarvon 900 kilometres north of perth in western australia and that she was, playing on a mattress with toys. the police at the same time he intercepted at the same time he intercepted a car that terence kelly was driving and taken into custody. the judge said driving and taken into custody. thejudge said she driving and taken into custody. the judge said she was reducing his sentence passed a day because of an early guilty plea and worth noting also that western australia's chief

police commissioner carl blanche has described the crime as an evil act of wrongdoing. the terence kelly is off to prison for a considerable amount of time and the police are hoping that the sentence will give closure, some closure, to cleo smith's family who are now trying of course to rebuild their lives. why thank you. — — thank you. buckingham palace has indicated that after the coronation, the queen consort will be known as queen camilla. this title has been used on the formal invitation to next month's ceremony at westminster abbey, when she will be crowned alongside the king. the invitation itself has been printed on recycled paper with ornate illustrations, including a folklore figure representing re—birth, known as the green man. here's our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell. a new photograph issued by buckingham palace, one month and one day ahead of the

coronation showing the king and the queen consort as the palace has been at pains to call her from the moment child came to the throne. but alongside the photograph, the palace author issued this. a copy of the official invitation to the coronation, a brightly coloured document with images of nature, birds, butterflies, flowers and a green man, but it is not the images but the words that have caught the eye. the invitation refers to the coronation of king charles iii and queen camilla. the wording "camillo the queen consort" has been dropped and that is quite deliberate. the time has come that the palace are no doubt that the palace are no doubt that king feel that the wife of the king to be known as the queen and after she is crowned alongside the king at westminster abbey on may the sixth, she will be referred to as queen camilla. one other point of interest, among the eight pages of honour who will present through with the king

and queen will be nine—year—old prince george. you will get a closer view of the ceremony in which one day he will be the centralfigure. nicholas witchell, bbc news. we need to mention that president zelensky is making his first official visit to poland since russia declared war. poland has been one of the most generous in support of ukraine. we'll have more on that in the next hour. also, police and israel have clashed with dozens of palestinian worshippers inside ofjerusalem's al—aqsa mosque. as mentioned earlier in the programme, they say they carried out a predawn raid into the holy site after agitators themselves inside the mosque. as they entered, police they

throne stones and fireworks with that often these are life pictures we are receiving now this morning. you are with bbc news. the top business stories next. see you in a moment. hello there. at this time of year, with light winds and a little bit of shelter, you can just start to feel the strength of the sunshine, but clear skies overnight can still lead to substantial frost. we have —6 celsius in parts of oxfordshire first thing on tuesday morning. lots of blue sky and sunshine stayed all day, and in kew gardens by the middle of the afternoon, 15 celsius was the high — very nice indeed. the story is changing, though, and it's because of these frontal systems that are pushing in from the north—west. the clearest of the skies over the next few hours will be in the south—east corner here. touch of light frost possible, but with outbreaks of rain developing and more cloud around, it is going to be

a much milder start to the day. but there will be some wet weather around, moving its way out of scotland, pushing into northern england and across wales. showery rain to begin with, but another batch of wet weather will start to move in by the middle part of the afternoon. so, clouding over, but it should stay dry in east anglia for much of the day. highs here of 13 degrees. there'll be some showery outbreaks of rain and some heavier bursts pushing into wales and north—west england. a brighter afternoon, though, to close out the day in northern ireland and western scotland as the weather fronts start to drift their way steadily eastwards. still staying relatively mild for the time of year, that rain still has to clear away eastwards, and as it does so, well, we'll see clearer skies and temperatures will be a little bit lower out to the west by thursday morning. but thursday morning, we'll see that rain easing away, and then a little ridge of high pressure will slowly start to build in from the west and quieten things down. so, yes, a cloudy, grey start across eastern areas, a few scattered showers remaining as we go through the day, but an improving picture. there will be some

sunshine coming through. there will be some light winds still coming from a northwesterly direction on thursday, so that will make it feeljust that little bit fresher. temperatures are likely to peak between 8—13 celsius. now, as we move out of thursday into the start of the long easter weekend, high pressure is set to build in, for a couple of days at least. these weather fronts trying to push in from the atlantic, but they will take their time in doing so. so, not a bad start to the easter weekend — dry, settled and sunny before the risk of some rain arrives slowly but surely for easter sunday afternoon. take care.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. johnson &johnson offers to pay almost $9 billion to settle lawsuits alleging the company's talcum powders causes cancer. tense at the top — bosses at ubs face shareholders following its rush rescue of arch rival credit suisse. and, big drama — in a blow to the british tv industry, the eu may remove the uk from countries steaming giants can use to meet quotas for european tv shows.