live from london. this is bbc news. president zelensky makes his first official visit to poland since russia invaded ukraine. president duda says poland will try to get additional security guarantees for ukraine at nato summit. israeli police have arrested more than 350 palestinian worshippers after clashes inside the al—aqsa mosque injerusalem. the husband of former scottish first minister nicola sturgeon, is arrested over an investigation into the party's finances. hello. president zelensky is making his

first official visit to poland since russia invaded ukraine. the visit is proving more controversial than planned the polish agriculture minister has resigned as farmers complain about cheap ukrainian grain. resigned as farmers complain these are live pictures from warsaw. resigned as farmers complain ukraine's leader has been welcomed by president duda at the presidential palace and he's expected to thank the polish people at the royal castle in warsaw later. we are expecting president zelensky to be thanking the polish people later because pollen has been one of the most outspoken and generous supporters of kyiv since the war started out in february last year. it's taken in millions of refugees and sent more than three hundred tanks. it was also one of the first countries to send fighter jets to ukraine. live now to the polish city of lodz where we can speak to journalist and political commentator

marchin makofski. how is this visit by president zelensky being viewed by polish people? it’s zelensky being viewed by polish --eole? �* , , zelensky being viewed by polish --eole? �*, , people? it's being viewed as something — people? it's being viewed as something which _ people? it's being viewed as something which was - people? it's being viewed as . something which was expected, because we have so much in common right now with ukraine and ukrainian people that are living in poland. this official visit, because it's not the first time president zelensky is in poland, it's something like the end of the chapter of our new alliance and it is also hoped to be a new opening from sometimes hard historical relations between us and shows that poland, as a player in the military and economical sector in central and eastern europe is right now a major player, and something that is really optimistic for us to see, even though the circumstances of the visits, of course, regarding the war, are not something to be happy about. we war, are not something to be happy

about. ~ ~' ., , about. we know president zelensky wants to thank _ about. we know president zelensky wants to thank people _ about. we know president zelensky wants to thank people for— about. we know president zelenskyl wants to thank people for welcoming the millions of refugees who have come across the border, it's not something we have talked about for a long time, but do polish people think they have a government's support in helping provide for these refugees? the many, many things that are needed. {lit refugees? the many, many things that are needed. _, , ., are needed. of course, at the beginning. — are needed. of course, at the beginning. it _ are needed. of course, at the beginning, it was... _ are needed. of course, at the l beginning, it was... everything are needed. of course, at the - beginning, it was... everything was acting very fast, going very fast and the state was in place that it should be, it provided, maybe not as fast as it should, but in the long term, it provided financial support and also 500, plus currency the children of ukrainians living in poland. right now, of course, it doesn't work like that, for example, finance for renting apartments for ukrainian refugees are not being supplied to polish citizens, so, of course, some tensions are rising,

also regarding the cheap grain from ukraine, regarding the agricultural issues, it is also a factor that needs to be resolved. a bigger picture, betterthan needs to be resolved. a bigger picture, better than expected. can ou picture, better than expected. can you expend _ picture, better than expected. can you exoend a _ picture, betterthan expected. can you expend a controversy about polish farmers, why they are upset and why the agriculture minister felt like you had to resign? wearside ukraine... they are the grain supplies of europe and the world, it was true during and before the war. but poland is also a agricultural heart of europe and i were grain is not as cheap as ukrainian. so, goes, the polish agriculturalfarmers ukrainian. so, goes, the polish agricultural farmers are worried that we are buy cheap grain, they cannot export it, not sell it in poland and this is something that needs to be resolved by the government, because in the premises it was being promised to agriculturalfarmers in poland that it is not going to be the case, that

the grain is going to be only exported through poland, but not sold here in such amounts that simply are blocking the inner country trade of our grain and which is very important as a factor in our agricultural balance of the costs. thank you for your perspectives, good to speak to you, thank you for joining us. donald trump has told his supporters, he's the victim of election interference, after being charged with 3a counts of falsifying business records. he appeared in court yesterday and pleaded not guilty to all the charges. he's accused of trying to conceal potentially damaging information over hush money payments to two women, that might have affected his run for the white house, in 2016. from new york, our correspondent, nada tawfik, has the story. a show of defiance just hours after his arrest. back at his mar—a—lago club in florida, donald trump slowly made his way through a ballroom

packed with crowds of supporters, shaking hands and relishing their attention. in his first public remarks since being indicted, he said the justice system had become lawless. and i never thought anything like this could happen in america. never thought it could happen. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. cheering he attacked everyone from the district attorney prosecuting him to president biden, and accused democrats of conspiring against him. he abruptly ended his speech after 25 minutes, with the events earlier clearly taking its toll. it was a day for the history books. a man who once held the highest office in the country experienced the indignity of being booked and arraigned. accommodations and security arrangements were made, but he was shown no special

deference. video cameras were not allowed in the courtroom, but a few photographers captured trump's demeanour and facial expression in the moments before he pleaded not guilty to sa felony counts. he's been accused of falsifying business records to conceal a crime. the charges are connected to a hush money payment to the porn star stormy daniels. this is a high stakes case for the manhattan district attorney, alvin bragg. in a press conference, he defended his office's decision to pursue an indictment against trump. 3a false statements made to cover up other crimes. these are felony crimes in new york state, no matter who you are. we cannot and will not normalise serious criminal conduct. donald trump left this courthouse and went immediately back to mar—a—lago, but he won't be able to escape his legal troubles here.

the next hearing is set for december, and this indictment may not even be his biggest concern if other investigations into election interference result in prosecution. nada tawfiq, bbc news, new york. 0ur correspondent in new york has more on what happens next with the case. well, what happens now is there's a lot of kind of legal process that takes place. first of all, there'll be what they call disclosure, which is where the prosecution essentially hands over the evidence. it's got to the defense because you need to know what you're defending yourself against. we are expecting the defense lawyers to table various motions before the court, possibly to have the whole thing dismissed, possibly to have it moved out of manhattan here and into a more favorable area. the former president doesn't think he'll get a fair trial on manhattan and that is all going to take some time.

the next court date is not until december. so even if a trial took place soon after that, you're bang in the middle of the republican primary season, which would make for an interesting dynamic. stuido: is he still at this moment, gary, the front runner to be the nominee for the republicans? 0h, he's more so the front runner and more because of what's happened here. he's absolutely solidified his position in the polls. he's raised a bunch of money off the back of this. he has motivated his base and he's forced any republican rivals for that nomination to shut up. so, i mean, this is the upside for donald trump in all this. of course, he's facing criminal charges. there may be others in other cases. and that could all be incredibly serious, could end up injail, who knows? but at the moment, politically, this is not doing him any harm at all. other senior republicans backing him. completely and completely.

and they're forced to because they believe the base is well, obviously, the base is crucial in getting the nomination. it's a bit different when you come to the general election where you're looking at a wider group of people, but they believe that if they fall out with donald trump, that will harm them with the base. and so they're forced they're forced to fall in behind him, defend him and keep quiet effectively. so he's in a category of one at the moment, in terms of the nomination. police in israel have clashed with dozens of palestinian worshippers inside jerusalem's al—aqsa mosque compound. inside jerusalem's al—aqsa they say they carried out a pre—dawn raid into the holy site after agitators locked themselves inside the mosque. the palestinian red crescent say at least 50 people were injured injured. nine rockets were fired at southern israeli towns from gaza following the police raid. 0ur correspondent yolande knell reports from jerusalem. the palestinian red crescent say at least 50 people fireworks being thrown in the prayer hall at al—aqsa mosque. israeli police released this footage

to show what they described as palestinian agitators who had barricaded themselves inside. meanwhile distressing images appear on social media, of officers hitting palestinian worshippers with a rifle but and sticks. they ignited widespread anger. israeli security forces say they carried out a predawn raid to clear the holy site, after dozens of people refused to leave. earlier, the islamist military group hamas had urged muslims to protect the mosque afterjewish fringe extremists called for an animal sacrifice here for pass over. soon, violence flared in garvagh too. ——in gaza. israel's warplanes struck back, hitting sites with no—one reported hurt in the exchange of fire. this morning as a clean up began at al—aqsa mosque, witnesses condemned the israeli action during the holy month of ramadan.

translation: these people were praying, what else - do they do at night? they weren't bothering anyone. nojews come here a night, they wanted to empty the mosque of muslims. later tensions rose again as israeli police escorted jewish visitors round the site. this is the holiest place injudaism, as well as the third holiest place in islam. some israelis say that it is now relatively calm. i think everything is going to be fine, like you see, this year, like, embedded in the last years, that also the politicians and everything here in israel make more ramadan possible for people to come here. today, jewish israelis have been burning left over bread ahead oaf pass over, for the next week, important religious holidays overlap. the fear now, is that could lead to yet more confrontations atjerusalem's most sensitive holy site. yolande knell, bbc news.

we are covering the story extensively on our website, of course, and have all of the latest reactions, including this which is just coming from the united nations, statement on what happened during that al—aqsa mosque raid. from the un special coordinator for the middle east. he says... that are the further comments, but he says that the un remains in close contact with all of the parties concerned and is trying to de—escalate the situation. do go to the website to read a statement in

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than 16,100 and £600,000. that was between 2017 and 2020, which the party pledged to spend on a new independence campaign. questions were raised after its account showed that it had just under £97,000 at the end of 2019. and last year, mr murrell provided a loan of more than £100,000. the new first minister, humza yousaf, he has said it was a challenging and very difficult time for the snp. in afghanistan, the united nations says it's been told by the taliban government that local female staff will be stopped from working for the organisation across the country. the un said the taliban had informed them verbally but there had not yet been written communication of the move. the un has told its afghan staff — men and women — not to report to work for 48 hours, until it has clarity on the matter.

earlier i spoke to cindy mccain, the head of the un's world food programme about the ban. in her first day in the job, i also asked her about the estimate that $23 billion is needed to feed the hungry around the world and where this money could come from. private mother ships is what we are going to focus on, as well as country donations. but what we are going to build our opportunities for corporations and private individuals, that could be variable to us and also, we're going to have 2am in some ways, to learn how to do more with less. it simply is restructuring a little bit how we operate in making sure we're being at the most efficient we can come in terms of being able to get food out. again, there is a food shortage, as you know, and so we are going to have to make sure that the black sea green initiative stays active, that we can actually get grain out of ukraine, as well as other places.

but also, reminding people there is going to be a rice shortage next year. so we are facing a huge deficit with regards to the amount of food we have and, of course, the horn of africa and elsewhere and other places are suffering extremely harsh environments as a result of that. it harsh environments as a result of that. ., ., ,, harsh environments as a result of that. ., ., ~' ., , that. it looks like there might only be 4096 of that. it looks like there might only be 4094. of that — that. it looks like there might only be 4094. of that 23 _ that. it looks like there might only be 4094. of that 23 billion _ that. it looks like there might only be 4096 of that 23 billion coming i be 40% of that 23 billion coming into you, how do you personally think you will be making those difficult decisions about where the aid goes to? fit difficult decisions about where the aid goes to?— difficult decisions about where the aid aoes to? u, , , ., aid goes to? of course, listening to our team here _ aid goes to? of course, listening to our team here in _ aid goes to? of course, listening to our team here in rome, _ aid goes to? of course, listening to our team here in rome, and - aid goes to? of course, listening to our team here in rome, and our. our team here in rome, and our people on the ground in these various countries. decisions have not been made yet, this is my first day, so i will come back and talk to you about that little bit later. but of course of these are going to be difficult decisions and i hate the fact we will have to do some of that, but we are going to have to make decisions, with regards to food

and the lack of funding.— and the lack of funding. charity cannot be _ and the lack of funding. charity cannot be seen _ and the lack of funding. charity cannot be seen as _ and the lack of funding. charity cannot be seen as a _ and the lack of funding. charity cannot be seen as a long-term| cannot be seen as a long—term solution to a food crisis, so will you talk about reaching out to perhaps some billionaires around the world, private companies, what other kinds of engagement are you looking for and you think they could be offering? for and you think they could be offerin: ? , ., , ., , offering? there is lots of things, i've already _ offering? there is lots of things, i've already had _ offering? there is lots of things, i've already had many _ offering? there is lots of things, i've already had many people - offering? there is lots of things, i i've already had many people reach out to me already and there is a lot of income, to come and work for us, in terms of what makes us a little bit more efficient, certainly give our people save on the ground, things like that. many opportunities for people to get involved and many corporations have different areas of interest. so we will see what comes from it. the level of interest has been very high. from it. the level of interest has been very high-— been very high. you will to new countries _ been very high. you will to new countries to _ been very high. you will to new countries to step _ been very high. you will to new countries to step up. _ been very high. you will to new countries to step up. china, - been very high. you will to newl countries to step up. china, only giving 11 million and the gulf states could be giving too. what message would you give to the chinese leadership, in terms of, we

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there is lots to be done around the world, many countries that can offer many opportunities to science and technology, for the ability to be able to make sure we can move our goods and our foods and things around the world. also, to make sure our people are well careful. the tough decisions, as they come down the road, of course i going to affect those who are most vulnerable, so that is why we are going to concentrate on the countries and areas that we really need to, so that we do not need to make those tough decisions at. we have had some devastating report and coverage from the horn of africa over the past few years, absolutely ravaged by drought, is there a plan in place to try to improve the water situation, particularly in countries like somalia?— like somalia? well, several other countries. — like somalia? well, several other countries. i _ like somalia? well, several other countries, iwill_ like somalia? well, several other countries, i will speak— like somalia? well, several other countries, i will speak about - countries, i will speak about madagascar first go, they have plans in place, not that they have been implemented yet, but plans in place and they are trying to make a difference. but the trouble is, it

is about climate change, there is just so much we can do before mother nature says she will let up a bit and give us rain. it will affect... we avoided starvation in somalia last year, i'm hoping we can still do the same thing, but with the drought hitting the way it has, i'm not optimistic about it, i think... wiseman one wiseman of the world's biggest criminal marketplaces, used by online fraudsters to buy passwords, has been shut down following a global police investigation. known as genesis market, it sold login details, ip addresses and other personal data, allowing criminals to log into bank accounts. 21t people have been arrested in the uk, as our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford reports. come to the door! police! come to the door! an early morning raid in grimsby yesterday. the beginning of the uk contribution to an international operation against online fraud.

officers from the national crime agency and the police arrested a man in his 30s on suspicion of fraud and computer misuse. one of 2a people arrested in the uk. the target of the raids was the genesis market website, a one—stop shop for hackers who could log in and buy stolen passwords for bank accounts, paypal accounts and accounts for services like amazon, uber and netflix. what was particularly dangerous about the data being sold on the genesis market website was that it wasn't just log in details. the hackers could purchase all of what is known as your digital fingerprints, your browser information, your ip address and your physical location. so that when the hackers logged in to a bank account or shopping website it really did look as if they were the original user. hackers trying to use genesis market today did not get the usual login page. rather, they got this message from the fbi saying the website

had been seized as part of operation cookie monster, a reference to the fact that one of the things that genesis market was selling was computer cookies to help hackers impersonate genuine users. for too long criminals have stolen credentials from innocent members of the public. we now want criminals to be afraid that we have their credentials, and they should be. members of the public are being reminded that to avoid fraud they should use two factor authentication where possible. that is when a text message with a one use password is sent as part of the login process. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the national crime agency. we are keeping a close eye on hospital in italy come in the reason is that the former prime minister is there. italy's former prime minister, silvio berlusconi has been admitted to hospital in milan. he is in intensive care in a cardiac unit, suffering from some kind of

heart problems, but his people are telling the media he may be in intensive care, but right now he is intensive care, but right now he is in a stable condition. he is now 86 years old, the billionaire media tycoon, he has had repeated bouts of ill—health in recent years, it was actually only last week when he just came out of hospital, because he had a very bad bout of covid, with obligations following that and pneumonia as well. so back inside hospital now in intensive care. being treated in a cardiac unit. as i said, the hospital not commenting, but his people saying he's right now in a stable condition. the italian prime minister, four times, being treated inside a hospital, as you can see here, in milan. concerns about his heart, he has had problems, but he has been repeatedly hospital over the past four years and unwell. stay with us here on bbc

news, plenty more to come and then has a report coming up. i will see you afterwards. many of us enjoyed a beautiful bright day yesterday, very different story through this afternoon, often cloudy outbreaks of rain, and indeed the next few days will be quite changeable, sunshine, rain and then back to sunshine again, but it is going to stay relatively on the mild side, you can see on the satellite picture extensive cloud has spread across the country, it is a weather front that will be moving across the uk through the course of today and into tomorrow, eventually tomorrow this with a friend will find itself in the north sea. so it should brighten up. here's the gust for later this afternoon, the outbreaks of rain almost anywhere across the country, temperatures typically below teens, in some spots not mugging 10 degrees

where the clouds they can rain it heavier. through the course of the night, that band of rain must towards these, you can see it hugging the east coast of the british isles early on thursday morning. towards the west, clearer spells, not as cold tonight, no frost, it is a mild area over us, often cloudy outbreaks of rain. that will prevent the timber different orange yellow. the forecast and weather map thursday, that weather front early in the morning, still straddling eastern part of the uk, but as we go through the morning, it moves out into the north sea, it tends to brighten up, but not necessarily dry out completely we are expecting showers almost anywhere across the uk go, even heavy ones with one or two areas of thunder through the afternoon. temperatures between nine and 1a celsius and certainly some sunny spells on the way on thursday, it will be a much brighter day. on good friday, and for many of us not a bad day, generally dry with plenty of dry or sunny spells, particularly

across central and western areas, chance of the cloud across eastern and central parts of england, even one or two like i was there across parts of east anglia. then the easter weekend, south—westerly, south—westerly winds, milder, a cooler air coming south—westerly winds, milder, a coolerair coming in, generally speaking it is going to stay on at the mild side, but the weather will be quite variable, temperatures will be quite variable, temperatures will be typically in the teens and you can see how the weather icons change from sunny days to at times slightly wetter days. on the whole, not too bad.

the uk government suspends its relationship with one of the country's biggest business groups over sexual misconduct allegations. the gender pay gap persists — new data shows eight out of ten uk firms pay men more than women. and i'm live in the hague where the dutch government has lost a legal battle to cut flight movements at one of europe's busiest airports. welcome to world business report.