welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: former us president donald trump sexually abused a journalist in the 1990s and then defamed her by calling her a liar — that's the finding of a jury in new york. protests across pakistan — after the former prime minister imran khan is arrested on corruption charges in a huge security operation. vladimir putin warns russians that they are in a battle for their existence during a keynote speech. and eurovision 2023 gets under way in liverpool with the first semifinal.

hello and welcome to the programme. we start in new york, where former us president, donald trump has been found liable for sexual abuse and defamation in a civil case brought by the magazine writer e jean carroll. a unanimous jury took less than three hours to award ms carroll five million dollars in damages. but it rejected ms carroll's more serious accusation of rape. the writer had claimed donald trump attacked her in department store in the 1990s, which he denied, labelling her a liar. our new york correspondent nada tawfik has been following events. ejean carroll did not speak as she left the court, but her smile said everything. it took thejuryjust under three hours to rule in herfavour, they did not find that donald trump raped her, they unanimously agreed that he sexually abused her and then defamed her when he accused of being a liar.

for all the women who have been abused across the country, this trial is a step forward towards justice. he is officially recognised now as a sexual predator. in social media, donald trump denounced the verdict as a disgrace, and claimed once more that it was part of a witch—hunt against him. he is strong, ready to move forward and he wants to fight this on appeal. he was successful in one appeal before and he thinks he can be successful again. this all began way back in the spring of 1996, during a shopping trip at this upscale department store. she said donald trump recognised her as the elle magazine advice columnist and enlisted her help to find a gift for another woman. in a fitting room donald trump slammed her against a wall and sexually abused her, a jury found. donald trump's lawyers

objected to her a line of questioning which was slammed by some as being tone deaf and shameful. lawyerjoe tacopina asked her why she did not scream. e jean carroll said, "i am not a screamer, you cannot beat up on me for not screaming. to which she said... to bolster her account, her lawyers called two friends who she told about the attack at the time and two other women who allege donald trump also sexually assaulted them. they also use donald trump's own words to establish this was how he operated, showing the jury this infamous access hollywood tape.

he doubled down on those comments during a taped deposition played in court. you said you could do anything. historically that is true with stars. but his lawyers did not present any witnesses in his defence and donald trump will now pay steep damages. how this affects him politically, if at all, is what many will closely watching. we can speak now to peter bowes. great to get you back. just talk us through the implications for donald trump now, particularly when it comes to his political ambitions. this is a man facing legal jeopardy on a number of different fronts. this particular case is over although he is saying he is

planning to appeal. but there are other cases were not least the criminal case in new york where he is accused of financial egurrola —— mac irregularities. in some people's mines, big difference between a case involving finances and one involving sexual assault. and that could be key to how some people respond to this. but as far as he is concerned, apart from the $5 million in damages that he has to pay, it is a matter of how he moves forward with those presidential aspirations. how he moves forward with those presidentialaspirations. not only in terms of managing public opinion of him, but also managing his own time, dealing withjust one case managing his own time, dealing with just one case would be difficult for any political candidate but dealing with a whole range of accusations against him and the fallout in particular from against him and the fallout in particularfrom this against him and the fallout in particular from this case while he is also trying to manage a political campaign, to do

rallies and interviews on political issues, on the issues that matter to people, could prove very difficult. figs that matter to people, could prove very difficult.- prove very difficult. as you oint prove very difficult. as you point out _ prove very difficult. as you point out it _ prove very difficult. as you point out it is _ prove very difficult. as you point out it is challenging l prove very difficult. as you | point out it is challenging to say the least. but what about his supporters and all of this? given the fact that when we have discussions like this before and we have had similar or related cases where he's been implicated, they have stuck by him. they have said he is still getting their support. yes, and i think the early signs from those supporters who have stood by donald trump a year after year after year no matter what the controversy, all the signs are that they will stick with him through this one as well. i have heard some saying, look, he wasn't found liable for the allegation of rape, although he was found liable for sexual assault, but for some that most serious allegation king thrown out by a jury allegation king thrown out by a jury of his peers is enough, clearly many other people will see it in a different way. i

think crucial to the way that he moves forward, and of course he moves forward, and of course he doesn't have the republican party nomination yet, he is the front rather but there will be other people in the race for likely ron desantis of florida who hasn't declared yet but everyone expects he will nikki haley has declared, so he is likely to face some opposition, no doubt debate situations. it'll be interesting to see how the other candidates deal with this issue and how tough they are with donald trump in those debates. in fact he is appearing on cable television in the usa in about 20 minutes' time i will be questioned about this. this is an issue that he is going to have to face head—on and it remains to be seen how he will do that. thanks for keeping us up—to—date, peter. i know you will be across all the twists and turns in the next 2a hours and turns in the next 2a hours and beyond. thanks forjoining us. staying in the us — and a meeting between president biden and republican congressional leaders to break a deadlock over

the us debt ceiling has yielded little progress. mr biden said he remained optimistic about the deadlock —— without the deadlock could be resolved and that further talks are planned. kevin mccarthy said there had to be cuts before any deal could be made. the president has accused republicans of holding the country hostage. the debt ceiling is raised regularly in the united states and last—minute negotiations are common. we will dig deeper into that issue right after newsday city with us for that. to pakistan now, where supporters of the former pakistani prime minister, imran khan, have called for nationwide protests following his arrest on tuesday in a corruption case. the 70—year—old former international cricket star became the prime minister of pakistan in 2018, promising to

fight corruption and fix the economy. last year he fell out of favour with pakistan's powerful military and was later forced out of office to a no—confidence motion. here's our pakistan correspondent caroline davies. this was the moment imran khan was arrested awaiting trial. paramilitary troops, shattered glass, batons, camera phones and confusion marched to a waiting car in a sea of riot police. after two failed attempts to arrest the former prime minister, the authorities were taking no chances. the police say they arrested mr khan on charges of corruption. the chiefjustice of islamabad's high court has said that the arrest was legal. but anger was already palpable in some parts of the country. this is one of the main roads out of islamabad, that way to islamabad. protesters here have come

out in their hundreds to show how angry they are at the arrest. today's arrest left some without hope for pakistan's political system. let there be anarchy, let there be chaos. if there is no imran, there is nothing left in pakistan. 0ther protests were directed at one group, pakistan's powerful military. imran khan has repeatedly criticised its leadership. in lahore they broke into the city's highest military official residence, setting it on fire and even taking the army's peacocks. in rawalpindi, they breached the gates of the army's headquarters. pakistan hasn't seen such open attacks by the public on its army in decades. pakistan is due to hold a national election this year. it's politically polarised. imran khan has been accused of whipping up his supporters to avoid the law. we last saw violent protests by his supporters in march, from his armoured car on his way to court, mr khan told me then that he thought the authorities

intended to jail him. putting in prison means that they will keep me out of the election race right till the end of the elections so i won't be able to campaign. that's the whole thing. imran khan's party tonight said that they would challenge the arrest in court and tried to distance themselves from any acts of violence. but they intend protests to continue. the country is already caught in a deeply divisive political power struggle. caroline davies, bbc news, islamabad. president putin has told russia's victory day parade that the world is at a turning point with a "real war" being waged against russia. the annual celebrations — held to mark the defeat of hitler's forces — were scaled back because of the conflict in ukraine. president putin said his forces were fighting against a "cult of nazis", who want to destroy his country. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. cheering it is the day russia likes to project power and invincibility.

despite security concerns, the annual victory day parade went ahead on red square to commemorate the defeat of nazi germany. but the war in ukraine made this feel a very different 9th of may. the 80—year—old t34, the only tank on display here. modern tanks are normally a feature of the victory day parade, but not this year. there was no military fly—past — it was cancelled. and there were fewer soldiers here than normal. watching from the stands, russia's commander—in—chief. vladimir putin is under intense pressure. his invasion of ukraine has not gone to plan, but he continues to blame

the west. translation: today once again civilisation is at - a decisive turning point. a real war has been unleashed against our homeland. we have repulsed international terrorism in the past, now we will protect the people of donbas and we will ensure our security. and security has become a problem in the kremlin. less than a week ago it was attacked by drones. the russian authorities blame ukraine. for these too, the recent string of drone attacks across russia and russian—occupied crimea. and bombs targeting railways and power lines. citing security concerns, some russian regions cancelled local victory day events. the kremlin will be relieved that the moscow parade passed off without incident,

but it wasn't the showcase of military might the russian authorities wanted. steve rosenberg, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. for these midwives from east kent, sea swimming at this time of year is a simple affair. the water is cold. so you've just seen the getting in bit. now, it's all about the few short minutes we have in the water to de—stress from a difficult, pressurised environment on a hospital labour ward. good for the soul. this just gives you such a sense of well—being and togetherness. and i think coming together as a team, it really helps with the teamwork side of things, and it'sjust a chance to get away from the work stress. a recent society of occupational medicine report highlighted two concerns.

the first, that stress of work for midwives leads to mental health problems and burn—out. the second, that individual midwives had a responsibility to engage in appropriate self—care and develop a tool box of stress management. but who needs a tool box when you have the ocean? you're live with bbc news. it is three months since large earthquakes devastated large parts of turkey and syria. enter: around 50,000 people killed, that's the official death toll. the reality may be much higher and millions were made homeless. elections loom, which could be the most significant in recent history. president erdogan who has ruled turkey for 20 years is trailing behind his main rival in opinion polls. 0rla guerin reports from the ancient city of antakya.

there is no election fever in antakya. just boundless grief. anta kya. just boundless grief. in antakya. just boundless grief. in this one cemetery, more than 5000 lie buried. most still unidentified. how can i forget you, cries this woman. to her son, beneath the soil. her grandson comes to comfort her. she cradled the little boy under the rubble for eight hours. yourfather is under the rubble for eight hours. your father is lying here, she tells him. she blames president erdogan for the four loved ones she lost. do you think you will still be president after the election?

translation: i president after the election? translation:— president after the election? translation: i hope to god he will not. what _ translation: i hope to god he will not. what i _ translation: i hope to god he will not. what i want _ translation: i hope to god he will not. what i want from - translation: i hope to god he will not. what i want from the i will not. what i want from the ballot box is his dead body. 0ur souls have been ripped away. hejust brings harm. it away. he just brings harm. it wasn't only the earthquakes that killed here. many buildings were death traps. under erdogan, there have been repeated amnesties for illegal constructions. developers just had to pay a fine. when disaster struck here, it exposed weaknesses in the turkish state. the structural faults in erdogan�*s long roll. it wasn't just years of shoddy construction rule, critics point to a lack of critical oversight and a lack of preparedness. the worst natural disaster in modern turkish history was compounded by man.

many died waiting for help that never came. but supporters of the president, and there are plenty, echo his view that all this was destiny. in a deeply polarised country, the earthquake is one more for sure. it took ibrahim's home and his faith in turkey's authoritarian leader. it is god's will it happen, he says. it shouldn't be politicised. 0ur it shouldn't be politicised. our president didn't cause the earthquake. he did his best. right across the road, this woman and her aunt heard ibrahim's words in disbelief and in agony. they lost three relatives. translation: what i

'ust had relatives. translation: what i just had really— relatives. translation: what i just had really offended - relatives. translation: what i just had really offended me. - just had really offended me. nobody helped us in any way. with their own efforts, our own means, we tried to reach our families, during the first hours of the earthquake. we reached their dead bodies hours later, days later. were we in a different universe, or was he? what he set about erdogan was definitely not true. for what he set about erdogan was definitely not true.— definitely not true. for some here, definitely not true. for some here. the — definitely not true. for some here, the searching - definitely not true. for some l here, the searching continues, like the tournament. this man and his wife are trying to find their son, and his wife are trying to find theirson, daughter—in—law and their son, daughter—in—law and five—year—old theirson, daughter—in—law and five—year—old granddaughter. this was never out of our hands. —— her hands. they have been keeping vigil here is the rub of from their son cos apartment block is cleared and dumped. —— the rubble.

translation: i dumped. -- the rubble. tuna/mom- dumped. -- the rubble. translation: , ., ., , translation: i still have hope because there _ translation: i still have hope because there are _ translation: i still have hope because there are rumours - translation: i still have hope because there are rumours that kids were rescued from here. i hope they are in the hospital. i still have this feeling inside me that they will come back to us. inside me that they will come back to ve— inside me that they will come back to va— back to us. the couple have already buried _ back to us. the couple have already buried 23 _ back to us. the couple have already buried 23 relatives. | back to us. the couple have i already buried 23 relatives. as they go, she spots a turkish flag on the ground. they are quick to raise it up. on sunday, turks will vote in elections that could perhaps change everything. president erdogan is already under pressure after 20 long years, and many will take their grief to the polls. powerful reporting. let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines today.

at least 15 palestinians, including three commanders of the militant group islamichhad, have been killed in israeli air strikes on the gaza strip. israel said the islamichhad leaders it targeted overnight were involved in recent attacks on israeli civilians. in a tit—for—tat move, china has expelled a canadian diplomat from its country. it follows canada's own decision to expel a chinese diplomat. he was expelled for allegedly intimidating a canadian member of parliament and his family. china issued a formal protest saying it �*reserves the right to react�*. leaders of eight south east asian nations are meeting today in indonesia's flores island for the first asean summit of the year. susannah patton leads the southeast asia programme at lowy institute in sydney australia — she explained the key discussions that would take place at this year's asean summit. the issues that they would like to be discussing, such as economic integration and how the region can recover from the covid—19 pandemic.

but then the issues of the day, especially myanmar, are going to be the ones that preoccupy them the most. and especially with violence escalating in myanmar and reports that a convoy delivering humanitarian assistance from asean countries was attacked in myanmar in recent days, it's going to be really hard for them to overlook that as being sort of the key challenge that they really have to grapple with. yeah. you know, against that backdrop, what can they realistically achieve on myanmar, particularly given the fact that there's been so much dissent within the group, hasn't there? there doesn't seem to be a sort of united voice or position on this issue. realistically, there's very little that they can do to resolve the situation within myanmar. and i think it's widely accepted that only domestic factors within myanmar are going to be able to resolve that crisis. but asean still has a role

to play because myanmar remains a member of the group, even though it's prohibited from participating in the most senior level meetings of the grouping. so the challenge for indonesia, i think, as the asean chair this year, is to show that it's made any progress at all in its, what it calls quiet diplomacy. so it's been meeting with various stakeholders from myanmar. the foreign minister says they've held over 60 meetings so far this year, but there's not a lot to show for it. so i think some of the other members of the group, especially the other maritime countries like singapore, malaysia, the philippines, will really want to be hearing from indonesia about what they have achieved so far. susannah, i know there's been some speculation about, and as you point out, the efficacy of indonesia's approach on this. and there have been commentators who've said, look, kick myanmar out altogether.

i mean, is that a solution? does that help in any way to sort of solve what's going on there? well, i don't think it would have a particular impact on thejunta in myanmar, in the sense that they're very unresponsive to outside pressure. and the other challenge with that is that, as you alluded to before, many of the other asean countries, in particular thailand, a key neighbour of myanmar, is quite opposed to stronger measures to put pressure on myanmar. they want to maintain an open dialogue, and they have even convened meetings that have given a platform to the junta in a way that the other asean countries frankly oppose. so there won't be consensus, i don't think, to actually kick myanmar out of the group altogether.

the first semi—final of the eurovision song contest has been held in liverpool. the competition — considered the world biggest music event — luxmy gopal has more. behind me, you can see the fan village illuminated, and it's here that huge crowds gathered earlier to soak up the last of the evening sun and to enjoy the first eurovision semifinal on the big screens. now, the biggest cheer of the night here in the fanzone came after finland's performance with their song, cha cha cha. it was the closing act of the night and seemed like a fan favourite, and no surprises that it went safely through to the final. but all day here, the atmosphere has been buzzing because on the stage, there have been performances and there have been acts and dj sets and the entertainment continues through the rest of the week. for example, there is a special area called discover ukraine, showcasing the nation's arts and culture, because of course the uk is hosting on behalf of ukraine, last year's winners. and the next key date for eurovision lovers here in liverpool and the rest

of the world is thursday, when it will be time for the second eurovision semifinal. that's it from us. hello. if, like me, you're a fan of a big cloudscape, tuesday was a day of delight across the uk as we saw towering thunder clouds developing across our skies. northamptonshire tuesday afternoon, worcester, and the clouds were delivering this bolt of lightning, caught on camera late afternoon. in the next few days, more photo ops as well. there'll be some beautiful sunshine for a time for many of us, but then we can anticipate some heavy and thundery showers also developing. a few showers close to the east coast first thing on wednesday. for many, a lot of early sunshine, low pressure swirling around to the north west, though, will mean showers even early on for scotland and northern ireland. but it's some of these home—grown ones across eastern england as we warm up the atmosphere with the sunshine come wednesday afternoon, that will produce,

i think, the most dramatic scenes. temperatures up to 18 degrees, of course, coming down as the showers develop. they are likely to be accompanied by thunder, hail, lightning and some quite gusty winds at times. and then that low pressure centre just swirls its way south across the uk through thursday. some more organised bands of showers wrapped around it. but also, again, once the sun comes out, we'lljust warm up the quite unstable atmosphere just a little bit more, and pop off some showers. well, a possibility just about anywhere. the difference for thursday, slightly lighter winds. so that will slow down how quickly the showers move across us and could mean some of us see some significantly higher rainfall totals. that low, though, does sink away south for friday. so by friday, it looks like many of us will be under this big area of high pressure and see some quieter dry weather. i can't promise you that much sunshine necessarily, though, because a northeasterly wind is likely to drag in quite a lot of low cloud from the north sea, quite gloomy along many of the north sea coasts. and we've still got

the low quite close by on the continent. so i think the chance of some showers across southern england from time to time. northwestern areas faring best in terms of any sunshine. into saturday, and the high pressure tries to hang on in there. but it looks like we'll start to see this area of low pressure, particularly as we get into the second half of the weekend, trying to advance some weather fronts in from the northwest. so i think the driest and brightest of the two days this coming weekend will be saturday. sunday starting off with sunshine for many, but look out for some rain as the day plays out.

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us lawmakers wrap up a face—to—face meeting, with no signs of being any closer to breaking a deadlock on the debt ceiling. goldman sachs agrees to pay more than $200 million to settle sex discrimination claims with thousands of women. hello. hello and welcome to asia business report. i'm karishma vaswani. "good news and bad news" — that was the verdict chuck schumer, the democratic leader of the senate, gave to a meeting which has wrapped up a short while ago. top us lawmakers met for about an hour in the oval office, trying to find a way out of a potential debt default.

but no agreement was reached. here's what the leaders of both sides had to say