and still seeing strong support days after being indicted — what a new poll reveals about republican voters and former us president donald trump. hello i'm carl nasman, thanks forjoining us. we begin in the uk, where two big political stories continue to develop. on sunday, nicola sturgeon, scotland's former first minister, was arrested, questioned and released in connection with an ongoing investigation into the finances of her scottish national party. in a statement, she said she knows "beyond doubt" that she's "innocent of any wrongdoing". it follows the arrest back in april, of her husband, peter murrell, the former chief executive of the snp, and its former treasurer, colin beattie. both were also released without charge, pending further inquiries.

meanwhile, the uk government has been responding to boris johnson's surprise resignation as a member of parliament. on sunday, energy secretary grant shapps, told the bbc that he thought the country doesn't "miss the drama" of thejohnson era. later we'll hear from the bbc�*s political editor, chris mason, but first james cook filed this report at the end of a big day in scottish politics. nicola sturgeon, for so long, front and centre in scottish politics, was arrested well away from the cameras, just after 10am. detectives questioned her as a suspect, before releasing her without charge seven hours and 15 minutes later. this evening, ms sturgeon issued a statement which was raw, blunt and defiant. "i am certain i have committed no offence," she said, describing the situation as both "a shock and deeply distressing." she thanked her supporters, saying they appreciated she would never do anything to harm

either the snp or the country, and she insisted in the strongest possible terms "that i am in fact innocent of any wrongdoing." speaking before the arrest, ms sturgeon�*s successor as first minister said his political mentor was doing well. she and i have caught up on a couple of occasions. i have been asking about are welfare. i have been asking about her welfare. she has mentioned how difficult and traumatic those last few weeks have been. is she 0k? yes, she is in a good place and doing well. there was little police activity outside ms sturgeon�*s home on the outskirts of glasgow today, bar the occasional patrol. a far cry from april, when her husband, peter murrell, the snp�*s former chief executive, was arrested, questioned and released without charge. police investigating what happened to nearly £667,000 raised to campaign for independence also removed materialfrom snp headquarters in edinburgh,

as well as seizing a luxury motor home. later, they arrested and released without charge the party's former treasurer colin beattie, all of which left the first minister herself the subject of intense speculation. there are many questions that i would want to be able to answer, and in the fullness of time i hope i will answer, but it would be wrong and inappropriate for me to go into any detail that is related to what the police are currently investigating. i could not have anticipated in my worst nightmares what would have unfolded over the past few weeks. for a decade, nicola sturgeon and her husband were scotland's power couple. supporters hoped, some opponents feared, that ms sturgeon would lead her nation to independence. that already feels like a long time ago. james cook, bbc news. meanwhile in westminster, a leading government minister has rejected claims by former

prime minister borisjohnson that he's the victim of a �*witch hunt�*. the energy secretary grant shapps says the country wants to move on from the political drama surrounding boris johnson. the former prime minister resigned as an mp after getting an advance copy of a cross—party report that's expected to find that he misled parliament. meanwhile, the former conservative cabinet minister sirjacob rees—mogg has warned the party's leadership not to try to block any future attempt byjohnson to return to parliament. earlier my colleague helena humphrey spoke to the bbc's political editor, chris mason, to help make sense of a tumultuous weekend in british politics thank you so much for being with us. two very different cases between johnson cases betweenjohnson and nicola sturgeon. what do you think ties them together? the ke thin think ties them together? the key thing here _ think ties them together? tue: key thing here that think ties them together? tte: key thing here that ties together as you rightly say, they are very different, the

particular circumstances around nicola sturgeon, the former first minister of scotland and borisjohnson the first minister of scotland and boris johnson the former first minister of scotland and borisjohnson the former uk prime minister are very, very different but what unites them is the difficulty that what happened to each of them, what difficulty that prompts for the current leaders. of course, the processes in which they find themselves matter to themselves but crucially it is the difficulties it poses for rishi sunak as a prime minister, and for the first minister of scotland. to make the obvious point worth making, it is mighty difficult at the best of time to be a leader, a first minister or a prime minister, it is more so if the headlines and attention at your predecessors are as significant as they are around nicola sturgeon and borisjohnson. because question around them

follow the leaders right now and it makes the capacity to find the space and the time and attention to talk about what they would rather be talking about so much harder. figs they would rather be talking about so much harder. as you riuhtl about so much harder. as you rightly point _ about so much harder. as you rightly point out, _ about so much harder. as you rightly point out, this - about so much harder. as you rightly point out, this makes i rightly point out, this makes the situation difficult for rishi sunak and humza yousaf. where does this leave them? they've each got to try and find the space and time to define their own leaderships in their own way and be seen to be their own way and be seen to be their own way and be seen to be their own men, if you like, detached from their predecessors. but that is had the attention that nicola sturgeon and borisjohnson are generating. from the perspective of scotland's first minister, he takes over from a firmerfirst minister minister, he takes over from a firmer first minister nicola sturgeon who was that for a long period of time and was very dominant and prominent

during the enquiry so it would be difficult for him to come out a distinctive position and find a voice as a first minister but he does so in the swell of all of this that is going on at the moment in scottish politics. as far as rishi sunak is concerned, it is again the situation around borisjohnson is an attention grabber that he can do without. he has defined his premiership so far, the last seven or so months ago since taking over in october, has been distinct and 0ctober, has been distinct and different from that of his predecessors, by being seen as being stable and, if you like, quiet, compared to his predecessors and making a virtue out of that kindness compared to all the noise that accompanied the brief tenure of liz truss and pretty much entire tenure of borisjohnson. and being able to do that and

being a virtue of being calm is harder with all of the swell of these headlines around boris johnson and they will continue over the next couple of days because of the privileges committee of the house of commons which has been examining borisjohnson�*s examining boris johnson's conduct and examining borisjohnson�*s conduct and what he said in the comments about what was happening in downing street during covid, that committee is going to meet on monday morning and we expect early this coming week for that report that has looked into borisjohnson�*s conduct, his integrity, to be published, and that will be poured over as something of a verdict on mrjohnson�*s character and conduct. all of that will take away attention from the whole business of government as far as rishi sunak is concerned and then there are those by—elections, those contests to replace three conservative mps who are looking at as a result of what has happened. borisjohnson, has happened. boris johnson, nadine has happened. borisjohnson, nadine larry, and nigel adams

as well. from the prime minister �*s perspective what he rather have these by—elections or not? of course, he would rather not have them so the headache lasts a long time. chris mason, great to talk to you. chris mason, great to talk to ou. ., ", ., ., , ukraine says its troops have recaptured three villages from russian forces in the southeast — its first gains since launching a much—anticipated counteroffensive. footage on social media — not yet verified by the bbc — shows troops hoisting the ukrainian flag in the neighbouring settlements of blahodatne and neskuchne in the donetsk region. kyiv�*s deputy defence minister said nearby makarivka was also taken. this comes just one day after president volodymyr zelensky confirmed that the counter—offensive had begun. meanwhile, a moscow court has detained a us musician on drug charges. the court claimed michael travis leake had organized the sale of drugs to young people. leake has denied the charges and in a video shared online

says he doesn't know why he was being detained. a us state department spokesperson says it is closely monitoring the case and that staff attended his court hearing on saturday. leake is the third american detained in russia the last few years. i'm joined now by kurt volker, former us ambassador to nato and former us special representative for ukraine. thank you for taking the time to speak to us. ukraine reporting its first progress in the counteroffensive, reclaiming these small settlements. what is your reaction to that news? this is not the big — reaction to that news? this is not the big part _ reaction to that news? this is not the big part of _ reaction to that news? this is not the big part of the - not the big part of the counteroffensive yet, this is ukraine probing to see where the russians are able and willing to defend and where they are not, make a few gains here and make a few games there. we will see them judge after this phase where they

want to make a bigger push. interesting, these probes, as you call them, ukraine has suffered some losses in terms of casualties and military equipment like tanks. how concerning might that be to ukraine and its western allies? do not think terribly concerning at this point. i there is a tremendous amount of aid that has led to ukraine and there will be no cost free counteroffensive. they will lose equipment and unfortunately they will lose some lives as well, but this is part of the effort of figuring out where they can move and how they can take the territory back. ., , ,., ., they can take the territory back. ., , ., _, they can take the territory back. ., , ., , ., ~' back. how prepared do you think russia is for— back. how prepared do you think russia is for this _ russia is for this counteroffensive? it has been many months since we have been anticipating it. what have you potentially been seeing in terms of the way russia has been responding?— terms of the way russia has been responding? russia has built a lot _ been responding? russia has built a lot of _ been responding? russia has built a lot of defensive - built a lot of defensive alliance. they have dug

ditches, tank traps, dragons teeth that make it hard to pass through but these are mechanical things that they can get people to do when they are not being fired. the wheel of the russian soldiers, the will of the russian military to actually stand and fight is a very big question and i think we will see the ukrainians, with superior wheel and capability, be able to break through. t capability, be able to break throu~h. ., ., ., ., through. i want to ask about some reports _ through. i want to ask about some reports we _ through. i want to ask about some reports we heard - through. i want to ask about| some reports we heard today that russia might be making some moves to take direct control of the russian linked paramilitary group the wagner group, what do you make of that? i group, what do you make of that? ., ., , ., that? i saw that as well and i'm not surprised. - that? i saw that as well and i'm not surprised. that - that? i saw that as well and i'm not surprised. that is i that? i saw that as well and i i'm not surprised. that is away this goes in the long run. it is offensive to the russian state to have an outside actor claiming to be better than the russian state and demanding that the russian state support it. eventually they will shut

it. eventually they will shut it down. until this point they have not done so because they actually needed his military capability, for instance when he was taking the city of bakhmut, they did not want him to stop in doing that but i think the patient of the russian state has grown very thin with yevgeny prigozhin and they will be taken steps to absorb his forces and put him out of business. [30 absorb his forces and put him out of business.— out of business. do you think there might _ out of business. do you think there might be _ out of business. do you think there might be some - out of business. do you think. there might be some underlying tensions as well in russia's top military brass? hat tensions as well in russia's top military brass? not 'ust underlying. i top military brass? not 'ust underlying, onto * top military brass? not 'ust underlying, onto the h top military brass? notjustl underlying, onto the service. we hear about it quite frequently. —— surface. tension between the three major military leader, the chechen leader, yevgeny prigozhin from the wagner group, and the russian ministry of defence sergei shoigu and even within the ministry of defence there are generals who have more revulsion towards the wagner group and summit which co—operate very closely with

the wagner group and that creates tension within the russian military itself. another american been taken taken into custody in russia, michael travis leake accused of organising the sale of drugs to young people. we saw that happen with the basketball start. tt happen with the basketball start. , ., �* happen with the basketball start. �* ., ~ start. if you're an american, ou start. if you're an american, you should _ start. if you're an american, you should not _ start. if you're an american, you should not be _ start. if you're an american, you should not be in - start. if you're an american, you should not be in russia. they are in the midst of losing a boy in ukraine and blame the united states for us and they take american citizens as hostages in order to create leverage over us policy. it does not usually work but that is their effort. i have no idea about the circumstances of this gentleman and what he was doing, it could be his perfectly innocent, could be he was doing something, that is not the point. the point is the russian regime is not a rule of law regime, is directed for political purposes and they will take hostages like this in

order to create hostages. realise order to create hostages. also allegations — order to create hostages. also allegations that _ order to create hostages. also allegations that another - order to create hostages. also allegations that another dam has been targeted or blown up by russian forces. what you make of that and on a broader sense are dams used as part of the military strategy by russia? , , , ., russia? definitely they are because what _ russia? definitely they are because what blowing - russia? definitely they are because what blowing up l russia? definitely they are because what blowing up aj russia? definitely they are - because what blowing up a dam will do is make a territory south of that impassable and so it will channel any force movement above the area of the dam where they can then anticipate what the force movement will be and be better prepared to respond to it. i also think that the fact they are blowing up these dams, the fact they're doing it means they are losing ground. interesting stuff as always. thank you so much for your insights. around the world and across

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bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. now to the latest on the indictment of former us president donald trump. his own former attorney general, bill barr, speaking on sunday, has defended the charges filed against him this week, making him one of the few high—level republicans to do so. speaking to fox news, barr said he was shocked by the "degree of sensitivity" of the classified documents allegedly mishandled by trump in his florida estate, and that the case being built against the former president is strong. if even half of it is true, then he's toast, i mean, it is a very detailed indictment, and it's very, very damning. this idea presenting trump as a victim here, a victim of a witchhunt, is ridiculous. meanwhile, according to a new poll, it appears many republican voters continue to stand by him. this is from data, released sunday, by cbs news and yougov.

61% of likely republican primary voters say the indictment has not changed their view of the former president. i4% say the charges have actually improved their view. 80% say, if trump were convicted, he should still be able to be president, and 76% are most concerned that the indictment was politically motivated. donald trump is expected to appear in court on tuesday, but his supporters are already out in force. hundreds of trump backers made the drive to palm beach, florida, on sunday, staging a loud rally, across from trump's mar—a—lago estate. and as the rhetoric heats up, there are rising concerns about security, ahead of that court appearance. earlier, my colleague helena humphrey spoke with ryan barber, a department ofjustice reporter with the wall streetjournal. what we know about trump's arraignment, and how it will proceed, then what happens next? ~ ., ~ ., proceed, then what happens

next? . ,, ., , proceed, then what happens next? ~ . ,, ., , ., proceed, then what happens next? . ,, ., , ., ., next? what we know is that on tuesday at _ next? what we know is that on tuesday at three _ next? what we know is that on tuesday at three p _ next? what we know is that on tuesday at three p m, - next? what we know is that on tuesday at three p m, donald l tuesday at three p m, donald trump — tuesday at three p m, donald trump will make his initial appearance at a federal courtroom in south florida. he will he — courtroom in south florida. he will be appearing amongst his co—conspirator. and really everyone _ co—conspirator. and really everyone is on high alert for this— everyone is on high alert for this court— everyone is on high alert for this court appearance. trump on his social— this court appearance. trump on his social media platform truth sociat— his social media platform truth social has _ his social media platform truth social has really urged his supporters to converge on this courthouse, and one of the things— courthouse, and one of the things we have seen as well is that_ things we have seen as well is that a — things we have seen as well is that a lot _ things we have seen as well is that a lot of republican allies of the — that a lot of republican allies of the former president have really— of the former president have really been talking about this prosecution, this upcoming hearing. _ prosecution, this upcoming hearing, it almost kind of violent _ hearing, it almost kind of violent times. there was a republican congressman for instance _ republican congressman for instance who used the phrase and i— instance who used the phrase and i have one eye, and of course _ and i have one eye, and of course witchhunt is being thrown _ course witchhunt is being thrown around, so there's a lot of concerns— thrown around, so there's a lot of concerns about the safety and the _ of concerns about the safety and the really charged atmosphere that awaits on tuesday afternoon. find atmosphere that awaits on tuesday afternoon. and then do we have a _ tuesday afternoon. and then do we have a sense _ tuesday afternoon. and then do we have a sense about - tuesday afternoon. and then do we have a sense about the - tuesday afternoon. and then do we have a sense about the legal arguments here, that both sides might use, is the case starts to move forward?— might use, is the case starts to move forward? yes, and to be clear, to move forward? yes, and to be clear. on — to move forward? yes, and to be clear, on tuesday _ to move forward? yes, and to be clear, on tuesday afternoon - clear, on tuesday afternoon thatis clear, on tuesday afternoon that is going to be really more

of a procedural event. that being said, we have heard early signals of what strategies the two sides are going to pursue. we have seen trump already in the investigation really tried to downplay the potential charges here, talking about the vast authorities he had as president over the handling of documents. we have also seen him make claims about misconduct, and how this is an overreach by the justice department, how this is politically motivated. these are all arguments we can expect to see unfold in this proceeding down in south florida, that we can expect to last for many months. and one other point, strategically, but i think is going to be emerging as a real early flash point between prosecutors and trump is going to be the timing of this trial. 0n is going to be the timing of this trial. on friday, in his first public remarks as public cancer, they said they would be seeking a speedy trial. a lot of legal experts see delay as furthering deaf favouring trump. he will want to post this as far into 2024 as far as possible, especially as he seeks to fund raise offer this

for his republican presidential campaign, and he might even seek to have the trial for after the election, to see how the election unfolds, see if he is elected, see if another republican is affected, see if a parting might be in the offing based on the results of that election. in offing based on the results of that election.— that election. in terms of the 'ud . e that election. in terms of the 'udue in that election. in terms of the judge in this _ that election. in terms of the judge in this hearing, - that election. in terms of the judge in this hearing, aileen | judge in this hearing, aileen cannon, she is a trump appointee. how do you think that could, or could it impact proceedings?— proceedings? the indications are that on — proceedings? the indications are that on tuesday - proceedings? the indications are that on tuesday plus - proceedings? the indications i are that on tuesday plus make initial appearance he will actually be appearing before a magistrate judge, actually be appearing before a magistratejudge, but actually be appearing before a magistrate judge, but the case has been signed for the long haul essentially to judge aileen cannon, who is familiar with mar—a—lago for sure. last year, she presided overformer president donald trump's lawsuit that raised objections to the fbi's search of mar—a—lago. her rulings raised a lot of eyebrows and that, they were seen as unusually favourable to the former president and his lawyers. she granted the request what is called the special master, it is essentially an outside arbiter tasked with reviewing

the documents the fbi seized, to see if they fall under executive privilege, to see if they fall under attorney—client privilege. it really disrupted the investigation in that timeframe before an appeals court overturned a ruling in what was a quite stern rebuke, basically saying that trump should not have been treated any differently than any other target of a search warrant, and that really she lacked authority as the judge in that instance to intervene in that investigation.— instance to intervene in that investigation. and in terms of the investigation _ investigation. and in terms of the investigation and - investigation. and in terms of the investigation and that - the investigation and that indictment, 49 pages. you cover thejustice department, indictment, 49 pages. you cover the justice department, what do you make of how these allegations were laid out, the kinds of materials that we saw inside, and also the level of the classified documents that appear to have been, allegedly, were contained in these boxes? what was so interesting on friday was that jack smith, when he unveiled this indictment, addressed its own ceiling, he spoke for less than three minutes. he really let the indictment do the talking in 49 pages, and what an indictment it was. legal

experts across the country are talking about how compelling this is. it involves phone records, text messages, it features photographs of boxes being stored in various portions of mar—a—lago, from a ballroom to a bathroom, and former president trump as my own residence. so really it has been seen as a real projection of confidence by the special counsel that they really feel comfortable in the amount of evidence may have. also in the severity of the documents that we are talking about. there was a convenient chart in the indictment laying out the 31 types of documents that underlie the 31 charges of violations of the espionage act. a lot of it had to do with military planning, military capabilities, really serious matters, and jack smith will be previewed in his remarks on friday that this can't be dismissed as a process fail, as a mere failure to archive or mishandling records, that really this has grave threats for the national security and

that we have an intelligence community that really puts an military that really puts their lives on the line to protect the country and this mishandling of documents really undermines that, is what he said on friday.— undermines that, is what he said on friday. ryan barber, treat to said on friday. ryan barber, great to have _ said on friday. ryan barber, great to have you _ said on friday. ryan barber, great to have you on, - said on friday. ryan barber, great to have you on, thank| great to have you on, thank you. great to have you on, thank ou. ., . ., ., you. thanks so much for having me. the father of four children, rescued alive, after more than a month in the colombian jungle, is hailing his eldest daughter as a hero. he said his eldest child, lesly, who isjust 13, helped save her siblings' lives, after their plane crashed in the amazon jungle. she reportedly made camp for her siblings, and provided any food she could find. the youngest of those kids isjust 11 months, were rescued after 40 days alone in the amazon jungle. the widower also says their mother actually survived for four days after the crash, and mentioned his wife's last words were — "you guys get out of here". translation: it is a miracle of god. as translation: it is a miracle of god- as a _ translation: it is a miracle of god. as a believer _ translation: it is a miracle of god. as a believer of _ translation: it is a miracle of

god. as a believer of the - god. as a believer of the indigenous faith of the people, it is a belief in god to democrat how much faith we have in him. i have said it my own words, at the beginning, we as indigenous people able to search for them, we show the world that we found the plane and we show the world that we found the children. the first thing i did was talk to the 13—year—old girl. it is not easy to ask them because the children did not eat well for 40 days, so i have not been able to get any information from them. we hope that the children will recover well. mounis for you at the top of the hour and updated headlines, and —— more news for you at the top of the hour. stay with us right here on bbc news. hello. sunday was another very warm or even hot day with temperatures peaking at around 32 celsius. that heat and humidity giving rise to some dramatic skies,

as some thunderstorms kicked off through the afternoon and into the evening. if we take a look back at the radar picture, we can see that we had some storms in northern scotland, some across northern england, and then this clump of thunderstorms, this quite big organised area of storms, that drifted westwards across the midlands towards wales. so, as we head through monday, really it's more of the same, more spells of sunshine, but still the chance for some thunderstorms, with that heat and humidity. temperatures to start the day between ten and 17 degrees, so a very warm start to the day, quite a muggy start. for most, a dry start, but a little bit of rain to clear away from parts of wales, maybe some extra cloud in the far south west and a few showers even from the word go and into the afternoon, as the sun heats the land, while those big shower clouds will bubble up once again, particularly across parts of southern england

into the midlands and wales. some of these thunderstorms could be really quite vicious, with a lot of rain in a short space of time, gusty winds and some hail. western counties of northern ireland, southwest scotland and perhaps more especially the north of scotland also prone to some of these downpours and thunderstorms. but as ever, with these weather set—ups, there will be places that fall through the gaps and stay completely dry. another very, very warm day, temperatures widely the mid to high 20s, somewhere could again get to 30 degrees. we will continue to see some big showers and thunderstorms in places during monday evening. many of them fading, though, overnight into tuesday. we'll see some areas of low cloud around some of these western coast. it is another pretty warm night in prospect. it is another pretty warm night in prospect, and then for tuesday, well, the greatest chance for showers will be found across the western side of the uk. further east, not as many showers, more dry weather, plenty of sunshine. still feeling very warm, indeed. highest temperatures, at this stage, likely to be down towards the south, up to around 29, possibly 30 degrees for parts of central southern england. as we look deeper into the week, high pressure remains

firmly in charge. but as we pick up more of an easterly breeze, well, temperatures will drop backjust a little. still, though, feeling very warm indeed. mostly dry with some sunshine.

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