donald trump is set to make history once again as the only former president to be charged with a federal crime. he arrived in florida earlier today, as he prepares for his tuesday court appearance, where he is expected to plead not guilty to dozens of charges relating to the mishandling of classified information. and this evening, he was seen at the steakhouse at the trump national doral, his hotel and resort in the miami area, where he will be staying overnight, according to aides. special counseljack smith also touched down in miami this evening ahead of tuesday's arraignment. among the 37 counts he faces are the willful retention of national defense information and conspiracy to obstruct justice. it's in connection with the discovery of boxes of classified documents at his residence in mar—a—lago, dating back to his time in the white house. trump maintains his innocence and says he will fight the allegations. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal has more ahead of the hearing. donald trump will spend the

night in his result here in miami before taking that 20 minute carjourney miami before taking that 20 minute car journey to miami before taking that 20 minute carjourney to the courthouse for his appointment at 3pm where he will have the charges laid out to him. earlier, there are about two dozen donald trump hard—core supporters who were cheering him as his motorcade arrived, and the city is preparing for other protests to happen in various sites in different parts of the city. officials that it parts of the city. officials thatitis parts of the city. officials that it is people's right to do that it is people's right to do that but they are urging everyone to keep it peaceful. after donald trump has appeared in court, we expect him to leave miami. we do not expect to know when the trial�*s that will be. the prosecutor wanted to be done quickly. but the child could extend into the election campaign season and well beyond the election next november. ukraine says it's now retaken seven villages as part of its counter—offensive against the russian invasion.

the three settlements it says it's liberated are in the southern region of zaporizhzhia. it's also spoken of advances near donetsk further east. mayenijones is in kyiv. the settlements that the ukrainian forces say that they have liberated today are more symbolic than they are an indication of any practical advance or victory on the part of the ukrainian forces. they are very small and they're scattered over a relatively tiny area, but they do show a willingness on the part of the ukrainian authorities to share progress about their counteroffensive after a long period of secrecy and silence. they are focusing at the moment on the areas of donetsk and zaporizhzhia. fighting there is ongoing, trying to reclaim bits of territory. but this counteroffensive is in its very early stages, it will take a very long time. in america, antony blinken says that if ukraine is to be successful during this

counteroffensive, it could give it an advantage in any future negotiations with russia and he says it is willing to lend the country as much support as it needs to help it reach its goals. today nato allies said they would be training ukrainian soldiers in how to fly jets that they have been asking for for the past year, say that they need some sort of air advantage if they are to win this counter—offensive. but still no confirmation yet as to whether they will receive the aircraft requested. in russia it was a public holiday, it was russia today and president vladimir putin addressing the nation saying this is a difficult time for the nation and this public holiday was a reminder to support the local troops involved in this "special military operation", as he calls it. the russians saying they are still very much in control and that they are pushing back against the ukrainian counteroffensive. they are denying that

the ukrainian side has made any progress in this counteroffensive so far and he said that they have suffered great losses. i spoke with connecticut senator chris murphy, who sits on the senate foreign relations committee, about ukraine's counter—offensive and us and nato support. senator murphy, thank you forjoining us on bbc news. i want to start with the situation in ukraine. we are seeing the early stages of the ukrainian counteroffensive. ukraine claims to have recaptured some villages. we see on the other end russia say it has repelled ukrainian forces. how do you assess this counteroffensive so far? i think it is far too early to assess the success of the counteroffensive. i understand we're going to be hanging on to news coming out of eastern ukraine, sitting on pins and needles, but we will need days if not weeks to understand the scope of this fight and it will probably be ongoing throughout

the entirety of the summer and fall. all i know is we have continued to deliver record amounts of aid and material to the army. they are in a better position than ever to show real success on the battlefield but it remains to be seen whether there can be a significant breakthrough. my breakthrough. my guess is that this is going to be a long—term fight. you mentioned this would be a long fight. are you confident that the us and your colleagues, republican colleagues in particular in congress, was —— will be willing to sustain ukraine? i am confident the american people wanted. you're likely to see ukrainian flags fly outside their houses. even if it has disappeared often from the front pages and prime—time news, people in america are still very supportive of continuing to help ukraine make this fight. i

am worried about the conversation happening inside the republican party. donald trump seems very hostile to continue support for ukraine and other republicans in the senate raised early objection to continuing this funding. i think the russians are watching and vladimir putin may see the coming election in 2024 as existential for coming election in 2024 as existentialfor him. if coming election in 2024 as existential for him. if donald trump is elected, it would be a different future for vladimir putin. i'm not worried about the american public right now but i am worried about what a name hearing inside the republican party.- name hearing inside the republican party. there is a summer— republican party. there is a summer coming _ republican party. there is a summer coming up - republican party. there is a summer coming up in - republican party. there is a summer coming up in july. l republican party. there is a - summer coming up in july. nato summer coming up injuly. nato membership is on the cards for ukraine. we spoke to congressman condon and this is what he said. i congressman condon and this is what he said.— what he said. i believe the president _ what he said. i believe the president of _ what he said. i believe the president of the _ what he said. i believe the president of the united - what he said. i believe the - president of the united states

need — president of the united states need to— president of the united states need to leave the alliance and the president should provide ukrainians with aid without risking _ ukrainians with aid without risking a _ ukrainians with aid without risking a world war with russia and they— risking a world war with russia and they have been very prudent about_ and they have been very prudent about balancing that. —— khanna~ _ about balancing that. -- khanna-_ about balancing that. -- khanna. ~ , khanna. do you think they can meet the _ khanna. do you think they can meet the requirements - khanna. do you think they can meet the requirements to - khanna. do you think they can i meet the requirements to enter nato? ., ., , , nato? right now our focus needs to be on helping _ nato? right now our focus needs to be on helping ukraine - nato? right now our focus needs to be on helping ukraine when i to be on helping ukraine when this war. i am open to a conversation about the future of nato and sometimes that conversation can be a distraction from the fight on the ground to date. let's be honest, the united states has made clear, we're not putting us troops on the ground inside ukraine. we're not going to get involved, right now, in a direct confrontation between the united states military and the united states military and the russian military and that means for the time being, ukraine is not going to be a nato member because if you are a nato member what comes with it is an obligation from the

united states to defend it. when it is fight is settled, when either ukraine wins unconditionally or achieves a settlement at the negotiating table, then, as always, we will be up to a conversation about who belongs in nato for the future. but right now, the focus needs to be on helping ukraine when it is well. in developments in the us. the former president donald trump was indicted last week and is heading to miami courthouse. the department ofjustice has been weaponised according to republicans. what do you say to your republican colleagues? there is this popular narrative that i have listened to inside the republican party for the last few days that this is joe biden levelling charges against donald trump. that is just not true. this was a grand jury in

florida bringing these charges. this was an independent prosecutor bringing these charges. there are other countries around the world, the are weaker democracies than the united states in which a head of state, a prime minister or a president can independently bring charges against a political opponent or bullying the law enforcement into bringing charges but that simply does not happen in the united states were named we should be proud of that. it is “p should be proud of that. it is up to the independentjudges to think if these charges have merit but it is simply not true this is president biden politicising the judicial branch. politicising the 'udicial branch. �* ., , ., branch. and the final question, this friday _ branch. and the final question, this friday you _ branch. and the final question, this friday you put _ branch. and the final question, this friday you put together - branch. and the final question, this friday you put together a l this friday you put together a safer community summit and president biden is going to speak on gun violence. it prioritises things of protection for victims of domestic violence, under2i domestic violence, under 21 enhanced domestic violence, under2i enhanced review process and a few other measures as well. is

there anything on the menu you think could pass in federal legislation?— legislation? last year we assed legislation? last year we passed the _ legislation? last year we passed the first - legislation? last year we | passed the first significant gun safety field to pass congress to be signed by president in 30 years and includes provisions for the summit and includes provisions for the summitand i'm includes provisions for the summit and i'm glad president biden is coming to connecticut to give the keynote address at it. it is designed to implement that law well. that law bites itself is saving thousands of lives in this country. yes, of course, i want them to be universal background checks so everyone has to prove the credentials when buying a gun. by credentials when buying a gun. by bringing the advocacy community together in hartford with joe community together in hartford withjoe biden amongst its ranks, we really believe we are going to generate additional enthusiasm to try to continue the momentum that we really started last year with the passage of the first significant gun safety bill in three decades.— significant gun safety bill in three decades. ,, ., ., ~ , ,

three decades. senator murphy, ureat three decades. senator murphy, treat to three decades. senator murphy, great to have — three decades. senator murphy, great to have you _ three decades. senator murphy, great to have you with _ three decades. senator murphy, great to have you with us. - great to have you with us. thank you. meanwhile, the leader of the wagner mercenary group has rejected russia's attempt to bring his men under the direct control of the defence ministry. it's the latest stage in a very public dispute between the russian military and yevgeny prigozhin, who has supplied soldiers for some of russia's toughest battles in ukraine. 0lga robinson of bbc verify has been looking at how yevgeny prigozhin became such a prominent figure and critic of russia's military. this is yevgeny prigozhin, founder of the wagner mercenary group and a key figure in russia's war in ukraine. just yesterday he recorded this message defying the russian defence minister. prigozhin has been posting messages like this a lot recently. in putin's russia, such open criticism of the authorities would land most in trouble. to understand why prigozhin has been allowed to continue, we need to look at his journey to becoming leader

of the wagner group. his first exposure to russia's elite was as a caterer, which earned him the nickname putin's chef. he is also suspected of using online trolls to meddle in the 2016 us election, and prigozhin provided mercenaries in places like syria, serving the kremlin's interests but offering putin plausible deniability. something which continued when russia launched its full—scale invasion of ukraine. when progress stalled, the wagner group was brought in to help, transforming prigozhin into a public figure and one of the key voices in support of the war. but as wagner's death toll sword, his relationship with russia's military worsened. here he is in may surrounded by bodies of his fighters, swearing at russia's defence minister and the head of armed forces. there is evidence that this

approach is appealing to hardline supporters of the war and a recent poll asking russians which public figures they trust most features prigozhin in the top five for the first time. whether this rise in popularity bothers putin is impossible to say. some experts think the infighting may be playing into putin's hands as he likes controlled competition. divide and rule. he divides the army into two powerful centres of power, so you have the regular army and then you have prigozhin. it's just putin's typical style, it is what he does. and so it remains unclear where this spat between prigozhin and the defence ministry will end and how it will affect the war. for now, he carries on. 0lga robinson, bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. voiceover: bbc news - bringing you different stories _ from across the uk. every week, these volunteers are testing the water quality — and the results

are getting worse. extremely frustrating because you can see this area of outstanding natural beauty being degraded. what volunteers have found is one of the main problems with this river are high levels of cow poo and chicken poo. it's being spread as a manure, and when it rains, of course, it then washes off the land and seeps down into the river. the poop produces phosphate which attacks the water quality — and with the number of chickens being farmed in the area going up, the wildlife in the river has been going down. two years ago, the friends of the lower wye action group were set up with a single goal — to have a clean, pollution—free, healthy river and valley. i'm hoping what we're doing will make a difference. voiceover: for more stories from across the uk, - head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. silvio berlusconi — one of the most powerful and divisive italian leader in decades —

passed away at the age of 86. mr berlusconi was prime minister four times between 1994 and 2011 and became the longest—serving italian prime minister since the second world war. but he was equally well known for his scandals, as our foreign correspondent bethany bell reports from milan. flags are flying at half mast here in italy for silvio berlusconi, this polarising controversial figure who dominated italian politics for many years. and tributes have been coming in from italy's prime minister, georgia maroney who said he was an influential figure in the history of italy and from his political rivals, people like the former italian prime minister michio renzi who said many people loved him and many people hated him but nobody could deny the unprecedented impact he had on

italian political life, economic life, television life, sporting life, a realfigure here in this country. his funeral is planned for wednesday at the cathedral in malan where the archbishop of as expected to preside over that and people are also speculating about what will happen to his party, forza italia which is one of the junior parties in italy's coalition government. so much of its time, it was dominated by mr berlusconi and some people speculate that politicians may defect to other parties within the coalition government and others say perhaps members of mr berlusconi's own party could take over the political force. but, certainly, many people here in italy whether they loved or hated mr berlusconi

know that this is a moment, the end of an era. know that this is a moment, the end of an era. in other news the western indian state of gujarat is on high alert as a severe cyclone is set to hit parts of it and southerrn pakistan this week. cyclone biparjoy is predicted to move towards the state's coastline in the next two days. heavy rains and high tides have been forecast in several coastal districts. fishermen have been advised not to go out into the sea. thousands of people have been evacuated in north—east philippines as the mayon volcano erupts. the volcanic activitiy started to intensify over the weekend. that is one of the most active volcanoes in the country, located in the farming peninsula of bicol. right now lava is flowing slowly, but there is a danger of a fast—moving current of volcanic gases. and thousands of manchester city fans gathered to celebrate their team's historic treble at a parade through the city. city beat inter milan in the champions league final over the weekend. they also won the premier league and fa cup titles this season.

they're just the second english men's team to win the treble. a new report out from the un shows no improvement in prejudice against women over the past decade. it reveals nine out of ten people of all genders worldwide hold biases towards women. nearly half of people believe men make better political leaders. and that shows, in the fact that the number of woman who are heads of state or government has stayed around 10% since 1995. the report also showed women are more skilled and educated than ever before, being more educated than men in 59 countries. but despite that, men still make more money, the average gender income gap is at 39%. women's voices are of particular importance to chilean author isabel allende. she's been awarded the presidential medal of freedom and has a foundation defending women and girls. that's informed her latest work the wind knows my name, that addresses the separation

of migrant children from their families at the us southern border. between 2017 and 2021, 3,900 children were separated from their parents under former president donald trump's zero tolerance policy. and according to the latest figures from the us government in march, nearly one thousand children are still waiting to be reunited with their pa rents. allende spoke to my colleague azadeh moshiri. isabel allende, welcome to the programme and thank you so much forjoining us. i want to start by mentioning that this is a novel bitter talks about things that are truly happening today and sometimes reading the book it felt like you were a real warning. iwant it felt like you were a real warning. i want to read a passage from the book, from samuel, one of the protagonists who says "medina always said that indifference was a capital sin that had to be atoned for sooner or later. she was right. in his old age the sin of indifference had become a

fierce daemon that stopped his nightmares and haunted him in moments of loneliness. " do you think the average american is unaware of what is happening at the border or do you think it is indifference, as you wrote there? i is indifference, as you wrote there? ~ , there? ithink it is both. some --eole there? ithink it is both. some peeple don't — there? ithink it is both. some people don't know _ there? ithink it is both. some people don't know and - there? ithink it is both. some people don't know and are - there? ithink it is both. some people don't know and are notj people don't know and are not interested and some people know but they are powerless to do anything and eventually that turns into total indifference. when we hear numbers, thousands and thousands of people in distress, it does not mean much until you know one story or hear one name, you see a face and then you start to connect with the person and the problem. with the person and the problem-— with the person and the roblem. ., ., ., , ., problem. you have many of those stories in the _ problem. you have many of those stories in the book. _ problem. you have many of those stories in the book. there - problem. you have many of those stories in the book. there are - stories in the book. there are several characters, but it is actually a play about a child during the horror —— holocaust that inspired this story and of course that is a unique experience and nothing quite compares to it but what is it

about child separation during the holocaust that made you think of the us border? england received 10,000 _ think of the us border? england received 10,000 people -- - received 10,000 people —— children without families after the crystal knocked in germany and austria and those children were from jewish families that had a terrible choice of separating from the children and letting them go to an unknown destination to save their lives. and that resonated with me when i saw the play many years ago, a play called kindred transport. and so in 2018 we saw the separation of families at the border of the united states and we saw kids in cages and other families united states and we saw kids in cages and otherfamilies in distress and border patrol officers taking children from their mothers arms. it was such an appalling thing and it

reminded me of the choices of those families.— those families. and when it comes to — those families. and when it comes to the _ those families. and when it comes to the reality - those families. and when it comes to the reality for - those families. and when it l comes to the reality for those families, especially at the border, it is a heated date in terms of how to respond to the situation. 0ne terms of how to respond to the situation. one of the characters in your book, frank, this hotshot american lawyer says we cannotjust open the floodgates and let millions of immigrants and refugees in. he says the hardships they face are not the problem of the us government. that is an argument that several administrations have made, democratic and republican administrations in the united states that they need to slow the border crossings otherwise it is unmanageable and that some people could take advantage of the us immigration system. what is your response to that? {iii is your response to that? of course it _ is your response to that? of course it must be is your response to that? oi course it must be regulated but building walls to stop people from coming is not the solution. the solution is to find ways of accepting immigrants who were needed in this country to do the menial work that no american wants to

do for that money, with working permits so that they can come in and then return to their place of origin. and refugees asylum seekers and immigrants, this problem will not be solved locally unless the problems in the countries of origin assault. we did not have ukrainian refugees until ukraine was invaded. there were no syrian refugees until there was a civil war. we would not have central american refugees if it was not for the correct —— corrupt government and gains in their own country. people are running away from extreme poverty or extreme violence. iii poverty or extreme violence. in all those conflicts you just mentioned, children are caught in the middle of this and child trauma is at the heart of this work as well. in the book, samuel, who was a child separated from his family and the holocaust and anita, a

blind child separated from her mother as she crosses the us mexico border, they both have very similar symptoms to wet the bed, they ascribe magical value to tokens that they have for comfort. based on your work with your foundation and what you have seen in america today, do you think children are receiving the physical and emotional support that they need? ., ., , ., need? there are thousands and thousands _ need? there are thousands and thousands of _ need? there are thousands and thousands of people _ need? there are thousands and thousands of people trying to l thousands of people trying to help and trying to give those children as much help as possible. but the trauma is so deep and it will last the whole life. so no matter how much help they receive it will not be enough. help they receive it will not be enough-— help they receive it will not be enou:h. . ~' . be enough. thank you so much. her new book— be enough. thank you so much. her new book is _ be enough. thank you so much. her new book is the _ be enough. thank you so much. her new book is the wind - her new book is the wind knows that my name. thank you for talking about these issues with us. the european parliament is set to start debating landmark legislation tuesday

that would rein in al. the ai act includes guardrails for biometric surveillance and generative ai systems like chatgpt. lawmakers will vote on wednesday. we will be keeping an eye on that vote for you right here. thank you for watching. hello there. it was a busy old start to our working week — hot and humid for all of us. in fact, it was the warmest day of the year so far, with some late afternoon sunshine across northern ireland, a hot day across southern scotland and, as you can see, in north wales as well, temperatures in the high 20s. northwest england saw a high of 31 degrees as well. that heat and humidity helped to trigger off some sharp, thundery downpours, and you can see in cheshire, the threatening—looking skies, those thunderstorms that threatened to spoil the parade in manchester. now, we had over a couple of inches of rain in highland scotland from those storms. they were quite

widespread with over 7,500 lightning strikes at one point through the middle part of the afternoon. the showers have eased away, but it's still quite a mild start to the day. tuesday morning seeing temperatures into the mid—teens first thing. there'll be plenty of early—morning sunshine to look out for as well. but there will be a change to come — a little bit more cloud just clinging on to the isles of scilly and maybe cornwall, and a few isolated showers, just a few across england and wales — these shouldn't be thundery either. we should see some sharp, thundery downpours perhaps into the west of northern ireland and the far northwest of scotland. but in comparison to monday's weather, it won't be quite as widespread that rain, and it'll still be quite warm. yes, the northern isles, a little cool and cloudy, but 21—27 degrees in scotland, 25 in northern ireland and generally the high 20s across england and wales. now, through the rest of the week, it's going to start to gradually feel less humid. we keep a lot of dry and sunny weather, though. the reason why we're losing that humidity is the position of the high. the wind direction swings

round from a southeasterly to a light easterly direction, so it's not going to produce some cloud coming in off the north sea like we had around a week ago. it's still going to keep a lot of fine, dry weather, but there is a risk of a little bit more cloud into eastern scotland, and maybe some cloud lingering across southwest england as well. but look at the temperatures — still slightly above the average for the time of year. generally around 21—27 degrees the high — that's the 80s — and this dry, settled, sunny theme continues right throughout the week and largely into the weekend. just a slim chance of some rain from monday onwards.

hi, this is the catch up. it has been a dramatic weekend in politics, so what's happened ? the former prime minister borisjohnson stepped down as the mp on friday, over reports on parties held in government hq during the pandemic. this was hours after the government released its honours list — that's for people given awards after a prime minister steps down.

borisjohnson was unhappy a panel which vets these lists