temperatures around the globe. uncertainty in niger, day after soldiers announced the overthrow of the country's elected president. iam i am helena iam helena humphries, glad you canjoin me. former us president donald trump is facing three new charges over his handling of classified documents after he left the white house. prosecutors filed an on thursday evening superseding former federal charges made injune to which trump has pleaded not guilty. the defendant has been named, carlos de oliveira, reportedly had of maintenance at trump's florida mar—a—lago beach house. de oliveira it is alleged to haveit de oliveira it is alleged to have it with other trump employees to delete a security footage and is expected to appear in a manly court house monday. the indictment details

how injured he allegedly told the trump employee at mar—a—lago�*s it office that: mr trump's campenaerts responded to the new charges, calling it: trump's lawyers on thursday reportedly met with prosecutors and a special counseljack and a special counsel jack smith's and a special counseljack smith's investigations on trump�*s attempt to overturn the 2020 election. that looms. we are bringing in the new york times reporter covering justice department. great to have you. what stood out to you today from the latest charges from the indictment?— the indictment? it is a remarkable _ the indictment? it is a| remarkable document. 70 pages, we assumed we had seen the bulk of the accusations against former president trump in the previous indictment which came about a month ago. but this is really a

blockbuster and it is to unique new charges based on the president's asking some of these employees at his club, his bodyguard he was with him all the time, and second person who is the head of maintenance for his club. the two charges against donald trump are an attempt to destroy evidence and attempt to destroy evidence and attempt to destroy evidence and attempt to coerce somebody into destroying evidence on his behalf. and taken together if you are convicted, it would be a maximum of 60 years in prison. just as interestingly, one of the other revelations in this document revolves around this document revolves around this tape that most people have heard of donald trump boasting about possessing these intelligence documents at his club in bedminster, newjersey,

speaking to two people, waving around the document that has to do with us defence against iran. that argument was not included in the previous indictment. the previous indictment. the previous indictment includes 31 instances of classified documents that he is purported to have improperly capped. the question was why wasn't this most intimate of the documents included in the original indictment? well, it is now. the government reported today essentially that they are including that document. so i would say that in some, a case in which most illegal analyst for a month ago was very strong hasjust become for a month ago was very strong has just become really exponentially stronger. hasjust become really exponentially stronger. you mentioned _ exponentially stronger. you mentioned that _ exponentially stronger. you mentioned that document which was allegedly showing to people at the bedminster golf resort, people who did not have the requisite security clearance and that is going to be another charge, as you've mentioned. this will be specifically under

the espionage act. serious for something like that?- the espionage act. serious for something like that? each one of those, something like that? each one of those. so — something like that? each one of those, so we _ something like that? each one of those, so we now— something like that? each one of those, so we now have - something like that? each one of those, so we now have 32 l of those, so we now have 32 counts against donald trump, each one of those carries a maximum of ten years in prison. even in an instance, let's presume he has conducted on all of these things, he wouldn't serve 320 years in prison, they would tend to be run concurrently. but this is serious jail time and these two new charges up the ante. you are talking about a situation in which donald trump, who has been described by people who know him for years, including one of his opponents, former newjersey governor chris christie as being deathly afraid of being incarcerated. you are talking about a case in florida where he would face presumably, if convicted, a substantial amount of time, perhaps the rest of his life behind bars, so we have gone from, we are very much in this bizarre world where we have

donald trump succeeding really wildly thus far in the republican nomination for the 2024 campaign, his opponent, her strongest opponent ron desantis, governor of florida, desa ntis, governor of florida, seems desantis, governor of florida, seems to be fading very quickly. so you have this paradoxical situation where trump is doing very well politically and this legal situation where he seems to be getting deeper and deeper in trouble. i getting deeper and deeper in trouble. ., ., ., ., trouble. i want to ask about that because _ trouble. i want to ask about that because we _ trouble. i want to ask about that because we are - trouble. i want to ask about that because we are of- trouble. i want to ask about l that because we are of course news on the 6january investigation and if indictment does come out of that from the perspective of the department ofjustice, and legal entanglement, do you see the former president still able to run a presidential campaign? absolutely. he will not only be able to run a presidential campaign, he will run the presidential campaign on these indictments. his entire campaign is a campaign to put it bluntly of grievance and

vengeance. he has vowed to essentially go after the fbi and the justice essentially go after the fbi and thejustice department, restructure them, change them from top to bottom, something he tried to do when he was president, if you is elected. polls are showing some erosion in his core support among republicans but for the most part a lot of these accusations tend to strengthen his hand with his face, not weaken it. i briefly want to ask you what you think this means for the department ofjustice because of course as we know the republicans have tried to argue that the doj was not tough enough or swift enough for example when it came to hunter biden who now has the latest further charges filed against donald trump. what do you think this could mean for the department ofjustice in terms of how this could play out politically, briefly, if you don't mind?— politically, briefly, if you don't mind? , ., , ., don't mind? great question. i was in delaware _ don't mind? great question. i was in delaware yesterday . don't mind? great question. i was in delaware yesterday at | was in delaware yesterday at the hunter biden the agreement

hearing which went completely off the rails. it will give a lot of follow to republicans criticising the deal. i think there will be a continued ramping of accusations by republicans as they see america on the attorney general and jack smith the special counsel moved progressively against donald trump. but we are seeing here is the schism already very wide between the party about the role of the doj and is instance and grow even whiter with really unpredictable and perhaps dangerous consequences. new york times reported covering justice department, great to have you won. thanks for being with us. thank you. the general in charue thank you. the general in charge of— thank you. the general in charge of ukraine's - thank you. the general in charge of ukraine's are i charge of ukraine's are offensive in russia has told bbc his forces are struggling to overcome russian defences and move forward quickly. he said russia's multilayered minefields and fortify defensive lines are making it harderfor military

defensive lines are making it harder for military pigment including western supply tanks and armoured vehicles to advance. ukraine counteroffensive in an the second month of progress is slow. areas are shown in red are currently under russian military control and think with the cities of donetsk and mariupol. defence correspondent jonathan beale reports from southern ukraine. hidden in a forest — evidence of ukraine's stuttering offensive in the south. a makeshift repair yard trying to salvage not old soviet equipment, but recently donated western armour. these us—made bradleys may have saved lives, but they've also been damaged by what's slowing them down — russian minefields. sirhiy says some can't be repaired so they'll scavenge the parts. this was the same brigade in the first days of the offensive, especially

trained and equipped by the west to break through defences. instead, they became an easy target and fodderfor russian propaganda. it's ukraine's infantry who are having to make the hard yards on foot. all the more difficult to hold ground without armour. it's been painful to watch for this drone pilot. he's seen brutal new tactics. this is what he recently filmed when ukrainian troops, advancing from the bottom right, tried to capture a russian trench. it was empty but rigged with explosives. 0n the russian trenches, they leave remote—controlled mines, and when the soldiers get to the trenches, the mines explode and kill ourfriends. it's a new weapon. ukraine's now using a new weapon too, one that's banned by more than 100 countries. this us—supplied

howitzer is firing on russian infantry positions, and for the first time we're seeing them using cluster munitions. the ukrainian general overseeing the southern offensive defended their use. he says he's facing a more difficult enemy. translation: idon't- underestimate the enemy. they have created all the conditions that prevent us from moving forward quickly, but their weakness is they don't care about their people. how can i decide if your offensive is a success or a failure? i wouldn't be talking to you now if the counteroffensive wasn't successful. he said he'd still to commit his main strike force. there are reports that may now be happening. the bodies of dead russian soldiers and destroyed tanks show ukraine is advancing.

but on this battlefield there's also wrecked western armour, including these british—supplied vehicles. ukraine says it needs patience and time. jonathan beale, bbc news, southern ukraine. russian president vladimir putin has welcomed african leaders to the second russia and africa summit being held in st petersburg. 32 african nations are attending this time including 17 heads of state and that's down from the first summit in 2019 which saw 43 litres at hand. in the opening speech vladimir putin two african leaders irrational to everything it can to avert a global food crisis everything it can to avert a globalfood crisis promising large low—cost shipments of grain for six countries. the bbc�*s reporter has been following it from nairobi. russian president but putin half—day gifted six african countries with free grain of up to 50,000 tons of which he says

will be available in the next few months. the decision is significant because the country just announced its exit from a deal that allowed the safe passage of ukrainian grain through black seaports. he says they're now able to plug the gap to africa which has been dealing with the rising food security challenges and today at the summit security was a major theme with the leader of the russian wagner group on the sidelines of the meeting and countries like burkina faso, mali, the central african republic, partnering with wagoner to counterjihadis attacks that have been taking place in the region. in niger which hasjust undergone place in the region. in niger which has just undergone a military takeover, little protesters taking to the streets in support of the mutiny and they say they want russian intervention in the country, some seen carrying russian flags and calling for the departure of french forces. 0n the departure of french forces. on friday african leaders expected to meet president putin and discuss possible

peace resolutions to russian invasion of ukraine and so they want to see these two countries having peaceful coexistence because african countries have been really from the impacts of this wall. demonstrators have taken to the streets of the west african country of niger with russian floods and progression chance the day after soldiers announced the overthrow of the country's elected president. guards shot at protesters outside the compound were the president is still being held. the french foreign minister says the parameter is in good health. western allies have condemned the situation in niger. around a lot across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing a different stories from across the uk. each summer cornwall bob latta populations as well as thousands of that flock. it

often means healthcare services are put under extreme pressure. as a summer holiday start the nhs hopes people can help them by notjust nhs hopes people can help them by not just turning nhs hopes people can help them by notjust turning up here unless there is an urgent need. we want to do is help people get to the right place and get seenin get to the right place and get seen in a timely fashion. that's really important for us here in the emergency department because we want to be able to treat people who have emergency conditions like threatening conditions and are really timely way.— threatening conditions and are really timely way. what you can do now because _ really timely way. what you can do now because we _ really timely way. what you can do now because we have - really timely way. what you can | do now because we have remote technology is ring your own gp who knows you, he has the records _ who knows you, he has the records and those what medicines you are taking and they— medicines you are taking and they can _ medicines you are taking and they can sort out a prescription for you. people unsure of— prescription for you. people unsure of the _ prescription for you. people unsure of the healthcare - unsure of the healthcare service they need are advised to call 111 or use nhs111 online the doctor say those have been told they need urgent care should not delay coming in. the more stories across the uk, go to the bbc news website. you are alive with bbc news.

nearly half of the united states is currently at risk of dangerous heat. the lawyer said to be the hottest month recorded globally for 120,000 years and scientists say that is directly linked to the burning of fossil fuels. burning of fossilfuels. antonio terrace burning of fossil fuels. antonio terrace describes the current intense heat input to as terrifying. for vast parts of north america, asia, africa and europe, it's a cruel summer. for the entire planet, it is a disaster. and for scientists, it is unequivocal — humans are to blame. all this is entirely consistent with predictions and repeated warnings. the only surprise is the speed of the change. climate change is here. it is terrifying. and it isjust the beginning. meanwhile the us presidentjoe biden cold the scorching heat and existential threat. i

biden cold the scorching heat and existential threat.- and existential threat. i don't think anyone _ and existential threat. i don't think anyone can _ and existential threat. i don't think anyone can deny - and existential threat. i don't think anyone can deny the . think anyone can deny the impact of climate change anymore. when i first got here many people said it is not a problem. i don't know anybody, i should not say that, i don't know anyone who honestly believes climate change is not a serious problem. look at the historic floods in vermont and california this year. rather than hurricane is growing more frequent. wildfires spreading a smoky haze for thousands of miles, worsening air quality. record temperatures, and i mean record, now affecting than 100 million americans. the record, now affecting than 100 million americans.— million americans. the heat is havinu million americans. the heat is having an _ million americans. the heat is having an impact _ million americans. the heat is having an impact not - million americans. the heat is having an impact notjust - million americans. the heat is having an impact notjust on . having an impact notjust on land but at sea. scientists say the sea water off the coast of is potentially the hottest on record,, putting coral reefs at risk and mass bleaching has been found in several which could lead to die off. a colleague spoke to a

superintendent at a marine century earlier about the effort under way to save the park. in coral. your team has compared the current water temperature to being like a hot tub. how unusual is what you are witnessing? no—one has seen anything like this, honestly. it is extraordinarily unusual and early in the year so it will be very interesting to see how the rest of the season plays out. as the temperatures have risen we have seen a massive leaching. simply can you explain to us what that is and what it means for coral reefs? , t, t, and what it means for coral reefs? , ., . , and what it means for coral reefs? , ., ., , ., ., ., reefs? yes. coral is an animal. not everybody _ reefs? yes. coral is an animal. not everybody realises - reefs? yes. coral is an animal. not everybody realises that. i not everybody realises that. and they are a little like goldilocks. they like the temperature just right. goldilocks. they like the temperaturejust right. if goldilocks. they like the temperature just right. if it gets too hot then they start to suffer in these temperatures that we see now are beyond their comfort zone and so they start to expel symbiotic algae

that live in their tissue and that live in their tissue and that makes them white and we call that bleaching. we are seeing significant amount of the corals exhibiting that leaching and, sadly in some cases, they are not surviving. coral can survive bleaching but if it lasts too long or is too intense then they suffer and die. these animals are having a difficult summer. who; die. these animals are having a difficult summer.— difficult summer. why are we focused on — difficult summer. why are we focused on coral— difficult summer. why are we focused on coral reefs? - difficult summer. why are we focused on coral reefs? what| difficult summer. why are we i focused on coral reefs? what do they mean _ focused on coral reefs? what do they mean for— focused on coral reefs? what do they mean for marine _ focused on coral reefs? what do they mean for marine life? - focused on coral reefs? what do they mean for marine life? in i they mean for marine life? in addition to being just part of our culture and way of life here in the florida keys, they are extraordinarily important to our economy. many people come here to enjoy the beautiful environment so tourism is important in the reef is the lifeblood of that. they are important for fisheries. 25% of the species that live in the ocean spent at

least part of their life in a reef system and the corals are the foundation of that system. they mean a lot to a lot of our marine life. they are also very important from the perspective of coastal protection. if you have ever been to the florida keys, they are low—lying islands in these corals provide an important service to us because they break waves down that come from offshore and this is hurricane season so we are thinking about the importance of that protection it provides. they are extraordinarily important to our community culture and way of life and our economy.- of life and our economy. what about other _ of life and our economy. what about other organisms - of life and our economy. what about other organisms and i about other organisms and animals? how do they cope with these warm water temperatures? the coral is the iconic species and they get all the attention. but it is notjust coral being impacted. there are reports of fish death so some of the fish that are larger and can move a great distance, they can swim to cool the water to find

refuge. but thejuvenile to cool the water to find refuge. but the juvenile fish and invertebrates, they cannot because they just cannot travel that far or they choose not to because they are very vulnerable if they leave their protected habitat. and so we are concerned that we will see mortality and some of those organisms. we also hear of algal bloom and there is a significant number of effects that are already being seen and, again, it is so early with this temperature. we are only injuly. typically we do not see this temperatures until august or september so we have a concerning summer ahead of us. it feels like an impossible question to ask because you cannot just call the water question to ask because you cannotjust call the water down yourself but what can be done? there is a tremendous amount of work being done and frankly it is inspiring. i think we can all appreciate that this is an

effect of planet warming and for many of us that can feel quite daunting, what on earth canonise an individual do in the face of these issues? in this case i am just in awe of the things that individuals are taking action in the face of this. people are rescuing coral, they are going out and collecting the coral that we have been growing to rebuild our briefs. even before this event our reef, like reefs around the world, have been suffering. so we have been working to rebuild it. we're taking the coral growing into safekeeping, thought of noah's ark on land into places where we can control temperature and keep them safe so there is an enormous amount of people doing that right now. we also move some of those nurseries where we grow the coral into cooler water. so there are many things that people are doing right now and, we are starting to pilot test some other techniques that

we can implement. maybe not this year but hopefully in the future because i think we can say confidently that this is not the last time we will have a temperature stress event here in the florida keys. interesting to have your perspective. thank you for joining us. kimjong—un has been meeting the russian defence ministry in pyongyang. they were visited in arms exhibition and discussed regional security. the chinese delegation is also in north korea for celebrations marking an anniversary of the armistice. north and south are technically still at war because no peace agreement was reached and scores of prisoners have never been free. our correspondent has more. war is usually a cause for commemoration. but in pyongyang it is one for celebration. the

red carpet treatment for the vip guests to the party. russia's defence minister. the pre— party was a tour of north korea �*s finest nuclear weapons. and its latest model of drone. is mist kim hoping for a new customer? these weapons could any day be used against south korea. a reminder that this war is not over. aha, that this war is not over. a set of documents signed by general— set of documents signed by general harrison. the armistice was supposed _ general harrison. the armistice was supposed to _ general harrison. the armistice was supposed to be _ general harrison. the armistice was supposed to be temporaryl was supposed to be temporary but a peace treaty never followed, trapping these countries in a perpetual state of war. we are here at the korean war memorial. at this war is so much more than just memories for koreans. they still live with the consequences of it today because the peninsula is still divided and families are still separated. tens of thousands of south korean soldiers held

captive in the north have never been returned. this is one of the very few soldiers who managed to escape. after 54 years in a north korean coal mine which took three of this fingers, and the life of this only son, he fled, at 77. translation: i only son, he fled, at 77. translation:— only son, he fled, at 77. translation: ., , ., ., ., translation: i was all alone and scared — translation: i was all alone and scared i — translation: i was all alone and scared i could _ translation: i was all alone and scared i could face - translation: i was all alone and scared i could face a - and scared i could face a meaningless death at any moment. that meaningless death at any moment-— meaningless death at any moment. �* ., ,., , ., moment. at what point did you cive u- moment. at what point did you give up hope — moment. at what point did you give up hope that _ moment. at what point did you give up hope that anybody - moment. at what point did you give up hope that anybody was| give up hope that anybody was going to come for you? translation: going to come for you? tuna/mom- going to come for you? translation: ., ., ., ., , translation: north korea was sa in: it translation: north korea was saying it did _ translation: north korea was saying it did not _ translation: north korea was saying it did not have _ translation: north korea was saying it did not have any - saying it did not have any prisoners of war so nobody questioned it. it is as if the south korean government did not make any effort to retrieve us. in south korea, the president casts a more sombre shadow. as the remains of seventh soldiers are finally brought home to

rest. by the time lee arrived home, already old and frail, this parents had passed away. he has since struggled to find peace of this own. we need to be reunified, he tells us, we are one people who cannot be divided. but this dream of reunification feels evermore illusionary. you are watching bbc news. we will have more for you at the top of the hour. join us then. hello, there. sunshine and prolonged heat across the uk has been very limited thisjuly, hasn't it? and actually we had once again some contrasting weather conditions across the country. in fact, in scarborough, in north yorkshire, we had just over 40 millimetres of rain, most of that falling in the afternoon. but, by contrast, once the sunshine broke through across parts of the midlands, in warwickshire, we had a high

of 26 celsius. we haven't seen temperatures like that since the beginning of the month. now, a quiet story on friday continues, but this low pressure is set to move in from the atlantic for the start of the weekend. it'll be the third weekend we've seen an area of low sitting to the north—west. so make the most of friday's weather — dry, with some sunny spells, showers should be fairly isolated, it'll feel quite pleasant, with the sunshine coming through. a quiet story for many, with temperatures generally at around 17 to 23 or 24 degrees, that's 75 fahrenheit. it means there's a potential for another dry day for the cricket at the oval, but there's a further chance of showers on saturday and sunday, some of those are likely to interrupt play, and it's all because of this low that's sitting out to the north—west, the strongest of the winds to the southern flank of that low, the heaviest and sharpest of the showers on saturday, the further north and west you are. there will be a few drifting their way steadily through, and with blustery winds from a westerly direction, at least they should clear relatively quickly. dodge those showers and keep some sunshine, it'll still be pleasantly warm, 22 or 23 not out of the question. now, moving out of saturday

into sunday, our area of low pressure gradually drifts its way steadily eastwards, with another one waiting in the wings. it's going to close out the month on quite an unsettled note. so we'll see a spell of showers drifting their way through north west england, over to east anglia, clouding over with further outbreaks of rain by the end of the day, pushing into northern ireland and west wales. blustery winds for this time of year, once again. they will push the showers through quite quickly. top temperatures on sunday ranging from 15 to 21 degrees. so into the weekend, no significant change to the trend ofjuly so far — sunshine and showers, breezy at times, and disappointing temperatures.

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