uncertainty in niger a day after the - uncertainty in niger a day after the soldiers _ - uncertainty in niger a day after the soldiers announced i after the soldiers announced the overthrow of the country's elected president. i'm helena humphrey. good to have you with us. former president donald trump is facing three new charges over his handling of classified documents after he left the white house. federal prosecutor failed an indictment on thursday evening superseding formal federal charges made thursday evening superseding formalfederal charges made in june, to which he has pleaded not guilty. a third defendant had always been named, carlos de oliveira, reportedly the head of maintenance at trump's florida mar—a—lago beach club. de oliveira is alleged to have communicated with other employees in an attempt to delete security footage. he is expected to appear in a miami courthouse on monday. the indictment details injune de oliveira allegedly told a trump

employee at mar—a—lago that quote, boss wanted a server deleted. mr trump's campaign has responded to the new charges, calling it a desperate and flailing attempt by the government to harass him. on thursday, his lawyers also reportedly met with federal prosecutor, prosecutors and jack smith's offices into his investigation, a potential indictment in that case still looming. i spoke with sarah icrosoft earlier for looming. i spoke with sarah icrosoft earlierfor her icrosoft earlier for her reaction. —— krissoff. you're talking about three new charges being filed against the former president. what do you make of them? i think there is a few things here. i think this indictment really continues to show how much information the federal government is getting out of the people close to trump. so, theyjust have gotten — well, they have text messages, they have e—mail messages, they have voicemail,

that kind of stuff but they have got a lot of information from those close to trump and they've really built their case based on the information. a lot of information apparently appearing to still come in. i want to look at some details in this indictment in this superseding indictment. de oliveira told trump employee 4 that "the boss "wanted the server deleted" — one of the quotes coming out of the document. how serious is something like that — asking a defendant to delete the server, essentially? what kind of view do you think a prosecutor would take of something like that? so, i think this is consistent with the information that was already in the indictment, but this is a very serious charge. essentially, the doj says we issued a subpoena for this surveillance video and then president — the former president and his team have not only

to try to circumvent the subpoena but they made efforts to delete the video surveillance before turning it over. so, i think these are very serious allegations. this adds to the government's case and frankly, it is evidence that will be pretty compelling before a jury, should the case ultimately get there. we've also seen a new charge specifically under the espionage act and that stemmed from a classified document which was reported to be about iran, which donald trump allegedly showed visitors at his bedminster golf course there. we had that mentioned before in the first indictment but it was not charged on specifically. how much gravity do you think something like that carries alone? this is an additional charge related to something we knew that had happened before, essentially, so it's, as to be expected, the department of justice is sort of bolstering this case as time goes on. their investigation continues. it does not stop at the time

the first indictment is filed. so, they are showing the former president and his team that they will continue to investigate, they will build the case as we move forward to trial here and frankly, i think we can only expect the case to get better as time goes on and we move closer to. —— on and we move closer to may. just pick you up on that — does that mean potentially that we could see further charges as the investigation carries on? i think that is certainly likely. frankly, there may be other individuals wrapped up in this case. there may be additional charges related to this conduct, related to the possession of these documents, so we certainly could see it as the case goes on. i want to touch more on that because in this specific superseding indictment, we have seen the mention of a new defendant. if we take a look in detail at the indictment, it said on 26 august 2020,

there was a call on 26 august 2020, there was a call from nauta to trump, employee number 5, said words to the effect that someone wants to make sure that "carlos is good". in response, trump employee 5 told him that de oliveira was loyal and that de oliveira would not do anything to affect his relationship with trump so to what extent would you now say that those around trump, anybody in his circle at the time, now find themselves in the spotlight of the special counseljack smith? what's interesting to me is to see which individuals will continue to stay by trump's side and which are willing to co—operate with the government and their investigation and now we have two folks who are charged alongside trump and this indictment. there may be others and are those individuals willing to go to prison to keep their silence and fight this case alongside trump?

that a big decision they have to make, it's a big ask of them by the former president, so they have a lot to discuss with their counsel about that issue. what do you think about the timing of all of this why do you think that this particular indictment, these additional charges are being filed now? is there anything to that? i think it is likely that they were ready to be brought. sometimes, there is a particular deadline that forces a superseding indictment, a deadline set by a judge or a trial that's coming up or the expiration of a grand jury, but in this case i think the investigation had moved forward to a point where they were able to bring these additional charges and i have no doubt they will continue to investigate and that we will see what's to come. we will, indeed. but, of course, all eyes

are on the date of may when we expect that trial to get under way — or we did expect it to get under way in may. do you think this indictment, these further charges, could change that potential date at all? i think trump and his team have a good argument that may —— the may date is very ambitious. he has a lot going on, putting aside the election. but if you look at his criminal troubles — and assuming we have another indictment coming out ofjack smith's team in the coming days or weeks — there is a lot the president has to deal with, relative of how you feel about the charges, and he needs constitutionally the time and ability to prepare for those cases, to assist in his own defence, and so, i think he will have valid arguments to put off these cases. i would be shocked, frankly,

if that may date holds, given the fact that this documents investigation is ongoing, the fact that we are seeing additional defendants being added to the case, the fact that we may see additional charges down the road. former federal prosecutor, sarah krissoff, thank you for being with us. thank you. close to half of the united states is currently at risk of dangerous heat. joe biden has called global warming a, quote, "existential threat" on thursday. july is set to be the hottest month recorded globally 420,000 years, scientists saying it is directly linked to the burning of fossilfuels. the un chief antonio guterres says global boiling has begun, describing the current intense heatin describing the current intense heat in part of the northern hemisphere as "terrifying" and pleading for world leaders to act. 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. president biden met with the mayors of san antonio, texas and phoenix, arizona to talk about climate change on thursday. sumi somaskanda spoke with the mayor of san antonio about his city is dealing with the heat. thank you forjoining us. you are part of the president's announcement today so can you tell me how concretely the measures announced will help your city?— your city? sure. thanks for havin: your city? sure. thanks for having me- _ your city? sure. thanks for having me. the _ your city? sure. thanks for having me. the message l your city? sure. thanks for . having me. the message from your city? sure. thanks for - having me. the message from the white house was one of urgency which is very welcome because the heatwave we are experiencing in this country and particularly here in san

antonio, texas is of an urgent level so the measures announced today to help backstop efforts today to help backstop efforts to protect the most vulnerable members of our community, particularly outdoor workers, very welcome here in the state of texas. we are in a battle with the state, cities are in battle with the state to protect global control so that we can protect the basic right of workers and so, the president's reminder that federal law oversees the protections, basic protections of workers, is very welcome. of course, the investments necessary to mitigate the impacts of heat island effects and the overall changing climate is also very welcome. we are taking efforts locally to improve tree canopy, to mitigate the heat island effect. we're also more resilient infrastructure. we are shutting down the use of coal so there's a lot of strategies that are being implemented and —— hand in hand

with the federal government to the actions announced today are very welcome. san the actions announced today are very welcome-— very welcome. san antonio has seen these _ very welcome. san antonio has seen these withering _ very welcome. san antonio has seen these withering heat - very welcome. san antonio has l seen these withering heat waves this month and last month so can you give us an idea of what it has been like for the people, and you, in your city? it's been a level of intensity thatis it's been a level of intensity that is historic. triple digits. the numbers that we are seeing on the temperature gauge are not normal. we seeing heat indices that are making itjust unbearable to be outside and, of course, the duration, the under renting nature of this heat is also relatively new for us —— unrelenting. this theme is now in consecutive years so this is a reality that we are having to face and accommodate through smarter infrastructure, through smarter infrastructure, through innovation and, of course, through the protection of the vulnerable members of our community. i of the vulnerable members of our community.— our community. i want to ask about the _ our community. i want to ask about the power _ our community. i want to ask about the power grid - our community. i want to ask about the power grid as - our community. i want to ask about the power grid as welll about the power grid as well because it's under immense pressure with so many people staying indoors and cranking up the air—conditioning and know

grid failed during the winter blackout two years ago. are you confident texas is equipped to handle the pressure?— confident texas is equipped to handle the pressure? we've had exoerience- _ handle the pressure? we've had experience. unfortunately, - handle the pressure? we've had experience. unfortunately, with| experience. unfortunately, with the energy grid management at a state level in texas and i would be completely candid by saying that i'm unsure. at the local level, we made extraordinarily important investments in broadening our energy production and implementing more green energy production measures and, let's face it, even recognises the state energy, recognises that it is solar and wind that have really saved our necks in texas during this heatwave —— ercot. san antonio has become the number one solar producer in texas, numberfive in the nation, and we continuing to add to the portfolio and we are making sure we are implementing technologies that are make us more resilient in the face of extreme weather so this is very important in keeping the lights

on so that people can be out of the heat with air—conditioning, it's extremely important in the energy mix, making sure we are reducing emissions and building a stronger energy portfolio is important for our state. we are doing it at the local level and we need to continue to do that at the state level but unfortunately the measures they are going in the opposite direction in some cases through our state legislature.— our state legislature. looking at the bigger— our state legislature. looking at the bigger picture, - our state legislature. looking at the bigger picture, we - our state legislature. looking | at the bigger picture, we have seen the planet's hottest month ever recorded and i know right after you got into office you signed a pledge to combat climate change in san antonio, in your city. can summers like this still be prevented as we are seeing global record—breaking heat waves? i think we need to do what we can to mitigate it and also do what we can to take action on climate and i mentioned again we're ending the use of coal in san antonio 40 years ahead of schedule, in recognition of that ability and our responsibility. but we also having to do things to mitigate the impacts that are here and

part of the new reality. he related illness calls for emergency response, about 50% just this year and last he was also a record—setting year so we need to do things that are protecting people now agree true that's what we're doing by opening calling stations, we have 80 around town and providing free transportation —— free transportation to folks who need access to the calling centre and a building further infrastructure and zeroing in on ways to reduce the urban heat island effect, preserving tree canopies, adding electric charges and single family homes, that the requirement now for new home developments, so there is a lot of things that we need to do to create resilient infrastructure and that's in the face of the new reality but it does not take away our responsibility to do what we can and do what we can now to take action on climate. thank you so much forjoining us.

around the world, and across the uk, this is bbc news. bbc news, bringing you different stories from across the uk. has spent the past year hosting ukrainian families. today, she spoke to natalie, who has since returned to kyiv with her son. how are things in kyiv at the moment? unpredictable here. in ukraine. in kyiv. so, you never know what happens. this in kyiv. so, you never know what happens.— in kyiv. so, you never know what happens. as if to prove it, what happens. as if to prove it. here's — what happens. as if to prove it, here's what _ what happens. as if to prove it, here's what happened - what happens. as if to prove i it, here's what happened within minutes of the zoom call ending. sirens warning of shelling in kyiv again. 700 ukrainian families are being hosted in somerset currently, but more are needed. we somerset currently, but more are needed-— somerset currently, but more are needed. ~ ., ., , are needed. we have more hosts at the beginning _ are needed. we have more hosts at the beginning than _ are needed. we have more hosts at the beginning than we - at the beginning than we needed. but that's very much changed. a lot of that is done to the cost of living crisis. if the war carries on as it's going, we need more support from residents here in somerset.— from residents here in

somerset. julie had two families _ somerset. julie had two families staying - somerset. julie had two families staying at - somerset. julie had two| families staying at once. somerset. julie had two - families staying at once. the best thing — families staying at once. the best thing we've _ families staying at once. iia: best thing we've ever families staying at once. tia: best thing we've ever done. you're live with bbc news. russian president vladimir putin has welcomed african leaders to the second africa russia summit. the attendance is significantly down from the first summit that saw 42 leaders attend. grain has been the biggest topic of discussion after moscow walked out on the black sea grain incentive. during his opening speech, vladimir putin said that russia would do whatever it can to avoid a food crisis, promising large shipments of grain to six countries. the head of the wagner mercenary group was there too. well, he wasn't on there too. well, he wasn't on the official list of participants, as far as we

know. he wasn't sitting around the table, or at the plenary session, as far as we could see on television. and yet, when that extraordinary photograph appeared today of yevgeniy prigozhin smiling, shaking hands with an official from the central african republic, apparently in a st petersburg hotel, mr prigozhin kind of stole the show on day one of this russia—africa summit. it's quite extraordinary when you thinkjust over a month ago, mr prigozhin, the creator of wagner, organised a mutiny insurrection, his wagner fighters were marching on moscow. president putin called it treachery and a stab in the back. just over a month later, mr prigozhin, who was supposed to leave russia and go to belarus, he's standing in st petersburg smiling and shaking hands with an african official. what does it tell us? i'm not quite sure. it tells us that

russia is quite a complicated place. it tells us perhaps that the kremlin is not in a position to move against mr prigozhin. or perhaps the kremlin has decided it needs mr prigozhin and wagner in other parts of the world, for example, in africa. where wagner paramilitaries are very active. meanwhile, back at the summit, the main part of the summit, the main part of the summit, events got off today with fewer heads of state than at the last russian—africa summit four years ago. that would've been galling for the kremlin. on the other hand, russian officials are saying it's a difficult situation, and they blame the west, particularly america and france, accusing them of putting pressure on african leaders not to come to st petersburg. demonstrators have taken to the streets in the

west african country of niger, waving russian flags and pro—russian chants a day after soldiers announced the overthrow of the country's elected president. guards shot at protesters outside the compound where president mohamed bazoum is still being held, and western allies have condemned the situation in niger. this is west africa's fifth successive coup. it's bad news for the region. america has $150 million drone base there, it's the centre of operations for france, only recently moved its bases out of mali, following a coup there, into niger. what does it mean globally? it means the international effort to try and push back al-qaeda and isis—linked insurgent groups will be weakened. it depends

how long the coup lasts and what are the arrangements for western forces. almost certainly, the wagner group, the kremlin backed mercenary group, will be looking to profit from this. they'll be looking to do something similar in niger as they did in central african republic, very rich in uranium ore, something that won't have escaped the notice of people in the kremlin. i spoke to a former us special envoy for the sahel region for his take on both the russian—africa summit and the situation in niger. i want to begin by considering the numbers attending this summit. 17 african heads of state attending this year, that's down substantially, if we take a look at the numbers that attended in 2019, 43 that time. what do you make of that? well, i think it's _ what do you make of that? well, | think it's the _ what do you make of that? well, i think it's the reality _ what do you make of that? well, i think it's the reality that - i think it's the reality that for all the lustre that russia can put on, on grand occasions,

there's the hard reality. the challenges that many african countries face, not only with feeding their people, through grain imports which, have been certainly blocked by russia's walking away from the grain dealfor walking away from the grain deal for the walking away from the grain dealfor the black walking away from the grain deal for the black sea walking away from the grain dealfor the black sea grain with ukraine, but also the rise of fertiliser prices and other hardships coming out of russia's war with ukraine. there's a disillusionment. the biggest takeaway from the 2019 summit was the weapons on display and the offer of military might. well, we've seen the effectiveness of the russian military against ukraine in the last year and a half, and so a bit of a lustre is off. certainly the kremlin will put the best face on it, but they must be smarting from the fact that just six months ago the united states hosted a

summit for africa and 49 countries attended, 46 of them at the head of state or government level. so, for someone as sensitive as vladimir putin to slights and to perception and to his image, this isn't good.— this isn't good. well, as you sa , this isn't good. well, as you say. russia _ this isn't good. well, as you say, russia walking - this isn't good. well, as you say, russia walking out - this isn't good. well, as you say, russia walking out of. this isn't good. well, as you i say, russia walking out of that grain deal is a major blow, particularly to african countries that are dealing with food insecurity right now. we know that president putin made some commitments to send free grain. the european union essentially saying don't trust president putin when it comes to that. he's misleading african countries, saying that based on past experience, russia was unlikely to honour its pledge. what do you make of that? �* , its pledge. what do you make of that? �*, ., ., 4' its pledge. what do you make of that? �*, ., that? let's look at the promises _ that? let's look at the promises made - that? let's look at the promises made by - that? let's look at the i promises made by putin that? let's look at the - promises made by putin in that? let's look at the _ promises made by putin in 2019. he promised to double, more than double, russia's trade with africa. at that time it was approximately $16 billion a year. the latest figures we

have for the last year, $17 billion. so nowhere near the $40 billion figure he pledged. as far as the free grain, it's going to countries that are already closely aligned with russia. somalia, eritrea, zimbabwe, hardly known for their good governance, any of these countries. and the amount of — these countries. and the amount of - 25,000 these countries. and the amount of — 25,000 metric tons — it's almost a joke compared to africa's needs and the fact that the withdrawal from the black sea grain initiative boosted the price of russian grain by 15%. so he's making a profit giving it away. so, again, ithink profit giving it away. so, again, i think africans are well aware of the realities. d0 well aware of the realities. do ou well aware of the realities. do you want _ well aware of the realities. do you want to touch on what we've been seeing unfold in niger in the past 48 hours? if it's the case that president bazoum is ultimately deposed, what do you think this will mean for the

united states and its campaign against islamist militants? ii against islamist militants? if you wouldn't mind, i would start about what it means for niger. this is a country that despite the neighbourhood it's in, has managed to have a peaceful transfer of power, democratic elections, it's maintained its constitutional — up maintained its constitutional — up to now. so it's a profound tragedy for the people of niger. moreover, there's a lot of talk about mohamed bazoum being a close ally with the united states, of france, a friend of the west, certainly he was all of that. but he also had a vision for niger, of human development, of agricultural reform, of dealing with a climate shock. so it's a real tragedy for the people of niger. but of course it's a tragedy for the region and the world. as your correspondent mentioned earlier, the united states and france have key and critical bases there. france, for its counter—terrorism

operations, the united states advises nigerian special forces, and drone bases that surveil the entire sahel region. all of that will be put in question. region. all of that will be put in question-— in question. the american sinner in question. the american singer and _ in question. the american singer and co-founding i in question. the american - singer and co-founding member singer and co—founding member of the eagles, has died at the age of 17. he ——77. he left the band in 1977 and went on to release a number of solo albums. that's all of us from washington. we leave you with the live pictures of london as we hand over to our colleagues there. good night from us. 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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imagine swimming at the north pole. or in a tunnel below the antarctic ice. or along the entire length of the english channel. now, all of these feats of superhuman endurance have been undertaken by my guest today, lewis pugh. why does he do it? to focus attention on the climate crisis and its impact on our blue planet. his death—defying exploits have won him political access from downing street to the kremlin but is the response to little, too late? —— the response too little, too late?