as he campaigns to return to the white house. he's charged with four counts — conspiracy to defraud the united states, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding, and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. many republican say the real reason for charges being brought now is because mr trump is way ahead of his republican because mr trump is way ahead of his reublican , , because mr trump is way ahead of his reublican ,, , a, , because mr trump is way ahead of his reublican ,, , , a, republican rivals as he campaigns to reuain the republican rivals as he campaigns to regain the white _ republican rivals as he campaigns to regain the white house. _ republican rivals as he campaigns to regain the white house. that - republican rivals as he campaigns to regain the white house. that view l regain the white house. that view has been echoed by mr trung's son. we have noticed a pattern of what swap happening, we have seen what they are doing on a daily basis. why did they wait 2.5 years? because he's leading in the polls and they are afraid of him becoming president and dismantling the party and

dismantling the deep state. i don't believe in this level of coincidence any more. the full 45—page indictment is full of lines which donald trump must now address. our reporter azadeh moshiri has been looking at the document. what are the key lines? we are talkin: what are the key lines? we are talking about _ what are the key lines? we are talking about 45 _ what are the key lines? we are talking about 45 pages - what are the key lines? we are talking about 45 pages here - what are the key lines? we are talking about 45 pages here so | what are the key lines? we are l talking about 45 pages here so it what are the key lines? we are - talking about 45 pages here so it is worth looking at the key takeaway is and is a reminder, donald trump is denying any wrongdoing. looking at the time line, it is notjust one single event like the attack on the capitol on january single event like the attack on the capitol onjanuary six, single event like the attack on the capitol on january six, the prosecutors are going to look at donald trump's actions because she two month period. shortly after the election date itself to the attack on the capitol a few months afterwards. what they are arguing is that they are accusing him of a broad conspiracy to keep him in power after he was defeated by presidentjoe biden in the election. they say he did this in several

ways, won by knowingly spreading a pervasive and destabilising lie is. and by repeating his claims, creating a national air of distrust and anchor. they are trying to argue that the former president knowingly knew the claims he were making war lie. this is about proving intent legally. let's have a look at the charges themselves. that there is conspiracy to defraud the united states, this is about the way the us government counts and certifies its presidential election results. next two charges that are related, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding and then the obstruction of an official proceeding, and cricket out there relating all there to the attack onjanuary six by donald trump supporters on us capitol. finally, they are talking

about conspiracy against rights of citizens, and this is when it comes to be voters themselves, the rights americans have to not only vote but to have their votes counted. there is another takeaway here concord and it is about the co—conspirators. it is important to say that there is six not 90 in the entitlements and i have not been charged and the bbc has not been able to identify their identities but us media is spectating it could be of these people — first, rudy giuliani, a well lawyer for donald trump and part of his legal team. john eastman, and constitutional lawyer. sidney powell, a conservative lawyer who has also been part of his team. geoffrey clark, a former doj lawyer, and then also another legal expert and then also another legal expert and a sixth co—conspirator that the

us media have not suggested as a name yet, and i name has not been floated yet. all in all, legal experts are saying that the challenge here for prosecutors and a potential defence for the former president is the first amendment right to free speech. as far as donald trump is concerned, he is calling all this part of an un—american witchhunt against him. thank you. are very shortly will be live in new york outside trump tower to get a sense of how americans are digesting this news. thousands of women in africa will die in pregnancy and childbirth as a result of cuts to the uk's overseas aid budget — that's the warning from an internal foreign office report, which has been made public by mps. the government says its budget for low—income countries has been cut in the short—term to hit a savings target, but will then nearly double.

with more on this is our diplomatic correspondent james landale. it's rare to see such detailed calculations like this about the impact of these spending cuts. what other conclusion is that this report come to? ~ . , ., , , other conclusion is that this report cometo? . , ., , , , , come to? what this does is put flesh on the bounce. _ come to? what this does is put flesh on the bounce. we _ come to? what this does is put flesh on the bounce. we knew— come to? what this does is put flesh on the bounce. we knew the - come to? what this does is put flesh on the bounce. we knew the player i on the bounce. we knew the player numbers that they were going to be cuts because there is huge pressure on the british government's aid budget at the moment because the government has decided to spend so much of it in the uk looking after refugees because of the recent increases in numbers coming over in small boats. the british government has chosen to do that and it can do so under the international rules but it means there is less money to spend on the government's parties overseas and that is why the foreign office has had to make cuts. this paper is advice from civil servants to ministers earlier this year when they were making the cuts when we

rang the reason it has been made public is because the development minister andrew mitchell wants to be more transparent. in the days, when the british government had a separate department for international development, that had a pretty good reputation for transparency and was considered to be a good thing to be very explicit about the trade—offs that had to be made whenever you spend money on a utah because she will never have enough. what has happened here is that the minister said i want this document to be made public so that people can see the choices that are having to be made at the moment, so the electorate and the treasury can be very explicit about what these choices mean. although the government has very specific targets and supporting women and girls around the world, what this data shows is that those very programmes are being cut themselves, so that means help for sexual health and advise, means there are more unsafe

abortions and more women dying in childbirth, there is a tristan and south sudan and the document says 3000 children could die as a result of these cuts. what's been shown here its budget cuts in whitehall have real impacts on the ground but rugby world, but this is proving what we knew be true, if you spend less on development there will be less on development there will be less on development there will be less on the ground football. addressing one of the issues that james has just raised addressing one of the issues that james hasjust raised over addressing one of the issues that james has just raised over asylum seekers here in the uk, a barge moored in dorset is unlikely to receive any occupants until next week. the home office had been expecting to send the first group of people to be vessel yesterday but says it has received a late representation from the health and safety executive which wants to check working practices for port stop. the fire brigades union says it intends to write to big government after its members raise serious concerns. speaking to nick

fury on lbc, rishi sunak was asked about the alliance about the policy had been a shambles. it hasn't. first of all... they were due to go on yesterday, prime minister, now probably not until next week. the point is not, is it next week, is it yesterday, the fact is that this is an example of me doing something different that hasn't been done before to help solve a serious problem, because i want to relieve the pressure... it hasn't been done yet. it is in the process of being done. there is a barge here, people are going to be put on it. in niger, european nations have begun evacuating european citizens from the country. the first of three french planes is a right back in paris were more than 250 people on board. italy is also flown out dozens of its own nationals as well as other europeans and american citizen. in the last few minutes we have heard from the german foreign minister who said over a0 german nationals had been flown out of niger. this as a delegation from the

african bloc ecowas is expected following last week's coup. some countries in the region have come to the new leadership's defense — including burkina faso, mali and guinea — declaring that any military invention in the country would be considered a declaration of war. niger is located in the sahel region. it's a key region for western countries in counterterrorism operations. 0ur correspondent in nairobi, catherine byaruhanga, has more now on those evacuations. at the french and italian flights have gone back home carrying hundreds of citizens. it also americans in some african citizens also on the italian flights. evacuations are meant to continue today with more people living on french flights and the italians, sorry, spaniards, are also expected to evacuate 70 nationals from the country. and contras, the united

kingdom is telling its citizens that wish to leave the country to stay indoors and to register potentially there might be some british evacuations. the americans and the other hand are saying they have no plans to evacuate any nationals and do not think the situation has escalated enough to warrant a mission on their side.- escalated enough to warrant a mission on their side. around the world and across _ mission on their side. around the world and across the _ mission on their side. around the world and across the uk, - mission on their side. around the world and across the uk, this - mission on their side. around the world and across the uk, this is l mission on their side. around the i world and across the uk, this is bbc news. this was the 22nd pride in hull event. it's just nice being able to celebrate. and be able to be open and dress up and really be proud. what does pride mean to you? notjust accepting but celebrating the differences in the world. you can tell that hull really is a great place for pride. what does pride mean to you? about being yourself and being really open with everybody. as far as the lgb aspects or sexual orientation aspects

of the pride movement go, a lot of movement has happened. there is an awful lot more work to be done in identifying what can be done for our trans community. 0rganisers say they hope by working with transgender groups it will mean even more people listen to their message. let's return to our main story this hour and donald trump has been criminally charged with plotting to overturn his defeat in the 2020 us presidential election. here's us special counseljack smith. the attack on our nation's capitol on january sixth 202i was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. as described in the indictment, it was fuelled by lies. lies by the defendant, targeted at obstructing a bedrock

function of the us government — the nation's process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the presidential election. in this case, my office will seek a speedy trial so that our evidence can be tested in court and judged by a jury of citizens. in the meantime, i must emphasise that the indictment is only an allegation and that the defendant must be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. live to new york now. cbs correspondent astrid martinez is outside the trump tower. good to see you. what has been the reaction from the trump camp to these indictments?— reaction from the trump camp to these indictments? good to see you as well. former _ these indictments? good to see you as well. former president _ these indictments? good to see you as well. former president donald i as well. former president donald trump is heading back, as you can expect any time is accused of

anything, he denies any wrongdoing. as soon as the indictment was handed down yesterday afternoon, his campaign sent out a statement calling the entitlements corrupt and a witch hunt and they also compared it to the persecutions of nazi germany. those statements have been widely criticised. he also said this is misconduct by special council jack smith and this is an effort to interfere in his 202a campaign. he said the same thing about current presidentjoe biden, which is ironic because those are the same charges he is being accused of. what because those are the same charges he is being accused of.— he is being accused of. what will ha en he is being accused of. what will happen on _ he is being accused of. what will happen on thursday? _ he is being accused of. what will happen on thursday? to - he is being accused of. what will happen on thursday? to know i he is being accused of. what will happen on thursday? to know if| happen on thursday? to know if donald trump will actually show up or whether possibly he appear virtually? he or whether possibly he appear virtuall ? ., , , virtually? he has been given the 0 tion to virtually? he has been given the option to show _ virtually? he has been given the option to show up _ virtually? he has been given the option to show up in _ virtually? he has been given the option to show up in person - virtually? he has been given the option to show up in person or l option to show up in person or appear virtually but we understand he has an interest in appearing in

person. if that happens he is expected at a court in dc out of apm eastern time. it would be a matter of minutes at the court proceeding would last, so special consideration will be taken into security to make sure he go swiftly into the courtroom and swiftly out, no cameras are allowed like we saw in the previous two indictments, one in new york and another at mar—a—lago, florida. so we can expect a quick proceedings with a lot of security and we expect to see him there in person. and we expect to see him there in erson. ., , ., , , , person. how senior republicans reminding? — person. how senior republicans responding? we _ person. how senior republicans responding? we had _ person. how senior republicans responding? we had a - person. how senior republicans responding? we had a swift - person. how senior republicans - responding? we had a swift reaction esterda responding? we had a swift reaction yesterday from _ responding? we had a swift reaction yesterday from both _ responding? we had a swift reaction yesterday from both parties - responding? we had a swift reaction yesterday from both parties and - responding? we had a swift reaction yesterday from both parties and you j yesterday from both parties and you can expect support and consternation divided along party lines. speaker of the house kevin mccarthy said this indictment was a distraction by joe pye tenet to take away some attention from the investigations

into his son hunter by ten. we also heard from republican senator who is a staunch supporter of donald trump who said trump did nothing wrong. 0ne republican later we have not heard from a senator mitch mcconnell. i heard from a senator mitch mcconnell-— heard from a senator mitch mcconnell. ., ., , , ., heard from a senator mitch mcconnell. ., ., , ., mcconnell. i am not sure if you are aware way — mcconnell. i am not sure if you are aware way i — mcconnell. i am not sure if you are aware way i have _ mcconnell. i am not sure if you are aware way i have found _ mcconnell. i am not sure if you are aware way i have found out - mcconnell. i am not sure if you are aware way i have found out that. aware way i have found out that donald trump is awake and posting on social media. we just had a post from him on his truth social platform, he writes he has never had so much support as it does after the latest charges against him, he says this is unprecedented and has a work in the world to the corruption, failure and scandal that has taken place in the us in the past three years. he also claims that polls show he was treated by far the national opinion power is for both the republican nomination and the general election in 202a. 0n the republican nomination and the general election in 202a. on that point, how is he doing in the polls? former president says there is a a5

page indictment will not stop him from running for president of the united states in the 202a. as we have seen in previous cases where he has been indicted, his popularity does rise and it seems it only increases his support among his voters and combine the most recent poll we have shows that the former president having 37 points ahead of his republican opponents and he vows to stay in this race no matter how many times he is indicted.- to stay in this race no matter how many times he is indicted. thank you very much- — many of us will read online reviews before buying a product or booking a holiday, but can you fully trust them? a bbc breakfast investigation has found it's all too easy to get fake reviews posted online, even for things such as medical procedures, as emma vardy reports. when it comes to where you spend your money, for so many services and purchases now, we're inundated with choice. so it's not surprising, when looking for a business you need, what's the first

thing many people do? google it. having a five—star rating from reviewers on google can help a business stand out in search results and push it up the rankings. but fake reviews can be bought online, and there's evidence of them being used not only on google but on platforms like amazon, trustpilot and the apple store. do you ever look at the reviews people have posted online? yeah. does it influence you? why is that? because if it's bad reviews, you're not going to want to go somewhere. and if there's loads of good reviews? then you want to go. you want to go. do you trust them? yeah. even though you have no idea who's written them? yeah. do you ever think they might be not real orfake? sometimes you question it if it's certain online companies, because then you'd think, "oh, well, it's interesting how every single review�*s all positive." we found examples of fake reviews being used by all sorts of companies, but even by some medical businesses. what if you're looking for, say,

a chiropractor in ipswich? the second business to appear in google search results is the ipswich spine clinic, run by dr amit patel, and it's got an almost—perfect a.9—star rating from customers on google reviews. whether your condition�*s due to some trauma or prolonged activities, we may be able to help you. but how was that impressive rating really achieved? look at this five—star reviewer. santosh kumar says, dr amit was brilliant. he assessed my injury and came up with a treatment plan. i felt i was in safe hands and highly recommend this place. but this reviewer has also reviewed a taxi service in canada, a dentist in the us, conveyancing services in australia and a bar in austria, which looks a bit suspicious. and to prove these reviews cannot be real, we cross—referenced in detail a number of customers who've not only reviewed the ipswich spine clinic but have also reviewed exactly the same businesses all over the world.

way too much of a coincidence. we also looked into this dental business in manchester called smiles better, which advertises its five—star rating on its website with a link to its google reviews. customer rose bellamy says, i'm so happy with my new smile. superfast services and everyone was so helpful. and the business writes back, we're so happy that you're delighted with the treatment provided, keep on smiling. and when we did our detailed cross referencing... our investigation shows this review and a number of others for this business are fake. i mean, it's bad enough if you buy a pair of dodgy bluetooth headphones off a fake review. if you try and get a medical treatment done, and it turns out that the review that you chose the establishment on was fake, that could have really serious repercussions. the government really needs to legislate against fake reviews. selling them, buying them and hosting them on your platforms should be illegal.

they should be facing a fine. there needs to be some deterrent from just buying a load of fake reviews because, for now, it's easy to do. we also found negative online reviews from fake customers posted for one of the ipswich spine clinic's local competitors. when we asked the clinic about this, dr amit patel told us that he had outsourced their marketing to a company in india and hadn't himself seen any of the reviews being posted online. since we contacted him, he says he's now asked for the reviews to be removed. i'm calling from the bbc... we also put our findings to smile's better, in manchester. this doesn't look very trustworthy for customers, does it? we've asked this dentistry business several times about the fake, five—star reviews online but they've declined to give us any response or explanation. google says its policies clearly state that reviews must be based on real experiences and that it does

monitor them for fraudulent content. but as our investigation shows, many go unnoticed. windsor castle's round tower reopens to visitors on thursday for the first time since before lockdown, people will get a chance to climb the 200 steps to get to the roof, where our royal correspondent daniela relph has been to take in the view. within the grounds of windsor castle, the round tower looms large. dating back to 1170, it's had some upgrades over the years, but had to close during the covid lockdown. now the doors are open again for those of us who can face the 200 steps to the very top. much of what you see inside hasn't been touched in centuries. the wooden roof has been here since the ia00s, and you'll get up close to the sebastopol bell. installed during the reign of queen victoria,

it's only ever rung following the death of the monarch. as you emerge on to the lower parapet, you're around halfway up. you'll get a chance to pause and take in the signs of the fortress that this tower once was. it's at this point on the climb up that visitors are told to put their phones and their cameras away. photos are banned because beyond the castle walls, are the royal family's private apartments. there are now 100 steps to go — up the narrower spiral staircase. if you're nervous of heights, maybe don't look down. as we head to the highest point, the top of the tower, 65m up. on a clear day, the views are spectacular. the expanse of the long walk through windsor great park is more impressive from up here. and as you do the circuit around

the rooftop, you can also peer down into the grounds of the castle itself. here, the lower ward around st george's chapel. and take a look around the corner, you'll see the river thames as well as eton. tell us, do you need a head for heights to do this particular tour? it does help if you have a head for heights. however, i don't have a great head for heights, but people, when they get up here, are so wowed by what you can see, you actually forget about it. we don't call it conquer the towerfor nothing. there is so much detail to take in. you can look through the arrow slits put in to enhance the castle defences, and even look down through what were called the murder holes, designed to target any enemy below. these views are about offering visitors something different, a chance to see a part of the castle that isn't open to the public for most of the year, with a unique perspective over windsor. and if you time your climb just

right, you'll find yourself with a special look at the changing of the guard. this is a tour which gives you a bird's—eye view of british history. more amazing views to show you now particular people were looking to the sky last night. stargazers were in for a treat last night as the sturgeon moon rose in the southeast from just over 222,000 miles away, culminating in a rare supermoon. here it is in greece, in the sky above the temple of poseidon. the supermoon phenomenon takes place when a full moon is near its closest point to earth, making it appear up to ia% bigger compared with when it is furthest away. it is one of two supermoons that we will see this month, with a rare blue moon expected

on 30th august. i have just checked, i havejust checked, the reason it is knew as the sturgeon moon is because it causes an increase of sturgeon fishing the lakes north america at time of year. hello again. the unsettled weather continues today with some heavy, thundery rain and some strong winds. low pressure is driving the weather, it is pulling from the west towards the east, taking its rain with it, followed by showers. and you can see from the isobars it is going to be windy, particularly so in areas adjacent to the english channel. now, that is going to affect our coastline across the southwest, southern counties of england and the channel islands, with gusts widely a0mph to 55 mph, locally with exposure, up to 60mph. meteo france, because of the effects it is having in northwest france, have actually named this system storm patricia. so, for us, we've got the rain continuing to push over to the east,

lingering across northeast england, heavy showers pushing over to the southeast, some of those thundery. for scotland and for northern ireland and for parts of wales, it will brighten up as we go through the afternoon. but nonetheless, there will still be some showers. through this evening and overnight, rain pushes away from the southeast, we have the wind change direction to northerly, pulling in some cloud and also some showers and these are our overnight lows, 12 to ia degrees. as we go through tomorrow, what you'll find is the low pressure will have moved away, we are all in this northerly or northwesterly air stream, it's going to be a blustery day and, once again, it is going to be a mixture of bright spells, areas of cloud, some sunny spells and some showers. a lot of the showers will be in the north and also the west, some getting into some central areas, some of us will miss them altogether and have a dry day. but in that wind, it will feel cool, temperatures below average for the time of year.

we are looking at highs of ia celsius in stornoway to 21 degrees as we push down towards london. into friday, more of the same, really, we are still in this northwesterly, blustery wind with some showers. this time, though, perhaps more of them will be across central and eastern areas, where across eastern england, southeast scotland, they could be heavy and thundery. temperatures 13 to about 19 degrees, so coming down just that little bit. into the weekend, still some devil in the detail for saturday. but it looks like a new area of low pressure is going to bring in some rain. and then into sunday, we are back into showers but it remains unsettled into the beginning of next week.

today at 1:00: donald trump faces more criminal charges — this time he's accused to trying to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election. the former president is accused of fraud, deceit and spreading lies which fuelled the storming of the us capitol. since the attack on our capitol, the department ofjustice has remained committed to ensuring accountability for those criminally responsible for what happened that day. this case is brought consistent with that commitment. donald trump is called this indictment ridiculous, and he has

repeated his claims that it is a political witchhunt. i'm outside the courthouse here in washington, dc, where the former president will appear this thursday. also on the programme this lunchtime... britain's summer wash—out — last month was officially one of the wettestjulys on record, and august may not be much better. the singer lizzo — famous for her body positive messages — is sued by three former dancers for alleged sexual harrassment and fat shaming. and the view from the top of the iconic round tower at windsor castle, reopening to visitors for the first time since the pandemic. and coming up on bbc news... a first ever women's world cup win and with it a place in the last 16 for south africa, who score a dramatic injury time goal to go through.

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