at 10pm... the most extensive allegations of criminality yet levelled at donald trump. he's now accused of leading a conspiracy to try to steal votes in one state in the 2020 presidential election. i just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have because we won the state. the defendants engaged in a criminal racketeering enterprise to overturn georgia's presidential election result. we'll be live with the latest from georgia. also tonight... three foreign nationals, suspected of spying for russia while living in britain, have been arrested and charged. a sharp rise in online grooming, up more than 80% in the last five years. campaigners demand mps back changes to the law. why even beauticians

are banned in afghanistan — a sign of the continuing suppression of women by the taliban. and, can the roar of the lionesses scare the matildas, as england take on australia at the women's football world cup. they've showed just great performances. it's been incredible. a semifinal in a competition of this sort of scale is amazing. super positive. come on, girls. they're going to do it! tonight at 10:30, a newsnight investigation reveals that the daughter of captain tom was paid thousands of pounds via herfamily company for appearances in connection with her late father's charity. hello. they are the most extensive allegations of criminality yet levelled at donald trump —

a former head of state, now accused of a wide—ranging conspiracy, to interfere with the democratic process in the state of georgia during the 2020 presidential election. the law being used to prosecute him and 18 others is normally deployed against organised crime. the evidence includes a phone conversation, where he's alleged to have asked georgia's top election official to "find votes" for him to defeatjoe biden. this is his fourth criminal indictment. he's also being accused of covering up the payment of hush money to a porn star, keeping classified documents in his home in florida, and he's accused of trying to overturn the 2020 election, with his actions around the riots at the capitol building in washington. he denies any wrongdoing, continuing his campaign to win the white house again. 0ur north america editor, sarah smith, is outside the courthouse in atlanta, georgia.

as you say, these are really wide—ranging charges that are being brought against donald trump, and they cover all sorts of things, speeches, tweets, phone calls, meetings, all in the aftermath of the 2020 election. at that time he was trying to convince america he had won and convince officials in the state of georgia to help him overturn joe the state of georgia to help him overturnjoe biden�*s legitimate victory. the courthouse in downtown atlanta, where donald trump and his allies will be tried for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, on charges usually brought against mobsters that carry a minimum of five years injail. he has successfully made all the charges against him part of his campaign to be re—elected president, claiming — as usual — this is a witchhunt against him, accusing the prosecutor of political motives. i make decisions in this office based on the facts and the law. the law is completely nonpartisan. that's how decisions are made in every case.

the 13 charges against donald trump include racketeering, soliciting a public officer to violate their oath, conspiracy to commit forgery and conspiring to file false documents. his legal adviser, john eastman, and personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, are among the 18 others charged as part of the widespread criminal enterprise. donald trump now has ten days to surrender himself to the court here in atlanta, where he will eventually be tried alongside all his other alleged co—conspirators in what will be a huge wide—ranging trial. frankly, we did win this election. as he refused to accept defeat, trump and his allies focused on georgia, claiming incorrectly that thousands of fraudulent ballots had been counted forjoe biden, calling georgia's senior election official, asking to find enough votes to tip the state his way.

republican activists in cobb county, georgia have been expecting these charges, and they've been watching donald trump's support increase each time he gets arrested. can donald trump successfully run for president if he's fighting four court cases at the same time? he's a fighter, he's used to fighting. he's been fighting for years, so i think he'll have no problem. i think the more that goes on, the more people are seeing what he's saying — that it is a two—tiered justice system, it'sjust being used against we the people now. younger republicans in atlanta do worry that trump would lose tojoe biden again in georgia if he wins their party's nomination for president. no, i'm not supporting trump in the primary, but if he's the nominee, i will support the nominee. famously, donald trump did not win in georgia in 2020.

could he win the state this time? i'll be honest with you, i don't think he can. and that's one of the reasons that i support ron desantis. i will vote for anybody but donald trump in the primary. but i will support donald trump in the general if he's the nominee. donald trump can't stop campaigning, but he will also need to defend himself in court. he claims that next week he will produce evidence to back up his lies about election fraud. 0ne one of the first things donald trump does not lawyers are likely to trying to do here get this case moot from the state court federal court, and there is a good reason for that. presidents cannot pardon anybody who has been convicted in a state court so, if donald trump were to be found guilty of these charges and he was to be re—elected to the white house, he wouldn't be able to try and prod himself. that's a long way off, nearly 15 months until the election.

between there and then, it would appear the former president has to fit in four separate criminal cases in former separate states at the same time as trying to campaign to be re—elected president of the that's a tight schedule for anybody and that's why his lawyers will continue to argue these cases represent election interference in themselves. new figures show that wages have been growing at their fastest rate in more than 20 years. the office for national statistics says pay, excluding bonuses, grew by 7.8% between april and june, the highest annual growth rate since current records began. but the rise is slightly below the rate at which prices are increasing, as andy verity explains. in skegness, this holiday park has just reopened after a big expansion and refurbishment. it's had to compete to lure 200 full—time and temporary staff away from other employers, bumping up the amount it's paying them by well over 10%.

to support the cost of living crisis, we have had to adapt our wage offering and that included a 5% pay increase for all the team across haven, alongside the national living wage and also the minimum wage. we felt that's really supporting the team at most needed during this time of crisis. the average pay rise was 7.8% in the yeartojune, higher than it's been in more than 20 years, but still not enough to catch up with prices. unemployment rose slightly from 4 to 4.2%, but it's still low. the number of vacancies advertised has dropped by 66,000, but there's still more than a million, meaning employers have to adapt to job—seekers, not the other way round. i think employers are being very flexible, which is great, because you want somebody reliable and sometimes by giving that little bit of flexibility, you get the buy—in more, don't you? and that person will be really reliable and turn up. and people have got children or different things, or health conditions, so they need varied hours. a lot of employers are really good and they're working

with those customers, which is fantastic. the economy may be barely growing, but many firms are still short of the staff they need to meet demand from their customers. that's especially true of skilled staff like chefs, but it's also because many who are expected to come back to work after the pandemic can't because they're ill. this chart shows how many aren't working or looking for work, also known as economically inactive, because they're long—term sick. it keeps on hitting new records. we've got to be thinking about how do we get economically inactive people into work? that needs support. it needs to be fixing the nhs waiting lists. it's got to be thinking about what the barriers are to work for those people that have disability and other sick conditions. we've got to be thinking long—term. in jobs like health and social care, 214,000 have been recruited since last year, easing what was a chronic skill shortage. across the economy, the latest data forjuly suggests employees�* average pay is no longer rising quite as fast as it was in the previous figures.

signs, perhaps, that it's slightly easier to get the staff and slightly harder to find work. 0k. ok. so wages are going up but, for most people, are they richer? hat most people, are they richer? not aet most people, are they richer? not net is most people, are they richer? not get is answer- _ most people, are they richer? iirrt get is answer. what really counts is not so much what happens to your wage is what it can buy, the goods and services it can buy and, if the price of stuff is going up faster than the weight is going up, are becoming worse of so, at the moment, 7.8%, inflation is about 8%, so the average is still a bit less than it needs for your real income to be rising but, you break it down and, in the public sector, you've got a 6.2% rise, so people are getting poorer but, in the private sector, 8.2% so, for the first time in 18 months, people in the private sector are seeing the amount of goods and services they can by actually going up services they can by actually going up and then you break it down further and you see some sectors

like construction, which is slowing down, and patient was his part, others like finance, if you are a lawyer, a banker a consultant, your pay is up 9.6% of the there are big differences just pay is up 9.6% of the there are big differencesjust then pay is up 9.6% of the there are big differences just then you'll cut benefits, and some question whether benefits, and some question whether benefits should have gone up 10.1%, based on inflation last september but you look at the numbers and job—seekers, for example, has risen from £77 to £88 to 84p, less than £8. several tobacco it's still a big incentive to get a job. three suspected spies for russia, living in the uk, have been arrested and charged in a major national security investigation. the defendants, all bulgarian nationals, had been living in britain for several years, but it's alleged they were working for the russian security services. daniel de simone has the story. suspected of spying for russia... ..citizens of the former

communist bloc state, bulgaria, who've been living in the uk for years... introduction to british value... ..including this woman, katrin ivanova. she ran courses on british values for recent immigrants. detectives swooped in a national security investigation in february, searching a flat in this north london building and this seaside guesthouse in norfolk. five were arrested, three were charged. the norfolk raid was witnessed by a local hotel owner. they had this big tent thing up, and i thought, "oh, has "someone been murdered? "that's awful!" and there was a lot of comings and goings, plainclothed police people, all in black, with masks and things on. 0rlin roussev�*s own online profile says he works in signals intelligence, which involves intercepting communications. bizer dzhambazov and katrin ivanova lived as a couple in a series

of houses in london's suburbs. as well as apparent health care jobs, they ran a community organisation and promoted it online. the three defendants are charged with possessing fake passports and identity documents with improper intent, for nine different countries, including the uk. they've yet to enter pleas to the charges and face trial here at the old bailey in london next year. counterterror police are spending an increasing amount of time investigating suspected espionage, especially relating to russia. the concern follows notorious incidents like the fatal salisbury nerve agent attack five years ago. daniel desimone, bbc news at the old bailey. the nspcc is warning that tens of thousands of children are being groomed,

during the wait for new online safety laws. the charity says, across 42 uk police forces, more than 6,000 offences were recorded last year, that's an increase of more than 80% since 2017, when the first calls were being made for an 0nline safety bill. 0verall, 311,000 offences have been recorded by the police in the last five years. many of the victims are primary school children. zoe kleinman has that story. at the time, i thought that i looked a lot older than i am. but obviously, looking at it now, i'm like, "oh, you're a baby." aoife, now in her early twenties, was 15 when she was groomed online by an older man posing as a new friend her own age. once i downloaded the app, he'd asked me to send pictures of myself, and so i did. then, after that, it had kind of taken a turn. he had found my facebook and my instagram. and he found all my friends. he had taken screenshots and sent them to me saying,

"i found this information. "if you don't keep sending me pictures when i want and do as i say, then i'll send these pictures to your friends and family." you must have been terrified? yeah, i was petrified. i felt guilty that this was happening to me and no—one else knew. i remembered from, like, primary 7, we had watched a video for something called ceop, so i'd just googled it. it had come up and i'd clicked the button. it was one horrific night. after raising the alarm to child exploitation and 0nline protection services, aoife's parents phoned the police for her. i think it was one of the hardest conversations i've ever had to have in my life. aoife's abuser is currently serving an 18—year prison sentence for crimes against 26 women. most popular messaging apps have end—to—end encryption, which means only the sender and the recipient can read them. not even tech companies can see the content. the uk government insists that the tech companies develop a way to access private messages

if there's a risk to children. now, they can either build a backdoor in the encryption or they can put software on everybody�*s phones that scans content before it's sent. both options are controversial. we unfortunately can't rely on wishful thinking that tech companies can pull easy shortcuts out of thin air. and as a matter of fact, at the moment, this technology simply doesn't exist. the challenge of balancing privacy and safety affects everybody, and it's causing lots of arguments. i don't form friendships online any more. i don't do it. i don't take the risk. but young people like aoife say theyjust wish someone had been able to intervene and help them. zoe kleinman, bbc news. norfolk and suffolk police say more than 1,200 people, including victims of sexual violence, assaults and hate crimes, have had their personal data breached. but they add that the information is hidden from anyone trying to open the files. the data was shared in response to freedom of information requests.

both forces say a "technical issue" was responsible for the breaches, and have apologised to those affected. the government has announced £250 million as part of a plan for an extra 5,000 nhs hospital beds in england this winter. ministers say 900 should be ready by january, as part of efforts to deal with increased winter demand. labour has called the announcement a "sticking plaster". and rishi sunak has blamed industial action byjunior doctors for contributing to longer nhs waiting lists in england. their latest four—day strike came to an end this afternoon. 0ur health editor, hugh pym, is here. yes, clive, the war of words continues, the prime minister effectively blaming strikes for waiting lists not coming down. the british medical association have responded by saying the government has been intransigent and belligerent for refusing to go back

into talks. in england, there is an offer of about 9% on average to junior doctors, which ministers say is final. it's costing about £660 million. by contrast, in scotland, the offer tojunior million. by contrast, in scotland, the offer to junior doctors is 12.4%, costing the scottish government around 61 million. and bmajunior government around 61 million. and bma junior doctor members government around 61 million. and bmajunior doctor members in bma junior doctor members in scotland bmajunior doctor members in scotland have been voting on that and we will get the result tomorrow. whilst one possible pointer to the result there is from a smaller medical union, the hc essay, with junior doctors in scotland, they voted in favour. in england, nhs leaders are worried that this dispute will rumble on for some time, potentially into winter. we have heard about more beds investment for this winter in england. butjust to give another example of preparations, one country estate in cornwall has asked for permission to change the use of holiday lodges into temporary accommodation for nhs workers. hugh ' m. let's take a look at some of the day's other top stories...

an explosion at a petrol station in southern russia has killed 35 people and injured dozens more. it happened in the capital of the republic of dagestan. it's believed the blast was caused by a fire that started in a car repair shop nearby before spreading. at least 57 people are dead, and many more are feared missing after torrential rains caused landslides in india's himayalan mountain region. in the city of shimla, at least nine people died when a temple collapsed. russian air strikes have damaged buildings in the western ukrainian city of lviv. they also struck a factory in the volyn region of north—western ukraine — killing three pople and wounding several more. the united nations is warning that millions of people in afghanistan are at risk of widespread hunger and the health—care system is close to collapse. it's exactly two years since the taliban retook control of the country. they claimed women and girls would be treated differently to when the taliban last came to power in the 1990s, but the reality is that,

if you're a woman or young girl, freedoms have been curtailed and life chances have regressed. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, was there when the taliban retook control in 2021. two years on, nothing seems to have changed? two years on, nothing seems to have chanced? ~ , , ~ ., changed? well, it seems like a different country _ changed? well, it seems like a different country in _ changed? well, it seems like a | different country in afghanistan changed? well, it seems like a - different country in afghanistan now in many ways. it has gone back. the taliban promised that they wouldn't rule harshly, as they did in the 19905, rule harshly, as they did in the 1990s, but many believe they are ruling even harsher than before, that not a month goes by without some restrictions against women. some things have improved, less corruption. security is better. journalists are really suffering. two thirds of afghan journalists are no longer on the ground being able to do their work. we were hoping to be there for the anniversary, but we have been told we can't go for the

sist, have been told we can't go for the 31st, which is the day the last american soldier left, but we have a great team on the ground including our camera journalist. cheering. days gone by. stadiums with female fans, female footballers. now, sports are only for men and boys. girls once went to school. now, their high schools are shut. qargha lake outside kabul, once a family favorite. now, only men allowed. afghan women are banned from public parks. even beauty parlours were shut two weeks ago. this salon went underground. schools operate in secret, too. it's risky, but these women are fighting for more than just beauty. translation: beauty salons

were a safe place for women. i even had customers who were coming to the salon only to talk and spend some time, laugh and cry with other women. the only thing i can see from my heart is that the women of my country are deeply distressed. the un says this may be gender apartheid, but the taliban government spokesman told us the world shouldn't interfere. translation: this isjust an excuse to put pressure on afghanistan. - we have made progress in other areas. there isjust one small issue remaining and we will sort this out as well. it's just a matter of time? because most people believe they seem to be there to stay. translation: women are working| in some places now and for the rest as well, as long as sharia allows it and there is a need. the same goes for girls' education. we have never said that these restrictions are going to be forever.

afghans ask if, when, their lives will change. security is better now. no more taliban attacks, of course. foreign troops are gone, but donors are turning away, too. the un appeal is only a quarterfunded. 0ne message the afghan people really give us so forcefully and strongly is, please don't abandon us. we have already now a more difficult situation. if you take away ourjobs and if you take away even the basic needs that we have, where should we end up? more and more children are ending up like this, like ismutala and asif, working 1a hours a day to feed their families. together, they earn about a pound a day. just enough to put bread on their table.

their father used to be a driver with a foreign company. it shut down when the taliban took over. war injured him, too. translation: my baby has no cradle. i sold it to buy some flour. if there's no other way, i would be forced to sell my children to survive. agonising choices. that's life in afghanistan now. a dire situation, lyse, but where is the hope? a dire situation, lyse, but where is the hoe? �* . ., a dire situation, lyse, but where is the hoe? �* . . �* , , ., , the hope? afghan and british history has been so — the hope? afghan and british history has been so entwined _ the hope? afghan and british history has been so entwined over _ the hope? afghan and british history has been so entwined over centuriesj has been so entwined over centuries that it's not for us to say that country has gone dark. there is always light if you look for it. where will you find it? when you go to afghanistan, many senior taliban tell us they don't like these extreme edicts and they would like them to be changed. and look at the stories we hear about the women and girls who are fighting back. they are notjust losing theirjobs and losing their education, they are losing their education, they are losing their education, they are losing theirfuture, and

losing their education, they are losing their future, and who among us wouldn't fight if you are losing that? n, , us wouldn't fight if you are losing that? , ., ., .,., that? many thanks, and to our cameraman — that? many thanks, and to our cameraman on _ that? many thanks, and to our cameraman on the _ that? many thanks, and to our cameraman on the ground - that? many thanks, and to our cameraman on the ground in l that? many thanks, and to our - cameraman on the ground in kabul. england's lionesses take on australia's matildas in the semifinal of the women's football world cup tomorrow. 0ne australian newspaper ramping up the pre—match atmosphere with the headline "matildas poised to put the old enemy to the sword". but here, there is hope and excitement as fans gear up to show their support for england. see the positives. come on, girls, they're going to do it. we started a bit ropey, if i'm honest with you. it was a bit stressful to watch, but i think we're getting into it now. it's been incredible to watch, just watching the women's i game getting bigger. i've been playing for so many years and just seeing - it develop and so many. new girls getting involved. to get to a semifinal in a competition of this sort of scale is amazing. they're setting the tone for the men. incredible commitment of the players. they've shown just great performances. it's been incredible.

they played really well- against colombia, so they've got every chance against australia. australia have definitely got the home advantage because home crowd, but we're better. we've got more experience, i think we've got it in the bag. i think it'll be a tight game. it might go to extra time and penalties, but i think they'll do the job. i've got australian family, . so i think i sit in both camps, but rooting for both. i think we're going to win the world cup. oh, it would mean so much, just for them to lift the trophy and for the development of the sport, it would be truly incredible. well, our sports editor, dan roan, is in sydney for the big match, which kicks off in about 12 hours' time... dan. yes, england's players will be waking up here in sydney this morning knowing that ever since they won the euros and made history last year on home soil, there's been genuine hopes and perhaps expectation that they could go one

better and lift the world cup trophy itself for the first time. they have had to contend with a lot during this tournament — injuries to key players, the suspension of their top scorer. they have had to find form as the competition has gone on and now they perhaps face their sternest test to date, playing the co—hosts themselves, australia, here in sydney. they are the one team to manage to beat sarina wiegman's england during her 37 match tanya. it feels like an epic semifinal. it was the lionesses' greatest triumph, becoming champions of europe on home soil. a year on, they remain on course to surpass even that with a first ever appearance in the world cup final the prize, if they can beat familiarfoes here in sydney. it's going to be a very competitive game. lots of players from australia also play in the women's super league, so they know each other really well and of course, they want to beat us, but we want to beat them. so that's the main competitiveness we will get in front of us tomorrow.

england's comeback victory over colombia in the last round has given them belief that this time they can go all the way, and seem to be relishing taking on the co—hosts, australia. in terms of the crowd, i think we're just super excited to play in front of a really intense, full stadium. for the women's game, that's what we want. that's what we expect now at these big tournaments, especially in a semi—final. so for us, we thrive in those moments. these lionesses know that they're about to face their toughest test yet at this tournament, trying to overcome not only their opponents, australia, but also a huge and hostile crowd here at the national stadium. but if they needed inspiration, 20 years ago, england's rugby union team won the world cup right here by beating australia, one of english sport's greatest ever moments. the matildas' journey to a first semi—final has gripped the nation with record viewing figures and ticket sales. they've really grown with us throughout this whole tournament from all over the country has been absolutely unreal and they're really like a 12th men out there for us. like a 12th man out there for us.

and i really do believe they've gotten us over the line on more times than once. so, yeah, they're going to be vital for us tomorrow. australia's enjoyed the upper hand so far this summer, its men's and women's cricket teams retaining the ashes and its netballers beating england in the world cup final. now for the latest chapter in a classic sporting rivalry, to play the lionesses at stadium australia on wednesday night, it's really a dream come true. i think for the tournament in particular, we'll have every ticket sold, the demand is there and i think the interest is really going to bring this country and the rest of the world together. what a night it's going to be. commentary: england are out of the women's world cup. - world cup semi—finals have become familiar and painful territory for england. the lionesses eliminated at that stage in the last two tournaments. the challenge now to go one better, reach sunday's showpiece and make history. dan roan, bbc news, sydney. well, if england do beat australia, they now know they will be facing

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