as you can amid there as soon as you can amid criticism of his response to the deadly wildfires. three bulgarian nationals suspected of spying for russia while living in the uk are arrested and charged. and helping indigenous communities in indonesia to protect its biodiversity. we speak to the american co—founder of the charity planet indonesia. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. former president donald trump now faces his fourth criminal case brought against him in five months. the us state of georgia has charged him and 18 other defendants with attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in the state. he's facing 13 new charges, including

racketeering and conspiracy. that brings his total charges to ninety—one and adding to a list that includes election interference, hush money paid to a porn star, and mishandling classified documents. mr trump is hoping to be re—elected president next year, and denies all charges against him. our north america editor sarah smith has more. 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 offive 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. earlier, i spoke to anthony michael kreis, a law professor at georgia state university. he explained how the georgia charges different. in many respects, the georgia case is a subset of the federal case is a subset of the federal case but i think what many people didn't expect fanni willis to do here in atlanta is make a claim that the conspiracy, that the unlawful enterprise that donald trump and his allies created to overturn the election, was truly a national one and it was a national one that disproportionately harm to the voters of georgia and violated georgia law. voters of georgia and violated georgia lava— georgia law. georgia prosecutors - georgia law. georgia prosecutors have - georgia law. georgia - prosecutors have charged mr

trump on the 18 other defendants with election meddling but also as we just heard from my colleague sarah smith, racketeering, a charge thatis smith, racketeering, a charge that is usually used for organised crime stop why? often times there _ organised crime stop why? often times there are _ organised crime stop why? often times there are criminal - times there are criminal syndicates that may not necessarily all sit down at dinnertime or in a pub and say, "we want to expressly enter into this agreement do something unlawful." rather you have a large number of people who are doing various different things that they know to be wrong, but they don't necessarily know exactly what they are doing other than the fact that they are all working together for one unlawful and so this law, georgia rico act, allows for the prosecution here in fulton county to make the claim that all these individuals were working together, even if they didn't have an express agreement and of course, we often think about rico as being a mafia type law, a law built to combat the mafia

but in georgia, it is a very wide sweeping law and has been used for a variety of non— violent criminals and non—violent crimes and so fulton county prosecutors are very familiar with using it in these other kinds of contexts. what kind of punishment could mr trump received if he is found guilty of these charges? the punishment for rico violations are very severe in georgia. if a prison term is imposed, a 5— year minimum sentence is required. the maximum sentence is 20 years in prison and a fine in the multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars is also possible. so the greatness of the felony counts here in georgia really make it incumbent on donald trump to take the charges he is seriously as well as his co—defendants who may very well find themselves in a position where they have to offer evidence or place those same lengthy punishments.

now to hawaii, where it's been one week since deadly wildfires devastated parts of maui including the historic city of lahaina. the search through the burned out areas continues. at least 99 people are now confirmed dead. officials are expected to begin releasing the names of those who died, once their families have been notified. speaking in milwaukee, president biden said the federal government is behind hawaii. my my wife jill and i my wifejill and i are going to be travelling to hawaii as soon as i can. that's what i've been talking to the governor about. i don't want to get on the way. we went to too many disaster areas but we want to know they have everything they need. we want to make sure we are not disrupting the ongoing recovery efforts. 0ur disrupting the ongoing recovery efforts. our thoughts and prayers are with the people of hawaii, but notjust prayers, every asset, every asset they need will be there for them. let's speak now live to

helena humphrey live in maui. you have been there to look at this. how is the recovery effort going. this. how is the recovery effort going-— this. how is the recovery effort going. monica, we've been travelling _ effort going. monica, we've been travelling around - effort going. monica, we've been travelling around the l been travelling around the island of maui. we are in a place called upcountry maui and it is very remote, the wildfires are continuing are now not contained. it shows the challenge firefighters were basing on tuesday night. having to fight lasers on multiple fronts. if theyjust move out of the way, we been talking to local residents, showing pictures of what they saw on tuesday night. it's utterly terrifying. a red inferno between those trees. and right now you can see in terms of those operations. they are trying to stop the prospect, we see some smoke over the hillside. you can perhaps see

that. they are trying to restore power. also why electric is the focus of questions right now. class—action lawsuit against the company has been filed, asking the question, why didn't they shut down their power grid when they heard those warnings from the national weather service that there was the very likely prospect of deadly wildfires on the way. the company, for its part, says it doesn't have an automatic shutdown, it has to come in through a request through emergency workers. certainly a lot of activity across this island. try and secure the area. even now we're still wildfires burning. helena, there have _ wildfires burning. helena, there have been - wildfires burning. helena, i there have been complaints about the response in terms of the federal government. what can you tell us about what's being offered to families that are still displaced by these

wildfires.— are still displaced by these wildfires. . , ., wildfires. have spoken to so many peeple _ wildfires. have spoken to so many people who _ wildfires. have spoken to so many people who were - wildfires. have spoken to so many people who were in i many people who were in shelters. which were then flowing out into the open. people sleeping in backyards. it's fair to say amid the sadness, we also saw frustration going stop the speed of response, particularly coming in from the us mainland. community spirit. it's people pulling together to offer food, shelter and assistance and so on. increasingly we are seeing. more fema officers, for example. we are getting update from the police and hoping by the weekend, 85% of that area, and will be doing so. people

are missing and unaccounted for and that's one of the reasons we expect the death toll to rise significantly. slowly we are starting to see more aid coming in. people are living conditions that are devastating, so many people here have lost everything. 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, "0h, 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. let's take a look at some of the stories in the headlines in the uk. a children's charity wants tech companies and mps to back the government's 0nline safety bill, because of new research which shows the scale of online grooming. the nspcc says 42 police forces in england and wales recorded more than 6000 offences, involving sexual communications with children last year.

more than 1000 people — including victims and witnesses — have had their data breached by norfolk and suffolk police forces. senior officers said the personal information was included in freedom of information responses — due to a "technical issue". the personal data included descriptions of offences including sexual and domestic assaults. around the world and across the uk. this is bbc news. his character spoke to me. 0ut his character spoke to me. out of all of the superheroes. he is definitely one of my favourite superheroes.

the best but i think is it opens up and then stays in its place, so if i put it on real quick... so i can actually perform in this suit. you are live with bbc news. it has been two years since the taliban seized power in afghanistan and the united nations is of the country is at risk of widespread hunger and the collapse of its health system. women and girls have also faced severe restrictions since the taliban came to power

with girls banned from secondary school. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet reports. all ina all in a day's work. 1a hours of labour. this 13—year—old, his brother are younger. their combined earnings because make less than £1 day at this workshop in kabul. translation: it is difficult for me. it is such heavy work. i have no choice. i have to work to buy bread for my family. translation: bread for my family. tuna/mom- bread for my family. translation: �* , , bread for my family. translation: �* ., translation: all the boys are -la in: translation: all the boys are playing outside- _ translation: all the boys are playing outside. i _ translation: all the boys are playing outside. i wish - translation: all the boys are playing outside. i wish i - translation: all the boys are playing outside. i wish i could l playing outside. i wish i could play _ playing outside. i wish i could play toe _ playing outside. i wish i could play toe i_ playing outside. i wish i could play too. i pray my father finds _ play too. i pray my father finds work so we can go back to schooh — finds work so we can go back to school. that he can repay our debts — school. that he can repay our debts and _ school. that he can repay our debts and we won't have to work here _ debts and we won't have to work here it— debts and we won't have to work here. , , ., , ., here. it is the story of so many families. _ here. it is the story of so many families. the - here. it is the story of so many families. the un i here. it is the story of so i

many families. the un says here. it is the story of so - many families. the un says 8496 many families. the un says 84% of afghans are now borrowing moneyjust of afghans are now borrowing money just to of afghans are now borrowing moneyjust to buy of afghans are now borrowing money just to buy food. of afghans are now borrowing moneyjust to buy food. it is tough being a kid in this country. this 12—year—old is ready her father who works in this education centre. she dreams of becoming doctor and was soon to grade six, her last year of school. unless the taliban reopen high schools for girls. translation: it taliban reopen high schools for girls. translation:— girls. translation: it will destroy my _ girls. translation: it will destroy my hopes, - girls. translation: it will destroy my hopes, my - girls. translation: it will. destroy my hopes, my dreams, and all my efforts, and my studies. until grade six will become useless.— studies. until grade six will become useless. the bread of life. become useless. the bread of life- these — become useless. the bread of life. these boys' _ become useless. the bread of life. these boys' father - become useless. the bread of life. these boys' father used l life. these boys' father used to work as a driver. when the taliban took over the company shut down. there was left him

injured, too. translation: mr; injured, too. translation: my bab injured, too. translation: m baby has injured, too. translation: ij�*i: baby has no injured, too. translation: m: baby has no cradle. injured, too. translation: m; baby has no cradle. i still need to buy some flour. i bought some food on loan from the shops. but i can't pay them, now. and there is no other way, them, now. and there is no otherway, i them, now. and there is no other way, i will be forced to sell my children to survive. its, sell my children to survive. a desperate decision for so many parents. survival. that's life now. that is lyse doucet, there. in other news, america's is a soldier that make north korea says that 24—year—old travis king has confessed to illegally entering north korea as he harboured ill feelings against the us army. pyongyang says he has expressed a willingness to settle in north korea or a third country. travis king dashed into the north while on a guided tour of the boarded area.

now let's turn to indonesia where presidentjoko widodo is set to deliver his final state of the nation speech in just a few hours. this is happening six months away from a general election that will see the country choose a new leader. mr widodo is limited to two terms in office and has two terms in power, and will leave a legacy including the planned relocation of the indonesian capital to a new city in the borneo jungle. capital to a new city in the borneojungle. i am joined capital to a new city in the borneojungle. iam joined by capital to a new city in the borneojungle. i am joined by a seniorfellow, of the indonesian programme. think of a genius on the programme. i’m a genius on the programme. i'm lad to a genius on the programme. i'm glad to be _ a genius on the programme. in glad to be here. a genius on the programme. i'm glad to be here. what _ a genius on the programme. i'm glad to be here. what are - a genius on the programme. i'm glad to be here. what are some| glad to be here. what are some ofthe glad to be here. what are some of the main _ glad to be here. what are some of the main things _ glad to be here. what are some of the main things we _ glad to be here. what are some of the main things we expect i of the main things we expect the president to say today? —— thank you forjoining us on the programme. thank you for “oining us on the programme.— thank you for “oining us on the programme._ programme. this is jokowi's final state _ programme. this is jokowi's final state of _ programme. this is jokowi's final state of the _ programme. this is jokowi's final state of the nation - final state of the nation address. we can assume he will

talk about his projects that will be his political legacy. i probably follow up on the construction of indonesia's new capital. he needs to advance the development on that front and show that the capital will be completed, that even though he is no longer in charge of the presidency. i would say he is also going to give some hint about what kind of leader he expects to succeed him once the election occurs. even though i wouldn't expect him to endorse any particular candidate. i suppose he is going to — i suppose he is going to — i suppose he is going to mention

leaders who are going to be similar to leaders who are going to be similarto him, and leaders who are going to be similar to him, and also ensure safe and secure indonesia. find safe and secure indonesia. and what are some _ safe and secure indonesia. and what are some of _ safe and secure indonesia. and what are some of the _ safe and secure indonesia. and what are some of the challenges that he will be leaving behind for this next president? well, there are _ for this next president? well, there are several _ for this next president? well, there are several challenges. | there are several challenges. firstly, unfortunately, firstly, u nfortu nately, political corruption remains firstly, unfortunately, political corruption remains a problem in indonesia. there have been dozens of high—level corruption among the key indonesian officials, including some withinjokowi's ministers. i think another issue is basically economic certainty for indonesia's more than 25

million gen z folks who are a bit insecure about theirjob prospects, about their housing, and a future livelihood. i think this will be a good opportunity for any of the three presidential candidates to try to address in their campaign slogan, which unfortunately is coming to supply right now. alexander arifianto. — supply right now. alexander arifianto, thank _ supply right now. alexander arifianto, thank you - supply right now. alexander arifianto, thank you for - arifianto, thank you for joining us on us on the programme. a powerful slow—moving storm has been battering centraljapan with battering central japan with torrential battering centraljapan with torrential rain and high winds. officials are warning that typhoon lan could dump a month's ran over areas. landslide warnings are in place and rivers as swollen to dangerous levels. gusts of up to 140km/h of wind have led to tornadoes forming. typhoon lan

came ashore at dawn and is moving northwards along the main island. it is the second storm to hit the japanese archipelago in as many weeks. these days we are constantly flooded with bad news and we feel it is well here in the newsroom. which is why this week we're rolling out a series looking at something a little bit more positive. we will be chatting every day with people who are tackling problems they see on their own communities and today we have an american bird expert, adam miller. he cofounded planet indonesia, which indigenous communities help the country's biodiversity. it actually goes back to about 2013. i first actually goes back to about 2013. ifirst moved actually goes back to about 2013. i first moved to indonesia to study birds and it was during that time living with indigenous communities within this beautiful country and really listening to the stories that they had and most importantly the solutions that they had. the solutions they

had to the climate crisis, the biodiversity crisis. also destroyed during the early decades of discrimination and marginalisation they have faith by social, political, and economic systems. it was really through i kind of like to say i hung up my binoculars and became somewhat of a reluctant social entrepreneur. so we founded what planet indonesia does really read the stories. we partnered with indigenous communities living in highly bio diverse ecosystems and we invest in their solutions. we really view them as the leaders of this process as the heroes of this process as the heroes of our future. of this process as the heroes of ourfuture. ourfuture. our job is simply to elevate their voices and you really put them back behind the wheel and controlling their social and ecological future.- controlling their social and ecological future. what of the bi . . est ecological future. what of the biggest challenges _ ecological future. what of the biggest challenges that - ecological future. what of the biggest challenges that you . biggest challenges that you found when you cofounded planet indonesia? ., , found when you cofounded planet indonesia? . , ., indonesia? challenges are really the _ indonesia? challenges are really the challenges - indonesia? challenges are really the challenges we i indonesia? challenges are i really the challenges we face as opponent. currently 80% of

the world's biodiversity and 30% of the world public remaining carbon is found in the lands, territories, and oceans indigenous people manage. every look at the systems in place over the past few decades, the political system, is currently sacked dominic southeast asia is behind every other region there was illegally recognising indigenous territories. the social system. indigenous people of indiscriminate against and marginalised. and the economic systems. it was estimated last year of some $3 billion in carbon philanthropic space, less than 1% reached indigenous people. so those challenges are astronomical. planet indonesia tries to tackle those at a national level, international level, but most importantly at a grassroots level. that is all we have — grassroots level. that is all we have you _ grassroots level. that is all we have you now. - grassroots level. that is all we have you now. i - grassroots level. that is all we have you now. i am - grassroots level. that is all. we have you now. i am monica miller. thank you for watching. —— for you now. hello. well, we'rejust

into the second half of august, and guess what? it looks like summer is not over yet. in fact, over the next few days, it is going to turn warmer, more humid. and this time next week, some of the computer models are indicating even warmer weather. but that's still a long way off. let's concentrate on the here and now. a weak area of high pressure is over us. that means light winds, fairly stable conditions out there. we've had some clear spells, apart from central and eastern scotland, where it has been damp in places, a relatively mild—ish morning between 10 and 13 degrees. but because of the light winds and all of the moisture we've got out there, it does mean it's foggy in places, certainly around dawn and just after, certainly across england and wales, the more prone spots. but it won't last for very long. it never does this time of the year. so lots of sunshine eventually and then clouds will bubble up. there's cumulus clouds and we'll see a few showers, but very hit and miss. here are the temperatures. 22 celsius in glasgow, 22 celsius in birmingham,

about 26 celsius expected in the south—east, a bit like on tuesday. now, tuesday, wednesday, we'll see this and into thursday we'll see this area of high pressure still across the uk, but it's drifted a little bit further towards the north. and with the help of this low pressure here, we're picking up more of a breeze from the south—southeast, a very warm direction this time of the year. so that does mean that the temperatures are going to be creeping up. so, yes, one or two showers developing here and there, but generally speaking, a bright, if not sunny day. and look at these values, 23 celsius in liverpool, 23 celsius expected in glasgow and no doubt in some spots it'll be even warmer than that in the south—east, possibly 27—28 degrees celsius. and then thursday into friday, these low pressure weather fronts try to sweep in and they will. we are expecting some rain showers to move into south western and western parts of the uk. so i think friday, overall, quite a cloudy day with a chance of rain, but also humid and warm. look at these temperatures, despite the cloud and the rain still low or mid 20s. and then the outlook into next week, look at these values, 27—28 degrees celsius,

maybe even 29 celisus at some point. so certainly looking warmer. and in the north, it looks as though temperatures will rise a little bit as well.

can foreign investment sold china's growing economic blooms? we look at beijing's attempt blooms? we look at beijing's attemthohn overseas capital attempt john overseas capital and attemthohn overseas capital and whether foreign businesses are buying it. and the bespoke handmade suit makes a post pandemic comeback, proving that never go out of style. welcome to asia business report. i am monica miller. we begin in china. and with the mounting signs that the world's second largest economy is slowing down. om a surprise move on tuesday, beijing said it was no longer going to release youth unemployment figures, which reached record highs injune. meanwhile, the country's central bank has also cut the cost of borrowing in an attempt to boost growth. and on the internationalfront, beijing is trying to encourage more foreign investment at a time when relations between china and the us are strained. daniel picard is an international trade and security expert and he says the biden administration's

de—risking strategy poses yet another threat to foreign