it's increased after support because it's increased after each indictment. the mugshot may drum home his message which he is a political martyr and he will never surrender. but when it comes to the campaign and how it will play out, there is no doubt his legal cases will force him to burn more cash. it's hard enough to run a campaign, never mind when you counting 91 felony counts in ag restrictions. it's complicated because of all the defendants. this all sorts of legal manoeuvres. for location. many of the top heber plans to request a separate trial so that they are not all lumped together and one of the defendants has got such a deal so you are looking at the possibility

of multiple trials in multiple locations. all this legal wrangling can probably be wrapped up in trump's campaign message as he goes along. his goal is to try to delay the trial is in the hope that he may be able to win the white house before any possible convictions. but, the next most immediate step is when donald trump will formally be able to enter his plea of not guilty and that is expected to happen in early september. live now to leslie caldwell, a former doj assistant attorney general for the criminal division. thank you forjoining us. if we can have a look at the situation in georgia first. the 19 defendants have all now surrendered including the former president. what will happen next with those proceedings? so i think in the georgia case the next step as your colleague indicated the arraignment which will be in early september. that will be

the time when all the defendants in theory should be present in the courtroom at the same time. and they will appear before the judge who will appear before the judge who will preside over the case. the judge, district attorney has said she would like the trial to be in october, presumably at the arraignment there will be a discussion of potential motions which the defence may wish to make, including a motion for severance. in the point of the of the justice department, how straightforward or not would it be to try to trial 19 people at the same time including a former president? first people at the same time including a former president?— former president? first of all, we don't know _ former president? first of all, we don't know the _ former president? first of all, we don't know the answer. _ former president? first of all, we don't know the answer. but - former president? first of all, we don't know the answer. but therej former president? first of all, we - don't know the answer. but there are certainly a few defendants, 20 plus defendants, they are not that common but not unheard of. in georgia, the da has brought some of those cases

herself but it is very complicated because each defendant has the right to make motions. they have the right to make motions. they have the right to cross examine all the governments witnesss. it could be a very cumbersome process with 19 defendants. in my experience, most of these cases don't end up with 19 defendants because many of these may decide on a different position before the trial. the decide on a different position before the trial. the president is involved in _ before the trial. the president is involved in all— before the trial. the president is involved in all of _ before the trial. the president is involved in all of that. _ before the trial. the president is involved in all of that. he - before the trial. the president is involved in all of that. he also i before the trial. the president is i involved in all of that. he also has three other cases going ahead but from what you are saying that is really going to suck up a lot of his time. is there any coordination between those cases? i think we may

have lost lesley there. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news denmark is proposing let's look at some other stories making news... denmark is proposing to ban the burning of holy books, after a series of incidents involving the koran which have led to anger and protests among muslims. the country'sjustice minister anounced the move. the ban would also protect religious symbols like crucifixes but only applied to public places, and to broadcasting such actions to a wider audience. the french government is setting aside more than 200 million dollars to support struggling wine producers and shore up prices. a fall in demand is causing problems in several wine producing regions, including bordeaux. and 120 gold bars found on a train in switzerland four years ago are being given to the red cross after all efforts to trace their owner failed. a rail employee discovered the gold weighing three point seven kilos in a plastic bag on a train.

the package was labelled, �*icrc valuables'. prosecutors ruled out any connection with crime, and say they assume the owner wanted the red cross to have the gold. you're live with bbc news. the authorities in hawaii have published the names of almost a00 people who've been missing since wildfires swept the island of maui earlier this month. they want any survivors on the list to come forward so the number of people unaccounted for can be reduced. teams are still searching the charred remains of the historic town of lahaina and other areas. 115 people are known to have died. canada is experiencing its worst wildfire season on record, with tens of thousands of people evacuated from their homes. the federal government has had to deploy the military to several regions but more than 1,000 fires still burn across the country. our correspondent wyre davies reports from the town of kelowna.

that's my house on fire and i think, my love, that's yours. that's big. joanna and duncan have been friends and neighbours for decades. i think that's us. the okanagan valley residents had never seen anything like the inferno that tore through their community, destroying almost everything in its path, including their homes. it was blindingly bright and it would get into a house and then you've got this raging fire with this kind of skeletonised dwelling in the forefront of it, and it was just moving from one to the next and then, at one point, there werejust dozens. duncan lost most of what he'd built and owned, including his dad's war medals, but his family's safe and the yorkshire native remains positive. i'm very philosophical about this stuff. it happens and it's terrible.

in my case, i wish that i had thought it through better to get stuff out and put it in... i've got a pick—up truck, for god's sake. it is still too risky for residents to return here. but from the lake, the devastation is clear. this shows just how indiscriminate these forest fires are. here you have got three or four waterfront properties that have been completely gutted. just above them, and apparently right in the middle of the fire as well, all the houses are safe, completely pristine. in some places, the fire line is right up to the front door. via security cameras, some residents watched helplessly in real—time as their houses burned. others witnessed firefighters saving their properties. it's a testament to local rescue services that no lives were lost. there were situations where our staff were surrounded

on all sides by fire, and they would not like me to tell you they were trapped. there is no question it's been dangerous. we saw fire behaviour, winds that ripped trees out by their roots and just laid them down like toothpicks. on a visit to a local evacuation centre, i asked the regional premier, david eby, if he thought climate change might be to blame for the record number of wildfires. without a doubt, the ferocity of the fires, the extent of the burning, the historic nature of the forest fires we're seeing, notjust here in british columbia, just devastating fires that are clearly linked to human—caused climate change. the biggest fires may have been tamed but there is still a significant threat. if the speed of the fires has been relentless, so has the response of the emergency services. chopper after chopper dropping

buckets in the lake here to take water up to the hill to douse out fires that are continuing to burn. this crisis has undoubtedly strengthened the bond between the fire crews and a grateful public. but most here expect these events to become much more common in the future. wyre davies, bbc news, kelowna. british police are investigating the deaths of 88 people in the uk who bought a poisonous substance from a man in canada, who's accused of helping people to take their own lives. angus crawford reports, and a warning, some of you may find his report distressing. bright and kind, tom parfitt was just 22 when he ended his life using a chemical he bought from a website in canada. his father, david, distraught and angry, says tom should never have had access to it. i've been able to discuss with many other families the impact on them and their own lives.

and, of course, also focused on us trying to get some justice for the deaths of our sons and daughters. but also try and ensure that other families aren't impacted by similar. this is the man tom bought it from, kenneth law, arrested in canada and charged with two counts of aiding suicide. we're aware that packages were shipped to over 40 countries. we're aware of 1200 packages that have been shipped. the national crime agency now says 272 people in the uk bought from the canadian. 88 of them later died, and although it's not possible to say the chemical was the cause of death in every case, the nca has launched a criminal investigation.

but how did they know about kenneth law and the chemical? here's the answer. a pro—suicide website. we have been investigating this world for two years. users encourage suicide. they swap tips on methods and suggest sellers like law. accessible to anyone with a couple of clicks. we found one supplier who offered us a package of chemicals and pills. he even sent us a picture, told us he often shipped to the uk. and new sellers appear all the time. i know how much the people on there are struggling. - another death too soon. holly's brother michael, one more of kenneth law's customers, another victim of the suicide forum. right now, i'm a bit of a mess cos this is all i seem - to be talking about, - but i'm not going to stop.

like, i just can't. .. i can't live in a world - knowing this stuff exists without trying to stop it. michael and tom parfitt, two of the many who looked for help online and instead found poison. angus crawford, bbc news. new figures seen by the bbc suggest the uk has increasingly boughtjet fuel in recent months from refineries in india, which use crude oil from russia. britain and the other g7 economies banned direct russian energy imports six months ago. the figures, calculated by the campaign group, global witness, highlight a practice that is legal, but which raises ethical questions — as emeer nader reports. we're here in the peloponnese region in southern greece. the picturesque laconian gulf is a home to fishermen and an international tourist destination. but all is not as it seems.

this idyllic location has now become a key artery for russian oil. we're just leaving greek territorial waters and we're approaching a number of tankers that have left russia. and we believe they're here to exchange russian crude. and here they are. we find two tankers in the middle of a ship—to—ship transfer. these two boats that you can see behind me here are oil tankers. the boat in the distance is from russia and it's moving oil to the boat that's nearest to us. here in international waters, this practice is legal, and it's one of the ways by which russian oil continues to be exported throughout the world. and some of the millions of barrels of oil that passes through this area will ultimately find its way to countries that have bans on russian oil, including the uk. bbc newsnight has had exclusive access to numbers calculated by the campaign group global witness. since the g7, eu and australia

introduced a ban on importing oil directly, in the first six months of 2023, the numbers show the amount of russian energy that's been processed in indian refineries and made its way to the uk legally since then, with its origins changing to india. in the six months since january, the uk imported 6.2 million barrels of refined energy from three indian refineries, made with an estimated 2.33 million barrels of russian crude. the diesel is used to power uk planes. the figures are equivalent to one in eight of our flights using fuel from these refineries, or one in 20 british flights being powered purely by russian crude. so how much is this all worth to russia? according to the figures, in the first six months of 2023, the energy bought by the uk generated more than $122 million in revenue for russia, of which at least $50 million went directly to the kremlin in tax revenues. so, russia has essentiallyjust skirted around the sanctions.

it is selling as much oil as it was before the war, and that is as a result of this circumvention, big british firms like bp and shell are buying this jet fuel. bp said... shell told us... while the uk government said... refining energy in a third country changes its legal origin.

but this energy we're purchasing is still being produced with russian oil. in breaking news in the chair, we have arrived in the capital of niger and they have been given a8 hours to leave. hello. we'll take a look at the forecast for the weekend in a moment. but i want to look back, first of all, at some of the dramatic weather we saw during friday. because in parts of scotland, vicious thunderstorms spawned some funnel clouds — this one here in fife looking like it touched down on the ground, making it a tornado. and you can see the extent of those intense thunderstorms across eastern, central, and southern parts of scotland through friday. but there were plenty of showers and storms elsewhere, as well. now, there are more showers

in the outlook for the weekend, but i think they will tend to become a little less intense, a little less potent. there'll be some spells of sunshine, too. low pressure in charge of the scene, around the western flank of the lows, some quite brisk winds coming down from the north — you'll feel the effects of that across northwest scotland, parts of northern ireland. some rain in the north of scotland tending to spill southwards as the day wears on. cloud amounts increasing for northern ireland, again, some showers here. for england and wales, sunny spells, scattered showers, and particularly for central and eastern parts of england, some of those showers will be heavy and possibly thundery. 22 celsius in the southeast corner, cooler than that further north and west. at reading and leeds, for festivalgoers, i think some showers will be in the forecast, but there'll be some spells of sunshine in between. and, as we go through saturday nights, it'll actually be quite a cool and fresh affair. some showers will continue, particularly in western areas. temperatures even in the towns and cities down to 9—10 celsius. and then, we will see a band

of cloud and rain starting to push in across northern ireland. now, this will make very slow progress eastwards, it'll also peter out as it goes, so just turning cloudy and damp for northern ireland. elsewhere, sunny spells and showers, but the showers should be a little bit less intense by this stage. and temperatures, north to south, 1a—21, maybe 22 celsius in the southeast. so for the notting hill carnival on sunday, a chance for a shower. i think there should be some lengthy, dry gaps in between any showers. and monday looks like being a largely dry day — because this area of high pressure will try to build in. so monday, which is a bank holiday for most of us, of course, looks like a mostly dry day. there will be one or two showers, some spells of sunshine, too, and temperatures in the high teens or low 20s.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines for you at the top of the hour, which is straight after this programme. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. let's go and take a look at what's on the show.

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