online. tonight u.s. president pushing back against accusations made by michael cohen says hush money paid to women during the election campaign was illegal says it was his own money and not campaign funds but tuesday remains the darkest day so far in the presidency we'll go live to washington for the latest also coming up zimbabwe's constitutional court hears a challenge to president. election victory the opposition claims there was massive

tampering with the vote. and desperation along one of europe's most heavily fortified borders. to the spanish territory. in africa following migrants determined together says. it's good to have you with us tonight u.s. president trump is hitting back at implications by his former lawyer that he made legally dubious hush money payments using campaign funds in a t.v. interview trump claims that because they came from his personal bank account the payments were not even a campaign violation but the president is not out of the woods just yet his former lawyer michael cohen is said to have information of interest to the special counsel handling the russia probe that's according to cohen's lawyer or trump was out on

the campaign trail today where he found supporters who did not seem to care what was being said in washington and in new york. observers are calling it the darkest day so far in donald trump's turbulent presidency but the u.s. president at a rally in west virginia appeared unraveled. he's done time and again denied any russian involvement that aided him during his electoral campaign. fake to the right here in which we got all pick up and. where is there to lose or you know they're still looking for closure where in acknowledge are five of the literature we want to find the collusion. his comments came just hours after developments that mean two of his ex advisors are facing lengthy prison

sentences michael cohen is trump's former personal lawyer and close friend he pleaded guilty to a range of charges including campaign finance violations cohen's attorney lanny davis seen here wearing glasses said his client was prepared to tell everything he knows about trump including prior knowledge of the hacking of democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton's computer and also a meeting in twenty sixteen between trump campaign aides and a russian delegation underoath cohen who once said he would take a bullet for donald trump swore he paid hush money to trump's alleged mistresses including porn actress stormy daniels at the direction of who he referred to as the candidate it's widely understood that he's referring to the us president. to pay money to silence two women who had information believed would be detrimental to the two thousand and sixteen campaign and the campaign shortly afterwards

a second court case delivered further drama mr trump's former campaign manager paul mana ford was convey. eight kinds of financial crimes none of forte's trial is the first to emerge from special counsel robert miller's investigation into russian meddling in the twenty sixteen election. faces a second trial next month on several charges including acting as an agent for a foreign government in washington critics of donald trump staged this protest they seem to have no doubt that he colluded with russia but it's likely to take some time before special counsel miller reaches any conclusion about. the story of the washington bureau chief alexander phenomenas on the story for us tonight good evening to you alexander so they're calling it the black tuesday for donald trump how big of a political risk or a legal threat do these convictions impose for the u.s.

president. what's especially michael cohen said yesterday in the courtroom was a very serious allegation and therefore we would assume because michael cohen implicates a u.s. president in a plot to illegally influence the election and that's why you would to see a president and trump is legal trouble and legal for the however his lawyers and many experts here say that it's questionable if a sitting president has a guarantor of the you ask constitution can be indicted for a crime so it's whatever seems that president is going to face consequences at all in the political arena however we have to say that at that moment the democratic leadership in congress is quite silent about possible

impeachment proceedings and that of course very notable however we can be sure that this topic impeachment is going to be major topic in the midterm elections it was interesting too yesterday the u.s. president was very quiet on twitter changed the day he ripped into his former personal attorney michael holroyd accusing him of making up stories to get a deal the president tweeting today michael cohen pleaded guilty to two counts of campaign finance violations that are not a crime president obama had a big campaign finance violation and it was easily settled so alexandra does the president does he have a point there. well it seems to be the main defense line of his lawyers to first of all say that michael cohen is lying that he

did it before and they are referring to contradictory statements made by michael holt cohen in the past however we have to say that he yesterday was. and he apparently provided some sort of evidence apparently there are being friends and taped conversation with the president and talking about the our arguments that there was no crime no wrong doing by the president we have to say ok that's what's the case why then to hide these payments to the women who claim they have had and then with the president and then why lie about that what the president did in the past all right our washington bureau chief is under phenomenal the story for us tonight alexandra thank you very much. zimbabwe's constitutional court has been hearing

a challenge to president emerson him and dog was election victory the main opposition party the movement for democratic change claims there was what he calls a massive doctoring of last month's vote should be overturned the president and the country's election commission deny i felt play the court has said that it will deliver its ruling on friday. amid tight security symbolic ways constitutional court has become the stage for the country's latest political showdown all eyes are on the nine judges who must decide whether to throw the case out declare a new presidential winner or a fresh election. the must reads in good faith so that's everyone must visits by the after of the ruling of the courts no matter which party is it or them it's always going to do does it. the opposition party is challenging president and

misson wanting garak was an election victory last month claiming it was rigged moron and can't quote replace him bob ways veteran ruler robert mccarthy in november last year. the electoral commission said he won july's presidential election with just over fifty percent of the vote. i would like to guarantee you that we have a very strong case and we are going to overturn this electoral fraud consistent with what we promised we are going to defend yourselves our voice the people's what this involvement was. that. post-election clashes have already resulted in a number of people being killed including sylvia my foes a mother of two. although many zimbabweans are hopeful this case will put an end to

the violence and uncertainty there's no guarantee that these judges will change anything. and here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world the afghan government have said it will not send a delegation to moscow for a russian brokered peace conference with the taliban next month a spokesman for the afghan government telling that it will only take part in talks initiated by itself the u.s. has also canceled its participation hundreds of elderly koreans have said their final emotional goodbyes to relatives at the end of a rare or union for families separated by the korean the south koreans are heading home after a three day visit to the north the first three union to take place in three years police here in berlin have detained a thirty one year old russian man suspected of planning a terrorist attack authorities say he had a large quantity of explosives in his apartment it's alleged he was working with another suspect arrested in france police also found links to who carried out the

deadly christmas market truck attack in two thousand and sixteen pet shops in england could soon be banned from selling puppies and kittens the government is considering a law that would prevent shops from selling dogs and cats under six months old pet lovers would have to buy directly from a breeder or adopt from an animal shelter. in recent months italy has tightened its border controls no speed has become the main justin asian for african migrants trying to reach europe at one entry point in spades north african on play say hundreds of migrants have stormed fences in a bid to entering european territory at least one hundred fifty people managed to cross in a bid to hinder more from entering the territory authorities have erected a six metre high fence along the eight kilometer long border with morocco but for those who make it through it's no guarantee of an easy passage to

a new life he wus all over salad follows a group intent on making it to europe whatever it takes. and his friends have to make their way to the high don't carefully it's in the mountains of morocco near the border with you they say the police could show up at any time and destroy their camp. the group has thousands of kilometers behind them knowledge just a few hundred metres separate them from europe that's and sealed this fence this man from guinea shows as deep cuts there from his attempts to storm the border five . my father is dead my mother has nothing not even food i'm the oldest son and i want to try and make some money to help my mother that's why i left. they have been travelling for two years since leaving guinea

knol they are stuck here with some fifty thousand others all hoping to make the journey from morocco to europe. the fence is here to stop them it's eight kilometers long and fitted with razor sharp wire along with the territory of this is the only other border in africa on the other side is alfonso crew sato from the spanish guard it's his job to secure the border but lately that hasn't always been possible. over six hundred migrants managed to storm the fence at the end of july the police are helpless and talk of unprecedented levels of violence makeshift flame throwers quicklime and grappling hooks other migrants weapons of choice but i am we put out those we are going to they were very well prepared and organized. but what small there was so violent that we could not get to the fence. i mean

they threw acid at us and did all they could to prevent us from closing the holes that they had cut into the fans. in morocco's mountains moosa and his friends are already preparing their next attempt they're tired of the brutality at the hands of the moroccan police they only find food at a nearby rubbish dump a soft drink a cucumber a moldy potato life here is unbearable. morocco is teeming with police offices. all of my friends are left guinea with me made it to syria. what am i supposed to do here i'll stay here until i can get in. their sense of desperation is what drives them for moosa and his friends it's euro or nothing. you're watching the news live from

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