what is the poetry, the secret of the house? shattering the glass ceiling. women in architecture, starting april 20th on d. w. ah. ah. ah . this is dw news live from berlin. donald trump hit with criminal charges, a grand jury and manhattan bugs to indict trump. the 1st time that this ever happened to a former us president, it straightens to off in the rice for the white house next year. also coming out, turkey finally approved finland speed to join. nice her anchor. it gives it's ok to

the nordic nation. after months of locking exception to the military, lions is still stiff. resistance to sweden's membership and the u. s. journalist is arrested in russia on spying charges, if and guess because each of the wall street journal is the 1st american reported to be held for espionage since the cold war. ah, i'm jared read. welcome to the shore. former us president donald trump is being hit with criminal charges. a grand jury jury in new york voted on thursday to indict him following a probe into harsh money allegedly pied piper to a porn star. ahead of the 2016 a presidential election. now it's 1st time this has happened to our former

u. s. president. the manhattan district attorney's office says it has contacted trump's lawyers to arrange his surrender. trump is running to regain the white house in 2024. donald trump effect to become the 1st us president ever to faith criminal charges. the grant judy dos by the manhattan district attorney's office spent weeks looking into $130000.00 payment meet to borne. actor stormy daniels, trump reportedly beat the thumb during the 2016 presidential campaign, one to keep daniel's quite about effectual encounter they had years ago as act jumped. the monkey denies the vilification witnesses, what the exact charges he will faith have not yet been made. public is too early to speculate what type of sentence trump would get if he were convicted by a new york jury. the judge would likely based it on the evidence that was presented

a trial, whether trump testified, whether he perjured himself donald trump faced, he's innocent and has caused the indictment of political both to cushion his lawyer see. they will vigorously fight any charges. the proceeding i bound to shake up at 2024 presidential brief. the u. s. constitution does country quite a clean criminal record for someone to become president. but it would be extraordinary for someone under indictment or convicted of a felony to become a presidential candidate. prosecutor, fee they are in contact with john lawyer, doreen, to surrender. and his expected to turn himself in early next week on he did with the specific charge if be meet public from washington. dw correspondent mckayla kirsten told me more earlier about trump's indictment and what to expect

next. well, we'll remember that in last week it on tampa. expected that he would be arrested on a tuesday and actually called for protest. well, we actually expect this to now happen. this coming week potentially a tuesday for him to see this arraignment, which means he has to come in, he would be fingerprinted. and a mug saw the photograph would be taken of him, the kind of stuff we know from criminal reporting here in the united states, and then it would be taken from there. we still don't know what exactly those charges and tail, but we do understand that they are focusing in on how the money was dealt with. how there was a cover up of what that house money was actually used for. so this could be seen as more of an accounting error because she, the payment of the huffman is not really something that would be attached to criminal charges here. and that means that donald trump, we heard this from his law,

is ready. he's expected to travel from florida to new york to actually than face this arraignment. mikaela, what type of wider implications does this have including on donald trump's own b to to retake the white house next year? well, 1st of all, this really is an earthquake. it is an illegal earthquake and it will touch at the very least on how firmly people believe in how independent judiciary works and it's most extreme effect. it could either propel donald trump or further to the be the lead in the polls, which he is ready to potentially secure the republican nomination. or it could in the end a workout hampering that effort of his to once again become the candidate. because more and more republicans is also a count that sees these scant,

these mountain scandals is potentially one scandal to many. but what we're seeing right now is we're seeing everybody, his party running around headed him, particularly those who are elected into office, the speaker of the house of republican mccarthy. coming out or criticizing this very indictment and actually saying that he would instruct committees of congress to look into and potential actions going on in relation to that. so this what he says amounts to him openly criticizing the judiciary. and this is the country where there's a separation of powers. this raises question marks. how far donald trump, undermining people's faith in how the law of the land is being put into action will go and how this will pan out for his chances to potentially secure the nomination. again, 2024. as you say, mckayla, this indictment could really help or hinder donald trump's chance is going forward

. we've seen some of his statement. he's calling this sir, a political persecution and a witch hunt. how do you read his comments? what do you think his strategy is going to be going forward? went away. he's sticking with stratus. he always had, he takes any kind of criticism as a witness against him. he calls this historic. and if you've ever been to a trump rally and you have no doubt any more, that there are people. and there are many people who will follow him no matter what . even if he is indicted even if he was put into prison. so he is portraying himself as something of a political matter here already. and you know, this all could amount to nothing this, you know, it could be that these charges are dropped in the end and that, but the damage are already is done in the sense of once again, instigating well throwing question marks of how democracy functions in the country

that this whole debate is boy being boyd, once again through this, and this is the least of the potential charges he could face. there are 2 more case as the federal investigation over his role in january, 6th, an attack on the capital. and as also endorser where he called for the it's for the secretary state to find him those votes. there's also an investigation that could amount to a court case. so this is just the beginning of an ever widening crisis that could see him come on top again. as the nominee, all could sink his chances for 2020 his as again as he has been for decades, willing to risk it. all. that was dw corresponded michela, cooking and washington did mckayla. thank you for your analysis. causes take a look now at some others headlines, making used to day. former brazilian prison, jaya ball sanara has returned home after spending 3 months in the you. with the far

right, former president is under investigation over the storming of brazil's congress in january. after he lost the election, then he could face jail and be made ineligible to run again for office. around 30000 protest is in israel, have locked a highway in tel aviv in support of the government's controversial judicial reform billed. the proposed changes would allow parliament to override supreme court decisions with a simple majority. prime minister benjamin netanyahu announced this week that he was postponing the legislation following months of protest. european commission president or still of underlines, is the future of relations with china. the biggest trading partner will depend on its response to russia's war in ukraine. china has refused to condemn the invasion and it's close. partnership with moscow has caused growing concern here in europe and us actress gwinnett paul troy has won a lawsuit over

a skiing accident. a man had sued the oscar winning for damages after the pe collided at the ski resort in 2016. but the jury in utah sided with paul troy finding the man at fault. the case which was live streamed on line sparked headlines around the world outside or turkey has approved finland's application to join nice, high ending months of delight during which turkey had blocked finland and sweden from joining the military alliance. the parliament voted unanimously in favor 2 weeks after president red chip type odor. one made his support clear turkey's vote was the last hurdle preventing finland from accession. finland set to become the 31st member of nato, a feat made possible by talkie finally clearing the way. the news was welcomed by many here. i think it's about time, so some of us have be waiting for it for some time already. so. yeah,

it's good that it turned out this way. it gives us security about all we and then we will finally belong to diverse to divest and hit hemisphere. helsinki had been trying to join the alliance for more than 10 months, but turkey kept blocking their recession, complaining that finland was providing safe haven to groups on kara seas as terrorists, follicles were conditioner. the breakthrough came after finished president, loudly minister, visited his counterpart in turkey room. shortly afterwards rach upgrade. i'd go on a greetings support finland's bid, but despite the hurdles this approval is considered to have come quickly this is a world record speed of 4 in a new member state,

the choice maple. so fremont, manchester, pull it off. and what's that, sir? oh, it took quite a lot of diplomacy. behind the scenes work, nato chief un stalson berg said finland, we'll make the whole nato family stronger and safer. but for now to finish our feeling relieved with a renewed sense of safety. with the white house has condemned the arrest of an american journalist in russia on spying charges, russia security service. the f is b accuses evan guest coverage of trying to obtain classified information is pleaded not guilty, and his employer, the wall street journal, is demanding his immediate release. it's the 1st time and american report has been detained in russia as an alleged spies. since the cold war, washington is advising us citizens to leave russian guards at a moscow court, bundled even gush given out of the building. following his brief appearance,

the 31 year old pleaded not guilty to spying charges, but exactly what he's alleged to have done remains unclear. his lawyer says he wasn't even allowed in the courtroom. you might go to the wrong, i can't say anything because i haven't seen the charges filed against him. he'll be convinced that my client could only of acted legally, only due to just given was arrested hundreds of kilometers away from moscow. in the city of you're catherine berg, his believe to have been working on a story about local attitudes to the war in ukraine. but russian authorities claimed, gosh, kevin was acting on behalf of the us to access state secrets, but he greets him. janelle is under the guise of journalistic activities, a journalistic visa and accreditation of judging by the investigative measures taken against him. he was engaged in completely different activities also. ah sir, surely in lloyd's eagerness gush coverage has been working in russia as

a journalist since 2017. he's been with the wall street journal for just over a year, and the paper has been quick to condemn his wrist. in a statement they demanded his immediate release. other journalists also expressing their grave concerns. it has a chilling effect on foreign journalists, especially western journalist. we try to inform international community international, public opinion about the war and about what's going on in russia. cash given which is the highest profile american arrested in russia since basketball. a brittany greiner, who spend 10 months in jail on drugs charges for now, he will spend the next 2 months here in a pre trial detention center has silence

a further blow to dwindling media. freedoms and russia is reminder of our top new story. a manhattan grand jury is fighting to indict former us president donald trump, following a probe into hush money. i to a porn star head of the 2016 presidential election trumps called the indictment political persecution and vowed to fight it in business. news is up next. read stephen beardsley. after a short break to uncle people and trucks injured one trying to flee the city center. more and more refugees are being turned away as of water. families played on tags in syria to these credit owners will.