he will need to know what is happening there. you know, were series guardians of truth. watch know on youtube dw documentary. ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. donald trump hit with criminal charges, a grand jury and manhattan votes votes to indict trauma. the 1st time this is ever happened to a former us president now threatens to opt in the race for the white house next year. also coming up turkey finally approved finland's bid to join. nice house

anchor. it gives, it's okay to the nordic nation. after months of blocking session talks to the mil, i'm sorry, booking accession to the military alliance, but this still stiff resistance to sweden membership hope. oh lou. i'm jared raid. welcome to the shore. it's the 1st criminal case in history against a former us president donald trump has been indicted by a grand jury in new york. it's over an alleged hush money payment paid to a porn star before the 2016 presidential election. it's understood, trump surrender could happen early next week. he is running to regain the white house in 2024. donald trump effect to become the 1st u. s. president ever to face criminal. the grant judy das by the manhattan district

attorney's office, spent weeks looking into a $130000.00 payment meet to warn 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 earlier, had that trump the monkey denies deville occasion. witnesses, what the exact charge, if he will. faith, have not yet been made. public is too early to speculate what type of sons trump would get if he were convicted by a new york jury. the judge would likely, based 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 persecution. his lawyer say they will vigorously fight any charges. the proceeding i bound to shake up at

2024 presidential with the youth constitution. does country quite a clean criminal record for someone to become president, but it would be extra ordinary for someone under indictment or convicted of a felony to become a presidential candidate prosecutor fee that in contact with john lawyer to arrange for ended and his effected on him fell finn early next week on he did with the specific charge of the meet public from washington dw correspondent mikaela chris now told me more earlier about trumps indictment and what to expect next. well, we'll remember that in last week, it on tom 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 or for him to see this arraignment, which means he has to come in,

he would be fingerprinted. and a mug shot 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 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 a 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 belief 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 as also account 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 and criticizing this very indictment and actually saying that he would instruct committees of

congress to look into an 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. we'll 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? why anyway, he's sticking with a strategy. always hard. 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's indicted even if he was put into prison. so he is portraying himself as something of a political martyr here already. and you know this all could amount to nothing. this. it could be that these charges are dropped in the end and that, but the damage already is done in the sense of once again, instigating what throwing question marks of how democracy functions in the country that this whole debate being boyd once again through this and this is the least of the potential charges he could face. there are 2 more case of the federal investigation over his role in january, 6th, an attack on the capital. and there's also endorser where he called for the,

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 or could sink his chances for 2020. he's as again, as he has been for decades, willing to risk it. all. that was d. w corresponded mikaela christine washington, did mckayla. thank you for your analysis. his round up of some other world news headlines now. at least 35 hindu worship is if died after plunging into a stairway leading into a will when a temple for collapsed in the central indian city of indoor a dozen people were rescued. the incident happened during the hindu, festal of hindu hindu festival of ran of ami form, a brazilian president. i have also narrow, has returned home after spending 3 months in the us. the far right former president

is under investigation over the storming of brazil's congress in january. after he lost the election. he could face jail and be made ineligible to run again for office. around $30000.00 protest is in israel, have blocked a highway in television, in support of the government's controversial judicial reform bill. the proposed changes would allow parliament override supreme court decisions with a simple majority. prime minister benjamin netanyahu announced this week that he was postponing the legislation following weeks of protest. and u. s. actress gwinnett paul troy has won a law suit high for a skiing accident. a man had sued the oscar winning actor for damages after the pair collided at the ski resort in 2016. but a jury in utah sided reports ro, finding the man at fault, the case which was live streamed on line made headlines around the world. so you can make a statement outside. well,

turkey has approved finland's application to join nato, 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 oh to one made his support clear turkey's vote was the last hurdle preventing finland from accession. finland said to become the 31st member of nato, a feat made possible by turkey. 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 your dad, it turned out this way. it gives us security about all the. and then we will finally belong to diverse, to divest and hit him is fair. 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 currencies as terrorist public towards making them wishing that breakthrough came after finished president. saudi minister visited his counterpart in turkey room shortly afterwards. rach, update on the on agreed to 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 a, pull it off, and what's that, sir? oh, it took quite a lot of diplomacy behind the scenes work. nater, chief against dalton berg said finland will make the whole nato family stronger and safer. but for now, the finish of feeling relieved with

a renewed sense of safety. the president of the european commission says future relations with the use biggest trading partner china, or depend on how beijing deals with the war and new crime. ursula on the line is heading for the chinese capital, where she says the focus will be on frank dialogue. the e commission head is sitting down a marker before her visit to china. our relations are not black or white, and our response cannot be either. and this is why we need to focus on deal with not the couple and this is part of the reason why i will soon be visiting busy together with president michael. sorry, sheena, early march chinese president, teaching ping began his 3rd term in office rule funder line is critical of the extent of she's power and of his goals father and his communist parties

li ago is a systemic change of the international order with china at its center yes, seen it with china's positions in multilateral bodies which show if determination to promote an alternative vision of the world. the forging of closer ties between russia and china is part of building this new world order. cheese recent 3 day visit in moscow is evidence of this. beijing hasn't condemned russia's warn ukraine, even seeing itself as a mediator. this is wanda lion's analysis is clear. crowded visit that china seas put in weakness as a way to increase leverage shall by russia. and it is clear that the power balance

and that relationship which for most of the last century favorite russia had now reverse. but china is also the use most important trading partner as from de line also mentioned. those ties come with their own dangers. for example, exported goods could also be used for military purposes. ahead of her visit, the commission president stressed that the e u is very skeptical about china's growing autocracy and influence. okay, is a reminder now of our top new story. the sala, a manhattan, new grand jury has voted 2 in di to former us president donald trump, following a pro into hush money tied to a porn star headed for 2016 presidential election. trump is called the indictment political persecution, vowing to fight it. don't forget, you can always get to helping you news on the go. you can download our app from

google play or from the app store. now that will give you access to all the latest views from around the world, as well as push notifications for breaking news. coming off after a short break, we'll have a documentary feel one, china's if it's to expand its influence in the arctic, there's more d w dot com and on social media dw, i'm jarrett brady, bradley, and thank you for watching. have a great day. ah ah, we're all set to go beyond the citizenship and we're all in as we take on the we're all about the stories that matter to.