i d, w ah ah ah, this is d, w. use lie from berlin. donald trump is back in new york ahead of his court appearance. the former president is spending the night at trump tower before he hands himself into prosecutors. on tuesday, he faces criminal charges stemming from hush money, allegedly paid to an adult film actor in 2016. also coming up. prussian authorities blame ukraine for planting a bomb that killed a prominent pro war blogger. a woman is arrested over the blast and a cafe in st. petersburg and extra judicial killings. electron,

karen guided by bangladesh as a lead to police, brought a dw investigation, reveals the rapid action battalion set up to fight. terrorism takes the law into its own hands. ah, i'm pablo foley ass welcome to the program. former u. s. president donald trump is preparing to surrender to prosecutors in new york later today as he faces an unprecedented core to parents. trump is the 1st sitting or former us president to face criminal prosecution. tuesday will see his arraignment on chargers linked to allege toll money payments to adult film actor stormy daniels just before the 2016 presidential election. ah,

the former reality tv stand president is the biggest story in town. again, arriving at trump tower, donald trump, heated quickly inside for more talks with his legal chain. his support has rallied loudly nearby, while others demanded justice. guiding him on off hooker's payment 10 years ago or 7 years ago, is a misdemeanor. and it should not be a felony case by alvin bird. i don't think they have anything to walk them up for i think this is just a political per excursion of somebody that they don't like. and on top of that i circuits election interference countries, mary divided at this point. so i think it's important that we understand that this is not a justice

a criminal case against trump would be unlike anything the u. s. has even experienced on tuesday. his expected to surrender himself at the district attorney's office before being arraigned at the criminal court with the charges will be read to him. authorities are bracing for protests. as always, we will not allow bias or vandalism of any kind, and if one is court participating in any act of violence, they would be arrested and held accountable. no matter who you are. while champ was the focus of attention in new york city, president joe biden was visiting a factory in minnesota. he has consistently refused to comment on the charges against trump. monday was no exception. or livermore, afterwards about the future of our country. just remember, it's just important. remember who we are. we're the united states of america. there

is nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing beyond our capacity for champions bound to continue with his 2024 presidential bid come. what may, in this case is even seen a surge in his support among republicans, but opinion in the country remains deeply divided with more americans than not saying he should face charges over the stormy daniels case. our washington bureau chief in his poll sent us this assessment of expectations ahead of the arraignment in the manhattan criminal court. behind me, the whole trump is set to formally surrender to prosecutors for alleged hash money paid to adult film actress stormy daniels in 2016 trump. like anyone else will walk through the routine steps of a felony arrest. he will be booked and taken into cassidy, fingerprinted photographed and maybe even handcuffed. we don't know the exact

charge as yet, but we will learn more about the official details later today. the security around the courthouse ends from tower is tied. the new york city police have set up made old barriers and blocked off numerous streets due to threats of protest. since the news broke last friday, trump has been treating the case as us bank tackle rather than a serious issue hoping that this made is credited at least in the eyes of his supporters. and as with every other news about himself, trump is turning the indictment into a big money machine. according to his campaign, he raised more than $4000000.00 within the 1st 24 hours after the indictment was announced. he thought you 0, our washington bureau chief in his folder, russian authorities say ukraine was behind an explosion at a, at

a cafe in saint petersburg that killed a well known pro war blogger. the kremlin, describe the blast as a terrorist attack, carried out by ukrainian secret services. cave denies involvement and has blamed russian domestic terrorism. a woman moscow claims has links with anti war rallies, has been arrested. would in this passage posted on line flatland, sitarski is seen being handed a statue during a talk at the st. petersburg, cafe king jose with the gathered crowd as he inspects the gift. so a short while later, the 40 role pro war blogger will be dead, killed by a bomb. russian media claim was hidden inside the bust. b, russian block as a sharing this on verified footage. claim to show the moment of the deadly explosion, which is now being treated as an act of terrorism by the kremlin bush. well, after this, like erin had a minor in hand that they put

a summer back there without a 2nd thought. and he carried on with his questions, then suddenly everything exploded and there was smoke. it was like a slow motion movie. was sit on the back half of the hall. everyone started to run and we needed to run. so we ran those to the near, had blood all over them, of course, but you can use it on i don't to task. he whose real name is maxine foaming was a prominent packer of rushes invasion of ukraine. the producers rally filled himself last year at the grand kremlin palace, celebrating roches annexation of ukraine's occupied regions. with the gospels of summer, we will beat every one we will kill every one he says in this defiant array that went viral, helping to build his popularity among pro war russian nationalists who may be behind his death or ordered the attack is now the subject of much speculation in russia these cctv pitches being white,

the shed and russian online channels appeared to show some one carrying a package into the cafe. before the blast. cross russian authorities have since arrested a 26 year old woman who they say admitted bringing a small statue which then exploded and killed to task e. the kremlin says it was an attack orchestrated by ukraine with the help of a russian opposition group. but they've provided no evidence for that. he moves it back more. but that view is not shared by everyone, including the head of the russian voc, the mercenary group. you have any pre goshen who owns the cafe, where the blast took place stairway operator, you see or hear paying tribute to task. he in the video he sais was filled in the besieged. you crowding city back moat. and later suggested that domestic radical groups are responsible for the block as death, and not the key of government them flag. and as investigators try to establish

a motive for the attack, that's a claim that's unlikely to go down well with the kremlin, which is doing all it cans of paint a picture of domestic harmony over its special operation in ukraine. let's take a look now with some of the other stories making news around the world. nato secretary general, yes, dalton berg says finland will formerly join the alliance on tuesday. it's will bring the number of nato member states to 31 neighboring sweden's membership bid has been stalled by objections from hungry and turkey. casso fo castillo's former president. hashem touchy has gone on trial in the hague, accused of war crimes. he and 3 others faced charges linked to castillo's war of independence from serbia. in the 19 ninety's, his pleaded not guilty. private indian physician leader raw who gandy has been granted fail after he lodged in appeal against his defamation conviction. a court

recently sent and scanned the 22 years in prison in connection with remarks mocking prime minister and render mowdy surname. he was expelled from parliament as a result and remained barred from running in next year's elections. i to a dw investigation which is uncovered details of killings linked to bangladesh as a lead police force. the rapid action battalion has long faced accusations of human rights abuses which the bangladesh government has repeatedly denied. working with sweden's nat renews. it overuse investigative unit spoke with former rabbit commanders who revealed evidence of how the force commits extra judicial killings. you may find elements of this report disturbing. 2 and the phone call you about to hear captures in alleged murder in southern bangladesh. it was recorded in

2018 bash. i big am. she connected to aspen phone only seconds before he was killed . oh lou. 2 3 6 early in the day, a chrome attack had been taken by the rapid action battalion in elite unit of the bag, reddish police, long accused of kidnappings, torture and hundreds of killings. let me say so piggly. there whole other. i want justice little. how was my husband killed and why the who gave the order? not only the recording continues for another 10 minutes. we're sirens and orders to plant ammunition and drugs close to the dying man. more shots are fired later, the official police report stated that a common hack died in a shoot out between drug dealers. the audio dumb little d of how this audio is classic evidence of how an operation is staged. i did take

part in extra judicial killings and torture. torture this vis a blow is one of 2 former wrap command us, who are the 1st to speak up about the rab systemic human rights abuses which bangladesh government has lung the night. in detail, they describe how the elite squad has abducted torture and kid revealing the wraps playbook for extra judicial killings. ah, it dark. in some cases, the scenes are made up beforehand or sometimes afterwards and but all the evidence is planted to block gra hope imbedded and there's nothing written about it. well, no, no order is given in writing. for months, the w and netra news investigated the rapid action battalion a thaws of $13000.00, which was originally founded to fight terrorism and crime in bangladesh. but according to the whistleblowers, it is also used as a political tool to silence opponents of the government. political,

the engagement decision on any political target would come at the very least from the ministry of home affairs, whom he needed was a must to get clearance from home affairs. little it won't hurt us too. and if the home affairs minister gave such an order, it's very unlikely to prime minister of bangladesh, it didn't know about it because as there's no paper trail, it's hard to verify that claim. but he corroborated the whistleblowers. testimonies was victims, accounts, medical records, police reports and data from human rights organizations. when confronted with our findings, bangladesh, prime minister did not respond. the rap referred us to the ministry of home affairs, which cited their own investigation and denied all allegations as baseless and uncle. the bank of this government keeps denying to these abuses of record. it is these testimonies once again, show them though they need to stop denying and start holding psycho deposits

accountable. megan southern bangladesh. i shabby eagle shows us the glasses her husband wore when he was killed. she received them with his body. since then she says, rap officers have pressure turned her family to remain silent on air desk. he said, just one thing. he said your husband has died and you could die at any moment to the worry. but i shall be gam once proper investigation. she says she will continue to speak up until those who killed her husband are held to the count. or you'll find more details of this investigation on inside the death squad on youtube, on the date of new documentary channel. okay, well here's a reminder now of the top story that we're following for you. this are donald trump is back in new york ahead of his court to parents. the former president is spending denied from tower before he hands himself into prosecutors. he faces criminal charges stemming proposed money,

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