and political crimes ah, in our series guardians of truth and watch now on youtube dw documentary. ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin, a dramatic and historic day in new york as former u. s. president. donald trump faces criminal charges. we today up all our solemn responsibility to ensure that everyone stands equal before the law. prosecutors are chasing trump on 34 felony kinds of falsifying business records.

trump says he's not guilty. also on the program, finland joins nato. the finish flag is raised us, the alliance welcomes it's the 31st member at a ceremony in brussels. ah, i'm pablo foley, us welcome to the program. former us president donald trump has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in court in new york. trump showed little emotion entering the court building before denying 34 kinds of falsifying business records. the charges are linked to hush money payments, allegedly made to 3 people. trump was into court in

a motorcade from his trump tower complex in manhattan. he's now heading back to his morrow lego estate in florida. well, the judge in the case says trump's trial could begin next january and speaking after today's hearing on hatton district attorney elvin brag. it said, every one is equal before the law under new york state law is a felony to falsify business records with intent to defraud it intent to conceal another crime. that is exactly what this case is about. 34 false statements made to cover up other crimes. these are felony crimes in new york state. no matter who you are. we cannot and will not normalize serious criminal conduct. finland has become an nato's

31st to member. a ceremony was held at the alliance's headquarters in brussels, finland's president described the occasion as historic and nato secretary general said. the expansion shows that russia's attempts to weaken the alliance of backfired. finland flag hoisted high over nato headquarters in brussels and as anthems ring out helsinki, waves good bye to 8 security policy of the past and move prompted to directly by moscow's aggression toward ukraine. the era of military non alignment, you know, a history has come to an end, new era figures. it's gone to re maximize, he has its own security. so does finland. nato membership per strengthens our international position and to room for maneuver. nato allies

take a collective defense pledge under which an attack on one is viewed as an attack on all that means finished troops are no bound to protect other members of the military alliance. and finland, which shares a long border with russia, can no count on backup from nato allies like the united states, france and germany. this is the day of joy because sir finland is se gaining more security and nato is getting stronger by the membership of finland. but we plan that finland and sweden could join together. they couldn't sweden and finland both applied for membership last year. but no stock home has been left standing on the sidelines. it spade held up by a political tiff after turkey accused. we didn't of offering safe haven to terrorists, hungary to has been holding out on ratification

a source of frustration for the swedish foreign minister. we would like to see this happen as soon as possible. there is no reason for neither the turkish parliament over them gary and parliament to make any for further delays. russia used nato as a threat to its security. and once key of bard from ever joining, the alliance insists its door remains open. but there is no clarity on when ukraine may be invited to walk through it. for no nato nations said they'll keep arming t if. as this alliance grows from 30 to 31 a pretty significant day for night, are we asked our cars fung and terry shelton, brussels for more. it definitely was a big day for nato. this is a day that even 2 years ago we could not have imagined to happening in finland was, was quite content to be non aligned, militarily, believing that this was safest for it. sharing a border with russia and, and not wanting to invite more russian threats. at the same time,

once russia invaded ukraine, all bets were off and felons entire perspective on its own security changed. so definitely washing that flag b, b raised at nato headquarters today. i think it was an emotional moment definitely for the fins, but also for a lot of people watching finland take this historic step. i know that everyone around me thought it was. it was very momentous. but the accession of finland also leaves a couple of other countries wanting to get into the alliance. wishing that they had joined along with finland and that's not to sweden is also ukraine, which has been promised that it will eventually become a member of nato. tito used her is she'll speaking to us earlier there from brussels. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. russian suicide. drones of stroke in the ukrainian city of odessa, in an overnight attack, defense forced to soap is shot down 14 of the 17. iranian made shy head drones

targeting the black sea port. one hit a local business, but there are no reports of any casualties. russian authorities have charged a 26 year old woman with terrorism in connection with the bombing of a cafe. in saint petersburg, the plastic killed, influential pro war blogger flatland, petoskey. the kremlin says ukraine was behind the incident. keith denies being involved. australia has become the latest country to bon chinese own, tick tock from government devices. intelligence services recommended the ban on the app because of fears the beijing could be collecting user data. china has protested and called on australia to treat chinese businesses. ferry. a massive fire has engulfed a shopping complex and bangladesh his capital dhaka. the blaze began in the early hours of tuesday in the banga bazaar market,

famous for its clot sellers and home to some $3000.00 shops. oh, what was once a thriving market in the heart of duck her has been reduced to smouldering ashes ah, shop owners watching, shook as their livelihood goes up in flames. i love now like a bagger. i have no one in this world. i have only you a law. there have been several fires in this market already. in 1995 bunker bazaar completely burned down. bangladesh has a history with industrial fires that have killed hundreds in recent years. lax regulations and port enforcement have been blamed. what are the don't go and if i had died, but my shop survived, at least my children would have a source of income easily that. but how can i provide for them now?

i wouldn't, i won't even be able to buy them a new dress for each. i have nothing. i've said. many shop owners had stocked up with clothes before adolf hitler, a festival marking the end of the holy month of ramadan. in just a few hours, thousands of shops have been destroyed as hundreds of people watch on fire fighters, air force helicopters and soldiers tried to get the blazed under control. all right, returning now to our top story that historic here and dramatic day in new york with a former president donald trump facing criminal charges in a court in manhattan. and let's go now to the u. s. capital where dw correspondence stefan simons is standing by 1st in washington, stefan. good to see. so former president trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts. steph, i'm break down the charges force and have serious they are. well,

ha, how serious they are. that is the question here. there's people who say like this case should have never made it that far because there are other cases much stronger . where for president ultram faces potential an indictment, but okay, here we are. and bottom line all comes down to president. trump allegedly falsifying business records, which is a big deal in new york financial capital of the world. and of course, with that, prosecutors also alleged that the president, quote, sought to, quote, undermine the integrity of the 2016 presidential election. and of course, so there you have it. that is the, that's the big shoe. this is what really dropped today. and of course don tom, as you pointed out, pleaded not guilty to all $34.00 counts. and well, this is where we are, he's going to speak in a couple hours. estefan tell us made the legal proceedings what happens next?

well, i surprised number one. the 1st court hearing is far away and that is december 4th, there will probably be some lawyers from his defense team. we're trying to get earlier into court, or maybe it works for their strategy. so speaking our strategy, what's happening next? is that the evidence, whatever was in discovery, has now been, has to be given to the defense lawyers. the prosecution has $45.00 to $65.00 days to do so. then until august, 8th, the defense has to file any motions. and of course the, the prosecution has to respond to that, that happens in latest september. and then again, as i said, december 4th. mr. trump, or at least his lawyers are back in court in manhattan. now there's been no gag order placed by the judge on anyone involved in the proceedings for trump has always been, let's say, been quite vocal about his feelings, especially on social media. is there any indication of the strategy he'll use to

defend himself? i think we're getting classic trump. 8 but in a tone down way, why is that? yes, you're right. there was no get gardener from the jo gag order from the judge. because actually the guy judge say like we are recognizing this court recognize that you are running for president again. so i just can't shut you up and i won't do this. what he said though, is he issued a warning to donald trump, to anybody. everybody else basically to really tone it down to not, you know, rally things up and be super aggressive. that would have negative consequences, and i am sure that the defense team, the lawyers who are really looking at the law here it, they are telling our former president, i'm probably to really toll it down because they have to do some loring to do. i have to file a motion to have to go through all the motions there and the social media post health tank stuff on. we're just seeing live images actually as you were speaking

there from florida where we as you mentioned, we'll be hearing from the former president donald trump. he'll be speaking to his supporters at in, in florida as shortly. and we'll be speaking to stefan a little bit later on. thank stuff on siemens in washington. so researchers working in the japan trench in the north pacific ocean have set a new record, namely the deepest filming of a fish in history. and here is the record breaking footage, a lonely juvenile from an unknown snail. fish. species caught on camera and a depth of more than 8300 meters just a few days later and not quite so deep. the scientists used abated cameras to film a few more of them. it's part of a 10 year study to find out which fish species are lurking in the deep,

dark waters of the north pacific. here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you. this are donald trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 kinds of falsifying business records in court in new york . the charges relate to the alleged payment of harsh money to $3.00 people before the 2016 presidential election. finland has joined at nato. a finished flag was raised as the alliance welcomed its 31st member . at a ceremony in brussels, the expansion doubles nato's border with russia. moscow as condemned to move as an assault on it's secured and don't forget that you can always get tito the news on the go. just download our app from google play or from the apple app store. that'll give you access to all the latest

news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news. and that's all for me. coming up after the break, d w business looks at why the asia pacific region is apparently doing better than other parts of the world. and don't forget that there's plenty more news and analysis on our website. that's d w dot com. and don't forget to follows on our social media accounts or handle is details in use. i'm pablo foliage in ford in for me the team here. thanks for watching. take care and i'll see you again at the top, the next hour. ah. she's up to date. don't miss our highlights, the d w program online, d w dot com highlights when you become a criminal m pre kline, i.