this for them, people need to know what is happening in our series guardians of truth watch now on youtube, d. w documentary. ah ah, this is detail being used live from berlin, a dramatic and historic day as former us president donald trump faces criminal charges. and i never thought anything like this could happen in america. never thought it could happen. the only crime that i have committed is to

fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. trump lashes out after 34 kinds of business fraud are read out to them in a new york city court. also on the program, finland joins nato. the finish flag is raised as the alliance welcomes. it's a 31st member at a ceremony in brussels. ah, i'm pablo foliage. 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. well,

after the hearing in new york, trump returned to his home and marcella go in florida and he tells supporters there that the charges he faces are part of a political campaign against him. and are baseless as it turns out, virtually everybody that has looked at this case, including rhinos and even hard core democrats. say there is no crime and that it should never have been brought. never even people that are in big things have said this is not the right thing to do. it's an insult to our country as the world is already laughing at us for so many other reasons, like our open borders. all right, well for more on this let's go to add the united states and to tito you correspondence stefan simons is standing by fritz in washington on this historic

day. now stefan former president, trump has just given us speak. we just heard a bit of it there to support her in florida, stressing his innocence, let's say in detail, at one point, calling it a persecution, not an investigation. tell us what were the main takeaways for you from his speech? or number one. yes, that was a reli style event, i would call it that way and why? because it's basically the same old stuff. the former president is telling everybody who wants to hear it on any really he had since he declared that he's going to run for president again in 2024. of course that includes with me donald trump, everything was better when i was president. everything would be better if i was president, right, if i were president right now. and yes, the u. s. justice system and everybody else pretty much in the united states as

well as the current biden administration, has it out for him. that is basically what he said and her to applause and young people liked him saying this now, is that any new? no. and is it maybe for a clear and tell who it is concerning her to elect him again? also know, because i bet you they want to hear a little bit more than just him airing his grievances and they are a lot of them. stephan, let's talk a little bit about the charges. could you break them down for us and tell us how serious they are? well, how serious they are this interesting question because they all love a law experts to say like this is a fairly weak case. fairly weak case in comparison to the 3 others who cases which might see him being indicted in this. and this is the mar lager investigation,

about the documents illegally removed from the white house. this is of course, the general 6 investigation that's just 2 out of 3. so there are there. and george, of course, right that the infamous phone call to the secretary of state in search of 10000 something votes when she was missing to win the state. anyways, those cases are pending and it's likely that he gets indicted there too. and those are more serious than the case we're talking about now. however, it is clear from the perspective of the prosecutor. otherwise, you wouldn't have brought this case from a grand jury. that means people like you and me, regular us citizens who's hurt the evidence and thought, yep, the former president did something illegal. he and what is that? he not only undermined the integrity of the 2016 presidential race. how did he do it? by falsification of business records, and that is the crime which is here. i'm going to be process going to be hurt by

a judge stephan. what about the legal proceedings? what happens next? next thing is that the prosecution, the district attorney, has to push all the evidence. all he has to the defense lawyers off the truck because they have the right to see this. this has to be happening in the next 45 to 65 days. then they have the chance and they will of course, file motions to the court after have seen what the evidence is against their client . and that has to happen till august or in august and until the end of september, the prosecution then the district attorney of manhattan has then time again to rebuttal or to you know, answer on those motions. the defense has filed and then last but not least, the next court hearing is scheduled for december december 4th. stephanie, there's been no gag order placed by the judge on anyone involved in the proceedings

. but trump has always been quite vocal about his feelings, which we've just seen at his speech there in florida. he didn't hold back. now after seeing him react to the charges, do we have any indication of the strategy he'll use to defend himself? yeah, actually i think he held back a little bit because normally if you get the real real trump firm, he is lashing out much harder and much worse than he did just to night. however, though, and you know, i think the lawyers, his lawyers will have told him, must have told him like mr. trump, you need to turn it down. the judge has not issued a gag order. recognizing that you're running for another bit in the presidency for 2024, but you cannot really go hard after the judge or the prosecutor or any no officer of the court involved. in this case you over trump arm he, you know, he held back but still he called him if i remember this correctly, the

a justice system, a fake basically right after him. and he says that he has a quote hating judge and a trumpeting prosecutor. i do not think that this sits to well with the judge presiding over this case, and i'm absolutely sure lawyers will have a talking to him and tell him like, please mr. former president, keep it down. keep it civil. don't do that. thanks. 77 simons in washington. finland has become nato's 31st 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 anthem's ring out helsinki waves good bye to 8 security policy of the past, and move prompted to directory by moscow aggression toward ukraine. the era of a military non alignment in our history has come to an end, a new era big is. it's contrary maximizes 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 back up 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's been held up by our 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 go in parliament to make any for further delays. russia used nato as a threat to its security and wants 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, so pretty significant day for nato am earlier we asked our cars voluntary shilton, 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 rays that nato headquarters to day. i think it, it was an emotional moment 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

t w's. terry shall speaking to sergio from brussels. all right, well let's take a look now at some of the other stories making use round the world rush and suicide . drones have struck the ukrainian city of odessa in an overnight attack. defense forces, so they shot down 14 of the 17 iranian made, cha had drones targeting the black sea port. one hit a local business, but there are no reports of any casualties. russian authorities have charged to 26 year old woman with terrorism in connection with the bombing of a cafe in st. petersburg. the blast killed, influential pro war blogger flatland, petoskey kremlin, says ukraine with behind the incident. keith denies being involved. australia has become the latest country to been chinese own, tick tock from government devices. intelligence services recommended the ban on the app because of fears to beijing could be collecting user data. china has protested

and called on australia to treat chinese businesses. 30 a massive fire has engulfed a shopping complex and bangladesh is capital duyka. the place began in the early hours of tuesday in the banga bazaar market, famous for its cloth sellers and home to some 3000 shops. oh, what was once a thriving market in the heart of duck a has been reduced to smouldering ashes ah, shop owners, watch and shook as their livelihood goes up in flames. a love now like a bagger. i have no one in this world. i have only you a law to have been several fires in this market all ready in 1995 bunker bazaar completely burned down. bangladesh has

a history with industrial fires that have killed hundreds in recent years. lax regulations and poor 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. these would be that. but how can i provide for them now? i wasn't, i won't even be able to buy them a new dress for easy. 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 blaze under control. well before week out, don't forget that you can always get detail 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 for now. coming up after the break.

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