ah ah ah, this is dw news coming to live from berlin. dramatic and historic day as former us president donald trump paces criminal charges. and i never thought anything like this could happen in america facility could happen. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it.

trough lashes. our chapter pleading not guilty to 34 counts of business, brought in a new york city cor. also coming up violence, a ropes in the middle east as israeli police entered jerusalem's. alex a mos during ramadan video released by his group shows, officers in riot here inside islam 3rd holy shrine at the temple belt, which is also the most sacred sites in judy is also coming up. finland's play is raised as nato welcomes its 31st member. a ceremony in boston, russia says the movies and assault on it, security plus ukrainian our struggles to find enough ammunition. d, w goes to the front lines in eastern ukraine to find out how so called shell is

affecting, keeps poor ah hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. former us president donald trump has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in court in new york. he faces 34 celts of falsifying business records, linked to hush money payments. the prosecutors say he orchestrated trump says the charges are baseless and part of a political campaign against him and just hours after facing an unprecedented criminal hearing. donald trump was back on the attack. this is a versus eugene investigation. she's put our family so it's close. hundreds of millions of dollars didn't put our head over.

trump had made a quick exit from new york. after fronting a manhattan court over $34.00 criminal charges, his every move across the country was tracked in media coverage and a case that domination national rest and international keep lines. but as a trump made little acknowledgement of the drama, as it unfolded outside the court house inside, he entered not guilty, pleased to all the charges which relate to hush money payments to a dorman and to women. he's alleged to have had a fears with prosecutors alleged trump falsified business records. why did donald trump repeatedly make these false statements? the evidence will show that he did so to cover up crimes relating to the 2016 election back in his maryland or home. and florida. trump told supporters in

a campaign styles speech that the charges against him were politically motivated and baseless. 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. the case will be back before the court in december, but it's not the only legal drama trump is facing with several other investigations underway, which could result and further and more serious charges that could force trump to make more court appearances between now and election day. so trump has come out swinging in response to his arraignment. earlier i asked political scientist, catherine cooper, ashbrook from the bertelsmann strip, doing an independent think tank here in germany. i asked her to tell us how serious the charges are the trump's face. well look, this is going to be for the manhattan

d, a alvin bragg to make over the run of the case. but of course, the former president was brought into this case by a jury of his peers. they felt that the $34.00 points made against him could in fact amount to a felony and not just a series of misdemeanors, which usually is something that falsifying business documents might fall under. but we just heard that manhattan d a say look, this will be linked to a secondary crime and that will be up to manhattan, da, to prove as part of the process. but it is a bit of a legal gamble, and we'll see the trump legal team try to poke holes into that connection and that will be the substance of the case. trump's indictment, catherine has galvanized the republican party behind trump will further prosecutions have the same effect to you. thank well, it will all depend on when the prosecutions come and the gravity of these

prosecutions. but you're absolutely right. has been interesting to see over the last couple of days, how even the president's harshest critics from within the party i'm thinking of senator mitt romney and his former national security advisor. john bolton, have actually rallied out to the side of the president. not because they support donald trump as another for another term, but on the merits of the case. so they say, and you're right, his base, the republican voters, are as energized as ever. his campaign has put out numbers that just in the short amount of time in about a week since the indictment and then now arraignment. they've raised over $7000000.00 and campaign contributions and republican voters seem to be breaking $8.00 to $108.00 out of 10 for the former president. i am putting ron to santas possible challenger governor of florida, way in the back seat. so it seems at least this moment right now is galvanizing the republican base, but an election cycle in the united states is long. and if more of these cases are

brought forward, particularly the case in georgia on election fraud and the examination. the federal examination of the former president's involvement in january 6 attack, that of course could shift the shift the gamut. so you see this as giving, putting some wind in the sales of donald trump campaign to win election next year, looking ahead to the election. could we really, she trump and biden, facing off with trump, having a prospect of getting back into the white house? well, there's an if so sen, reuters pull out the, came out just about a day ago and 45 percent of americans, the entire american electric. so almost half of the country think that these are very serious crimes and that for that reason, this man should not be put back into the oval office. it will really depend on these election cycles, or the run up to a federal action is always long. we have 20 months to go house, he battled through this swamp. but his narrative that there is something deeply

wrong with the american legal system seems to be resonating with his base and some parts of the independent. but again, there is still, at least at this moment, a larger part of and leading larger part of the american electorate that thinks that this man, so is nothing but chaos. we saw actually out in the mid term elections where people did not follow trump's recommendations in terms of his candidate. people did not want to see trump and trump like figure it back in public office to 20 months long . we'll see what happens. but right now it's really the country remains and we split on donald trump, candidates her for 2024, who? she okay. catherine, thank you so much. that was catherine clifford ashburn, from the battles bunched it though. now to israel were police say they have made more than $350.00 arrests after clashing with palestinians inside jerusalem's. alex, some mosque violence broke out when israeli police entered the most early on

wednesday with the stated goal of removing agitators. worshippers, serge israeli police attacked people who were praying inside. according to the palestinian red crescent, 12 palestinians were wounded in the violence on the hilltop. compound, known to jews as the temple mount and to muslims, as the noble sanctuary or jerusalem corresponded. tonya cramer is following this story. i asked her what triggered these clashes? ah, the fight is in very violent scenes are coming out from inside the other. ok, so mosque overnight with israeli police going into the mosque, which is the 3rd holy aside from muslims and muslims all over the world will watch very closely what is happening there in jerusalem's old city. now the video is circulating also on social media. there were circulating overnight of beatings by police and no scuffles with palestinians inside the mosque. now these where the

police has released a statement earlier this morning saying that they, they went in because palestinian youth had barricaded themselves inside. they were throwing out. they were inciting violence according to that statement and while entering stones and firecrackers where thrown at the forces now palestinian eye witnesses said inside the mosque, they were actually praying. there were staying there overnight and then it was an unnecessary and excessive force of use inside a holy place. that's the alex m mosque. the balance has spread though, way beyond jerusalem tanya, what can you tell us about the situation in gaza and the west bank? bobby got on report. ortho military is ready military rate in the occupied west bank or there where are clashes there near hebron, but overnight and reaction to what happened at the alex a mosque. garza militants have fired a barrage of rockets to what southern communities in southern israel,

the israeli f was and had carried out air strikes in the early morning on the gaza strip and thomas of schooling, our garza, the militant group, hamas and other minute infections, and garza actually called on palestinians to come out and to protest the israeli actions. this comes tanya, particularly sensitive time in the region during the muslim holy month of ramadan and jewish passover. how is that feeding into the tension? what it is certainly a sensitive time muslims marketing really month of ramadan as he said. and today's the beginning of pass over for a jewish israelis with the cedar evening and every time, no such things are happening. especially in on such a sensitive holy side in the old city. the 3rd holy aside from wilson's,

by the holy aside for do israelis nowadays concerned that there might be an escalation, as we've seen that before. but people i talk to you in recent days, you know, they actually said no, they want to see a quiet and a festive month of ramadan. a passive. and there's also a palestinian christians and christians from all over the world, marking easter at this weekend. but because it's such a sensitive side and could have really repercussions. now we also saw the strong statements by the posting authority, of course, on the one hand, but also by a neighboring jordan, which is the custodian of the holy side. se, condemning what has happened at the inside the alex m oscar overnight? tanya, thank you very much. as is our crews are corresponded there in jerusalem ton. you cramer catch up on a few other stories making headlines around the world today. the former prime minister of new zealand jacinta, are dan,

has delivered her final speech to parliament. she unexpectedly announced her resignation as prime minister in january and will now take on a new unpaid role as a government envoy to target extremist content online. peruse parliament has voted against impeaching president dina boil water was left as deputies want to oust her over the deaths of more than 50 people in protests since december. those protests were sparked by the impeachment and removal from office. a bull while to his predecessor, the leftist pedro castillo. concerns are growing within nato that beijing may be considering supplying arms to moscow's war effort. china is growing. alignment with russia is on the agenda today in brussels. the alliance is foreign ministers are meeting today for a 2nd day of talks. yesterday, finland officially joined nato. the move prompted by russia's invasion of ukraine

changes the alliance's security structures long. it's eastern plank. helsinki has one of the strongest land based militaries in europe and has a 1300 kilometer long border with russia. earlier, i talked to dw correspondent rosie bare chart who is covering the native meeting for us in brussels. i asked her what foreign ministers had been telling her there upon arrival? well, i spoke 1st of all to the foreign minister of nato's newest member, finland. i asked him, what does it feel like to be part of this western military alliance? and he said he had had plenty of messages over the past 24 hours people in finland . he said that told him they were popping champagne corks. and now the message here from they to members is that with finland now officially welcomed into the fold. the alliance is stronger militarily and politically, and of course they do have other challenges. plenty of other challenges still to tackle not least, of course,

that war which continues to rage in ukraine. and that is never far from the minds of ministers here in brussels. canada's foreign minister, melanie jolie said it's important to have a conversation about ukraine's future about security guarantees about potential security engagements. she said, even beyond the end of this war, she said after ukraine's victory, that is something tell you which will likely beat music to the ears of officials and keith. meanwhile, germany's foreign minister, adelina bearable while she put the emphasis beyond nate. with border, she said, nato needs to engage more with like minded partners, and that is very much the order of the day here. so that's a little insight ahead of the meeting today. what will be discussed at today's meeting? well, crucially, nato ministers are holding talks with what they call their asia pacific partners. that includes the foreign minister of japan who's here in person. the foreign minister of new zealand, china, of course, is not here, but you can be sure, terry,

that, that a certainly up for discussion among these ministers, natal only defined its relationship with beijing or how it views its ties with beijing. last year. 8 says that china is a challenge to nato security to it's interests not quite defined as a threat that certainly as a challenge. and now the words that the day really hearing brussels are d, risking germany's foreign minister also said it's important for a european countries to de risk rather than decoupled from china. that sounds like a lot of jargon, but basically it's about saying maintaining ties on some fronts while also trying to take into account the security challenges that china might pose not least, given the fact that vague ministers are eyeing wearily signs of a deepening friendship between moscow. and beijing, no eyes ministers gather here, there is a very important delegation headink to china. is it french president and manuel macro and nato leader himself. he is taking with him the president of the eas,

executive, ursula underline, and no fewer than at least 50 business leaders. we've heard those words d a d risk rather than d. couple. let's see how that actually comes out in actions. the w's rosie birch are their reporting from brussels. well, i was also joined from riga by dw, corresponded jennifer parker, i asked her what sort of reactions were seeing to finland may to membership. well, terry, of course, rush us reaction to finland, joining nato to put it bluntly is quite negative. rush as defense ministers said geisha, who said that this move is raising the prospect of actually escalating the conflict in ukraine further. but he also said that this could damage the already strained relationship between russia and the west. he also stated that russia would be forced to take counter measures, but when asked what these countermeasures would look like criminal spokesperson to me that it is offset that they will carefully observe what will happen in finland.

what he means with that is quote, how nato will exploit the territory of finland in terms of placing weapons and infrastructure there. and according to this, then russia would be forced to take measures be a score of also said that it, that finland, joining nato is an encroachment on russia, security and national interest. but at the same time, he tried to downplay finland, joining nato, saying that this is a completely different case in comparison to ukraine. and the reason for that is that according to him, finland isn't as anti russian as ukraine is. w correspondent, jennifer parker, in rica. western tanks, missiles, and fighter jets without them key. it says it has little hope of retaking territory occupied by russian forces. but even in defense, the ukrainian army already faces more fundamental problem, finding ammunition to keep the weapons it already has running. d w, isn't it?

conley has been to the front lines in eastern ukraine to find out how so called shell hunger is impacting the way this war is being fought. it takes many hands to load this soviet howitzer, reckoned twice as old as the commander in charge of it was the rear of hands. this shows on his ammunition. they being out gunned, ukraine's defense minister says the russian army, his firing 4 times more shells. it's time to move this pretty oh, because it doesn't stop the russian drones from seeing us, but it makes it a bit more difficult and gives us bit more time to talk to people in these positions. and in theory are of see a target for russian strikes. ha, fewer than the soviet era grad rocket. artillery system is far from cutting edge technology. but with a range of 40 kilometers, can fire over the heads of the ukrainian infantry on the trenches. ahead and hold a freshman attacks that makes these units

a primal target for the russian army. this is redeemed 7th grad of this war. overflow motion of whistle works with those kisses which only, but la rad was like a piece of swiss cheese at the end will give us the loads of holes from frat logan . what you lose the buck nicholas kept on going till the chassis, conked out bristol, or solicit. now you're not on the grads, a little problem. the lack of ammunition. ukraine has used up decades worth of stocks in a year cave and its allies. and now scaring europe and beyond for more years there is no, we're not understood or the opposed to just the other week. we used up all our ammunition. we had nothing. we couldn't do anything for 4 days. her bully was little, ammunition scarcity affects us. all. we desperately need shells. we have a counter offensive ahead of us through the pure gold. how are we going to protect our infantry order? are we going to throw sticks at the russians instead?

as we leave a demon his grad, you see this special vehicle used to tow away stranded tanks. there a common site here. this is where you craning only mechanics fight to keep museum age tanks. going to major shows us what treadmill can do on this was opened a direct hit came from a shell that landed meters away in tighter. it will now have to be replaced. not something they can do here right now. what's the wall and what became of feel? most of the time replacing seals pumps from on the ceiling with oil linklater popped up. grease tags are only get the pro, go up. they're being used much more intensively than anyone ever expected. but you're more workable. but just in that, get a little skillful in the book then is it. but there must that lead to people. we meet been closely following news of western battle tanks reaching ukraine. why they're not expecting to see leopards hubble challenges here anytime soon. as simply aren't enough of them. you buy a lot and we'll do the oil events. we'll finish this war fighting with soviet. okay, so what,

there just isn't enough new western technology to go around or post sledgehammers for crowbars and welding machines. believe that's what's going to get us through or with what i smell. boron improvised parts made by hand of scrap the order of the day. factory books bears the exception to metro tells us his unit. regularly sends teams across the country to head on with still finding russian army. oh, it's half a year after moscow's army was kicked out tank ammunition like this is a bonus samples. and there's some carry, insulting messages left by russian crews, will return your call and watch it from when they come up with they didn't get a chance to fire that as much as the hulu and well do it. they'll get these back soon enough. fluids are filled with the baby. oh, fool, and use a western military support. it's russia that's inadvertently keeping these ukrainian units in ammunition. and these men say they couldn't do without it.

pakistan's largest city, karachi has introduced a fleet of new pink buses and exclusive women only service intended to help them escape mail harassment, dw report or business java jumped aboard to find out what women there make of them if, if how most women in karachi commute a small woman, only fiction is often occupied by men shoving and pushing are common a very uncomfortable an unsafe expedients for millions of women. but these new women only being buses on the roads of could archie, utter relief for many. the buses have better safety systems, such as an emergency exit lights installed and old. so security cameras and a one wave fear of less than a quarter for udall is affordable for most women. one of the best interests is

2018 or pharmacists accept. or now commutes to her workplace on the ping buses. like o van, you are going in this bus. you don't have to worry about, you know, taking care of yourself or your clothes or your things. and you are, you know, a stress free. sometimes when you are doing the long chip and you end and you have to, you know, there is some anxiety in your head dead or something might happen to you in a reading when you're going in the regular book as compared to this one here. you don't have to worry about a decent. many of them in commuting on the bus have experienced harassment on public transport. again became a little while i was sitting on a bus. and a man sitting behind me was touching me. by the way, i called him out, but no one there took a stand for me. with that rage section sunshine of men, enter the women's section. if the buses are overcrowded,

this is one women experience shoving and pushing by men who do it intentionally. taking advantage of it, but the initiative is still too small and there are only 19 big buses put a city a foot on $20000000.00 people and sexual harassment is a white spread structure. problem. critic, faith. the government should make efforts to change the attitude of men to what's women the lawyers there. um, uh, we just need to somehow encourage people to enforce or to head the government and for the law by lodging. the complained unfortunately, because of the social pressure and that the bu, ah, that joseph idea digest toward a more people are reluctant, glad to report such matters. whitefish instances continue. many of them and believe the pink bus, if at at least of 1st positive step at keeping them safer. you're watching dw

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