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plus, the sweet sound of eurovision. steve rosenberg plays us through the greatest hits of the contest. ♪ welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. let's start and pakistan where the fallout from the arrest of the former leader is intensifying. police say a people have died nationwide in the protests and 1000 have been arrested after two days of unrest. the man is in custody on charges of corruption and has pleaded not guilty. caroline davis starts our coverage. caroline: waiting. watched by pakistan. this compound is w he will appear. a night of unrest. road blocks installed around the

entrances, hoping to stop protesters. in the center of the capital, clashes between police and protesters build quickly. the surge is unexpected. they are coming fast now. we need to move back. you can see people gathering with sticks and stones. they are hitting any teargas canisters, trying to get them back to the police lines. the party leaders say they want these protests to be peaceful but after months of building nsion, some are ready for more. they have shelled on us, says this man, referring to the teargas. this is what we brought to fight against them. you seem to be prepared, we ask. we will bring shotguns and pistols next time if they keep

shelling us like this, he replies. another day of standoffs. in another area, multiple dead and injured. the man has been formally charged on rruption in one case and will spend eight days in custody on investigation of another. multiple senior members of his party have been arrested also. in an address to the nation, the prime minister said those taking the law into their own hands will not be spared. pakistan's military will not tolerate any further attacks on the state institutions. tonight in as lemma the army was on the street. the power struggle for pakistan still consuming a country already on the edge. >> for more on the situationn the ground i spoke earlier to dean emeritus at the party school of global studies at

boston university and he joins us from islamabad. professor, welcome to the program. there have been violent protests in the country again today. they -- just described to us what you have seen and the atmosphere and situation now. >> yesterday when i arrived in islamabad, everyone at the airport was wondering if they could get out because there have been these protesters since the prime minister was arrested -- former prime minister was arrested. that was the scene. that is more under control now but the larger cities have seen constant violence, attacks by supporters on various buildings, a lot of police action, a lot of

attacks on military installations like the corps commanders house. >> he has been in custody for eight days on charges of corruption and he says this case is politically motivated. islamabad high court says his detention is legal. what is your assessment? >> i think both things are true. clearly there is a lot of vindictiveness, which is what he and his supporters are saying, in the sense that the political rhetoric is that when they talk about the high handedness of him being arrested, the response is, is not this what you did was when you were in power? so there was a sense of that. on the other hand, there are

cases that have been made around him, particularly on the charge of corruption, but this -- the context is his politics is around the idea that he is clean but the other politicians for pakistan have been corrupt. >> the eyes of the world are on this situation. antony blinken says he wants to see the rule of law followed in pakistan. a similar sense -- stance from the u.k., that they want to see peaceful democracy in the country. what do you make of those statements? >> i think the world is rightly concerned that this country and instability can have very high cost. this is an extremely fractious,

difficult geography. look at the neighborhood and history. at this point even for a country like pakistan, where nothing is ever really normal, this is way far away from any normalcy. >> thank you so much for your insight. >> thank you. >> overlapping stories from the u.s. political world both involving politicians, legal challenges, and 2024 election bids. we will hear the latest on george santos, who is facing 13 federal charges. but first, more on the fallout from donald trump sexual abuse verdict from pennsylvania. >> the quaint town of nazareth

as the type of place that decides elections. voters in pennsylvania flipped from trumped divided -- trumped to biden in 2020, returning the state to democrats. so trump needs republican women here to stick by him, even as a jury in new york unanimously concluded that he sexually abused and defamed the writer e jean carol. >> i have always been the exception, not the rule. we are all human and all make mistakes. would that my impact my decision to vote for him? i don't think so. >> i find it pointless. if anything really happens, it would have come out a long time ago when i feel this is a ploy to keep him from running for office. reporter: donald trump has an

amazing ability to survive scandals that would sink other candidate. if he secures the party nomination for the white house, his bigger challenge will be convincing the general electorate to disregard this case and others to once again become president of the u.s. >> yesterday was probably the happiest day of my life. reporter: carroll's quest for justice put her in the national spotlight. more than two dozen others have made allegations against trump, but her case was the first to make it before a jury. donald trump is treating the legal defeat and stain on his politics as usual. >> the continuation of the greatest witchhunt of all time. reporter: he has attacked the judge, jury, and victim on social media. toght he has a town hall in new hampshire.

>> staying in the u.s. on the controversial congress george santos -- congressman george santos has pleaded not guilty in 13 charges. he turned himself into authorities in new york earlier in the day. let's step back and take a look at who he is. 34-year-old republican was elected in last year's midterms to new york's third congressional district. it is usually a safely democratic seat. he built himself as the full embodiment of the american dream . his parents are brazilian immigrants. he has since admitted he embellhed his biography to appeal to his constituents. just parker has been closely following this. >> he faces 13 charges.

among them he is accused of falsely claiming unemployment benefits during the pandemic, despite actually receiving a six figure salary. he is accused of using campaign funds for himself to settle personal debt and by designer clothing and of misleading congress about his financial situation. if he were convicted this could carry a lengthy prison sentence. he plead not guilty in court today to all charges and emerged from court in long island to a chaotic scene. a huge crowd of reporters and protesters. here is what george santos said. >> i am going to fight my batt. i'm going to deliver. i'm going to fight the witchhunt. i am going to clear my name and i look forward to doing that. reporter: his next court

appearance is in june. he is released on $500,000 bond. >> what is the reaction? reporter: people even in the republican party have said he should resign. clearly he says he is not going to and even plans on running for reelection. kevin mccarthy, speaker of the house, said george santos will gohrough his time in trial and let's find out the outcome. a bit tricky for republicans. his seat has previously been democratic and republican's have a narrow majority in the house and it looks like despite the embarrassment they expect this will play out. >> this is not the first time he has faced allegations of dishonesty. reporter: right. since november being elected, he has faced numerous claims of

making falsehoods and fraud during his -- his time in office. there are allegations he pretended to be of jewish heritage and that his mother was working at the world trade center during 9/11, despite evidence showing she was not even in the country. he has lied on his cv about his academic background. he denies that he was a dr performer one time and took money that was supposedly fundraiser for a six dog. bizarre claims. -- sick dog. bizarre claims. >> a range of allegations. jess, thank you. the u.n. has condemned the launching of rockets from gaza with a spokesperson saying it

violates international law. pala daily and militants fired hundreds of rockets towards israel after israeli airstrikes on gaza which killed more than 20 people in the last two days. our correspondent has the latest fromerusalem. reporter: intense barges of rockets being fired from the gaza strip towards israeli towns and cities, setting off sirens as near as tel aviv. egypt is trying to mediate between the palestinian armed groups and israel to secure a new cease-fire. qatar and the u.n. involved in those efforts. but there has been a setback in the last hour with renewed rocket fire and airstrikes. a very frightening day for

israelis and palestinians. this is really military said something like 1.5 one million people in israel were told to stay close to the bomb shelters. schools closed, most businesses closed in the south of the country. and the gaza strip, businesses and schools closed. people talking about how qet it is. this adds up to the heaviest fighting there has been between palestinian militants in gaza and israel for many months since going back to august of last year and if a cease-fire cannot be reached there is the risk this could escalate into full-blown war. >> in other news the u.s. is bracing for a surge of migrants at the southern border as title 42 expires. biden has admitted things were chaotic for a while as covid rules were forbidding

asylum-seekers but lifted and republicans have accused biden opening borders. his administration faust to enforce the rules. the publisher of the mirror has apologized to prince harry for unlawful information gathering. the duke of suspect -- susse claimed the publisher knew about phone hacking but failed to act. robert de niro has become a father again at age 79. this is his seventh child. the news slipped out during an interview on canadian tv when he was asked what it was like to be a father of six. he replied seven, actually, we just had a baby. it was confirmed by his representatives. russia has still not managed to capture back in area of ukraine.

it has been the longest and bloodiest battle of the war so far but ukrainian forces are holding out on the western edge of the city. both sides have suffered heavy casualties and the white house estimates 20,000 russian soldiers have been killed in ukraine over the last 25 months. jonathan biel has more. reporter: a rare pause in the longest bloodiest battlof the war so far. but just a few hundred meters away, russians are still waiting. stl trying to encircle the nearby city. ukraine's president calls it a fortress of ukrainian morale. but like these trenches, it is

under attack. every hour, every day. the area has been under siege for more than nine months. >> we have to wait a little bit. reporter: but eugene demonstrates its continued resistance. >> let's go. quickly. quickly. we are going to shoot back right now. try to kill some ofhem. [gunshots]

>> let's get out of here. let's go, let us go. >> they can attack us 1000 times but this is our country. what can we do? reporter: you could give up this area and move back. >> for us, if we rreat, yes we could save a few lives, but then we would have to attack back and we would lose many more lives. so we have to stand and defend. reporter: but even defending is taking many lives, young and old. this man, 61, was seriously injured hours after we left his positi. too dangerous to enter, the

cauldron of the city itself, we tried to get a view from the distance. this is a. the air -- this is it. the area is burning. this is pretty much all that is left standing. in a bunker, they direct artillery fire to support their infantry, the last line of defense on the western edge of the city. this drone feed tells you a scene of utter devastation. not a building left in t city that has not either been destroyed or damaged. it just tells you how fierce this fighting has been. are they mostly wagoner fighters? >> yes. reporter: the u.s. estimates more than 20,000 russians have

been killed in the last five months, many of them here. he says russians do not care about their people. they just advance in vain hope. his comrade adds they walk towards us with no fear. he says they must be on drugs. russia has not given up yet. there artillery is still firing, but nots frequently as in the past. ukraine hopes this area will exhaust their enemy as they now prepare for their own offensive. but it also shows taking ground can prove even more costly. >> as some of you might know,

russia editor steve rosenberg is a man of many talents. he is an excellent pianist with a knowledge of european tunes and he has been entertaining people at a bar in liverpool, taking requests. he tells us how he first got hooked in the first place. ♪ steve: i think i started pretty normal. when i was a kid learning music, it was all about the classics. then one saturday night, i saw this. ♪ in my life was never the same again -- and my life was nev the same again. your revision blew my mind -- eurovision blew my mind.

the color. the costumes. the music. so many different styles. so many different languages. and i found myselfrying to work out the notes the songs on the piano, like save your kisses for me. ♪ so while some kids at school were collecting coins or stamps, i was collecting your revision -- eurovision hits. i think i can play around 300 of those songs from memory. weird? a little, maybe. but in a world that feels as if it has been turned upside down, for me, this is a great way to

destress. and i have been lucky enough to combine work and play. as a bbc correspondent, i have reported on the odd eurovision. and i do meandd. >> finally, we usually end the show with an animal story, something about the british royal family, something light after the heavy news of the day. so here is more of steve, the moscow-based maestro, playing in front of a crowd. thank you for watching. ♪

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