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and a catastrophic die off of her penguin chicks is observed in antarctica after major sea ice losses. what it portends for the futures of the colonies there. katrina: hello and welcome to world news america. former president donald trump is heading to georgia to turn himself in at this -- the states fulton county jail before the final friday deadline. i head of his surrender related to charges to attempt to overturn the 2020 election, supporters flocked to the jail. the former chief of staff mark meadows surrendered and the leader of black voices for trump as well. ey joined other codefendants who have already done so, among

them, from allies like former lawyers rudy giuliani and sidney powell. our reporter is at the jail in fulton county and since this report. -- sense this report. >> we have seen this play out for time so for now, and with this fourth criminal case, trump is facing, there will be a few differences. we are not in front of a courthouse, we are in front of the fulton county jail in atlanta and we are expecting former president trump to enter the jail through that entrance there behind me. once inside, they will be processed. we will have his fingerprints taken, measurements taken, and crucially, for the first time, we are checking that donald trump will have his mug shot taken. we have seen some of the other codefendants who have already surrendered having their mugshots released. after that is over, donald trump will be free to go. he has agreed to a 200,000 dollar bond agreement with some

restrictions on what he cannot do. he is not allowed to communicate with codefendants or potential witnesses in this case. in terms of what comes next, we do know now that the district attorney has requested an earlier trial date. we had heard that she wanted the trout to begin in early march and has now proposed october 23. there are all kinds of complications with that. there are some defendants requesting that their case be moved from state court to federal court, but if it does go forward this would now leave the line and become the first trial to start that the former president is facing. katrina: as car mentioned there, former president trump is facing a wide range of legal actions, 91 charges in total related to four separate criminal cases. in georgia, where he is surrendering thursday, he faces 13 charges for illicit attempts to overturn his loss in that state.

the most serious is a racketeering charge, which is mostly used in cases of organized crime. it carries a maximum 20 year jail sentence. president is also facing federal charges into cases. in one he is accused of conspiracy to defraud the united states by preventing congress from certifying joe biden's victory. those charges are connected to the january 6 right where supporters formed the u.s. capitol -- stormed the u.s. capitol. and in the other federal kc face it dents -- fascias actresses should -- accusations that he unlawfully retained classified documents. thousands of documents were seized from his florida estate. donald trump is also accused of lying to officials who tried to recover them. the fourth case is based in new york, relating to payments made before the 2016 election to adult film star stormy daniels,

who says that she had an affair with trump. spending money to help a person virtual campaign, but not disclosing it, violates campaign-finance law. mr. trump has denied the charges in all four cases. the russian president has now broken his silence on the presumed death of yevgeny prigozhin, and nine others, 24 hours after the fatal plane crash. prigozhin led the short lived mutiny back in june and was keeping a low profile since its failure. putting expressed his condolences, describing prigozhin as a counter man who made some mistakes. -- talented man who made some mistakes. >> regarding this, i would like to send my sincere condolences to the families of all of those who lost their lives. it is always a tragedy, and according to preliminary

reports, there were white and company employees. -- wagner employees there. they have contributed to our cause against the neo-nazi regime in ukraine. we will never forget it. katrina: there's a lot that is unknown about who and what was behind wednesday's crash. patrick ryder said that the u.s. does not suspect a missile down to the plane after there were reports of surface-to-air missiles likely to have had it. he offered no further details or evidence. defense sources have told the bbc that they believe that the fsb is most likely to have been responsible. enyy has denied any involvement and he told journalists everyone is aware who is involved. crash investigators have been coming through the wreckage and there is no official confirmation of who was actually on board. the apparent death of mr.

prigozhin will have global implications. his mercenary group has been active in parts of africa and ukraine, and we spoke exclusively to ukraine's deputy minister of defense on what his death means in the war. >> it was very dangerous people. therefore, the leadership is very crucial, because prigozhin was a simple and charismatic leader in his group. they really accepted him as a leader. and when this group lost this charismatic leader, it means a lot. first of all, katrina:4 -- they lose confidence and they lose morale, and they don't understand what to do next. katrina: let's speak to the russia editor at bbc monitoring, thank you so much that tally.

are we clear about what happened yesterday? >> the most significant movement in the story, the remarks by president vladimir putin, he chose his words there carefully. he did not did -- definitely confirm that prigozhin is dead. he said that this is based on preliminary data, and that there is technical and dna tests that need to be carried out before it conclusion is reached. however, the russian president referred to prigozhin in the past tense, and described him as a capable businessman who did various services for vladimir putin. apart from that, russian media are still saying that his name was on the list of passengers declared to be traveling on that

ill-fated plane. there is no definitive confirmation that prigozhin is dead. >> is a midget, president putin talking about dna evidence, is there any indication when we might get that ki of information? >> you have to remember that the russian state as it is now is not necessarily a government that feels obliged to keep its people informed of the latest important of elements. the russian media and officials are doing a good job of keeping the russian public in the dark about what happened to prigozhin. all we know is that an investigation is reportedly ongoing, and tests have been carried out. there is speculation that it should not be that difficult to

identify prigozhin because he is missing parts of his finger on his left hand. that is all speculation and a lot of people are still waiting for that final piece of the jigsaw. particularly in various accounts on social networks linked to wagner. there is a consensus that it is street -- extremely unlikely that it is that she is still alive. and people are bringing flowers to improvise memorials to him. someone even brought a sledgehammer, which is a reference to a gruesome murder of somebody accused of defecting from his mercenary group. it's a sign of what kind of group they are. katrina: thank you for bringing us up to date.

let's talk more about this, joining the in the studio is a senior fellow at the atlantic council, an expert on missionary groups. take you so much for joining us. the pentagon has said that its natural conclusion -- initial conclusion was that there was a blast on board that led to the plane crash. are we any closer to finding out what happened? >> not really. all we know is that brengle -- prigozhin demise was worthy of a -- prigozhin's demise was worthy of a james bond villain. he blew up and he was gone. it's all super speculative. katrina: will we get to a point where it found out -- we find out what happened? >> it depends on what they released to the world. when we go back to ukraine when the globe and made -- malaysian airliner, it took a while before international specters could get on the ground, and there was

evidence tampering. we might not ever know the full story behind his demise. katrina: we have no official confirmation that he was killed on the plane, just that his plane was on the manifest. given what we heard from vladimir putin, referring to him in the past tense, what can we deduce from that? >> what we reasonably should assume is that prigozhin and dmitry utkin are no longer around. we will not see them. his legacy might live on, but putin has taken control over the crisis that started in late june when prigozhin marked on -- marchant muska. katrina: what happens to them now? >> they are largely going to continue keep doing what they

have been doing, in ukraine and africa, critically in africa. think of it like a company or corporation taken over by new ownership doing away with the leadership team and replacing it with their own leadership team. there will be may be rebranding and friction at the top. a couple things will cnge. but for operations in ukraine and across africa, it will continue as it has been. katrina: if money talks to these individuals, who is going to step into the vacuum with the cash? >> i think that putin is going to be very careful about who he selects to run the group. wagner in ukraine are mostly ex-convicts, cannon fodder. they are being absorbed into the russian ministry of defense. in africa, that is a little bit more difficult because he has to

win, however that is has to win the trust of the group, and all of these windows -- juntas they have propped up while ensuring little to to the kremlin. katrina: what does that mean when you look at niger and how unstable it has been, where we have seen the walker group -- the group making efforts? >> we see it everywhere. whether it is molly or the sudan, they are looking to moscow, to the west, everybody is asking the same questions we are. they need wagner in africa because it is a proxy for the kremlin, creating and spreading russian influence around africa. but also, it extracts gold and other things from africa to fuel its more in ukraine.

in 2021, for example, -- more in ukraine, and almost $1 billion of money from a company that prigozhin owned disappeared. it was a sanction busting stream of wealth that putin needs to have. so i think what he is going to do is basically keep the model that prigozhin left us but put new people in charge of it, we will see what happens with the military newsletter. -- coombs there. katrina: they seem quite convinced that putin was behind this plane crash. in europe. are you? >> i am, there are a lot of conspiracy theories. either he is dead or he is living in mogadishu or something. i thi he is out of the picture regardless.

putting this behind it and if he was not, he is probably happy about it. katrina: we leave it there for now, thank you for joining us. >> and russian court extended the sentence of evan gershkovich, arrested on espionage charges. the wall street journal has said those claims are false and the u.s. government claims he is being wrongly -- detained. he is sentenced to remain in jail until at least november 30. a group of major emerging economies known as brics will welcome 16 countries into it. brazil, russia, india, china and south africa, are often seen as a counterweight to western partnerships. argentina, egypt, iran, ethiopia, saudi arabia and the uae are set to join the alliance

in january. india's prime minister praised the expansion of the block. >> the expansion and modernization of brics is a message that all the way institutions must adapt to the changing times. this can be an example for the reform of other 20th-century global institutions. katrina: the u.n. secretary general is also in attendance, welcoming the idea of reforming global institutions. >> today's global government structures reflect yesterday's rules. these -- for these institutions to remain universal, they must reform to reflect today's powers and economic realities and not the economic realities of the post second world war. katrina: more than 40 countries have expressed interest in

joining, and 22 have formally asked to be admitted. it currently accounts for about 40% of the world population, and a quarter of global gdp. japan has started releasing treated radioactive water from the fukushima plant into the pacific ocean. that process will take 30 years. it was the scene of the worst nuclear disaster since chernobyl in 2011, and japan used water to cool plants reactors -- the plants reactors, and the water was treated and collected intakes. but the site was running out of storage space, which led to thursday's release. our tokyo correspondent has more. >> it might not look like it at first glance, but this picturesque coastline is now at the heart of the huge regional controversy. for the first time, treated radioactive water from fukushima

skripal nuclear power plant will be pumped into the ocean. and this is the moment it was released. [speaking japanese] >> this goes back to 2011, when a tsunami swept through the east coast, killing more than 18,000 people and causing the worst nuclear disaster since chernobyl. the water used to cool the destroyed reactors has been building up here in these tanks. there is more than one million tons of it. it has been diluted and filtered, but it won't be entirely radiation free. experts insist it is not a threat. >> the safest place for all of this is the pacific ocean, because you havetic dilution factor. it's a drop in the ocean, even if they drop it all and it wants, it's a drop in the ocean.

>> many people here are not convinced. >> you can tell me it's sick, but nobody knows what the effect will be in 30 years time. i am absolutely positive that my fish will be contaminated. >> i want to continue living in fukushima. i don't want to be in a situation where i cannot eat the sushi here anymore. lots of people are against the release. >> there is a deep lack of trust in this process. many local separatists tha it has not been transparent -- many locals to list that it has not been transparent enough. radiation in the water is well below safety standards. science might back these claims but it does nothing tprevent the reputational damage to fukushima or two, anchor around the region. -- to calm anger around the region. >> china, the biggest buyer of japanese seafood, said it block all imports.

hong kong said it would impose bands on food products. this is a battle of perception for japan's government, which has yet to convince its neighbors and its people that this will be no more radioactive than water released from any other nuclear power plant around the world. but it won't be easy, because the facts are up against fear. katrina: the iconic species of the antarctic, but how for -- for how much longer? for penguin colonies living in an area with total sea ice loss have spain's total breeding failure. a study from the british antarctic survey supports productions that wh current warming trends, over 90% of emperor penguin colonies will be all but extinct by the end of the century. rebecca morelle reports. >> they live in the most remote

part of the planet. debit to survive the harshest conditions. but for emperor penguins, the sea ice they depend on is vanishing. and this year has seen a record melt leading to a catastrophic loss of checks. >> this is a sign of things to come. we expect the emperor penguins are going to suffer from climate change. this is poignant because most of these penguins will never have seen human being in their life, but it is human-induced climate change driving them to a bleak future. >> to breed successfully, they need nine months of solid cis. the chicks are care for by their parents -- cared for by their parents until they replace their fluffy down with waterproof feathers. unfortunately, the ice is melting too fast. if they go in the water before they are ready, they don't survive.

this is where cis used to reach by the end of the summer, and 2023 has seen a record low. this area lost all of its sea ice. five emperor penguin colonies are located there, and for lost all of their chicks, 5-10,000 birds. out of 66 colonies, 19 failed partially or totally. this trend continues, over 90% will be doomed to extension by the end of the century. this graph shows the area of sea ice as it grows between summer and winter. each line represents a year, and 2023 has been far lower than any other. >> we had a record annual minimum in february this year and as winter freezes up, the ice is not freezing as fast as it normally would because it is

so far outside what we observed previously. we expected change, but not this quickly or this much. >> antarctica is entering uncharted territory, and for the emperor penguins it is leading to losses on an unprecedented scale. if we reduce carbon emissions, we have a chance to save this iconic species. their future is in our hands. katrina: before we go, staying with that animal theme, have a look at these pictures. the london zoo held its annual animal way in -- weigh in, gathering information on the health of their animals, including the from the face of the lowland gorilla here. he waited at 196 kilograms, and

these are done around the world, and the london zoo is a staple in the area since 1828. it's home to around 14,000 animals. remember, you can find more about all the days news on our website, bbc.com/news, and check us out on all your favorite social media. i'm katrina perry in washington, thank you for watching world news america, take car narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪

wow, you get to watch all your favorite stuff. it's to die for. now you won't miss a thing. this is the way. the xfinity 10g network. made for streaming. >> good evening. on "the newshour tonight, former president trump surrenders to authorities in fulton county, georgia, over his efforts to subvert the state's 2020 election results.