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you are watching the context on. bbc news. donald trump's defense team had been attempting to have this case thrown out should that is not what has happened. the sentencing may not happen until after donald trump's presidency. questions as to whether it will happen at all. >> both sides have got to submit their arguments to the judge by early december and he will make a decision. before that, donald trump's spokesperson is calling this a decisive win for the president-elect. >> if this is a nation of laws any jury of his peers found him guilty, their needs to be some accountability or that entire experiment i think comes into question. ♪

the judge in donald trump's hush money case orders sentencing be delayed indefinitely following mr. trump's reelection to the white house. we will have the latest analysis. donald trump nominates veteran prosecutor pam bondi i as his new attorney general after matt gaetz withdraws his nomination for the role. an australian teenager becomes the sixth person to die in suspected ethanol poisoning in laos. russian president vladimir putin says russia will continue to use the listed missiles a day after firing one into ukraine. president zelenskyy is calling for new air defense systems. the judge in donald trump's criminal hush money case has ordered sentencing be delayed indefinitely. that follows mr. trump's reelection to the white house.

the president-elect had been scheduled to be sentenced next tuesday but that has been suspended. lawyers for mr. trump has argued his conviction should be dismissed on the grounds of presidential immunity saying it would interfere with his ability to govern. jessica parker joins me from washington. this relates to a court case in may. it was a recap about what happened then and what the latest developments are. >> back in may it was a huge new story. donald trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying business records and this was in relation to a hush-money payments made in relation to a adult film star. mr. trump denies their head ever been a -- denies there had ever been a sexual encounter as he has set to head into the white house, he will be the first president to be a convicted felon.

what we have heard today is sentencing over those offenses which we had expected or least have been scheduled to happen next week is not going to happen an there is no new date for that sentencing. what the judge has ordered is for donald trump's defense team to submit their full arguments to try to have the case dismissed. they want to the case thrown out altogether by early december and for the prosecution to file their response. the clock is ticking. donald trump is going to be inaugurated on january 20. >> there will be attempts to try to get this thrown out before the inauguration. >> donald trump's defense team ardefinitely trying to get this case dismissed. looking ahead to the presidential term, what the prosecution have signaled, they may be open to is delay sentencing for coy nhrdinary length of time until the end of

donald trump's presidential term. he would not leave office for obviously four years starting on january the 20th next year. so 2029 so that is what the prosecution signaled some opening to. they have been trying to get the case thrown out partly leaning on a supreme court ruling that gave presidents partial immunity and that judgment was handed down earlier this ar. there is a lot of uncertainty hanging over this case but there are questions about when the sentencing can happen and if it will happen at all. >> donald trump has nominated former prosecutor pam bondi i as his new pick for attorney general after his previous nominee matt gaetz who was t subject of an ethics investigation withdrew his name should ms. bond i who previously

served as florida attorney general defended donald trump during his first impeachment trial and was part of his legal team when he falsely claimed the 2020 presidential election had been stolen. there has been a positive reaction from many republicans to her nomination. question marks remain over some of the president-elect's picks for his top team. let's talk about this more with a former federal prosecutor. great to have you with us on the program. i wanted to briefly get your take on the latest on this hush money case. >> the trump team is advertising this as a complete victory i would not go that far. a complete victory would have been a dismissal and they did not get that. what this is saying is the case has been put on pause for at least four years. the government cannot argue donald trump is a convicted felon because you are not a felon until you are sentenced.

it is good in that respect. it is bad in the fact it is hanging over his head for the next four years and alan bragg can continue to pursue this after trump is out of office. it will be interesting to see if the das office loses interest in it or if on the immunity point the trump team canet it thrown out in the next four years. being elected president is not a basis for dismissing a state case at the trump team did not get that. >> back to pam bondi, what are we going to see from her as attorney general we would or would not have seen from matt gaetz if he had been confirmed in the role? both real trump loyalists. >> we have already seen there was absolute shock when matt gaetz's name was announced a few weeks ago. he has a swirling number of ethics issues around him should

he is barely practice as an attorney. basically two years. pam bondi was different. there was surprise last night because her name had not been previously flowed. she was a twice elected attorney general of the state of florida. she is tough on dgs. she is tough on illegal immigration. she is a trump loyalist. that is a mistake trunk -- mistake trump is determined not to repeat this time. he felt his first attorney general failed him by allowing the bob moeller pressure gate probe to go on as long as it did. he felt his second attorney general also failed him not embracing his election dino -- his election deny was a misuse in 2020. . this time he is saying weather is justice or fbi come he is going to appoint people who know him and who he knows and are going to put him first. >> the attorney general is supposed to be an independent

figure. are you saying we are not going to see that? >> people feel differently about that point because the attorney general by all ethics standards should be independent but the fact is he or she does work for the president and the president is the head of the executive branch and all powers exercised by the attorney general and any other official derives from the powers of the president. you can have aresident that keeps the attorney general at arms length and says you make your own priorities or you can have a president that says i want you mrs. attorney general to follow my lead to not go too far astray and keep them on a short leash. i think the letter is what we expect to see in this next trump administration. >> this is a point made by a number of people i have interviewed in the last couple of weeks. that it was always the plan to put forward matt gaetz first of all thinking he would not get through the confirmation process or would withdraw.

the idea being here is a new pick and everyone else thinks no issues with this. >> that is the four dimensional chess theory this was a big plant. it is possible. i think the shock that came when matt gaetz's name was announced was so palpable, i don't think there was any chance he was going to get confirmed. it could have been a head fake. it was so controversial. he drops out so quickly. the next one sales through. i think pam bondi is a fairly safe choice. anything can happen during confirmation hearings but if i had to guess, i would say she gets few if any democrat votes but the 53 republican senators will be more than enough to confirm her. >> an incoming president losing one of his picks is not shocking. it happens a lot. problems happen potentially if more of those pix are pulled into question and don't make it through the confirmation process. there has been a lot of chatter around pete hag seth.

some of the other candidates see donald trump once on his top team not getting through that process? >> donald trump is determined this time not to go for traditional washington picks pit he is going very outside the box and getting creative. it will be addressed to see how these folks due under confirmation scrutiny. it is great to say they are going to come in here and shake things up and not be traditional but the fact is you need tremendous managerial skills to oversee these departments that are huge. especially defense department. peter hegseth might be a great american but he has never managed anything this large. he will get a lot of scrutiny not just from the fact he is not a additnal washington insider but can he handle the job? putting aside the fact he has fought for this country, he has not managed anything like this, much less our largest department

in the executive branch that exists. >> i wonder with matt gaetz having withdrawn, does that give the senate a sense of if we put pressure on here we can affect change? i wonder how many of those republicans in the senate will think if we are not happy with someone else, let's try to push them out. >> we have seen over the years the two houses of congress start deferring to presidents of their own party. this was very different 100 years ago where the legislative branch asserted its own prerogatives. it will be interesting to see if the republicans in the senate deferred to donald trump and give him what he wants in terms of whether it is confirmations, laws being proposed or they push back. this will be the first scientist see how these initial confirmation hearings go. if matt gaetz is any indication

the white house realizes it may have some clout but that clout is not infinite. good to talk to you. joe marina. around the world and across the u.k., this is bbc news. ♪

♪ >> a sixth tourist has died in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in laos. the austrian government said the backpacker died in hospital in thailand the day after the death of her best friend. the girls played in a football team together in australia. in statement holly's family said we are so sad to say that our beautiful girl is now at pea. week find comfort and solace -- we find comfort in cell is knowing she brought so much joy and happiness. tributes have been paid to 28-year-old lawyer simone white from london who also died

following e suspected methanol poisoning. it is believe all the tourists drink tainted alcohol while in a night out. others including an american and two danish women are suspected to have been victims as well. people in the area which the tourists were visiting say they are worried. some of those who fell ill were taken hospital -- were taken to hospital in thailand. >> this is a video bianchi jones and holly posted on tiktok earlier this year. two best friends for lovejoy about to take off on the adventure of a lifetime. today news came that 19 own holly had died from methanol poisoning. be uncle also 19 died in hospital yesterday. the family of british victim simone white today released a statement describing her as one of a kind. she had the most wonderful energy and spark for life it

said. . she has been taken from us too soon. she will be sorely missed by her brother, grandmother and entire family. the town has become a popular destination for young travelers thanks to its natural duty, river rafting and its reputation as a party town. this is the hostile where some of the vicms are thought to have stayed. it is not known where any of them were poisoned but the manager of the hostel has been detained. one british man who stayed there two years ago says it was known as a party hosetl. >> i had free shots from 7:00 until 9:00 every evening. it was really scary to think this could have been me or my friends. it is so tragic. >> news of the deaths has spread fast. aware more so than here in bangkok. this is the famous road in bangkok and this is the place

where people who from all over the world, there southeast asia adventure begins. while we have met some people tonight who said they have decided not to go to laos because of what happened, we met plenty of others who are unperturbed. >> at the time i did not know anything about it. >> what have your parents said to you? >> they are glad i am out of laos. >> it worries my mum a little more i reckon. i'm definitelyoing to play it safe. tried to have drinks with a bottlecap on them. keep my wits about me i reckon. >> more and more young people are traveling to southeast asia to enjoy the freewheeling party scene. many are unaware of the dangers that can lie in wait. >> that was rupert with that report. the russian president vladimir putin has said his country will

continue to use ballistic missiles a day after firing one on ukraine. president putin said the decision had been taken to start production of the new hypersonic missile that will be used in combat conditions to ensure the security of the russian people. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy is calling for a new air defense system. these images show the russian strike on thursday. poland's prime minister has warned of a real and serious risk of a global conflict evolving from moscow's escalation and the conflict was entering a decive stage. nato says russia's use of its new missile will not deter ukraine's allies from supporting kyiv and is holding emergency talks in brussels next week. well ukraine is getting military pport from nato countries, it seems russia is getting support from north korea. satellite imagery shared with the bbc appears to show russia has supplied north korea with more than a million barrels of

oil since march. experts say this is payment for pyongyang sending moscow soldiers for its were in ukraine. our correspondent in seoul explains. >> these researchers have been studying north korean oil tankers for years using satellite imagery and what they noticed in march was one of these tankers pull into an oil terminal in russia's far east. they have been watching them ever since. over the last eight months they have documented 43 trips raid by these oil tankers to this russian port. they have also had images taken of these ships at sea. that gives them even more information and with a have noticed is when the tankers are going into the port they sit very high in the water which suggests they are empty. when they leave the port, they sit very low suggesting they are pretty much filled to capacity. using this information, they have been able to work out they think russia has supplied north

korea with over a million barrels of oil which is in violation of u.n. sanctions because there are these strict controls on north korea. you are only allowed to sell north korea 500,000 barrels of oil a year and that is to stifle its economy and stop it fr being le to develop its nuclear weapons. if this data is correct, russia has already breached this you and cap by more than -- this u.n. cap. >> these transfers violate u.n. sanctions which banned countries from selling oil to north korea. south korea's national security advisor has claimed russia has provided pyongyang with anti-air missiles and defense equipment. joining me now is a professor at john hopkins school of advanced international studies. thank you for joining us on the context. your assessment of what has been happening in the last 24 hours

since russia's sent the ballistic missile into ukraine. how much strategic uncertainty has this created? >> would like to emphasize strategic stability to a certain extent. before russia launched its missile, they made notice to the united states they would be doing so and that is in accordance with an agreement russia and united states have which requires they notify one another of the launch of ballistic missiles. that suggests there is greater stability than the worst moments of the cold war. the two sides are at least talking to one another. in other respects, this launch of a russian intermediate ballistic missile represents a certain escalation and this is prudence way of defending his credibility because he has said previously russia would have to react to permission to use

american-made or reddish or french maid missiles for deep strikes against russia. and his credibility was in question. he tried to address that credibility gap by ordering the strike. >> as we try to figure out what is going to happen next, how do we separate rhetoric from action and intent? >> there is a lot of rhetoric here. russia has escalated nuclear threats. it has always done that when putin has been feeling like he is under threat. there is a big gap between rhetoric and reality and putin understands. he says nato is already in war with russia. yet it stands nato is not at war with russia if nato did come into this war, russia would face a difficult time indeed. he has to walk a thin red line between warning nato states

about the dangers of escalation and not doing too much not to bring this escalation onto his head. >> there are reports the boss of nato is visiting donald trump at his mar-a-lago estate in florida. we have been talking about that emergency meeting involving nato and ukraine in brussels early next week. what do you expect to come out of that? ukraine has said it is looking for concrete answers. concrete suggestions as to how it can continue to pursue the fight against russia. >> when biden made the decision to permit strikes by atacms missiles deep into russia, my question w why would you want to do that two months before your administration is finished? would you not to want to leave the desk fairly uncongested and

allow the next president to figure out what policy to follow? biden decided to do that and now we are in this situation where a new administration is coming in and they will have to figure out how to deal with this problem of russia. solesky has said the only way to bring russia to its senses is to deal with russia from a position of strength. there are people in the trump administration who feel it is time to talk. it is time to end this conflict. and so i just don't know how the trump administration will deal with this issue. before we get to the trump administration, we are here in the face of what seems to be escalation. another phase of crisis as we face uncertainty in washington and in europe with the uncertainty in germany and what will happen there. >> whatever donald trump might have been thinking in terms of what to do about the fighting in ukraine, you are saying because

of president biden's action, not leaving the desk uncongested for donald trump, that may mean he has to change his planning? >> i have wondered what trump's position would be on ukraine. i don't think it is finished ripple. we have to see what russia's intentions are. putin shows no intention to end this conflict right now. he does talk about negotiating. he has been talking about it for some time. russia wants to be seen negotiating but has comped -- but has russia compromised on its demands about controlling training in territory and making sure ukraine is not admitted to nato? i don't think putin has shown any signs of compromise so that leaves me wondering about what trump is actually thinking and what actual cards he has to force putin to negotiate at this stage. >> china urging calm and

restraint much closer to russia. i wonder what your thoughts are on those comments from the foreign ministry. >> china always likes to urge calm and restraint. china has some leverage. they supply russia with much needed dual use equipment. they have offered their market to the russians to sell oil and gas and that is how prudent finances his war in ukraine. instead of urging calm and restraint, i wish beijing did more to bring pressure on putin to de-escalate in ukraine. >> thank you very much for your time from the johns hopkins hool of the ants to -- of advanced international studies. >> do stay with us on the context on bbc news. much more discussion to come. announcer: funding for presentation of this program

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