chi chi izundu in washington, _ mar-a-lago home. chichi chi izundu in washington, thank you - mar-a-lago home. chi chi izundu in washington, thank you very - in washington, thank you very much. let's get some of the day's other news. us lawmakers have adopted president biden's sprawling climate, tax and healthcare plan. it's a major win for the president and includes the biggest ever american investment in the battle against global warming. the house of representatives approved the measure by a 220—207 vote along party lines, following its adoption in the senate on sunday. 11 people have been killed in a mass shooting in montenegro. reports suggest a man opened fire during a family dispute in the former capital, set—in—yeh, targeting first his relatives and then people on the street, seemingly at random. a further six people were wounded before police shot the assailant dead. the government has declared three days of mourning. for the first time in years, lionel messi is missing from the shortlist for the prestigious ballon d'or award a

chi chi izundu, and asked her what we have learned from the documents that have been unsealed so far. so, we've learned two very valuable things. the first is that two documents have been unsealed as part of today's court hearing. the first was why the government wanted the warrant and the affidavit, the statement of oath of the evidence that they gathered in order to get the warrant signed by a judge kept sealed, and it says there's a good cause because the integrity of the ongoing investigation might be compromised and evidence might be destroyed. the second, if you like, more interesting piece of unsealing documentation that we've got from today's court hearing was a bit more detail on exactly what the government are accusing donald trump of. last week, let's skip back — the fbi went into the home on a search warrant of donald trump. on friday, we found out, as per the request of the department ofjustice, via court, the warrant had essentially the fbi agent had removed 11 sets of records from donald trump's mar—a—lago home, including some which were stamped top secret. the media organisations were not happy with that level of disclosure, so they went to court and that hearing was today, and we found out exactly what the fbi and the government were investigating donald trump for. last week, we were made aware it was under the espionage act. today, we found out that they were investigating him for willful retention of national defence information, concealment or removal of government records and obstruction from the federal investigation. chicorrespondent. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. a long—serving senior executive for donald trump's family business has admitted conspiring with the company in a 15—year tax fraud. allen weisselberg, who's 75, avoided paying tax on more than 1.5 million worth of unreported perks. under his plea deal, he will serve five months in prison and will have to testify against the company. the man accused of stabbing author salman rushdie in new york last week has pleaded not guilty to two charges in court. earlier. he faces charges of second—degree attempted murder and assault over the incident. he remains in a serious condition in hospital. the white house has said it will make an additional 1.8 million monkeypox vaccines available by the start of next week in an effort to combat the outbreak. the vaccines will be given out in communities at high risk of contracting monkeypox. the us has now reported over 13,000 cases of the virus. let's ahead it to japan now. it has a

chi chi izundu has been examining the documents filed by mr trump. 27 pages of what donald trump's legal team are trying to assert in a court in florida, and donald trump himself has just issued a statement, helpfully i might add detail exactly what it is he believes occurred when the fbi searched his home two weeks ago, his mar—a—lago florida home. he says they demanded the security cameras be turned off, a request we rightfully denied. they took documents covered by attorney—client and executive privilege, which is not allowed. he says they are demanding, he and his legal team are demanding that the justice department be instructed to immediately as you say stop the review of the documents he claims illegally seized from his home. all documents had been previously declassified. he is also demanding the appointment of what is known as a special master, so an independent person or watchdog to review, oversee the handling of the materials that were taken from his mar—a—lago home, and he is also further demanding that the department ofjustice be forced to turn over a real, "without plants", in inverted commas, inventory of my property and disclose what that property is and where it is located. we are demanding that all the items wrongfully taken from my home be immediately returned. so basically, donald trump and his legal team asking for a number of things. they are asking for all of the materials that were taken from his home not to be reviewed until this special independent person is put in place to watch over what is going on with the department of justice and the fbi. he is also asking for more detailed information regarding exactly what was taken, so let's skip back to two weeks ago on monday when the fbi went to donald trump's home with a search warrant and took a number of items. they didn't actually tell us what they took. come a few days later, the attorney general then asked a court to unseal the warrant list, the receipts of what the fbi took, and that is where we found out that it said things like a box of documents, or papers, and some of them were labelled top secret, and that was the level of detail that was put in those warrant receipts. donald trump is now demanding much more detailed information about what exactly was taken from his home. he is also asking for anything that was taken from his home that was not in the scope of that search warrant, because as he says in his statement, he claims that the fbi took his passports, and that wasn't part of what was in the search warrant. so, 27 pages, all alleging a lot of things, and i have still got to go through it to find out exactly what else donald trump is asking for. chius a little earlier on the programme. meanwhile in china, authorities are battling one of the worst droughts seen in more than 50 years. falling river levels have left hydroelectric power stations unable to produce enough energy. as a result, emergency measures to save electricity have come into effect. shopping centres have been ordered to close early, factories have temporarily shut down and the lights on shanghai's famous waterfront are to be turned off. katharine da costa reports. china's record—breaking drought has scorched farms and caused some lakes and rivers to dry up. the yangtze river, asia's longest waterway, is now at record low levels. officials say hydropower reservoirs are currently down by as much as half. at the same time, a surge in demand for air conditioning has put power companies under extreme pressure. this is shanghai's famous skyline. the riverside bund area, a popular tourist destination, now plunged into two days of darkness. restrictions have been brought i

chi chi izundu reports. this has been quite the week for the former president of the united states. monday started off with an unprecedented search of donald trump's primary residency in florida, mar—a—lago, by fbi agents. what they were looking for was only made public through the unusual move during an ongoing investigation of unsealing the warrant used to enter the property. receipts attached gave little detail but did indicate the kinds of things removed, including several miscellaneous top secret papers, information regarding the french president and various classified documents labelled sci, which stands for "sensitive compartmented information", which could be exceptionally grave for us national security. mr trump, can we have a word? even though donald trump did not oppose the unsealing, he issued a statement accusing the fbi of playing politics and claiming the documents were all declassified and in secure storage with an additional lock. presidents can declassify information, but they have to follow a procedure. they have to fill out forms, they have to give certain authorisations, they cannot simply say, "these documents "are declassified," they have to follow a process, not clear that was followed here. the second thing, of course, is that a president can declassify documents, but a former president cannot. the removal of classified documents or materials is prohibited by law, a crime for which donald trump increased the penalties whilst this kind of investigation would be uncomfortable for some, for donald trump, it could potentially politically work in his favour. chi streets. they fired shots in the air as dozens of women protested against the restriction of women's rights. the demonstration comes a year after the taliban seized power in afghanistan. we already know that the taliban was going to crack down before the protests started, there was a strong presence of taliban fighters. i probably had about five minutes to photograph, and we actually timed it from the moment the girls stepped on the street, started chanting, to the time that the taliban started firing, it was about ten minutes — less than ten minutes, actually. no—one has been hurt. a bunch of foreign journalists and a few localjournalists have been arrested. a few people have been beaten up. when i learned they were going to fire, we knew they just wanted to intimidate and stop the women. so they've done this in previous protests as well. they fire in the air, just to disperse the crowd. i wasn't surprised that it actually became violent and they started shooting at... i was very sur

chi chi izundu has been investigating the story and has this report. 19 years at the bbc — at one point commanding more than 700,000 listeners to his weekly radio 1 rap show and once described as one of the most influential people in hip—hop in europe. now tim westwood's time at the corporation, and what the bbc knew about his conduct, is to be investigated independently. it follows allegations made by 17 women who, as part of an earlierjoint investigation by bbc news and the guardian, made accusations against the 64—year—old, ranging from sexual misconduct to sex with a 1a—year—old, over three decades. when questioned after the first documentary was broadcast back in april, the bbc�*s director—general, tim davie, said... i've seen no evidence of complaints. i've seen no evidence, i've seen no evidence of complaint... i've asked, and we looked at our records, and we've seen no evidence. today the bbc revealed it did have several complaints against tim westwood, including one in 2012 where the dj was accused of making inappropriate sexual comments to a 15—year—old girl. that was referred to police, but officers later decided to take no further action. the bbc says it wants anyone with any evidence to come forward, and it's inviting other employers of tim westwood to join this external investigation. so we know that he worked at capital radio, and we also know that he worked at mtv, for example. separately, mtv has said although it's never had any complaints, it has started its own internal investigation. the metropolitan police has confirmed it's currently investigating a man over four reports of previous sexual offences. the bbc says it's also in contact with police. today's review was led by the bbc�*s independent director, nick serota, who said, "in light of the bbc�*s internal review, i believe that there may have been occasions in the past when the bbc should have further explored issues that were being raised." this is the 18th woman to have come forward. she says she wanted work experience at bbc radio 1xtra and met tim westwood back in 2011 to discuss it. i didn't know what was happening, i didn't know. different things going through my head. "have i given this man the wrong impression?" "what on earth is happening?" from that, it quickly turned into sexual intercourse. no words, just moving me into a position, and me thinking, "oh, my god, what the hell do i do?" and him proceeding to do whatever he wanted to do. we put this latest allegation and today's report to tim westwood for comment, but he didn't respond. despite today's review, questions will still remain over what complaints the bbc had and what they did about them. chimation and support are available on the bbc action line website, or you can call free of charge at any time to hear recorded information on 0800 077 077. 15 gold medals were up for grabs today at the commonwealth games in birmingham, and england's jack laugher took home his third successive commonwealth gold in the 1m springboard diving final. natalie pirks has been watching all the action. the breakneck pace of the last few days gave way to a more sedate day at the games. time to focus, and time for england to feel bullish about their chances of high—fiving at the diving. injune, jack laugher won three medals, the most of any british diver at a single world championships. today, his final dive in the 1m springboard final blew everyone out of the water. commentator: brilliant from jack laugher, - absolutely world—class. elated compatriotjordan houlden picked up a brilliant bronze, behind australia's li shixin. well, that's a third consecutive commonwealth title forjack laugher, fresh f

chi chi izundu has more details on the military aid package. this is the largest military aid package the united states has offered the brain, and it is basically similar to other packages that they have handed over to ukraine, but more importantly there is a slight difference in this one because it is looking towards the longer — medium to longer term defence strategy that ukraine has. it's going to include weaponry, ammunition, training for troops, and also it's going to include some drone packages, several different types although these could change overnight, we are told. some of those drone packages could be the british vampire drone which can be launched from ships. the united states has already offered a package of $10.6 billion to dates of the biden administration came to power. the only difference with this package is that because it is looking to the medium to longer term it means that the biden administration is going to go through its ukrainian security assistance initiative, which allows them to procure weapons directly from contractors rather than having to go through the stops of the us defense department. so it may take a longer time to get to europe, and it also means that us military may have to stay in europe for a longer period of time as well. and coming on this particular day, it draws attention to the fact that the united states would be seeking to assure its ally that it is in this for the long—haul, as far as ukraine is concerned. indeed, president biden has made a point that the package is in fact a gesture to show the world and send with other leaders in europe who have also given gestures of aid, including germany. it has been said they are giving 500 million euros in military aid. they all want to stand together to show solidarity and support for ukraine in the six month mark and also on the independence day. chington there. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale reminds us now of how russia's invasion has progressed over the past six months. it started in the early hours of february 24. this map is a reminder of what ukraine look like before the invasion. russia already occupied crimea and separatists control part of these. russian forces then attacked from multiple directions, from the north, east and south. western intelligence that russia expected to surround the capital of kyiv within a matter of days, but the advance installed, with fierce ukrainian resistance. by april, russia was retreating from the north to refocus its offensive in the east, but even there it has been slow progress. it wasn't until earlyjuly that wasn't until early july that russia wasn't until earlyjuly that russia managed to capture the entire luhansk region capital. ukraine still holding on to parts of neighbouring donetsk. in the south, russia has captured the cities of kherson and mariupol, but ukraine has been

chi chi izundu, bbc news.ance music festival in spain. other infrastructure was also damaged when gusts battered the medusa festivale in cullera, a beach—side town south of valencia. the electronic music event which is held over six days has now been suspended. the leader of plaid cymru has called onjonathan edwards to stand down as an mp. mr edwards — who has sat as an independent mp — was cautioned by police in 2020 for assaulting his wife, and suspended from the party. earlier this week it was announced he would be permitted to represent the party at westminster again — but adam price has since advised edwards to resign. the welsh secretary, sir robert buckland, has switched his support from rishi sunak to liz truss — becoming the first cabinet minister to publicly change sides in the conservative leadership race. he told the daily telegraph that after "deep" reflection, he'd decided ms truss was the best person to take the country forward. climbing all of scotland's munros, or mountains, is a rite of passa

chi chi izundu, has more details. this has been quite the week for the former president of the united states. monday started off with an unprecedented search of donald trump's primary residency in florida, mar—a—lago, by fbi agents. what they were looking for was only made public today, through the unusual move during an ongoing investigation of unsealing the warrant used to enter the property. receipts attached gave little detail, but did indicate the kinds of things removed, including several miscellaneous top secret papers, information regarding the french president and various classified documents labelled sci, which stands for "sensitive compartmented information," which could be exceptionally grave for us national security. mr trump, can we have a word? even though donald trump did not oppose the unsealing, he issued a statement accusing the fbi of playing politics and claiming the documents were all declassified and in secure storage, with an additional lock. presidents can declassify information, but they have to follow a procedure. they have to fill out forms, they have to give certain authorisations, they cannot simply say, "these documents are declassified," they have to follow a process, not clear that was followed here. the second thing, of course, is a president can declassify documents, but a former president cannot. that of course begs the question whether president trump, when he was still president trump, actually declassified these documents. but america is still torn by activity surrounding donald trump. details of the warrant surprising no—one. there appears to be a witchhunt . going on in washington right now. it is not bilateral, it is not equal. i nothing is going to happen. he is able to do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, and he isjust going to get off, or continue to live his lavish life that he does. the removal of classified documents or materials is prohibited by law, a crime for which donald trump increased the penalties while in office. whilst this kind of investigation would be uncomfortable for some, for donald trump it could potentially politically work in his favour. chi82? nick gardner from the highlands set himself the challenge after his wife was taken into care. let's hearfrom him. being with my wife is very challenging, because she does know me irut— challenging, because she does know me but onlyjust. when your partner has alzheimer's, the problems are very severe — has alzheimer's, the problems are very severe and it has helped me deal with— very severe and it has helped me deal with those problems. when i could _ deal with those problems. when i could no— deal with those problems. when i could no longer look after her, that was the _ could no longer look after her, that was the game changer. that one really— was the game changer. that one really knocked me over. and i thought. _ really knocked me over. and i thought. i_ really knocked me over. and i thought, i have got to get a focus in life _ thought, i have got to get a focus in life that — thought, i have got to get a focus in life. that was going to last a while _ in life. that was going to

chi chi izundu reports. this has been quite the week for the former president of the united states. monday started off with an unprecedented search of donald trump's primary residency in florida, mar—a—lago, by fbi agents. what they were looking for was only made public through the unusual move, during an ongoing investigation, of unsealing the warrant used to enter the property. receipts attached gave little detail, but did indicate the kinds of things removed, including several miscellaneous top secret papers, information regarding the french president, and various classified documents labelled "sci", which stands for "sensitive compartmented information," which could be exceptionally grave for us national security. mr trump, can we have a word? even though donald trump didn't oppose the unsealing, he issued a statement accusing the fbi of playing politics, and claiming the documents were all declassified and in secured storage with an additional lock. presidents can declassify information, but they have to follow a procedure. they have to fill out forms, they have to give certain authorisations. they can't simply say, "these documents are declassified," they have to follow a process — it's not clear that was followed here. the second thing, of course, is that a president can declassify documents, but a former president cannot. the removal of classified documents or materials is prohibited by law — a crime for which donald trump increased the penalties while in office. whilst this kind of investigation would be uncomfortable for some, for donald trump it could potentially politically work in his favour. chilled onjonathan edwards to stand down as an mp. mr edwards — who has sat as an independent mp — was cautioned by police in 2020 for assaulting his wife, and suspended from the party. earlier this week it was announced he would be permitted to represent the party at westminster again — but adam price has since advised edwards to resign. 0ur political correspondent david wallace—lockhartjoined me earlier to explain how the story developed. earlier this week, the party said he would be permitted to have the whip back, as it is known, to represent the party. the party chairwoman said that came following procedural advice they had received. a decision that split the party. their formal leader leanne wood was quite vocal saying she did not agree with that. we also heard from jonathan edwards's wife who said she was appalled and disappointed by this decision. they are going through divorce at the moment. we heard from the leader of plaid cymru, adam price who tweeted saying it is his firm bel

chi chi izundu, gave me this update on what we know. well, we have seven pages of information, not that much detail being released in the warrant between the fbi and the department ofjustice. what we do know is the fbi say they went to mar—a—lago, which is the primary residence of donald trump, and searched 58 bedrooms, 33 bathrooms, across the 17—acre estate. what they said is they looked everywhere including the former president's private office, known as the 45th office, as well as other storage areas where documents could be kept and they took away a large number of different documents including ones that had the title of miscellaneous secret documents and interestingly, ts and sci documents. ts stands for top—secret and sci stands for sensitive compartmented information and it is that one that is causing concern because that is the type of documentation that is only read in sealed rooms and only very few people can see it and is really highly damaging, potentially if it gets in the wrong hands, to us security. chiom donald trump or his representatives? well, donald trump actually agreed to the unsealing of these documents when the attorney—general yesterday, merrick garland, asked a court to unseal the documents, unusually, because this is an ongoing investigation. other than that, there has been no response, officially from donald trump. this is a really unusual step because it is an ongoing investigation. donald trump hasn't actually been charged with anything but it's interesting that the fbi have gone into his home and searched the home of the former us president which is unprecedented, never happened in us history before, and we've come to this point in history where now, we are finding out exactly what the fbi claim from donald trump's mar—a—lago home. ukraine and russia have again accused each other of risking catastrophe by shelling europe's largest nuclear power plant. conflict near the zaporizhzhia plant has intensified this week leading to western countries to call on moscow to withd

the material may be protected by presidential privileges. as our north america correspondent chi chi izunduis a document that is quite hefty. donald trump outlays the historical events according to him that when he left the office injanuary 2021, to the present day, regarding these papers that are under discussion, so, donald trump, in this document then goes on to talk about the violation of his fourth amendment rights. that is what he's saying the fbi saying the fbi and department ofjustice have done, and that fourth amendment books about unreasonable searches and seizures of people's homes, and he is saying that is what has happened so he wants to defend that in this document. the four thinks he is asking for include that special master, an independent lawyer orjudge, to oversee the things that were taken from his home. the second thing he's asking for is more information and detail on the warrant that was released last week regarding what was taken from his home, because he is saying "box number 11" is not enough information for him to know what was taken because he is alleging that som

chi chi izundu, bbc news. dance music festival in spain. other infrastructure was also damaged when gusts battered the medusa festivale in cullera, a beach—side town south of valencia. the electronic music event which is held over six days has now been suspended. the leader of plaid cymru has called onjonathan edwards to stand down as an mp. mr edwards — who has sat as an independent mp — was cautioned by police in 2020 for assaulting his wife, and suspended from the party. earlier this week it was announced he would be permitted to represent the party at westminster again — but adam price has since advised edwards to resign. 0ur political correspondent david wallace—lockhartjoined me earlier to explain how the story developed. earlier this week, the party said he would be permitted to have the whip back, as it is known, to represent the party. the party chairwoman said that came following procedural advice they had received. a decision that split the party. their formal leader leanne wood was quite vocal sayi

our north america correspondent chi chi izundu has been examining the documents filed by mr trump. 27legal team are trying to assert in a court in florida, and donald trump himself has just issued a statement, helpfully i might add, detailing exactly what it is he believes occurred when the fbi searched his home two weeks ago, his mar—a—lago florida home. he says they demanded the security cameras be turned off, a request we rightfully denied. they took documents covered by attorney—client and executive privilege, which is not allowed. he says they are demanding, he and his legal team are demanding, that thejustice department be instructed to immediately as you say stop the review of the documents he claims illegally seized from his home. all documents had been previously declassified. he is also demanding the appointment of what is known as a special master, so an independent person or watchdog to review, oversee the handling of the materials that were taken from his mar—a—lago home, and he is also further demanding that the department ofjustice be forced to turn over a real, "withou

chi chi izundu, bbc news.s switched his support from rishi sunak to liz truss — becoming the first cabinet minister to publicly change sides in the conservative leadership race. he told the daily telegraph that after "deep" reflection, he'd decided ms truss was the best person to take the country forward. great britain's rowers thave won seven medals at the european championships in germany this morning, including four golds. there are high hopes for the british women's gymnastics team later today. our sports correspondent nesta mcgregor can tell us more. we must start on the water because it has been a great morning for great britain. as you mentioned, seven medals in rowing, four gold. the rush was started by the women's four, then a few minutes later the men's four and certainly one of the performances of the morning had to be the women's quad sculls. they make their win look easy, they led from the start, never looked back and in the end with three seconds ahead of the netherlands. it means great britain a

earlier i spoke to our washington correspondent chi chi izundu and asked her what we have learned fromaled so far. so, we've learned two very valuable things. the first is that two documents have been unsealed as part of today's court hearing. the first was why the government wanted the warrant and the affidavit, the statement of oath of the evidence that they gathered in order to get the warrant signed by a judge kept sealed and it says there's a good cause because the integrity of the ongoing investigation might be compromised and evidence might be destroyed and the second, if you like, more interesting piece of unsealing documentation that we've got from today's court hearing was a bit more detail on exactly what the government are accusing donald trump of. last week, the fbi went into the home on a search warrant of donald trump and on friday, we found out, as per the request of the department ofjustice, via court, the warrant had essentially the fbi agent had removed eleven sets of records from donald trump's mar—a—lago home, including some which were stamped top secret. the organ

chi chi izundu, bbc news. truss, becoming the first cabinet minister to publicly change sides in the conservative leadership race. he told the daily telegraph that, after deep reflection, he'd decided ms truss was the best person to take the country forward. the leader of plaid cymru has called onjonathan edwards to stand down as an mp. mr edwards, who has sat as an independent mp, was cautioned by police in 2020 for assaulting his wife, and suspended from the party. earlier this week, it was announced he would be permitted to represent the party at westminster again, but adam price has since advised edwards to resign. our political correspondent david wallace—lockhartjoined me earlier to explain how the story developed. earlier this week, the party said he would be permitted to have the whip back, as it is known, to represent the party. the party chairwoman said that came following procedural advice they had received. a decision that split the party. their formal leader leanne wood was quite vocal saying she

well our north america correspondent chi chi izundu has been gauging reaction in the us, and shejoins what has been the reaction of these in the us?— these in the us? let's start first with — these in the us? let's start first with donald _ these in the us? let's start first with donald trump - these in the us? let's start - first with donald trump because he react to angrily, issuing a statement shortly after the affidavit was unsealed think it was heavily redacted. he also then turned focus to the judge who allowed the unsealing, saying judge was wine hard should never have allowed the break in of my home and called it a witch hunt. what is interesting is largely the whiteness we have been getting from the republican party who, when the fbi first went into search donald trump is macomb, republicans came out in force condemning the action, calling it politically motivated, they called it a witch hunt, that this was all steps to try and prevent donald trump from running potentially as president in 202a. this time around very little has been said from the republican party candidates an

chi chi izundu reports from florida. last night dinner with about a dozen republican party members, show solidarity from donald trump's party. unprecedented in how this was inspired because no other united states former president has had their homes searched by the fbi. whilst he wasn't here at mar—a—lago and had nothing to say to the cameras, donald trump took the time to express exactly how he felt in a lengthy statement, calling the presence of fbi agents at his house a raid, a siege of his home, not necessary or appropriate, and condemned the process as prosecutorial misconduct. this is mar—a—lago, donald trump's primary residence and where the fbi executed its search warrant. to my left are trump supporters who are here to vocalise their support for donald trump and his potential to run for president in 2024. the trump and his potential to run for president in 2024.— president in 2024. the american eo - le president in 2024. the american people are _ president in 2024. the american people are awake. _ president in 2024. the american people are awake. we _ president in 2024. the american people are awake. we are - president in 2024. the american people are awake. we are not i president in 2024. the american - people are awake. we are not woke, we are awake and we know what's going on. it was a fishing expedition.— going on. it was a fishing exedition. ~ ., ., , ., , ., expedition. we have to stand up for our ri . hts expedition. we have to stand up for our rights and _ expedition. we have to stand up for our rights and our _ expedition. we have to stand up for our rights and our freedoms - expedition. we have to stand up for| our rights and our freedoms because they are _ our rights and our freedoms because they are being eroded. what our rights and our freedoms because they are being eroded.— they are being eroded. what the fbi were looking — they are being eroded. what the fbi were looking for _ they are being eroded. what the fbi were looking for they _ they are being eroded. what the fbi were looking for they haven't - were looking for they haven't detailed. but according to eric trump it is related to the removal of official documents from the white house after his father left the office. ~ ., ., house after his father left the office. ~ . ., ., ., . office. we are a nation in decline. never one — office. we are a nation in decline. never one to _ office. we are a nation in decline. never one to miss _ office. we are a nation in decline. never one to miss an _ office. we are a nation in decline. | never one to miss an opportunity, this news usefulfor never one to miss an opportunity, this news useful for trump to push his supporters for more donations. this search has continued to fan the flames of division with the democrats saying that no one is above the law and the republicans branding it political. come november, though, voters will be heading back to the polls for the midterm elections. there are murmurs that this action by the fbi could in fact have actually boosted support for donald trump. chie was 88. raymond briggs' story about a boy — whose snowman came to life — was adored by millions and became a fixture of british television at christmas. david sillito reports. it's become part of christmas — the snowman that comes to life. magical, heart—warming and, at the end, the snowman melts. # we're walking in the air #. a very raymond briggs twist. he was a children's author who wasn't really writing for children. oh, strip cartoon, raymond briggs — children's department. that's been the attitude in england now — a strip cartoon, children's book. but we're growing out of that a bit now, about half a century too late. it was his father christmas that was raymond briggs' breakthrough. but this was no jovial gift bearer. this father christmas moaned, swore and drankjust a bit too much. what i normally do with most of my things is have something that's fantastical, like father christmas, like fungus, and imagine it to be wholly real and follow it through logically from there. it's

our washington correspondent, chi chi izundu, has been following this story, and shejoins me now from washington. chie can you tell us about this latest package of military aid?— military aid? well, like you said, military aid? well, like you said. this _ military aid? well, like you said, this is the _ military aid? well, like you said, this is the largest - said, this is the largest military aid package the united states is offering the ukraine, and it is basically similar to other packages that they have handed over to ukraine. but more importantly, there is a slight difference in this one because it is looking towards the longer, medium to longer term defence strategy that ukraine has. it is going to include weaponry, ammunition, training for troops and also independent, sorry, also it is going to include some drone packages, several different types, although these could change overnight, we are told. some of those drone packages could be the british vampire drone, which could be launched from ships. the united states has already offered a package of 10.6 billion to date since the biden administr

he denies doing anything wrong. 0ur correspondent in washington, chi chi izundu, has more details.president of the united states. monday started off with an unprecedented search of donald trump's primary residency in florida, mar—a—lago, by fbi agents. what they were looking for was only made public today, through the unusual move during an ongoing investigation, of unsealing the warrant used to enter the property. receipts attached gave little detail, but did indicate the kinds of things removed, including several miscellaneous top secret papers, information regarding the french president and various classified documents labelled sci, which stands for "sensitive compartmented information," which could be exceptionally grave for us national security. mr trump, can we have a word? even though donald trump did not oppose unsealing, he issued a statement accusing the fbi of playing politics and claiming the documents were all declassified and in secure storage, with an additional lock. presidents can declassify information, but they have to follow a procedure. they have to fill out fo

here's our north america correspondent chi chi izundu.nald trump has taken against the department of justice since the fbi executed search warrant of his mar—a—lago home on august eight to weeks ago. donald trump and his legal team want four things. number one, they are asking for a special master to be appointed, that is an independent person, lawyer, judge who can review the items that were taken from his home because he believes that some of those documents contain privileged or potentially privileged or potentially privileged material and he wants them back. the second thing he wants is any items that were removed from his home that were removed from his home that were removed from his home that were not part of the search warrant to be returned to him because again he thinks that some of those items would be personal items of his or the first lady's. the third thing that he is asking for is more information, more detail on exactly what was taken and exactly what was taken and exactly where it was taken from his mar—a—lago home. in th

chi chi izundu, bbc news.omen in the afghan capital kabulfrom protesting on the streets. the taliban fired in the air as dozens of women protested against the restriction of women's rights. the demonstration comes a year after the taliban seized power in afghanistan. girls have been barred from attending secondary schools in most of afghanistan. women have so far only been allowed to work in a few sectors including public health and security. at least one person has died and dozens more are injured when high winds caused part of a stage to collapse at a dance music festival in spain. other infrastructure was also damaged when gusts battered the medusa festivale in cullera, a beachside town south of valencia. the electronic music event which is held over six days has now been suspended. the headlines on bbc news... writers and politicians condemn an attack on acclaimed author author sir salman rushdie, who's now on a ventilator after being stabbed on stage in new york. more extreme heat is expected in the south

our correspondent chi chi izundu has been investigating the story, and has this report. 19 years at theone of the most influential people in hip hop in europe. now, tim westwood's time at the corporation and what the bbc knew about his conduct is to be investigated independently. it follows allegations made by 17 women who, as part of an earlierjoint investigation by bbc news and the guardian, made accusations against the 64—year—old ranging from sexual misconduct to sex with a 14—year—old over three decades. when questioned after the first documentary was broadcast back in april, the bbc�*s director general tim davie said... i've seen no evidence of complaints. i've seen no evidence. i've seen no evidence of complaint. i've asked and we looked at our records and we've seen no evidence. today the bbc revealed it did have several complaints against tim westwood, including one in 2012, where the dj was accused of making inappropriate sexual comments to a 15—year—old girl. that was referred to police but officers later decided to take no further action. the bbc says it wants anyone with an

billion, is aimed at helping kyiv secure its long—term defence. 0ur washington correspondent, chi chi izundu telling us more about the military aid package. this is the largest military aid package the united states is offering the ukraine, and it's basically similar to other packages that they have handed over to the ukraine, but more importantly there's a slight difference in this one because it is looking towards the longer — medium to longer term defence strategy that ukraine has. it's going to include weaponry, ammunition, training for troops, and also it's going to include some drone packages — several different types — although these could change overnight, we are told. some of those drone packages could be the british vampire drone which could be launched from ships. the united states has already offered a package of $10.6 billion to—date since the biden administration came into power. the only difference with this package is because it's looking to the medium to longer term it means that the biden administration is going to go through its ukraine security assistance initiative, whic

chi chi izundu, bbc news.oining us. my first question is, obviously you have been watching this very closely from the uk. what has been your reaction to what took place on how republicans have reacted?— have reacted? after the initial shock and _ have reacted? after the initial shock and surprise _ have reacted? after the initial shock and surprise everyone l have reacted? after the initial. shock and surprise everyone saw have reacted? after the initial- shock and surprise everyone saw on the television screens and reading the television screens and reading the content, i think it is pretty clear that this probably backfired on the democrats and on the justice department. eithera on the democrats and on the justice department. either a mistake or prosecutorial overreach or overkill, or at the very least, an abuse of power. i think it is ultimately going to backfire. in the earlier comments you mentioned that this might even be good for president trump. i think in general it is probably a boost for the republi

chi chi izundu is outside mar—a—lago. we heard that feeling from the people who are not happy about these searches. , , , searches. indeed. despite the burnin: searches. indeed. despite the burning sun— searches. indeed. despite the burning sun here, _ searches. indeed. despite the burning sun here, they i searches. indeed. despite the burning sun here, they are i searches. indeed. despite the| burning sun here, they are still gathering. a number of trump supporters are here with their flags or trump 2024 flies, saying this is unprecedented, this is politcised and they're condemning the justice department and the fbi. yesterday, at the primary residence of donald trumpjust behind me, the fbi executed a search. donald trump called it a raid and said his home was under siege, adding they came unannounced and it was unnecessary and not appropriate. he says that this is potentially trying to prevent him from running in 2024. this all matters timing wise because america's gearing up for the midterm elections, and this has made everything lyrical. the democrats said no one is above the law, the republicans are saying that this is the weaponisation of the justice department. what is it that the fbi will actually —— were looking for? we don't know because they haven't made any comment on the details of that search. we know that eric trump was on fox news last night, and he says this is in relation to some documents, and the national archive asked the justice documents, and the national archive asked thejustice department earlier to investigate donald trump because they said they found 15 boxes filled in this property, and some of those had official documentation and some of those documents had been ripped apart and taped back together. they want to know more. i guess the question for us now is what were those documents about? something i guess time, we will find out if possible, if the fbi executes their search legally. everyone is waiting into this argument from mike pence, saying this is unprecedented, quoting donald trump, who said no other president in the united states has ever gone through this before. to hillary clinton, saying she sold out on her e—mails and merchandise, referencing the criticism donald trump pushed against her when she was being investigated about sending e—mails from private accounts. 0nce e—mails from private accounts. once again, there is division in america. the white house says they didn't know anything about this search before it happened.— know anything about this search before it happened. chiank you so much for bringing _ before it happened. chi-chi, thank you so much for bringing us i before it happened. chi-chi, thank you so much for bringing us up i before it happened. chi-chi, thank you so much for bringing us up to. you so much for bringing us up to date. just outside the mar—a—lago residence behind her. joining us from washington is randall eliason, a former federal prosecutor. let's start at the beginning. help us understand, when it comes to these kind of search warrants, on what grounds are they issued? so the rocedure what grounds are they issued? so the procedure is — what grounds are they issued? so the procedure is that _ what grounds are they issued? so the procedure is that law _ what grounds are they issued? so the procedure is that law enforcement i procedure is that law enforcement have to go to a judge or a magistrate and establish probable cause. you have to submit an affidavit outlining the evidence and why you believe a crime has been committed. you h

chi chi izundu explains how we got here. the mar—a—lago, florida home. then we skip to friday, where the top department ofjustice had asked for courts to unseal details of what the fbi removed from the mar—a—lago home — we found out 11 sets of classified documents were removed, some of them labelled "top—secret". then come the start of this week, a lot of media organisations, like cnn and the washington post, joined together to ask the judge to unseal the statement under oath of why the fbi wanted to go to mar—a—lago and execute that search warrant. the department ofjustice is wholly against this — they are saying that this has classified information. we might find out names of people they've been speaking to, we might find other bits of information if it is released later on today. and they are saying that that classified information would cause irreparable damage to this ongoing investigation — but also potentially future and current high—profile ongoing investigations. thanks to our correspondence. let's look at donald tr

chi chi izundu is outside the former president's home in florida.supporters continue to gather more and more coming to show their support to the former president because as you heard in the report they believe that this is political. they don't believe that the fbi search is necessary as jim said believe that the fbi search is necessary asjim said and they don't believe that it's appropriate. just behind me is the residency of donald trump, his home. he wasn't home but an attorney has confirmed that she was present when the fbi turned up yesterday and searchers property what we believe through his son eric were documents taken from the white house and the national archives. he has asked thejustice department to investigate. this is because division as you can imagine it would. republicans like mike penn says called it political. democrats like nancy pelosi state no one is above the law —— mike pence. the white house has said they didn't know anything about this earth before it took place.— know anything about this earth before it took place. we can

an external investigation to be conducted to further explore what it knew. 0ur correspondent chi chi izunduith us now. tell us about this report that came out today. us about this report that came out toda . �* , ., us about this report that came out toda. �*, . ., us about this report that came out toda. ., today. it's all based on the report that came out _ today. it's all based on the report that came out in _ today. it's all based on the report that came out in april— today. it's all based on the report that came out in april of- today. it's all based on the report that came out in april of last - today. it's all based on the report| that came out in april of last year. the bbc news in the guardian, a number of women have come forward making allegations against former radio one dj tim westwood about sexual misconduct and bullying. the big question was, what did the bbc know when tim was what was actually employed by them? at the time the director general tim davies said he had not been shown any evidence to been complaints against him westwood but wanted to know more. that we received t