hello, i'm sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. let's start here in the uk, and the bbc understands that the first asylum seekers to be housed on board a barge in dorset are expected to arrive later today. the use of the bibby stockholm to house up to 500 people had been delayed by safety concerns. ministers insist the vessel will help reduce the cost of placing migrants in hotels. jonathan blake reports. floating accommodation for migrants seeking asylum in the uk. the bibby stockholm barge has been moored at portland in dorset for nearly three weeks, but stands empty. safety concerns have delayed getting people on board but it's now expected the first 50 or so men to be housed on the barge will move in very soon. we expect it to be in the coming days, so you won't have long to wait. and this is an important step forwards. up to 500 people could be accommodated here. the barge has medical facilities and a recreation area. it's one way the government hopes to cut the cost of hotels for those attempting to claim asylum, the bill cur

hello, i'm sally bundock. donald trump has been criminally charged with plotting to overturn his defeat in the us presidential election of 2020, the most serious legal threat yet to the former president as he campaigns to return to the white house. he's charged with four counts in the 45—page indictment brought by special counseljack smith. the charges are: our washington correspondent, sean dilley, reports. we love trump! he's the first president to be charged with a federal crime and if previous cases are anything to go by, donald trump's 30 indictment is only likely to boost popularity with republican voters. the charges he faces though are serious. the 45 page indictment accuses the former president of knowingly spreading false claims about election fraud, to trick and persuade states in helping him overturn the election results.- helping him overturn the election results. the attack on our nation's — election results. the attack on our nation's i _ election results. the attack on our nation's i january -

i am sally bundock.resident biden is finishing up his visit to the hawaiian island of maui where he's offered support following deadly wildfires. nearly two weeks after the disaster which has killed at least 114 people, he's named a federal response co—ordinator and says the island's critical infrastructure will be made more resilient. during the visit the president toured the devastated town of lahaina, meeting with first responders. he's faced criticism for his handling of the federal response to the wildfires after not speaking publicly about the crisis for days. the president has also attended a community reception where he's addressed a crowd under a banner reading: "lahaina strong". speaking in front of the island's famous banyan tree, mr biden said his government is committed to the recovery. we're focused on what's next — that's rebuilding for long—term and doing it together to help get us back on our feet to rebuild the way we want to rebuild. but i also want all of you to know the country griev

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hello, i'm sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. 2020. the 45—page indictment, or charge sheet, accuses him of knowingly spreading "pervasive and destabilising lies" about election fraud that threatened american democracy. mr trump's campaign has likened the allegations to the persecution inflicted in nazi germany. the former president has now been impeached twice, arrested twice and charged in three criminal cases. live now to washington, and let's speak to our correspondent sean dilley. hello, sean. all eyes on the courtroom today. i know it's

i'm sally bundock.wn of pokrovsk. ukraine's interior minister reported that the strikes also injured at least 31 people.

i'm sally bundock in london. good to have you with us. south carolina after making landfall in florida early on wednesday and barrelling through the us state of georgia. it's now been downgraded from a hurricane, but is still bringing dangerous winds and heavy rains as it continues through the northeastern coast. early wednesday, idalia lashed florida, making landfall as a category 3 storm.

hello, i'm sally bundock. welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world.ulf coast and evacuations are under way. it's expected to develop into a category four hurricane, with catastrophic storm surges forecast. presidentjoe biden has approved an emergency declaration for the state. idalia has caused flooding in cuba and is already lashing parts of florida, but the potential storm surge could come any time through wednesday afternoon. the state's governor ron desantis, warned that many residents could lose electricity, and said that 25,000 utility

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i'm sally bundock with the top business stories. and we start with the uk chip designer, arm. owner, japan's softbank, has finally filed the paperwork for a new york market listing. this highly anticipated floatation should net its japanese owner tens of billions of dollars and will be the biggest initial public offering in almost two years. arm is based in cambridge and plans to make its american stock market debut in early september, selling its shares on the nasdaq exchange. our north america business correspondent, michelle fleury, has the details. arm didn't reveal the number of shares that were selling or pricing of the offering but is reportedly for evaluation of between 60— $70 billion. ahead of the ibo the cambridge company revealed revenue was down 1% from a year earlier. the company, currently owned by japan's softbank is a chip designer whose technology powers most smartphones around the world including iphones. in 2020 silicon valley chipmaker nvidia tried to buy arm but the deal fell through because of regulatory scrutiny. despite that setback in video is apparen

hello, i'm sally bundock, with the top business stories. we start with hsbc, which has just announced a 235% increase in pre—tax profit — some £17 billion — for the first—half of this year. europe's biggest bank benefitted from rising interest rates around the world. hsbc�*s results were slightly better than many analysts were expecting, and its shares have already risen around 20% so far this year. joining me now is frances coppola, who's an independent banking analyst. good morning. you have been crunching the numbers, they have just come out. they sound like they are doing very well. it does, doesn't it? they are benefiting from rising interest rates all around the world, not just in the uk. hsbc is a global buying and we have had interest rate rises everywhere, they have cashed in on back. margin up by a0 basis points and revenues increased as a result. —— cashed in on that. most of the money they are making is in asia, i assume? yes, pretty much. they are looking at good performances in commercial banking, transaction banking, things l

hello, i'm sally bundock. following the women's world cup final. the federation's call for him to step down, comes after spanish prosecutors opened an investigation into whether the kiss amounted to a sexual assault on the striker, jenni hermoso. from madrid, guy hedgecoe has the latest.

hello, i'm sally bundock. a very warm welcome to the programme. former us president donald trump is preparing to appear in a court later today to face four counts of plotting to overturn the presidential result of 2020. the 45—page indictment, or charge sheet, accuses him of knowingly spreading "pervasive and destabilising lies" about election fraud that threatened american democracy. mr trump's campaign has likened the allegations to the persecution inflicted in nazi germany. the former president has now been impeached twice, arrested twice and charged in three criminal cases. live now to washington, and let's speak to our correspondent sean dilley. hello, sean. all eyes on the courtroom today. i know it's still wednesday where you are, but of course thursday, he will appear. but of course thursday, he will a- ear. ~ �* , but of course thursday, he will auearr �* , appear. we're “ust about technically _ appear. we're just about technically thursday. - appear. we're just about | technically thursday. the apartment midnight here in washington, so y

i'm sally bundock in london. good to have you with us. tropical storm idalia, now downgraded from a hurricane, has now hit the us state of south carolina after making landfall in florida early on wednesday and barrelling through the us state of georgia. it's now been downgraded from a hurricane, but is still bringing dangerous winds and heavy rains as it continues through the northeastern coast. early wednesday, idalia lashed florida, making landfall as a category 3 storm. at least two people have died due to driving accidents in wet conditions, and more than 450,000 are without power across florida and georgia. florida's governor, ron desantis, warned 1.5 million people to evacuate tuesday night, but not everyone chose to leave. rescue efforts are widespread. officials say dozens were pulled to safety in a small motorboat in a coastal town where knee—high waters covered streets. fire and rescue workers are searching for those in need. 0ne boat rescued 75 people so far. governor desantis said there has been significant damage and crews ar

hello, i'm sally bundock, with the top business stories and we start with a downgrade for the us. the ratings agency fitch has lowered its top rating in an unexpected blow to the world's biggest economy. fitch cut the us debt rating from aaa to aa+ citing america's erosion of governance and rising deficits. the move comes two months after a last minute deal was reached to lift the debt ceiling and avert the country's first ever default. us treasury secretary janet yellen called the downgrade �*arbitrary�* and said economic conditions had improved under the biden administration. the news of the downgrade came after the close of trade on wall street but in asia investors have been pulling out of equities in reaction. let's look at markets now in asia. japan is currently down by over 2%. hong kong not that far behind. this was off the back of yesterday, and most of this week we have seen the sharemarket, certainly wall street and asia having a strong session but this is certainly spooked sentiment. let's discuss this with tom stevenson, who's an investment director at fidelity. good

hello, i'm sally bundock. spain's football federation has asked its president, luis rubiales, to resign after he kissed a player on the lips following the women's world cup final. the federation's call for him to step down, comes after spanish prosecutors opened an investigation into whether the kiss amounted to a sexual assault on the striker, jenni hermoso. from madrid, guy hedgecoe has the latest. the last week has been one of angerfor many in spain. this protest was against the man at the centre of the country's football crisis, luis rubiales. the backlash against him also seems to have taken on a broader meaning. "this is a very important moment," said this woman. this is in the now infamous kiss that mr rubiales gave the playerjenni hermoso after spain's world cup victory and which she says was non consensual. fifa has provisionally suspended mr rubiales and prosecutors are investigating him for possible sexual assault. and now his own federation is calling on him to resign. mr rubiales�*s mother has loc

hello, i'm sally bundock, with the top business stories.first—half of this year. europe's biggest bank benefitted from rising interest rates around the world. hsbc�*s results were slightly better than many analysts were expecting, and its shares have already risen around 20% so far this year. joining me now is frances coppola, who's an independent banking analyst.

i'm sally bundock.e begin in ukraine, where at least five people have been killed in a russian missile attack on residential buildings in the eastern ukrainian town of pokrovsk. ukraine's interior minister reported that the strikes also injured at least 31 people. among the injured are at least 19 police officers, five rescuers, and a child. the head of the donetsk region said the strikes damaged a hotel as well as shops and administrative buildings. meanwhile, ukraine's intelligence agency announced that it arrested a woman in connection with an alleged assassination plot against president zelensky. the woman was allegedly preparing a russian airstrike in the mikolaiv region during mr zelensky�*s visit to the area. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse has more. so these are quite interesting allegations emerging from the southern mykolaiv region. sources at the security forces have told us they have arrested a woman who is accused of travelling around the local area, taking pictures of different

hello, i'm sally bundock. let's crack on with the top business stories.e start in saudi arabia as the world's biggest oil company aramco is set to announce its latest half—year results in the next half an hour or so. last year, aramco netted record profits of over $160 billion, buoyed by soaring energy prices. but in may this year, they reported that profits dropped by nearly a fifth in the first three months of the year as the gloomy global outlook saw oil prices drop. to tackle this, saudi arabia has been cutting production to the tune of1 million barrels a day. they started in july and have now extended to september. the oil price has since been creeping up. live now to our middle east business correspondent sameer hashmi. sameer, nice to see you. $160 billion is so much money made in a year. what are they expected to say in the next half hour?— expected to say in the next half hour? sally, ithink it is matching — half hour? sally, ithink it is matching up _ half hour? sally, ithink it is matching up to _ half hour? sally, ithink it is matching up to t

hello, i'm sally bundock. welcome to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start in the us, where hurricane idalia is nearing florida's gulf coast and evacuations are under way. it's expected to develop into a category four hurricane, with catastrophic storm surges forecast. presidentjoe biden has approved an emergency declaration for the state. idalia has caused flooding in cuba and is already lashing parts of florida, but the potential storm surge could come any time through wednesday afternoon. the state's governor ron desantis, warned that many residents could lose electricity, and said that 25,000 utility workers were on standby, with another 30,000 headed to the state. if you are in a evacuation drain and you have been directed to evacuate a low—lying area on the big—band region now is the time to do it stop if you wait much longer by the time we get further into tonight the weather will get nasty and nasty and we are looking at an of the eye wall arriving sometime tomorrow morning. you really got to go now. now is the time. you don't, if you stay a

hello, i'm sally bundock.al threat yet to the former president as he campaigns to return to the white house. he's charged with four counts in the 45—page indictment brought by special counseljack smith. the charges are: