Donald trumps election interference trial. And carrying what little they can. Thousands flee escalating gun violence in haitis capital as the u. N. Says peacekeeping is no longer and option no longer an option. Nigers military appointed Prime Minister is visiting chad, as the regional block ecoas pushes for a return to constitutional order. Theres been a rise of attacks since the military took power last month, including one on tuesday that killed at least 17 soldiers from niger. We have reports from nigers border with nigeria. Reporter leaders are on a trial offensive. The military appointed Prime Minister visited chad in an effort to push back against mounting international pressure. We are undergoing a transition. We have explained our reasons for this and we have reiterated that we will remain open to any exchanges with all involved parties. But at the same time, assisting on the necessary independence of our country. Reporter his visit comes as soldiers visit heavy losses in the region. On tuesday, 17 soldiers were killed near the border with mali. This is the fifth attack since the coup weeks ago. It appears arm groups are exploiting the Political Uncertainty in niger. Suspending military operations in response to the coup. The threat of more attacks like this is increasing by the day. Although the block shows signs of continuing to resolve the political crisis, in niger, it maintains military action is still possible. The political upheaval we see is good news for jihadis insurgents for several regions. Military leadership pe rhaps attacking by forces. Reporter just like in burkina faso, leaders site deteriorating cite deteriorating security. The attacks and their failure to contain them are raising questions about their ability to do Something Different and sustain public support for their coup. The deteriorating security situation in neighboring mali has been highlighting highlighted by the u. S. State department. They are deeply concerned of the threat of worsening violence in the west african country. Mike hanna is in washington with the latest. Reporter the u. S. State department has issued a statement expressing its concern about the worsening violence in mali, it points on u. N. Are busy withdrawing from the country following an order by the military government. That military government took over power in a coup a few years ago and since then they have basically turned against former western partners like france and the u. S. And have moved toward russianbacked groups like the wagner group. The u. S. State department issued sanctions against some of the mali government spenders because of their links with the wagner group. With the u. S. Experiencing the follow of a similar coup in niger, having seen one in neighboring burkina faso and neighboring mali, there is great concern about any instability in that region, given that niger was the u. S. s largest last standing ally and the coup happened recently. For the u. S. , its a major threat to National Security and a loss of its strategic allies in the region. But also the rise in armed militants that it sees as the chaos increases, forces such as isil, linked to al qaeda, gaining greater mobility, and this is something the u. S. Sees as a threat not only to the regions, but also to the u. S. Itself. In senegal, residents have been protesting after at least 60 migrants from there village are feared to have died at sea. They were on their way to europe. Dozens were rescued from a fishing boat found adrift off the west coast of africa. Survivors say the vessel had 100 people on board when it left one month ago. Malcolm webb has more from the senegalese village. Reporter people in the small coastal village are angry that dozens of people from their community have died at sea. The protesters have pulled Farm Machinery into the road and set it alight. This is one of several burning roadblocks along this road leading all the way down to the landing state. In the Atlantic Ocean, ait was n that boat was spotted by a spanish fishing vessel adrift about 300 km off the island, south of the cape verdean islands. That prompted a. Rescue operation by the cape verdean coast guard. About 600 km into the Atlantic Ocean from here. The coast guard says that they rescued about 40 survivors. They said they found several dead bodies on board the boat. Dozens more people that were thought to be on board are missing. There are dozens of shipwrecks every year as people try to traverse this route and hundreds of deaths. Cape verde is seen as a gateway to the spanish canary islands. Spain is part of the european union. So people see this as a possible route to a better and safer life. Malcolm webb, al jazeera, senegal. To the u. S. , where prosecutors in the state of georgia have proposed a trial date in march for the election interference case against former u. S. President donald trump. Pn 18 associates have he and 18 of his associates have been charged for racketeering and voter fraud in the u. S. State of georgia. We are following developments from atlanta. Reporter the Fulton County district has requested a trial date for donald trump and 18 codefendants. Willis wants march 4 to be the date that trial starts. Thats important because it is in the middle of a crowded legal calendar for donald trump. He has a number of criminal and civil cases that start from october of 2023 to may of 2024. That means at least some of those cases are likely to extend through the november 2020 four president ial election, where he is currently the leading republican candidate. Team trump has also requested that his case in georgia be moved to federal court. That will accomplish a number of things. For one probably a more sympathetic jury. Atlanta is a very democratic town in a largely divided state. They would be more likely to find people in a federal trial drawn from the state who will be more sympathetic to trump. If trump were to be elected or have an ally when the presidency during the presidency, that president is able to pardon federal charges, but not state charges. It would also serve the purpose of delaying the trial, because donald trump very much would like these trials to be resolved after the 2024 election. We are going to dive deeper into this story, frank bowman is a Professor Emeritus at the university of Missouri School of law and a former federal and state prosecutor, joining us from colorado. Weve got a date now, march 24th. I thought we were looking for a swift trial here. At least thats what we were told. Now we here in march of 2024. What happened to the swift trial . March of 2024, which is an extremely likely time, would be a remarkably Early Childhood for early trial date for a case of this complexity. Everybody will need his or her own lawyer, there will be a plenitude of pretrial motions, discovery issues, motions to sever, motions to dismiss, motion to transfer venue, so forth and so on. A case of this complexity if it were to go to trial in march of 2024 would be something of a legal miracle. I think it is extraordinarily unlikely that it will go forward then or anything like it. Largely because it is competing of course for mr. Trumps time with three other cases and three other jurisdictions. If i can jump in for a second, that really brings me to my next question, you are really speaking to that, the prosecutor had said that she wanted a swift trial, but how can you even have a swift trial, you have got 19 defendants. That seems literally impossible. You even said yourself it would be a legal miracle. Swift trial is a swift trial is relative. What would be an ordinary trial date for a piece of this complexity . For a case like this to be indicted in august and go forward in march of next year is not inconceivable, but given all the complexity, these kinds of things tend to take a very long time. Swift is relative in legal terms. In terms of the large number of codefendants, what does it say about the case the fact that it is so broad and some of the other cases have been tailored so narrowly . Just indicates that the local prosecutor in georgia has decided to take a different approach. The somewhat analogous case in federal court is brought in washington, d. C. With daniel as the only name doctoral with donald trump as the only named defendant. To get the trial done with pretty good speed. The prosecutor in georgia has taken a wider view, she seems to be saying what donald trump certainly at the head of this rico and that shes charged, and a great many of other people are responsible, and shes determined they are going to be brought to justice as well. One should also add, the fact all these other people are named as defendants places a considerable amount of pressure on them to plead and potentially cooperate against mr. Trump and others. Is there a concern that in fact this will be ultimately playing out so close to the u. S. Election . Is there concern about election interference given the fact that this will be running concurrently . Well, i think the election interference canard is really something mr. Trump and his supporters have raised. The election interference involved in this case and d. C. , with mr. Trump and his coconspirators attempting to overturn the result of the legitimate election at that point, with respect to mr. Trumps circumstance as a candidate, the truth is right now he is nothing more than just a guy who has been charged with a whole bunch of criminal offenses and the potential nominee of a major party. The presidency gives him no special rights and the courts of this country. In the course of this country. The former president continues to fund raise off of each of these indictments. Well, he does. There have been some reports each new indictment brings him another influx of money. Thats not something anybody can prevent. I think its a sad commentary rn electorate. That they think it is appropriate to give money to a guy who has been charged with so many crimes. But not something anybody can stops. Anybody can stop. It seems his Fundraising Efforts are running up against certain limitations. Hes running out of money. These as we know are very expensive cases to fight, as well as prosecute in the u. S. We really appreciate you lending your expertise. Thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera. Staying in the u. S. , we are going to turn to the wildfires in hawaii that burnt down an entire coastal town. The number now, at 106, in terms of the people reported to have died. U. S. President joe biden says he will travel to the island of maui monday. After criticism that he has not visited the scene. Teams are searching through the rubble searching for human remains. More than 1000 people are still missing. Nbc correspondent has more for us nbc correspondent jaeger has more for us outside the island of maui. Reporter for many survivors, these types of areas is all they have left of their life. Their homes, everything they have known, stolen by these wildfires that left behind so much uncertainty and overwhelming pain with their loss. Look, the fires for the most part are out now. The areas where there are still flames are fully contained. Still the tragedy is growing, like we talk about, the main road into lahaina, the Historic Town that was just left in ruins by these fires, is open now, though the primary section of the town is still locked down while the recovery teams continue their grisly task. We know there is a growing concern about the weather. You can probably see from the picture the wind has picked up significantly here today. There are two storm systems, they are not going to threaten making landfall here, but just like the hurricane, dora, that pushed these wildfires with winds up to 80 mph at times, these systems are expected to come by close enough to again cause strong wind to pick up and rain is on the forecast over the weekend. Government officials in haiti say more than 3000 people have fled Gang Violence in the capital in just the past day, homes have been burnt down in portauprince. The head of the u. N. Has repeated calls to the International Community to send in a multinational armed forces to haiti. Felix n. Has more. Reporter families carry the few possessions they have while they can. Caught in the battles for territorial control, they are fleeing violent gangs that have taken over their neighborhoods. This is the latest displacement in haitis capital, portauprince. Where gang crime is rife and shortages of food and other essentials are widespread. Some seek shelter at this high school. They feel let down by their government. That wasnt gangs, it was the haitian state that made me abandon my home. The haitian state that killed all the people because it is the state violence. Reporter lawlessness has plagued haiti since the assassination especially of the president nearly two years ago. The u. N. Estimates more than 2000 haitians have been killed in the first half of this year, as gang crime escalates. We lost our policeman helping us fight the gangs. Now the gangs are bathing in their blood. Reporter nearly 200 criminal gangs operate in haiti. More than half of them in the capital alone. They are armed and dangerous. The United Nations has againappealed for Urgent International help, saying peacekeeping is no longer an option. We hope those efforts move as quickly as possible. In the meantime, we know well with the horrendous security situation on the ground in haiti and humanitarian situation and the result that keeps getting worse as a result of the deteriorating security situation. Reporter kenya has offered to lead a support forced to intervene in haiti, but the Un Security Council has not discussed deployment so far. Time for a short break. Still ahead, a cargo ship leaves ukraines portable of odessa despite warnings from russia that its navy could target black c export hubs black sea export hubs. And anger and pakistan as the government raises prices in as little as two weeks. Stay with us. Meteorologist its pretty hot in the interior of australia at the moment. The fronts are going through the south as they should do. That front could be particularly useful and this heat will not necessarily stay. Six to nine degrees above average. The rain is a lot further south and east. Quite widespread but like around new south wales. A fronts coming into adelaide and melbourne thursday, leaving behind by dish whether leaving behind brightish weat her. Its been a snowy ski season so far here. It only falls for maybe one day. In new zealand, the picture is a quiet one, the wind is not exactly strong. In christchurch, enjoy the sunshine. Similar in wellington. Outside of the equator, in the middle of summer, coming to the end i suppose. Rains should be in western thailand, central philippines. A few showers in malaysia. The remains of the typhoon has left behind a legacy of still pretty wet weather. The scars of the war in ukraine run deep. But the devastation of the countrys precious ecosystems may take the longest to heal. We document the impacts of the fighting and follow war crimes investigators as they collect evidence of what they describe as ecocide. Ukraine ground zero, on al jazeera. Welcome back. Reminder of our stop stories our top stories, nigers junta maintains it is open to talks to solving regional disputes triggered by the coup. Residents in senegal have been protesting after at least 60 migrants from their village are feared to have died at sea. They are believed to have been on their way to europe. Prosecutors in georgia have proposed march 2024 as the trial date in the election interference case against former u. S. President donald trump. He and 18 of his associates have been charged with racketeering and voter fraud in the u. S. State. Ukraine says a container ship has set off from its black sea port of odessa. The Hong Kong Flagged vessel had been tracked and was the first ship to leave the port since the deal with russia collapsed last month. This comes hours after russian drones targeted grain silos and warehouses on a port by a river. The area was hit twice in overnight attacks. The river ports are the main export routes for ukrainian grain. Russia quit the grain deal that had allowed ships safe passage through the black sea. Grain can also be transported over land by truck or train, but the real option through poland and other eu members is hampered often by various countries using a different track size from ukraine. Another route is through the congested black sea port in romania, that is timeconsuming and also very costly. So is stripping on the danube river and the channel of canals. Moscow says has not said rather whether it will respect kyivs decision. We have more from odessa. Reporter this First Container ship is very much a test of what ukraine calls a humanitarian corridor. It is a chinese ship on its way to turkey and the first civilian ship since the start of the fullscale invasion 1. 5 years ago. Together with dozens of other ships, they have been stopped here at the port if it is successful, other ships can follow. There are a lot of turkish ships also waiting in odessa. It is significant also because cargo coming from ukraine has dropped significantly. This all comes a mid a crisis that is heading the country. Since the destruction of the dam, a lot of people in the area are without Safe Drinking Water, up to 700,000 people are depending on Safe Drinking Water at the moment. It is hard to get that water to the area. We travel together with a group traveled together with a group of firefighters to see how dangerous their missions are, as you can see in our report. A dangerous but vital mission. Firefighters quickly drop off drinking water. A frontline village that is all but deserted. Those who remain are too fragile and poor to escape the constant shelling. We are taking them into another village. Mostly pensioners. 67 people. How can i leave them . These people have nowhere to go. They have no money and nowhere else to live. Reporter she tells us she was hit by shrapnel while delivering bread to other villages. Still, she wont leave. These people have been living directly under shelling. Under a massive attack. Still i think these people will continue to live here. We constantly remind him of alternatives and them of alternatives and have conversations and they leave but they often come back. Reporter these firefighters only deliver once a week to the villages without running water. These workers are risking their lives providing people with a very basic need, drinking water. While the true impact of the destruction of the dam has yet to be felt for these people here, not only their lives, but their livelihoods are at risk as well. Recurring says russia destroyed the dam june 6 causing widespread flooding. Some 90 people died or are missing. Russia denies this and blames her ukrainians. This is how one of the largest reservoirs looks now. The vital water source has turned into a large plane large plain. Many still cannot believe its gone. Two months after disaster struck, fruits and vegetables are erupting. When there was the sea and know well, we had no problems with either fish or fruit. Now life has become hard. Everything must be watered by hand and carried in buckets. Its all wasted no. Wasted now. Reporter he can only hope it starts to rain or his income will drive very will dry up very quickly. They are fighting to extinguish the daily fires sparked by shelling. The prices of petrol and diesel have hit a record high in pakistan. The increase will see petrol selling for one dollar a leader, up from . 64 liter, up from six to four cents. This is the second hike in as many weeks. 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