antarctica slowing down deep ocean currents which could have devastating impact for the world s climates. upset, angry, but not worried that s how donald trump s lawyer has described the former us president s reaction to his indictment by a new york court. he will appear there on tuesday, charged with falsifying business records. at least one felony offence is included that could result in a jail sentence. it s all linked to alleged hush money paid by mr trump to the former porn star stormy daniels. our north america correspondent gary o donoghue reports now from new york. this manhattan courthouse doesn t normally look like this. but then, it s not every day a former president gets charged with a crime in fact, it s never happened before. and this is the man who s brought the charges against donald trump district attorney alvin bragg, a democrat and a prosecutor in america s highly politicised legal system. but if mr bragg was saying nothing, the former president was
the russian armed forces are now intensifying attacks in the eastern dom bess region of ukraine. they ve made advances after heavy bombardment of ukrainian positions at donbas region. there are now concerns they could turn their attentions to another country, moldova, which used to be part of the soviet union. it is not a member of nato so it is not protected from russian aggression. it lies between romania and ukraine and within it is the russian backed separatist region of transnistria. one month ago there was a series of explosions in the area raising concerns the war could widen. today the british foreign secretary liz truss made clear there is a serious threat which she says russia trying to restore what is described as greater russia. in another move indicating how far russia will go in destabilising countries, it has now been revealed that moscow has cut gas supplies to finland, the country at one of several now hoping to join nato. meanwhile president biden current
country s largest bilateral creditor. harris is the latest visitor to combat china s influence on the continent. an update on the breaking news out of the united states, to people have been killed by a tornado there. sarah huckabee sanders says at least 24 others have been injured. she is declared a state of emergency, these are some pictures that have come into the bbc from a cbs news affiliate. nearly 90 million people in 50 us states are under threat from an explosive storm system. a state of emergency has also been declared in missouri and two tornadoes were reported in iowa. and to take a look at the bbc news online for more on the tornado where you will also find more on our top story, the indictment of donald trump. will also find features including the trump arrest saga
president biden and his south korean counterpart have agreed to hold larger military drills and deploy more us weapons if necessary to deter north korea. mr biden who s on his first visit to asia as president, also said he was open to discussions with north korea. our seoul correspondent jean mackenzie joins us now. how significant are these talks? the focus of this trip and talks were supposed to be on how these countries could work more closely together to combat china s growing dominance in asia but as is often the case north korea has managed to dominate. because intelligence over the past few days has shown north korea is getting ready to test a major missile or even nuclear weapon. today the two presidents took the opportunity to urge kim jong un to come back to the negotiating table and they said they were ready and willing to talk to him but this is nothing new, they ve been saying this for years and kim john un has refused to engage and
and early on monday morning. the trump administration considering a federal takeover the 5g networks to protect phone calls from possible chinese spying. according to documents from axios, the trump administration may centralize the is the next wireless. for companies, it is a multibillion dollar opportunity. many carriers have spent billions on 5g. at&t and verizon will roll it out next year. the documents suggest the government should build its own network and rent access to carriers. the best way to combat china s threat to cyber security. it has taken a hard line especially in telecomm.