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hello and welcome to the programme. we begin with breaking news coming out of the united states in the past half hour donald trump has become the first former united states president to face criminal charges. the case in new york relates to alleged hush money payments to an adult entertainer before the 2016 election. mr trump denies wrongdoing. i m joined now by our washington correspondent gary o donoghue. great to get you on the programme. i know that information is coming in fast and furiously. give us the latest of what we have heard today. it is worth pausing for a moment and realising that this is really a true moment in history. that where it is overly used, but this is a moment in history, the first time ever that an american president or former president has been charged with a crime. now, we know this investigation has been going on for some time. we know it relates to payments made to an adult film star before the 2016 general election. we don t know the details
he joins us as well as ivan watson from ukraine. this is a story that he and 360 have been reporting on extensively. we start things off with carissa ward and her interview. reporter: john, he was keen to tell us that this is really just the first step in what promises to be a long journey. the arrest warrants that were given out today for president putin and also the russian height commissioner for children, these are just the first two, essentially. there may be more coming. there may be other areas that they will be exploring. there is no shortage of alleged war crimes that have taken place. the prosecutor s office that we hear from the icc have made multiple trips to ukraine, but they were keen really to stress the importance of this historic day. take a look. there are many different war crimes for potential war crimes that we have seen playing out in ukraine, whether it is the bombing of the theater in mariupol where people were sheltering, civilians were sheltering,
karim khan, the icc s chief prosecutor. she joins us from the hague. cnn s matthew chance is monitoring russian reaction. he joins us as well as does cnn s ivan watson from ukraine. this is a story he and 360 have been reporting on extensively. we start things off with carissa ward and her interview at the hague. carissa. reporter: john, well, karim khan was keen to tell us that this is really just the first step in what promises to be a long journey. the arrest warrants that were given out today for president putin and also for the russia high commissioner for children maria l vova-belova, these are just the first two essentially. there may be more coming. there may be other areas that they will be exploring. there is no shortage of alleged war crimes that have taken place in ukraine. the prosecutor s office here from the icc have made multiple trips to ukraine. but they were keen really to stress the importance of this historic day. take a look. there are many differe
watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kimber and hooper ahead on cnn newsroom united states joins a growing list of countries evacuating its diplomatic personnel from sudan , brother american citizens there. it s a different story for now. all this amid signs a cease fire isn t holding. we ll look at how the white house is preparing for the legal fight to keep them if a person on the market and the mississippi river is the major flood stage ahead, we ll tell you who s in the danger zone. live from cnn center. this is cnn newsroom. with kim bruun hoover. france is joining the u. s and other countries in evacuating diplomats from sudan as clashes erupt in the capital khartoum. francis announcement came hours after the us pull out its own embassy staff as well as their families from the country. washington says it intends to return to the embassy as soon as possible with the suspending operations was quote the only really feasible option. us als