hello and welcome to bbc news. donald trump has become the first former us president to face a criminal prosecution. the charges relate to falsifying business records to hide a payment to a porn star, stormy daniels, before the 2016 election. in a statement mr trump said the democratic authorities in new york were doing joe biden s dirty work, accusing them of interferring in next year s presidential election. john sudworth reports. the masssed ranks of the media say it all. donald trump s provided plenty of big moments in american politics, but few bigger than this his own imminent arrest. the news was confirmed in an angry statement from the former president, blaming his political opponents. the democrats, he said, have done the unthinkable. the case against him centres on this woman, the porn star known as stormy daniels. ahead of trump s 2016 election win, she was paid $130,000 to stop her going public with claims she had had an affair with him something he denies. hi
queues to get through security during the easter holidays. the former olympic and paralympic athlete, oscar pistorius, applies for parole after serving half his sentence for shooting and killing his girlfriend. hello and welcome to bbc news. donald trump has become the first former us president to face a criminal prosecution. the charges relate to falsifying business records to hide a payment to a pawn star, stormy daniels, before the 2016 election. in a statement, mr trump said the democratic authorities in new york were doing joe biden s dirty work accusing them of interferring in next year s presidential election. john sudworth reports. the masssed ranks of the media say it all. donald trump s provided plenty of big moments in american politics, but few bigger than this his own imminent arrest. the news was confirmed in an angry statement from the former president, blaming his political opponents. the democrats, he said, have done the unthinkable. the case against hi
und besondere geschichte. .. in the long and remarkable story of our two countries, the king said, tere are many chapters as yet unwritten. said, there are many chapters as yet unwritten. let us fill these with the restless pursuit of a better tomorrow. there are lighter moments, too, of course. this is the king trying his hand at cheese making at an organic farm. something along these lines is a must for any tour involving the king. but later today, the programme will revert to the serious. the king and the queen consort will travel to hamburg, where they ll remember all those who died in the allied bombing of the city during the second world war. and they ll pay tribute to the kindertransport, which saved more than 10,000 jewish children from the nazis. nicholas witchell, bbc news, berlin.
thousands ofjewish children from the nazis. during his speech to the german parliament in berlin yesterday the king spoke of a special bond between the uk and germany. our royal correspondent nicholas witchell has more. the programme for a state visit is always a blend. there are the predictable moments, the signing of innumerable visitors books, for example. note how the king brings his own pen these days. there ll be no more leaky pen moments. there are the serious moments like the king s address, largely in german, to the german federal parliament. von der reaction deutschlands. there were robust remarks condemning russia s invasion of ukraine and a pledge to deepen the friendship between britain and germany. und besondere geschichte. .. in the long and remarkable story of our two countries, the king said, tere are many chapters as yet unwritten. said, there are many chapters as yet unwritten. let us fill these with the restless