the european union tells its staff to delete the social media app tiktok to protect data and increase cyber security. and winter bites in southern california as los angeles braces itself for a rare blizzard. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. it s exactly one year since russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine and the un general assembly has voted to demand that moscow immediately and unconditionally withdraw its troops from ukraine. 1m countries backed the motion which has no legal weight while seven opposed it and 32 abstained, including one of moscow s staunchest allies china. this is how ukraine s foreign minister reacted to the vote. 1m countries, member states of the united nations, reiterated their unequivocal support to ukraine s territorial integrity and sovereignty, and they reiterated their demands to the russian federation to withdraw its armed forces from ukraine within its internationally recognised borders. the us am
discussing the charges he is set to face, connected to hush money paid to porn actor stormy daniels in the lead up to his campaign for the presidency in 2016. the exact charges he faces will be disclosed in full in court tomorrow. donald trump denies any wrongdoing, calling it a witch hunt. he s spending the night here at trump tower. you might be able to see that barricades have been erected around it, with new york police on high alert in preparation for donald trump s appearance at the manhattan criminal court. of course, trump tower, beefed up of course, trump tower, beefed up security for what new york prepares for is a historic moment tomorrow. so, that is trump tower, the former president speaking with his advisers. bbc news has been covering this from all angles. i would like to welcome my panel of guests. sarah krissoff, former assistant us attorney for the southern district of new york, doug jones former democrat senator for the state of alabama and will hurd
hello, i m victoria valentine. a very warm welcome to the programme. donald trump is spending the night in new york, at trump tower, before appearing in court later. he s set to make history once again, this time as the first president of the united states to be charged with a criminal offence. the charges relate to money paid to a porn star to keep quiet about an affair before the 2016 election. this is the scene live in new york. it sjust gone midnight, and thejudge has ruled that pooled media will be allowed to take still pictures in the courtroom, just before the hearing gets underway, but tv cameras will only be allowed in outside corridors. security measures will be in place with the authorities expecting demonstrations by the president s supporters and opponents. let s get the latest from michelle fleury in manhattan. donald trump has travelled to new york where he is spending the night in his namesake tamme behind me and he is reportedly meeting with lawyers going thr
hello and welcome. finland will become the 31st member of nato later on tuesday. the application to join the western military alliance was prompted by the invasion of ukraine by russia, with which finland shares a long border. our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams, has this story. finland only said it wanted to join nato last year. this afternoon, its flag will be raised at the headquarters in brussels, the quickest accession process in nato s recent history. president putin went to war against ukraine with a declared aim to get less nato. he wanted nato to remove our forces, our structures, from all allies that havejoined after 1997, meaning all allies in central and eastern europe. and he wanted nato to make it absolutely clear that nato s door was closed for any new membership. he s getting the exact opposite. he s getting more nato presence in the eastern part of the alliance, and he s getting two new members, with finland and sweden. finland s long frontier with russi
by russia s invasion of ukraine. in response, moscow says the finland nato alliance increases the risk of conflict and that it will strengthen its military presence in the region. the head of the military alliance, jens stoltenberg, is calling finland s accession a historic moment. here s what he said earlier. in a few hours we will welcome finland as the slst member of our alliance. this will make finland safer and nato stronger. on this very day in 1949 the washington treaty, nato s founding treaty, was signed in washington, and it s hard to imagine a better way of celebrating our anniversary than to have finland becoming a full member of the alliance. nato s foreign ministers meet at a pivotal time for our security. we see that president putin s war of aggression against ukraine grinds on. we will meet in the nato ukraine commission with the foreign minister where we will address how to sustain and ramp up support from nato allies to ukraine. both the urgent needs, but als