Half of his campaign. His allies relay around him, and some ways they are ramping up the two defendants. They are saying that donald trump cant get a fair trial in dc. Of course is being have held here in a left leaning city. They refer to it as the swamp. In florida, the trial will take place there. Florida is his home state. Its one that he won twice in the last two president ial elections. The former president is facing four federal criminal charges in this indictment, including Conspiracy To Defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempting to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against the rights of citizens. The indictment also mentions six alleged co conspirators, but none of them have been charged. The group, includes four attorneys, a former Department Ofjustice official and a political consultant, that allegedly aided trumps criminal efforts. Analysts believe they are former Trump Lawyers rudy giuliani, john eastman, and Sidney Powell along with former d o j Officialjeffrey Clark and lawyer kenneth chesebro. A sixth co conspirator, described in the document as a political consultant, has not been identified. Earlier, my colleague carl nasman spoke with former Trump White House lawyer ty cobb on the uphill legal battle the former president is facing. Im sure you take a look at this indictment. What year indictment in this case . I think this case is overwhelming. Prosecutors are a little bit like artists in the sense that they have style. Jack smiths style is to put together a detailed narrative that a person can understand that a person can understand that condenses complex matters into much more simple terms that can be easily understood. So, thats what you see and both of them are. The facts that support the four criminal charges with great clarity, makes frequent use of references to the Vice President. All people who will end up being forced into significant witnesses out of trial. � , significant witnesses out of trial. 3 , , trial. Its interesting because ou are trial. Its interesting because you are a former trial. Its interesting because| you are a former white house lawyer for donald you are a former white house lawyerfor donald trump. Lawyer for donald trump. Given those insights, how do you think his team will be able to balance this . Balance this . Well, one of trumps balance this . Well, one of trumps difficulties balance this . Well, one of trumps difficulties is trumps difficulties is following the instructions of his lawyers. The mar a lago case is an excellent example in the sense that im sure that Evan Corcoran advised the former president not to destroy, hide or otherwise impair the documents associated with the request by the fbi and the related subpoenas. And he went behind his lawyers back and coordinated with mar a lago personnel to have them move boxes its on tape and then return fewer boxes after the fbi left. So, thats a clear indication of a president who has a difficulty following his lawyers advice, particularly when he thinks his self interest. When he thinks his selfinterest. When he thinks his selfinterest. ,. , selfinterest. Just curious, as one of selfinterest. Just curious, as one of his selfinterest. Just curious, as one of his former selfinterest. Just curious, | as one of his former lawyers, how do you deal with at a situation like that . Im how do you deal with at a situation like that . Im not one of his situation like that . Im not one of his former situation like that . Im not one of his former lawyers, | situation like that . Im not| one of his former lawyers, i never represented him personally. My allegiance was to the constitution and the white house and the institution. He did have personal wells lawyers who worked on the matter i worked on, but theres a distinction between being white House Counsel and his personal lawyer. But i did advise him with regard to the demands and interests of the special counsel � s office and the strategies for responding honorably to get through that process. We ultimately did successfully by demonstrating there was no there there. Its difficult when a client will not follow advice, and you seen countless lawyers resign or be fired by this president , former president , and youve seen the great difficulty that hes had in building a legal team. Hes now got multiple lawyers from multiple cases. Thats not ideal. It would be better to have a hard core settle of lawyers that were managing everything so that there would be no slip ups. But it is peerless but if youre if a climate if youre a client to ignore your lawyers advice which he does routinely. There was into detail which he does routinely. There was into detail much which he does routinely. There was into detail much of which he does routinely. There was into detail much of what i was into detail much of what was into detail much of what was into detail much of what was in the indictment was already known from the January The 6th investigation. We now know the Vice President mike pence took some contemporaneous notes of his conversations with the then president. What role do you think the Vice President might play in terms of this case . �. ,. , might play in terms of this case . �. ,. , might play in terms of this case . �. , i. ,~. , case . Im glad you asked that question case . Im glad you asked that Question I Case . Im glad you asked that question. I think case . Im glad you asked that question. I think the case . Im glad you asked that question. I think the vice question. I think the Vice President s conduct throughout this investigation has been missed represented. He suggested he was forced to testify. He was never forced to testified. He had issues he had a raise, so the courts could resolve. With the court decided that the questions involving his dual capacity as a legislator, and his Vice Presidency was not a significant enough to prevent the grand jury. He went in immediately testifying early. Its clear from the indictment is also clear that testimony is quite damning for the former president. Quite damning for the former president president. Thai car b, thank ou so president. Thai car b, thank you so much president. Thai car b, thank you so much for president. Thai car b, thank you so much for your president. Thai car b, thank. You so much for your insight. My you so much for your insight. My pleasure, thank you. The indictment comes as mr trump is leading the polls for the republican nominee for president , far ahead of his leading rival Florida Governor ron desantis. The latest New York Times sienna poll puts trump in a head to head with incumbent democratic President Joe Biden. If the election were today, the polls show biden claiming 43 of registered voters. Tying with former president trump, who also sits right at 43 . Earlier, Iasked Pollster and communication strategist frank luntz for his thoughts on Republican Voters as we inch closer to the start of the primary season. Frank, great to have you back on the bbc. You have been speaking with the Republican Voters around this is an indictment on the January The 6th investigation, what have you found . Theyre willing to give him a pass, theyre willing to. They see this as victimisation, they see this as persecution. In fact, what i found is that every time he gets indicted, his numbers go up. Every time he is accused of something that would destroy any other candidate, he becomes more popular, and the same thing is happening right now. Hes coming across as standing up to the government, standing up to washington, and its making him stronger and stronger at a time when everyone would have cut and run. How do you explain that . What makes that message from the former president so effective . They connect to him and they have since the very beginning. I watched this in 2015, that the more you criticise him, the stronger he got. The more you challenge him for his language, for his behaviour, for calling people cowards, insulting them and using epitaphs that would get some of the bbc fired. Every time trump would go higher and higher they think they fight for them. And thats the key component. For things that would disqualify anything else. Republicans think donald trump speaks for them and thats how he survived. Is there any concern that he will be running in the Election Campaign while going on trial in possibly four cases . Yes, theres concern, but not when put that way. When they have to consider joe biden, thats a moment they freeze and they think maybe this isnt the right decision, and the second weakness is that trump says a lot. But he didnt deliver on many things he said. He promised a wall and thats what we paid for. Never happened. He promised to repeal obama care never happened. He promised to drain the swamp. We have higher wasteful washington spending than ever before. He promised to Pay Attention to the debt its out of control. Issue after issue, his rhetoric is dead centre for activist republicans. But the record is not as good as the rhetoric. If you look at the latest polls, they show the current President Joe Biden and the former president Donald Donald trump are neck and neck. 43 were asked, what do you make of that . In the sample is donald trump at other 50 . Its. It defies gravity. It defies common sense, but people need to start to consider the absolute potential fact that donald trump could return. What the consequences of that means for the country, for the system of government, and for democracy as a whole. Is there anything the other republican candidates could do to break through . Yes, i believejust delivering an attack doesnt work. In fact, i would argue to that having research this, that you speak of trumps promises. Failed delivery at being able deliver what donald trump promised, i can get it done, i can make this happen, i know how to do this and i will never recognise government. Not the way the Democrats Weaponise government. That language absolutely works. As of now, no one is using it and donald trump still has the language of the republican base, which is why hes so popular. Do you think donald trump can win a General Election . Yes, i do. I never would have said this nine months ago. I wouldve said it was absolute impossible. But to be candid with you, i didnt see with you, i didnt see 2020. I cannot imagine the things that no america could ever perceive as happening to the country has happened. And trump refuses to fall. Theres a lesson here on perseverance. It may not be a good lesson, but you only fail, you only lose if you give up, and if weve learned anything about donald trump, he never, ever gives up. Frank, thank you so much for your insights today. My pleasure. Us secretary of state, antony blinken, has spoken to nigers president , mohamed bazoum, who is being held by Military Leaders after they seized power in a coup last week. The state departments Spokesman Says mr. Mr blinken told mr bazoum that, quote, the us remains committed to restoring nigers democratically elected government. Government and to finding a peaceful resolution that ensures that niger remains a Strong Partner in security and development in the region. Mr blinken� s call comes as tensions rise between west african nations. On tuesday night, nigeria cut off its supply of electricity to niger it accounts for 70 of the countrys power. The world bank said it had suspended all aid to niger. And in a meeting in nigerias capital on wednesday, Defence Ministers from countries in the west African Regional bloc, ecowas, discussed the possibility of using force to restore democracy to niger, adding they would only do so � as a last resort�. Meanwhile, the Deputy Leader of nigers coup flew to malis capital to meet with the Military Leaders who seized power there in 2021. Mali and burkina faso, which is also ruled by a militaryjunta, have warned that any use of force by ecowas against niger would constitute a Declaration Of War against their countries as well. On wednesday night, the United States said it would evacuate its nationals from the country, but that its Embassy Remains open. Paris has confirmed it evacuated nearly 1,000 people, including 560 french citizens, after its embassy in niamey came under attack from demonstrators on sunday. In a televised address in the past few hours, nigers self appointed military leader, general adbourahamane tiani, insisted french nationals had nothing to fear. But he said his government would not give in to regional or international pressure. Translation the National Council for the safeguard. Of the homeland rejects these sanctions in their entirety, and refuses to give in to any pressure from any corner. We reject any interference in the Internal Affairs of niger and reject the claims by some and others to punish the National Council for the safeguarding of the homeland and the people of niger as an example. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Bbc news bringing you different stories from across the uk. When i take my sugar to tea all The Boys Arejealous of me. The blaze family are absolutely potty about teapots. Theyve spent a quarter of a Million Pounds on the biggest collection in the uk, everything from politicians to pop culture and some wild and wacky creations. Ive got a favourite, which is a Harley Davidson teapot, that was made, and i saw the man make it and i saw how hard it was for him to make it. And your one is. . Diana. Because diana was my favourite person. People say, why collect pots . And i always say, well, why not . J theres so many different weird and wonderful things. And once people get into the museum and they can actually see the different. Things that we do, weve got | ones that are size at this sortl of size and weve got a 12 foot teapot in the garden, | you never can believe the things that. People can make. This museum contains more than 8,500 teapots. Youre live with bbc news. The gunman who murdered 11 people at a synagogue in the city of pittsburgh in 2018 has been sentenced to death. Seven other people, including five police officers, were injured at The Tree Of Life synagogue five years ago. The ruling by the 12 member jury was unanimous. Robert bowers was previously found guilty of all 63 charges stemming from the incident, considered the worst anti semitic attack in american history. A Family Member of one of the victims spoke after the ruling. For the final verdict in this case, ifeel relief. And the jury sat through months of horror and deliverjustice to my mum and everyone that was killed and everyone injured, and everyone beyond. Cuts made by the uk government could endanger the health of women in low income, countries according to an internal report by the Foreign Office. The office says cuts in aid to low Income Countries are only for the short term and will eventually double. But thats not before 500,000 Women And Children In Yemen and thousands more in afghanistan, somalia, and sudan will become incredibly vulnerable and could potentially die. Bbc Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale breaks down the report. Well, what this does is it puts some flesh on the bones. We knew the bare numbers, that there were going to be cuts, because there is huge pressure on the British Governments aid budget at the moment simply because the government has decided to spend so much of it in the uk looking after refugees, because theres been such an increase in recent months because of the numbers coming over in small boats over the channel. And now, the British Government has chosen to do that it can do so under the international rules. But what that means is theres less money to spend on the governments priorities overseas and thats why the Foreign Office has had to make cuts. And what this paper is essentially its advice from Civil Servants to ministers earlier this year when they were making the cuts. Now, the reason its been made public is because the Development Minister andrew mitchell, wants to be more transparent. In the old days when the British Government had a separate department for International Development that had a pretty good reputation for transparency and it considered it to bejust a good thing to be very explicit about the trade offs that are having to be made whenever youre spending money on aid because youre never going to have enough or youre always having to make priorities. So, whats happened here is the minister said, well, i want this document to be made public so to be made public so that people can see the choices that are having to be made at the moment so that the electorate and the treasury, in other words, other parts of whitehall can be very explicit about what these choices mean. And theyre very, very explicit. Although the government has very specific targets, say, in supporting women and girls around the world. What this data in this Document Shows is that those very programmes are being cut themselves. So, that means, you know, help for Sexual Health and advice, meaning that more unsafe abortions, more women dying in childbirth, theres less help for countries, say, in south sudan with malnutrition. The document says 3000 children could die as a result of these cuts. So, in other words, whats been shown here is, you know, budget cuts in whitehall have real impacts on the ground around the world. But thats, you know, this is proving what we know to be true, which is that if you spend less on development, that means theres going to be less on the ground. Lets go look at some other headlines now. Online marketplace etsy says it will change its policy after sellers complained of money being held. The u turn comes after the bbc reported that some sellers had 75 of their money frozen for 45 days. Etsy said it was substantially decreasing the amount of money it would put on hold but did not state the new rate or time frame. The pope says the Catholic Church needs a Humble And Ongoing Purification in response to victims� claims of clerical abuse. The pontiff met 13 of the thousands of victims known to have been sexually abused by priests in the portuguese roman Catholic Church. Pope francis acknowledged this meant many people now viewed the church with disappointment and anger. Scientists in spain are investigating why increasing numbers of orcas, also known as Killer Whales, are targeting fishing and Sailing Vessels, damaging their rudders. One explanation for the fishy behaviour is that its a game they play. Our Science Correspondent Victoria Gill reports. Are these animals attacking, or playing . For more than an hour, five orcas nudged, rammed and spun this yacht around. It is one of at least 100 incidents this year its one of at least 100 incidents this year and scientists are trying to work out whats driving the strange, dangerous behaviour. Playing with the rudders, they break the fibre and the rudder split on the back, was completely split. So, did that end up in the water . Yes, and this floated so, because its floating, the orcas were playing with it, like, from the bottom, and playing on their nose. Were they . Yes. In this boatyard in barbate in southern spain, they have repaired at least a0 Sailing Vessels damaged by orcas since april. Here in the Narrow Strait of gibraltar, a population of fewer than 60 critically endangered iberian orcas move through one of the busiest waterways in the world. In the nearby fishing port, some crews say their boats have also been a target. Translation we have seen them and they are punching us, a few days ago, Sailing An Hourfrom here. They have always been there, but they have never come near us, but in the last few years, it has changed. Scientists are examining footage of these encounters that has been taken by sailors since 2020, when Sailing Vessels started reporting that orcas were attacking them. Its thought the first encounters began four years earlier, with just two young, curious Killer Whales. Now, Scientists Say up to 20 individual animals have learned this behaviour. By Pinning Tracking tags to the animals fins a technique used for many years to study them researchers here are gathering information that could help sailors. Thanks to the satellite tagging, we are able l to know where exactly, how to save the sailing | boats and motorboats, how to leave the area i and to not cross the main area of the Killer Whales. What are these Killer Whales trying to do . Its only a game. Its not a revenge, its not Climate Change or nothing like that, itsjust game and thats it. That game is focused on the boats rudder. After orcas broke the rudder of a french boat earlier this year, they appeared to play with the floating debris. These incidents have become divisive here. For tourists on a Whale Watching Boat like this, theyll wait for hours just for a glimpse of these orcas, theyre a spectacle. But sailors and the Fishing Industry here are desperate to understand how to avoid them. For Sailing Crews that are navigating these waters, if they see the orcas, what do scientists suggest they do . Full ahead, full ahead motors. And straight on, dont change the course. Wow even thats not clear. Other official advice for sailors contradicts it. These Marine Mammals and their unusual new habit is putting our ability and our willingness to share the ocean with its wildlife to the test. Victoria gill, bbc news, in southern spain. Stay with us here on bbc news. Thats all from us here in washington. We leave you with these live pictures of off to our colleagues there. Thank you for watching bbc news. Hello there. Wednesdays weather did not look or feel particularly summer like across large swathes of the uk, thanks to an area of low pressure, this swirl of cloud on the satellite picture. This was named Storm Patricia by the French Weather Service because of impacts it had in france, but particularly on the southern flank of that storm system, on the southern flank weve had some very strong winds. There have been some really heavy downpours, but that area of low pressure is now rolling away eastwards. In its wake, though, were going to be left with a brisk northerly wind, which will make it feel decidedly cool over the next couple of days. That cool breeze a big feature of thursdays weather, a mix of sunny spells and showers. Some quite large areas of cloud, particularly across northern parts of scotland, where we will see some bits and pieces of rain. But for southern scotland, Northern Ireland, england and wales, its a mixed bag some spells of sunshine, some showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery. But there will be places that avoid the showers and stayjust about dry. Temperatures ranging from 1a celsius in stornoway, stornoway to 22 in london. And then as we head through thursday night, we will continue to see some of these showers. Some clear spells here and there. I think out west, it will be mostly dry by the end of the night. Temperatures typically holding up at between 11 14 celsius. So, we head into friday, still feeling the effects of that northerly breeze. Some spells of sunshine, some showers, too. This time, those showers mostly across central and eastern parts of england. The odd heavy thundery one. Elsewhere, more in the way of dry weather, although we will see cloud filling the sky across Northern Ireland later in the day ahead of this next weather system. And temperatures 16 20 celsius at best. And then, let me show you what happens on saturday, because this area of low pressure is going to push its way in from the atlantic, the fourth weekend in a row dominated by low pressure. This one quite a deep affair. A bout of heavy rain, could well be some thunder and some Lightning Mixing in. Northern scotland likely to avoid it, but some wet weather elsewhere and the potential for gales, particularly around some western coasts. And with the cloud, the rain, the strength of the wind, temperatures really will struggle 14 18 celsius. We would expect temperatures higher than that at this point in early august. But as we look further ahead into the middle part of next week, there are some signs that things could turn a bit drier and warmer. This is bbc news. Well have the headlines and all the main news stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. Welcome to hardtalk, im stephen sackur. How grave is the risk of pakistan spiralling into political and Security Chaos . Terror attacks continue to impose a heavy toll whilst the nation braces for a potentially destabilising election season. And at the heart of the political turbulence, my guest today, former Prime Minister imran khan, currently facing close to 200 charges which threaten his pti partys ability to mount an electoral challenge. Has pakistans populist political star been outmanoeuvred by the generals who once backed him . Imran khan, in lahore, pakistan, welcome to hardtalk. From the outside, mr khan, it looks as though a legal noose is tightening around your neck
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