Fraudulently inflated his wealth by up to 3. 6 billion to get more favorable loans from lenders. In the ruling, judge engoron writes trumps legal team has responded to the ruilng. In a statement, the former president s attorney said the decision comes ahead of the start of a civil trial against mr trump that begins on monday. Live now to our correspondent peter bowes in los angeles. Tell us more about what thejudge said in his ruling. Thejudge the judge essentially agreed with the Attorney General in new york that has brought this civil case against the former president. Its been a long running investigation into the Business Affairs of mr trump, his organisation and members of his family. The allegation was that, as the judge has now agreed, the former president acted fraudulently in exaggerating his assets, the value of his golf courses, his apartments, including exaggerating the size of his own apartment in the Trump Building in new york. The reason was to get preferential treatment for loans to impress insurers, to interest banks, to further the cause of his business in the Property Sphere in new york. The net result of this, at this stage, and this matter isnt completely over as you indicated, because we have the trial starting next week, but the initial impact is some of the companies� licences to operate in new york have been rescinded. That� s going to make it much more difficult for the Trump Organisation to operate in the short term, but there could be further consequences when other aspects of the lawsuit are heard during the trial that gets under way in a few days. This is being seen as a victory for Attorney General Letitia James in her civil lawsuit against trump on fraud. What impact does it have . Its it� s potentially very beneficial to Letitia James, because it takes off the table a significant part of this lawsuit. That she will be seeking to win at the trial. Essentially, thejudge has sided with her so far on these very significant claims against the former president. So there is a narrower window in terms of the burden of proof that the Attorney General has to show in court. In theory, that could make it easier for her to eventually be successful in the overall lawsuit, which she is asking for very significant financial penalties against donald trump and his organisation, essentially she wants to ban him from ever Doing Business in new york again. Doing business in new york aaain. ~ , Doing Business in new york aaain. ~. Meanwhile, the current president Joe Bidenjoined striking autoworkers in michigan on tuesday. Mr biden� s show of support for the uaw strike is a departure from the president ial tradition of remaining neutral during labour disputes. But he has long positioned himself as a champion of unions and michigan will be a key Battleground State for democrats in 202a. Former President Trump will be visiting the picket lines on wednesday. In a speech to autoworkers earlier, mr biden encouraged them not to give up their fight. You made a lot of providers, you given up a lot when companies were in trouble. Now the companies are doing incredibly well and, guess what, you should be doing incredibly well too. You deserve the significant raise you need, and other benefits. Bob king served as president of the uaw from 2010 to 2014. Hejoined me earlier to discuss the president � s visit and the ongoing strike. Bob, thank you so much for joining us on bbc news. Do you think the president � s as it is important for uaw workers, and with the former president also announcing he is heading to detroit and the picket lines on wednesday, are you worried that this strike and the concerns might be politicised . Ida. This strike and the concerns might be politicised . Might be politicised . No, i think president might be politicised . No, i think president bidens might be politicised . No, i| think president bidens visit think president biden� s visit today was extremely important, very meaningful to the workers. Its very meaningful to the workers. It� s a demonstration of how strong public support is in favour of uaw members getting a really good contract. I really appreciate that the president and the public understand how much workers gave up to make these companies profitable, and now these companies have been extremely profitable and have not been fairly sharing that profitability and success with the workers. I think his Statement Today was great, it� s really appreciated, and i think the whole Labour Movement was excited that we had a sitting president , first time in history, tojoin a picket line. I want to ask you about one of the points that has been made by the president. He said a shift towards Electric Vehicles will create new manufacturing jobs. The former president has said the opposite, that Electric Vehicles will take jobs away from uaw workers. What do you think . It jobs away from uaw workers. What do you think . What do you think . It really deends what do you think . It really depends on what do you think . It really depends on whether what do you think . It really depends on whether the depends on whether the companies are responsive to the uaw demands. We are going to have batteries and other electrical components replacing engines and transmissions, so it� s extremely important that the workers doing that work have the protection of a Master Agreement, underthe have the protection of a Master Agreement, under the Master Agreement. You know, a complete mirror agreement. Agreement. You know, a complete mirroragreement. So agreement. You know, a complete mirror agreement. So that� s a really critical issue that will impact. Will the transition be a fair one . The president , a fan of the uaw, said over and over again, we have to have a fair transition. That� s a core issue to the uaw. There are plenty of jobs that will issue to the uaw. There are Plenty Ofjobs that will be in Electric Vehicles. How many of them are under the Master Agreement has a huge impact on how fair the transition is. I want to ask you about the timing of the strike. Ahead of the the ford ceo said what do you think led to a strike now at this point . I think it was the three companies losing sight of how much workers sacrificed, making sure notjust dramatically increasing ceo pay, giving bonuses, 25 million, you know. Ridiculous figures to me. And expecting workers. I have spoken to hundreds of workers on the picket line, the amount of injustices, how long workers were kept on temporary, some four years, some six years, i spoke to one member, ten years temporarily, and then eight years full time to get to the top pay. That morally wrong when these companies are so profitable. I wrong when these companies are so profitable so profitable. I also want to ask ou so profitable. I also want to ask you about so profitable. I also want to ask you about the so profitable. I also want to ask you about the bigger i ask you about the bigger picture. President biden indicated this is notjust about the Auto Industry, he said it� s part of a Bigger Movement at the moment in other industries as well. Does the uaw see itself as part of a Broader Movement of strikes and labour action . Labour action . Absolutely. That is talked about labour action . Absolutely. That is talked about so labour action . Absolutely. That is talked about so much. Labour action . Absolutely. That is talked about so much. Not i is talked about so much. Not just a fight for our members, but all workers in the us. Workers have been getting the short end of the stake in so many different industries. We need to raise their wages and benefits. The short end of the stick. It has diminished over the past ten, 15, 20 years. It� s time to rebuild the middle class. The uaw sees this, the membership, as we are Fighting Notjust for ourselves fighting not just for ourselves but Fighting Notjust for ourselves but for the working class in general. But for the working class in ueneral. , but for the working class in ueneral. , , general. Really interesting conversation, general. Really interesting conversation, thanks general. Really interesting conversation, thanks so i general. Really interesting i conversation, thanks so much for sharing your thoughts. Glad to be with for sharing your thoughts. Glad to be with you. And in other strike related news, the writer� s guild of america has told its members to go back to work, after reaching a tentative deal with management on sunday. The announcement brings to an end a strike that began back in may over higher pay and protections against artificial intelligence. It was one of the longest strikes in wga history. Actors, meanwhile, remain on strike. A Refugee Crisis is developing in armenia, with more than 28,000 people fleeing the disputed enclave of Nagorno Karabakh. It follows a Military Operation last week by the azerbaijanis to retake the region, after months of tension. Internationally, Nagorno Kara Bakh is recognized as part of azerbaijan, but for decades Ethnic Armenians have controlled large parts of the territory. Since the ceasefire, there has been a mass exodus of residents of Nagorno Karabakh toward the border with armenia. Armenia� s Prime Minister has warned that Ethnic Cleansing is already under way in the region. Bbc correspondent Sarah Rainsford has more from The Border Town of goris. The slow roll out of their homeland. This is a journey no one squeezed into these vehicles ever imagined they would make. Ethnic armenians fleeing Nagorno Karabakh on whatever transport they could find. It� s a week since azerbaijan seized back the enclave. It did promise to protect the armenian majority there, but no one we found dared believe that. Instead, they flooded here, to armenia. We met this family of seven who had crammed their whole lives into a few cases. Hungry and exhausted after more than a day crushed into one car, and still reeling from what they� ve had to give up. Translation it was tough there but it was our land, for generations armenian land. Now, today, we are here, we are homeless. Armenia initially prepared to host 40,000 refugees. It could be facing many more. The cars keep coming through the mountains. There are still hundreds of people leaving Nagorno Karabakh every single hour. People who� ve left behind their homes and their land and almost everything they own. And i� ve not met a Single Person who� s told me they think they� re ever going back. This isn� t a temporary evacuation, it� s an exodus. We can� t get to karabakh from armenia now that azerbaijan is in control there, but a localjournalist we called told me everyone he knows plans to leave, as soon as the giant traffic jams die down. Translation there was a war, but things were really hard before that, too. So, people didnt really think long about whether to stay or go. They decided to leave. Because we lost. It was a capitulation. So, what could we do . In a nearby town, there� s now a desperate crush for information and for aid from people who suddenly have nothing. There are donations, though not much, and no clear picture on where all these people will end up. And many are still shaken by two days of shelling last week. As azerbaijan retook karabakh by force, melina and her grandchildren huddled in their cellar. She� s now had to tell them they won� t be going home because she� s scared to live under azerbaijani rule. So, they� ve joined the crowds now heading into uncertainty as the face of Nagorno Karabakh is transformed. Ukraine and russia have been pushing opposing narratives over the fate of russia� s black sea fleet� s commander. Moscow has released footage of admiral Viktor Sokolov appearing via video link at a meeting between russian officials. They said it took place on tuesday, but the bbc has not been able to verify that. For its part, ukraine says the commander was killed by a Missile Strike on the fleet� s headquarters on friday. Ukrainan officials now say they are clarifying the varying reports. Our ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse has more. Even by the standards of this information war, it is very hard at the moment to verify the claims that are being exchanged by both sides. We had the triumphant assertion from ukraine yesterday that Admiral Sokolov, the commander of russia� s black sea naval fleet, that he was killed in last friday� s Missile Strike on russia� s headquarters in sevastopol, in occupied crimea. Kyiv said 3a Senior Officers were killed. This morning, you have dmitry peskov, the kremlin spokesman, saying he had nothing to say about these claims from kyiv. And then, shortly after that, russia� s Defence Ministry released a clip of an apparent recent meeting featuring defence minister Sergei Shoigu addressing a packed room, and who was dialled in on video call but Admiral Sokolov . So, it� s very difficult to verify when this footage was taken, whether it was edited. But he appeared alive, engaged in the meeting. And then, we have a follow up statement from ukraine� s specialforces, saying they are now clarifying just whether he was killed or not. They say they now cite what they call open sources in their recent claims. So, it� s becoming incredibly messy. It� s short of a rowing back, but it� s just a demonstration of how difficult it is to establish just what happened. What we know is that russia� s Naval Headquarters was at least heavily damaged, and that in itself is hugely significant in a symbolic sense. Beyond that, i don� t think we� re any clearer. Around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. Let� s look at some other stories making news. The speaker of canada� s House Of Commons has resigned after unwittingly praising a ukrainian world war ii veteran who had fought for the nazis. Anthony rota had invited Yaroslav Hunka to parliament on friday during the visit by ukraine president volodymyr zelensky. Rota referred to the 98 year old as a hero, leading to a global backlash. He has reiterated his profound regret for the incident. Us regulators have sued amazon for allegedly using quote Unfair Strategies to illegely create a monopoly. To illegally create a monopoly. The Federal Trade Commissions says the online retailer leveraged its position to push up prices and stifle competition. Amazon says the suit is wrong on the facts and law. Police across South America are searching for the leader of a venezuelan gang who escaped from the luxurious prison which he controlled. Hector Guerrero Flores was nowhere to be found when thousands of police and soldiers entered the Inmate Run Facility Last week. The jail boasted a small zoo, a nightclub and a swimming pool. You� re live with bbc news. With less than five days before the Us Government faces a partial shutdown, congress appears to be at an impasse on passing a Spending Measure to avoid it. If Congress Fails to secure funding by october 1st, Hundreds Of Thousands of federal employees will be furloughed without pay, and Government Services will be disrupted. But, a small group of Ultra Conservatives say they won� t pass any Spending Bill without budget cuts. Chuck schumer announced a bipartisan deal on tuesday but there is no word if it would succeed in the senate. One of those hardline republicans is tennessee congressman tim burchett. Thanks forjoining us. You have said you will not support a short term funding bill. The speaker of the house Kevin Mccarthy is pushing for cuts to ensure he can get some more conservative votes on board. Your colleague in Congress Gary graves told reporters at the weekend that the house Leadership Plans to cut spending on discretionary programmes by 27 . I see you shaking your head, is that enough to win your vote . Ila. Shaking your head, is that enough to win your vote . No. My colleaaue enough to win your vote . No. My colleague you enough to win your vote . No. My colleague you mention enough to win your vote . No. My colleague you mention there, i enough to win your vote . No. My colleague you mention there, he | colleague you mention there, he has a self appointed role. I don� t know that he speaks for anybody really, other than himself. The truth is, a continued resolution isjust a complete capitulation of our duties. As congressmen we are required to do one thing, and thatis required to do one thing, and that is pass a budget. They tell us we need to pass this resolution to give us time to work so we cannot pass any more continued resolution is. We have been doing this for almost 30 years, they pass a continued resolution, then they pass another, and then they push us up another, and then they push us up against the christmas break, and then they pass what is called an omnibus. They put all these little Night Cherries on top to get us to vote for it, and what does it have in it . You look at an bill, 2000 pages, saying we got to pass it so we know what� s in it, that is exactly what these big bills are. The powerful leadership, both parties, they put their little projects in there, and what does this little lowly congressmen do, read a 2000 Page Document to about a fifth or sixth page and we say, that is enough for my folks back home, i� m good with it. 1998 other pages full of goodies. If i could jump in, does that mean you are preparing for a shutdown . Mean you are preparing for a shutdown . �. ,. ,. ,. , shutdown . Im not going to vote for a continued shutdown . Im not going to vote for a continued resolution, i shutdown . Im not going to vote for a continued resolution, we i for a continued resolution, we have had since september. I mean we� ve had since january. September 30, mean we� ve had since january. September30, it mean we� ve had since january. September 30, it comes about this time every year, and we know it� s coming, yet here we are, we went home the entire month of august. We should have beenin month of august. We should have been in washington working. I work at home more than i do out here, this isn� t work up here. These groups are peer, they will start their meetings at 10 30am, catered for lunch, take a couple of hours off in the afternoon, then end at a 30pm and walk out with their jacket over their shoulder and their sleeves rolled up and their sleeves rolled up and their collars undone, talking about how hard they work. People in East Tennessee literally dig ditches for a living. People that work with their hands. Farmers. We have got lawyers, doctors, single mums that work two jobs because they have a deadbeat. You mums that work two jobs because they have a deadbeat. They have a deadbeat. You are talkin they have a deadbeat. You are talking about they have a deadbeat. You are talking about hard they have a deadbeat. You are talking about hard work, they have a deadbeat. You are talking about hard work, what. Talking about hard work, what is your message to military personnel, air traffic controllers, other federal workers who will not get paid if there is a shutdown . The federal government if there is a shutdown . Iie federal government can make their choices of where they want to cut. And where they cut is where it hurts the most, shame on them for doing that. And they will all receive their back pay, nobody will miss anything. The myth that the military will lose their houses, that is not the truth. There are laws that prevent that. This isjust an there are laws that prevent that. This is just an attempt to scare them. We have had over 20 shutdowns in the last bit of history in our country. They average around three or four days, i think. Average around three or four days, ithink. They average around three or four days, i think. They happen, it� s unfortunate, but we take in 5 trillion a year, and these folks that are mad at me, they want to spend 7 trillion a year. At the bottom line. We cannot continue. I a year. At the bottom line. We cannot continue. Cannot continue. I have to ask, because cannot continue. I have to ask, because the cannot continue. I have to ask, because the deficit i cannot continue. I have to l ask, because the deficit grew every year under the trump presidency, his administration set the record. find presidency, his administration set the record. Set the record. And i voted a. Ainst set the record. And i voted against his set the record. And i voted against his budgets set the record. And i voted against his budgets as i set the record. And i voted against his budgets as well. | against his budgets as well. Check your history on that. Loath . Check your history on that. Why do ou check your history on that. Why do you think check your history on that. Why do you think the check your history on that. Why do you think the buck stops here on spending . Because now there are a here on spending . Because now there are a lot here on spending . Because now there are a lot more here on spending . Because now there are a lot more people i there are a lot more people that realise we are running off a cliff, and we cannot afford to spend 7 trillion a year when we take in 5 trillion. Brute when we take in 5 trillion. We soke to when we take in 5 trillion. We spoke to one of your colleagues, republican congressman in the blasko, he supports working with democrats to get a budget will pass. Last night in nebraska. The conservative night in nebraska. The conservative team i night in nebraska. The conservative team hasj night in nebraska. The conservative team has been undermined. Americans like conservative values, we also like conservative values, we also like governance and effectiveness. A lot of americans are seeing today dysfunction. Its not happening because dysfunction. Its not happening because republicans versus democrats, its because we have a smaller democrats, its because we have a smaller number of republicans who dont a smaller number of republicans who dont want to co operate. What who dont want to co operate. What is who dont want to co operate. What is your response . He who dont want to cooperate. What is your response . Who dont want to cooperate. What is your response . He is a aood what is your response . He is a good man. What is your response . He is a good man. He what is your response . He is a good man, he served what is your response . He is a good man, he served our what is your response . He is a i good man, he served our country and he� s a friend of mine, but again, you can� t spend 7 trillion when you only take in 5 trillion, and that is conservatism, to me. Fiscally strong and morally upright. This administration is neither. The republicans need to stand up the republicans need to stand up to it. We cannot continue down this path of deficit spending, in no shape, form or fashion. The state might not follow budget as well as they should but they pass a budget. A church, a synagogue, a temple, i guarantee they all have a budget. Any business, the us congress, the United States of america, it hasn� t had a budget in 30 years. We have a Budget Committee out of texas, they can balance our budget in ten years. If we just went back to pre coded macro spending levels, and i dare say not Many Americans can name one thing they have got extra that they could not do without now. Back to spending levels before covid. They can talk about everything but they can� t talk about the numbers, and the numbers don� t lie. We take in 5 trillion, we are spending 7 trillion. That will bankrupt this country, and further, like we used to see before world war ii in europe, people going down the street with a wheelbarrow full of cash to buy a loaf of bread. That is where we are heading. Bread. That is where we are heading bread. That is where we are headina. ,. ,. , heading. Congressman, thank you so much for heading. Congressman, thank you so much for sharing heading. Congressman, thank you so much for sharing your so much for sharing your perspective with us today. One more item before we go. President biden� s dog, commander, has bitten yet another secret service agent. This is the 11th time the German Shepherd has bitten a guard of the first family. This latest attack happened on monday night. The officer was treated on the white house grounds. The administration� s Press Secretary has previously blamed the attacks on the stress of living at the white house. Commander is the younger of the biden family� s two German Shepherds. The other incidents occurred at the president and first lady� s home in delaware. Quick footnote that story is one of the most read on our webite, so go to bbcnews. Com for more. Stay with us here on bbc news hello there. Storm agnes is going to bring some very strong winds to irish sea coasts during wednesday, could bring disruption. At the moment, agnes is rapidly developing underneath this Powerful Atlantic jet stream. There� s some evidence that we might see a Sting Jet Form that� s something that really accelerates the winds and at its peak, well out to sea, the winds are modelled to reach 120 miles an hour in gusts, so some ferocious winds. They will stay well away from land. And, actually, by the time agnes works across the uk, it will be working in as a weakening area of low pressure. Still, though, the winds Strong Enough to bring some disruption, as we� ll see in a moment. Now, if you� re outside at the moment, you might notice the winds picking up across wales and south west england. Otherwise, it� s a breezy kind of night. Quite cool for scotland, where there� ll be one or two showers, the Weather Turning increasingly mild as we head into the first part of wednesday morning for england and wales. Now, the strongest winds from agnes will be working through irish sea coasts where gusts could Reach 60s To 70s of miles an hour, Strong Enough to bring some disruption. It will be a bright start with some sunshine for scotland, and Eastern England having a relatively quiet day. It� s through the afternoon that we get this swathe of really strong winds moving in, the winds Strong Enough to bring some power cuts, maybe some transport disruption, ferries perhaps running with cancellations or delays. And we� ll probably see some trees being blown over as well due to those strong winds. And the winds continue overnight across Northern England and scotland, so very windy here wednesday night before agnes starts to clear out into the norwegian sea. We then get a ridge of High Pressure just ahead of the next system, and what that means is actually, for thursday, many of us, at least for a time, will see a slice of dry weather with a bit of sunshine as agnes works away before the next band of rain works in through the afternoon. Some of the rain could be quite heavy in the west thursday afternoon. Continues to be mild about 16 20 celsius and another relatively mild day on the cards for friday. There will be lots of showers around for scotland, northern ireland, the far north of england, perhaps merging together across the far north of scotland to bring some wetter weather, whereas across southern areas of england and wales, it looks like being a dry day on friday with some warm spells of sunshine. Temperatures 16 21. What about the weekend Weather Prospects . Well, things look quite unsettled at the moment. We� re looking at the risk of showers or some longer spells of rain for many of us this weekend, but it will stay on the mild side. Bye for now. A historic visit the us president joins the picket line of auto workers on strike in michigan and declares his support for their struggle. Plus amazon in the crosshairs. Regulators take aim at the tech giant, accusing it of adopting anti competitive strategies. Hello and welcome to Asia Business report. I� m arunoday mukharji. We begin in michigan, where the us president has made a historic visit to a picket line of Auto Industry workers. While us lawmakers . And president ial candidates . Frequently appear at strikes to express solidarity with american workers, it is considered unprecedented for a sitting president to do so. Biden� s visit comes a day before his would . Be challenger, donald trump, is due to arrive. There� s concern that the strike targeting three major us Car Companies could dent growth in the world� s largest economy. Still, the us president backed the striking workers� call for a 40 pay raise, telling them they deserve a lot more than they are getting. You deserve the significant raise you need,
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