Trump to appear in court over election charges

Donald Trump is due to appear in a federal court in Washington for allegedly plotting to overturn the twenty-twenty presidential election. He faces four counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United States. We speak to our correspondent outside the court.

There has been a rally in the capital Niamey in Niger in support of the coup that toppled the democratically elected government. We hear more from our Africa correspondent.

Tech shares in China have fallen because of the plans to limit smartphone use for children. We talk to parents about how they try to limit or even ban smartphones from their kids.

We explain what's behind Senegal's Tik Tok ban.

Presenter: James Reynolds.

(Photo: News trucks fill the sidewalk in front of the federal courthouse where former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is expected to answer charges after a grand jury returned an indictment of Trump in the special counsel's investigation of efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat In Washington, U.S. August 2, 2023. Credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)