Trump dismisses hush money case sentence
Donald Trump has dismissed as a "rigged charade" a New York judge's order for him to be sentenced in his hush money case, ten days before his inauguration.
Also in the programme: The latest on the political stand-off in South Korea where the suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, is still refusing to hand himself over to anti-corruption investigators, for having tried to impose martial law. And the story of a killer whale which has been spotted for the second time pushing the body of her dead newborn calf off the coast of the US state of Washington and British Colombia, in Canada.
Joining presenter Paul Henley to discuss these and other stories are Paul Melly, journalist and consulting fellow for the Africa Programme at the Chatham House think-tank in London, and Isabel Hilton, journalist and founder of China Dialogue.
(Picture: Former US President Donald Trump (L), with attorney Todd Blanche (R), speaks to reporters at the ends of today's proceedings in his hush money trial at Manhattan criminal court in New York, USA, 03 May 2024. Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records as part of an alleged scheme to silence claims of extramarital sexual encounters during his 2016 presidential campaign. Former US president Trump's hush money criminal trial continues in New York City, USA - 02 May 2024. Photo by Curtis Means/POOL/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock (14459639ek)