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From Our Own Correspondent

Donald Trump's courtroom drama

From Our Own Correspondent

BBC

News, News Commentary

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Kate Adie introduces dispatches from the USA, Pakistan, Germany, Japan and Italy. In Florida this week, Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to 37 federal charges relating to unauthorised possession of classified material, obstruction of justice and making false statements to law enforcement. Nomia Iqbal was outside the federal courthouse in Miami where the arraignment took place, and spoke to some of the former president's supporters. Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan was once omnipresent in the country's media - from the headlines to the fiery evening TV talk shows. But since his removal from power in a vote of no confidence, his public profile has almost disappeared, as his political party and its supporters are being silenced. Caroline Davies reports on a new climate of apprehension in the Pakistani media. How should a German town with a steady stream of tourists deal with an antisemitic sculpture in public view? In Wittenberg, home town of Protestant reformer Martin Luther, the answer is not straightforward. What to do with a medieval carving on the side of a church has stoked some serious debate, says John Kampfner. Kesennuma, in northeastern Japan, was one of many coastal towns devastated by the earthquake and tsunami of 2011 which triggered the Fukushima nuclear accident. Ellie House recently visited the city, and saw lasting signs of the damage done. Yet despite the ever-present risks, some younger people in Japan seem far less prepared for disaster. And as Italy mourns the late Silvio Berlusconi, David Willey remembers a visit to the media magnate and politician's palatial villa in Milan - when he went to see the almost pharaonic mausoleum where Mr Berlusconi planned to be buried, along with family, friends... and some business associates.

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0:00.0

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0:05.6

Today, Pakistan's establishment turns against former Prime Minister Imran Khan and even his

0:12.1

name disappears from the media.

0:14.7

The debate in Germany over an anti-Semitic medieval carving still on public view.

0:21.2

Questions of memory and moving on in Japan as some schoolchildren today ask, what so scary

0:27.1

about earthquakes?

0:29.2

And it's Adiósilvio, looking back at the many passions which Bela Sconey aroused in Italy.

0:36.4

But first to the United States, former President Donald Trump has a track record of swerving

0:41.6

challenges which would have ended the career of any other politician.

0:46.1

Even though he's no longer in the White House, he continues to dominate American political

0:50.6

discourse.

0:52.2

This week he became the first US President ever, whether current or former, to appear in

0:57.4

court facing federal charges.

1:00.2

He's been accused of jeopardizing national security by holding on to classified documents,

1:05.8

charges to which Mr. Trump pleaded not guilty.

1:09.0

Nonetheless, he's also kept on pushing his bid to return to power, relying on his huge

1:14.3

popularity among Republican voters, especially in states like Florida, where a likely trial

1:20.4

will be held.

1:22.2

Amia Iqbal was in Miami watching another unpredictable Trump moment in American politics.

1:30.0

The weekend before this historic court appearance, I was having a coffee in Little Havana.

1:35.1

Miami's famed Cuban neighborhood, the smell of thick, freshly rolled Cuban style cigars

1:40.1

wafted out from dozens of stores.

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