the first to a former playboy model, karen mcdougal, who said she had an affair with donald trump, which donald trump denies. he said he paid $150,000 to her because michael cohen said "the boss will take care of it". but he said when he went to get reimbursement, his legal adviser really urged him against it. and then parts, as prosecutors allege, of this cover up, saying that donald trump spoke to him many times afterward, asking about why the women, for example, had given interviews when there was an agreement with them not to. and then the defence was able to just start their questioning of david pecker. and he testified that this kind of chequebookjournalism, paying to suppress stories, was standard operating procedure and that he had done it with several celebrities, including tiger woods and arnold schwarzenegger. nada tawfik reporting there. the prime minister of haiti, ariel henry, has resigned at a transitional council has started running the country. the body is tasked with organising elections and restoring order to haiti, suffering from deadly gang violence. he agreed to ste