This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Will Chalk and at 16 hours GMT on Wednesday the 12th of November, these are our main stories.
US Democrats released new emails from the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein,
one of which says Donald Trump spent hours at Epstein's house with one of the late financier's victims.
Ukraine suspends its justice minister as part of a major probe into bribery in the energy sector.
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Well, shortly before we came in the studio to record this podcast,
Democrats in the US House of Representatives released emails from the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein that referenced President Trump.
They say the emails raised serious questions about how much Mr.
Trump knew about the late financier's behavior.
Mr.
Trump has consistently said he knew nothing of Epstein's activities and didn't engage in any wrongdoing himself.
Our North America correspondent Nomi Iqbal told us more.
Three emails were released by Democrats on the Oversight Committee in the US House and they say they were provided by Jeffrey Epstein's estate this morning.
Now what they appear to show is Epstein mentioning Donald Trump several times.
This isn't correspondence with Epstein's longtime associate, Glane Maxwell,