welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm mike embley. our top stories: president trump calls for a 10% rise in american military spending, and cuts elsewhere to pay for it. a 70—year—old german is beheaded by rebels in the philippines, the third westerner to be killed in a year. an amazing escape for these bus passengers as sudden floods bring destruction in peru and chile. and the multiple gold—winning gymnast, olga korbut, sells most of her 0lympic medals at auction for more than $200,000. hello. president trump has promised what he's calling a historic increase in american defence spending. white house officials say he wants the pentagon budget to go up by $54 billion, almost 10%.

officials at the white house are listing his priorities as "rebuilding" the military, which took some deep spending cuts under president 0bama. they say the spending is also intended to "restore" america's nuclear capabilities. there will also be more resources for securing america's borders. all this to be paid for by cutting programmes such as foreign aid and environmental regulations, perhaps also contributions to the united nations. mr trump announced his plans at a meeting of state governors at the white house. the first budget will be submitted to the congress next month. this budget will be a public safety and national security budget. very much based on those two, and other things. it will have historic defence spending to rebuild the depleted military of the united

states of america. clapping. president trump at the white house. the bbc‘s tulip mazumdar is in washington. what do we make of this? it remains to be seen, frankly, where this money is coming from. that is unclear. many people in washington and elsewhere are scratching their head trying to figure out how this will work. president trump has talked about investing a lot more cash into the military throughout his campaign. since he has become president, he says he wants peace through strength. the us already spends $600 billion on defence every year, that is more than the next seven countries altogether. he is suggesting $54 billion more. as you

said, he is looking at spending that money from other government spending which he wants to cut. so, a number of federal departments and foreign aid. now, it is unclear which departments will be cut, that will be fleshed out later. we are expecting that more fleshed out blueprint by around may. the foreign aid budget looks like it could be cut quite deeply. the environment protection agency, that has been quite high on the list. many people are talking about that. that only has a budget of $8 billion a year. they will have to make some very deep cuts across a number of federal departments to really try and come up departments to really try and come up with this huge injection for defence. a bunch of retired generals and admirals are saying that cut in foreign aid maybe a mistake, that not all solutions, not all of the problems, can be sold like this. and

it will have to go through congress. yes. 120 military officials have written to congress and had said that to come up with this figure of $54 billion, however much you want to spend, you should not look at cutting foreign aid too much. they said that goes hand—in—hand with military spending. you cannotjust spend on the ground. the state department budget is something like $50 billion. around half of that, just under, goes to foreign aid. a lot is being used in afghanistan at the moment to help with the parliament projects on the ground. these military officials are saying it is really well needed and you cannot do one without the other. you are right, all of this needs to go through congress. that will take some time. this will not be easy. as you would expect, a number of democratic are not happy, and a

number of republicans as well. donald trump has left welfare alone at the moment. many republicans are saying that should be cut rather than other government departments. all of this has quite a way to go, but the president is determined, as you said, really from very early days of his presidential campaign, that he wants to put more money into defence. he has promised to protect social security and medicare. we will have more on thatjust a little later on in the programme. staying in the us. an american man accused of murdering an indian immigrant has appeared via closed—circuit television before a judge in kansas. according to witnesses, adam purinton shouted "get out of my country," before opening fire in a bar. police are investigating whether the shooting was a hate crime. rajini vaidyanathan has travelled to kansas to meet family and friends of the victim. the message at this vigil, stand by everyone. people from all faiths and communities came here to mourn a man who lived and worked in the city.

32—year—old srinivas kuchibhotla was an engineer who moved to kansas from india. after work last week he went for a drink with his best friend when a man approached their table. this guyjust randomly comes up and starts pointing fingers. we knew something was wrong. what did he say? he came towards me and said, which country are you from? are you here illegally? the man was escorted out of the bar as eyewitnesses heard him shout, get out of my country, but he later returned. you are drinking beer, you're with your friend, next he is back with a gun. and i heard a pop. next thing i know, i was on the ground. two down, gunshot wound to the chest. we have a third with a hip wound.

srinivas was killed in the attack which left a local injured. i was more than happy to risk my life to save the lives of others. this man chased the gunmen, was also shot and is recovering in hospital. 51—year—old adam purinton has been charged with murder and attempted murder and the fbi is investigating whether this was a hate crime. srinivas and his wife had built a life together in america but in recent months he had become concerned about living here. when the recent elections happened, he was watching it so closely. i was talking to srinivas and i was like, "will we be safe in this country?" i was so worried. i think that the hate crime will be more open now. will it be safe for us to go to the mall, will it be safe for us to go to the office?

he hugged me like this and he said "don't worry, we should be ok." "we should be ok." just days after the attack, austins bar and grill has reopened. police are now investigating whether the two men were targeted because of their race. but for now, people here want to stress that this is a community that welcomes people from all backgrounds. in other news: south korea's intelligence agency says it believes that four of the north korean men suspected of involvement in the death of kimjong—nam are government spies. mr kim, who's the half—brother of north korea's leader kim jong—un, died after being poisoned at kuala lumpur airport. south korea says it is now treating his death as a "state—led terrorist incident." the german chancellor, angela merkel, has criticised the formal arrest in turkey of a german—turkish journalist, calling it disappointing and disproportionate. the turkish authorities accuse deniz yucel, who works for die welt newspaper, of producing terrorist propaganda

and undermining the government. he was detained two weeks ago after reporting on the hacked private e—mails of turkey's energy minister, who's the son—in—law of president erdogan. the former british prime minister sirjohn major has warned that the costs of britain leaving the european union will be unpalatable for voters. in his first major speech since campaigning for britain to remain in the eu, sirjohn said the voters have been given unrealistic expectations. he said there was scant chance of a trade deal being secured with the eu that would match the advantages of the single market. the world health organization says there is an urgent need for new antibiotics to treat diseases caused by bacteria. the who has identified 12 strains which are resistant to current antibiotics. it says unless something is done to tackle them, around ten million people will die every year from drug—resista nt disease by the year 2050. millions of people have been affected by flooding following prolonged and torrential rain in the andes in south america. rivers have turned to muddy

torrents, infrastructure has been swept away and residents in remote areas cut off. in northern peru, passengers had a lucky escape after their bus was dragged into a swollen river at piura. and more than four million people remain without clean water in the chilean capital santiago. janey mitchell reports. horror and chaos as a bus carrying 17 people is swept away by the current and overturns. remarkably, all those on board survived. some escape through windows. 0thers all those on board survived. some escape through windows. others were rescued by people on the bank. this is the dry river, no longer after weeks of heavy rain. elsewhere in peru, these occupants were not lucky. and this was the pan american highway, where the road was swept away by a raging flood. further

south, in chile, a number of people are missing after a weekend of storms in a place which is usually dry. and the authorities in the capital, santiago, are working to restore clean water supplies after a week of storms send mud into the river. the source of water for most homes in a city of 6.5 million people. the deluge followed months of drought and a series of deadly wildfires. translation: nature does not seem to be giving our country any respite, but we are deploying all of our efforts to tackle the situation. but some residents blamed authorities for the lack of vital supplies. translation: we have gone back 30 years in the state is taking a back seat. congress is doing nothing. this is what they should address. no respite is in sight for the region. the weather will

continue until april according to forecasts. janey mitchell, bbc news. anti—terror forces in the philippines are searching for the militant group which first kidnapped, and then killed a german tourist. juergen kantner‘s death was apparently filmed by members of the abu sayyaf group. it's thought he was killed after their ransom demands were not met. mr kantner had been abducted from a yacht last november. the philippines government says it lost some of its best men trying to rescue him. it's thoughtjurgen kantner was beheaded. abu sayyaf militants wanted $600,000 for his release but the deadline for payment passed on sunday. the german yachtsman was kidnapped in november. his boat was found drifting in the sea in the southern philippines.

his partner was killed in the abduction. the philippine army had spent the last few days looking for mr kantner. the insurgents could have killed him because he was too ill to move around. the german government wondered what kind of people could commit such a barbaric crime. from geneva, manila's foreign minister perfecto yasay said the killers would be hunted down. we have to be tough and exterminate them and we have to make sure that the hostages will be kept from harm's way, we will undertake operations to make sure we give a premium to saving the lives of the hostages and because of this our task has not been easy but we are prepared to crush them. abu sayyaf are a muslim group fighting a religious war, but they have become as feared for their habit of kidnapping for ransom. those who don't pay are sometimes killed, just like this canadian, shown here in the middle, who was murdered last year. the militants hide injungle—clad mountains, which means they're difficult to find. there were more than 20 other hostages out there. incredibly, jurgen kantner and his partner were taken hostage before in 2008 by somali pirates. they were freed after 52 days. afterwards the yachtsman said he didn't deliberately seek danger, but he prayed he would never be kidnapped again. michael bristow, bbc news.

much more to come on bbc news. including this. a time of lunar orbit will begin, so long as you have the money. prince charles has chosen his bride. the prince proposed to lady diana spencer three weeks ago. she accepted, she says, without hesitation. as revolutions go, this had its fair share of bullets. a climax in the night outside the gates of mr marcos's sanctuary, malacanang, the name itself symbolising one of the cruellest regimes of modern asia. the world's first clone has been produced of an adult mammal. scientists in scotland have produced a sheep called dolly using a cell from another sheep.

every vehicle is greeted as if it was the first in the relief of kuwait and in the city once amongst the richest in the world, kuwaitis can gather freely again. not for 20 years have locusts been seen in such numbers in this part of africa. some of the swarms have been ten miles long. this is the last time the public will see this pope. very soon, for the sake of the credibility and authority of the next pope, benedict xvi will, in his own words, be hidden from the world for the rest of his life. very good to have you with us. this is bbc news. i'm mike embley. the latest headlines: president donald trump has declared that he wants to increase defence spending by 10%, but it's not clear whether congress will agree. let's get more on that story. we speak to retired lieutenant general david deptula

is currently dean of the mitchell institute for aerospace studies and former chief of airforce intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance with the us air force. very good to talk to you. i know you also the head of the abrupt —— air operations centre for those first stages of the war in iraq. where do you expect this money to go, assuming it is passed by congress? what i will tell you is that it will most likely go to each one of the services in some proportion that is yet to be determined. but i think it is important that your audience understands this is not really a defence increase. to put things in perspective, eight years ago, defence spending was at 4.6% of the us gdp. today, it is at 3.2%. so thatis us gdp. today, it is at 3.2%. so that is really a collapse. it is a decline in defence spending. as

senator mccain put it today, a us military is underfunded, undersized, and unready to meet its commitments around the world. so any reduction —— any increase brings injust around the world. so any reduction —— any increase brings in just close to trading water, it doesn't put them ahead. i think many people are wondering why this is needed at all, if donald trump says he wants america to be less interventionist. —— treading. america to be less interventionist. -- treading. again, our national security strategy is one that requires us forces to be stationed forward around the world to shape the security environment, to promote peace and stability. that is not necessarily interventionist. it is a deterrent strategy to prevent conflict in the first place. in order to do that, us military, in

all its services, and need to have a rotational base, so that we do wear out our forces, when we are indeed in the engagement phase of trying to a and stability. the second part of a and stability. the second part of a national security strategy requires the united states military, in conjunction with its allies, the ability to fight and when in multiple contingencies, will wherever and whenever called upon to do so. and friendly, barack obama's administration allowed the military to decline. the readiness of our forces in some of the lowest that it has ever been since the 1970s era of hollow mercury forces. on that point, though, while you're on it, and if you do not mind, is there not and if you do not mind, is there not a danger that if the us because money on, then china, russia, around, the lady to back it up? critical things to escalate.

absolutely not. —— escalate could it causing to escalate? united states military has deferred investment in its military for 20 years. but the results are clear. it is an increase in stability. the russians, the iranians, and the chinese, they are already take advantage of that, because then we are stretched them. thank you very much forjoining us. take care. voters in the netherlands go to the polls in less than three weeks, and a leading contender is the controversial far—right politician geert wilders. he's running on an anti—immigrant, anti—islam, anti—eu platform and could be the next prime minister. his sudden rise has reminded some of an equally—brash politician in the us, as our europe correspondent damian grammaticas has been finding out. ringed by security because he's had death threats,

geert wilders, launching his election campaign. he was, as ever, courting controversy. there is a lot of muck and scum in holland, who makes the streets unsafe. mostly young people. he's now suspended such public events over safety fears, using twitter instead. still, he's monopolising attention in this election. what geert wilders has managed to do is to shift this election to be about issues he cares about, populist ones — immigration, islam, the eu. when he spoke to us, his playbook echoed the brexit and trump campaigns. give the netherlands back to the dutch people. make sure that they get the best deal. don't spend our billions to people who come here and are not dutch. surprisingly, among his supporters we found marianna, an immigrant from south america. a lot of people call him a racist, but he's not a racist, because he said if you're

a foreigner you can stay here, but just follow the rules. and traditional left—wing voters are split about him. i really want to cry out what i think. holland is ours, yeah? that's what i vote for, and that's what it should be. he says he wants to make the netherlands great again. great again, yeah... he's our dutch trump, yeah. that's how a lot of people see him. because it's the — it's the same populist ideas, the same fear, he tries to win votes by making people afraid. so beneath the surface, the netherlands is changing. wilders could win perhaps 20% of the vote. the established parties, under threat, are having to react. a measure of mr wilders' impact, this. the most dramatic intervention in the campaign so far, a newspaper advertisement by the prime minister, telling immigrants here to fit in or go home, aping mr wilders' language. it's shocked many in the netherlands. prime minister, hello, bbc...

that's because prime minister rutte is a liberal, his instincts towards openness and tolerance now giving way to something new. the election will be about integration in this country and people coming from outside and refugees. and the elections will be about stability. in an unstable world... so he's moving towards wilders' position, but says he'll never work with him. at the same time, dutch politics is splintering — 28 different parties are out competing for votes. what's certain is no—one will win an outright majority, and for most, wilders is simply too toxic to go into coalition with. they'd rather team up to keep him out. so his populist surge may be rising, but he may well find his path to power blocked. damian grammaticus, bbc news, the hague. iraqi forces have retaken a bridge

in mosul, as they continue to seize territory from islamic state fighters. the army said it could potentially establish an important route to bring in reinforcements and supplies. our correspondent wyre davies sent this report. iraqi government forces are fighting door to door and street to treat as they slowly try to capture the western pa rt of they slowly try to capture the western part of mosul from the so—called islamic state. —— street to street. the fighting is brutal and both sides are taking casualties. this is the islamist group's last stronghold in iraq and com pletely group's last stronghold in iraq and completely surrounded by government troops — they are putting up this resistance. iraqi forces say they have succeeded in pushing islamic state out of at least two district. but isis fighters are leaving behind dozens but isis fighters are leaving behind d oze ns of but isis fighters are leaving behind dozens of explosive devices, including booby—trapped cars. caught in the middle, thousands of

civilians. they have been thus far unable to escape the brutal grip of the islamic state, who have executed anyone accused of a ban in the city. young and old are leading mosul as quickly as possible, almost three yea rs quickly as possible, almost three years after isis took control of the city. some continue their escape on foot. those unable to walk are being taken to un refugee camps away from the frontline. more than a quarter ofa the frontline. more than a quarter of a million are expected to flee mosul as the fighting continues. as they leave the city, many younger man at separated from the women and children for security checks. some are then allowed to rejoin their families. others are being detained for further questioning, which families. others are being detained forfurther questioning, which iraqi officers they is vital if they are to be sure that no islamic state fighters are slipping through the net. but time is of the essence. there are 750,000 people still trapped inside mosul, at the mercy of isis, and under the threat of

government shelling. the former soviet gymnast olga korbut has sold most of her olympic medals at auction in arizona for more than $200,000 including the golds she won at the munich olympics in 1972, where her performance on the uneven bars prompted the audience to whistle at thejudges forfailing to give her a perfect ten. russia's gazeta.ru news reports that olga, who has been living in america since 1991, sold her medals due to financial difficulties. the us aerospace company spacex has announced that two private citizens have paid to be sent around the moon. if the mission goes ahead as planned in late 2018, humans will be returning to deep space for the first time in 45 years. the spacex chief, elon musk, said the two unnamed people had —— the spacex chief, elon musk, said the two unnamed people had already paid a significant deposit on the trip. that is it for now. thank you for

watching. hello. if the truth were known, i could have put up any variety of globes you might have liked to try to describe just how varied the weather has been, as we start the new weather week. but, as ever, our weather watchers have captured it for us. and you'll notice here that monday ended on quite a wintry note across parts of scotland. when you see the big picture, you will understand, i hope, just why we've got such a variety of weather on offer at the moment — low pressure never very far away. but, even in the midst of all of that cloud and rain, well, the skies are a wee bit clearerfor some, and that is why the temperatures willjust dribble away in the first part of tuesday, to the extent that ice will be quite a problem. if the surface that you happen to be travelling on has not been treated, just bear that one in mind. there could well be some patches of fog around, as well. even this stage, we've got another little area of low pressure just dragging some bands of cloud and rain into the western side of scotland, into parts of northern ireland as well. do bear in mind what i say

about the ice risk, really quite extensive, save, perhaps, for this far south—eastern quarter. but even then, you've got one or two showers that mayjust have some wintriness about them. but for the most part, a lot of decent, fine, settled weather here to start your day. but don't bank on it lasting, because that area of cloud and rain, with some wintriness across the higher ground, just slumps its way east, and leaves behind a legacy of rather wet and dull weather across the north—west and through the north of wales. so a pretty miserable day here, never warmer than about five or six degrees. through the evening and overnight, it will take that band of weather ever—further towards the south and east. the skies clear again, for a time, for many. the winds begin to die off a bit. good conditions for a wee touch of frost, again, on the first part of wednesday. wednesday marked by another dry start across the heart of the british isles, but notice this — another area of cloud and rain just working its way into the southern counties of england and wales. and it may have just a wee bit of wintriness on the high ground of wales and as we get up into the midlands. now, by thursday, the isobars

have a little bit of a ridge in them, trying to kill off some of those showers, for some, at least. but you will notice we have also got a bit of a finger of rain there, as well, right through the heart of the british isles. so, again, something of a mixture. many will view thursday as perhaps one of the better days of the week. but by friday, and indeed on into the weekend, we start to cloud things up again, and there will be more bouts of rain. and that is how we play out the rest of the week. day—to—day changes, a little bit of rain and some sunshine, and for some in the north, just that risk of some snow. the latest headlines from bbc news. i'm mike embley. president trump says he wants to see us defence spending increase by 10%. the increase is likely to be paid for by cutting programmes, such as foreign aid and environmental protection. the president's proposal will meet opposition in congress from those who favour cutting the us budget deficit.

the government in the philippines has confirmed that a militant group has murdered a german man they were holding hostage. abu sayyaf insurgents earlier released a video that appears to show the beheading ofjurgen kantner. last year the group pledged allegiance to the islamic state network. rainstorms and landslides are bringing disruption to peru and chile. authorities in the chilean capital, santiago, have shut off drinking water to 4 million people because of pollution. at least three people have been killed and several are missing after rivers ove rflowed and bridges were washed away. now it's time for a look back at the day in parliament.