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 a historic increase in american defence spending. white house officials say he wants the pentagon budget to go up by $54 billion dollars, 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. my my first budget will be submitted to the congress next month. this urgent will be a public safety and national security should very much based on those two, with plenty of other things, but very strong. it will include a historic increase in defence spending to rebuild the depleted military of the united states of america. the bbc‘s tulip mazumdar has more details from washington.

i think it remains to be seen, frankly, where this money is going to come from. that is very unclear, and there are many people here in washington and elsewhere scratching their heads try to be rather all this is going to work. —— trying to figure out how all this. donald trump has talked about injecting more cash into the military throughout his campaign, and since he has become president he has said he has become president he has said he wants peace through strength. to give you some background here, the us already spendsjust give you some background here, the us already spends just under 600 billion dollars on defence every year already. that is more than the next seven countries spend on their defence altogether. so there is already a huge budget. he is suggesting another $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. it is unclear which particular departments. that is all going to be thrashed out in the coming weeks, in the next couple of months. we expect in flashed out version of this blueprint by around may. —— expecting a more fleshed out. the foreign aid budget is likely to be cut quite deeply. the environmental protection agency is quite high on the list, but that only has a budget of around $8 billion a year, so they will have to make some very deep cuts across a number of federal departments to really try to come up with this huge injection of cash for defence. 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. # stand by me #

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'd 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 thing he is back with a gun. and i heard a pop. next thing i know, i was on the ground. radio chatter: 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 she'd 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. 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. 0ur asia editor michael bristow reports. 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. 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. horror and chaos as a bus carrying i7 horror and chaos as a bus carrying 17 people is swept away by the force of the current and overturneds. remarkably, all those on board survived. some escaped through windows and swam to safety. 0thers we re windows and swam to safety. 0thers were rescued by residents on the bank, near piura. this river's name means "dry" in spanish. no longer, after weeks of heavy rain. elsewhere in peru, the two occupants of this truck were not so lucky. and this was the pan—american highway, where several kilometres of tarmac were swept away by a raging mudslide. further south in chile, a number of people are missing after weekend storms in what are usually the

country's dry summer months. the authorities in the capital, santiago, are working to restore clea n water santiago, are working to restore clean water supplies after weekend storms and mud and rubble cascading into this river. it is a source of water for most into this river. it is a source of waterfor most homes into this river. it is a source of water for most homes in the 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 our efforts to try to tackle the situation. but some residents blamed the authorities for the lack of contingency and delays in providing vital supplies. translation: the state is taking a back seat, congressmen are doing nothing. this is what they should be addressing. no respite is in spite for the region. weather forecast is no respite is in spite for the region. weatherforecast is in peru are predicting that the wet weather will continue until april. —— forecast ats. —— forecasters.

jenice tupolo is a journalism student in the chilean capital santiago. the district you are ring is particularly badly hit, isn't it? yes, iam particularly badly hit, isn't it? yes, i am in providence. particularly badly hit, isn't it? yes, iam in providence. we particularly badly hit, isn't it? yes, i am in providence. we still do not have any water as of now. and what are you being told about what is likely to happen? how bad it is likely to get? so, as of right now we are supposed to have water tomorrow, by 8am. however, when this first all happened yesterday they said we would have water today. i am in contact with other students here who have water in their neighbourhood, but we are still holding out a peer. so at the moment, people can get water at supermarkets, but i gather that is not the same right across the country? some people really have no water? i'd cannot speak for anywhere other than providence right now, but

i know that our local market did have some water. i haven't checked it since we found that we didn't have any water any more. as of right now, our host mother, she went to get some from another market and we have in using swimming pool water from a neighbour to use for the toilet. that is all we have right now. i know the worst flooding is in northern chile. the problem is that the main water source was contaminated, is that it? yes, up north they were a lot of landslides and rainstorms that happened in this last week, contaminating our main water source, the river, so after that the governor shut down the water and all of us have been without water for about 24— 48 hours. what is the feeling there about the way the authorities are dealing with this? i can't really say. i went out to the city today, just to go on a little walk, and everybody seemed to be hustling and bustling around normally. just going to theirjobs. additionally, there isa to theirjobs. additionally, there is a language barrier so i cannot pick up side conversations even if

there was something going on. all right good to talk to you. thank you. still to come, fly them to the moon. the era of private lunar orbit is about to 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. 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. earlier, i spoke to retired lieutenant general david deptula. he is currently dean of the mitchell institute for aerospace studies. he was commander of the air operations centre for the opening phases of the war in afghanistan. i asked him where he thought this new military spending would go and why. well, mike, what i would tell you is that it will most likely go

to each one of the services in some proportion that is yet to be determined. i think what's important that your audience understands is this is not really a defence increase. to put things in perspective, eight years ago, defence spending was at 4.6% of the us gross domestic product. and today, it is at 3.2%. so that is really a collapse. it is a huge decline in defence spending. as senator mccain put it today, us military is underfunded, undersized, and unready to meet its commitments around the world. so any plus—up just gets our military close to treading water — it doesn't put them ahead. so president obama had brought military spending down. clearly, though, he did usually increase the drone programme, didn't he? i think what many people are wondering is why is this needed

at all, if mr trump wants to be, he says he wants, the us to be far less interventionist, militarily? well, 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. well in order to do that, us military, in all its services, need to have a rotational base, so that we don't wear out ourforces, when indeed we are in the engagement phase of trying to a and stability. now the second part of a national security strategy requires the united states military, in conjunction with its allies, the ability to fight and win in multiple contingencies, wherever and whenever called upon to do so. and quite frankly the obama administration allowed the us military to decline. the readiness of our forces is some of the lowest that it has ever been since the 1970s era

of hollow military forces. just on that point, forgive me. and that's why... on that point, though, while you're on it, just briefly if you don't mind, isn't there a danger that if the us because money in, then china, russia, iran, perhaps feel they need to ramp up, and we end up with things escalating? no! absolutely not! as i mentioned at the beginning, the united states military has deferred investment in its forces for the last 25 years. we have been in decline. and the price of underinvestment is very clear: it's increased instability. so the russians, the north koreans, the the iranians, and the chinese are already take advantage of that, because they know we're stretched thin. lieutenant general deptula, thank you.

one person has died and five have been injured after a small plane crashed into a residential neighbourhood in southern california. officials say the cessna 310, with four people on board, crashed into two houses after taking off from riverside municipal airport. at least one of the homes was engulfed in flames and nearly destroyed. residents in the immediate vicinity were evacuated. 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. un aid workers say they're concerned by the humanitarian situation in the area. our correspondent, wyre davies, sent this report. iraqi government forces are fighting door—to—door and street—to—street as they slowly try to capture the western part of mosul from the so—called islamic state. the fighting is brutal, and both sides are taking

casualties. this is the islamist 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 districts. 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 abandoning the city. young and old are leaving mosul as 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 of a million are expected to flee mosul as the fighting continues. as they leave the city, many younger men are 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 iraqi officers say 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. wyre davies, bbc news, northern iraq. in other news: 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. japanese car part maker takata have admitted to fraud and have said they

will pay $1 million for hiding effects that can cause airbags to explode with too much for is releasing deadly airborne parts. three are waiting extradition to japan. south korean intelligence officials are pointing the finger right at pyongyang when it comes to who killed kim jon—nam. they now believe four of the suspects in the attack are north korean spies. malaysian police say the older brother of the country's leader was poisoned at kuala lumpur‘s airport. rupert wingfield—hayes has more on who's thought to be involved. this was one of the most brazen killings of recent years. this is the spot where kim jong—nam was attacked. take a look. this spot is overlooked by at least six cctv cameras. just a few metres away in this cafe at one of those tables, four north korean men were sitting and watching. all four are now wa nted

and watching. all four are now wanted by malaysian authorities, one of which is a known north korean security agent. after the attack was over, they got up and headed for departures. a few minutes later, they boarded a flight to jakarta and then on to dubai. what about the two young women accused of carrying out the attack? one is from vietnam, the other, indonesia. aisyah was working in this hotel behind me in a massage parlour on the second floor. in malaysia, massage parlours are often a front for the sex industry. it is clear that both of these women were working to make living a precarious existence. aisyah told police she was approached by a man calling himself james who offered her a part inatv himself james who offered her a part in a tv reality show. it turns out that this is james' real name, and he isa that this is james' real name, and he is a north korean. the final key suspects wanted by the malaysians is

thought to be holed up in this building behind me. he is the secretary of the north korean embassy. what his alleged role is, we do not know, and we will probably never find out, because we do not know, and we will probably neverfind out, because he has diplomatic immunity. so much of this story does not add us. why such a public place? why higher two foreign women to carry out the hit? —— wide use a foreign killing agent? did they think they would get away with murder when something went wrong? rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in kuala lumpur will. the much—loved and only hippo in el salvador‘s national zoo has

died after being attacked. as you can see here, zoo officials tried to help the fifteen—year—old hippo named gustavito after he was beaten and stabbed over the weekend by unknown assailants. police are trying to establish how the attackers got into the zoo, and why they did it. many salvadorea ns have taken to social media to express their sadness and horror. the former soviet gymnast, olga korbut, has sold most of her olympic medals at auction in arizona for more than $200,000. they included the golds she won at the munich olympics in 1972, where her performance on the uneven bars prompted the audience to whistle at the judges for failing 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. 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 four 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. let's have a quick look at the front pages of the morning's papers: the i leads withjohn major's first speech since the brexit vote, saying people were "duped" into brexit.