welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. our top stories: "frank" talk from the french president. emmanuel macron meets vladmir putin for the first time and issues a warning about the use of chemical weapons in syria. after two days of airport chaos, the boss of british airways says sorry for the disruption caused by its computer meltdown, but refuses to resign. tiger woods blames a reaction to prescription drugs for his driving under the influence arrest. and a steep rise in the number of deaths from cholera in yemen. we have a special report. hello. against the grandeur of the palace of versailles, europe's newest leader confronted an old hand today. france's emmanuel macron met vladimir putin of russia, and standing right next to him at a press conference,

criticised the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government, which russia backs, and attacked the output of two russian media outlets as propaganda, not journalism. he's already accused moscow of interfering with the french election. mr putin insisted any claim of russian meddling was nonsense. from paris, lucy williamson. despite the sweltering weather, this meeting held a touch of frost from the start. at the entrance to france's versailles palace, the two leaders greeted each other with brief handshakes and small, grim smiles. two hours later after their first meeting, the mood was, if anything, even cooler. france and russia have backed different groups in the syrian conflict. mr macron said while france didn't want to destabilise the syrian state, there are red lines that must not be crossed. translation: i stressed again in my meeting with president putin

ourfirm objection. there's a very clear line that exists on our part and that's the use of chemical weapons by whoever it may be. the use of chemical weapons will be the object of immediate retaliation on the part of the french. the two leaders are also divided on the situation in ukraine, with the russian president condemning the sanctions imposed on his country as a result of the crisis. translation: the sanctions against russia aren't helping to find a solution to the crisis in ukraine. we must try to lift these economic restrictions, this is the only way we can be more free and be able to restore peace in the region. mr putin also appeared to deny any russian interference in france's recent presidential race, despite allegations by mr macron‘s team that russian agents had tried repeatedly to hack into their accounts. mr macron himself strongly defended the banning of two russian media outlets from covering his campaign, describing them as agents of propaganda. this choice of venue and the inauguration of a new exhibition here on 300 years of franco—russian ties was meant to highlight the long relationship between the two

countries, but more recent events have made this a stiff and awkward meeting, and it showed. lucy williamson, bbc news, versailles. the head of british airways has said he won't be resigning over the major computer failure that's affected tens of thousands of passengers. alex cruz has denied the crisis had anything to do with the airline's shedding of large numbers of it staff. he blames a power surge. services are now returning to normal and british airways expects to run a full schedule on tuesday. bbc transport correspondent, richard westcott, reports. how can a computer glitch be allowed to cripple an entire airline? spoilt holidays, weddings, honeymoons. three days in and the british airways boss has broken cover to give his first interview, admitting their back—up system failed.

the actual problem only lasted a few minutes, so there was a power surge and there was a back—up system which did not work at that particular point in time. it was restored after a few hours in terms of some hardware changes, but eventually it took a long time for messaging and for assistance to come up again. three days in and terminal 5 here is getting back to something like normality. but it is one thing sorting out the immediate problem and getting people on their aircraft, it is going to take ba far longer to ease people's anger at the way they handled the whole situation. the meltdown hit 75,000 passengers across the world, each with a different story, but one main complaint. no—one was telling them what was going on. you've got to do a lot better, haven't you, in terms of communicating with people because that is the number one... people accept there are problems sometimes, that is the number one thing that grates people.

we're fully aware that communications have to get better, particularly as social media continues to expand. so, yes, i agree with you, we will continue to invest in resources in ways in which we can actually directly reach out to people. ba made hundreds of it staff redundant recently, outsourcing their jobs to india to save money. it's led to accusations that there aren't enough experienced uk staff left to cope with the crisis. let me put this to mr cruz, if they were still ba employees, we can assure him that issue would have been resolved in minutes and the systems would be up and running. when i put it to mr cruz, he flatly denied that outsourcing had made any difference. so, totally unconnected, completely unconnected with all of those redundancies and with the outsourcing of the it systems? absolutely, yes, in this case. apart from some short—haul flights from heathrow, ba managed to fly most of its passengers today. some still can't believe how badly the airline messed up. i work in it and when they're blaming this on it problems it is basic enterprise to have a disaster recovery solution.

they should have had their communications system and their booking system in different places so they can at least send us an e—mail. 0ne estimate has put the compensation bill at around £150 million. you can't put a price on the damage to their reputation. richard wescott, bbc news, heathrow. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the prime minister and the opposition leader here in britain have been taking questions ahead of the election next week. labour'sjeremy corbyn denied he'd be "soft on terrorism." he's previously said british interventions abroad could be increasing extremism at home. the prime minister defended controversial changes to social care funding in her election manifesto. theresa may said the changes would ensure the system was sustainable. in the midst of ramadan, a bomb has ripped through a popular ice cream parlour in central baghdad, killing at least 10 people. officials say a suicide bomber in a car targeted a mainly shia area in the karrada district,

where many were breaking their fast after sundown. at least 70 people were injured. it's reported the north korean president personally supervised the test launch of a ballistic missile 2a hours ago. officials in pyongyang are describing it as a successful test. the launch was the north's 12th ballistic missile test this year in defiance of un sanctions. authorities in bangladesh are trying to evacuate up to a million people before a powerful cyclone makes landfall. cyclone mora looks likely to hit the eastern coast early on tuesday. coastal districts could face flooding from storm surges. tiger woods, arrested in florida on a charge of driving under the influence, has issued a statement in the past few hours, saying it was prescription drugs, not alcohol, that was to blame. the bbc‘s peter bowes has more details from los angeles. it is quite a lengthy statement from

tiger woods giving at least his side of the story, what happened in the early hours of monday morning. he says i understand the severity of what i did and i take full responsibility for my actions. he goes onto that he wants the public to know that alcohol was not involved. what happened was an unexpected reaction to prescribed medications. i did not know that the mix of them had affected me so strongly. he goes on to apologise and say that with all his heart he apologises to all of his fans and friends and to himself as well. tiger woods had surgery about a month ago for a recurring back problem. he had to pull out of a tournament earlier this year we know that that surgery, at least from what he said on his website last week, appeared to be going well. he said he was determined to make a full return to professional golf.

none of us look great in a police mug shot, but there has been a lot of reaction on line to this picture. it is quite a shocking shot of tiger woods, especially for those people around the world that hold as a superstar, a hero, a sporting hero, not just a superstar, a hero, a sporting hero, notjust a golfing hero, one of those characters that so many people look up to. of course, he has had, in the past, problems in his private life to be this photo is quite shocking. he actually has a bit of a beard and it looks dishevelled and bleary—eyed. not the look, clearly, that you would want to be seen having. thank you. scientists in america say they've made a major breakthrough in preventing bacteria gaining resistance to the antibiotic vancomycin. they've modified the drug to make it much more powerful. it was feared bacteria would eventually develop full resistance to the existing form of the antibiotic. bradley fikes is a reporter for the san diego union—tribune. bradley, i know you've been covering biotech for 27 years or so. antibiotic resistance is inevitable,

isn't it? this seems to be a way of extending the useful life of antibiotics. exactly. they have made three modifications to vancomycin, each of which is lethal. the chance of bacteria chancing on all three of them is very small. bacteria and natural selection to have the power to do things that are hard to imagine. but this should stop resista nce imagine. but this should stop resistance for quite a while. imagine. but this should stop resistance for quite a whilem imagine. but this should stop resistance for quite a while. it is a pretty audacious goal. there is quite a while to go. it needs to be confirmed in animal testing as well as humans. yes. it is an exceptional breakthrough but needs to be confirmed in animals before people. the chemistry seems to work, though.

they are now trying to make the process more efficient. the concept, really, is groundbreaking, once again, if it works. but the idea is to anticipate natural selection and try to build in safeguards to resista nce try to build in safeguards to resistance which could make antibiotics worthwhile for many more yea rs antibiotics worthwhile for many more years to come. just tell us something about the people behind the chemistry. would you bet on them? i would certainly not bet against them. the people there are really skilled chemists. they launched a few biotech companies that have attracted a lot of investment. people are betting money on their science. the people i have talked to who are skilled in chemistry give this a very high rating and they just chemistry give this a very high rating and theyjust wanted it yet

tested as soon as possible. and when it is tested, if it works, when our human is likely to feel the benefits? this could be several yea rs, benefits? this could be several years, depending upon how quickly they are able to go through animals buddies and if any problems emerge. —— studies. i am estimating several yea rs, —— studies. i am estimating several years, but who knows, it could fly through animal studies, but we should say several years to be on the safe side. thank you very much. thank you for having meat. it was a pleasure. -- me. at least 11 people are confirmed killed, dozens hurt, by a severe thunderstorm in the russian capital. the mayor of moscow says hundreds of trees have been uprooted by the storm, and more than 50 people have sought medical help. sarah corker reports. the storm swept through the russian capital quickly and violently. in some places, wind speeds reached up to 100km/h, which meteorologists said was extremely rare for the city. roads and railways were blocked by debris, fallen trees crushed cars. translation: it all happened

within ten minutes, very strong winds started to blow and immediately a fir tree fell and brought down another tree. they covered three cars. at least five pedestrians were killed by falling trees and other structures. an elderly man was killed at a bus stop and more than 50 people needed medical help. in the east of the city, winds tore this tennis tent apart, while the roof of the kremlin senate was also damaged. translation: we reacted quickly and are recovering from the storm now. many good trees, not old ones, were brought down. we're trying to remove them before the night falls. but in some neighbourhoods, the clear—up may take a little longer. with a mix of gale force winds, hail and torrential rain, this is one of the deadliest storms to hit moscow in decades. sarah corker, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news.

still to come: 100 years since the birth ofjohn f kennedy, tributes and commemorations across america. in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletic events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juve ntus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn the tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of the indian people from the day of independence. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than 11,500 episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri halliwell, otherwise known as ginger spice, has announced she's left the spice girls. i don't believe it, she's

the one with the bounce, the go, the girl power. not geri, why? this is bbc news. the latest headlines: the new french president, emmanuel macron, has told the russian leader, vladimir putin, that any use of chemical weapons in syria will provoke retaliation from france. their first meeting was described as frosty and the talks as frank. a week on from the manchester attack, after two days of airport chaos, the boss of british airways says he sorry about the disruption caused by a computer meltdown but he refuses to resign. us senatorjohn mccain has described russian president vladimir putin as the most important threat to world security, even bigger than islamic state. the republican made the comments while on a visit to australia. in an interview with the abc

network, he said the us needed to respond to russia with sanctions. here's some of that interview. i think he is the premier and most important threat, more so than isis. i think isis can do terrible things, and i worry a lot about what's happening with the muslim faith and i worry about a whole lot of things about it, but it's the russians who are trying... who tried to destroy the very fundamental of democracy, and that is to change the outcome of an american election. i've seen no evidence they succeeded, but they tried and they are still trying, they are still trying to change elections. theyjust tried to affect the outcome of the french election. so i view vladimir putin, who's dismembered ukraine, a sovereign nation, who's putting pressure on the baltics, i view the russians as the far greatest challenge we have. richard painter is corporate law professor at the university

of minnesota and former chief ethics lawyer for president george w bush. he's in st paul, minnesota. professor, thanks very much for your time. john mccain not the only person to say that, of course barack 0bama said it and mitt romney said it too. my social media timeline, though, is full of people who voted for though, is full of people who voted foertrump though, is full of people who voted for mr trump saying this is just hysteria, getting in the way of what the president wants to do. there are serious and important people investigating that but at the moment there's nothing to prove those trump supporters wrong, is there?|j there's nothing to prove those trump supporters wrong, is there? i don't know if senator mckim is wrong, that the russian interference did not change the results of the election —— mccain. we have no way of knowing, there was certainly a substantial impact of the russian espionage conducted in the united states and the russian leaking of

true information and also false information about candidates. it is a very tragic situation in the united states. i've been in republican politics myself for 30 yea rs, republican politics myself for 30 years, and this administration has turned out to be a disaster in part because of their inability to deal with the russian interference in the american political system and the fa ct american political system and the fact members of this administration we re fact members of this administration were communicating with the russians and not telling the truth about it. they didn't tell the truth message error declarant spawns they didn't tell the truth message error declara nt spawns and they didn't tell the truth message error declarant spawns and in one case at their confirmation hearings in front of the us. senate. senator mccain is right we need to pursue it and find out what the russians were doing in the us and who was collaborating because those people should not be anywhere near our government. there is at the very least an element of hypocrisy about the fuss over russia, it's not like the fuss over russia, it's not like the us has never tried to interfere in another country is a election, the us even tried to oppose and

assassinate other country's leaders —— country's selection. assassinate other country's leaders -- country's selection. that has happened, many countries have, the uk has, france, many other countries but the fact is russia has been doing this for over 100 years going back to the russian revolution, seeking to destabilise western democracies, they just seeking to destabilise western democracies, theyjust tried in france two weeks ago and we have to make it clear we're not going to put up make it clear we're not going to put up with that in the united states at all and we're going to get to the bottom of this, it is not a republican or democrat issue, and those supporters of president trump who persist in saying this is not an issue are doing themselves and the president a great disservice. very briefly if you don't mind, is there a smarter way to handle russia? from the russian point of view nato is an existential threat? i think that nato should be unified in supporting the growth of democracy throughout the growth of democracy throughout the european region. we do not need to be opposed to russia or a threat

to be opposed to russia or a threat to russia, we certainly should try to russia, we certainly should try to make peace with russia, have economic relations with russia, but we cannot tolerate russian interference in the elections and western democracies and i would agree that the us and the uk and other countries should not seek to interfere in russian politics either. the russian people have the right to choose their own government, so do the people of the us and the uk and other countries as well. professor, thank you very much indeed. thank you. two years of war in yemen have created what the un has described as the world's largest humanitarian crisis. as well as impending famine, the country is also facing an unprecedented outbreak of cholera. 0ur correspondent nawal al—maghafi has this special report. frail, weak, and fighting for their lives. these are the faces of yemen's latest crisis. preying on the weak and hungry, cholera has rapidly spread throughout the country. this hospital, already crippled

by war, is overwhelmed. this family arrived in the capital after their town was heavily bombed. she hoped her children would be safe in the city, but two days after moving here, their lives are at risk again. translation: the kids went to play and then they started cleaning the rubbish outside. my son washed his hands, butjust after dinner, he got really sick. yemen is a country broken by war and hunger. a place where the young and old become the first victims. it's always been poor, but two years of fighting has left it unable to cope with this emergency. translation: the war has meant that everything is deteriorating

especially the health system. there are no medicines, no access to clean water, it's catastrophic. outside, the patients keep coming. but without spare beds, they're treated in the courtyard, with over 200 new cases arriving each day to this hospital alone, makeshift tents have been set up to deal with the numbers. cholera is cheap and easy to treat, but the un says the delivery of aid has been slowed down by both sides, which means supplies don't reach the people in need. so far, the outbreak has killed over 400 people.

abdul‘s wife is the latest victim. he buried her here just yesterday. she was so malnourished, her body wasn't able to fight the disease. she was 21 years old. translation: her situation deteriorated, so we rushed her to the hospital. they couldn't help her. we took her to another hospital, but by then it was too late. everything in our life together was so lovely. she was so kind. our time together was too short. abdul was left widowed and his six—month—old son without a mother. with no peace in sight, yemen's war will continue

to tear families apart. nawal al—maghafi, bbc news. it's100 years since the birth of america's 35th president. there've been celebrations and tributes across the country to honouerk. here's a look back. ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country. i believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth. the president's car is now turning on to elm street. there has been a shooting. parkland hospital has been advised to stand by for a severe gunshot wound. president kennedy has been assassinated. it's official now. the president is dead. finally the main story again.

the new french president emmanuel macron has told russian leader vladimir putin any use of chemical weapons by the assad regime, which russia backs, will promote immediate retaliation from france. the first meeting at the palace of versailles was described as frosty and the talks as frank. much more on all of that and any other news on the bbc website. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter, i'm @bbcmikeembley. thank you for watching. hello there.

good morning. well, the bank holiday's over. it did actually end on a bit of a wet note for some northern and eastern parts of of england in particular. some wetter weather too in some parts of scotland but a lot of that has been moving away out into the north sea, so for the eastern side of england, still a lot of low cloud first thing but very little rain to speak of. scattered showers in the western side of england, parts of wales, western scotland will see a little bit of rain. this band of rain, this is a cold front heading our way, and that'll be a key feature in the next couple of days. ahead of that still quite a warm night, particularly in the south—east, 14,15 or 16 degrees. now, as we start tuesday, we've got that low cloud across these eastern areas but it is quite dry. further west, yes, we've got some rain for a time in northern ireland, that moves through. it will take a while for that to cross scotland and there will be at least some rain on this trailing weather front stretching down across england and wales. but i think there will be very little rain in the south—west of england. could stay a bit grey around some

of the coast, though. moving inland we could see some spells of sunshine. 19, 20 degrees. and in the south—eastern corner, it's still quite warm, still fairly humid, getting to 21 or 22 degrees. but there will be some rain crossing northern england down into wales. but it's becoming increasingly light and patchy as it makes its way south and eastwards. then behind that, we see it brightening up quite nicely and it begins to turn a bit fresher, we can see that humidity dropping away a little bit. but there is still some rain to be had in some northern parts of scotland. but at roland garros, we're looking pretty good over the next few days, 23, 2a degrees, those winds are increasingly light, by the middle of the weekend we should see a bit more in the way of sunshine as well. tuesday evening back on our shores, we see this patchy rain fizzling out as it makes its way to the south—eastern corner. it'll be quite grey around some of these coasts in the south and west, but actually it's going to be a fresh start to the day on wednesday morning, that fresher air has spread its way in across pretty much all parts, so a much better night for sleeping. wednesday itself looks like a pretty decent day.

might start offjust a bit windy towards the north—east of the uk, but that eases down and then most places are going to have a decent day with light winds and sunny spells but further weather fronts are waiting out in the atlantic. but wednesday, yes, it's a pretty decent day. there's that wind easing down in the north—east. good spells of sunshine for england and wales, northern ireland too, much of scotland as well and with those light winds and temperatures in the middle to upper teens, low 20s, i think it will be a very pleasant day indeed. 0n into thursday and a lot of fine, dry weather to be had in much of england and wales, eastern scotland too. and just ahead of all that rain in the south—eastern corner, looks like it will be quite warm and humid once again. this is bbc news. the headlines: the new french president, emmanuel macron, has told the russian president, vladimir putin, any use of chemical weapons by the regime he backs in syria is a red line and france would retaliate immediately.

their meeting is described as "frosty" and their discussions as "frank." after two days of airport chaos, the boss of british airways has apologised for the disruption caused by its computer meltdown, but refused to resign. alex cruz denies the crisis had anything to do with ba shedding large numbers of it support staff, and blamed a power surge. services are now returning to normal. tiger woods has denied he'd been drinking when he was stopped while driving his car in florida. police have charged the former world number one golfer with driving under the influence of alcohol. in a statement, tiger woods blames an unexpected reaction to prescription drugs. now on bbc news stephen sackur is in new york for hartalk.