this is bbc news. i'm james menendez. our top stories: as president trump prepares to celebrate bastille day in france, he hints he may change his position on the paris climate deal. thousands are expected to line the champs elysees, but will the american president receive a warm or frosty reception? we've a special report from lebanon, as the country struggles to educate thousands of children fleeing the war in syria. in the business news, banking on better times. wall street giants have been getting a bump from trump, but can it last? just the three wheels of fortune. they have conquered asia and are now heading to africa. the unstoppable rise of the tuk tuk. hello.

president trump has suggested that the white house's position —— in a few hours the president of france will host donald trump in paris. the two leaders will watch french and american troops marched together, 100 years after the us the first world war. they exchanged compliments on friday and mr trump intimated that he could review his position on climate change, after mr macron argued in defence of the paris accord. if you are trying to help a relationship flourish, there's nothing quite like dinner in paris. the visiting president and first lady were offered the best seats in the city as they dined on eiffel tower. earlier the flattery was reciprocated with president trump praising the leadership of emmanuel macron. even complimenting his wife. you are in such good shape, he told

her. the two men may have their differences, but emmanuel macron laid on the charm as he seeks to boost france's global influence. of course not everybody has been as welcoming. the small protest was organised against president trump's visit, with demonstrators critical of america's withdrawal from the paris climate change agreement. a decision the president hinted he may be willing to re—examine. decision the president hinted he may be willing to re-examine. something could happen with respect to the paris accord, we'll see what happens. but we will talk about that over the coming period of time and if it happens that'll be wonderful and if it doesn't that'll be ok too. 0n and if it doesn't that'll be ok too. on friday morning the men will take their seats on the champs elysees to witness french troops marching with the us military in the bastille day parade. a moment to symbolise 100 yea rs of parade. a moment to symbolise 100 years of american forces joined world war i. they reminded to both

newly elected leaders of the history shared between the two nations. and on that trip, president trump also told journalists that he had changed his idea of a physical border wall along the entire us border with mexico. he now seems to accept that the natural terrain provides a sufficient barrier along about half the length of the border. only a small extension to the existing structure would be required. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the chinese government has been criticised for its treatment of liu xiaobo. china's nobel peace laureate has died of liver cancer while serving an 11 year sentence for "inciting subversion of state power". he won the nobel peace prize in 2010 while in prison for his pursuit of democracy. british police are investigating four attacks with a corrosive substance in the space of an hour in east london. authorities say they are treating the attacks as linked after the four victims described the attackers are two men on mopeds who threw a substance in their face before stealing their belongings.

there's been an increase of acid attacks in london in recent months. a heatwave across southern europe has forced some of the region's most famous tourist sites to close during peak holiday season. more than twenty fires have started near naples and sicily. the greek government has ordered that popular archaeological sites close during the hot weather, and in southern spain, seven provinces are on their highest heat alert. time for business. rachel home is here. we start on wall street, where three of the giants of us banking report their results later today. we're talking about wells fargo, citigroup and the biggest of them all — jpmorgan chase. investors have been betting that the good times are back for america's bankers, thanks to the election of donald trump. that's helped stock markets hit record highs.

but are they right? well, today's results could give us a better idea. let's show you the details. take a look at these share prices, especiallyjpmorgan‘s, since president trump was elected. look at that. they all got a boost from hopes he would help the us economy grow and that interest rates would rise. the slow pace of policy change has, though, cooled that enthusiasm a little. in particular, president trump has promised to scrap the heavy regulation of banks brought in after the financial crisis in 2008. but his new more lenient rules, called the financial choice act, are unlikely to get through congress in their current form. what could help the case is that the top banks all comfortably passed so called stress tests last month. it basically means they've been judged financially solid enough, with ample money in reserve, to withstand another financial crisis. and those tests could be eased in future. this week president trump nominated this man, financier randal quarles, for a leading role in overseeing

the banks at the federal reserve. he's seen as much more sympathetic to big banks. lots more in 20 minutes' time. also in business this friday: who needs four wheels when you can have three? the tuk tuk, or auto rickshaw, started life in italy “119117, but now dominates asian roads from india to indonesia to thailand. now indian manufacturer atul is punting the little machine as a cheap solution to africa's transport problems. it has set up assembly plants across the continent. we've been to one in port elizabeth, south africa. full details in world business report. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter — i'm @bbcrachelhorne. james, have you been on a tuk tuk?|j was going to ask you the same thing! utterly terrifying. i would have liked a seatbelt. see you soon. in hungary, the right wing fidesz government has begun taking down thousands of controversial posters which portrayed the hungarian—born financier george soros as a threat

to national security. the government says it was planning to remove the posters anyway. its critics say they have been shamed into it by the domestic and international outrage the posters generated. george soros, public enemy number one, an wanted dead or alive. the past two weeks the whole country, like this road from the airport, has been plastered with these posters. don't let soros have the last says the text. we are in every metro station and every public square. this campaign is very political, very negative and absolutely outrageous. i think it is completely unacceptable and i can't imagine anywhere else in the european union have such a campaign. the understand the sheer venom with which the hungarian government regards mr soros we have to go back to the

refugee crisis of 2015. hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants crushed hungary on their way to western europe. the government accuses him of continuing to invite them to europe and for funding civil groups who stand up for their human rights. mr soros has not been elected by anyone and we don't believe mr soros and his organisation should be an actor or actors in asylum politics. many people find the post is very aggressive a very personal. people find the post is very aggressive a very personalm people find the post is very aggressive a very personal. it was not at all aggressive or personal. there are rules for engagement in politics. if he wanted to come to the field of politics he has to take the field of politics he has to take the consequences and that is that in politics you name and personalise those with whom you have a discussion. george soros has contributed large sums to education in hungary and this is the jewel contributed large sums to education in hungary and this is thejewel in his crown, the prestigious central european university. now it is under threat of closure due to government

pressure. apparently because the prime minister wants to punish its founder. he has been taken hostage ina founder. he has been taken hostage in a political battle between the prime minister of hungary and the founder of this university. the thing about mr soros, imi in him but iam not thing about mr soros, imi in him but i am not accountable to him. we are grateful to his generosity in setting up —— setting us up but we are an independent institution and that the case with making. after just two weeks on the streets, the anti soros posters are coming down. they are putting the finishing touches to the world aquatics championships which begin in hungary this weekend. for now the focus will shift the success stories on the water and away from the dramas on dry land. the war in syria has killed more than 300,000 people and forced millions to flee their homes. at least a million of those are refugees in lebanon, a small country ofjust 4 million people. the impact there has been immense. in the next academic year

there will more syrian children in the education system than lebanese children. sophie long reports from the bekaa valley. none of these children go to school. this woman is an artist helping them to articulate their memories through drawing. muhamed is 11. his family left their home in aleppo five years ago. he hasn't been to school since. he remembers bombs dropping and people dying. war is ugly, he tells me, but fire is worse. he is drawing the camp where he lives. there was a fire and he saw everything burn. the girl's dad was crying because his daughter died. a lot of people got

sick because of the flames and smoke. i am sad for the people who died and lost their homes all over again. people got really scared. this is a programme run —— and they are working to get more than 20,000 children into the formal education system here in lebanon, but the schools are literally at breaking point. this is one of the biggest schools in the area and it already teaches more serene children than the knees. the head teacher tells me of the toll that is taking. translation: the school has a lot of pressure on so many. it is putting a burden on the school system. the infrastructure and the equipment. we have 850 students. now we have at least double that and the teaches all have to do double shifts. but as the conflict in syria continues, more and more childrenjoin

the conflict in syria continues, more and more children join the queue here for an education. all these four —year—olds were born in lebanon. tents in the oppressive heatin lebanon. tents in the oppressive heat in the bekaa valley the only homes they have ever known. but they are syrian and for them any kind of preschool education is almost non—existent. here, the school is trying to bridge that gap. this girl tells me she likes it because they feared her and teach her how to count. —— feed her. this girl has learned to name the month as they pass. she likes to keep track of time. herfather disappeared pass. she likes to keep track of time. her father disappeared nearly four years ago. none of these children live normal lives, but it is hoped that the right preparation and then education may provide them and then education may provide them a more normalfuture. still to come: it's a century since

american troopsjoined still to come: it's a century since american troops joined the first world war. we look back on a campaign of both war and. —— aid. the flamboyant italian fashion designer gianni versace has been shot dead in florida. the multimillionaire was gunned down in his home in the exclusive south beach district of miami. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worst floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the great white way by americans but tonight it is completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder of all americans about the problems the energy crisis has brought them. 200 years ago today a huge parisian crowd stormed the bastille prison, the first act of the revolution which was to topple the french monarchy. today hundreds of thousands thronged the champs—elysees for the traditional military parade. finally, fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on huge

shoal of their favourite food, pilchards. some had eaten so much they could barely stand. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: president emmanuel macron will host donald trump at france's annual bastille day celebration in paris today. earlier, donald trump had hinted he could review his position on climate change after mr macron argued in defence of the paris accord. well, as we've been reporting it's bastille day, france's national day celebrating the modern french republic. but this year, it also marks the 100th anniversary of the us entry into world war i. but as hugh schofield reports, it wasn'tjust us military might, humanitarian aid also helped win the war. it's not widely appreciated that at

the end of world war i there were 2 million american troops in france. 31918, they helped tip the war in the allies favour. and they left their dead. in places like here, east of paris, where raw american conscripts fought in the second battle of the war, by then bore hard and french divisions. these men, father and grandfather, fought in the civil war and they wanted to be like them, they wanted to be an honourable soldier and france have helped america in our revolution and these men wanted to help france. helped america in our revolution and these men wanted to help francem wasn't just the these men wanted to help francem wasn'tjust the military help but the americans brought. this part of france was devastated in the fighting, entire villages are raised, and it was an american relief effort to funded that helped to rebuild. as we can see in some

remarkable and recently rediscovered footage during —— showing this very rude. —— road. still it was filmed in1919, rude. —— road. still it was filmed in 1919, someone working for the america's devastated regions. staff of coming to an area recently back from the germans to assess needs and distribute help. the committee was made up of well—to—do american ladies and was based at the chateaux, now a museum, and at the head was the redoubtable ann morgan, prototypes of the modern aid worker. from the beginning of this americans here and they asked for movies to make the american public aware of the state of devastation and to fund raise money for the organisation she set up here. for example, the first bells will put back into the church because it was a symbol of the

german invasion so putting back those elves in the french churches was very symbolic and very important for the civilians of the region. we saw also for example the canning process , saw also for example the canning process, so american volunteers teaching french women to can some vegeta bles teaching french women to can some vegetables and fruit and meat to preserve them during the first step of reconstruction of the region. four americans 100 years ago it seems a natural thing to come to the aid of france. the war ended in victory, the troops went home, it seems like it was over. no one foresaw that within 25 years they would be back. tomorrow sees the anniversary of turkey's failed coup, when mutinous soldiers attacked government buildings in an attempt to seize control. the turkish government is celebrating the purge that followed as a victory for democracy, with tens of thousands dismissed from theirjobs. 0ur turkey correspondent

mark lowen reports. tu rkey‘s turkey's nightmare was unleashed as the plot is seized the bosphorus bridge. he tried to reach it to resist the coup attempt. a tank approached. he lay in its path, between its tracks. miraculously, he caught up unhurt. then, as second. he tried to stop it again but it ran over his arm. today, he bears the scars of the coup. translation: i came here for the sake of god to gain his blessing. i wasn't afraid andi gain his blessing. i wasn't afraid and i am not a gain his blessing. i wasn't afraid and i am nota hero. to be a gain his blessing. i wasn't afraid and i am not a hero. to be a hero would have had to stop the tank. i wish the coup had never happened. on july 15, rogue soldiers bombed government buildings and seized roads. more than 260 people were

killed. the coup attempt failed. the coup soon became the purge with over 50,000 arrested, accused of ties to the alleged plot. president erdogan called it a gift of god to cleanse the guileless —— to cleanse the crime. the crime was the coup itself, not what came afterwards. saving turkish democracy, turkish rule of law, turkish future, from a power hungry criminal network. 140,000 people have been dismissed or suspended. there is now a commission to look at all those cases and you will see when this episode is over turkish democracy is functioning. the turkish judiciary has been functioning. followers were in every corner of society, the

purge went wide, far too wide, many believe. some have simply disappeared. her husband were staff are taught at a university. in may on his way home, eyewitnesses say masked men bundled him into a car and he has been seen since. translation: i pray he is alive. if they want to prosecute him, to which legally, not by our production. i don't believe he backed the crew. i cannot raise our children without their father. others are fighting back against dismissals, it has in support of two academics on hunger strike for four months calling for theirjobs back. alongside, a human rights monument is now sealed off, a bleak metaphor for turkey's plight. the wife of one is herself on hunger strike in solidarity. this in a country hoping to join the eu. the inflation micro on to your name is

on the list and you are struck off. your life is turned upside down. you are killed off by the system. they read a critical stage, they want to live but for their demands to be met. i can't think of any alternative. immortalised for generations to come as turkey's rebirth, it's been celebrated here as the legend of the 15th ofjuly. but for others it's a painful chapter that is being written. ten is now at 37—year—old venus williams is through to her first wimbledon singles finals for nine yea rs, wimbledon singles finals for nine years, facing the 2015 runner—up having your muguruza in saturday's final after they both came through their semifinals in straight sets. tom watson reports. what a day it's been in the women's semifinal, a lot of hope and drop expectation for britain especially that konta would go on and emulate the achievements of virginia wade in 77 but she wasn't to account for the

performance of williams, hugely impressive, the oldest woman left in the women's draw, 37, into a night wimbledon final, looking atjohanna konta in the semifinals in straight sets 64, six two. williams marches on. how well did you have to play to win? i thought the crowd was very nice to me actually, you know, they could have really been, you know, even more boisterous, i thought the crowd was behind joanna and she gave ita crowd was behind joanna and she gave it a whole today, it is a lot of pressure, a lot of pressure, and so she handled it well and i think my experience helped a lot. you have a lovely smile on your face in the match was over, what emotions were you feeling? i mean she played so well and no point was easy and i just tried to climb on top each time to get another point and then, wow row, i was done, so happy. to get another point and then, wow row, iwas done, so happy. she to get another point and then, wow row, i was done, so happy. she will face abaina muguruza in the final who lasted a little over an hour out on court despatching rabada cove in straight sets. she has had a great run on growth this year, butjust

didn't seem to produce the game that has seen her reach the semifinals at a grand slam for the first time. she could only hold on service game in the first set going down 6—1 and again, as the one service game in the second as muguruza booked a place in the second final. you may remove she was the beaten finalist here to make years ago in 2015. she a talented player and she was playing very well during the tournament and i think today i stepped up on the court superconfident and everything went well. and how about your big match experience compared to hers? having been a grandslam champion and into the final here, do you think it was a telling factor? definitely, once you're in these situations you know how to handle the match is better and in my case i was more prepared than the first time i played the definitely. it will be a fascinating contest with the women's final to come on saturday. tom watson there. next week is the forty—eighth anniversary of what is arguably humanity's greatest achievement — our firstjourney to the moon. and an auction in new york contains

a unique memento from that trip — as the bbc‘s tim allman reports. also sprach zarathustra by strauss plays. it may not look all that special but, as bags go, this is really rather important. this was the bag used to bring the first samples back from the lunar surface. and it's claimed traces of moon dust and small rocks are still embedded in its material. it's an outer decontamination bag, so it was used to protect those samples from any contamination from us and planet earth, but also to protect the spacecraft and planet earth from potential contamination from lunar pathogens. neil armstrong: that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. neil armstrong and buzz aldrin spent just a single day on the moon

surface but it was a day that made history. nearly half a century later, space still fascinates. it doesn't matter your religion, where you're from, what language you speak, what your educational background, how old you are. i mean, i could talk to a 4—year—old, i can talk to a 94—year—old, they're both going to get excited about it. we all have that common experience of staring up at the sky and wondering what's going on amongst the stars. the bag is expected to fetch somewhere in the region of $3—$5 million but it's not the only item up for sale. there's the flight plan from the unsuccessful apollo 13 mission. maps, space suits, even astronaut snoopy, the mascot aboard apollo 10. proof that mankind's one giant leap still captures the imagination. tim allman, bbc news. don't forget you can get in touch with me on twitter. headlines are

coming up and then world business report. hello there. with the weekend fast approaching, please don't make this the last forecast that you see. we'll be fine—tuning the details because we will have some weather fronts around. but one things for sure, it won't be as hot as it's been in spain. during the day on thursday we had record—breaking heat. friday looks just as hot and although then temperatures may ease a little, the heat will be sustained. for ourselves, the day ahead looks mainly dry. it'll feel quite warm and there'll be some sunshine as well but we have had a weather front making its way southwards and eastwards through the night, tending to fizzle out, but initially there's some quite heavy rain on it. it does mean that although it will be another comfortable night, it won't be quite as chilly to start this morning as it was yesterday morning. and there could still be the odd light passing shower around. you can see those across the north isles for example, one or two following across the north—west, feeling a little bit fresher here. quite cool in the glens of scotland to start the day but some good spells of sunshine to start the day, as there will be

in northern ireland, and i think with lighter winds, the temperatures will respond to the sunshine as we go through the day. still quite a breeze in northern areas, still the odd passing shower in the south with quite a bit of cloud first thing. it may well be that compared with yesterday we see the best of the sunshine actually through the afternoon as that weather system clears out of the way. we get that brisk north—westerly coming down behind it, feels a bit fresher. we start to see some good spells of sunshine coming through across most mainland uk until later when we've got the next weather front knocking on the door of northern ireland and western scotland, but i think feeling a little bit warmerfor some in the north particularly compared with yesterday and it looks set fairfor wimbledon. yes, a lot of cloud initially first thing but it's men's semi—final day and we should get a mostly dry day. very unlucky if you catch a passing shower here. however, through the evening and overnight you can see further north the first pulse of rain comes in. that steady south—westerly keeps throwing these further wriggles on our weather front if you like, further enhancements of the rain across the north and west into saturday.

with the influence of high pressure in the south, there won't be that much rain but certainly there will be more cloud and an increasingly humid feel on saturday, so many areas have quite a bit of rain initially and it keeps going across western up slopes of scotland and northern ireland, but elsewhere we'll see some brighter spells developing into the afternoon. it'll feel quite warm in the brightness. then through saturday evening and overnight, that weather front starts to meander its way southwards and as it does so it tends to fizzle out but it does mean a lot more cloud. to the south we could have some really warm sunshine breaking through and a brighter day to the north as well and with just the odd passing blustery shower, but again quite a bit of cloud. bye— bye. this is bbc news. the headlines: president emmanuel macron will host donald trump at france's annual bastille day celebration in paris. the two leaders will watch french and american troops march together 100 years after the us entered the first world war. the two men exchanged compliments on friday and mr trump intimated that he could review his position on climate change after mr macron argued in defence of the paris accord.

the us withdrew from the deal six weeks ago. president trump also told journalists he'd changed his idea of a physical border wall along the entire us border with mexico. he now seems to accept that the natural terrain provides a sufficient barrier along most of the border. china has rejected international criticism of