this is bbc news. the top stories: the white house secretary sean spicer quits. his resignation comes after a new communications director is named, just six months into the trump administration. war, hunger and trump administration. war, hungerand an trump administration. war, hunger and an outbreak of cholera which has reached humanitarian crisis. pockets of hunger are growing, cholera is spreading and doctors and nurses haven't received a salary for ten months. palestinian leader mahmood basa suspends all come on occasions with israel, as three palestinians and three israelis are killed in a day of clashes. a bbc investigation into online abuse reveals children as young as nine are being groomed using the periscope app, owned by twitter. welcome to bbc news. donald

trump's press secretary sean spicer, one of the most recognisable faces of the current administration, has resigned, apparently in processed at the decision to appoint anthony scaramucci as the new head of communications. however, speaking to reporters, anthony scaramucci played down the clash of personalities. sean spicer is famous for his angry outburst at reporters during heated media briefings and he hasn't been as visible in recent weeks, prompting speculation that he had been sidelined. this report from washington. a day of dramatic changes at the white house. sean spicer, the white house press secretary, and one of the most recognisable faces of the trump administration, abruptly resigned. spicer was a controversial figure. early on, he was forced to defend the crowd size at donald trump's inauguration, denying that more people turned out for barack obama.

this was the largest audience to a witness an inauguration, period, both in person and around the globe. but pictures suggested otherwise. and then there were his remarks about chemical weapons. his references to hitler caused outrage. we didn't use chemical weapons in world war ii. you know, you had someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons. his performances were mocked on late—night comedy shows. when i say rocky start, i mean it in the sense of rocky the movie, because i came out here to punch you! in the face. also, i don't talk so good. sean spicer found himself under close scrutiny from donald trump, who prizes good on—camera performances. the president began looking for a strong defender, particularly as he faces a growing investigation

into whether there was collusion between the trump campaign and russia during last year's election. what prompted spicer‘s resignation was the appointment of this man, anthony scaramucci, as white house communications director. the wall street financier gave his opening pitch. i love the president and i'm very loyal to the president. then he was reminded that back in 2015, he had called donald trump "a hack, an inherited money dude". mr president, if you're listening, i personally apologise for the 50th time for saying that. but here's the wonderful thing about the news media. that was three minutes of my life. he's never forgotten it and you've never forgotten it. but i hope that someday, mr president, you will forget it. let's go to the next question. the new communications director is certainly slick, but here's the problem. you can stand at the podium and defend white house policy, but president trump has a habit of changing the message with just a tweet. today's sha ke—up reveals

donald trump under pressure, seeking a communicator who will fight for his presidency. gavin hewitt, bbc news, washington. bradley blakeman is a republican strategist who previously worked in the administration of president george w bush. he says changing personnel in the white house is not that unusual. every white house has a certain amount of organised chaos. people come and go, people are expendable. the only people who are not are the president and vice president. after four years they are at the will of the people. six months an? absolutely. historically we've seen changes at this level almost in every administration. this early on. people are just getting their feet wet and establishing themselves and somejobsjust don't fit. wet and establishing themselves and some jobs just don't fit. anthony scaramucci will have a tough job being a communicator and a communications dog in a white house

that extremely fluid, more fluid and less organised than probably any modern presidency. but also the timing of appointing him just before this week week that's coming up, with the president's son—in—law due to give testimony to a committee, potentially his own son giving testimony to a committee as well. it just seems it is quite an odd time to be shaking up your communications team. well, there's never a good time to shake up communications team, but the president felt this was the time and he is the boss and he is bringing in people that he feels comfortable with. it was no secret that the president was dissatisfied with his communications shop. the only question is when the change will come. now the change has come and the most important time in this administration is gearing up for the fall, got that's when we ta ke for the fall, got that's when we take a budget and debt ceiling and hopefully by then we will have put

to bed to repeal and replace of obamacare, moving on to taxes and other things. i'm glad you touched on the policy issues because that's the other question. while all this reshuffling in the white house is going on, or the campaign pledges that promises lie unfulfilled. there is no sign of funding for the promised wall. there is funding. the travel ban is repeatedly challenged in the courts and obamacare still hasn't been repealed and replaced. well, you're wrong, the wall has been funded to the tune of over $1 billion. that's been done. the only question is what will the wall look like woods wall money is there. the question right now as you pointed out is fulfilling promises. policy is made here in washington, but is sold in mainstream usa, so the president has to have an indication policy to sell those policies to the

american people and put pressure on congress, which we control. republicans control both houses. briefly, you outlined the challenge of the communications strategy. but the president has appointed someone with no previous communications experience. he does have experience. he was a regular host on the fox —— fox television channel. he answered questions left and right, no hesitation, forthright and direct. i think it has plenty of communications experience and by the way he is outside of the washington beltway which is another plus. he is a refreshing new face who is an entrepreneur who is to medicine successful, so he fits the mould of donald trump. let me bring you a line of news we are getting from the us. the us

senatejudiciary are getting from the us. the us senate judiciary committee are getting from the us. the us senatejudiciary committee says it won't issue subpoenas for donald trump junior and paul mana fought won't issue subpoenas for donald trumpjunior and paul mana fought to testify on wednesday. this is all pa rt testify on wednesday. this is all part of the investigation into allegations of interference in the presidential election and looking at whether there was any collusion within the trump campaign team and anyone based in russia. the update we are also getting says the judiciary committee says donald trump junior and paul manafort are negotiating to be interviewed prior toa negotiating to be interviewed prior to a public hearing. that's the statement being broadcast from the reuters news agency. if we get any more developments on that we will bring them to you on bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. the emir of qatar has called for negotiations in his country's dispute with four arab neighbours. in his first public address since the crisis erupted, the emir said any solution must respect qatar's sovereignty. saudi arabia, the united arab emirates, bahrain and egypt cut ties with qatar injune over its alleged support for terrorism

and ties with iran. the russian president vladimir putin has said he's undecided on whether to run for re—election next year. speaking during a question—and—answer session with school children, he promised not to change the constitution to allow him to keep on running indefinitely. when asked what the three most important values in life were, putin said "life itself, love and freedom." the us military says its planes have accidentally bombed a unit of afghan security personnel in helmand province, killing several of them. afghan forces, backed by us air strikes, have been battling to dislodge taliban militants from the district of gereshk. it's described the deaths as "unfortunate" and pledged to investigate the incident. the cholera epidemic which is sweeping the war ravaged country of yemen is now believed to be the largest ever recorded in a single year. injust three months since the outbreak started, there have been more than 360,000 suspected cases. this is just the latest crisis to hit the country after two years

of a devastating civil war and a famine that followed. nawal al—maghafi has been to the area in and around hajjah province where the outbreak started. another crisis has hit yemen. people here question how much more they can take. war and poverty have combined to mean cholera has swept through this country faster than any on record. unless treated quickly, this waterborne disease can kill. most have walked hours to get treatment, but only the fortunate make it in time. samira rushed here from the village to save her daughter. her family have suffered all three tragedies of this war. they have lost their home to an air strike, the children go without food and now they are all fighting cholera. too malnourished to breast—feed, samira has been feeding

her daughter powdered milk with cholera—infected water. more than 7 million people here also face the threat of famine. cholera costs pennies to treat, but being malnourished makes it much harder than the body to fight the waterborne disease. in another clinic lies abdullah. for months now, he has had very little food or access to clean water. aid agencies are doing what they can, but the magnitude

of this outbreak is outstripping their ability to respond. one person dies in yemen every hour from cholera. this is the world's largest humanitarian crisis, and it's completely man—made. pockets of famine are growing. cholera is spreading, and civil servants like the doctors and nurses here haven't received a salary in over ten months. there's one thing that people here keep telling me, and it's that they feel completely forgotten by the world. hospitals here are on the verge of collapse, so schools like this one are being turned into cholera treatment centres. this local businessman is funding this place out of his own pocket. 5,000 have been brought here in the two months since it opened. people faced the biggest

threat in rural areas. in this one village alone, 20 people have died in the space of three months. hours from the nearest town, it was impossible for people without money to get help. abdullah has recently become sick. together with his sister hind, they can't afford the medicine for their illness. it's been over two years since this conflict began, and people here are stick, hungry and exhausted by this war. —— sick. abdullah and hind are two out of five people in their family who have been infected with cholera, and the nearest hospital is over an hour and a half away. and like most people here, they simply can't

afford to get there. the truth is that for many in this country there's no escaping cholera. here on the edge of the village is the only source of water. the people know it's infected, but, with no other options, they continue to rely on it. nawal al—maghafi, bbc news, hajjah, yemen. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: she may be a royal but like most two year olds she knows how to throw a tantrum, especially in public. mission control: you can see them coming down the ladder now. it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight for the first crash in the 30 year history of concorde, the world's only supersonic airliner. it was one of the most vivid symbols of the violence and hatred that tore

apart the state of yugoslavia. but now, a decade later, it's been painstakingly rebuilt and opens again today. there's been a 50% decrease in sperm quantity and an increase in malfunction of sperm unable to swim properly. thousands of households across the country are suspiciously quiet this lunchtime as children bury their noses in the final instalment of harry potter. that when hello. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: —— hello. the white house press secretary, sean spicer, has resigned after president trump appointed anthony scaramucci as his communications director. the people of yemen call for foreign help as cholera hits hundreds

of thousands of people. three palestinians have died in clashes with israeli security forces and three israelis have been stabbed to death in a west bank settlement. the latest violence has erupted following the introduction of new security measures at a key jerusalem holy site. palestinian president mahmoud abbas has said he's freezing all official contacts with israel. translation: on the half of the palestinian leadership, i announced the freezing of all contacts with the freezing of all contacts with the occupying country at all levels until israel repeals all the measures carried out against our palestinian people in general, and injerusalem palestinian people in general, and in jerusalem and at palestinian people in general, and injerusalem and at the allouettes a mosque in particular. —— al—asqa. we reject the electronic gates as these are political measures wrapped in security pretext. palestinian president mahmoud abbas there. alanjohnston has been looking

at today's unfolding violence and filed this report. and so it began. what the palestinians said would be a day of rage. they'd gathered in their hundreds, the israelis said men under 50 would not be allowed to go into the old city and perform friday prayers at the holy site. so the palestinians prayed in the streets. and then the tensions exploded. the violins played out in pockets in different parts of occupied east jerusalem. fierce exchanges in the sacred city. when the tear gas eventually cleared, arrests were made. injerusalem and in violence in the west bank, hundreds have been wounded. —— there were fatalities too. at the centre of attention,

muslims call it... jews, the temple mount. last week this was the scene of violence. israeli arab gunmen killed two policemen were hunted down and courtyard. so the israelis installed these metal detectors at the gates. palestinians vehemently opposed this. many refused to go through the detectors into the aqsa mosque compound. instead they started praying in the street outside. for these people, the new security measures are an attempt by their occupiers to secure more control over a place that sits at the very heart of the religious and political divisions between israel and the palestinians. reasonable thinking, reasonable behaviour, and that extremism and racism is the way to solve problems. palestinians in any

case will not accept any compromise about the mosque. the israelis say the detectors are only in place to keep everyone safe. a week ago today muslim radical terrorists went in and murdered two israeli policeman after smuggling in rifles. the only way that we can defend ourselves is by placing those metal detectors. and so afterjerusalem's day of rage, then metal detectives remain in place, this latest bitter dispute is not over. the dangerous stand—off will continue. joining me now is benjamin radd, a professor of political science at the university of california los angeles. he's also a research fellow at the centre for middle east development. thank you for your time. what do you

make of the unfolding and seemingly increasing spate of violence that we are seeing? thank you for having me. it reflects the current lack of cooperation and communication between the meta nyahu cooperation and communication between the netanyahu government and mahmoud abbas and the palestinian authority. we have seen a breakdown in talks. they have all but ceased. cooperation is impacted. specifically in flashpoint sites like the temple mount. we had a moment ago about the decision by the palestinian president mahmoud abbas to cut ties with israel. do you think that will have an impact, or could it make things worse?m think that will have an impact, or could it make things worse? it is really at this point more of a symbolic gesture given the lack of dialogue or substandard dialogue

between the two sides anyway. it is an important step, one that won't tilt the situation any further into the state it is in, but it will possibly compel a third party mediator to come in and pre—empt any further deterioration between the two sides. in your opinion, how do they go about the escalating the current crisis? judy mcevoy require a third party, probably the united states or the egyptians to come in and bring both sides back to the table at least on this one issue of security at this holy site in east jerusalem. —— de—escalating. everything else can wait. ok, thank you forjoining us. thank you. a bbc investigation has found evidence of children as young

as nine being groomed on the live streaming app periscope. our correspondent angus crawford investigates. not learning, but broadcasting, live from the back of a lesson. viewers send her direct messages. another school, another class. more questions from total strangers. but this isn'tjust an innocent chat. are you in high school? yes. we found pupils live streaming across the country. and they've all been using this, periscope, an app owned by twitter, which allows users to broadcast live from anywhere. and our investigation from children using it in their own bedrooms and being groomed in front of our eyes. this child is still in her school uniform, probably 12, no more than that. talking straight into the camera and there's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven requests already. one of them is asking

the size of her bra. another one has justjoined. someone's just asked her to unbutton her shirt. the age limit is meant to be 13, but we easily find children younger than that. this little girl is really young. hi. so right now it's my first time playing this app. i don't even know what to do. i'm nine. i actually look seven. "up top, please." what do you mean by, "up top, please?" we passed the details of all these children to the police, and showed what we found to the nspcc‘s head of online safety. hi. oh, gosh. well, it's very disturbing, isn't it? to see children as young as nine when they're so vulnerable and being so clearly groomed for sexual purposes by a pack of people online.

it's really shocking. what's really worrying about periscope is the way it uses maps. if i go live from here on a street corner in west london, then anyone can zoom in and find out exactly where i am. twitter refused an interview request, but said in a statement: but our investigation showed children openly being groomed. the question for periscope — can young people really broadcast to the world and stay safe? angus crawford, bbc news. forensic experts who've exhumed the body of salvador dali have revealed that the artist's trademark moustache remains intact almost

three decades after his death. his remains were disinterred to collect samples to settle a long—running paternity claim from a 61—year—old woman who says her mother had an affair with the painter. if she is proved right, she could assume part of the dali estate, currently owned by the spanish state. royal visits can be tiring for even for the most experienced members of the family, but for two—year old princess charlotte, daughter of prince william and the duchess of cambridge — —— daughter of prince william and the duchess of cambridge at the end of the five—day tour to poland and germany, it all proved a bit too much. as the cambridge's prepared to leave hamburg, there were some tears on the tarmac. luckily her mum calmed her down. don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. hello and welcome to the weekend.

although you may view that as a hollow greeting once you have seen the forecast. there is an wet weather in south—west england and wales and the beginner. at that tra nsfers wales and the beginner. at that transfers further east around this low pressure, which is still a player in our weather going to the weekend. not a washout. more of a sunshine and showers picture. but some of those showers will be heavy. some sunshine in between a really windy day for some of us on friday. over the weekend, it is still breezy, but the winds are looking lighter. this is what it looks like for early risers. showers moving to the south—west of the uk. a band of rain pushing revenue cake, but still there in northern england and southern scotland. breezy pitcher in northern scotland. but north—west scotla nd northern scotland. but north—west scotland should farewell throughout the weekend. northern ireland picking up the odd shower here and there. the further north you are you

will see rain to start the day. already, at this stage of the morning, a few showers popping up in south—west england and south—west wales. outbreaks of rain affecting parts of these in england, but beginning to put away. through the day, we start with sunshine. that bills. showers build. where you start wet, it may ease. throughout north—west scotland, it will stay dry, breezy, but warm in, with some sunny spells. you could catch a shower across southern scotland into northern england. could be torrential and thundery. the risk of hail, too. could be a lot of rain to come. going to be then, some of the really heavy showers at defay. could be, competitive friday, a quieter day at the open golf at royal birkdale. fewer showers on sunday.

still some wet weather as we go into the far north round. this is how sunday is shaping up. it is really just sunshine and showers. maybe more of us escaping the showers on sunday. temperatures through the weekend for most us close to average four this time of year. as we go into monday, this system pulls away. it may have some lingering cloud and outbreaks of rain for eastern parts of england, but for monday and tuesday, for most of us, it is looking like a quieter story. briefly high—pressure and some fairly warm sunny spells coming through. this is bbc news. the headlines: the white house press secretary sean spicer has resigned after president trump appointed anthony scaramucci as his come on occasions director. the new man said there was no tension over his appointment. the palestinians have broken off contact with israel over increased

security measures at a holy site in jerusalem. three palestinians and three israelis have been killed in a day of clashes. the mayor of kartar has made a rare televised speech, criticising his golf neighbours after weeks of a blockade which he described as collective punishment of his people. -- qatar. the cholera outbreak in yemen is now the largest ever recorded in any country in a single year. oxfam says there are 360,000 suspected cases of there are 360,000 suspected cases of the disease after two years of brutal civil war. the time is