welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. our top stories: president trump's spokesman quits, as a new voice takes over white house communications. the victim of an armed robbery in which oj simpson was jailed tells us why he should be freed. hello, and welcome to bbc news. donald trump's press secretary, sean spicer, one of the most recognisable white house faces, has resigned. it's the latest in a series of developments as the white house comes under increasing scrutiny, as an investigation into alleged russian interference during the presidential election gathers pace. our chief correspondent, gavin hewitt, reports 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. i said that wrong when i said it and then you wrote it, which makes you wrong!

because when i say something wrong you guys should know what it is i mean, wrong or right! you're wrong. 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. on thursday, the former football star and actor, oj simpson, learned he'd been granted parole and is expected to be released from prison in october after serving nine years of a 33—year—sentence for armed robbery. the victim of the armed robbery told us the victim of the armed robbery told us why he should be freed. when they came in the room, the first people in the room, the first quy first people in the room, the first guy came in and hit me in the arm. the second guy that came in the room was armed. he put a gun in my face.

he saidi was armed. he put a gun in my face. he said i will shoot you. i don't wa nt to he said i will shoot you. i don't want to use the exact words he used, but he threatened to kill me.” want to use the exact words he used, but he threatened to kill me. i know it was not oj simpson who put that gun in yourface, but he was it was not oj simpson who put that gun in your face, but he was there, and you spoke in his favour at his pa role and you spoke in his favour at his parole hearing. why is that? the amount of time he was sentenced to was the problem that i had. he was given 9.5 — 33 years. if you are familiar with the case back in 1984— 1995, he was given restitution in a civil case of $33 million. —— 1995, he was given restitution in a civil case of $33 million. "19911. at civil case of $33 million. —— 1994. at the time that coincided with what thejudge gave him, 9.5 years in jail. | thejudge gave him, 9.5 years in jail. i felt it was thejudge gave him, 9.5 years in jail. ifelt it was more thejudge gave him, 9.5 years in jail. i felt it was more than what

he deserved. i told a district attorney here 1—3 years for the crime here in las vegas. you are watching bbc news, and there is plenty still to come. children as young as nine roomed on line. questions about the safety of the on line video application, periscope. yemen is now facing the worst cholera outbreak anywhere in the world. the aid agency oxfam says this is the worst outbreak ever recorded in a single year. it's killed 2,000 people. and, according to oxfam, there are hundreds of thousands more suspected cases. 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. 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. 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. three palestinians have been killed by israel's 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. 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 violince 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 haram esh—sharif, 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. a bbc investigation has found evidence of children as young as nine being groomed on the live streaming app, periscope. launched just two years ago it allows its millions of users to broadcast live from their phones, and can reveal their location. but our team found children streaming video live from their classrooms and even their bedrooms, and clearly being groomed for sexual abuse. despite this, twitter, which owns the app, claims it has "zero tolerance" for this kind of conduct. 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 hasjust 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. 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, than 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. the top stories. the white house press secretary, sean spicer, has resigned, reportedly angry at president trump's appointment of a new communications director. and the victim of an armed robbery in which oj simpson was jailed told us in which oj simpson was jailed told us why he feels he should be freed. witnesses have been describing their panic after a powerful earthquake hit the greek island of kos. two people have been killed and at least 100 injured. the quake, with a magnitude of 6 point 7, also caused floods

in the streets of the turkish resort of bodrum. our correspondent mark lowen reports from the aegean coast. 1:30am in the turkish resort of bodrum. a night out turns to panic as the ground shakes. footage from nearby shops showed the impact as the earthquake struck, measuring 6.7. the epicentre, the aegean sea between bodrum and the greek island of kos. as streets in bodrum were flooded, residents ran, fearing for their lives and for the after—shocks. but kos felt the worst of it. a turkish and a swedish tourist were killed as the roof of a bar collapsed and scores were injured, some jumping from buildings to escape. 200,000 holiday—makers were said to be on the island, 10,000 of them from britain. we were literally ripped from our sleep. the bed shook uncontrollably.

the room shook from side to side. the noise was terrible. i actually thought that was it, i really did. at first light, the damage in kos was clear. part of the cathedral were turned to rubble. it was rebuilt 80 years ago after the one that stood here was destroyed by an earthquake, nature striking again, crushing what lay in its path. the ground was unsteady, you could feel it. you could feel it moving. it was quite scary. we heard glasses coming off our shelves. we heard it in the bathroom, glass smashing in the living room. so we got up and you were swaying, literally. in bodrum, fishing boats were upturned by the tremor. power went out in both resorts. 200 turkish nationals were evacuated from kos, including some of the injured, taken by ferry to bodrum and stretchered to hospital. the earthquake was shallow but was lessened by the sea, although it did cause high waves. greece and turkey are seismically active.

both are on significant faultlines and have suffered huge earthquakes in recent years. this could have been lot worse. with the ferry port in kos damaged, the airport was under pressure, some taking refuge from the heat as flights were delayed. a holiday idyll turned to nightmare as dozens recover in hospital and greece takes stock of a traumatic night. mark lowen, bbc news, on the greek coast. counting in papua new guinea's general election has been delayed in one province following accusations of sorcery. according to radio new zealand international recounts have been ordered in two constituencies in the country's east sepik province because more than one candidate has alleged that witchcraft has been used to remove their votes from ballot boxes. johnny blades has been following the election for radio new zealand and says the accusations aren't unusual for png. regarding the source we all gay she

is, that is not unusual in papua new because a lot of people believe in it. in the east sepik east sepik region, a number of ballot papers had gone missing and some of the candidates up their believed that was as a result of a malevolent use of sorcery. they approached the election officials are bound having the count rebound, or at least a petition filed. since the papers have been discovered again. but it is not unusual in the papua new guinea election, one for ballot papers to go missing and also the people to make these claims which

seem quite outlandish but in png people believe in a black magic, at least a lot of people anyway. do they think the votes have gone missing because of sorcery or is there politicking going on? probably both. people generally believe in sorcery. when it there are believe in sorcery. when it there a re events believe in sorcery. when it there are events they cannot explain happening, for example somebody getting sick in the village, people do not necessarily understand why. i went to a village where some lady had taken sick quite suddenly and the rest of the village cock and views, rounded on a man and beat him toa views, rounded on a man and beat him to a pulp but then at the local health officer came along and explained that she had pneumonia but by then it they had done the damage with this poor fellow and his

reputation was tonnage. a lot stems from ignorance, isuppose, but also from ignorance, isuppose, but also from a misunderstanding of what is happening in the modern age. you would have to suspect here that some candidates are trying to stall the process and the process is quite an unwieldy one. poland's parliament is expected to vote though a bill that would replace the country's supreme courtjudges, a move which is seen to threaten thejudiciary‘s independence. the bill was passed through the lower house just nine days after it was first submitted. demonstrations are continuing in the capital warsaw tonight in a last ditch effort to stop the bill from going through. earlier we spoke with dr malgorzata bonikowska from the polish think tank, the centre for international relations, about the divisions in the country as a result of this legislation. the situation is really serious now and it is very sad because it seems we are losing the ability to discuss things. it is not only among politicians, it is also among people. polish society is very

divided, and this division now goes much deeper. it seems like it is one step too far. no one says the ruling party doesn't have a right to propose the changes, or implement reforms, but the way they are doing this and what they are proposing is very controversial and needs wide political debate. but the government is not open to that. so the question would be how are we able to build the community and how are to be able to live under the one roof, if we just want to accept one point of view and polish society as a very difficult and complicated history. there are people who think many different ways here. not all the people support the party. so the question is are we still able to make a dialogue to discuss. by the way, this is exactly why people go out in the streets to protest and this is really serious. the protests are massive all over the country, because we are very much for the dialogue — this is how we started our

transformation process. if you remember, in the late ‘80s, even before the berlin wall collapsed, we had round table discussions — the solidarity movement and the communist party. after 26 years it seems like this furniture is not needed, and that is why people are really worried and frightened. because we understand very well that society is divided, we need to discuss the things, there are people who think in many different ways here, so only the way of dialogue can save us. otherwise we are heading nowhere. 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

a light aircraft has been towed to safety after it land in new york city's east river. the seaplane had been flying between east hampton airport and manhattan when it got into difficulties. it was not immediately known what caused it to land. seven passengers and crew were rescued and there were no reports of any injuries. vladimir putin has said he is undecided as to whether he will run for re—election next year. in a school session with children he promised not to change the constitution to allow him to keep running for president indefinitely. when asked what were the most important things in life he answered life itself, love and freedom. new york is undoubtedly one of the world's great cities. it's full of tourist attractions, museums and art galleries.

but closer to the streets you can see a different kind of art — this one involving pipe cleaners. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. new york. the city that never sleeps. more than 8.5 million people, the world in five boroughs. some of that perhaps reflected in this art installation, a miniature city made out of pipe cleaners called dafuture. this is social commentary, it's about social media and technology and the effect that cellphones and technology has had on our civilisation. each little room kind of tells its own little story. greg bishop has been making his pipecleaner art for the last five years.

he finds his creation is a great way to combat stress. these passers—by seem to enjoy it as well. i like that it's fun. i like that it a scene, and it could be any city and it's cool, the figures in the pipecleaner circle. i like how it's basically a lot of dioramas. i like how you created it, i like the colours, i like the story and you need to take time to really go through it, and it's fabulous. but if you want to see dafuture, be quick. greg bishop's work typically stays up about a week before being taken down by sanitation workers or destroyed by the weather. if you want to get in touch with me and the rest of the team, get in touch with us on twitter. hello and welcome to the weekend — although you may view that as a somewhat hollow greeting once

you have seen the forecast. some really very wet weather on friday in south—west england and wales in particular. but that transferring 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, and after a really windy day for some of us on friday. over the weekend, it is still breezy, but the winds are looking lighter. showers could be gusty. this is what it looks like for early risers. showers move in towards south—west of the uk, and band of rain pushing away from the uk but still there in northern england and southern scotland. breezy picture in northern scotland. but north—west scotland should fare well throughout the weekend. northern ireland picking up the odd shower here and there. quite wet across parts of northern england, the further north you are. here is a drier, brighter slot across much of wales and down towards south—east england.

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 eastern england, but beginning to push away. so on through the day. where we start with sunshine, 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. one or two showers in northern island. you could catch a shower across southern scotland into northern england. it could well be torrential and thundery. the risk of hail, too. a rumble of thunder maybe to the south. could be a lot of rain to come. going to the evening, some of the really heavy showers to fade. could be, compared with friday, a quieter day at the open golf at royal birkdale. fewer showers around, but on sunday still some wet weather as we go into the final round. so this is how sunday is shaping up. again, it is reallyjust sunshine and showers.

maybe more of us, on sunday, escape the showers. temperatures through the weekend in the high teens, low 20s for most us — close to average for 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. the white house press secretary, sean spicer, has resigned, reportedly because he was unhappy with president donald trump's appointment of a new communications director. the new appointee, anthony scaramucci, a former wall street financier, denied there had been tensions over his appointment. the victim of an armed robbery in which oj simpson was jailed has told us which oj simpson was jailed has told us why he says it is incheon should

be freed early. —— oj simpson. the world health organization has said the cholera outbreak in yemen is out of control, with over 300 thousand people affected. the country has been racked by civil war and an intervention by saudi—led forces for the past two years. as a result government health services have collapsed. coming up shortly is newswatch, but now on bbc news, it's time for click.