broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: a shake—up at the top of the white house. donald trump replaces his chief of staff, reince priebus, with the current homeland security secretary, john kelly. after north korea test—fires a second intercontinental ballistic missile, the us and south korea react with a live—fire exercise of their own. charlie gard, the terminally ill british baby at the centre of an international row over his treatment, has passed away. and remembering the fallen of world war i: commemorations for the 100th anniversary of the battle of passchendaele. hello and welcome. another purge in the white house —

the latest person to be leaving is the chief of staff, reince priebus. the announcement comes a day after the new white house communications director, anthony scaramucci, accused him of leaking information to the media. reince priebus‘ replacement is the current director of homeland security, retired generaljohn kelly, who mr trump described as a ' great american‘ and a ‘true star‘ of his administration. well, after president trump tweeted the news of priebus‘ departure, he had this to say upon returning to washington. reince is a good man. john kelly will do a fantasticjob. general kelly has been a star, done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody, a great, great american. reince priebus, a good man. thank you very much. reince preibus has been speaking about his resignation which he says he offered on thursday.

here's what he had to say. it was something that i have always talked to the president about, which is — i have always said to him, and he was agreed with me. any time either one of us think that we need to make a change or need to move in a different direction, let's just talk about it, and get it done. and so i think the president thought about that, and we talked about it yesterday, and i resigned, and he accepted my resignation. but this is about the president. it's about moving his agenda forward. i think he's made a smart decision with general kelly and i think he's going to do a greatjob. i am looking to the future. another thing — i will always be a donald trump fan. i am on team trump. i am looking forward to helping him achieve his goals for the american people.

the bbc‘s peter bowes is in los angeles. has he shed any light about what has brought us to this point? he has not shed any light in detail, apart from saying that the president, as we heard, wanted to go in a different direction, and that is something that he agreed with, and therefore offered his resignation. he says after several discussions, it seemed over a number of days, implying the discussion started earlier this week, discussions with the president, when he offered some suggestions. he got involved in a discussion about his successor. the turner of the conversation he has just had on american television is that he continues to be a strong supporter of donald trump and will supporter of donald trump and will support his agenda as he moves forward. -- tenor. this is the price forward. -- tenor. this is the price for some. some others were expecting it. what has been the general reaction out of washington? —— this has been a surprise for some. you get different reactions. i think

there is more shrugging of shoulders in the real world than anything else. people can clearly see this is, by all accounts, a fairly dysfunctional white house, at the moment, especially in their communications department. and people have very quickly over the past six months kind of got used to that. and in a sense, these kinds of announcements, sudden announcements via twitter, from the president, are becoming quite commonplace. and people don't really been too much. it has to be said, a lot of president trump's ardent supporters, the supporters especially in middle america that got him into the white house, they are still backing him. it seems whatever happens. this controversial moves at the president seems to make do nothing to dent his support in his base. peter bowes, thank you very much for that. north korea has fired off its second inter—continental ballistic missile in less than a month.

it landed in the sea off the coast of japan. in response, the us and south korea have conducted live fire exercises with surface—to—surface missiles. north korea's leader kim jong—un is claiming that the latest test, as he put it, "proves the entire us territory is within striking range". let's get more from our corresponded in seoul. how much do we know about this ballistic missile, and whether what kim jong—un is saying is accurate? well, we know that it was fired just before midnight. there has been a statement from the north koreans, who say that it seemed too, sorry, that it was fired just before midnight. it was an intercontinental ballistic missile. we understand it stayed airborne for about 47 minutes and achieved a range of about 1000

kilometres. that means is potentially packing more punch than the last missile test that happened earlier this month. you will remember that was the first icbm launch, on the fourth ofjuly. it is a show of defiance by north korea. this week, the us has passed legislation, certainly at this stage in congress, it still needs to be signed off by donald trump. but legislation that would tighten us sanctions on north korea. where now hearing pressure on the un to up with a new un security council resolution that will tighten sanctions, as well, at an international level. so this has been widely condemned. as far as south korea is concerned, live firing exercise is immediately the wa ke firing exercise is immediately the wake of this test today. we also seem president moon indicate that he would like to see an acceleration of

the rollout of a controversial missile defence system called fad, 01’ missile defence system called fad, or here in south korea. this is being taken seriously. —— thaad. not a sense of panic, but a sense that things are worsening, and the diplomacy does not seem to be getting very far, although the preferred option of everybody at the moment is talks. karen allen, the difficulty is in the picture, they are. “— difficulty is in the picture, they are. —— thank you for putting us in the picture, they are. —— karin. charlie gard — the british baby at the centre of a legal battle over his care — has died. the 11—month—old was moved to a hospice, where his life support was removed. a statement from his family said: "0ur beautiful little boy has gone. we are so proud of you charlie". 0ur medical correspondent fergus walsh looks back at the story which captured attention around the world. today, charlie is two weeks old. this is charlie gard without breathing or feeding tubes. born apparently healthy, but soon a devastating genetic

condition emerged which causes progressive muscle weakness. by his side throughout have been his parents, connie yates and chris gard. charlie was transferred from intensive care at great 0rmond street hospital, where he spent ten months, to a hospice, where he died earlier today. they'd fought a lengthy battle to keep charlie alive, refusing to accept he had suffered catastrophic brain damage. and they raised funds online for experimental treatment in the united states. great 0rmond street applied to court to end charlie's life—support, and everyjudge backed them. at the uk supreme court, with charlie's parents sitting behind, the hospital's barrister said his suffering should end. the reality is that charlie can't see, he can't hear, he can't move, he can't cry, he can't swallow. immensely sadly, his condition is one that affords him no benefit. an american doctor offering to treat

charlie with this experimental powder had not seen his full medical records and it took six months before he came to london to examine him. finally, on monday, at the high court, charlie's parents abandoned their legal fight to keep him alive, saying that time had run out. our son is an absolute warrior and we could not be prouder of him and we will miss him terribly. his body, heart and soul may soon be gone, but his spirit will live on for eternity and he will make a difference to people's lives for years to come. we will make sure of that. shame on gosh! a private family tragedy was fought out in public. even the location and timing of charlie's death became a matter of dispute. doctors and nurses at great 0rmond street, one of the world's most renowned

children's hospitals, received abuse and even death threats, which charlie's parents condemned. let us pray... pro—life groups adopted the cause and charlie's plight became an international issue when both the pope and donald trump tweeted offers of help. the judge said it was a pitfall of social media that people commented without knowing the facts. charlie died a week before his first birthday. his parents said they were sorry they could not save him, but would set up a foundation in his name to help other sick children. fergus walsh, bbc news. let's look at some of the other stories making news today. supporters of the pakistani

president say they will support him after he was forced to resign over corruption allegations. the court said he had been dishonest in not disclosing his own earnings from a dubai —based company. he has denied any wrongdoing. police in germany say a man armed with a knife has attacked people in a supermarket in the northern city of hamburg. one person was killed and four others injured. the suspect, now in detention, is a 26—year—old man born in the united arab emirates. the police say they have no clear idea of the motive. ina in a trust in as a test for press freedom under rigid thai leather one, a judge has ordered that for journalists from a new server should

remain in custody. do stay with us here on bbc news. still to come, the volu nteers here on bbc news. still to come, the volunteers tried to save the wild horses of alberta before it is too late. cheering the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh. once an everyday part of the soldiers' lot, drudgery and danger, now no more after almost four decades. if one is on one's own, in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't really see why people should wander in and say, you're doing something wrong. six rare white lion cubs are on the prowl at worcestershire

park and, already, they have been met with a roar of approval from visitors. they're lovely, yeah. really sweet. yeah, they were cute. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: after a tumultuous few days at the white house, reince priebus is leaving as chief of staff to the president and generaljohn kelly will take over. north korea has test—fired an intercontinental ballistic missile for the second time this month. south korea says it will take its own measures to tackle the threat. jesse byrnes is associate editor of the hill newspaper and hejoins us now from washington. what do you think, was reince

priebus pushed or was he dropped?- says he submitted his resignation and trump accepted but there's been speculation for months, even when he entered the administration. during the campaign when trump was running for president he didn't think that trump was the best option for the nomination. of course when we did get it he supported trump, so there's always been this disunity within the administration, but that has only escalated in the last week since trump hired anthony scaramucci, this wall street financier and ally, and the two clashed behind the scenes we understand. so that has really forced this to come out now. does this tell us something about donald trump's relationship with anthony scaramucci? scaramucci trump's relationship with anthony scaramucci ? scaramucci completely unleashed and accused reince priebus

of lea ks and reince unleashed and accused reince priebus of leaks and reince priebus goes. there is definitely a one—sided battle being waged in the media, which? run really on the war path for reince priebus. in his first appearance last week, when scaramucci was named, he tried to play it off as him and priebus being brothers. that escalated this week when he compared him and priebus the cain and abel, of course the biblical characters wear one killed the other. so not a very subtle signal publicly, that he had it in for priebus and was interested in not necessarily having them both at the helm at the white house. general john kelly is now set to take over. are we going to see the tensions simmer down? is this the end of the soap opera? well, john kelly is a retired general. it is an

interesting pic for a white house chief of staff. of course he is well experienced on the national security side of things, but it remains to be seen side of things, but it remains to be seen how he is going to do on the political side of things. he is widely accepted for having leadership skills and for bringing a certain kind of management style to thejob, it remains to be certain kind of management style to the job, it remains to be seen certain kind of management style to thejob, it remains to be seen how he will do trying to shepherd the president's agenda in working with different constituencies like congress on issues like healthcare for tax reform, issues that may be an necessarily in his wheelhouse, so you will have to study them quickly since he will be starting in a few days on monday. this sort of thing often brings a lot of commentary on social media. 0ne often brings a lot of commentary on social media. one of the things being said about reince priebus‘s choice to cnn, that it was a bit of a message to donald trump. what you think about that? fox is normally the messaging network of choice. he

will be doing an interview with fox as well this evening in the us, so i do know how much to read into that. he has appeared on all of the different news media networks as the former head of the republican national committee last year, so he 110w national committee last year, so he now has a lot of relationships with different media, cited how much to read into that, but i think in some of his early comments coming out of the white house he hasn't said anything negative about the president and he hasn't even returned fire on scaramucci, despite the fact that anyone would say he was justified given the comments aimed at him this week. thank you very much for your time. let's move on. there have been clashes between police and protesters in east london. it follows the death of rashan charles, who was killed last saturday. unverified footage on social media

appeared to show at least one police officer attempting to restrain mr charles. friday night in east london. after several hours of protest against the police turned violent, with mattresses and bins dragged into the road and satellite. local restau ra nts a nd bars road and satellite. local restaurants and bars pulled down their shutters, locking customers inside, as fireworks and bottles we re inside, as fireworks and bottles were thrown at officers. the crowd had gathered to mark the death of 20—year—old rashan charles a week ago in this neighbourhood. unverified cctv footage showed rashan charles being followed into a late—night shop. police say he was then seen trying to swallow something and was tackled to the ground. just over an hour later rashan charles was declared dead. the investigation has been handed from london's metropolitan police to the independent police complaints

commission. but as the footage spread on social media, so has the angen spread on social media, so has the anger, resulting in this violent protests. in a statement, rashan charles‘s family say that while they appreciate all the public support, any hostile actions distracting from the investigation were unwelcome. greg dawson, bbc news. this weekend marks 100 years in the third battle of passchendaele began. 450,000 men killed or injured on both sides will be remembered this weekend. up to three months of brutal fighting weekend. up to three months of brutalfighting ended weekend. up to three months of brutal fighting ended when they gained five miles of territory. just a metre beneath this fertile

topsoil, the dense clay, through which water doesn't drain. we called at the slaughterhouse. even the most seasoned veteran at the slaughterhouse. even the most seasoned veteran felt you were lucky if you went out there and came back. if you're wounded and you slip off the duckboards, you just sank into the mud. not only that, but every pool you'd fall in with decomposed bodies of humans and mules. the point was to break through and capture the belgian channel ports, to stop german u—boat attacks. but, like the battle of the somme a year earlier, the breakthrough never came. the iconic images of the battle, the moonscape, the water—filled craters, "they died in hell and called it passchendaele", has really sunk deep into our memory of the war. but it's not a rerun of the somme. mistakes were made, some incorrect approaches were taken.

but, overall, the british army gave a much better account of themselves. i think, crucially, they did real, lasting damage the german army. near passchendaele village there is a research centre. it collects the words the fighting men wrote to their families at home. this is a letterfrom richard harding, dated the 30th of september, 1917. "my dear mother, just a line to let you know that i am quite well." nine days later, he was killed in the battle. one from privatejohn fielding. "my dear sister, just a few lines to let you know that i am still living." and this one, from an officer in the battle. "i'm sorry to tell you that major moorhouse has been killed and died in my arms. we'd just brought his son in, mortally wounded." his son was a captain in the same regiment. "the major expressed his determination to go back and fetch a doctor for his son,

though a bosch machine—gun was sniping in a very deadly manner. i tried to dissuade him." so this major moorhouse was killed trying to find a doctor to help his dying son. the public at home had a very distorted sense of what was happening at passchendaele. most of the newspaper reporting was highly partisan, full of patriotic propaganda. in our own post—truth age, that has renewed resonance. here, actors rehearse a play that will tour the country this autumn. it's called the wipers times. ypres, what the belgians call wipers. the wipers times was a satirical monthly newspaper produced by men in the trenches, a poignant and sometimes hilarious counterblast to the sanitised accounts of the national papers. the editors of the wipers times really hated the journalists who came out to cover the war, because they felt they were telling lies. they felt the people

at home were not being told the truth about the war. and they were furious that this rubbish was being circulated. the other thing is, they were very keen on pricking the bubble of what they would have not called fake news, but obviously was at the time. just propaganda and nonsense, written by people a long way away who didn't know what they were talking about. of the 12,000 men buried here at tyne cot, three quarters are unidentified. a further 35,000 are named on the memorial wall. their bodies were never recovered, lost to the mud that gave this battle its special horror. allan little, bbc news, passchendaele. for more than a century horses known as wildies have roamed free in the canadian province of alberta. today less than 800 wildies remain and now a team of volunteers is taking a new approach to save them. one only has to go out there and watch a herd roaming

the hills just to get a sense of what it used to be like in this country. if we lost the alberta wildies i think we'd be losing a big part of that spirit of alberta. they were just considered feral, stray — nobody cared about them and nobody wanted anything to do with them, and so they were rounded up, killed, just basically abused. in the wild horse herds, when they lived closer to private land and forest boundary, the young boys get kicked out of the herds and they start roaming by themselves and maybe join up with a couple of other young bachelors. most of the boys that we have in the barn right now, that's what happened. they got onto private land, trying to get close to find a girlfriend or something like that. the contraceptive is administered

via a dart, a disposable dart, and we use an injecting rifle. it's a true contraceptive, not a sterilisation. the mare will get bred. she will have normal behaviour, but she won't conceive. i didn't start with horses until about ten years ago. my daughter got a horse and she went off to college, so guess who ended up with the horse? this isjust neat. every day there's something you learn and you can teach them too. i go out in the woods on my horse or in my vehicle and i still get excited and my heartjust... it warms me up inside. the more people i can bring out there to show them and the more people i can tell about these wild horses. the horses own me. i'lljust try to do my best for them. the weather has been unsettled in

recent days and that was the case yesterday, with lots of showers across scotland and northern ireland. this was taken by one of oui’ ireland. this was taken by one of our weather watchers. this drain for england and wales. that clear to the south—east for the early hours of the morning but we keep showers going in scotland and northern ireland. in between the two a lot of dry weather and temperatures dipping to 11- 12 dry weather and temperatures dipping to 11— 12 degrees. dry weather and temperatures dipping to11— 12 degrees. 14— dry weather and temperatures dipping to 11— 12 degrees. 14— 15 further south. into the morning we have lots of showers around in scotland and northern ireland. the further south you are largely dry and further east in scotland are largely dry start. a couple of showers this morning in northern england. good spells of sunshine. a lovely start of the day for much of wales. the south—west of england, we will have bigger cloud and outbreaks of rain. the english channel a lot of cloud and rain never too far away. this is the weather front which may drift further back in. after a decent start to the day at the oval we may

see the odd afternoon shower and some rain is more likely later on in the day. the weather front makes its way back into the southernmost counties. ahead of that to the north of wales much of northern england and the midlands will have a pretty decent afternoon, but we keep showers going in scotland and northern ireland. the rain is pushing into the london area and beyond into the afternoon. we might get into the low 20s in the south—eastern corner. maybe 20 in newcastle and aberdeen. in glasgow it is at the teams. indeed even in turns wet in wales. that rain makes steady progress ever eastwards, getting into the north sea by early on sunday. that's this weather front, which continues to move away from the uk. low pressure still in charge on sunday and that will keep things fairly unsettled, especially in the north and west. that's where most of the showers are early. after a bright start for many eastern areas we will have increasing cloud and showers few and far between in

the south—eastern corner, but we are likely to see heavy showers elsewhere. good news for the ride down the sarajevo back. a largely dry picture. you can't rule out the odd shower. —— down to the south and back. low pressure still in charge of the weather on monday. it sent on the north—west of the uk where we have most of the on monday. a bit of rain at times, maybe into edinburgh and belfast. further south and east the showers are fewer and further between. this is bbc news. the headlines: the white house chief of staff reince priebus is leaving hisjob after white house chief of staff reince priebus is leaving his job after he was criticised by another senior administration official. reince priebus said he do —— said he resigned after speaking to the president on thursday. the current director of homeland security, generaljohn kelly, will be the new chief of staff. south korea says it will prepare independent measures to curb the nuclear threat posed by north korea. the united states and south korea have staged a joint missile

exercise, in response to the latest test firing by north korea of an intercontinental ballistic missile hours earlier. charlie gard, the terminally ill baby at the centre of a long legal battle in britain between his parents and hospital authorities has died. charlie had been moved from a hospital in london to a hospice where his life support equipment was withdrawn. here, council workers