this is bbc world news today. i'm lucy gray. our top stories: dramatic scenes in charlottesville as an organiser of last night's rally is for to wait from the microphone. the us top military chief arrives for talks in south korea as tensions between the united states and north korea intensify. kenya's defeated presidential candidate urges people to strike over the vote. also in the programme: streets turned into rivers in nepal as the death toll from flooding and landslides rises to at least 49. hello and welcome to world news today. one of the organisers of saturday's far right rally in charlottesville

that resulted in a woman being killed by a car was for to abandon a media briefing following protests. meanwhile the white house defended president trump after it was claimed he didn't go far enough in condemning violence by white supremacists. laura bicker reports. after a violent day of division, charlottesville has come together to pray, to show that this city condemns the hate brought here by neo—nazis and white supremacists. the virginia governor went from row to row, hugging worshippers in this baptist church. he promised to keep politics out of the pulpit, but there is a message he felt he had to give. it is about politics in that the political rhetoric in this country today is breeding bigotry. the streets here simmered with tension yesterday before finally erupting into violence, as white supremacists gathered for a rally. the group, which included members of the klu klux klan, said

they wanted to take america back. counter—protesters and anti—racism activists challenged them. police tried to disperse the crowd but this day was not to end peacefully. a car, at speed, rammed into protesters. shocked witnesses captured the aftermath. the crash killed 32—year—old heather heyer, who had fought racism all her adult life. many others are still being treated in hospital. those who captured the scene on camera said they were not shocked the day ended in tragedy. the police have charged a 20—year—old james alex fields junior with second—degree murder. the nazis who came to town yesterday clearly had the intent of causing violence. you don't come to town with shields and helmets and weapons and have a militia with automatic or semiautomatic weapons around their shoulders if you are here to peacefully express an opinion.

others, who have lived here all their lives, say the scenes do not represent charlottesville, and they want politicians to challenge those responsible. it is important to call these people what they are — white supremacists. i don't understand why that is so difficult, that is what they are. they're not hiding this behind a statue, they didn't come here because of a statue, they came here because just as david duke said yesterday, they came here to fulfil the promise of president trump and take their country back. this city did not want bigotry on its streets. its people now want to remember those who died trying to challenge it and to keep the peace. well, within the last couple of hours, jason kessler, one of the organisers of the unite the right rally, has been giving a statement about the trouble that flared up at the weekend. but that media briefing had to be cut short after protests. the bbc‘s joel gunter is in cha rlottesville and sent us this update. we're in downtown charlottesville

where jason kessler, the organiser of yesterday's white nationalist rally, tried to give a press conference but he was drowned out by shouts from the cloud of shame and thug and murderer. he spoke for a few minutes before the cloud chased off the street. he was met riot police who got into the police station. the riot police formed a defensive line with shields and it looks like kessler has now been taken out in an armoured vehicle. there are still a large group of protesters on the streets making speeches. tensions in cha rlottesville speeches. tensions in charlottesville remain high. there is no imminent threat of a nuclear war with north korea — so says the director of the cia, mike pompeo, amid heightened tensions in the region. mr pompeo says the us intelligence had a good idea of what was going on in pyongyang and that he wouldn't be surprised if it carried out another missile test. meanwhile, the head of the us

military, generaljoseph dunford, has arrived in south korea for talks on the two countries' defence alliance, as well as north korea's nuclear and missile threats. he will meet president moonjae—in and the defence minister on monday. general dunford will also visit china and japan to discuss the crisis. richard galpin reports. on the pacific island of guam, people turned out in large numbers on sunday to pray for peace. they are now potentially in the firing line as the stand—off between the us and north korea continues. pyongyang has threatened to fire missiles toward this island which is home to major us military bases. we're here to pray for leaders of those countries to remain calm and think about the people and the lives of the people we have here.

in japan anti—aircraft systems were deployed at the weekend to shoot down any north korean missiles aimed at guam. this area of southern japan would lie on the flight path. this is the most serious crisis in the region since the end of the korean war in the 1950s, according to some military experts. there is a real risk by miscalculation probably more than anything else and by rather unbalanced rhetoric of something happening that no—one intends and i think it is very dangerous, i think we are closer to there being some sort of fighting in the korean peninsula than we have been since the ceasefire in 1952. despite this, us president donald trump is not turning down his rhetoric, including his recent statement that the us military was locked and loaded. i hope that they are going to fully understand the gravity of what i said and what i said is what i mean so hopefully they will understand exactly

what i said and the meaning of those words, those words are very easy to understand. on monday the us' most senior general, joseph dunford, will be in the south korean capital for meetings with the government there. the americans say there is no imminent threat of conflict and the diplomatic track is continuing. but tensions are likely to rise even higher in a week's time when yet more planned military exercises involving the us and south korean armed forces take place in the region. another show of force to try to convince north korea to halt its nuclear weapons programme. former white house communications director anthony scaramucci says

there are people inside the white is working against donald trump. he has given his first tv interview since being sacked after just given his first tv interview since being sacked afterjust ten days in office. speaking to bbc news, he said there were parts of the establishment trying to reject the president. the president is not a representative of the political establishment so people have decided to reject him. it's like he has opened the doors for billionaires to opened the doors for billionaires to open the washington political system. the members of the political class do not like that. so ease fighting an enemy within the white house? there are members inside washington, also in the white house, that are not necessarily abetting the president's interest. name names. i have named some names and

there were some strategic changes and there will be more, the president is realising he has to bring in the witness to him and he has to bring in a different strategy. the kenyan opposition leader raila odinga has given a defiant response to international calls for him to respect the results of last week's presidential election. at a rally in the capital nairobi, he urged his supporters to boycott work on monday. he said he would announce his full course of action on tuesday. our correspondent alistair leithead has more. they believe the election was stolen and have taken to the streets. opposition presidential candidate raila odinga toured his stronghold in the capital, the first time he has appeared in public since losing the election. he urged his supporters not to accept the result. they knew they would be defeated and would have to steal, he told the crowd, that is why they had come to kill

innocent people, shoot them, put them in body bags and take them away. dozens have been injured and some people killed this weekend in clashes with police. the question was whether the opposition would accept the results of the election. it is clear now that they are not. they are calling for mass action and for people to reject this result. but it won't be national. these are small pockets of protest. much of the country has accepted the result. i wish to declare for uhuru kenyatta. president kenyatta was declared winner on friday night, beating his rival by a wide margin, and has a second term in office. international observers declared the process broadly free and fair and the electoral commission dismissed claims the ballot was hacked or rigged.

in a place with a history of ethnic post—election violence, tensions have been raised again. the opposition leader has done little to urge peace and is now taking his election challenge to the streets. in nepal, 49 people have been killed in floods and landslides, and there are fears that number will rise. rescue forces have been deployed and the prime minister has called an emergency meeting. bbc world service's environment correspondent, navin khadka is in kathmandu and has more on the worst affected areas. we are talking about the plane lands that border india so this is the rivers and river alerts, where they meet the ganges, so this is massive rainfall ina

meet the ganges, so this is massive rainfall in a short space of time. the rivers have broken the embankments and so you have water everywhere, but the scale we are seeing now, a similar thing was seen in 1993 seeing now, a similar thing was seen ini993 and seeing now, a similar thing was seen in 1993 and since then there have been other incidences but not of the scale. scientists predict this will carry on with the longer prediction of massive rainfall in a short space of massive rainfall in a short space of time. the issue right now is about the maroon and submersed places everywhere, houses, schools, farms, and the government has admitted it is overall brand, the resources a re admitted it is overall brand, the resources are not there and people are stranded so there is a huge challenge. there is no electricity 01’ challenge. there is no electricity or telephone so communication is a huge issue and that is a massive challenge and the movement has been hindered, and there for a government rescu e rs hindered, and there for a government rescuers and officials have admitted

it let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. has been a huge challenge. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. iran's parliament has overwhelmingly approved a bill giving more than half—a—billion dollars of extra funding to its missile programme and elite revolutionary guards. it's a response to the latest us sanctions against tehran. iran's chief nuclear negotiator said the new bill — which also sanctions us military officials — does not violate the country's 2015 nuclear deal. gay rights activists have been assaulted after taking part in a pride event in russia. dozens of people held flags and banners in a peaceful parade in a park in st petersburg. while leaving the event, a number of the activists were targeted with pepper spray by unidentified men. at least 11 people have been arrested for looting containers that had fallen from a cargo ship in brazil. locals went out in small boats to the floating containers, near the port of santos. they took consumer goods, including bicycles, air conditioning units and clothing. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come... more on the mystery of what happened to a swedish journalist who went missing after riding on this

privately built submarine. the big crowds became bigger as the time of the general approach. but the lines of fans became longer, police prepared for the hugejob of cloud control. idiot amin, uganda's brutal former dictator, has died at the age of 80. he is being buried in saudi where he lived in exile since being overthrown in 1979. 2 billion people

around the world have seen the last total eclipse of the sun to take place in this millennium. it began its journey off the coast of canada, ending after the sunset over the coast at the bay of bengal. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines... one of the organisers of saturday's far right rally in the us city of chocolate spill was booed after he tried to give a news conference at city hall. the us top military chief says in north korea there is no threat of an attack by there is no threat of an attack by the dated states. more on the mystery of what happened

to a swedish journalist who went police in denmark searching for a missing swedish woman say they've found no clues on the submarine where she was last seen. the owner and designer of the submarine escaped when it sank. he's being questioned. the vessel has now been salvaged. police say it was sunk deliberately. danny aeberhard has more. investigators have begun scouring the nautilus, looking for clues to help solve the mystery about what might have happened aboard on thursday night. a freelance journalist whose work has been published internationally has not been seen or heard from since. this was raised off the sea bed on saturday and brought to learn overnight it was drained. no one was found inside that forensic specialists will continue their work. after he was arrested on friday, the owner said he had dropped the journalist off on one of copenhagen‘s islands on thursday night. a police spokesman said he had not given a different explanation of what happened during

the voyage. the spokesman would not elaborate. he also cast doubt on the account that the nautilus sank when he was trying to repair an issue with the ballast tanks. he told journalists that the submarine had been sunk deliberately. meanwhile the search for the journalist or her body continues. nigeria's president muhammadu buhari has broken his silence after spending much of this year in london for medical treatment. he said there had been a "tremendous" improvement in his health and that he feels "ready to go home". but it is still not clear what he is being treated for, and his prolonged absence has sparked protests in nigeria. haruna shehu is from the bbc‘s hausa service and explained more. the presidency has not disclosed what the president has been suffering from and although a lot of people have been criticising the

silence of the disclosure of the president's illness, what people, especially the presidential aides are saying, is he is entitled to some kind of privacy, that it is not necessary for him to disclose what they want he is suffering from. the fa ct they want he is suffering from. the fact that the president has been awake in london and has appointed an acting president is enough so people should not worry about what he is suffering from. a lot of people are saying that the president should either go back to the country or resign and allow the acting president his own full presidential powers to discharge the duties of the office of the president but what the office of the president but what the people who were closed to the president are saying is that there is nothing wrong, the president has transmitted power as the queues at

—— as the constitution says, if he is going to be away for a period of 90 days, he should hand over power to his deputy, which she did, and in that case there is no constitution clause that had been violated, and then the acting president has been performing smoothly so there is no cause for alarm, according to those who were close to the president. it's time to get all the sports news 110w. lucy, thank you. the 16th iaaf world athletics championships are nearing a conclusion in london with seven golds on offer on the final night. south africa's caster semenya took her third world title in the 800 metres. semenya, the defending olympic champion, ran the fastest time of the year so far, kenya's hellen obiri took gold in the 5000 metres after picking up the silver at last year's olympics in rio while kenya's elijah motonei manangoi upstaged his teammates

timothy cheryiot and asbel kiprop to win gold in the men's 1500 metres. romelu lukaku scored a double on his official old trafford debut as manchester united beat west ham 4—0. jose mourinho's team were a constant threat against a poor hammers side, lukaku finishing smartly with a goal in each half. antony martial made it three in the 87th minute, and paul pogba rounded things off with a well taken finish from outside the box in the 90th minute. it was a good performance with confidence level is very high, with a team coming through the second half, winning1—0 and playing to win in their more comfortable way and i think it was a very positive performance with a good reflection of the confidence levels we have. so united move top of the table on goal difference courtesy of their victory while the team who finished second last year, tottenham, were also winners in their opening match as delle ali

and ben davies second half goals saw them win 2—0 at newly promoted newcastle united who had jonjo shelvey sent off just after half time. the world's most expensive footballer, neymar, made his ligue un debut for paris saint—germain just over an hour ago. but it was in the relatively smaller surroundings of an away trip to guingamp. the forward, who signed for over 260 million dollars, is now part of a team that is winning 2—0. defending champions monaco opened their campaign at dijon where they won comfortably 4—1. neymar‘s former club barcelona are currently in action against real madrid in the opening leg of the spanish super cup. it is still currently goalless after about 20 minutes played but barcelona have looked more likely to ta ke barcelona have looked more likely to take the lead in that one. while the italian super cup which is played overjust the one leg at the stadio olimpico in rome features juventus and lazio ciro immobile

with a penalty at 32 minutes. the final round of the us pga championship sees overnight leader american kevin kisner tie for the lead. he and hideki matsuyama are both on seven under par. pre tournament favourite rory mcilroy finished one over. jordan spieth was looking to become youngest to achieve career grand slam but finished well back on two over. world number one dustin johnson four underfor day to finish level par. defending champions england scored ten tries against italy as they made it two wins out of two in pool b of the women's rugby world cup. arguably their only downfall was goal kicking that saw them land just three conversions in dublin. england's next game on thursday will be a pool decider against the united states who beat spain 113—0. elsewhere new zealand and canada scored second wins in group a,

the black ferns 121—0 winners over a hapless hong kong who've conceded 209 points in two games while scoring none. while hosts ireland were 24—14 winners overjapan in group c and france are leading australia 34—0. -- 48-0. that's all sport for now. thanks very much. after weeks of public divisions between members of the cabinet over brexit, the chancellor, philip hammond, and the international trade secretary, liam fox, have made a joint pledge that any transition period will not be a back door to remaining in the eu. the two have previously put forward opposing views on brexit. here's our political correspondent, ben wright. not always heading in the same direction. while the chancellor philip hammond wanted britain to stay in the eu, trade secretary liam fox has long believed in brexit, and in headlines over the summer, their disagreements over what should happen after britain leaves the eu in march 2019 have been clear. today, though, a united front. writing a joint piece in the sunday telegraph,

they say there must not be a cliff edge break when britain leaves the eu in march 2019. they will seek a time—limited transition period with the eu. a victory for philip hammond. but during this period, britain will leave the eu single market and the customs union. a win for mr fox. i think it is actually very encouraging because over the last three or four weeks we have seen conflicting signals sent out by various numbers of the cabinet, and now it does look as though someone has said to mr fox and mr hammond we need to see unity. the customs union sets eu—wide tariffs. the single market allows free trade and the movement of people. ministers say the uk can leave both while still giving business confidence during our departure from the eu. it sounds worryingly to me as if the price philip hammond has had to pay for a transitional arrangement has been to sign up to us leaving the single market and the customs union. i think that is a dreadful mistake for the future of our economy, jobs,

and prosperity in britain. it's in brussels all this will have to be hammered out. the eu insists progress must be made in sorting out the terms of the divorce before the uk's future relationship can be discussed. and one issue the eu wants clarity on is how the border between northern ireland and the republic will work after brexit. this week the government will publish its formal position paper on the issue, expected to include plans to give irish citizens the right to move freely into the uk after brexit. shooting stars littered the sky last night as the perseid meteor shower was at its peak over the uk. you've been sending in your pictures from around the country. up to 100 shooting stars an hour were visible, there's another opportunity to see the display tonight. that's all for now. thanks for watching.

good evening. it really has been a gorgeous day for many of us with lots of blue sky and lots of sunshine coming through. i hope you managed to get out and enjoy. just take a look at this fabulous weather watcher's picture down in kent this afternoon. as you can see, very, very pleasant indeed along the coast. and in fact we saw highs just to the west of london of 23 celsius. as we went through the day we had a scattering of showers into scotland and cloud and rain gathering out in the west. the sign of what is to come as we move through the night tonight and into tomorrow. all change for most of us as the wet and often windy weather starts to push in across northern ireland and into western scotland. certainly more cloud around tonight, not as cold. best chance of seeing the perseid meteor shower the further east you are. we will start off with a lot of rain, some of it quite heavy through scotland first thing in the morning. the rain already starting to clear away to showers through northern ireland, but some of it quite persistent across the isle of man and into the lake district. a west—east divide through northern england. rain to the west of

the pennines, dry to the east. certainly that rain will be down into wales and the south west of england as well. we will start off some sunshine in the south—east corner and east anglia. you may well cling on to the sun for much of the day. the cloud will thicken all the time up through the spine of the country into the midlands. we will see outbreaks of rain, albeit light and patchy moving in. some showers developing into northern ireland. some of those could be heavy, possibly thundery by the middle of the afternoon. in terms of the feel of things, disappointing to the north and west. 15 to 18 celsius. highest values again, just like today, of 23 in the south—east corner. but that rain will arrive. it will gradually sweep its way steadily eastwards overnight monday into tuesday. not too much significant rainfall across the south—east and then clearing behind to a trail of showers. but tuesday looks reasonably promising. most of the rain will have cleared out of the way through the night. some of the showers again could still be quite heavy and possibly thundery. 16 to 18 celsius in the north, but again we will keep 23 celsius in the south—east corner.

a little transient ridge of high pressure tries to build, but not for long before another area of low pressure starts to threaten. but it does look as though on the whole wednesday will be a slightly quieter day before more rain arrives. this week is a little complicated. there will be some sunny spells, some of the showers really quite heavy indeed, and turning just a little bit cooler later. this is bbc world news. the headlines... there's been dramatic scenes in the us city of charlottesville after an organiser of saturday's far—right rally was heckled and forced away from the microphone by opposition protesters as he tried to give a news conference. the us top military chief arrives for talks in south korea as tensions between the united states and north korea intensify. meanwhile, the director of the cia, mike pompeo, says there's no imminent threat of a north korean nuclear attack on the united states. the kenyan opposition leader,

raila odinga, has urged supporters not to go to work on monday. it comes despite calls for him to respect the results of last week's disputed presidential election, which was won by uhuru kenyatta. in nepal, the number of people who have been killed in floods and landslides has risen to at least 49.