i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: north korea announces that its leader has been studying plans for a missile strike on the american territory of guam. devastation in sierra leone. hundreds are feared dead after an entire hillside collapses in heavy rains. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: two days after the white supremacist attack in virginia, president trump finally condemns racism. racism is evil, and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the kkk, neo—nazis, white supremacists... as india marks 70 years of independence today, we talk to one family about how partition still affects them. sometimes you feel that things are not the way nehru wanted,

or gandhi wanted. it is 8:00am in singapore, 1:00am in the morning in london, and 8:30am in pyongyang, where state media is reporting that kim jong—un has discussed with senior officers a plan to fire missiles at an area near the us pacific territory of guam. north korea's kcna news agency warned the us to stop what it called arrogant provocations. but mr kim is also reported to be watching what america is doing, and hasn't made any decisions yet. earlier i spoke to wang jiangyu from national university

of singapore's faculty of law. he told me what he believes kim jong—un is trying to achieve with his latest statement. number one, it's face—saving. it shows that north korea wouldn't give in to any pressure, especially because the neighbouring countries like china and russia seem to be more sincere than before in implementing un sanctions. number two, they are words of deterrence. kim jong—un said he would be watching what the us do, and he would be serious about it. if you do any action to harm me, harm my interests, then i will take action. so those are... and kimjong—un is not scared of anyone, despite the un and china sanctions, and all this strong rhetoric from president trump. i think in the past few years kim jong—un has established a track record to show that he wouldn't

give in to any pressure. so this is just another example. now that we have this latest statement from kim jong—un, how do you think will president trump respond? i think president trump will respond with even stronger rhetoric. that's just his personal style. and we will continue to see the exchanging of words like that. but north korea, if they launch a missile in the water near guam, it depends. it depends on how far the missile will drop in the water of guam. if they drop it in the high seas, then there is no excuse for the us to go to war. so professor, are we likely to see a strike, then, from north korea? it could happen, it could happen that north korea could launch the missiles in the waters

nearguam, but probably not very close. but what would be the repercussions, particularly from china? they're a key ally of kim jong—un. what will beijing likely do? china's official position is not clear, but what we understand from the media reports, and from the analysis within china, is that if north korea launches the first attack, then china will stay neutral, china wouldn't help north korea. if the us launches the first attack, then china might be forced north korea in some way. let's take a look at some of the day's other news: more than 300 people are feared dead and others remain trapped after a huge mudslide in the west african state of sierra leone. umaru fofana is in freetown. digging for corpses. hundreds are believed to be lying beneath this rubble, after sugarloaf mountain caved in. the ferocity and speed of the mudslide completely submerged dozens of houses that have been constructed here,

many of them illegally. they ranged from tin shacks to concrete storey buildings. even the mangled structures can hardly be seen. they are all buried. earlier in the day, a torrent of mud and water, carrying away everything in its path in many parts of freetown. this driver risked his life on a bridge that was all but overwhelmed by water during the flash—floods. witnesses described how roads had turned into churning rivers of mud. freetown is an overcrowded city, with few defences against heavy rains. they come every year, but not usually with quite such ferocity. hundreds of bodies have been recovered, with the central morgue stretched to its limits. there are concerns rains will keep pattering tonight. soldiers are warning people to evacuate the neighbourhood. the victims in sierra leone are among the world's poorest people, with the united nations saying around 60% are living below the national poverty line. so some survivors have risked everything to try to salvage

the few possessions they can, despite the rising waters. umaru fofana, bbc news, freetown. also making news this hour: a us court has found that a radio host assaulted singer taylor swift. jurors in federal court in denver agreed that david mueller had groped her at a 2013 event. and we will have more on that story from our correspondent in los angeles in a few minutes‘ time. the british man who was credited with stopping the spread of the wannacry computer virus has appeared in court in america on unrelated hacking charges. marcus hutchins denied writing and distributing code which could help steal banking details. he was released on bail, and will be allowed to continue his cyber security work while living in los angeles. prosecutors in france have ruled out a terrorist motive after a man drove a car into a pizza restaurant in a paris suburb. a teenage girl was killed and eight other people injured, five of them seriously.

the incident happened to the east of paris in the village of sept—sorts. and more than 10,000 people have come together in indonesia's north—west province of aceh to perform a traditional saman dance in the name of unity. the record—breaking performance was held to promote harmony ahead of the country's independence day on 17 august. after two days of equivocation, today president trump condemned by name the white supremacists and neo—nazis who marched in charlottesville, virginia. the demonstrations there at the weekend turned violent, and one woman was killed when a car ploughed into a crowd of counter—protestors. today, the man behind the wheel was denied bail. the bbc‘s north america editorjon sopel has more. vacation suspended, the president returned to washington this morning from his holiday to meet the director of the fbi and the attorney general, following the weekend violence in charlottesville.

meanwhile, in the university of virginia town, there were scuffles outside the court where james alex fields appeared this morning on murder charges, after a car ploughed into anti—racism protesters. oh, my god. people are badly hurt. oh, my god, badly hurt. the president's "everyone‘s to blame" response, and silence until now, lit a firestorm of criticism. so why has donald trump been so unusually tongue tied over this? the number who have sympathies is probably far larger, and they were among the most vociferous supporters of him last november. certainly his surrogates have condemned the far—right, but donald trump reluctantly so. today, 48 hours on, a dramatic shift in language from the embattled president.

he sounded tense. there was no freewheeling, as he gripped the lectern, and gripped every word on the autocue, his eyes barely moving. racism is evil, and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the kkk, neo—nazis, white supremacists and other hate groups, that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. we are a nation founded on the truth that all of us are created equal. we are equal in the eyes of our creator. we are equal under the law, and we are equal under our constitution. but this was too little, too late for ken frazier. today, the boss of one of america's biggest pharmaceutical companies resigned from the president's industry forum, saying: within minutes, donald trump fired back, saying on twitter...

mr president, can you explain why you did not condemn those hate groups by name over the weekend? they've been condemned. they have been condemned. donald trump has bent to criticism, something that has not happened often. but why it has taken two days to name these groups, well, that question still hangs. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. let's bring you more now on the reports from north korea that kimjong—un has been briefed on a plan to fire missiles towards the us pacific territory of guam. yogita limaye is in seoul, and explained how the government there is responding. well, we are expecting the president to speak in a couple of hours from now. it is liberation day in north korea,

it will be celebrated by south korea as well. the details of that statement, published in the north korean official news agency today, basically says kim jong—un carefully examined this plan, and discussed it for a long time with his generals. but it also says he is going to watch for a little more time what they describe as the foolish and stupid behaviour of the us before they decide to make that strike. so if south korea was expecting the rhetoric to calm down a bit, that doesn't seem to be happening, even though yesterday the south korean president came out and sent out an emphatic message saying he doesn't want war on the korean peninsula, there needs to be a peaceful resolution. and that's what he emphasised to america's top—ranking general, generaljoseph dunford, who was visiting south korea yesterday. so this war of words continues, and as you said,

the us‘s top military chief has gone to china and japan now. how much of a diplomatic process will they continue with this war of words as the backdrop of the conversation? especially in china, he said that he yesterday, general dunford, the message they are taking to china is none of these actual diplomatic or economic measures will work unless china implements the economic sanctions passed this month. what he has also said is when he goes there he will try to speak to china about that. china actually said yesterday that from today they will impose a ban on imports of coal, iron and seafood from pyongyang, and if actually implemented, that could economically impact the country. but so far there's been defiance from north korea, and many analysts i speak to have said sanctions haven't worked in the past with the country. you are watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme:

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the bay of bengal. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: north korea's leader has been briefed on a plan to fire missiles near the us pacific territory of guam but kim jong—un is said to be watching us actions before taking a decision. at least 300 people are feared dead in sierra leona after an entire hillside collapsed in heavy rains. in britain, the bongs of london's big ben will fall silent next week for four years so that major conservation work can be carried out on its tower. the chimes will still be used, however, for important national events such as new year's eve and remembrance sunday.

the silence is designed to protect the workers who'll be repairing the building around the famous bell. that story is popular on bbc.com. let's take a look at what some of the newspapers around the world are covering: we'll start with the front page of the financial times, it says some of china's biggest companies are facing greater state control as the communist party rights itself into the memorandums of association of more than 30 firms. the china daily reports on a boom in botox — small cosmetic surgeries like fillers have doubled in china in the last five years, according to its front page. it says ten million doses of the two most popular treatments will be used this year. and in the uk, the guardian reports on some big changes for uber there. and in the uk, the guardian reports on some big changes for uber there. customers can now leave tips

for drivers and will soon be charged for keeping the cars waiting — it's apparently an attempt to ease tensions with drivers over their labour rights. more now on the verdict in the court case between an american dj and the us singer taylor swift. jurors in federal court in denver ruled on the side of taylor swift and agreed that david mueller had groped her at a 2013 event. his claim for damages, on the grounds that his reputation had been destroyed by false allegations, was thrown out. peter bowes has been following the case from los angeles and gave me this update. it is all over now, the jury have come down on taylor swift's side. they have ruled that she was groped by the dj and have ordered him to pay $1 in damages, a symbolic amount because that is what she had asked for. she went to court over this because she said she wanted to stand up for her rights.

it was not about the money. it all started when he sued her, this goes back to 2013 when it is said to have happened, he sued her a couple of years later because he lost hisjob. he said she was to blame for having lost his job. that part of the case was thrown out of the court last week by the judge, she said that no connection could be made that taylor swift caused him to lose his job. and we have heard from the jury that they have sided with taylor swift in terms of the grouping. that he did it. and have we heard anything from the dj? and have we heard anything from the taylor swift? not since the verdict. we heard a lot from taylor swift when she gave evidence last week, quite detailed evidence on the witness stand. she said she was violated in a way that had never happened to her before. she explained her case quite calmly and in a lot of detail. no doubt we will hear in the coming

hours some reaction from her. another aspect to this case was where the dj had made accusations against taylor swift's mother and manager for bowing —— going to the radio station with the story of what had happened. the jury ruled that they were right to do that. with that verdict being passed down, do we know what kind of punishment or sentence is this radio dj is going to face? it seems just the symbolic $1. taylor swift did not go to court first, the dj went to court first. his side of the case was thrown out. she countersued, not for the big money he had been asking — $3 million — but for $1, a matter of principle. she wanted to stand up for women everywhere. india is today marking its 70th anniversary

of independence from britain. it comes a day after pakistan held its celebrations for independence, which included a spectacular display of fireworks. with the end of colonial rule “119117, india was split in to two countries to create a homeland for muslims in pakistan. but partition, as it was called, was marred by bloodshed: hundreds of thousands of people died, and millions were displaced. reeta chakrabarti has been speaking to one family in the indian city of amritsar about how partition affected them, and what they feel about india today. remembering happy times, but this family lived through trauma. this doctor and his wife fled with their children, but the events have gone largely undiscussed. unfortunately my generation has not brought much to the younger generation, my children and grandchildren, about the partition. it is high time that this came out. his wife feels it may not

be what the country's founding fathers had hoped for. it is not what should be. sometimes you feel that things are not what you wanted, what they wanted. for their grandson, india has an exciting future. in the coming decade, india is going to become the place to be with so much technology coming up. but at the same time, culturally, there is a bit of a decline, largely due to censorship. pakistani tv programmes are now barred. his cousin wants to know more about partition to understand why the countries remain such suspicious neighbours. i have never felt the tension between india and pakistan. i have travelled in the us

and london and got along perfectly well with pakistanis. but those meetings happen abroad, and he has never been to pakistan. the effects of partition are still felt strongly today, even for young people, for whom it is just history. and we'll have a special series of features on the partition of old india all this week on bbc world news. you can also visit our website for more information. you'll find personal stories from people who went through partition at the time, and an interactive timeline explaining why it happened. a cloud is hanging over the future of australia's beauty minister after he became caught up in a crisis of the dual citizens in public office. they are banned under the australian constitution. barnaby joyce is also a citizen of new zealand,

he said he will stay in office until the high court decides whether he has broken any rules. anne twomey, a professor of constitutional law at the university of sydney told me more about the rule. section 44 of the constitution, the intention is to make sure that if you are a member of the australian parliament, your sole allegiance is to australia. if you have dual citizenship you can become a member of parliament, but you must have gotten rid of your dual citizenship first. anyone who has citizenship from another country must renounce it and take all reasonable steps to do so, before they nominate as a member of parliament. how old is the law? it comes from our constitution when it was first enacted in 1901. you can trace the relevant provisions back to british laws. that is from the time

of active settlement. talking of the head of state, a dual citizen? that is an interesting issue. that is because the head of state seems pretty british from where we are sitting. in terms of the curiosities of life, she is above the constitution and the commonwealth. it is just for people under the commonwealth who want to be members of parliament. they can only have australian allegiance and not allegiance to the uk or any other country. this has got a lot of people talking on social media. they say the law is outdated, it is ridiculous. the high court is assessing a number of cases here. where does the legal ruling stand? is this setting a precedent? it will be interesting to see what the high court does. hopefully they will give us a bit more clarity. one of the issues is that barnaby joyce has received citizenship by descent, rather than birth. most people born overseas

have a clue that they might need to check their citizenship status. barnabyjoyce, born in australia, he really had no idea that he potentially had citizenship because one of his parents was from overseas. a lot of countries give citizenship to the children of their own citizens. it is something that all politicians need to sort out for a joined the australian parliament. when do we find out about the ruling? it might take a while. there area number of ruling? it might take a while. there are a number of members of parliament being caught up, i think he is the fifth. that will probably hear the cases together. but they will have together the relevant cases first and it probably will not be resolved before the end of the year. president donald trump wants to

fight counterfeiting and piracy that destroys americanjobs fight counterfeiting and piracy that destroys american jobs we ask what that will mean for american jobs on asia business report. and before we go, a lioness who was rescued from a zoo in aleppo in syria has given birth just hours after arriving at a wildlife park in jordan. dana was transported to a reserve with four other lions, two bears and two tigers on a three month trip via turkey. staff found this cute newborn cub in dana's cage on saturday. they've named her hajar which means fled in arabic. thank you forjoining us. we will be back at the same time tomorrow for another it newsday.

well, tuesday's looking pretty good across most of the uk. the rest of the week, however, overall is still looking rather changeable. as we head into the weekend, it looks pretty blustery as well. heavy rain over some areas, and in the early hours of tuesday morning, there could be some rain in the far north east of the country and possibly the far south—east as well, maybe even a clap of thunder. the day starting is a relatively mild one. 14,16, even up to 17 in the south. bright across most areas, some showers around, here and there. the start to the day is relatively mild. even up to 17 during the rush hour. it is really starting nice and

brightly across most areas. a few showers here and there but good start for the south—east, the midlands and wales, a few showers around the lake district but on the whole nice start to the day. the overnight rain moving away towards the north—east, good riddance. as far as tuesday morning and afternoon are concerned, showers brewing in land so not a completely dry day. sunny spells, plenty of them and feeling quite well, —— warm, but there will be rain. london on the pa rt there will be rain. london on the part with paris but some stalls around here similar to warsaw and moscow. in italy temperatures up to 35 degrees. tuesday into wednesday, a ridge of high pressure which

usually means fine weather. many parts of england and eastern scotland, looking fine but this next weather front moving in during wednesday morning and afternoon, the weather going downhill in belfast, glasgow and down into cornwall. london looking fine. 25 degrees. the rain moving through into first date and then it is a fresher date for most of us on thursday. briscoe wins with showers and temperatures getting up to 2a degrees. by friday, really quite blustery with sunshine and showers. i'm babita sharma with bbc world news. our top story: north korean leader kimjong—un has been briefed on a plan to fire missiles near the american territory of guam. north korea's state agency has said the leader held discussions with military about a potential missile firing near the pacific

island, which is home to us air and naval bases. hundreds of people are feared dead after a mudslide near sierra leone's capital, freetown. a hillside collapsed following heavy rains, engulfing many homes. and this story is trending on bbc.com: a verdict has been reached in the court case between an american dj and the us singer taylor swift. jurors agreed that david mueller had groped the singer at an event in 2013. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: plans for how britain will leave the customs union, after brexit have been outlined for the first time by the government.