this is bbc news. an impromptu digital is held at virginia university. musiness leaders resign from president trump's advisory councils in response to his stance on the charlottesville violence. grief and anger in freetown as the search for survivors goes on at least 600 people are still missing in monday's mudslide. and apparently total solar eclipse, american style. the worst deal ever. now it's been renegotiated. in japan's exports rose for an eight straight month in july. japan's exports rose for an eight straight month injuly. recovery in

the world's third—largest economy. president trump says he has shut down two business councils after a raft of resignations by the leaders of some of america's biggest companies. around a dozen company heads quit their roles on the councils following the president's decision to blame left—wing protesters as much as right—wing supremacists for the violence which erupted in charlottesville at the weekend. in another development, two former republican presidents, george bush and george w bush called on americans to reject racism and anti—semitism. the memorial service the heather

heyer, an antiracism protest among down by a white supremacist in cha rlottesville down by a white supremacist in charlottesville on down by a white supremacist in cha rlottesville on saturday down by a white supremacist in charlottesville on saturday but far from this being an occasion when a nation comes together, america seems more bitterly divided than ever. they tried to kill my child to shut her up. well, guess what? you just magnified her. applause this was charlottesville on friday night — racist groups chanting "jews will not replace us," carrying ku klux klan style torches, and also marching to the slogan "white lives matter." yesterday, the president blamed both sides for the violence that ensued. you had a group on one side and you had a group on the other and they came at each other with clubs and it was vicious and it was horrible and it was a horrible thing to watch. but there is another side. there was a group on this side — you can call them the left, you have just called them the left — that came violently

attacking the other group, so you can say what you want, but that is the way it is. it is true there was violence on both sides. but the race hate protesters had come tooled up for trouble. many carried guns. this is not the army, but a right—wing militia that turned up bristling with weaponry. most had clubs, helmets and shields with white supremacist insignia. the anti—racism demonstrators were not organised, they were mostly local people among whom a small core had come to fight. but donald trump seeming to draw a moral equivalence between swastika—carrying neo—nazis and anti—racism protesters has brought near universal condemnation. the senior republican paul ryan tweeting: the only significant voice of support last night came from the former leader

of the ku klux klan, david duke, who said: there is reported to be deep unhappiness among some senior white house staff over the president's comments. he had not been due to say anything and significantly, a new intervention — this time from two the former living republican presidents, george hw bush and george w bush — saying there is no room for bigotry or anti—semitism in today's america. donald trump left new york today to resume his hardly quiet or relaxing holiday. more isolated from the political and business establishment than at any time since he took office. jon sopel, bbc news, washington. more than 100 children are among the 400 people now known to have died in a mudslide in sierra leone's capital freetown. heavy rains brought down

a mountainside, and more than 600 people are still missing. from freetown, the bbc‘s martin patience. in freetown, the ambulances are rushing not to the hospital but to the main mortuary. they are ferrying the dead — victims buried alive by a landslide. the relatives wait outside to collect their bodies. the stench of death is overpowering. emotions are raw. bishi lost her sister. daniel wasn't home when disaster struck. but he tells me six members of his family are dead, including his wife. they died, they died. the grief and anger is tangible here. this is a nation mourning the loss of hundreds.

and rescue workers say that authorities are hampering their rescue efforts. this gaping scar was once a neighbourhood. now a landscape changed forever. it's the scene of a recovery operation on the hoof. diggers have been drafted in but there are no sniffer dogs, not enough body bags. the fear is disease could spread unless hundreds of corpses are found. a trickle of aid is getting through but many, like adama, are now homeless. i've lost everything, she tells me. martin patience, bbc news, freetown. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. more than 35 inmates have been killed in what has been described as a massacre at a jail in puerto ayacucho in venezuela. witnesses reported hearing

shots for several hours. special forces have been sent in to regain control. under—staffed prisons in venezuela are often run by gangs of inmates. police in guatemala say gunmen have killed seven people and wounded twelve others at a hospital in the capital, guatemala city. they say the attackers belonged to a notorious gang who were trying to free a jailed associate who had been transferred to the hospital under police supervision. five of the attackers were arrested but the convict escaped. poland says it will take two years to clear the debris of tens of thousands of trees that came down during recent storms in the north and west of the country. and it's feared the habitat for wildlife won't be restored for decades. at least six people were killed in the storms. jamie is here with all the business news. it's day two of talks to renegotiate the twenty—three year news of nafta, i thought it would be

moribund by now. it's day two of talks to renegotiate the 23—year—old north american free trade agreement, or nafta, between the united states, canada and mexico. talks to overhaul nafta, which president trump had once vowed to tear up, will be watched closely by america's trading partners around the world. currently trade between these three countries is worth about $1 trillion annually. but the us buys more goods and services from its neighbours than it sells to them, so has a yawning trade deficit more than $12 billion with canada and more than $55 billion with mexico. trump wants a deal that helps us firms sell more to these nations. nafta was born well before smartphones were around, so the us trade team want any deal modernised for the digital age and e—commerce. while auto and farming

industries traditionally have a big say in trade talks, the technology industry is ramping up efforts to influence washington. tech firms want free flows of data, low tariffs as well as global cybersecurity standards prioritised. also in world business report, japan records a double—digit drop in its trade surplus injuly as costs of energy imports rose on a weaker yen. the world's third—largest economy logged a surplus of a18.8 billion yen, that's $3.8 billion, down i7% from a year earlier, according to data from the finance ministry. we'll have more on that story with rico in around 20 minutes. spanish coastguards have rescued nearly 600 people in the last day from 15 vessels that had sailed from morocco. officials say three times as many boats as last year are making the perilous journey,

loaded with migrants. gavin lee is in the spanish port of tarfia. in the mist of the mediterranean, a search is under way for a record number of migrant boats which sail oi’ number of migrant boats which sail or morocco in the early hours. 0ne by one, the rescuers arrive, first with some moroccans, exhausted and likely to be deported in days. then women and children, some saharan african is making journeys in larger numbers now. this one—year—old girl from cameroon is the youngest rescued. her mother, helen, says they were in —— says they were at sea for six hours in the dark. we we re sea for six hours in the dark. we were so sea for six hours in the dark. we were so scared and cold, she says. water was rising on the boat. we put oui’ water was rising on the boat. we put our lives in god ‘s hands. there is

another rescue boat with another 120 migrants on board. we are told this is the fourth boat today. there are already 200 onshore. this is spain, backin already 200 onshore. this is spain, back in the front line of the migration crisis and there are other boats coming. 0ne migration crisis and there are other boats coming. one hour later, six more migrant boats have called for help. it's now the busiest day of the year for rescuers. in what has been the busiest year since the start of the migration crisis. the aim for most here is to make it halfway and float in spanish waters and alert the coastguard. translation: sometimes they call us and sent their position. we are co nsta ntly and sent their position. we are constantly dealing with overcrowded boats which makes it all the more dangerous. boats like this one, a children's toy craft, barely visible in the water. then from ivory coast

paid 20 euros to board a similar tiny boat. translation: this was a suicidal journey, tiny boat. translation: this was a suicidaljourney, 11 of us on a boat forfour suicidaljourney, 11 of us on a boat for four people. we tabled for 1h hours, andi for four people. we tabled for 1h hours, and i was so exhausted i couldn't move my feet. at the moment, authorities here say they are coping but spain is now receiving more migrants than greece, with no sign of the numbers dropping. gavin lee, bbc news, tarifa. south korea's president moonjae—in has told his country they should be confident that there will not be a second war on the korean peninsula. as he marked his first 100 days in office, mr moon also said nobody else could make a decision on military action without translation: there cannot be a second war on the korean peninsula. i can guarantee that. after the korean war, all the people of the nation worked very hard to build the nation. and war cannot happen on the korean peninsula. 0ur correspondent robin brant,

joins us now from seoul. that is a pretty big guarantee. not just confidence, this was a man directed at the domestic audience who can guarantee there will not be a second korean war. this is a president, relatively new to office, who is trying to do everything he can to dampen down the tension, particularly what we have seen an increase, he does believe the north koreans are approaching a redline anti— threatened sanctions against it would get even worse. he doesn't think the united states intends to use military action as an option but he did say interestingly that donald trump had told him the us would not just seek the approval of south korea but would try to get its approval if there was to be any military action here on the korean

peninsula. it's different if that action took place off the waters of guam. lastly, in president from's words, a different answerfrom guam. lastly, in president from's words, a different answer from the south korean counterpart. president moon said he thought it showed a strong determination from donald trump to push kim jong—un away from missile strikes and back to negotiations. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: grooming the next generation. the bbc talks to former child soldiers of the so—called islamic state now living in europe. washington, the world's most political city is today assessing the political health of the world's most powerful man. indeed i did have a relationship with miss lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. in south africa 97 people have been killed today in one of the worst days of violence between rival black groups. over the last 10 days, 500 have died.

chanting: czechoslovakia must be free! russia is observing a national day of mourning for the 118 submariners who died on board the kursk. we are all with them now, within our hearts. the pope has celebrated mass before a congregation of more than 2.5 million people, in his hometown of krakow. "stay with us, stay with us," chanted this ocean of humanity. "well, well," joked the pope, "so you want me to desert rome?" this is bbc news. the latest headlines: an impromptu vigil is held at the

junior university after president trump faced a backlash from business leaders over his response to the cha rlottesville leaders over his response to the charlottesville violence. —— virginia university. there's grief and anger in freetown as authorities are blamed for hampering rescue efforts. at least 600 people are still missing after monday's mudslide. in the middle east, the extremist group that calls itself islamic state is collapsing, but concern is focusing now on fighters returning home, some very young. it's believed at least 2,000 children went through is military training. those who trained them as fighters and suicide bombers called them ‘lion cubs'. the bbc has discovered some now living in europe, although most authorities are unaware of their past. this from our middle east correspondent quentin sommerville. this is childhood in the so—called islamic state. this footage, filmed secretly in raqqa and passed to the bbc, is of what is calls the ‘cubs of the caliphate'. they are child soldiers, barely teenagers. clumsy and armed to the teeth,

their guns are almost too big for them. even as is is collapsing, it's investing in its future. it's a slow and steady defeat. this was is's capital in iraq. mosul‘s old city is now in ruins. this is where the is war machine suffered its biggest defeat but it isn't the end of them. here the fighters honed their skills. this was their training ground. imagine fighting in this, and then surviving. well, some did — some escaped, and some have made it to europe. we travelled to belgium, and there we met ahmed. he joined is when he was just 15. translation: they taught me how to use a kalashnikov. we stayed for seven days in mosul. they kept talking about martyrdom operations. i was brainwashed and i believed it.

i told my family, "you can't change my thoughts, and, no matter what you do, i'm going to stay." he became disillusioned with is and escaped, first to turkey, and then to europe. the authorities here don't know about his past. translation: they were my enemies but now i'm living among them, eating and drinking among them. they've received me and looked after me. when all this happened, i started to hate my entire past and started to establish a new life. he's not alone. we travelled to germany, where we met motassin. again, his youth means his is membership has gone undetected here. he was one of many groomed by the group. translation: they would give us whatever we wanted, and tell us we were the best, that we were right and all the others were wrong and must fear us. they would also allow us

to carry oui’ weapons wherever we go. for two weeks, he underwent military training and was schooled in sharia law. he was assigned to an is media unit. 0thers, though, volunteered for suicide missions. they prefer children to adults because they can use them to bomb between civilians. nobody would expect that 3111 or 16—year—old boy would bomb himself. both teenagers that we met say they've turned their backs on is but, as we travelled across europe, we learned of at least three more young fighters living here. we approached the eu police force, europol, but they declined to comment. europe is still vulnerable but it's here where the journey begins. 0n the turkish border, syrian refugees can still slip through, scrabbling past searchlights and guard towers.

near the border, i met a people smugglerfrom raqqa, one of many still operating. he helped one of the boys make it from is territory to europe in only a month. translation: i've helped many, a huge number. the route is getting worse. it used to be easier in 2014 and 2015. now the situation is more difficult due to the presence of us backed forces. you have to go through the kurds, the rebels and the us forces. it's difficult. is is not yet defeated. its territory is shrinking and its supporters fleeing. these are the final days of the so—called caliphate, but still the islamic state is no less of a threat. and, amid these ruins, they leave behind a legacy — hundreds of child soldiers,

and a new generation of hate. this month marks 80 years since the start of stalin's great terror. a little bit of sports news now, football in fact. real madrid have beaten barcelona to win the spanish super cup, the annual pre—season showdown between the league champions and the copa del rey winners. madrid led 3—1 from last week's first leg in barcelona, the match of course overshadowed by cristiano ronaldo's sending off. they won the second leg 2—0 to claim the trophy for the 10th time. elsewhere in europe, a second night of champions league qualifiers saw celtic virtually book their place in the main draw — they lead astana 5—0. the second legs are next week. a total solar eclipse doesn't come along very often, but next mondayjust such an eclipse will sweep from the us west coast through to the east,

the first in almost 100 years. and the first place to witness it will be a small seaside town in oregon, as greg dawson reports. depoe bay, proud home of the world's smallest harbour, just 1,500 residents and one set of traffic lights. next monday, tens of thousands are expected to overwhelm this tiny town for a once—in—a—lifetime glimpse of solar history. a glimpse you would be well advised to take through these. this eclipse will span the entire continental united states — the first time that's happened since 1918. its path will be more than 100 kilometres wide, over 1a states, but this place is right in the middle of where it first makes landfall. so, what better way to mark the occasion than with merchandise? they say it's gonna happen in another 100 years but for my town to be in the centre of it probably hasn't happened for several thousand years, so the way i'm capitalising

off of this is i decided to design a shirt, and because it's a commemorative event i decided i would make it like a rock shirt, and people would keep it for the rest of their lives. sitting close to a geological faultline, depoe bay is prepared for the worst nature has to offer, and officials hope that mightjust come in handy next week. a lot of the eclipse preparations in some ways mirror those disaster preparations, so, in that regard, i would say, nothing unusual. we've been doing what we're used to doing and hopefully we're all prepared are we all have our emergency backpacks and supplies. getting ready for an influx of visitors means they're stocking up on supplies of food, drink, and, yes, these. with only one road in and out of here, officials are advising people to get to the town hours before the eclipse to avoid missing it. after decades of waiting, it will all be over in two minutes.

ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you some pictures again from our top story, in fact, that vigil at the university of virginia in the charlottesville. thousands of people, students mostly, but others holding candles, singing we will ove 1120 m e holding candles, singing we will overcome and black lives matter. quite an impressive scene. the us vice president, mike pence, meanwhile, has been defending donald trump's response to the violence in cha rlottesville trump's response to the violence in charlottesville following what's been cramming chorus of criticism, and several members of two presidential business councils have quit their roles over mr trump's comments over charlottesville, putting the blame as much on left wing as on right—wing protesters, and the right wing supremacists there. those groups had in fact now been disbanded. mr trump chose to do

that in the light of the numbers who had quit, just saying thank you on twitter for the business leaders and their efforts so far. as i say, mike pence the one who has been supporting mr trump at this stage, but clearly the pressure coming from various quarters within business. we are going to focus on that in the next 30 minutes a little bit, having a review of the press on what has pushed those business leaders to quit. and i should say also that you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. any of the stories you've seen in the course of this bulletin, do get in touch with us, let us know what you think, and look at the website as well because we have more analysis from our correspondents on all of the main stories. you are watching bbc news. we've got some wet weather crossing the country right now,

but thursday itself is not looking too bad at all. there will be sunshine around for sure. some clouds and a few showers as well, overall not a bad day. so the early hours of thursday morning look like this. you can see it is still raining across many parts of eastern and central england, so hull, norwich, newcastle there, some rain early on thursday morning. mild and 16 in london. 15 in newcastle. around 13 in glasgow. now, the cloud and some of that rain will probably drag its heals for a time across the south—east. then in the afternoon, we will get those showers developing. probably through the west country, into the midlands, one or two dotted around across wales, scotland and northern ireland too, but i suspect the lake district and around yorkshire it should be relatively sunny. what about the first test? the cricket is looking dry most of the time. the shower risk is not very high but there's just the chance of one or two interruptions as these showers move through. the forecast thursday night into friday, still some showers around. a low pressure is barreling across the uk at this stage.

one thing that you will notice, on friday, is the strength of the wind. it will be a windy day across the uk, particularly around many sort of western and northern areas, and some of these showers will be very blustery too. better weather, i think, across the south. so temperatures, yes, in the teens to around 21 degrees, but it will fill cooler. the wind is still with us but maybe not quite so strong on friday. a cooler 15 in glasgow there, and around 21 degrees on sunday. now i'm going to go back to what is happening right now, because hurricane gert churning just off the coast of the united states is going to be a player when it comes to what sort of weather we ar egoing to be getting come the weekend, come sunday, in fact. this is what happens over the next few days — the remnants of the storm get mixed up in our usual weather patterns here and then some of that energy associated with ex—gert, bits of cloud, rain and wind, will come our way as well. it is not going be a hurricane by any means but we are going to get some of the cloud and the rain that

used to be hurricane gert. so quite a blustery sunday potentially on the way, with some heavy rain. here's the weekend summary — sunny spells, remember those blustery showers and there will be some rain around as well. this is bbc world news. the headlines: donald trump, the businessman president who bills himself as the ultimate deal—maker has just lost his 2 business advisory panels both of them, officially, dissolved by the white house but onlyjust before they fell apart, as leading figures resigned in protest at mr trump's statements on the charlottesville violence. two former republican presidents weighed in today, criticising his stance. at least 100 children are among the 400 people now known to have died in a mudslide in sierra leone's capital freetown. heavy rains brought down a mountainside. more than 600 people are still missing. south korea's president moonjae—in has been holding a news conference

to mark his first 100 days in office.