this is bbc news. the headlines at 2. "fight to win" — president trump indicates more us troops will be sent to afghanistan as he steps up the war against the taliban. we are not nation—building again. we are killing terrorists. the former owner of bhs, dominic chappell, is to be prosecuted by the pensions regulator, following the collapse of the high street store. human remains are found in the hunt for ten us sailors missing after their warship collided with a tanker near singapore. a third child is pulled alive from the rubble of a house which collapsed last night, during an earthquake on the italian island of ischia . four men accused of belonging to the cell behind the terror attacks in spain that killed 15 people appear in court in madrid. also this hour, getting cash for your old car. ford becomes the latest car company

to offer customers an incentive to trade in older models, in the drive for cleaner air. and it's set to make a comeback, but with new faces and on a new channel. will the great british bake off rise to the occasion? good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. more us troops will be sent to afghanistan to fight the taliban. it was announced by president trump in a speech last night in which he said the us would fight to win in afghanistan and concentrate on killing terrorists, rather than nation—building. during the presidential election campaign he had called for a speedy withdrawal

from the conflict he described as a total disaster, but he said he had changed his mind at a rapid exit would create a vacuum for terrorists to fill. here's our north america correspondent aleem maqbool. the man who always said he didn't want to intervene abroad, came to announce the intervention in afghanistan he's going to ratchet up. but said it was for the right reasons. we are a partner and a friend, but we will not dictate to the afghan people how to live or how to govern their own complex society. we are not nation—building again. we are killing terrorists. he announced the lifting of a cap on the number of us troops in afghanistan, and that there would be no time limit on them staying there. my original instinct was to pull out. and, historically, i like the following my instincts. but all my life i've heard that decisions are much different when you sit behind the desk

in the oval office. a very different donald trump to the one who said this kind of thing right through the obama years. "can you believe that the afghan war is our longest war ever? bring our troops home. rebuild the us. make america great again." and that's the basis on which he campaigned as a presidential candidate — that he wouldn't spend american resources abroad, but here at home. he says he now realises that pulling out american troops from afghanistan could leave a vacuum for militants. our primary mission for coming into afghanistan after 9/11 was to kill terrorists. and i think he is going back to the original purpose, that the reason we came into afghanistan was because of what happened on 9/11 and the fact that afghanistan was being used as sanctuary and safe haven for terrorists. the toughest words of his speech were directed at afghanistan's

neighbour, pakistan. we have been paying pakistan billions and billions of dollars, at the same time they are housing the very terrorists that we are fighting. but that will have to change. and that will change immediately. how the president expects pakistan to comply, and more broadly, how he believes the us will, in his words, fight to win in afghanistan, wasn't made entirely clear. the only thing that is certain is that there is still no end in sight for america's longest war. aleem maqbool, bbc news, washington. let's go live now to washington and our correspondent gary o'donoghue. president trump has found his reverse gear? he has. it is a turnaround no question in what he said asa turnaround no question in what he said as a candidate, even describing

it in the campaign as a waste of money and the base thought as well about foreign adventures. but you heard him giving thejustification for why he changed his mind with things look different behind the desk of the oval office. what has changed? a desk of the oval office. what has changed ? a couple desk of the oval office. what has changed? a couple of things. the metrics that have been used are being dropped, in other words how long and how many? those of the things that were constant during the time of president obama and president bush. he wants to drop those kinds of measurements from the discussion. the other thing that has changed, more gradually, is the pentagon has been given more flexibility, more of its own decision—making power. president obama used to fight wars with the white house but the pentagon will now be in charge. some of the fundamentals have not changed, clearly the goal of pushing the

taliban back from the half of the country it controls is still there and eradicating those islamic state affiliates of the east and bashing pakistan for having safe havens, thatis pakistan for having safe havens, that is still there. bits of changed, most of it hasn't. the difficulty is people who will not like the message rather like the america first message of the presidential campaign. the america first thing was powerful not least because of overtones to the 1930s but also because isolationism is a word people resist here, but there isa word people resist here, but there is a tradition i guess of american isolationism going back to the revolution and their ideas about not getting entangled in foreign adventures. it is a powerful idea for many american voters. we will see whether his —based turns against him asa see whether his —based turns against him as a result of this. an

interesting dilemma from the breitbart news website. steve bannon, his fired chief strategist has gone back to help them carry on their commentary. talking about this asa their commentary. talking about this as a flip—flop. you may see the signs are there of the right beginning to be disillusioned with president trump. gary, thank you. our correspondent secunder kermani is in kabul and gave us the reaction from afghanistan to president trump's announcement. at the moment we are waiting for the afghan president ashraf ghani to address the nation and give his response to president trump's announcement. i've been speaking to the former head of the afghan army, and he told me he welcomed what president trump had to say. the afghan foreign minister has also said he welcomes it. as you say, security has been steadily deteriorating in afghanistan. last year saw nearly 3,500 civilians die as a result of the violence. there had been concern here that

if america were to make a complete withdrawal from the country, then that could boost the taliban. instead, president trump seems to be quite clear that he doesn't want to see the taliban take over afghanistan. at the same time, he says he believes eventually some form of political settlement with the taliban will be necessary in order to bring about peace. that is pretty much the position of the afghan government here. overall, things are being very much welcomed in afghanistan. our diplomatic correspondent jonathan marcus is here. what they go in america is what has been a long campaign has got longer. i think you could say this was the trump rhetoric, confronting the realities of afghanistan. he has been advised by generals who clearly

have skin in the game. veterans of the afghan conflict. their view is the afghan conflict. their view is the afghan conflict. their view is the afghan government and military has to be shored up because it is in a rather precarious position, it has lost about half of the country to the taliban offensive. obviously there is no military solution fundamentally, the aim must be to convince the taliban they cannot win and therefore hope as mr trump hinted last night, that some elements of them could be convinced to negotiate. that could be a very long way off. just saying we are not withdrawing men and women is not necessarily a strategy? it is not. mrtrump necessarily a strategy? it is not. mr trump spoke about using all resources of america, diplomatic, military, political, but one of the problems and why there is corruption in afghanistan is the money the

americans pumping, they cannot manage very well, because it is not safe to leave the embassy compound in the capital, so that is a huge problem. there will be more troops. mrtrump problem. there will be more troops. mr trump would not give numbers but if he goes along with what generals advise, we think 3800, 4000. the defence secretary said he is waiting for a report before announcing the actualfigures for a report before announcing the actual figures but that will mean more trainers, advisers, perhaps going to a lower level with the smaller units of the afghan military. we do not know. we would expect american air power to be more aggressively used because offenbach is one of the things that saves afg ha n is one of the things that saves afghan troops on the ground from catastrophe. we expect —— because often that is one of the things that saves afg ha n often that is one of the things that saves afghan troops. a couple of thousand troops involved in the separate counterterrorism mission,

we expect them to be more aggressively used. does that bring the end point in the long—running war closer? it is hard to say. this is essentially what the obama administration did on steroids, but wrapped up in a package of mr trump's rhetoric. on diplomacy, saying the problem might be in a slam about rather than afghanistan, thatis slam about rather than afghanistan, that is a new difficult front he is taking on, the relationship with pakistan. he was forthright in his criticism of pakistan and it is not the first time american administrations have criticised pakistan. again, pakistan is a problem, a kind of allied but also a kind of enemy. is it part of the solution or part of the problem? the difficulty in dealing with islamabad is you need them to help deliver some of the taliban to the negotiating table, which requires

diplomatic and military campaign of some finesse, carefully calibrated. you do not want to push pakistan too far, but you want to exert pressure. that will be one of the tests of this new new trump strategy, as he insists on calling it, in the months ahead. thank you. the former owner of the collapsed retailer bhs is to be prosecuted. the pensions regulator say they have decided to take action against dominic chappell, after he failed to provide information and documents requested during an investigation into the sale of the chain. bhs went into administration last year, with the loss of about 11,000 jobs. our business correspondent ben thompson has been following the story. you may remember in 2015 he bought bhs the ailing retailer from sir philip green paying just £1 in 2015, but the company was pretty heavily in debt. a lot of questions about the deal at the time. you are right,

the deal at the time. you are right, the pensions regulator wants further information at once to launch an investigation based on a deadline that passed for him to provide information to the regulator about the deal and he did not do so. so many questions as far as the deal is concerned, what money changed hands. when bhs fell into administration last year, a 11,000 jobs were left in the balance and there was a black hole in the pension fund, worth 571 the pounds. it affected 19,000 pension holders —— 570 £1 million. they still clearly want answers. we know sir philip green has put his hand in his pocket and provided more money to try to plug the back hole in the pension fund. it was not enough and there is still a gaping hole, but the regulator now says it wa nts hole, but the regulator now says it wants further information and wants to prosecute dominic chappell for

failing to comply with their investigation. four men accused of belonging to a cell responsible for the terrorist attacks in and around barcelona last week, are appearing in court in madrid. our correspondent tom burridge is in barcelona. spain's high court deals with terrorism cases of this magnitude and the member be given an opportunity to address the court today and if they do, they could be ci’oss today and if they do, they could be cross examined by a state prosecutor. appearing, a 22—year—old who was badly injured in the explosion on wednesday at the alleged bomb factory in alcanar, the day before the attacks on las ramblas in barcelona. it is thought, police are investigating, that whether that explosion caused the terrorists to change their minds and terrorists to change their minds and opt for a rudimentary attack using a vehicle the following morning in

nasfat islamic than in cambrils. there was also a car spotted speeding with four alleged attackers. two more men of north african descent, both in their 20s, also in courts throughout today. we should get more details about whether they have spoken today to address the court and possibly about the alleged involvement in the attacks. the headlines. president trump indicates more us troops will be is sent to afghanistan. the former owner of bhs dominic chappell will be prosecuted by the pensions regulator following the collapse of the high street store. human remains have been found in the hunt for us sailors missing after their warship collided with a tanker in singapore.

england's coach promises no more rotation for the women's rugby world cup semifinal against france in belfast. and england's women through to the semifinals at the hockey tournament at the expense of scotland. chelsea commend eni aluko for speaking of her experiences after she accuse the india boss of bullying and discrimination. he vehemently denies the claims. rescue workers are still trying to reach survivors, after a magnitude four earthquake hit the italian island of ischia. at least two people have been killed, and nearly 40 injured, after the tremor brought down several buildings. the island, off the coast of naples, has a population of about 50,000, and is also popular with tourists. richard lister has the latest.

minutes after the earthquake, dazed survivors picked their way through a ruined house in the town of casamicciola. minutes after the earthquake, dazed survivors picked their way through a ruined house in the town of casamicciola. around them, in a blizzard of dust, buried cars minutes after the earthquake, dazed survivors picked their way and rubble—strewn streets. their neighbours are escaping too, as the emergency services move in. "it was terrible", she said. "i was terrified. ischia was a trap." several buildings collapsed. under the wreckage, rescuers worked frantically to get to those buried. at this site, rescuers hear the faint sound of a baby crying. and after some careful digging, a minor miracle. seven—month—old pascale was tearful, but safe. work continued at the house to reach his two brothers. daylight revealed the extent of the damage. the earthquake struck

as people were sitting down for their evening meal. some houses were almost untouched. others may have to be demolished. translation: the house is destroyed. we can't even get in. what should we do? translation: i was really scared. in all the years i've lived here, it is the first time there has been such a strong quake. at least one of the dead was killed by falling masonry. it remained a threat, as the emergency services brought in more resources to continue their search and rescue operation. translation: we have helped more than 1,000 people leave ischia. we have set up a coordination centre. technical teams are checking hotels to make sure they are safe. as the work continued, some good news. both of little pascale's brothers were found alive. his family survived. others though are counting the cost of a terrifying night. richard lister, bbc news.

divers searching for ten missing american sailors off singapore have found human remains in their damaged warship, according to the us navy. the remains were in sealed compartments of the uss john s mccain, which was nearing port yesterday when it collided with a merchant tanker. the impact tore a hole in its port side and flooded a crew sleeping area. ford has become the latest car company to offer customers an incentive to trade in an old vehicle for a new, less polluting one. the scrappage scheme will run for four months, and will offer £2,000 off some new models. unlike similar schemes by bmw and mercedes, which apply only to diesel vehicles, ford says it will also accept petrol cars. our transport correspondent richard westcott has the details. millions of us still drive older, more polluting cars, but what's the best way to get them off the road? ford has become the latest and biggest firm to offer

a scrappage scheme, £2,000 to crush your old car or van, as long as you buy a new one. it wouldn't be an incentive to me. good for the people who want to do it and have £2,000 if they have an old car that isn't roadworthy, good for them. but it wouldn't be an incentive for me at all. a good incentive, give you £2,000 towards a new car and if the side—effect is a environmental benefit, why not? cleaner air, it benefits everybody, and i get a new car. if you can afford it. ford claims it is about protecting the environment not boosting sales, which have been falling for months. some people will look at this cynically and say, sales are down, you're only offering this for four months, only £2,000 scrappage scheme, this is about selling more cars, isn't it? it really is anything but a cynical marketing ploy. i can spend my money on much more efficient things to drive sales,

this genuinely is about air quality. ford sells more cars than any other company in britain, and the fiesta is the most popular model, that is why it is significant they have come up with a scrappage scheme. but it's only going to last four months initially, the company is talking about perhaps a few thousand dirty cars being scrapped and taken off the road. there are 19 million in total, so could it really make a difference? the problem with a scrappage scheme that is aimed at air quality is that it really needs to be targeted at the vehicle driving around most in the areas where air quality is a problem. things like buses and trucks are particularly important, and so are commercial vehicles too. after months of speculation about a possible government scrappage scheme for dirty vehicles, it's now the carmakers who are taking the initiative, but not yet on a scale that could really make a difference. richard westcott, bbc news. with me is peter campbell, motor industry correspondent

at the financial times. ford says it is because they want people to be greener and more responsible. is that really what is behind this? we have seen some of the other schemes, bmw and mercedes, encourage people to buy hybrid vehicles, cleaner vehicles, but encourage people to buy hybrid vehicles, cleanervehicles, but ford wa nts vehicles, cleanervehicles, but ford wants them to buy any new car. some of the other schemes are about scrapping diesel cars that directly contribute to air quality issues but the ford scheme is wider, scrapping petrol cars as well as diesel and there is a difference between petrol and diesel, diesel emitting gases that contribute to air quality in city centres. petrol emits co2 that contributes to climate change so when ford says it is about inner—city air quality, that is not the whole story, it is about getting people to did —— to ditch old

vehicles. and a slump in sales? the uk car market has peaked. cells have been falling since april and you often see these schemes when sales are falling. after the financial crash sales in the uk fell 20% in the second half of 2008 and start of 2009, when a national scheme came in and one with four cars sold in the next few months we used in the scrappage scheme. people expect this to drive up ford sales. the admirable push to clean the air, what are your chances of going to a ford dealership in saying i would like an electric or hybrid model? pretty slim. almost nobody on the market has an affordable electric car that can drive a decent range before needing recharging. those ca i’s before needing recharging. those cars will come probably in the next five years because car—makers have to meet new targets coming into force in 2021. right now it is

difficult to buy hybrid or electric cars. people will probably use it to buy smaller cars and to be fair to ford, the new diesel and petrol cars they sell are cleaner than the ones people bought in 2009. is a new diesel you would pick up tomorrow, is it cleaner than a ten—year—old petrol car? they will be cleaner in terms of co2 and nox. there is another question around the scrappage scheme and that is affordability. the people asked to trade in their cars, the reason they drive cars eight years old is because they cannot afford new cars. they probably would have traded those in and bought second—hand cars but ford wants them to jump to buy a new car. there is a bridge, £2000 from trading in and trying to buy a new car that might be up to £20,000. which it has to be. they are not offering it on the lowest priced

vehicles. that is likely to force people on to pay monthly schemes where they pay... signed a three—year contract and pay off the depreciation of the vehicle's value. and then there is a balloon. thank you. exactly three months ago, a suicide bomber blew himself up at the end of an ariana grande concert in the manchester arena. 22 people were killed, and more than 50 were injured. since then, the nhs has been offering therapy to those who have suffered mental and physical trauma. one of those who died was 29—year—old martyn hett. his mother figen murray has been talking to graham satchell, about why she can never return to life as it was before the attack. the tears are never far away, really. suddenly you catch yourself thinking, oh my gosh, martyn would have loved this. or, it's a shame he isn't there. we are in st anne's square in the centre of manchester. it became the focus

of remembrance where thousands of people left flowers. figan murray lost her son martyn hett in the manchester attack. she's been the therapist for more than 20 years, but she has decided she can no longer do herjob. i don't think with what happened to me that i'll ever be in a position to offer psychological support to anybody else because i think i'm so damaged through this. figan is meeting 18—year—old caitlin. on the night of the attack, caitlin was knocked off her feet by the force of the blast but escaped without physical injury. it wasn't until a few weeks i would say after when it really hit me, where the guilt got me. guilt. tell me a bit more about that. that we managed to walk out without a mark on us. obviously, there's people who have lost their lives. i have nightmares, violent nightmares. obviously about people trying to blow me up. she's obviously suffering

from survivor's guilt. a lot of martyn's friends had that as well and with the help of therapy, obviously, it's helping her to kind of normalise that feeling. this is the manchester resilience hub, an nhs organisation coordinating mental—health services specifically for people caught up in attack. it's about 12 weeks now since the attack. is that sort of the time we are talking about when people may need to access help? we view the 12 weeks period post—incident as a significant milestone. if you are still exhibiting symptoms at the 12—week point, they're probably not going to resolve without some form of help or intervention. the hub is helping more than 200 people access psychological support but wants everyone who needs help to come forward. i need it because i am

like so many other people, damaged to some extent. back in st anne's square the sea of flowers left by well—wishers has all but gone. the memories, the pain of what happened, will never go. but with the right help, the hope is life will become easier for those left behind. graham satchell, bbc news, manchester. you are watching bbc news. we will have a weather update and bring you the latest on bake. before that, the funniestjoke of the latest on bake. before that, the funniest joke of the the latest on bake. before that, the funniestjoke of the edinburgh fringe. i am funniestjoke of the edinburgh fringe. iam not funniestjoke of the edinburgh fringe. i am not a fan of the new pound coin, but, then again, i hate all change. if you think you can do better, you can send your offering to be. —— to me. and if we can, on grounds of taste, i will read some

of them later. a colleague said to me earlier, where is the best place to hide in hospital? icu. we got there in the end! if you could hear what i could hear! it's no longer on the bbc — but the great british bake off returns to our screens later this month , on channel 4. three quarters of the presenting line up has changed, is it still is good? none of it sounds straightforward. we have to send someone away. you could send noel. i will go now. i will take a hit for the team. entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba had a sneak preview of the new style channel 4 bake off. it looks the same. that is what they are aiming for comet they cough is a

special programme for the viewers and they feel it does not belong to the bbc or channel 4, it belongs to the bbc or channel 4, it belongs to the nation. the final has become a national event talked about all over the country. there have been changes. we have seen presenters leave and three new ones coming. i think that prue does not quite have the same experience as mary berry, sandi toksvig and noel fielding, they played to their own strengths. and the sense of familiarity, the music, the tent, the bunting. being on channel 4, there are adverts, 17 minutes of them. pru said she could watch it on catch—up and skip the ads which probably

didn't mean channel 4 were happy about that? when she said that, i was in the room at the press event and jay hunt, the chief operating officer had her head in her hands in ajoeingish officer had her head in her hands in a joeingish manner, but to officer had her head in her hands in ajoeingish manner, but to be honest they know that younger people watch tv in all sorts of different ways particularly. channel 4 will be hoping to make it special and hope that it's one of those programmes that it's one of those programmes that brings all general races together and the best way they'll hope people to watch that is when it's on. it's a programme that generates a lot of social media traffic. part of the attraction for many is actually watching it whilst the on, so taking part in the conversation. even the ad breaks then, some might see them as exa m ples of then, some might see them as examples of being able to catch up on what people are talking about, they might be on social media going, i can't believe there is another ad break. for the first few episodes, it's been such a huge hit for the bbc, people will be watching when

it's on to take part in the conversation in the country about what they think of the new line—up. thank you very much. it's been a slow day with the mist and fog lifting. showers heading to the west country, the midlands, wales. the main rain is for northern ireland, heavy thundery rain here, still some for northern scotland. warmer and humid for england and wales. temperatures widely 24—25. showers move north. longer spells of rain, very wet weather for northern ireland then pushing into scotland, thundery downpours still likely in the west and a really warm night again like last night, 16 or 17. tomorrow we see a wet start for scotla nd tomorrow we see a wet start for scotland and also for northern england for a while. that wetter weather pushing out into the north sea, a band of cloud further south,

not much rain, behind it sunshine and showers, particularly across northern ireland later on. the last of the humid warmer air is across east anglia and the south—east. hello, this is bbc news with the headlines. president trump says he's changed his mind as he suggests more us troops will be sent to afghanistan to fight the war on terror. he says forces will stay and "fight to win" to avoid mistakes made in iraq. the pensions regulator has announced that it will prosecute the former owner of bhs, dominic chappell. he's accused of failing to provide information that was requested during the regulator's investigation into the sale of the company. human remains are found in the hunt for ten us sailors who went missing after their warship collided with a tanker near singapore. divers were sent down to search inside the ussjohn s mccain. a third child has been pulled alive

from the rubble of a house on the island of ischia where an earthquake struck last night. four men accused of belonging to the terror cell behind the attacks in spain last week which killed 15 people appear in court in madrid. time for some sport on bbc news. hello i'm hugh ferris. it's semi finals day at the women's rugby world cup. and, defending champions england have france standing between them and a place in the final — they've already met in this year's six nations with england winning. katherine downes is in belfast. hundreds of people are arriving here, the rugby started at 2. the first of the semi—finals starts at 5 o'clock, underdogs usa against new zealand who've already scored a

whopping 35 tries in just the three matches they've played so far at this world cup so they're understandably the favourites to go through to the final. who'lljoin them? on paper, it should be england because new zealand and england are the top two sides. england are defending world champions. don't write off the french just yet though. they know the english game very well having played them most recently of course in the six nations. according to the england captain sarah hunter, they're a well—rounded squad, they've got strengths right across the pitch. even the england coach simon middleton says he's not yet preparing in his mind for a final. we had our combinations mapped out for all the games and it was to culminate to get to the stage where we are now. this is about putting the best 23 out that you feel are right for the job and if you feel it's the right 23 for the next one

you'll put them out again, if you don't we'll make changes, simple as that. it's going to be huge. england against france. kick off at 7. 45. england going for back—to—back world titles. before that, usa against new zealand, that kicks off at 5. england are through to the semi—finals of the women's eurohockey championships in amsterdam. the defending champions beat scotland 2—0 to progress to the last four. england took the lead following this great pass from anna toman. before this goal from a penalty corner by giselle ansley secured the points. the defeat means scotland are eliminated from the tournament. anti—racism campaign group kick it out have asked the fa to conduct "a comprehensive and independent review" into eniola aluko's claims against england boss mark sampson. suggesting her more recent accusations made in a bbc interview. "throw new light on the allegations" the striker‘s club chelsea have commended her for coming forward and speaking about her experiences. and that it is imperative that

players are supported when they do. aluko has accused sampson of "bullying and discrimination. " two investigations have cleared him of any wrongdoing and he vehemently denies aluko's claims. the fact is that a week before i was dropped for the england team for the first time in11 dropped for the england team for the first time in 11 years, i had given my account of what i felt was discrimination towards me, what i felt was a bullying culture. so whichever way you look at it, being pa rt whichever way you look at it, being part of that culture review has cost me potentially my england career. the fa insist the timing of aluko being dropped days after her initial accusations were made. is purely coincidental. and that they paid an £80,000 pound settlement to the player to avoid disrupting the england team's preparations for euro 2017 geoffrey boycott has apologised for an alleged racist comment made during the first test between england and the west indies. the former batsman and commentator was speaking at an event at edgbaston according to the daily mirror and was making a comparison between the number

of west indian players who have been knighted and him being turned down twice for the honour. boycott has tweeted an unreserved apology. accepting his comments were "u na cce pta ble" and "clearly wrong". and ferrari have extended former world champion kimi raikkonen's contract until the end of the 2018 season. the finn — whose contract was due to expire at the end of the year — is currently fifth in the championship standings. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. police in denmark investigating the disappearance of a female journalist who had been on board a submarine, say they've found the torso of a woman. kim vahl had gone onto the privately built vessel with its inventor, peter madsen, in order to write about his invention. since kim wall went missing, the waters around sweden have been searched for her. now a female torso has been found. police said a cyclist saw a body

in the sea and alerted them. this was kim wall and peter madsen on board his submarine the nautilus, pictured on the 10th of august. she had been researching a feature she was going to write about him and the 40—tonne submarine which he designed and built himself. she has not been seen since and was reported missing by her boyfriend, with divers, helicopters and boats out looking for her. peter madsen was spotted on the nautilus the next day. his submarine sank but he was rescued. peter... he initially claimed he had dropped kim wall off on one of copenhagen's islands, but now he says there was an accident, that she died and he buried her at sea, but he denies any wrongdoing. translation: my client has not confessed anything. my client still pleads not guilty to the charges against him. now police believe peter madsen sunk his own submarine and he has been charged with negligent manslaughter. peter madsen hit the headlines in 2008 when he managed to build the nearly 80m long vessel using online crowdfunding.

a postmortem is currently being carried out on the body that's been found, as the investigation continues into what happened to kim wall. catriona renton, bbc news. vince cable has called for legalisation of cannabis to be looked into. the liberal democrats made headlines with one of their most eye—catching manifesto promises, to legalise cannabis. liberal democrat insiders tell us it wasn't that popular. so is it a policy the party continues to back? the evidence is clear that if you wa nt to the evidence is clear that if you want to stop abuse and damage to young people, you've got to bring

the trade into the open and out of the trade into the open and out of the hands of the criminal underworld. attitudes to cannabis are changing across the world. take for example north america. in the us, 21 states have decriminalised possession and eight have legalised it. next year, canada is expected to go further and make the drug legal across the country. back in europe, portugal has some of the most liberal drug laws, all substances are decriminalised. we have come to meet the man often described of the portuguese system. we have one of the highest instances of drug abuse. we can look back and say it's not the problem of society, but we have a lot of improvements. cannabis is the most commonly used illegal drug in the uk. take for example england an wales. in the past year, more

than two million people have admitted using it. there's a growing campaign to change the law on the substance. united kingdom cannabis social clubs is an umbrella group campaigning for the drug to be freely available. it went from no clu bs freely available. it went from no clubs in 2011 to over a hundred this year. these members get together to cook meals with cannabis in them. take a look at spain, portugal, canada america, they are coming through with progressive forward thinking ideas to utilise cannabis for the positive it can do for the local community and the industry, medical patients, recreational users that want to have a social experience and not be decriminalised. the government says it's aware of different approaches being taken abroad but won't be changing how things are done here, arguing it's overly simplistic to say legalisation works. so whilst there's no chance of a change of law soon, these users say they'll carry on regardless. a british tourist has been hailed a

hero after he saved a child. we have been speaking to him. we were in the restaurant. we'd just eaten and was waiting for the bill. that's when we saw the van. from where we were sitting, you could see there were about five seconds of it, but what we saw was tragic. we heard screaming. as we turned and looked this van was shooting down las ramblas hitting people and people we re ramblas hitting people and people were flying everywhere. you could hear the thud. the thing that i remember is the noise. we were probably 50 yards away but you could hear the noise so clear. when did

you first see the boy that you went on to help later on? in the middle of las ramblas was the body of a child. that automatically withdrew me to that child, at that point i knew what i had to do. i raced to that child. many of us have seen that child. many of us have seen that picture of you crouching down beside the boy. what was going through your mind? beside the boy. what was going through your mind ?|j beside the boy. what was going through your mind? i was afraid for the boy at that point. when i looked at his injuries, they were severe. i was actually quite emotional as well because i knew straightaway this boy had to be seven or eight years old, the same age as my son. due to the injuries, i was quite upset but the first thing i did was check his pulse to see if he was alive. because of the nature of the injuries, i didn't want to move him. what made you stay there? just the fa ct what made you stay there? just the fact that it was a young boy, he was

my son's age, you know, and that was somebody‘s child as well. at that point, it doesn't matter, i wasn't going to move. the first police officer that came down said to me, in spanish, he was screaming at me andi in spanish, he was screaming at me and i was screaming at him saying, look, get me an ambulance, and he was gesturing to me to get out of the way, get out of the way. i can see the fear in him and me, so he was trying to say basically there could be another car or van coming down and i said, no, i'm not going to move, i'm not going to leave this child. people have called you a hey row. i'm not a hero. i'mjust a common man. same as anybody else. these situations, they're occurring more often. now we have to stand up and be counted. the supreme court in india has

declared it unconstitutional to be able to get a divorce by saying talek three times. india is a secular country and governments here are secular country and governments here a re often secular country and governments here are often very often dealing in matters of personal faith. it allows institutions to take calls on matters on marriage and divorce. now muslims which are india's largest minority community, they're matters of marriages and divorces that are often decided by muslim personal law based on shari'a. the practice of triple talek is not enshrined in the what ran. —— the koran. india has held the practise of it uncontusional, calling it arbitrary and un—islamic. the neighbouring countries like pakistan and bangladesh which are islamic

countries had this banned years ago so the court asked, why not india. this has been here as a landmark judgment, notjust this has been here as a landmark judgment, not just by this has been here as a landmark judgment, notjust by muslim women but women across all religions in india. they say with this judgment they've finally got their right to equality. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first the headlines on bbc news. president trump indicates more us troops will be sent to afghanistan as he steps up the war against the taliban. the former owner of bhs, dominic chappell, is to be prosecuted by the pensions regulator, following the collapse of the high street store. human remains have been found in the hunt for 10 us sailors missing after their destroyer collided with a tanker near singapore. the pensions regulator is to prosecute the former owner of bhs. it's accusing dominic chappell of ‘failing to provide information and documents'

during its investigation into the sale of the company. bhs went into administration last year, with the loss of 11,000 jobs and a £570 million hole in its pension fund. shares in the doorstep lender provident financial have been falling after it issued its second profit warning. it now says it expects to make a loss of up to £120 million. it's only collecting around 57% of the money it's owed as opposed to the 90% it was collecting last year. its boss, peter crook, has resigned. ford has launched a trade—in and scrappage scheme designed to cut pollution on our roads. the firm says drivers can trade—in cars over 7 years old and get £2,000 off a new ford car. the old car will then be scrapped. sports direct has increased its stake in debenhams to 21%. that's up from 16%. car giant ford is the latest car company to launch an incentive for consumers to trade in their cars

over seven years old by offering £2,000 off some new models. unlike schemes by bmw and mercedes, which are only for diesels, ford will also accept petrol cars. ford said all of the part—exchanged vehicles will be scrapped, having an immediate effect on air quality. the boss of ford in the uk says it's not just about selling more cars and consumers have a role to play too. emission levels have been improving all the way through and some of the cars, the air quality‘s improved by 96% on some of the particulars. so they've gone a long way so far. consumers have been slow to adopt new technology. only 5% of the car market today's electric or hybrid, that's driven by either the cost of the vehicle or things like range anxiety that some customers have. so it's got to be technology that's real, relevant and available today that really enlightens the consumers. persimmon has seen profits rise to

£457 million, up almost a third on the previous month, saying high levels of employment are helping support the market. the summer has helped the supermarket chains increase their sales. tesco, sainsbury, asda and morrisons saw their sales rise by around 4%. johnson &johnson has been ordered to pay more than $400 million to a woman who says she developed ovarian cancer after using products such as baby powder. johnson &johnson has defended the products' safety and says it plans to appeal. time for a look at the markets.

the london market is shaking off yesterday's blues. it lookses a though some bargain hunting is helping to power the market. not such great news for provident financial. it's suffering after news of that second profit warning. shares have been down by as much as 7296. shares have been down by as much as 72%. that's all from me. back to you. yesterday there was a solar eclipse. it was the first time this particular eclipse has happened for almost a century. some had a view from a boeing 737 which chased the eclipse. james cook was on board. the satellite was already taking a

chunk out of the star. the, nine, eight n, seven... as totality drew close, time itself seemed to speed up. 0h, oh, my god. totality. totality. it's such an incredibly breathtaking experience, like, you cannot even describe it. words don't do it justice, neither do pictures, video or anything. it'sjust justice, neither do pictures, video or anything. it's just incredible justice, neither do pictures, video or anything. it'sjust incredible to witness it. really it is, it'sjust amazing. how was that? it was amazing. how was that? it was amazing. it was more beautiful than i had ever anticipated, more beautiful than any picture i've

seen. beautiful than any picture i've seen. it was diverse in colour and in density and it was just amazing, just really too short. jasmine and her brotherjoshua were the envy of their fellow her brotherjoshua were the envy of theirfellow americans, her brotherjoshua were the envy of their fellow americans, having won a competition to see the eclipse 15 minutes before the waiting world. we arejust in awe minutes before the waiting world. we are just in awe to be the first in the us able to witness such a speck tar lard event, we arejust in the us able to witness such a speck tar lard event, we are just in awe and humble and grateful. it wasjust and humble and grateful. it wasjust a great experience and everybody on board is super excited. the countdown to totality was very exciting. god is good, that's all i can say. that was a truly breathtaking moment but it was over ina breathtaking moment but it was over in a flash and the shadow is now racing towards the united states where millions more are watching and waiting. but only those on board could say they were the first to see this spectacle from a front row seat in the theatre of the heavens. james cook, bbc news, above the pacific

ocean. now, ken cheng won the joke of the fringe with thisjoke, now, ken cheng won the joke of the fringe with this joke, i'm not a fan of the new pound coin, then again i hate all change. if you think you can do better, get in touch at the twitter address. we have had a faw and on the theme of that last item, how does the mean cut his hair — eclipse it. my favourite, i was waiting to use 2 t cash machine when the elderly woman in front of me asked me to check her balance so i pushed her over. did you know it was impossible to run in a campsite you can only ran because it's past tense. i miss my best friend, dave the mushroom, he was a fungi!

my the mushroom, he was a fungi! my wife bought me some of these camouflage shorts for holiday but i just couldn't see myself wearing them. finally this from andrew kerr, i asked the baker, how come all your ca kes i asked the baker, how come all your cakes with 50p but that one is £1. he said that's madeira cake. several hours of this to come. before that, darren bett has the weather. it's been a struggle this morning, but we should see more sunshine breaking through that low cloud this afternoon. it will do wonders for the temperatures, already up to around 22 across cornwall, ideal weather for taking the doing for the walk. not so ideal later today in the staffordshire hills and the peak district where that low cloud is slower to lift. we should see brightening skies across many parts of england and wales, already a burst of sunshine here and there. showers not far away from the south—west up towards wales as well. the main wet weather though, that is

developing in ireland heading up towards northern ireland. this rain will turn heavy through the afternoon it will be accompanied by thundery bursts as well. still a few bits and pieces of rain across scotla nd bits and pieces of rain across scotland through the afternoon and one or two showers developing as we warm up one or two showers developing as we warm up a one or two showers developing as we warm up a touch in northern england. sunshine further south, into wales and the midlands and southern england. can't rule out a shower. it will be dry and temperatures 24—25, maybe a touch higher in one or two places. so a warmer day and more humid too. we have got this rain to look at moving through northern ireland and heads up to scotland again. heavy bursts of rain, thunder storms as well. could be an inch of rain in quite a few places in western scotland. not much rain as you head further south, a few showers for the north, perhaps into wales but another warm, humid night like last night. humid air is ahead of the weather front which is the main focus of change. still some heavier rain perhaps across northern

england and scotland. that is pushing out into the north sea. last of the humid air across the south—east and east anglia, we are importing fresher air on a westerly breeze, so temperatures nearer 19 or 20, still pleasant in the sunshine. that warmer air out of the way, into the fresher conditions by the time we get to thursday. low pressure that's been sitting to the north—west all week gets a little closer to northern ireland. here it will turn wet through thursday and friday. in general across the northern half of the uk we are more likely to catch a shower. heavy ones for a while as well in northern ireland. drierfor for a while as well in northern ireland. drier for england for a while as well in northern ireland. drierfor england and wales, particularly as you head further south. and into thursday and friday, it will be completely dry, cloud around and sunshine around too, the winds are quite light. this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 3. president trump commits more us

troops to afghanistan as he takes on the fight against the taliban. we must ensure they have every weapon to apply swift, decisive and overwhelming force, our troops will fight to win, they will fight to win. four men accused of belonging to the terrorist cell that carried out the barcelona attacks appear in court in spain. the former owner of bhs, dominic chappell, is to be prosecuted by the pensions regulator, following the collapse of the high street store. a third child is pulled alive from the rubble of a house that collapsed last night, during an earthquake on the italian island of ischia . bodies are found in the flooded compartments of a us warship that collided with an oil tanker near singapore. also in the next hour, should there be a change in the law