i'm rico hizon, in singapore. this is newsday. the headlines: divers find bodies aboard the damaged american warship and questions grow about the state of the us pacific fleet. indonesia names a cleric already injail as a suspect in the islamic state group's first attack in southeast asia. i'm babita sharma, in london. also in the programme: india's supreme court bans the islamic practice of instant divorce. will it end the misery suffered by thousands of women? this issue will change the entire landscape of muslim laws in india. "numb and confused" — princes william and harry tell the bbc about their memories of the days after their mother's death, 20 years ago. live from our studios in singapore

and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. glad you could join us. it's iam in london and 8am here in singapore, where the search continues for sailors missing after a us warship collided with an oil tanker. divers have located bodies in the flooded compartments of the warship. the accident is raising questions about state of the u.s fleet in the pacific, is it over—stretched? rupert wingfield—hayes reports. these are the latest pictures of the badly damaged ussjohn s mccain. as it limped into port in singapore, a massive hole in its side. today, the news from here has only got worse. speaking to media tonight, the commander of the us pacific fleet said the first bodies have been found. one body that has been reported

by the malaysia navy has been found. we have discovered other bodies during the diving on mccain today, but it's premature to say how many, and what the status of the recovery of those bodies is. it is only two months since this happened off the coast of japan, an almost identical collision that took the lives of seven us sailors. now, there might be ten more to add to that list. back in the us, naval families are suggesting it's no coincidence. is there an issue of negligence here, or are your men and women exhausted from overwork? i was on mccain this morning looking at the eyes of those sailors. even after their heroic efforts yesterday, i didn't see exhaustion. so that view is not a view that i see reflected to me by the 140,000 sailors that man the pacific fleet.

but these are quotes from some of the navy families contacted: in singapore, this maritime expert agrees the us navy is overstretched. if you look at all the demands that are put on the us navy in the middle east, in the persian gulf, and increasingly out here in the pacific, i mean, basically, we've got a 300 ship navy and we're asking it to do the job of a 400 ship or a50 ship navy. so you mayjust able up to see the outline of thejohn s mccain docked here behind me in singapore. the search and rescue operation continues here tonight. and then there is the question of how this all happened and that is a big and deeply disturbing question for the us navy. earlier i spoke to someone about who

is to blame for the collision between the warship and the tanker. every accident can be prevented. we know the singapore strait is a very busy waterway. we have about 1000 vessels at any one point in time and the method behind the madness that is the singapore straits is this regime known as the traffic separation scheme, which separates vessels into two lanes, think of it asa vessels into two lanes, think of it as a highway, and they consist of ships that are ingoing and outgoing from singapore. that's how we prevent accidents. who did not follow this traffic separation scheme? was it the us navy or the liberian ship? we've been conducting an analysis of the vessel movements. there are no analysis available on the us navy warship because it's a warship, but initial indications suggest that the tanker was fully

compliant with the traffic separation scheme. 0ur our other top story now. president donald trump has arrived in the us state of arizona where in a few hours he will hold a campaign style rally. it's his first public appearance since he announced his foreign policy plans for afghanistan and a commitment to keeping us troops in afghanistan. the new strategy is a u—turn from what he called for in the election campaign. there are quite a number of trump supporters. they are mostly over to decide because they are queueing to get into this rally. as you rightly noticed, the line behind me here is protesters, who have gathered here. police have lined up with their b i cycles, police have lined up with their bicycles, we a re police have lined up with their bicycles, we are just being moved behind the white line. the supporters of donald trump here are ina very supporters of donald trump here are

in a very good mood. they are happy with their president and pleased with their president and pleased with their president and pleased with the progress. i've spoken with a lot of them. but on afghanistan there are some concerns. think it would be best to sum it up as they are not delighted all happy about the decision, a lot of the people i've been speaking to hear, but they trust their president. also making news today: washington has imposed sanctions on a number of russian and chinese companies and individuals it accuses of helping north korea's nuclear weapons programme. the us secretary of state rex tillerson has praised what he called "a level of restraint" shown by north korea in recent weeks, following the adoption of a un resolution against the country. i think it is worth noting that we have had no missile launches or provocative acts on the part of north korea since the unanimous adoption of the un security council resolution. i want to take note of the and acknowledge it. i am pleased to see that the regime in pyongyang

has certainly demonstrated some level of restraint that we have not seen level of restraint that we have not seenin level of restraint that we have not seen in the past. we hope this is the beginning of this signal that we've been looking for. iraqi government forces say they've pushed islamic state fighters into the outskirts of the city of tal afar, one of the last few remaining is strongholds near the syria border. on a visit to iraq, the us defence secretary james mattis said so called islamic state was "on the run". copenhagen police say a corpse found in waters off denmark was deliberately mutilated, but they say it is still too early to say whether it is the remains of swedish journalist kim vahl. she was last seen alive on the 10th of august as she departed on a trip with submarine inventor peter madsen. the spanish football club barcelona says it will demand at least $10 million from its former player, the brazilian striker neymar. it say the 25—year—old was in breach of contract when he left the catalan club for french giants paris saint—germain. the legal action follows neymar‘s

world record $250 million transfer. german police have seized around 5,000 ecstasy tablets in the shape of president trump's head. the pills were seized in the north—western city of 0snabruck. it's thought the drugs would have been sold on the internet under the slogan ‘trump makes partying great again‘. an austrian father and son have been arrested. india's top court has ruled that the controversial practice of instant divorce in islam is unconstitutional, marking a major victory for women's rights activists. india is one of a handful of countries where a muslim man can divorce his wife in minutes by saying the word talaq, meaning divorce, three times. there was jubilation outside the supreme court in delhi after the judges struck down the centuries—old practice. from now on, a muslim man cannot

instantly divorce his wife by simply saying the word "talaq" three times. it's a huge victory for women's rights activists, who have been calling for a ban on the practice for decades. this issue will change the entire landscape of muslim laws in india. it is also going to reduce polygamy, and will definitely reduce the poverty that muslim women have to go through because of this controversial law. muslim men in india have divorced their wives by serving the "triple talaq" by letter, telephone, or increasingly by mobile messaging, even skype. earlier this year, women are better by their husbands held meetings across the country, like this one, petitioning for a ban. these three words tore their worlds apart and left many of the destitute. sadaf mehmood was one of them. they don't care about

our lives, nothing. he got married again. someone else. he's living happily. he never turned back to us. he doesn't even look after her — my child. in outlawing this practice, india joins countries as far apart as egypt, sri lanka, the uae and malaysia. there are various interpretations in saudi arabia, and triple talaq is practiced. so what now? well, muslim community leaders have called for a meeting to discuss the verdict. some say the ruling has affected the rights of the religious minority. but, for now, activists and victims can enjoy this historic moment. ajailed indonesian islamic cleric has been named a suspect in a suicide bomb attack that killed eight people injakarta last year and was claimed by islamic state.

authorities believe aman abdurrahman was the mastermind behind the attack which killed four civilians and four attackers. bbc correspondent rebecca henschke joins us from jakarta. what more can you tell us about aman abdurrahman and why are these charges so significant? well, he is an islamic cleric. he pledged his allegiance to the islamic state while injail serving a allegiance to the islamic state while in jail serving a sentence of ten yea rs while in jail serving a sentence of ten years for setting up a training camp, a militant training camp, and he is said to be quite charismatic, who has the trust, one of the few individuals in indonesia, of the is leadership to spread propaganda in indonesia. he has told his followers to carry out attacks notjust against western targets, which we've

seen against western targets, which we've seenin against western targets, which we've seen in the past from terrorist groups here, but also against fellow muslims who don't follow the same dockin muslims who don't follow the same dock in and approach. —— doctrine. and especially attacked police officers, which we've seen in smaller attacks which are being linked back to him. indeed, the circumstances are rather in usual because he was already in prison when the attack took lace. what does this say about the country's border fight against terrorism? that's right. police raided his cell after the attack and found two mobile phones that they believe he used to carry out the attacks. of course in indonesia a higher profile —— high—profile terror suspects like this should not have access to mobile phones and terrorist analysts have been saying for some time but they believe he is being able to carry out his propaganda, controlling his supporters across the country, while still in jail on these charges. also he was given a remission to mark independence day

in indonesia, reduction of his sentence and was said to be released ironically because of good behaviour and then the indonesian police stepped injust as he and then the indonesian police stepped in just as he was about to be released, arrested him and then named him a suspect in the attack in ja ka rta named him a suspect in the attack in jakarta last year. have indonesian authorities been able to clamp down on terrorist groups and sells in indonesia? overall most analysts would say indonesia has been fairly successful against the fight against terrorism here in indonesia. we haven't seen a major attack like the type of the bali bombings back in 2002. these groups that aman abdurrahman controls haven't been so successful in their attacks. he's had failed bomb attacks that have been foiled by the police, these smaller attacks. even the attack last year in jakarta, although smaller attacks. even the attack

last year injakarta, although would shut down the centre of the city, in terms of the damage and the loss of life they were hoping for they dignity. but indonesian police say they need this new antiterrorism law to be pushed through the parliament, thatis to be pushed through the parliament, that is being held up at the moment. they say that is key to their fight against terrorism in the long—term. but human rights groups and politicians are holding back back, making sure there's a check and balance on police powers here. —— holding that back. thank you very much. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: a suspect in the barcelona attack appears in court. police believe much bigger assaults were planned. also on the programme: we hearfrom princes william and harry about the difficult time following her death. 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 ten 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're 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 newsday on the bbc.

welcome back, everyone. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: two days after an american warship and a tanker collided off the coast of singapore, divers have found bodies inside the flooded compartments of the ussjohn mccain. ajailed indonesian cleric has been named as a suspect in a bomb attack last year, the first assault in southeast asia to be claimed by the islamic state group. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the japan times dedicates its front page to the news that the japan based us seventh fleet is to face review. this is following on from the collision of usjohn s mccain with an oil tanker near singapore on monday. the china daily reports that the chinese government has new plans to tackle beijing air pollution. it says they'll put more effort

into regulating government officials and companies that pollute. and the south china morning post shows the preparation taking place in hong kong ahead of typhoon hato. the paper reports the storm is on track to be one of the worst in recent years and is expected to cripple air travel. babita, what's happening on line? well, rico, a man called mr chen and his bearfeeding antics have gone viral. despite warnings at a wildlife park near beijing the man rolled down his car window to feed the bears but because of a car malfunction, the window didn't wind back up in time before a bear was able to lunge at mr chen and bite his shoulder. fortu nately, fortunately, he escaped with minor injuries. four moroccan men suspected of the attacks in and around

barcelona last week have appeared in court. one of them admitted that a bigger attack was being planned, while another man has been freed without charge. the latest now from tom burridge in barcelona. in the wake of the deadliest terror attack in spain in years, four men moved from barcelona last night. one by one, they were led into a high security prison, outside madrid. the four men in court today are all linked in different ways to last week's attacks and a wider plot. mohamed houli chemlal, this morning taken to court in his hospital pyjamas. last wednesday, he was badly injured in an explosion in the town of alcanar. he admitted in court the group was planning a larger attack. he will remain in prison, and faces terrorism charges. driss 0ukabir‘s passport was found in the rented van, which was driven with such deadly effect down las ramblas the following day.

he has also been imprisoned and charged. the man driving the van, younes abouyaaqoub, was shot dead by police yesterday in countryside outside barcelona. another suspect, salah el karib. he owned an internet cafe in ripoll and tonight remains in custody pending further enquiries. there have been police raids tonight in ripoll and elsewhere. and the fourth man in court, mohamed aalla. he denied being the owner of the audi a3 used in the attack in the coastal resort of cambrils on friday morning. today, he has been released without charge. it's now been confirmed that a speed camera clocked four of the attackers as they drove to paris in that very car a week before the attacks. police in catalonia say their investigation is far from over. in las ramblas, five days on, there is a palpable sense of defiance. spain is a country where much of life is lived outdoors. and no amount of terror

will change that. but, of course, many lives have been cruelly touched forever. brave british tourist, harry athwal, held a young boy after he had been hit by the van. i was afraid for the boy at that point. umm, 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, and that's the same age as my son. and, like i said, due to the injuries, i was quite upset. but the first thing i tried to do was just to check his pulse to see if he was alive. his hairwas similar to my son's hair. it's a little bit shorter than my son's now, but it was brown, thick beautiful brown hair. and i stroked it as i kept trying to talk to him. as more facts are revealed about the perpetrators of this, questions hang in the air. tom burridge, bbc news, in barcelona. churches in the roman catholic diocese of cubao in manila have begun ringing their bells every night for a week in a protest

against president duterte's war on drugs. it follows a street protest at the weekend where hundreds gathered in the capital to condemn a recent spike in drug—related killings and the death of a 17—year—old student. translation: the bells of the cathedral will ring tonight to express our grief and our condolences with the families of the victims of the drug—related killings. bell chimes. we signify our condemnation of the recent killings. to many, too many are

dying. —— too many. this has got to stop. we hope that the ringing of the bells in so many dioceses will awaken something in our people. too many people have become passive. things are happening around us. but we need to awaken each wind so that we need to awaken each wind so that we will do something, so that we will... we will we will do something, so that we will. .. we will express we will do something, so that we will... we will express what we we will do something, so that we will. .. we will express what we feel amidst these killings. bells chime. princes william and harry have been recalling the seven days

between their mother's death and her funeral in a new bbc documentary. the princes describe how they were "numb and confused" when they first heard of their mother's death, and were grateful for the seclusion provided by balmoral castle in scotland. of the decision to walk behind their mother's coffin on the day of the funeral, both say it was a collective family decision. here's more of what the princes had to say to the bbc. when you have something so traumatic as the death of your mother when you are 15, as, sadly, many people have experienced... ..nobody wants to experience it. it leaves you, it can either make or break you. and i wouldn't let it break me. i wanted it to make me. i wanted her to be proud of the person i would become. you know, william and/or harry, that we were devastated by it. that all the hard work and love and energy that she put

into the world would go to waste. i think that one of the hardest things to come to terms with is the fact that the people that chased her into the tunnel were the same people that were taking photographs of her while she was still dying on the back seat of the car. umm, and william and i know that, we have been told that numerous times by people that know that was the case. she'd had quite a severe head injury, but she was still very much alive in the back seat. and those people that caused the accident, were taking photographs of her dying on the back seat. and then those photographs made their way back to news desks. harry and william remembering their mother, diana. the world record for the largest

sa mosa the world record for the largest samosa has been beaten. it was 340 lbs. it was cut up into portions and given to the homeless. does that make you hungry, rico? it is too much for my breakfast. too big. you have been watching newsday. i am rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. stay with us for the latest instalment of our "business of death" series. we'll be looking at the netherlands, and the growing debate over making it even easier to seek medical help to end one's life. and before we go, there's a new arrival at queensland zoo in australia. it's a rare white koala. they have asked the public to get help in

naming her. that's it from us. goodbye. hi there. yesterday was a pretty humid day, wasn't it? we did have some sunshine coming through. the best in southwest england, temperatures climbing to 25 degrees in bute. it was not sunny everywhere, a couple of inches of rain in northern ireland, 15 millimetres in just four hours in county tyrone. rain not just heavy but also thundery. thunderstorms rumbling north—east across northern ireland through the night. to the start of friday, the band of rain has moved away from northern ireland and into scotland. a soggy start with some wet weather swinging into north—west england. mild and muggy to start for many of us, 16—17 degrees. wet weather still with us for a good part of the morning across scotland. for eastern areas, low cloud with fog patches around the coast and hills. an improving picture in northern ireland. cloud breaking to give some sunny spells. starting to see things a bit brighter nibbling in across south—west of wales and south—west england as well. time to see what happens through the rest of

wednesday. this area of cloud and rain is tied in with this weather front. slowly pushing eastwards across the country. ahead of that front, warm and muggy air across east anglia and south—east england. if the sunshine comes out through the cloud, it could become very warm. generally, the weather turning a bit fresher from the west as the day goes by. temperatures getting into the low 20s, perhaps even mid— 20s in the warmest areas in the west. further east, we could see highs of 27. to get that, we need some sunshine. 27 would be the hottest day of august so far. wednesday night, rain taking a while to clear from north—east scotland. through the night, showers from north—western areas. a fresh night, temperatures 13—14 fairly widely. the picture through thursday, a north—west, south—east split. a flat ridge of high pressure in the south, keeping weather largely dry for southern areas on thursday. close to the low pressure in the north—west, seeing a number of showers affecting northern ireland, scotland and the north—west of england. at times, those showers could merge in northern ireland, becoming a long flow with the winds. could be lengthy in places. friday, chances of rain

across the west of the uk. the driest and sunniest weather across southern and eastern areas. that's your forecast. i'm babita sharma, with bbc world news. our top story: divers have located bodies inside the us warship that collided with an oil tanker near singapore on monday. ten sailors from the uss john s mccain formally remain missing after the collision. the us navy has halted all worldwide operations following the accident. indonesia has declared a radical

cleric a suspect in suicide bombings in jakarta in january last year. aman abdurrahman was charged with orchestrating the attack, despite being in prison at the time. this story is popular at bbc .com. a rare white koala has arrived at queensland zoo in australia. her pale colour is due to a recessive gene, thought to be inherited from her mother. the zoo are now asking the public for their help in naming the koala. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: the former owner of bhs, dominic chappell, is to be prosecuted by the pensions regulator.