this is bbc news. i'm chris rogers. our top stories: on terror alert in rotterdam — a rock show is cancelled at the last minute after a tip off from police in spain. typhoon hato hits mainland china with hurricane force winds and torrential rain. it's left at least six people dead in macau and hong kong. australia's deputy prime minister barnaby joyce and other government figures battle in court to save their seats in parliament mountains of questions for the world's central bankers as they gather injackson hole wyoming for their annual meeting. plus, dying with dignity — but at what financial cost? we look at the growing bill for end—of—life care, as part of our week long series on the business of death. on a tip—off from spanish police, dutch authorities have ordered

the last minute cancellation of a rock concert in the south—western city of rotterdam. the city's mayor said they'd been warned a terror attack was being planned on a gig by an american band. it's believed the incident was not connected to last week's attacks in and around barcelona. this from the bbc‘s tim allman. anna holliganjoins us from the hague. once again, armed police on the streets of a european city. a local music venue cordoned off, people being told to go home. a concert that was cancelled after a warning ofa that was cancelled after a warning of a potential terror attack. translation: the information we received from spanish police suggested there was an attack planned on a concert by an american band. the information was so serious

that the police consulted with the owners. two options were considered. let the event go ahead with increased security, or possibly cancelling it. they thought it was justified to cancel the concert. the band who are supposed to perform are called allah—las. they come from california and have had some controversy california and have had some c0 ntrove i’sy over california and have had some controversy over their name. it uses the arabic word for god. they were escorted away by police while concert—goers were turned away. translation: we are from around here so translation: we are from around here so it is not a big problem. it is aid, for those who came from afar, who basically came here for nothing. i'm curious to hear the reason for the cancellation. i would like to know exactly what is going on. what information this decision was based oi'i. information this decision was based on. not far away, a van was found with spanish numberplates, containing gas canisters. the driver was detained by police, but it is now being reported that he had, in

principle, no connection to jihadi terrorism, and the gas canisters we re terrorism, and the gas canisters were for domestic use. this may have been a tragedy averted. this may have all been a false alarm. either way, nerves are on edge. the threat is still there. a maximum category 10 storm has made landfall on the southern coast of china's guangdong province. typhoon hato has brought hurricane force winds and downpours. earlier hato hit hong kong and neighbouring macau. it's been classed as the worst typhoon in the region for five years. juliana liu is in hong kong, and she's been following the typhoon for us. good to see you are safe and well. what has it been like experiencing this storm? well, as you say, this was a category ten maximum kind of storm. the last time i experienced something like this was five years ago. i remember a

something like this was five years ago. i remembera gust something like this was five years ago. i remember a gust of wind lifting me up from the sidewalk, and i was struggling to find a tree or a lamppost, struggling to hold on to something to prevent myself from being swept over. this storm was just as strong. at the moment it has moved west from hong kong. it is centred in the south—western province of wong chau. according to chinese news agencies it has brought a lot of wind and rain. trust bought and businesses have been disrupted. —— transport. the storm has lost a lot of its strength after making landfall. that is because of the science of typhoons. they get a lot of their energy from warm, tropical waters, and when they hit land they become less powerful. but of course they can wreak havoc across southern china. at the moment the death toll stands at 12 people. at least eight are confirmed to have died in macau, and four in guangdong province. are confirmed to have died in macau, and four in guangdong provincelj understand

and four in guangdong province.” understand 27,000 people on the mainland were evacuated, and they are not out of the woods yet. there are not out of the woods yet. there are alerts for landslides and more flooding and other geological disasters. are people still bracing themselves for that? people are still dealing with the aftermath of the storm. i think what you were reading was about guangdong province. that was mainly yesterday. in terms of the storm, it has settled down a lot and has moved west since then. the real concern is with the city of macau, the world's most popular gaming centre, a very developed city, like hong kong. lots of questions are being asked about why there were so many fatalities, eight deaths, versus zero in hong kong. lots of questions on social media about the government's preparation for the storm and how aduu preparation for the storm and how adult with the aftermath. even the famed casinos, at the moment, many of them are still operating on backup power. many of them do not

have air—conditioning yet. lots of questions, as the cleanup effort gets under way in macau. yes, looking at those pictures coming in to the bbc over the last couple of days, lots of people were caught by surprise. thanks to that of date. —— thanks for that update. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. a commission led by the former un chief kofi annan will unveil its report in the next few hours on how to tackle sectarian tensions in myanmar‘s rakhine state. the country's muslim rohingya minority face widespread discrimination in the state. a year ago, myanmar leader aung san suu kyi asked the six—member panel to look for solutions. firefighters in northern spain have been battling to keep a forest fire under control. a highway near the town of verin in the region of galicia was closed due to thick smoke. deadly fires in neighbouring portugal claimed the lives of more than 60 people injune. authorities in the american city of charlottesville have covered the statue at the centre of anti—racism protests with a black shroud to commemorate the campaigner who was killed nearby last week.

heather heyer was killed when a man believed to be a white supremacist crashed a car into a crowd of anti—racism protesters. jamie robertson is here with all the business news. what have you got for us? jackson hole, a mountain resort in the us, in wyoming. population around 9,000 and normally known for the quality of its trout fishing. but today it's also the focus of global financial markets, as it hosts an annual meeting of central bankers from more than a0 countries around the world. top billing, of course, goes to the host — us federal reserve chief janet yellen. so what will investors be listening out for? well, for a start, any clue on the fed's next move on interest rates. it has increased the cost of borrowing three times since december.

but new figures are raising questions about how strong the us economy really is. not to mention the huge political uncertainty that's bothering investors at the moment. then there's the small matter of this — the $4.5 trillion mountain of bonds the fed is sitting on. it printed money to buy up massive amounts of debt, and so support the financial system in the wake of the 2008 crisis. so when will it start selling these bonds off again — and what impact will that have on the markets? investors will also be listening closely to this man, european central bank president mario draghi. he's attending for the first time in three years. some think he may try to use his speech to talk down the value of the euro, which has been surging in recent days. much more in 20 minutes time. we are also continuing our week—long series on the business of death —

looking at the financial issues raised by aging populations around the world. today we are in singapore, where like many advanced asian economies the number of older people is on the rise, and so is the demand for end—of—life care for the terminally ill. hospices have traditionally relied on charity, but now singapore's government is pledging more funds for palliative care as its population ages. we'll have that report for you in 20 minutes time. don't forget, you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. i'm @bizrobertson. cheerful stuff, thank you. we look forward to that. a primevalforest has become the latest battleground in an ongoing power struggle between poland's nationalist government and the eu. the european court ofjustice has ordered poland to suspend logging operations after environmentalists and ngos raised concerns

about damage to the unesco world heritage site. the bbc‘s charlotte pamment visited the forest. birdsong. thousands of years ago, europe was covered in primaeval forest like this. now bialowieza and the rest be she's that call it home i nearly all that is left. —— rare species. a unesco world heritage site, the forest blankets the border between poland and belarus. on the polish side the forest has become a battleground. the country's nationalist government has brought heavy duty harvesters to bialowieza. they claim it is to tackle a bark beetle infestation. but environmentalists backed by the eu say it is a smokescreen for commercial logging. the european court ofjustice ordered poland to stop. personally i didn't expect them to withdraw. i thought maybe

they would try to hide their activity for maybe one week, but it didn't happen, so a few days after the decisions they were already working, exactly the same way. activists have been trying to block the harvesters for months. they thought the court order would stop the logging. but it makes allowances for public safety. the man with the power is the environment minister. it was his decision to triple the amount of logging back in 2016. despite being in the forest at the same time as the bbc, he refused all requests for an interview, and instead sent a statement reaffirming the need to continue logging for public safety. backin continue logging for public safety. back in warsaw, we found somebody from the ruling party willing to

explain the government's position. when we found out about the state of the forest we had to react quickly. this is the only way. the fact is, there is a beetle infestation in bialowieza. dead spruce trees are everywhere. it is just that most scientists do not leave that is necessarily a problem. beetle outbreaks occur every ten or 15 yea rs. as outbreaks occur every ten or 15 years. as scientists, we do not see any danger to the forest. the larger pa rt any danger to the forest. the larger part of the forest was never planted by humans. they use the bark beetle outbreak as a reason for logging, which is not true. but trust in the forest is strong in conservative rural communities like these. somewhere, amid the politics, a

unique forest is being destroyed. and its value remains the one thing all sides can agree on. stay with us on bbc news. still to come, tackling inactivity, as figures show more than six million middle—aged people in england fail to go for a brisk walk even once a month. he's the first african—american to win the presidential nomination of a major party, and he accepts exactly 45 years ago to the day that martin luther king declared, "i have a dream." as darkness falls tonight, an unfamiliar light will appear in the south—eastern sky.

an orange, glowing disc that is brighter than anything save the moon — our neighbouring planet mars. there is no doubt that this election is an important milestone in the birth of east timor as the world's newest nation. it will take months, and billions of dollars, to repair what katrina achieved injust hours. three weeks is the longest the great clock has been off duty in 117 years, so it was with great satisfaction that clockmaker john vernon swung the pendulum to set the clock going again. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: on terror alert in rotterdam. a rock show is cancelled at the last minute after a tip—off from police in spain. typhoon hato hits mainland china with hurricane—force winds and torrential rain.

it has left at least 12 people dead in macau and hong kong. australia's top court has become examining a constitutional crisis —— begun, it threatens to topple the conservative government. several of its members are under threat from an obscure law that prevents dual citizens from sitting in parliament. the bbc‘s hywel griffith joins us now from sydney. can you just explain how we came to this, how things develop? absolutely, so it all goes back to section 44.1 of the australian constitution, which says pretty plainly, in black and white, that if you are a citizen or have the right to bea you are a citizen or have the right to be a citizen of a foreign power, then sorry, you can't hold public

office in australia. now that has been a long—standing rural and generally people renounce their citizenship if they have been born abroad. but in the last few weeks we have had five, as you say, and it is likely to be more over the next few weeks, australian politicians either add many more being outed that in fa ct add many more being outed that in fact they have found they may be in breach of the constitution, albeit that they did not know so when they we re that they did not know so when they were elected. the most high—profile, as you said, the deputy prime minister, carnabyjoyce. he said he was shocked to find out that as well as being a true aussie born in australia, because his dad was born in new zealand, technically he was a kiwi as well. so his fate and that of the other senators and mps ultimately is in the hands of the court. but vitally, with barnaby joyce, if the court rules against him he faces a by—election and the government potentially loses its one seat majority in parliament. why has it been delayed ? seat majority in parliament. why has it been delayed? even the judge overseeing this is admitted that it

was unusual but there was a lot of urgency in resolving it. yes, and certainly the government was particularly keen for this to be dealt with. it is a big cloud hanging over canberra and the government's future. the reason is that one of the senators who was born in india to a welsh father, malcolm roberts from one nation, he argued there was no way his lawyers could get their case ready within just a couple of weeks, so balancing the need for urgency but responsibility, thejudge decided that october would be the best time to have a three—day hearing. that is not to say we will get an instant ruling either, so i think this uncertainty that is rocking australian politics is probably with us australian politics is probably with us for some time yet. many thanks for that. we will return to our main story this hour. police in the netherlands are questioning the driver of a van carrying gas canisters after a warning from spanish police, fears of a possible

terrorist attack in rotterdam. our correspondentjoins us from the hague. thisjust serves correspondentjoins us from the hague. this just serves to remind correspondentjoins us from the hague. thisjust serves to remind us of the high tensions across europe following those attacks in barcelona and other attacks. what more have you managed to learn about the tipoff from the spanish police? well, the timing is hugely significant, and it probably reflect the fact that we are so tense here in europe at the moment. a police car has just driven up the kind me. the question is was this a terror threat averted or was it a false alarm? and the newspapers here today are running headlines saying handymen or terrorist? in terms of what we know, there was a van found outside this venue which had been close down following a tipoff from spanish police. the armed police had entered the venue. it was evacuated. this was just a few minutes before the doors were due to be opened, so the doors were due to be opened, so the fans have not entered the venue yet. it was cleared out, and then we

have seen images of the police searching this white van. they are inside flashing torches around, having a look at the contents, and the driver, who is spanish, has been taken in for questioning. the mayor of rotterdam warned people against jumping to swift conclusions. if you put together all of the elements in this, it is perfectly understandable to see why people here and around the world, in fact, are fearing the worst. a concert venue and gas canisters. although it has now in the last few hours been reported, sources in spain are suggesting, that this spaniard, the van driver, had no links to anyjihadist terror groups, and the contents of the band we re groups, and the contents of the band were for domestic purposes. so it looks now as though this was an innocent van that happened to be in the vicinity of a location that had

received a terror threat from spanish police, passing that information on the police in rotterdam. but it looks as though it was a false alarm. the van was evacuated. —— the band was evacuated. —— the band was evacuated. and the other thing to say about this band, they are a us rock band and they told a british newspaper in an interview that they often receive messages from muslims who are concerned about the use of allah, in their name, and they usually try to explain it is not designed to cause any kind of offence. but they have received threats in the past. so it could be that police in rotterdam were just taking no chances. many thanks for that update, thank you for that. liverpool are through to the group stage of the uefa champions league, after beating the german side hoffenheim in their play—off. liverpool were 2—1 up from the first leg, and three goals in the first 21 minutes helped them win

the tie 4—2 on aggregate, and reach the league stage for the first time in three seasons. the boys played a few pieces of outstanding football. how it is, in a game like this, especially against an opponent like from home, you have an opponent like from home, you have a few problems, that is how it is. but really happy with the deserved qualification for the group stage. elsewhere, oarabag from azerbaijan beat copenhagen on away goals, and they arejoined in the group stage by cska moscow, sporting lisbon and apoel nicosia. the draw takes place this afternoon. wayne rooney has announced his retirement from international football. england's all—time leading goal—scorer turned down a recall for next month's

world cup qualifiers. in a statement, rooney says... there will be more on that in our news review a little bit later this hour. we are looking at how some of the newspapers around the world are react into that. —— reacting to that. floyd mayweather and conor mcgregor came face—to—face in las vegas on wednesday, ahead of their big showdown in las vegas on saturday. mayweather has come out of retirement to fight the mixed martial arts champion, who will be making his professional debut as a boxer. and, if the fight lives up to the hype in the press conference, it could be quite an event. remember, pacquiao got bombs, shane mosley got bombs, and all those guys are going in the hall of fame. but one thing about me, i got a gritty chin. but remember this, the same way you give it, you have to be able to take it. new evidence from public health england suggests thatjust ten minutes of walking at a brisk intensity each day could help prevent cancer, heart disease and poor mental health.

there are also concerns that inactivity is growing amongst the middle—aged. our correspondent dominic hughes took a stroll to find out more. in denton, in manchester, the first steps towards a healthier lifestyle. this walking group is starting slowly, but already some members are feeling the benefits of a regular stroll. i have lost about four stone. have you? four stone? wow. gone from 25 to 21. that is impressive. getting some exercise, and it is company as well, because i live my own, so that helps a lot. and it is company as well, because i live my own, so that helps a lotm weak two for me, i am a newbie. and i decided when i retired that i wanted to do lots of different things, andl wanted to do lots of different things, and i have done lots of things, and i have done lots of things to keep the mind going but not a lot to keep the body going. the beauty of walking is of course it is free. you don't need any special training, or indeed any special training, or indeed any special kit. but health experts say doing at least ten minutes of brisk

walking every day, well, that can have a really positive impact on your health. and it is brisk walking, around three miles an hour, thatis walking, around three miles an hour, that is the key. gp doctor zoe williams practices what she preaches to her patients but millions of adults are missing out. four out of ten adults between the ages of 40 and 60 are not managing to achieve ten minutes of risk walking per month, which sounds unbelievable, and lots of those people will be walking, but they are not walking at a brisk pace —— brisk walking. walking can help with weight loss, back then, diabetes, and even reducing the risk of cancer. now we are all being urged to get up and get moving. america could have its newest instant multimillionaire, or perhaps several multimillionaires. the second—largest powerballjackpot in us history has just been drawn in the last hour. the jackpot prize stands at $700 million, and odds of winning are one in 292 million. but, as the old saying goes, you've got to be in it to win it, and people lined up across america to buy tickets. the largest—ever us lottery jackpot is $1.6 billion.

let's start dreaming about how we would spend the money, shall be? —— shall we? don't forget you can get in touch with me and some of the team on twitter. hello there. after a ll after all the heavy rain and flooding over the last 24 hours or so, things are much calmer now. and over the next few days we are going to see a lot of dry weather. but there will be some showers, mostly across northern parts of the uk, but there will be some sunshine around as well. most of the showers are going to be across the north because we are closer to that area of low pressure. it was that weather front there that are of the heavy rain and

thunderstorms in the local flooding. we have got higher pressure to the south, hence much drier here. as we head into the morning, then, we have got sunshine to greet the day across the south—east of england. midlands, and across east anglia as well and some sunshine further west. there will be a little bit further cloud and the risk of one or two light showers but the most part it will be dry. maybe a few showers to also move towards the north—west of england. eastern scotland probably starting dry. we have got some rain up starting dry. we have got some rain up towards shetland and there will bea up towards shetland and there will be a few showers was the highlands, maybe clipping some northern and western parts of northern ireland as well. here, there will be a stronger winds and we will see showers gathering especially later on in the day. those will push their way back into the north—west of scotland. one or two elsewhere in scotland, could be sharp of aberdeenshire and the odd showerfor be sharp of aberdeenshire and the odd shower for northern england. elsewhere it is likely to be dry. temperatures of 18 in glasgow, 22 in london, about normal for the time of year and london, about normal for the time of yearand a london, about normal for the time of year and a fresher feel to the weather for all of us. over the course of the night, clearer skies developing over southern and eastern areas of the uk, up towards the

north—west, remember, we have at that area of low pressure so it is turning wetter in northern ireland and western scotland, but a cooler night that we have seen recently. some sunshine to begin with tomago, across southern and eastern areas, and probably staying dry, with more sunshine on friday. up towards the north—west there will be a bit more cloud bubbling up. the showers, maybe even longer spells of rain, limited to northern ireland and western scotland. quite a few showers around here as well. temperatures a bit low glasgow in belfast but warmer or the south—east. the wetter weather around that area of low pressure continues into the weekend, this one coming up from biscay threatens to bring showers to southern and eastern parts of england but overall the weekend should be fairly quiet across the weekend should be fairly quiet a cross m ost the weekend should be fairly quiet across most of the uk. more sunshine at times. temperatures to anyone, 22, maybe as high as 25 in the south—east. cooler in the north—west, especially scotland and northern ireland, and this is where we will see most of showers. —— most

of the showers. this is bbc world news, the headlines. dutch authorities have ordered the last minute cancellation of a rock show in rotterdam. they were acting on a tip—off from anti—terror police in spain. the city's mayor said they'd been warned an attack was planned. typhoon hato has hit mainland china with hurricane force winds and torrential rain after leaving at least 12 people dead in the region. the maximum category 10 storm is the worst typhoon in the region for five years. australia's deputy prime minister barnabyjoyce and other ministers are fighting a legal battle that's threatening to topple the government. the country's high court is examining a law that bars dual citizens from sitting in parliament. ten minutes of walking at a brisk intensity each day could help prevent cancer, heart disease and poor mental health. that's according to public health england which says its concerned