deskis desk is newsday on the bbc. —— this is. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: fears grow of a trade war between the world's two biggest economies. china promises to fight back against president trump's tariffs. we have a special report on the thousands of rohingya refugees who now face the risk of landslides and flooding in bangladesh. i'm babita sharma in london. also in the programme: that is the main language you, so we have to respect that. -- here. australia's government says too many immigrants aren't making an effort to learn english. we did it! and joy forjapan as they win their first game at the world cup in russia. glad you could join us.

it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london, and 7pm in washington where a trade war between the us and china is gaining traction and shaking the world's financial markets. beijing is promising a strong response after president trump threatened to hit china with additional duties of $200 billion if china, he said, went ahead with reprisals over an earlier set of us tariffs. beijing is calling it blackmail. our business correspondent paul blake reports from new york. these are the battlefields where trade wars fought. for months the us and china have fired potshots, a charity, a soundbite there. but now the united states has unloaded. president donald john trump indicated in his statement that he

has, andi indicated in his statement that he has, and i quote, directed the united states trade representative to identify $200 billion worth of chinese goods for additional tariffs ata chinese goods for additional tariffs at a rate of 10%. chinese goods for additional tariffs at a rate of 1096. the chinese were quick to fire back. translation: china does not want to fight a trade war, but it is not scared of one. we will continue to ta ke scared of one. we will continue to take effective steps to resolutely defend the country's interests and the people's interests and resolutely defend globalisation and the multilateral —— multilateral trade regime. a global sell-off kicked off in asia, where a cloud of uncertainty dragged down markets in shanghai 3.8%, the worst in the region. from there be selling storm spread to europe, where german, french, and british embassies all finished down. the reception was no better in new york, when the dow jones industrial average closed down, wiping off all the's gains. the fact that the us is now targeting china's retaliation to original us policy means that we are

starting to spiral ever quicker towards the prospects of a trade war. unlike markets, however, the us presidency in unfazed by the threat on tuesday. you see what is happening with china. we have no choices. it should have been done many years ago. we have no choice. china has been taking out $500 billion a year out of our country and rebuilding china. in some ways, mrtrump can sleep and rebuilding china. in some ways, mr trump can sleep easy, a trade war can be tricky for china because it exports are much more than imports, meaning there is less stuff coming infor meaning there is less stuff coming in for the chinese to tariff. but the chinese have a home field advantage, and they could create other headaches for americans, including some us companies deals or making their operations in the world's second—largest economy much more difficult. uncertainty over that whelbourne markets for the foreseeable future. paul blake, bbc news, new york. and we'll have more on the story later when we hear what investors

in new york have to say about it. our other top story — mexico has called the separation of parents and children illegally crossing the us—mexico border "cruel and inhumane". but president trump has again defended his zero tolerance approach, saying illegal immigrants should not be allowed in. mexico's foreign minister called the policy inhuman. translation: it is a cruel policy, it is an inhuman policy and we call on it to stop, regardless of the judicial or political motivation. and in that sense, our position is clear — it is not up to us to explain the causes of this situation. we condemn it categorically and clearly. also this hour, dozens of passengers are still missing after a ferry sank in one of the deepest lakes in the world. despite an ongoing search, only 18 survivors have been rescued from rough waters on indonesia's lake toba. at least 80 passengers were aboard the ferry. the newly elected malaysian

prime minister has said that his predecessor, najib razak, was totally responsible for the state investment fund, imdb, that is missing billions of dollars. dr mahathir said mr najib, his wife and others could soon face a range of charges, including embezzlement and bribery. they have repeatedly denied wrongdoing. the us has pulled out of the un human rights council. washington has long threatened to pull out, accusing it of bias against israel. america's un ambassador nikki haley criticised the council as "a hypocritical and self—serving organisation that makes a mockery of human rights". in doing so i want to make it crystal clear that this step is not a retreat from human rights commitments. 0n the contrary, we ta ke commitments. 0n the contrary, we take this step because our commitment does not allow us to remaina part commitment does not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self—serving organisation that makes

a mockery of human rights. surprise and very happy japanese fans in russia after their team beat colombia 2—1 at the world cup. it was also a win for the hosts russia and senegal. all the world cup news coming up with 0lly foster in moscow in just a few minutes' time. more now on fears of a us china trade war. let's take a look at what has created this situation. the us has imported more from china than it's exported for about 30 years, leading to a deficit of $375 billion last year — something president trump wants to reverse. in march, trump threatened to put a 25% tariff on more than 1,300 chinese imports, worth a total of $50 billion, affecting industrial machinery, energy equipment, and electronic goods and components. in response, a month later china warned it would put tariffs on us imports of up to 25% on a number of goods including agricultural products and cars and steel pipes. last week, mr trump confirmed his

tariffs would go ahead. china did likewise. that has caused president trump to threaten another 200 billion dollars worth of tariffs, totalling $250 billion. china has responded saying it will do the same. the bbc‘s business correspondent kim gittleson in new york says investors are worried about these tariffs. we have been talking about this for some time, but when it comes to the actual implementation of these tariffs, very few of them have actually gone into effect thus far. we have seen tariffs imposed on chinese aluminium and steel imports, on solar panels, and we are expecting tariffs of 25% on about $34 billion worth of chinese imports to go into effect onjuly six. but thatisit to go into effect onjuly six. but that is it thus far, which, frankly, is not a big deal when it comes to

the us economy or the chinese economy, $34 billion might sound like a lot of money, but, you know, it did not really sort of stand any fears through market here in the united states. what has really scared investors is this next round of escalation, $200 billion is a significant amount of chinese imports, it brings the total amount of chinese imports that the us is threat —— threatening to slap ta riffs threat —— threatening to slap tariffs on to something like $450 billion, which is a lot when you consider that china only sold something like $500 billion worth of goods into the united states last year. that has raised concerns that china will struggle to retaliate in kind. the west doesn't export that much to china. it is something like a worth of exports. that uncertainty about how china will react, because it can't tariff everything, obviously, and even that would be the similar amount that the us had threatened to slap, that is what has worried investors, because they don't like uncertainty and they don't like uncertainty and they don't like uncertainty and they don't like the idea that the world's two biggest economies are going

tit—for—tat when it comes to global trade. kim gittleson there. it's a humanitarian crisis that could soon become much worse. more than 700,000 rohingya refugees have fled myanmar since last year, and taken shelter in refugee camps in bangladesh. thousands of them are now at risk of landslides and flooding due to the upcoming monsoon season. 0n world refugee day, we have a special report from danjohnson in bangladesh. rohingya refugees are on the move again. still searching for a safe place to live. life is tough, even before it begins. as soon —— a baby is due in a month, she struggling with back pain and a swollen lake. translation: my house fell down, she says, i was forced to stay with others. "a landslide damage my home, this woman said,", for five days they did

not have water. and people keep coming to this. the newest part of the camp. there is stable land here, stronger homes, and better drainage. but many more are left facing the monsoon. people are living in such close living quarters, the potential for water, as its tommy gainey street, tuque tamme —— contaminate not only the water supply, but also getting into people's houses, it is incredibly difficult to stecklein in the sort of environment. the problem is, these homes are built up high, but right on the age of these very steep cliffs. and you can already see how the land is starting to crack. the theory is when the rain intensifies it will undermine these hillsides, the soil will shift and proper way, and the homes could go with it. this was last to's exodus from myanmar. the burmese military said it was tracking down ——

cracking down on rohingya militants. the un described it as ethnic cleansing. across the border they found shelter in bangladesh, but here there are new challenges. it rained every day last week. a miserable taste of what is to come. this is a vibrant community full of resilient people, but they live on borrowed land. more than 700,000 cling to these hillsides, and the numbers keep on growing. dan johnson, bbc news. and we'll have more on world refugee day later in the programme. you're watching newsday on the bbc. live from singapore and london. still to come: it is the main language here. so we have to respect that.

we'll be finding out why australia is considering introducing tougher english language tests for migrants. there was a bomb in the city centre. a code word known to be one used by the ira was given. army bomb experts were examining a suspect van when there was a huge explosion. the south african parliament has destroyed the foundation of apartheid by abolishing the population registration act, which for 40 years forcibly classified each citizen according to race. germany's parliament, the bundestag, has voted by a narrow majority to move the seat of government from bonn to berlin. berliners celebrated into the night but the decision was greeted with shock in bonn. just a day old, and the royal baby is tonight sleeping in his cot at home. early this evening, the new prince was taken by his mother and father to their apartments in kensington palace. the real focus of attention today was valentina tereshkova, the world's first woman cosmonaut. what do you think of the russian woman in space? i think it's a wonderful achievement and i think we might be able to persuade the wife, it would be a good idea, if i could, to get her to go up

there for a little while. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. i'm babita sharma in london. our top stories: china says it doesn't want a trade war, but isn't afraid of one, as it urges president trump to be more rational over tariffs. it was a winning start forjapan at the world cup in russia as they beat columbia 2—1 in their opening game. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. britain's financial times says it's seen plans by eu leaders to put refugee centres outside of eu territorial borders. the draft proposal suggests using the centres to separate economic migrants from those in need of protection before they access the eu. the philippine daily inquirer

reports on the supreme court upholding the decision to dismiss one of the country's top judges. maria lourdes sereno has called the move unconstitutional and says she will lead a people's movement for public accountability. france's le figaro reports on children addicted to screens. it says tech addiction is the primary cause for parental concern. the paper says last yeari to six year olds spent more than four and a half hours a week on the internet. yesterday on the programme we brought you the news that the un refugee agency found the number of people forced from their homes by conflict has risen to another record high. according to the agency's annual report, more than 68 million people worldwide are either refugees, asylum seekers or displaced in their own country.

to put this in perspective — the world had as many forcibly displaced people last year as the population of thailand, and even more than the population of the uk. perhaps most harrowingly, across the globe, one out of every 200 children is a refugee. as children flee to safety, many lose their schools, teachers and their educational development suffers enormously. that's something that my next guest john wood aims to combat through his charity room to read. talk me through the main aims of room to read? we believe the world sta rts room to read? we believe the world starts to change by educating children and we aim to reach children and we aim to reach children in the most difficult

situations in the world who are not going to get an education. post— apartheid south africa, and other such countries. to make sure every child has a chance. girls go to get to school alongside boys. it is quite shocking when we read the statistics that one in every 200 children will be a refugee. what is the main area of concern for you? is it not really about getting access to and enable them to even have the framework to study?” to and enable them to even have the framework to study? i think that is really important. we went in in a big way in sri lanka when the civil war ended. the majority of children we re war ended. the majority of children were in war zones. war ended. the majority of children were in war zones. we war ended. the majority of children were in war zones. we believe very much that when parents move either across borders or within countries when you have crisis like the refugee crisis, parents want to note

tomorrow will be better than yesterday. they inevitably say they wa nt yesterday. they inevitably say they want education for their children. if children is a critical years, there is no chance, no going back. so we are proud to work in a lot of places where children in need as including in our most recent launch last november in jordan. what you -- is your view of the situation on the mexican border? personally i am against that policy because i believe that when the people flee across borders it is usually for a really and sometimes scary and horrible reason, they are fleeing disaster, they are fleeing war, economic situations and we are building trauma on top of trauma. families have gone through issues

and this is potentially making it much worse for children. i hope we can focus on solutions and actions and what things we can do, what can ngos do with governments. we have a wonderful relationship with the government in jordan. they wonderful relationship with the government injordan. they welcomed it over many many refugees from syria, iraq, iran, somalia and working with the minister of education we came up with an early reader programme to put many books into the hands of children in primary schools. this is a chilly international effort and i hope that on refugee world date we can reach different governments. we have been able to do great work to help refugees in jordan and able to do great work to help

refugees injordan and we hope to bring this programme in many other places. you look at syria, turkey. a lot of refugees have children and we have to give those kids a chance or they will be another loss generation. we are so grateful for your time. australia's government says too many migrants to the country aren't making an effort to learn english. it's proposing new rules that will mean people need to pass a tougher english test before they can become citizens. phil mercer reports. after ten yea rs after ten years in australia this man from india fears he may never come a citizen. he is on a temporary work visa and says that a new language test would be unfair. there area language test would be unfair. there are a lot of things i worried about at the moment, especially the english test which is i think and act of racism. i have a lot of

friends from a who moved to canada a few years ago and they have a ready become citizen. that could be another option for me. or maybe new zealand. new laws of a tougher english example might be failed to pass government at the plan is being revised. the key to a successful integration into the community, social and economic success, in becoming part of the community, is being able to speak english. 0fficial being able to speak english. official figures show about one in four migrants came to australia last year have little or no english and the government thinks that too few are making the effort to become proficient but campaigners argued that most settlers do want to learn the language and they believe the new test will set the bar too high. this will discriminate against a wide section of australian society. this english test is very difficult

to us. it is academic level. people who have completed university are struggling with this test. the debate is not whether new migrants need to learned the language but how competent would become. we have to speaking wished to understand other people so we have to respect that. it is impossible to get a job. generally people do want to learn english and improve and gain independence and autonomy. we are living in cultural novels. they should be able to speak english otherwise they just do should be able to speak english otherwise theyjust do not fit in. australia wants its new citizens to embrace not only its language but also its values such as respect for democracy and gender equality. but is this pursuit of harmony and cohesion causing division and tension? day six of the world cup has delivered yet more surprises.

japan beat colombia 2—1 in the first match of the day. in the same group senegal managed to beat poland, also 2—1, and a short while ago the hosts russia beat egypt 3—1, which means they're all but certain to qualify for the first knock—out round. 0lly foster is in moscow. he said japan's win had delighted fans, and one special one in particular. this was in saransk a small host city of the ii. this was in saransk a small host city of the 11. you can hear the celebrating fans. they sound brazil and, actually, i not sure what they have to shout about. historic in many ways from japan. the first armed they have eaten a country from south america in the world cup. this time they have won in european soil and one of the biggest firms, the princess, was there to see them. she has been following them for 20 odd

yea rs. has been following them for 20 odd years. the first member of the imperialfamily years. the first member of the imperial family to visit russia in over 100 years and what a match to watch. japan getting the revenge against colombia because it was colombia that knocked them out the last world cup in brazil. sue— one to the japanese, and fantastic result to get their tournament up and running. we have seen all 32 nations. that was group h. senegal also at the top of the group with japan. they beat the polls by 2—1. but the night belongs to russia, the host nation. you can still hear them celebrating at a quarter past one in the morning. this was a match in saint petersburg. russia kicked things off with that fantastic when they get is, admitting bleak, a very poor side. egypt with their start

mohamed salah back in the ranks after that dodgy shoulder. they won again at 3—1. they are not guaranteed a place in the last 16, which is the most they were hoping for, but, if uruguay do what they should against saudi arabia tomorrow in rostov, that would guarantee russia getting through to the last esteem and the knockout stage. tournaments are so much better when the hosts managed to get through because the whole place is so much happier, it lifts the spirits and the hosts are so much more hospitable to travelling fans and teams when they are still in. and england as well. how many world cup so be done? think it is about three orfourand a so be done? think it is about three or four and a couple so be done? think it is about three orfour and a couple of so be done? think it is about three or four and a couple of european championships as well but this one

is just championships as well but this one isjust building championships as well but this one is just building up. championships as well but this one isjust building up. he feels really quite special. no role is jaws in 17 matches, would you believe. —— no goal less matches. so many stories. 0bviously russia is such a vast country with very different hosts and we have another four weeks to go. you have been watching newsday. stay with us. we're talking world cup and it's no surprise that corporate sponsors are kicking off massive ad campaigns in russia. hello again. it was another warm muqqy hello again. it was another warm

muggy humid day across much of england and wales although it started off pretty cloudy, it started off pretty cloudy, it started raking off across eastern parts of england and a fine end to the day in cromer. as far as conscious go, 26 degrees compared to the cooler air across the north—west of the uk. the air coming from very different areas. from greenland washing across scotland and northern ireland. the air from the subtropics into england. cloud working its way at the moment, it is rain bearing cloud. wet weather for the first pa rt cloud. wet weather for the first part of wednesday morning across northern ireland although it will be easy with time. in scotland, a wet start to the day with heavy falls first thing in the morning. wet weather also swinging southwards to cumbria and north lancashire as well. mist and fog in south—west

england. through wednesday, a weather front continues its journey south. see how it weakens and not much rain in at as it grinds its way south. to the south east, warmer air hanging on and temperatures reaching mid—to perhaps the best of the sunshine in south—east england. a fresh appeal to the weather. temperatures between 12— i6 fresh appeal to the weather. temperatures between 12— 16 degrees. heavy showers in the north—west of scotla nd heavy showers in the north—west of scotland showers sinking southwards. some in north—east england per of time. wind strengthening a little. a much cooler night stop turning quite chilly in scotland, in rural areas. and even further south are fresher feel to the weather. north—westerly winds blowing right across the country, dropping temperatures significantly. it will still feel

pleasa nt significantly. it will still feel pleasant in the sunshine but temperatures around 21 degrees as the maximum. and 17 further north. about 15 in belfast. this little cool down in the weather will not last. the weather will stay dry and temperatures building again through the weekend and into next week with the weekend and into next week with the potential of getting some pretty hot weather. that's the latest forecast. this is bbc world news. our top story: stock markets fall around the world after the us threatens to impose more tariffs on china. concern has been heightened by the threat of new us tariffs on a new range of chinese goods. beijing says it will respond in kind — and has called on president trump to be more rational. thousands of rohingya muslims who fled myanmar now face the risk of landslides and flooding in bangladesh refugee camps, as the monsoon season approaches. and a clip of the french president has gone viral. emmanuel macron was far

from impressed when this teenager addressed him informally as "manu" during an official visit. putting the boy firmly in his place, mr macron told him "you call me mr president." that's all from me now. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news it's time for hardtalk.