i'm sophie long, live outside the caves in northern thailand where rescuers are getting ready for what they hope will be the final day of their mission to free twelve boys and their football coach. so far, eight of the children have been brought to safety — all are said to be in good health. the rescue teams will go in again in the next few hours. one diver tells us about the difficulties inside. when i saw the diver and the kid on the horizon, we cannot see that far, probably about 50 metres, i still did not know if there was a casual deal not. —— casualties or not. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the programme. two big brexiteers resign — but prime minister theresa may appears to have strengthened her position. and japan mourns more than a hundred people in killed by floods and landslides

following unprecedented rainfall. it's midnight in london, and six in the morning here in northern thailand where divers have rescued four more boys from a vast cave system on the second day of a complex operation. thai authorities have confirmed that eight boys have now been freed from the cave complex behind me. it is a race against time and a race against the weather. the rain is falling already today. our first report comes from lucy williamson. police helicopters over chiang rai have come to signal hope. inside this one, a fifth boy, pulled from deep inside the mountain and flown to join his team—mates in hospital. his identity kept private, even as his arrival here makes global news. a week ago this mission was seen as almost impossibly risky,

but with every success, confidence in the team here has grown. as the monsoon rains have so far largely held off. ivan was one of the rescuers in the cave that first day. stationed near one of the route‘s most difficult parts, to replace the divers‘ empty tanks, helped guide the boys through and deal with problems. i was very scared because when i saw the diver and the kid on the horizon, we can't see that far, maybe 50 metres, i still didn't know if it was a casualty. so, i was very scared. it didn't feel good. but when i saw that he was alive and breathing and seemed to be all right, it felt very good. it felt very good. what did you learn from that first day? one of the difficult things in the cave is communication. talking inside the cave is

difficult. if you are more than five oi’ difficult. if you are more than five or ten metres away, the echo and the water, it is incredibly hard to understand. misunderstandings and the high complexity leads to very bad situations. we need to plan for that. we need to keep communication very simple. thai children are warned about this mountain by their grandparents, that it swallows people and does not let them out. so far, this operation has proved that adage wrong. eight children have been counted out of its caves, four more are waiting with their coach for the rescuers to return tomorrow. the battle with this mountain is being won through careful planning and tight control, but it is also relying on a sense of unity among the country, the divers and the boys themselves. lucy williamson, bbc news, chiang rai. this rescue operation has captured

the attention of the whole of the country and, indeed, the world. it isa country and, indeed, the world. it is a complicated route out of the cave system taking expert divers over nine hours to bring each boy to safety. we look now atjust how complicated the route out of the cave is. the operation to rescue the remaining boys and their coach from deep beneath this mountain has been risky, complex and daring. they have been stranded about two and a half miles from the entrance of the cave system. getting them out one by one involves the walking, wading, crawling and, for long periods, diving through murky, muddy water. there are narrow passages, sharp inclines and descents. two divers accompany each boy. the youngsters, aged 11 to 16, are given full face masks and air tanks so they can breathe normally. there's a guide rope to help them through tunnel and replacement air tanks at key points. now, where the tunnels are flooded, the escape method involves the boys

being attached to a diver, hugged underneath their body. but there are pinch points. one hole narrows to around 15 inches. so they have to squeeze through on their own, with their air tank being carried on ahead. one diver in front, the other behind. it's a perilous operation. just how dangerous was underlined last week, when this former thai navy seal died from lack of air while travelling through the flooded chambers. but the thai authorities say the threat of monsoon rain causing further flooding made this rescue essential. the whole exhausting journey takes several hours. once the boys emerge, they're given a rapid physical check, and there are fears though that some may have dangerous lung infections. longer term, it's the psychological impact which is a key concern. helping these children, some not yet teenagers, to come to terms with the trauma

of their terrifying ordeal. that gives you an idea of exactly what the boys and their coach were still in the cave behind me will have to go through later today. the rescue mission is on pause at the moment. we are told that the divers will take ten hours but no more than 20 to recover, replaced their tank and then they will go win to get the remaining boys. a short time ago, i asked expert diving instructor neil bennett what his thoughts were on the operation so far. i think it is a great success, proving that the planning and the strategy that they have set up with indicates system is working well. they are ahead of time and look successful and hopeful that the guys to finally get out of the cave. we have heard now, as we did this time yesterday, that the divers will rest for a period of between ten but not

more than 20 hours. can you talk as ruby have thought behind that. many people have heard so much about how this is a race against time and the weather and there is no natural light inside the cave so some thought process is that they could have just carried on. thought process is that they could havejust carried on. can thought process is that they could have just carried on. can you talk as through why we need these pauses in the operation? several reasons why did the first one being that the amount of tanks and air they are using will need to be refilled and set upa using will need to be refilled and set up a gain. that does take time and effort. they are going through hundreds of tanks because there are so many divers in their supporting the project, not just so many divers in their supporting the project, notjust the two guys are bringing the kids out. there are some 20 or 30 divers in the water supporting them. the second reason, the important reason, the guys were doing all the diving are building up houseis doing all the diving are building up house is within their body. this leads to give them a chance to ofgas, allowing those gases to

escape and allow them to replenish their energy because it is a very ha rd their energy because it is a very hard and long duration drive. it is like running a marathon. seven or eight hours at a time. less stress is quite high and they need a chance to recover before they can re—enter the water. tell us, if you can about what it would be like for them dealing with inexperienced divers. these children have never dived before and many could not swim. just being in the water will be a strange experience for them. adding to that, the trauma of the last two weeks. can you talk as through how the will cope with that? the focus for the rescu e rs cope with that? the focus for the rescuers is effort and strain because they are dealing with the conditions the zero visibility, the tight restriction that has already been mentioned several times, and guiding these kids through that. and their focus on the students is very intense. they are looking for feeling any movement or panic

comment any movement they might be having problems and they need to insta ntly having problems and they need to instantly react to that. their attention is immense. mentally it is very tiresome. so eight hours of that can strain someone. and, a thought, if you will, a successful two days with eight rescued already and there is still a long way to go. it isa and there is still a long way to go. it is a complex operation. they certainly cannot drop the ball now. they are looking at the end result and they are seeing eight successes and they are seeing eight successes and five more to go. they are mindful about the weather conditions. luckily the weather has held off a double ended shortly so they are focusing intensely on getting these last five three. i would not be surprised if we saw a completed today, the way they are going, but that does remain to be seen. neil bennett there with his thoughts on the operation so far. weather has been holding off but it

is raining now. there were huge downpours overnight and the men leading this operation have always said it is a race against time and the weather. it is monsoon season here and what they do not want happening is for the cave to fill up with water gain. they have gone to massive efforts to prevent that from happening. dams have been built around the mountain to divert the water but before the divers re—entered yesterday for the second phase, they spent time pumping out water so i imagine that is exactly what is going on in the cave behind me now. we expect the divers to re—enter later today to bring out the final five boys. re—enter later today to bring out the finalfive boys. all the re—enter later today to bring out the final five boys. all the way through that have brought out for added time and now there are five left one would hope that perhaps today, the final day is hope of this operation, that the coach will come out with them as well. meanwhile, a boys are already in hospital and said to be doing well. we are told that they have not yet been reunited with their parents, they are in quarantine and they have not yet been able to have their favourite food yet. they have been fed only

congee, and easily digestible porridge. to now, let's go back to london for the rest of the news of the day. as sophie was saying, the moment we get any more details on that rescue operation, we hope it is good news, and will bring that to you. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. film producer harvey weinstein has pleaded not guilty at a court in new york to charges of sexually assaulting a woman in 2006. it's the third criminal sexual assault case brought against him. his lawyer says he's innocent and that all sexual encounters were consensual. also making news today, the supreme court in india has upheld the death penalty for three men convicted for the gang rape and murder of a young woman in delhi in 2012. the attack against jyoti singh, on a public bus, sparked an outcry across india and prompted the introduction of tougher laws and penalties for crimes against women. a court in myanmar has decided to press charges against two

reuters journalists, who've been in detention for the past seven months. the pair, who reported on the rohingya crisis, deny accusations that they breached myanmar‘s official secrets act. japanese car maker nissan has admitted that it has uncovered falsified data from car exhaust emissions tests at most of its japanese factories. the company did not say how many cars were affected. in a statement, nissan said the testing environments had not been in line with requirements. shares in the company lost value hours before the announcement. the american coffee company starbucks has announced that it will begin phasing out the use of plastic straws at its restaurants by 2020. the seattle—based chain said it would eliminate single—use plastic straws globally at its 28,000 shops. starbucks said it would instead bring in new recyclable strawless lids and alternative material straws. you are watching news day. coming up

on the programme, the japanese prime minister calls off an overseas trip as the country struggles to cope with some of the worst floods in decades. central london has been rocked by a series of terrorist attacks. police say there have been many casualties and there is growing speculation that al-qaeda was responsible. germany will be the hosts of the 2006 football world cup. they pipped the favourites south africa by a single vote. in south africa, the possibility of losing hadn't even been contemplated and celebration parties were cancelled. the man entered the palace through a downstairs window and made his way to the queen's private bedroom, then he asked her for a cigarette. and on the pretext of arranging for some to be brought, she summoned a footman on duty,

who took the man away. one child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world. education is the only solution. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm kasia madera. our top stories: a second day of the mission to rescue members of a football team from flooded caves in thailand has now brought eight boys to the surface. two leading brexit—supporting ministers have resigned from the british government but theresa may does not appear to be facing an immediate challenge to her leadership. it's been a remarkable day

in british politics. it's just 2a hours since we brought you news of the resignation of the uk's brexit secretary, david davis. now the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has also left the government. the departure of two leading brexiteers has fuelled serious speculation about the future of theresa may's leadership. and comes just days after the prime minister secured a ha rd—won agreement in cabinet on the shape of the brexit process. our political editor laura kuenssberg has been following events at westminster. have you ever seen brexit‘s biggest cheerleader so obviously down at heart? not unusual for boris johnson to look a little untucked. rare to look so battered. but the now former foreign secretary quit. his vision of a dramatic break with the eu out of government and favour. for borisjohnson, the prime minister's plan stays too close to the eu. he said:

explaining his resignation, he said: the brexiteer—in—chief‘s drivers had prepared to leave three times in the day, but then stood down. it was not actually a removal van this afternoon. that will come tomorrow. but at 3pm, the drivers left without him, boris johnson following david davis out of government, the second senior figure to leave the government over brexit in less than 2a hours. only minutes after that, the prime minister made her own exit on the way to the commons.

just on friday, she had trumpeted her brexit compromise number ten designed and the cabinet approved. were they cheering orjeering her? mr speaker, on friday at chequers, the cabinet agreed a comprehensive and ambitious proposal that provides a responsible and credible basis for progressing negotiations with the eu towards a new relationship after we leave on 29th march next year. in the two years since the referendum, we have had a spirited national debate... shouting with robust views echoing around the cabinet table, as they have on breakfast tables up and down the country. a brief moment where she let the tension show. a wink of support for a brexiteer still in cabinet. for labour, a time to make the prime minister squirm.

for the good of this country and its people, the government needs to get its act together and do it quickly. if it can't, make way for those who can. more pressing than intense pressure from the opposition on the two sides of the brexit debate. i don't care what you think. if it's outrageous, it's outrageous. rear guard action from the tory benches. brexiteers furious with the prime minister's chequers compromise. this week, the activists were so disappointed about what had happened at chequers. they were betrayed... they said they were betrayed and they asked why... they asked, "why do we go out each and every saturday to support the conservative party to get mps elected?" and sir, for the first time in over ten years, that group refused to go out and campaign. what would the prime minister say to them? this is not a betrayal.

i believe that is what people voted for when they voted to leave, and we will deliver in faith with the british people. it already feels like weeks ago, but after a late—night call where he quit too, david davis explained this morning the route of theresa may's problem. many brexiteers think her compromise doesn't mean brexit at all. the policies are that we are now proposing to use the same rule book, or the same laws really, as the european union. not equivalent, not similar, but the same. i'm worried that what the european union will do is simply take what we have offered and ask for more or wait for more. if we carry on with this plan and leave on those terms, is that really leaving at all? i don't think so. but, you know, as i said in my letter, i hope she is right and i'm wrong. it'll be down to the fine detail, that's the thing. many of our viewers might think, "look, the tory party's been arguing amongst themselves about this for two years and hang on,

the man who's meant to be in charge of this policy has now just walked away." doesn't it look self—indulgent? isn't it your duty to stay and try to make these compromises and make this work? no, i don't think so. i've been making compromises for two years, that's the point, which is fine. that's as it should be. but there comes a point where the compromise is too far, and that's the point where i'm at now for me. is the balance in the tory party tonight, with loyalists likejeremy hunt, who is the new foreign secretary, or with brexiteers staying on? with ambitions of their own like the new brexit secretary, dominic raab, or rebels with little interest in accepting downing street's compromise and no intention of playing nice. laura kuenssberg, bbc news, westminster. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. south china morning post leads with the latest on the cave rescue operation in thailand. the picture of the operation

on the ground outside the cave, shows a military helicopter taking the latest rescued boys to a waiting ambulance. the new york times features a story about the plight of many rohingya women with a wave of births now happening in their refugee camps. many of these pregnancies have resulted from rape and often lead to these women being ostracised within the camps. as we have been talking about earlier in the program, the british government is in turmoil and it is all over the papers. the front page of the japan times shows the former brexit secretary david davis next to one of the favoured brexit slogans ‘securing our future together‘. japan‘s prime minister,

shinzo abe, has cancelled an overseas trip in the wake of torrential rains that have killed more than one hundred people in the west of the country. many people remain trapped by the floodwaters and millions have been told to evacuate their homes as rivers burst their banks. earlier i spoke with reuters news agency‘s japan bureau chief billy mallard who gave us more details on what the rescue teams are facing now the rain has eased. well, they are finding a lot of mud and now that the rains have passed, the mud is turning into dust, it is quite messy and unfortunately as they are getting to some of the more secluded locations, they are finding people who were not able to get out of their homes, unfortunately not surprisingly a lot of older people

who are less mobile so we are in that grim phase of the process. many of the deaths took place in the hiroshima prefecture. that is one of the worst affected areas? that's right, western japan got hit pretty hard. hiroshima and okayama, and also on the island of shikoku. in terms of the rescue efforts and the evacuation advice, it wasn‘t mandatory. these were orders to leave. that is true, and there is some rethink of that going on. it has to be said, the advisories, the weather advisories are very frequent, very clear. japan does that sort of thing extremely well.

whether they were mandatory or advisories, there is some after—the—fact guessing about that but it‘s probably good to remember that fundamentally, you‘ve got so many people in japan that fundamentally, you‘ve got so many people injapan squeezed into such little and, half the population of the united states squeezed into land the size of california, that inevitably you‘ve got people and companies and buildings in floodplains squeezed up against hills and mountains who are vulnerable to flooding and landslides. that is the main issue when you get a rain like this. you also have the issues of the mudslides because more rain is forecast. that's true, we have another typhoon developing in the south, and it looks like it‘s headed to china and not mainland japan but the rainy season was officially declared over yesterday which is a little bit of irony about a lot of

the saturate areas could get further inundation. just briefly, what is the government doing for those people who cannot get home? because so many people will now be displaced. yes, there are a lot of schools in gymnasiums and such that are converted schools in gymnasiums and such that a re converted into schools in gymnasiums and such that are converted into emergency facilities. there are a lot of people who are not able to get back in until they are cleaned and rebuilt. the government has a lot of soldiers mobilised to try to help these people but many are going to be out of their homes for a long time. we are going to leave you with a happy we are going to leave you with a ha p py story we are going to leave you with a happy story because prince louis, fifth in line to the throne, has been christened in a private

ceremony right here in london. hello there, it‘s been a remarkable run of hot weather, really. temperatures over the last five days somewhere in the uk pushed over the 30 celsius mark and yesterday it was the turn of queue in west london to push above 30 degrees. 31 celsius the top temperature yesterday. many areas did see decent spells of sunshine, this was the scene in norfolk during monday that further north eastwards, in whitby, some thicker cloud and gary spotted some spots of rain. this cold front pushing through and later in the day, the same weather watcher, gary, spotted some brighter weather following the cold front through. satellite picture shows extensive cloud over northern and eastern parts of the country, the cold front working its way southwards and significantly bringing fresh air. the humidity will be dropping and as that happens, the temperatures will

drop further as well. a fresher, more comfortable night ‘s sleep. temperatures around ten and i6 celsius for the early rises tuesday morning. dry weather out and about as well. the pressure chart for tuesday, high—pressure still with us. we have that weak cold front moving into the heart of southern england. further north, a weak warm front. bring some thickening front will bring some thickening cloud on the prospect of seeing a few spots of rain. nothing to help the gardens, mind you. the most, friday. the cloud will and breakup with some spells of sunshine breaking through the afternoon. temperature—wise, not as hot and we won‘t see temperatures into the low 30s but it‘s still going to be pleasa nt 30s but it‘s still going to be pleasant out and about. 3k celsius in london. 21 in edinburgh. if we see some decent sunshine, you could see some decent sunshine, you could see temperatures in the mid—to high 20s and the warmest spots. there

will be some changes afoot on wednesday. a weather front threatens the north—west of the uk, bringing the north—west of the uk, bringing the prospect of some rain. not certain whether brain will be falling but something the gardeners will be looking out for. away from the north—west corner is the same old story, a lot of dry weather with some bright and sunny spells, temperatures in the low to mid—20s so pleasant weather for many of us. towards the end of the week, we keep the dry theme going with further sunshine and what you notice is that temperatures are tending to build. we should see highs in london pushing back into the upper 20s as we have on saturday and sunday. and that‘s your weather. i‘m kasia madera with bbc world news. our top stories. rescuers in thailand are getting ready for the third day of the operation to free the remaining four boys and their football coach, who are still trapped in the caves. the eight children who are already safely out are being treated in a nearby hospital. they have not yet been

reunited with their parents. the british prime minister, theresa may, has lost two senior ministers in just 2a hours. the foreign secretary, boris johnson resigned hours after her chief brexit negotiator, david davis. it follows bitter arguments over the uk‘s brexit plan. and japan‘s prime minister, shinzo abe, has cancelled an overseas trip in the wake of torrential rains that have killed more than one hundred people in the west of the country that‘s all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, hardtalk‘s stephen sackur is at the hay literary festival in wales to speak to forensic