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 can't see that far, maybe 50 metres, i still didn't know if it was a casualty. 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 killed by floods and landslides following unprecedented rainfall. it's one am in london,

and seven 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. the thai navy seals leading the rescue mission have confirmed that eight boys in total have been extracted in what is a race against heavy rain which could hamper efforts. they became stranded underground more than two weeks ago, after being caught out by sudden torrential rain. lucy williamson reports.

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. you need to be very close. 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 operation has always been a

race against time and a race against the weather. you it is raining heavily now and there were heavy downpours overnight. they are co nsta ntly downpours overnight. they are constantly managing the water level inside the cave, pumping out thousands of litres of water is all the time. the mission has now paused for the next 10— 20 hours. let's have a look atjust how complex this mission 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 them 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. 0ne hole narrows to around 15 inches. so they have to squeeze through on their own, with their air tank being carried on ahead. 0ne 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. this is a high risk operation as you saw there and the decision to launch the operation two days ago by the thai authorities was not an easy one. a took advice from diving experts all around the world. a little earlier i spoke to neil bennett who told me his thoughts 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 the system is working well. they are ahead of time and look successful and hopeful that the guys can 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 us through the 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. can you talk as through why we need these pauses in the operation? several reasons why. the first one being that the amount of tanks and air they are using will need to be refilled and set up again. that does take time and effort. they are going through hundreds of tanks, because there are so many divers in there supporting the project, notjust the two guys who 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 who are doing all the diving, are building up gases within their body. this leads to give them

a chance to off—gas, allowing those gases to escape and allow them to replenish 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. the stress on them 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 they will 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 students through that. and their focus on the students is very intense. they are looking for, feeling any movement or panic, any sign they might be dropping regulators or having problems and they need to instantly react to that. their attention is immense. so mentally it is very tiresome. so eight hours of that is an immense strain on 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 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 five more to go. they are mindful about the weather conditions. luckily the weather has held off so they are focusing intensely on getting these last five free. i would not be surprised if we saw it completed today, the way they are going, but that does remain to be seen. that was neil bennett talking to me

earlier. as you heard from neil that, the 13 international drivers and five expert thai divers are now taking a necessary rest before they resume their operation to enter the cave once more and he got the final four boys. is hoped as well that the coach may emerge today but so far we have seen them all come out in groups of four. that is a decision, we have been told, of the divers leading the operation. the boys will be given a medical assessment before they start their journey and their rock points along the way where they can rest and they will be assessed and checked that they are strong enough to carry on. we can not tell you what time the divers will enter the we are told it will happen some point today. certainly there are rest time will be less than 20 hours. in the meantime they will continue to pump out water from the caves. water management he is crucial in keeping water levels as low as they possibly can so the boys

can walk as much as of the way and not have to dive all the way back. in terms of their teammates who have already been brought to safety, they are recovering in hospital and said to be in good health. we know they have not yet been reunited with theirfamilies, they have not yet been reunited with their families, they are have not yet been reunited with theirfamilies, they are in quarantine and rebuilding their strength. we will bring you the updates from the cave here in northern thailand but for now let's had to london. we appreciate that so much. thank you very much. that was sophie outside the entry of the cave and the moment we have any more details or any more developments we will bring them to you. let's take a look at some of the day's other news. president trump is due to announce his nomination for the us supreme court shortly. he is expected to pick one of four conservative appeal courtjudges and that is to replace justice anthony kennedy who is seen asa justice anthony kennedy who is seen as a moderate conservative. the replacements are in their 40s and

50s and that means they could actually serve for decades. we expect that in the next hour also so we will bring you up—to—date with that when that happens. the supreme court in india has upheld the death penalty for three men sentenced for the rape and murder of a young woman ona the rape and murder of a young woman on a public bus in india. 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. 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 0fficial secrets act. 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 28,000shops. starbucks said it would instead bring in new recyclable strawless lids and alternative material straws. you're watching newsday with sophie in thailand and me in london. coming up on the programme: japan's 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 in london. our top stories: rescuers in thailand are getting ready to free the remaining four boys and their football coach, who are still trapped in caves. the eight children who are already safely out are being treated in a nearby hospital. it's been a tumultous time in british politics. first 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. itjust days after the prime minister secured a ha rd—won agreement in cabinet on the shape of the brexit process. 0ur 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: in an acid response from the prime minister, he said: the brexiteer in chief's drivers had prepared to leave three times in the day, but then stood down. it wasn't 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. 0nly minutes after that, the prime minister made her own exit on her 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. brexit one of those stories. 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, it 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.

the japan times also talking about the flooding that's been taking place. japan's prime minister, shinzo abe, has cancelled an overseas trip in the wake of torrential rains that have killed more than 100 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're finding a lot of mud and now that the rains have passed, the mud is turning into dust. it's quite messy. and unfortunately, as they're getting to some of the more secluded locations, they are finding people who were not able to get out of their homes, unfortunately, and not surprisingly,

a lot of older people who are less mobile and so we're in that grim phase of the process. now, many of the deaths took place in hiroshima prefecture. that's one of the worst affected areas, isn't it? that's right. western japan got hit pretty hard. hiroshima and nearby 0kayama, also on the island of shikoku, ehime prefecture was also badly hit.. i see. in terms of the rescue efforts and the evacuation advice, it wasn't mandatory. these weren't orders to leave? that's true. there's some rethink of that going on. it has to be said that 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 injapan squeezed into such little land, half the size of the united states... half the population, i should say, squeezed into land the size of california, that inevitably you've got people and companies and buildings in floodplains and squeezed up against hills and mountains that are vulnerable to flooding and landslide. so i think that's the main issue when you get rains like this. and you've also got the issues of the mudslides as well and worse is to come because more rain is forecast. and you've also got the issues of the mudslides as well, and worse is to come because more rain is forecast. that's true. we've another typhoon developing in the south, it probably looks for now 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, but a lot of the saturate areas could get further inundation, that's true. billy, just briefly if you would, what is the government doing for those people who cannot get home? so many people will now be displaced. yeah, there's a lot of schools and gymnasiums and such that are converted into emergency facilities for people. there are a lot of folks that are not going to be able to get back to their homes until they're really cleaned or rebuilt. so the government has a lot of soldiers mobilised to try to help these people but a lot of people are going to be out of their homes for a long time. billy mal are explaining what is happening in japan. lots billy mal are explaining what is happening injapan. lots more as a lwa ys happening injapan. lots more as always on our website —— believe mal art. hello there.

it's been a remarkable run of hot weather really. temperatures over the last five days somewhere in the uk have pushed over the 30 degrees celsius mark, and yesterday it was the turn of kew in west london to push above the 30—degree mark. 31 degrees celsius the top temperature yesterday. many areas did see some decent spells of sunshine. this was the scene in norfolk during monday, but further north—eastwards, in whitby, in that area, we had some thicker cloud and gary spotted a few spots of rain falling from the cloud. this, a cold front pushing through, and later in the day, the same weather watcher, gary, spotted some brighter weather following the cold front through. now, the satellite picture shows extensive cloud over northern and eastern parts of the country. that cold front continues to work its way southwards and significantly, it's going to be bringing fresher air. so the humidity will be dropping and as that happens, the temperatures will drop further as well. so it's going to be fresher, more comfortable night's sleep ahead.

temperatures between around about 10 and 15 celsius for the early risers tuesday morning. a lot of dry weather out and about as well. this is the pressure chart for tuesday, high pressure still with us but we do have that weak cold front moving into the heart of southern england. further north in scotland, a weak warm front will bring some thickening cloud and the prospect of seeing a few spots of rain. nothing to help the gardens mind you. for most areas, it's just going to be a dry day. a lot of cloud to start off with but that cloud will thin and break up with time, some spells of sunshine breaking through as we go through the afternoon. now, temperature—wise, 0k, it's not going to be not as hot we're not going to see temperatures into the low 30s, but it's still going to be pleasant out and about when the sun comes through. 3a celsius in london. 21 in edinburgh. if we see some decent sunshine across the south—west, we could see temperatures in the mid—to—high 20s in the warmest spots here. now, there could be some changes afoot on wednesday. a weather front threatens the north—west of the uk, bringing the prospect of some rain.

uncertain how much and where that rain will be falling but something the gardeners will be looking out for. away from the north—west corner, though, it's the same old story, a lot of dry weather with some bright or sunny spells, and again, temperatures widely in the low—to—mid—20s, so pleasant weather really weather for many of us. towards the end of the week, we're going to keep the dry theme going with further sunshine and what you'll notice is the temperatures tending to build. we should see highs in london pushing back into the upper 20s as we head through saturday and sunday. that's your latest weather, bye for now. 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. 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 100 people in the west of the country. and one more story from the uk. police investigating the death of a woman who'd been