welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is nkem ifejika. our top stories: pomp and pageantry — but not a full state visit. president trump gets the red carpet treatrmet on his first official trip to the uk, including a black tie dinner hosted by theresa may. but it's straight down to business and donald trump warns the britsh pm her brexit plans make a trade deal with america less likely. as protestors follow his tour, demonstrators accuse the us president of being a racist and a misogynist — but mr trump said he wasn't too bothered. protests, there might be protests. but i believe the people in the uk, scotland, ireland, i think that those people, they like me a lot. in other news: fears of disease and more than 200 killed in the worst flooding injapan for nearly a0 years. we speak to one of the british divers who helped save 12 boys

and their football coach from a flooded cave in thailand. hello. president trump has begun his first official visit to britain by openly criticising the prime minister's brexit strategy. mr trump told the sun newspaper that theresa may's plans will "probably kill" any future trade deal with the us. in an interview with the sun newspaper, mr trump also said theresa may had not listened to his advice on the issue. to mark the first day of the president's visit to britain, mrs may has been hosting a gala dinner at bleinheim palace in oxfordshire, the birthplace of mr trump's hero, winston churchill. our north america editor, jon sopel reports. all dressed up, and donald trump does have somewhere to go.

not a state visit, this is meant to be just a routine work trip for the president, accompanied by first lady melania. well, you could've fooled me. the british are pulling out all the stops. this may be a country in turmoil, as the president remarked, but it still knows how to put on a show. the bands of the welsh, irish and scots guards beat a retreat, and the setting for tonight's banquet was the magnificent blenheim palace, winston churchill's birthplace, and a hero of donald trump's. theresa may and husband philip waited patiently to greet them. when the turmoil of brexit is finally over, this is the man who she might be concluding a trade deal with, and the prime minister wants to make him feel welcome — a feeling not universally shared. hey, ho, racist trump has got to go.

at the gates of blenheim, protesters gathered to voice their displeasure at donald trump's visit, although this was middle england, and it was all a bit sedate. but tomorrow will be bigger, when the trump baby blimp will fly 30 metres above the thames. and protesters have promised to make their voices heard, not that donald trump, before he left the nato summit in brussels, seemed overly worried. protests, there might be protests. but i believe that the people in the uk, scotland, ireland — as you know, i have property in ireland, i have property all over. i think that those people, they like me a lot, and they agree with me on immigration. i'm going to a few hot spots. we have nato, then we have the uk, and then we have britain, and i said putin may be the easiest of them all, you never know. i'm going to a pretty hot spot right now, right, with a lot of resignations. any us presidential visit

is an exercise in the projection of power, and though protesters won't get anywhere near him, there are plenty who support donald trump being given the red carpet treatment as britain's most important ally. i think donald trump will have wonderful and fruitful conversations with the prime minister, because at the end of the day, it doesn't matter who's president or who's prime minister. our long—standing relationship between our two countries will endure. when president trump arrived into britain today, he was greeted on behalf of the government by dr liam fox, the international trade secretary, underlining again the importance of trade, the pre—eminent issue on theresa may's agenda. but there are signs tonight that donald trump, farfrom coming to her aid, is doing his best to undermine the fragile truce she reached with her divided cabinet last friday. jon sopel, bbc news, central london.

let's hear what president trump said about brexit. he made the strong remark in an interview with the sun newspaper. about a thousand people gathered just outside the gates of blenheim palace — our correspondent duncan kennedy spoke to protestors voicing their opposition to some of president trump's policies. all chant: what do we want? trump out! all chant: when do we want it? now! the chant normally reserved for british politicians tonight turned on the president of the united states. up to 1,000 protesters gathered outside the front of blenheim palace, calling for donald trump to leave britain on the day he had just arrived. very beautiful, very nice. all these people have turned out to see us... there was a pantomime atmosphere playing up in the genteel 0xfordshire countryside, but with a defined edge turned to mr trump's presence.

i think this is against misogyny and racism, but i'm against his politics generally. and the problem is, the man with the policies has absolutely awful policies that are only out to, well, really better himself. the president may have had his orchestra inside, but the protesters came organised as well. and, although one or two tried to slip beyond the reach of the huge security presence here, it stayed peaceful and passionate. well, many of these people here have been waiting six or seven hours for the arrival of donald trump. they know they're unlikely to see him and he's unlikely to see them. what they want to do here is vocalise their anger and their frustration at the president's visit. but, even in the midst of this, donald trump had a few supporters. i've come to show solidarity and support to our closest ally, and donald trump, and to show that he is very, very welcome. this process was ageless, diverse and energised.

there'll be an even bigger one in london tomorrow. it won't be face—to—face with the president, but the message remains — they just don't see eye to eye. duncan kennedy, bbc news, at the gates of blenheim palace. there's plenty more about president trump's trip on our website — including his views on brexit and nato, his plans while he's here and the views of those who would rather he hadn't come. that's at bbc.com/news — or download the bbc news app. let's get some of the day's other news. the syrian government has re—taken control of rebel—held parts of the southern city of daraa where the revolt against president bashar al—assad began seven years ago. government vehicles accompanied by allied russian military police entered the area — hoisting the national flag in the main square. the medical charity doctors without borders has accused the european union of taking a cold—blooded decision to let migrants drown in the mediterranean.

the group said more than 600 people including babies had perished since italy barred rescue ships last month. the eu commissioner for migration said europe was taking steps to strengthen its border security, and all members would benefit. there has been a huge explosion near the international airport in egypt's capital, cairo. a military spokesman said the blast occurred in a fuel storage facility and was caused by high temperatures. at least eight people were injured. eyewitnesses said the sound of the blast was deafening and flames could be seen from a distance. at least 200 people are now reported to have been killed in the worst flooding to affect japan in nearly a0 years. torrential rains have triggered landslides and floods in central and western areas with more than eight million people ordered to leave their homes. 0ur tokyo correspondent, rupert wingfield hayes, has been to one of the worst hit towns, mabi in 0kayama prefecture. the floodwaters have now gone

from the little town of mabi, but they have left behind a fetid ruin. when the dykes burst here, the whole town was submerged under five metres of stinking, toxic floodwater. teruhiko watanabe and his wife yuki are still in shock, and lucky to be alive. inside, teruhiko shows me what the floodwaters have done to their home. nothing can be salvaged. the watanabes failed to heed the warnings to leave, and when the floodwaters came they took refuge in their bedroom. but that was not high enough. so, there you go, you can see — there's the tide mark. that's how high the water came on the second floor... translation: it was horrifying to watch the water getting higher and higher. we didn't know where it would stop, and it didn't stop. we thought we were

going to die there. at dawn, teruhiko and yuki were found by rescuers, on their roof. a few metres away in this house, three of their neighbours were not so lucky. at the end of the street, this family are trying to salvage the family photo albums. fumikazu's house has been gutted. it will have to be completely rebuilt. in 50 years, he has never seen anything remotely like this. "0kayama has a mild climate," he says. "we never get rain like this, so i never thought we would be hit by such a disaster. i should've told my neighbours to evacuate. they didn't need to die. we've lost so many people here." the volume of rain was unprecedented. in one place, half a metre fell in 2a hours. across western japan,

four times the averagejuly rainfall came in one week. the link between global climate change and extreme weather events is very complicated, but for many years now climate scientists have been predicting that across the northern hemisphere there will be more and more extreme rain events, where up to a month or even two months‘ rainfall can fall in just two or three days. that is exactly what happened here last week, and this is the result. japan is one of the wealthiest countries in the world, with some of the best flood defences, but they were not strong enough to withstand this onslaught that has left 200 dead and still counting. rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in 0kayama, western japan. one of the british divers who helped find 12 boys trapped in a cave for more than two weeks in northern thailand has been speaking publicly about his part

in the remarkable rescue mission. john volanthen, who helped lead them out, said it was a huge relief the boys had all been brought out alive. 0ur correspondentjon kay has the details. quietly, modestly, with all his diving gear, john volanthen returned to britain. praised by strangers... we were pleased it worked out. ..but playing down what he had done. we're not heroes. what we do is very calculating, very calm, it's quite the opposite. we take it one step at a time and hopefully, as we've managed to in this case, we've come up with a result. and what a result. it was john who found the young footballers in the cave, and then worked with many others to get them out. an extraordinary rescue, the most challenging conditions, a race against time. an international team of military and civilian divers working alongside the thai navy.

everybody pulled together, and the results speak for themselves. so we're just very happy that the boys are out and safe. we've got someone who's done something so heroic... pride in the north somerset village where john vola nthen is a scout leader. we teach children as part of the scouts and girl guiding movement to think of others before themselves, to think about the world around them, and he'sjust taken that to the sort of ultimate. there are calls for honours, butjohn volanthen says cave rescuing isjust his hobby. you've made everyone very proud. thank you. now it's time to sleep, and get back to the dayjob in it. jon kay, bbc news. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: separated at birth in the name of science. the lawyer. mick daniels says that her detention was politically

motivated. a new documentary looks at the dark secret that shattered the lives of these triplets. the flamboyant italian fashion designer, gianni versace, has been shot dead in florida. the multimillionaire was gunned down outside his home in the exclusive south beach district of miami. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worst floods this century. nearly 100 people have been killed. broadway is traditionally called the great white way by americans, but tonight it's completely blacked out. it's a timely reminder to all americans of the problems the energy crisis has brought to them. 200 years ago today, a huge parisian crowd stormed the bastille prison, the first act of the revolution which was to topple the french monarchy. today, hundreds of thousands thronged the champs—elysee for the traditional military parade. finally, fairy penguins have been staggering ashore and collapsing after gorging themselves on huge shoal of their favourite food, pilchards. some had eaten so much they could barely stand. this is bbc world news, the latest headliness:

on his first presidential visit to britain, donald trump has warned prime minister may that her brexit plans make a trade deal with america less likely. injapan, more than 200 people are killed in the worst flooding in nearly a0 years. the usjustice department has reopened its investigation into the murder of a black teenager in 1955 which acted as a catalyst for the civil rights movement. emmett till, from chicago, was visiting relatives in the southern state of mississippi when he was abducted and killed. two men were acquitted of the murder by a jury but later confessed to killing the boy. both have since died. earlier, i spoke to the historian and author devery anderson, who has written about the emmett till murder case and the civil rights movement. he began by explaining what new information may have come to light.

well, don't really know exactly why. haven't given any details. but the case has a lot of unanswered questions. there were people that were involved with the murder that were never charged or prosecuted, that was known at the time, in 1955 when this occurred. most of those people involved have died now. but they did reopen the case once before, in 200a, and formed a grand jury even to try to prosecute one person who was living. that didn't work out. the grand jury didn't indict. a year and a half ago also a book came out that mentioned the woman in the case, the woman that emmett till whistled at that led to his kidnapping and murder. she told another author that some of the details she gave in court were not true. and that's probably behind this. whether there have information behind that or they're just trying

to confirm that or what, we cannot really say at this point. legally, what can happen if the two of those accused are already dead and there is this woman who has said that basically what she said transpired didn't transpire, there's probably some kind of statute of limitations as well, you wonder what the legal grounds for this is. there's not a statute of limitations on murder. if they can indicate someone was involved in the murder or helped out in any way, just a manslaughter charge. manslaughter, for instance, you don't have to be present for the murder, but if you aided and abetted then you can be charged. if that's the case here then that would be something they would look at and would still have the ability to prosecute. thanks a lot for that clarification. just explain to us and for those who don't know, how important this case was in the civil rights movement and why.

it was an. —— it was very important. this was the case where people saw really, for the first time, not only nationwide but worldwide, what had been happening in the south. the till case represented the absolute worst of that. the severity of the crime and the injustice that followed anger people worldwide. the south was under scrutiny as a result of that. peoplejust said, "we've had an enough." the civil rights movement was pushed forward as a result of that injustice with emmett till. you said that people saw. i believe his motherfamously asked for the casket to be open so they could see the damage that had been done to his face. that's exactly right. she saw it and she said she could never describe that to anybody. she said the world would have to see and that's what happened. that photo of emmett till‘s body was published injet magazine and was published in other black newspapers throughout the country and got the attention of the world.

that moment a bravery on her part really made a difference. historian devery anderson. charges against the us porn star stormy daniels have been dropped. she was arrested in a strip club in columbus, ohio last night for allegedly touching a customer. her lawyer had earlier called the arrest "politically motivated". she came to wider public attention when it was revealed she's been paid by donald trump's lawyer to keep quiet about an alleged affair she had with the president. molly roberts is an opinion writer and she told me about the case. michael aven arty, her lawyer, all over the news all the time in the states and a great advocate for her, was trying to spin the narrative this was politically motivated, not only that but it was ace setup and they spin operation.|j only that but it was ace setup and they spin operation. i don't think there's any evidence to support that but what's more interesting, if you look at the ohio law that they used

to arrest stormy daniels, some of the motivations behind that law reminded me of the motivations behind the trump team's campaign to discredit daniels. when you say try to discredit her, in what way, what do you mean by that? of course, the trump team has been denying in the first case that stormy daniels and trump had an affair, although it's been admitted this hush money was paid, so what for? the denials have looked implausible. there's been the consta nt looked implausible. there's been the constant harping on of the fact that she's a porn star and because of that they're trying to make americans think she can't be believed, she has no credibility, thinking anyone who strips or performs on camera can't be believed, which is of course sexist and awful. things in all professions can have these in counters, donald trump has been accused by many women of sexual assault and consensual

encounters outside his marriage, like stormy daniels accused him of. what's next for her? she is taking this tawdry has got on the road. will she be performing again? that's the worry, people who are concerned that this is politically motivated are worried this is an attempt at silencing and intimidation. i don't see that happening, stormy daniels isa see that happening, stormy daniels is a tough cookie. she's done a number of interviews where she is strident about continuing to tell her story. she was threatened, according to —— she was put on by michael cohen saying she had to be silent or else. now nothing is stopping her. i don't see anything stopping her. i don't see anything stopping her. i don't see anything stopping her now, especially now these charges have been dropped. thousands of people in nicaragua have taken part in a march through the streets of the capital, managua, demanding the resignation of president daniel 0rtega.

similar marches are expected to take place in cities across the country. it comes after months of violence in which up to three hundred and 50 people have died. lebo diseko reports. they came to make their voices heard. thousands of nicaraguans on the streets of the capital, managua, with one message — president daniel 0rtega needs to stand down. translation: i'm here demanding justice, demanding a change. there are too many dead, too many tortured, too many people stifled unjustly only for having raised their voices against this government that is killing us day after day. the protests started back in april over costs of social security. they soon grew into an anti—government movement calling for democratic reforms. rights groups say demonstrators have faced a lethal crackdown from security forces. they claim the deadliest day was last sunday, with 38 people killed

in the violence. but president 0rtega still has his supporters, seen here confronting catholic worshippers days ago. the church has been trying to mediate between the government and opposition. it says it will continue trying to broker talks. president 0rtega is still rejecting calls for an early general election, saying he was democratically elected. at the weekend, he told a rally that the rules can't be changed to suit what he called coup leaders' ideas. the big test for the opposition will be on friday when they call for a national strike. but, with mr 0rtega insisting he will finish his term and attempts at mediation looking so fragile, it's hard to see just what will bring about a lasting solution. lebo diseko, bbc news. the fantasy drama game of thrones leads the nominations for this year's american television awards, the emmys. the series has nominations in 22 categories, including best drama. game of thrones is up against the crown, stranger things and the handmaid's tale.

it's the first year a streaming service has got more nominations than a tv service. also the singer john legend has the chance to become an egot, with grammys, 0scars john legend has the chance to become an egot, with grammys, oscars and tony's. tennis now, and serena williams will face germany's angelique kerber for an eighth wimbledon singles title this weekend after both won their semis in straight sets. the american, former world number one overpowered germany'sjulia goerges 6—2 6—a. williams was in control from the outset against the 13th seed, who was making her grand slam semi—final debut. meanwhile, two—time grand slam champion angelique kerber reached her second wimbledon final with a commanding performance against an error—prone jelena 0stapenko. you can reach me and some of the team on twitter, i'm @nkem|fejika.

thank you very much for watching. bye— bye. hello there. it's hotting up as we head on into the weekend, particularly across central, southern parts of the country. but there will be a few heavy showers and maybe thunderstorms in the forecast for the next couple of days. thursday was a fine day for many of us, some lovely sunsets around, but it wasn't dry everywhere. we did see some heavy showers across western england and into parts of wales, even some reports of local flooding in just one or two places. now, these showers are likely to linger on to the first part of friday across some western areas. a bit of cloud tending to roll back in across eastern areas, but for most, it's going to be a dry and quite a warm start to friday,

with towns and city values not falling any lower than 10—15 degrees. so friday we start on a largely dry note. variable amounts of morning cloud, that should burn away, and we should see quite a good deal of sunshine around. but showers will develop once again, and we're thinking they could be a bit heavier, a bit more potent on friday afternoon, in a line again across some western parts of scotland, western parts of england, central, eastern wales, and also this time the midlands, in towards southern parts of england. so if you catch one, it could be really torrential, with the risk of some localised flooding. but again, hit—and—miss, some areas staying dry altogether, and it's going to be quite warm, top temperatures 26, maybe 27 celsius. this is the picture into saturday, then. we've got more cloud, more of a breeze pushing into northern ireland, northern and western parts of scotland, maybe some outbreaks of rain here too. but the further south and east that you are, generally drier, with more in the way of sunshine. just an isolated shower, but warmer — 28 or 29 degrees,

potentially, across the south—east. and the reason for the divide is this area of low pressure anchored to the north—west of the uk will bring more of a breeze and outbreaks of rain to the north—west of the country. but further south—east, closer to an area of high pressure over the near continent, we'll be swooping up that warmth, particularly in towards england and wales. could see warmth reaching eastern scotland, as well, but generally it's going to be cloudier for the west of scotland and into northern ireland, the odd spot of rain. england and wales, a hot and a sunny day. you can see those deep orange colours pushing away even a little bit further northwards. so a hot afternoon, actually, mid—to—high 20s celsius for many, with some areas in the south—east seeing 30 or 31 celsius. so for the weekend, it's looking hot, certainly across england and wales, parts of eastern scotland. a few showers around, mainly on saturday, but always a bit cooler and damp and breezy in the north—west, with the odd spot of rain. as we head on in towards next week, though, we start off on a hot note. but then temperatures, as the week wears on, begin to fall and return to more of a seasonal average. this is bbc world news.

the headlines: president trump has warned that the british prime minister's plan for close ties with the eu, after brexit will "probably kill" any trade deal between britain and the us. protests have already started, and more are expected over the next couple of days. mr trump said he believes british people "like him a lot." at least 200 people are now reported to have been killed in the worst flooding to affect japan in nearly a0 years. torrential rains have triggered landslides and floods in central and western areas with more than eight million people ordered to leave their homes. charges against us adult film star stormy daniels have been dropped after she was arrested in a strip club. she was detained for allegedly touching a patron. ms daniels is involved in a court battle with donald trump over an alleged sexual encounter, which he denies. now on bbc news, hardtalk.