a very warm welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: underfire — donald trump faces criticism at home for his defence of president putin over claims russia meddled in america's election, implying his own us intelligence agencies got it wrong. president putin, hejust said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. britain's prime minister, theresa may, avoids a rebellion from her own mps who were looking to reject her brexit proposals. not such great viewing for netflix as the tv and movie streaming company reveals a sharp drop in the number of new subscribers. and it's party time in paris — hundreds of thousands of people turn out to welcome france's world cup winners home. hello and welcome to bbc world news.

the first summit between the us and russia in eight yea rs has provoked a storm of criticism. after talks with president putin, the us leader hailed what he called a new constructive dialogue and greater cooperation with russia. mr trump then went on, publicly, to choose president putin's denial that russia had interfered with the 2016 american election, against the unanimous conclusion of us intelligence agencies that russia did. that has prompted outrage from, unusually, many senior republicans, who've called mr trump's comments shocking and disgraceful. jon sopel reports from the summit venue, the finnish capital helsinki. as befitting two self—proclaimed strongmen, there was a power—play from the off. vladimir putin arriving almost rudely late into finland... it was a bit late... ..leaving donald trump kicking his heels for nearly an hour. but then, against the constant whirr of camera shutters,

they sat down at the presidential palace in helsinki to start their discussion. as two countries that, frankly, we have not been getting along very well for the last number of years. i've been here not too long. and i really think the world wants to see us get along, we are the two great nuclear powers, we have 90% of the nuclear — and i think we hopefully can do something about that. translation: the time has come to talk in a substantive way about our bilateral relations, and the many problem areas of the world. with rather fewer cameras present, the two men met for the formal handshake. they then sat alone, just them and their translators, for two hours, before the working lunch. i think it's a good start. which turned into a media scrum, until the secret service

had had enough. excuse me, excuse me! and there was a small fracas before the news conference began — a man sitting next to me was evicted, who'd planned to hold up placards. but then the two leaders appeared, and while not going as far as to claim it was a new dawn, the president was happy to say today had been a turning point. our relationship has never been worse than it is now. however, that changed, as of about four hours ago. i really believe that. of all the people donald trump has picked fights with, vladimir putin isn't one of them. which has led to questions as to whether there was russian collusion in the 2016 election. translation: can you name a single fact that would definitely prove the collusion? this is utter nonsense. nonsense, said donald trump. just to say it one time again, and i say it all the time, there was no collusion, i didn't know the president, there was nobody to collude with.

and also this uncomfortable question. does the russian government have any compromising material on president trump or his family? translation: yes, i did hear these rumours that we did collect when president trump was in moscow back then, i didn't even know he was in moscow. i treat president trump with utmost respect. but forget collusion, what about simple russian interference? something, after all, that 12 russian intelligence agents were indicted for last week by the usjustice department? would you now, with the world watching, tell president putin that you denounce what happened in 2016 and would you warn him to never do it again? all i can do is ask the question. my people came to me, dan coates came to me, and some others, they said, they think it's russia. i have president putin, he just said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. he ducked and deflected all questions on russian meddling,

blaming the fbi, the democrats, refusing to hold moscow to account. the president has left helsinki and is on his way back to washington. if he hoped the summit would allow him to move on from questions of russian interference, he is in for a nasty surprise when he lands back in dc. an editorial in the washington post said the president openly colluded with russia. earlier i spoke to david kris, founder of culper partners and former us assistant attorney general for national security who's served under barack 0bama and george w bush. i began by asking if donald trump's decision to back vladimir putin's denial of russian interference, despite the conclusion of hos pown this can be called "treason"? speaking as a lawyer, trees and has a particular meaning that is specified in our constitution. but i think brennan and the washington

post are correct that this was a stunning and bizarre, as you said, state of affairs, in which the president of the united states decided to take the word of and essentially take the side of the leader of an adversarial foreign country over the considered best judgement of the us intelligence community, the us justice department, and the two intelligence committees of our congress. that is extraordinary and as far as i know unprecedented. so much of what he said was rambling and unfocused and irrelevant, but you have to wonder if it actually matters a great deal, what donald trump says. clearly it matters a great deal what he does as president, but so much of what he saysis president, but so much of what he says is contradictory, often wrong, off and, frankly, i live. do people just discounted now? some people certainly do. —— discount it. it is a lie is that he sees reforming with

blood bin putin and in so many other ways donald trump seems intent on pushing beyond the edge of laws and norms. and i think he is likely to continue to do that as people decisively talent stop. —— and this alliance that he seems to be forming with vladimir putin. the party as a whole is with them. we do not know where the threshold lies or what it will take before they and others finally turn away and call him to account for this. and some very senior republicans have spoken out about this. you get the sense from his core supporters that as long as he delivers on tax cuts and appointing judges to secure a conservative majority in the supreme court, perhaps also change abortion law, they can pretty much overlooked anything else. certainly for some of his supporters and of course many

are different from the others, but for some of them absolutely yes. tax cuts are what really matter, or overturning roe v wade, which is the constitutional right to abortion, these are live or die issues and they will tolerate almost anything. 0thers they will tolerate almost anything. others will have different motivations. we are engaged right 110w motivations. we are engaged right now ina motivations. we are engaged right now in a strange experiment in american democracy and it is difficult to know where and when and how this will end. i do think that i will say that if and when his support falls away, it may fall away very suddenly. which could lead to a major realignment in american politics. the british prime minister, theresa may, has caved in to pressure from conservative brexiteers over her plan for leaving the european union — and narrowly neutralised a potential rebellion by those mps who were looking to reject her

brexit proposals. meanwhile, calls by a former cabinet minister for a second referendum to break the political deadlock over brexit has been ruled out by the government. 0ur political editor laura kuenssberg has been following the latest developments. oh, wow! goodness me. 0bjects might not be what they first appear. theresa may's carefully manufactured brexit compromise might now be missing some of its crucial parts. the prime minister is sticking to her script, that the chequers plan is the right one. our proposal sets out the right plan for the uk, honouring the democratic decision of the british people, protecting the integrity of our precious union. it is notjust the resignation of two senior ministers she has to worry about now, even if borisjohnson is yet to move out of the foreign secretary's swanky pad.

he and david davies both quit over the plan, believing it keeps us too close to the eu after we leave. do you regret resigning? no, not for a moment! but dozens of tories were ready tonight to vote against the government to protest, but facing defeat, ministers backed down on some parts. it is quite clear that chequers and the white paper that was published last week simply do not restate what the prime minister had committed, even something like ten days ago. downing street is trying to claim that they haven't given into the eurosceptic group. i would not have gone through all the work i did to ensure that we reached that agreement, only to see it changed in some way through these bills. frankly, that's just not what many mps believe. one has to wonder now, who is in charge?! who is running britain? it is time for people to put aside the ideology and nonsense invariably from not inhabiting the real world. face up to the reality is this

white paper seeks to do, reject these ludicrous amendments that the government had agreed to. confused about what is going on in there? well, it took months for theresa may to get most of ministers to agree her chequers compromise. it might not have been perfect, but it was a plan that number ten hoped would endure. but some brexiteers were so cross with elements of it that they produced some of their own tweaks to try to force her to back down. it was a power—play and, for today, at least, number ten has let them have their way. but if parliament, day by day, finds it harder to agree anything, should, in the end, the big choice come back to you? i would have liked it if parliament had been able to reach a compromise, but it is clear that it can't, and you either put your head in the sand or recognise that

reality, you are pragmatic, and then you ask yourself, what is the way that we can still get through this and that we can still perhaps deliver on the brexit that people wanted, that we can still put the choice in front of the british people? politicians are miles away from agreeing that. having another brutal referendum, a fight that could be tougher on all sides than the last time round. but ideas about how to move forward of the status guo are in short supply. let's get some of the day's other news. four protesters who interrupted the world cup final on sunday have been sentenced to 15 days jail. the protesters, who are from the activist group, pussy riot, ran onto the pitch wearing fake police uniforms. they said it was a protest against human rights abuses in russia. japan and the european union are expected to sign what they're calling the world's largest free—trade agreement at a summit in tokyo later on tuesday. the deal will remove almost all tariffs between the two economies. both sides have called it a ‘signal

to the world' at a time when donald trump has imposed billions of dollars worth of tariffs on imports. a british diver who helped rescue 12 boys and their coach from a thai cave is considering suing the tesla car founder elon musk. in a now deleted tweet, the entrepreneur described vern unsworth as a "pedo guy". it came after the diver ridiculed mr musk‘s offer of a mini—submarine to help with the rescue. the tv and movie streaming company netflix has released its latest financial results. shares fell sharply in after hours trading, after the company revealed it had added just over 5 million new subscribers between april and june — about a million less than markets were expecting. 0ur reporter paul blake in new york says netflix has been slow to respond to changing market conditions. some analysts have speculated that it was world cup, the world cup took people away from streaming services and streaming entertainment because people were watching on their dvr. no—one has been able to say exactly

what it is yet but this comes at a time when netflix was hoping for good news, they've had a lot of good news over the past six months. they were starting to look internationally. while they've traditionally been an english—language entertainment company and produced programmes in english for the us and for other english—language markets, they've started to expand notably to india where they have started producing content in languages in countries that don't speak english. so you've see an expansion in south america, in south asia and now analysts here on wall street will be concerned that after having disappointing numbers, there are perhaps some competitors to netflix like amazon and youtube which can step in and show they are a strong force against netflix in some of these markets. still to come: why an angry mob slaughtered nearly 300 crocodiles in indonesia — police say they were unable to stop it. 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 headlines — donald trump faces criticism at home for his defence of president putin over claims russia meddled in america's election, implying his own us intelligence agencies got it wrong. britain's prime minister theresa may avoids a rebellion from her own mps who were looking to reject her brexit proposals. it's been nearly two years since libyan forces retook the city of sirte from islamic state fighters and now a new battle is raging over the children of the is members who were left behind. most are from egypt and negotiations are continuing on how to get them home. the kids are staying with a charity in the city of misrata, and it's from there our correspondent sally nabil reports. these are the children of the islamic state group left behind, stranded in a foreign country for no crime of their own. they survived the conflict,

but with a lifetime of mental scarring. when i first met them, they barely spoke. they rarely get any visits. stigmatised by society, these helpless, innocent victims are confined to this orphanage. ijust can't imagine how the children have been kept in this place for more than a year and a half without having a chance to go out except three orfour times. the place is quite small, actually. only a couple of rooms here. it is hard. it is suffocating. faisal is now the only psychologist rehabilitating these children. he has spent months talking to them about their past. he still remembers how they looked when they first arrived. translation: they had continuous panic attacks. they also suffered severe insomnia and they couldn't talk. this girl lost both her parents

and a brother in the conflict. like all the children, she was caught up in the fighting as us and british backed forces battled to take back control of the city of sirte. this is the moment she was rescued. she tells me she misses home. translation: i have my grandmother, my grandfather and my uncle. do you want to see them, i ask? yes. the widerfamily live here in neighbouring egypt. after weeks of research, we have managed to track down theirfamily. their grandparents and uncle tell me they haven't seen them or talk to them since they left egypt three years ago. translation: every time we hear a car horn, we think it's them, that they have come back.

translation: i wanted to take a car and go bring them back myself. but i have been told only the authorities could do so. i show them a video with film of the children in libya. they finally get a glimpse. back in libya, the children continue to wait. talks to bring them back to egypt have stretched on for months. without an education or future to look forward to, they don't know if they will ever return home. a mob of angry villagers has slaughtered almost 300 crocodiles from a breeding sanctuary in indonesia. they said it was in retaliation for the death of a local man last friday, believed to have been attacked by a crocodile. a warning — andrew plant's report contains some distressing scenes. dozens of people from an indonesian

village pulling together the rope, hauling a crocodile over the walls of a sanctuary based here, then dragging it across the floor. this is what happened next to every animal inside the farm. almost 300 crocodiles in all. youngsters and adults killed with hammers and knives. even the arrival of local police failed to stop the slaughter. translation: these were spontaneous actions from residents around the area who entered the farm and killed the crocodiles. we tried to stop them but it had already been done. the massacre, 292 crocodiles in total, happened here, indonesia's far—eastern province of west papua, near sorong, on the north—west coastline. local people broke in after a man was killed by a crocodile here last week. translation: i think

what we did was right. it is better that this kind of animal is kept in places far away, in the nearby forest, for instance, so that it is safer for people and those who have livestock and farms. the crocodiles were a protected species. killing them is a crime, though no arrests have been made. the victorious french football team has paraded the world cup in paris to the presidential palace. hundreds of thousands of fans turned out to greet their open—top bus. lucy williamson was there. beneath the memorial to france's military conquerors, the new heroes. this is the road that turns world champions into national heroes. france's victory parade along the champs—elysees today, a moment for the winners to bask in the adulation.

this team has sent back an image france can be proud of. young, triumphant, full of hope. notjust an emblem of glory, but also what it means to be french. ifeel very, very proud to be french, and ifeel incredible. i am so excited to be here with everyone else. it is a unique moment to share. i am proud of this team of france and it is very important for us to see them. yesterday, white people, black people, orange people worked together, so maybe it's possible, why not? team coach deschamps was honoured in moscow last night with a song and a bath of champagne. back home, they did things differently — a metro station that once began champs—elysees temporarily changed to honour his name.

tonight at the elysee palace the team were honoured by their biggest fan. just kids themselves when france last won this trophy, it was only right to pass it on. translation: thank you again to the whole of france. i hope we made you tremble, i hope we made you jump. they say a world cup win means popularity for players and president alike and among the names history will remember are those in blue. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. by tradition, every unmarked swan here in the uk is the property of the crown. but how does the queen keep track of all the birds she owns? well, every year she sends out her official ‘swan marker‘ who will count them in a ceremony known as swan upping. the bbc‘s tim allman explains. for something like 900 years, they have been doing this.

her majesty's marker of the swans, with white feather in his cap, and his team of swan—uppers looking for, well, swans. the law states that the queen has the royal perogative, which states that the queen can own any swan swimming in open waters if she so wishes, but she mainly exercises that right on the river thames. over the course of five days, they travel a stretch of the river from just outside london, all the way to a town near 0xford. on their travels, they take stock of the number of swans and cygnets, weigh them, tag them and monitor their health — all a far cry from when the ceremony began in the 12th century. in those days, swans were a very important food, and they were served up at banquets in feasts for the very, very wealthy people.

of course, today's swan—upping is all about conservation and education. the number of adult swans counted each year usually averages at around a thousand. and these are big, powerful birds, but the swan—uppers know how to handle them. after all, they've had plenty of practice. can't help feeling the swans are going to see you a mile off in that red uniform. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter, i'm @bbc mike embley. hello there. monday was a day of contrast for the weather here in the uk. we had the searing heat in the east and temperatures pushed 32 degrees celsius at gravesend in kent.

but for further north and west, for many areas, it was a fresher day. we had a weather front across us. and this is how it looked in north yorkshire through the afternoon. now, that weather front is a cold weather front, and it's been pushing its thundery rain eastwards and northwards through the night. and because it's called a cold weather front, yes, you guessed it, it is introducing cooler air. so we will notice a fresher feel to the weather into tuesday, except for the far south and east. there will still be some thundery rain around north—eastern areas first thing and certainly through shetland. but a much more comfortable night i think will have passed for many of us, and the coming few nights should be a bit more comfortable as well, because not only are we cooling the air down, we are losing the humidity. a lovely start to the day, plenty of sunshine, which will clear any mist quite quickly. the cloud will tend to bubble up, fair weather cloud, and it

will produce a few showers through the afternoon, particularly across northern england. scotland, there could be some heavy ones, slow—moving ones across the north and east with the light winds, but there will be very few showers elsewhere. but in contrast to monday, temperatures will be notably down across england and wales and it won't feel quite so intense, the heat. still lovely and warm, though, in the sunshine. and more of that will follow as we move into wednesday, that high pressure starts to build in again, so another comfortable night tuesday into wednesday, and plenty of sunshine first thing, any mist, as we will see this morning, clears quickly. and then we will see a scattering of showers, mostly in the west, possibly in scotland, one or two heavy ones as well but, by and large, the exception rather than the rule. temperatures will start recover a little bit as we see more heat coming in from the sun than we lose. the temperatures are creeping up a degree on wednesday. they'll creep up another degree on thursday, with high pressure with us. very few showers, but later, thursday into friday, we'll watch the approach of this low pressure, it's been giving us a bit of headache all week, but at the moment it looks like it will bring showery rain, mostly to scotland, to northern ireland,

possibly northern parts of england and wales as well, but for the bulk of england and wales, again, it will be quite hot and dry, temperatures exceeding those of thursday by another degree. and there will be a little bit of brightness between the showery rain further north as well. and with high pressure re—establishing itself sa we go towards the weekend, it will push the unsettled weather away. and, actually, there will be a lot of dry and fine weather. but you can see for yourselves there's still that risk of quite a bit of cloud even into saturday in the north and west, particularly scotland, but at the moment, the weekend is looking very promising, particularly in central and southern areas. this is bbc world news. the headlines: there has been a barrage of criticism in the us after president donald trump defended russia over claims of interference in the 2016 elections. at a summit with russian president vladimir putin in finland, mr trump contradicted us intelligence agencies, saying russia had no reason to meddle. britain's prime minister, theresa may, has caved in to pressure from conservative brexiteers over her plan for leaving the eu — and narrowly neutralised

a potential rebellion by those mps who were looking to reject her brexit proposals. meanwhile, calls by a former cabinet ministerfor a second referendum has been ruled out. the tv and movie streaming company netflix has released its latest financial results. shares fell sharply in after hours trading, after the company revealed it had added just over 5 million new subscribers between april and june — about a million less than markets were expecting. a peninsula in northern scotland has been chosen as the site