this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top stories: vladimir putin says the claims that his country tried to influence the us election are ridiculous. uk prime minister theresa may narrowly wins a series of votes in the uk's parliament on her brexit policy. a boat carrying tourists to view hawaii's erupting volcano, mount kilauea, is struck by molten lava. the crown has slipped — shares in netflix plunge in after—hours trade, as the streaming giant disappoints, adding fewer new subscribers than expected. also in business briefing, we're at the biggest airshow in the world in farnborough, where the boss of qatar airways has been talking to us about the impact of the year long blockade. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know

in global news, business and sport. we'd like you to be a part of the conversation. today we're asking whether you a netflix fan, or have you tried the streaming service and moved on? if so, why? tell us what you think, just use the hashtag bbc—the—briefing. the russian president, vladimir putin, says it is "utterly ridiculous" that some people think his country could have influenced the us presidential election in 2016. in an interview after monday's helsinki summit, mr putin argued that his country didn't have the resources to track mr trump when he was running for president. meanwhile, president trump has

caused anger after suggesting that russia had no reason to meddle in the 2016 election that brought him to power. david willis has sent this report from washington. arriving home to a blizzard of condemnation, the president who pledged to put america first is facing accusations of weakness from members of his own party. president trump's refusal to condemn russia's attempt to sway the outcome of the 2016 election and his characterisation of vladimir putin as both strong and powerful have incensed many here. among them the former cia directorjohn brennan who branded the move nothing short of treasonous on twitter. and accused president trump of being in president trump of being in president putin's pocket. while the republican senatorjohn mccain called it one of the most

disgraceful performances by an american president in memory. president trump is reluctance to criticise russia has prompted speculation that the kremlin might have something on him, incriminating information obtained during a trip to moscow perhaps. a suggestion he was forced to confront before leaving helsinki. i guess he said it a strong as he can say it. they have no information on trump. it was an interesting statement. many years ago when i was there. a long time ago. he said there were many business people there. i was the most successful businessmen. i was one of a lot of people. one thing you know. if they had it it would have been out. as to the denial of russian meddling in the election which swept him to power the president's very own head of national intelligence dan coats said ina national intelligence dan coats said in a statement... invited by an american tv reporter

to inspect a copy of the indictments involving 12 russian military officers accused of hacking the computers of the hillary clinton campaign, the russian president demured, only to repeat his insistence that russia wasn't involved. translation: first of all, russia as a state has never interfered with the internal affairs of the united states, let alone its elections. president trump is to meet with members of congress on tuesday and there are those ready to challenge him with failing to stand up challenge him with failing to stand up againstan challenge him with failing to stand up against an old adversary on the half of the country that he was elected to protect. and we will be live in washington in around ten minutes for more on that story, so stay with us for more analysis with an expert view coming

very soon. here, british prime minister theresa may is facing a fresh parliamentary battle over brexit today after the government narrowly avoided an embarrassing defeat in the house of commons last night. the prime minister was accused of caving into prominent brexiteers by accepting four of their amendments to the customs bill. remain supporters rebelled on two key votes. mrs may denied a suggestion her strategy for leaving the eu, agreed at chequers 11 days ago, was dead. i would not have gone through all of the work that i did to ensure that we reach that agreement only to see it changed in some way through these bills. they do not change that chequers agreement. among those who voted against the government was the former attorney general, dominic grieve. he described the amendments proposed by the hardline brexiteers as malevolent and said they have danaged the consensus within government negoiated by the prime ministerjust days ago. she was forced to accept two of

these amendments which, in my view, very much undermined what was in her own white paper. ifear that very much undermined what was in her own white paper. i fear that she very much undermined what was in her own white paper. ifear that she has put herself in the position of considerable weakness in the negotiation she is now about to embark on with the eu and i regret barrera that some of my colleagues decided to do vis —— and i regret very much that some of my colleagues decided to do this. professor tony travers is director of the institute of public affairs at the london school of economics & political science. it is good to see you this morning. what do you make of the latest shenanigans in parliament and theresa may just getting shenanigans in parliament and theresa mayjust getting her vote through by a whisker? well, the prime minister has survived another day. she got her vote last night, or her proposed customs bills voted

through. the challenge, of course, every moment that she faces, is that her party have very different views about the final endpoint of brexit and that became so clear yesterday when, on the one hand, she had got jacob rees—mogg and other mps who believe in a hard brexit and distance between the uk and the eu at the end of this process, putting down amendments to the legislation. and then at the end she accepted that. and then another group who wa nt that. and then another group who want a softer brexit near the eu, we saw dominic grieve saying that this was the wrong thing to do and then they voted against the government. so, two factions in the conservative party are now willing to vote against the government itself. so how long can she last four? well, she is now interestingly, what happened also yesterday, is that the government made it clear that it was thinking of ending parliament on

thursday this week, not going until next week, when it would normally start the summer break. so i think that... start the summer break. so i think that. . . the start the summer break. so i think that... the reason for that? to avoid leadership challenge? to make it less likely that there will be an leadership challenge. the fact is that many of the erg, the european reform group, who have been pushing for theresa may to go for a hard brexit... for theresa may to go for a hard brexit. .. this is led by jacob rees—mogg. brexit. .. this is led by jacob rees-mogg. jacob rees-mogg, they have been saying privately and through the media that if they get the numbers to mount a challenge confidence vote effectively within the conservative party about the leadership, it hasn't happened. but i think that those who run the conservatives in the parliament think that perhaps the earlier the mps go away, it is hotter in london, the earlier they go away in london the earlier they go away in london the better and perhaps everyone can relax and come back in the autumn a little bit more calm. with a fresh perspective. the same perspective, i suspect, although they will be

karma. tony, thank you very much indeed. —— calmer. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news: 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 on tuesday. the deal will remove almost all tariffs between the two economies. both sides are calling it a signal to the world at a time when donald trump has imposed billions of dollars of tariffs on imports. we will have more on that story live in tokyo to speak with our correspondent there. a reuters journalist charged with breaching myanmar‘s official secrets act is due to testify in court in yangon. a colleague, accused of the same charges, told the court a policeman phoned him the day he was arrested and insisted on a meeting where he was given documents unsolicited. both men have pleaded not guilty. they were investigating alleged army massacres of ethnic rohingya in rakhine state when they were arrested last year. the former us president, barack obama, will deliver

the nelson mandela memorial lecture later injohannesburg 100 years since the birth of the anti—apartheid icon. this is him on monday opening a school in his father's home village of kogelo in western kenya. more than 20 people have been injured in hawaii after a boat they were in was hit by debris from the erupting mount kilauea volcano. the group had been taking part in what's been described as a lava tour to view the continuing eruption. peter bowes has this report. lava has been spewing from mount kilauea on hawaii's beat ireland for more than two months. the tour boat was passing nearby when molten rock running into the ocean exploded and threw chunks of love onto the

vessel. the so—called lava bomb smashed through the boat's roof and range smaller rocks onto the deck. some of them actually exploded 300 metres in the air. part of the lava actually landed on the vessel, damaged most parts of the vessel.- passengers and crew members were injured and 13 had to be treated in hospital. officials have warned of the dangers of getting too close to the dangers of getting too close to the hot lava as it enters the ocean, where it can explode when it meets the cold seawater. shares in netflix have plunged in after hours trade in the us after the firm reported disappointing levels of user growth in the three months tojune netflix added 5.2 million subscribers, well short of its own forecast of 6.2 million. james hughes, chief market analyst at the brokerage firm axi trader, joins me now.

morning, james. nice to see you. now, there was a massive sell—off. 1496 now, there was a massive sell—off. 14% fall. in light of how well they have done, netflix shares, it isn't that big. it is knee-jerk reaction for me. yes, they have only added 5.2 million subscribers, 5.2 new million subscribers. in just three months. i wouldn't say it was a bad performance from netflix. they expected 6.2, yes. there was a shortfall in the us. they have done incredibly well. there is a lot of condition and the biggest one at the moment is disney, spending a lot of money looking to buy sky in the uk. and removing content from netflix. they have their own streaming service and you also have amazon. you have independent tv companies who are putting their own content onto streaming devices. so there is a lot of competition who are

following the netflix model. looking at the shares, the share price has more than doubled since january, so this is a good excuse to take profits. and the share price has been flying for such a long time and netflix haven't made that much money. that is the important thing. thank you for now. james will be back. we will discuss it more then. and we have other stories in the news rethink with james shortly. stay with us on bbc world news. by by royal appointment, the man who keeps track of some very important birds. 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. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: uk lawmakers will debate another important piece of brexit legislation this afternoon after theresa may narrowly avoided an embarrassing house of commons defeat late on monday night. and our top story — russia's president says the claims that his country tried to influence the us election are "ridiculous."

let's stay with that story now. let's get some analysis. rebecca hamilton is a law professor at american university, washington college of law, where she teaches national security. she joins me from washington. welcome. i am sure you have seen these various television interviews with vladimir putin and donald trump. what do you make of it all? it is extraordinary. if you had given me the transcript of that press c0 nfe re nce given me the transcript of that press conference in the last ten minutes of it in 2015 and told me to an american president questioning the assessment of his own intelligence services, i would have said it was fake will stop it would each incomprehensible. and yet 18 months into the trump

administration, it is less shocking u nfortu nately. administration, it is less shocking unfortunately. it has happened, as you say and we are getting used to these unusual at extraordinary summits followed by press conferences. where are we now when it comes to what this means? some in congress are saying it is treason. right. we have seen a very swift and strong response today after that press c0 nfe re nce . strong response today after that press conference. after the summit, including from republicans who, up until now, have been standing beside president trump or not being too openly critical. the speaker of the house, paul ryan, came out and said the president must appreciate that russia is not our ally. he has had the director of national intelligence, former republican senator also coming out with his own statement, very clearly backing us intelligence services assessment on

this, that russia did indeed interfere with the 2016 in action. we will see if this goes anywhere. we will see if this goes anywhere. we have the midterms coming up later this year. when it comes to his standing at home, where does this leave him, do we think? look, it is the big question, because watching this all unfold this past 18 months from inside the states, they have been a number of points where people have said surely this is the moment where things change. when the president came out and drew moral equivalency between neo—nazis and those protesting him, when we found out that infants were being furtively removed from their parents at the border without any plan in place for the unification. but time and again, the calculation has been made right people who do disagree with him on those issues that, well, he got tax cuts through, well, he is managing to get conservatives on the

bench in thejudiciary managing to get conservatives on the bench in the judiciary and so they have been holding demos on these other issues. the question is, when it comes to signing so clearly with russia, is this going to be the tipping point. we shall watch this space. tank you for your time. —— thank you. 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, and dragging it across the ground. 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's 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. andrew plant, bbc news.

now, it's time to get all the latest from the bbc sports centre. hello. i'm marc edwards and this is your tuesday sport briefing. lots of good stuff to look forward to. a french parade complete with flying jets in paris, we hearfrom cristiano ronaldo following his bumper move to juventus, and we'll dip into the tour de france after their rest day. it's winner takes all later at headingley as england face off against india in their third and final one—day international, with the series level at one a piece. india claimed the first match at trent bridge by eight wickets before a lacklustre performance at lord's, combined with a hundred byjoe root, allowed england back into the series. we don't really want to give undue importance, we give equal importance to each and every game we play. we also give equal importance to the

opponent that we face, whether we play afghanistan or whether we play south africa or whether we play england. so we don't really want to put ourselves under too much new pressure. we just take put ourselves under too much new pressure. wejust take it put ourselves under too much new pressure. we just take it one game ata time, pressure. we just take it one game at a time, each and every game and eat and every important is as important as any game we play. after the first rest day of the 2018 tour de france on monday, the riders will be back on their bikes soon for stage 10 — a 158.5—kilometre stage from annecy to le grand bornand. it's the first time the riders will head into the high mountains this year. belgium's greg van avermaet is currently in yellow with a 43—second lead over team sky's geraint thomas. there was plenty of partying on the streets of paris on sunday night after france beat croatia to win the world cup and despite hangovers galore in sure, once again, —— i'm sure, once again, they came out in their hundreds of thousands on monday to welcome the team home. an estimated 500,000 fans spread along the champs—elysees as the team paraded through paris on an open—top bus. everyone was treated to a fly—by

from the french air force complete with some bleu blanc rouge — blue, white and red of the french flag before hugo lorris, didier deschamps and the rest of the team were welcomed to the elysees palace by president macron and his wife brigitte. everyone having a jolly good time. we've all been fixated on the world cup for the last four weeks, and dare i say it... utter sacrilege. .. but there's a massive transfer that's gone a little bit under the radar, none other than the world's most recognisable footballer, cristiano ronaldo. here he is at his official unveiling, if you will, following his $132 million move from real madrid to juventus. and although he's now 33, and let's be honest, that's a heck of a lot of money. well, he says he's as good as ever. the age is not important. ifeel good. i feel motivated. the age is not important. ifeel

good. ifeel motivated. exciting. the i will try to do my best, like always, and i'm looking forward to starting the lead well and trying to win every title. 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 prerogative, 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 oxford. 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. tim allman, bbc news.

stay with me on bbc news. i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments. and tell me what you think about our talking point today. the number of new subscribers was not as great as had forecast. are you a netflix user or has the streaming service lost its appeal? have you moved on? many of you have beenin have you moved on? many of you have been in touch. derek says, i readily have one month on and one or two months off into because there is not enough to interest me to sit day in a permanent subscription. i do the same. i would love the option to access other shows from other areas. i live in the middle east. we are treated like writers, notjust by netflix. more on that coming up. i will see you very soon. there is a slight interruption to

the hot weather still evident across the hot weather still evident across the eastern side of the uk on monday where temperatures pushed 32 degrees celsius in kent. much of northern england, wales, scotland, northern ireland, we have more cloud. this is how it looked in north yorkshire yesterday afternoon. many areas had ten to 15 millimetres of rain. very welcome for the garden. a cold weather front, and behind welcome for the garden. a cold weatherfront, and behind it it is introducing fresh air. we have had a heat and we still have a slightly warmer start than elsewhere across southern and eastern areas first thing this morning, but for many, you will notice the fresh in humidity and a fresh deal. some thundery rain around up in shetland, but for many of us, any mist will clear quickly with the strength of thisjuly clear quickly with the strength of this july sunshine and clear quickly with the strength of thisjuly sunshine and plenty of it

around this morning. the cloud will bubble up quickly and we will see showers developing mid— morning onwards and they could turn heavy across scotland and north—east england. it is a fresher date, 18 or 19 here as a head yesterday. it is noticeably shared fresher south but it will still be warm. we are losing the humidity which means through the coming nights and into wednesday, it will be quite a comfortable night for most of us. temperatures dipped down into single figures. we have a good deal of fine and dry weather or the next few days. that averages are starting to increase. we get towards friday and we start to import the next low pressure. at the moment it still looks as if it is heading for the northern west of england. it is increasingly hot. but scotland and northern ireland, some showery rain

fizzles out as it runs into that area of high pressure. we are starting to push towards the high 20s again further south and east. the heat is not going far away, and for the weekend for many, particularly central and east areas, it is mainly dry and very warm once again. there is more on the website. this is the business briefing. i'm sally bundock. the crown has slipped shares in netflix plunge in after—hours trade, as the streaming giant disappoints, adding fewer new users than expected. as the biggest aerospace show kicks off here in the uk, we talk to the boss of qatar airways who says the us is on qatar's side amid the blockade by saudi arabia. and on the markets the japanese yen slipped boosting stocks in tokyo but elsewhere in asia share markets are slipping as some companies disappoint with their earnings.