hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. president trump says the criticism of his helsinki press conference is due to fake news. but then back tracks on what he said about russian meddling. isaid i said they would would instead of wouldn't. the sentence should have been identity any reason why i've wouldn't or why it wouldn't the russia. the british government narrowly survives another challenges to its brexit strategy. we'll bring you up to date with where we've got to. japan and the european union sign one of the world's biggest trade deals. it covers 600 million people and a third of the world's gdp. the eu describes it as ‘a light in the darkness‘ of protectionism. and we have the latest on those violent protests in nicaragua as worlwide condemnation grows. donald trump has back—tracked on some of things he said at that

joint press conference with vladimir putin. firstly, here he is on russian meddling in the 2016 us election. i have full faith and support for america's great intelligence agencies. always have and i have felt very strongly that while russia's actions had no impact at all on the outcome of the election, let me be totally clear in saying that, and i said this many times, i except our intelligence community's conclusion that russia's meddling in the 2016 elections took place and

other people also, a lot of people out there, there was no collusion at all. people are saying it was russia and not all the other people. and he went on to try and clarify a statement he made. i went out and reviewed a clipper mansour i gave. i realised there was need for some clarification. should have been obvious, i thought it would be obvious but i would like to clarify just in case it was not. in a key sentence in my remarks, i said the word would instead of wouldn't. the sentence should have been i don't see any reason why it wouldn't be russia. asa as a point of reference, let me play the original statement that the president made during the press

conference. my people came to me, dan coats and fathers and said they think it is russia. i have president putin, he just think it is russia. i have president putin, hejust said it's not russia. i will say this, i didn't see any reason why it would be. you can judge yourself are the president has responded to the criticism. there was a little more context to mention. while that press conference was happening in helsinki, and this woman, a russian woman, was charged by the us justice woman, a russian woman, was charged by the usjustice department woman, a russian woman, was charged by the us justice department with conspiring against america as a foreign agent. she is accused of setting up a back channel between donald trump and vladimir putin and all this follows those indictments on friday of 12 russian military intelligence agents. they are accused of trying to hack with regards to donald trump's campaign. —— they're accused of hacking democratic party

during hillary clinton's campaign. those allegations were put to vladimir putin during an interview with fox news. the indictment presented on friday that says 12 members of russian military intelligence, the tru, and they talk specifically about units 26165 and 74 they talk specifically about units 26165 and 7a 455, they talk specifically about units 26165 and 74 455, they say the others you smile, let me finish. translation: furthermore, russia as a state has never interfered with the internal affairs of the united states. but while it seems the president is not keen to publicy criticise mr putin, others in his party are. here's senior republican paul ryan. russia and its medal with our elections. not only did they meddle in our elections, they are doing around the world. they did to france, moldova, the baltics. russia is trying to undermine democracy itself to delegitimise democracy is

over some reason they can look good by comparison. let's just be really clear about that. it wasn't just politicians who were angry. here's how commentators on fox news reacted — normally a source of constant support for donald trump. that was quite something. almost surreal at points as the president was really litigating the election of 2016 and making the case again there was no collusion. it's a stunning and disappointing revelation here today. not a very brought forceful presentation from trump with putin behind him. he should have defended ours, his own defence community or just should have defended ours, his own defence community orjust don't take the meeting, don't get to helsinki if you can with the guy in the eye and tell him what is what. —— if you can with the guy in the eye. —— if you can't look the guy in the eye. the man that putin

name—checked is bill browder. he is a former high—level investor in russia. and has known to vladimir puttin for his lobbying for greater us sanctions against russia in 2012. this is an article he has written for time magazine in response —— and i want to show you rhis column in the new york times by thomas friedman. he describes mr trump's behaviour as so perverse and contrary to american interests that, he concludes, donald trump is either an asset of russian intelligence or really enjoys playing one on tv. this is an article in the washington post by carl bildt — former sweden prime minister and co—chair of the european council on foreign relations. he says mr trump failed to criticise mr putin on any critical issues including ukraine and syria. jane o'brien, washington. he's not a man to take a backward step of visitors close as you get to one. and indication as to how much pressure he has been under the last 24 hours so. even his closest allies saying he has to do something about this, he cannot go on the world stage with the president of russia who is considered by most people here in america as a major flow.

who is considered by most people here in america as a majorflow. a country not acting in america's best interests and saying he believes the president's word above his own intelligence community, he has to bring this back and it is damage control 101 and for once, on this occasion, he was listening, claiming now he misspoke and when he said he saw no reason why now he misspoke and when he said he saw no reason why they wouldn't be interfering in the election, he meant to say he saw no reason why they wouldn't be interfering in the election. i think a lot of people will find that not a very satisfactory answer but at least it does go some way towards answering the goals for some clarification. stay with me, jane. we also heard from a former american president today. these are pictures of barack obama in south africa. he was there for a celebration marking 100 years since the birth of nelson mandela, who died in 2013 aged 95. there he made his first high—profile speech since stepping down as president last year. here's some of what he said. look around. strongman politics are

ascending suddenly. where by—elections in some regions of democracy are maintained. the form of it. but those in power seek to undermine every institution or norman that gives democracy meaning. anywhere, you've got far right parties that often times of based not just parties that often times of based notjust on parties that often times of based not just on platforms parties that often times of based notjust on platforms of protectionism and closed borders but also an burly hidden racial nationalism. obama 0 ba ma clearly obama clearly stands there are seeing a point against all travel. that will not get him supporters. seeing a point against all travel. that will not get him supporterslj think a lot of the criticism we

heard was from people you would expect to criticise donald trump of what really hurt him i think was when he had the likes of the former house speaker who is a staunch ally of president trump saying that this was the worst mistake of his presidency. fox news, you just mentioned, we know the president watches and very often we have our first thing in the morning almost setting the agenda for the day. the likes of anthony ‘s. briefly lived but very influential director of communications saying that the president has to do change course. these are people he can only rely upon for support and even they were saying you got to do something. thank you. if that has been one of our main stories, brexit is another because in the last two yards in the house of commons, we have heard this an awful lot. division. clearly you

lobby. that's not a comment on the state of the conservative party. it's the speaker sending mps out to vote on amendments to some of the key pieces of legislation relating to brexit. for a second time in 24 hours, the government saw off another rebellion today. and again, they won by only a handful of votes. here's the moment we heard about it. the ayes to the right, 301. the noes to the left, 307. some mps from theresa may's own party who are opposed to brexit had tabled an amendment that would force the uk tojoin a customs union if a trade argreement wasn't reached with the eu before the uk left. here's the case they made. i would like tojoin my i would like to join my honourable friend in proposing this. we have

space for negotiations but it is very clear that in itself there is a majority for a customs union to safeguard business, jobs and the financial future of our constituencies. well there wasn't as it turns out a majority for that today at least but it was agonisingly close. this shows why. theresa may's conservatives have 49% of the seats in the house of commons — her allies the dup another 2%. that just about gets them over the line. but if any of her own mps rebel, she loses her majority. there are about 40 committed brexiteers who might do that on any given day. and a dozen or more remain mps willing to do the same. today they were voting on a trade bill which will make it easier for the uk to strike trade deals with the rest of the world after brexit. one senior minister, a leave supporter, welcomed the result. this is an important bill, it

provides continuity and stability as the uk leaves the european union for individuals, businesses and for our international trading partners. it will be the confidence first step that the uk cheques for establishing itself as an independent trading nation for the first time in over 40 yea rs. today it was remainers trying to change the course of brexit — and mostly failing. yesterday it was leavers trying, and succeeding. they're led by this man carouseljacob rees mogg, — jacob rees mogg, and the government simply accepted the four amendments they proposed to another bill, the customs bill, without a fight. 14 of theresa may's own mps from the remain side then voted against that including one goverment minister. guto bebb. he resigned — that takes the total of conservative resignations to 10 since theresa may persauded her cabinet to agree to her chequers plan. the other nine were all leavers.

this prompted robert hutton of bloomberg to ask... thin to magic of the situation in westminster. where does this leave pm's position & authority q there was one defeat over europe today however, about medecines? is it more about apparently transpacific is it more about apparently tra nspacific and is it more about apparently transpacific and do they have real consequences for brexit in the long—term? consequences for brexit in the long-term? the amendment that did not pass, the one the government one tonight would have had consequences for brexit undoubtedly because a customs union, the issue of a customs union, the issue of a customs union, the issue of a customs union is so central to the brexit discussions and the

government has repeatedly ruled that out in the uk ever stayed in a customs union, that you'll form of words, with the eu at the brexit thinking it would impede prison's ability to do great deals with other countries. on the other hand of the party, there are those who believe having a customs union is the only way to secure frictionless trade so that amendment that the memo was calling for the government to stay any custom jeans with the eu should any custom jeans with the eu should a trade deal not be done by the end of the process, if that had passed, that would have been very consequential those substantially and politically. the other amendment that was loaded onjuly 21 and politically. the other amendment that was loaded on july 21 the government was, its that was loaded on july 21 the government was, it's certainly an defeat, the second time the government has been defeated in any aspect of its brexit legislation so far. that is less controversial in a way because it is only going into it further than what the government policy is and it's not a central

tenet of the government's brexit strategy so, yes, it was certainly substantial but you're right that there was a power dynamic here, too, because it was about to has the power within the conservative party and tonight the former remainders of the people you are wanting a softer brexit, staying closer to the eu after brexit, there's group of tories have shown they have not quite got the numbers to force through a change of strategy. while all the drama is playing out in westminster, this isjust while all the drama is playing out in westminster, this is just to establish the government's approach to brexit but they still have to ta ke to brexit but they still have to take it to brussels and cut a deal, when all that happen? tier exactly. we're talking about internal negotiations here in westminster within the tory party itself, let alone putting it to brussels. the prime minister is clear the government thinks their plan is still intact. that is the plan may wa nt to still intact. that is the plan may want to present themselves to

brussels. that have to be a negotiation but the plan was for the negotiation but the plan was for the negotiation to run through summer and afinal negotiation to run through summer and a final agreement to be done by october. remember the final brexit deal not only have to be approved in european parliament but it also has to come back to the parliament here in westminster and that is what all the dynamics here we have been seeing in the last couple of weeks really referred to because it... what we've seen every last few days, couple of weeks, is there is no majority either way for whatever vision the government could outline and seems we are heading for a parliamentary deadlock in the future which really throws into doubt whether any brexit deal to get through parliament eventually even when it is agreed with brussels. marcus very much still up on the edge here. my goodness, thanks for

explaining it all. stay with us on outside source — still to come... the official brexit campaign group, vote leave, is fined and referred to the police for breaking electoral law. we'll bring you up to date on that. up to seven million people will be affected by the first hosepipe ban of the summer in england. there's already one in place in northern ireland. united utilities says a temporary ban is needed from 5th august in the north—west of england to "safeguard essential supplies". other water companies across england say they have adequate supplies and have no plans to impose similar bans. doctor neil macdonald, who's a water management expert from the university of liverpool says the ban was inevitable. i think they can improve the three lea ka g es i think they can improve the three leakages with regards to infrastructure and looking to improving reservoirs and the

condition of those. we're talking about losing 20—25% of water supplies to beaks and it's not the worst in the uk but it's not the best either so going forward, they inevitably have two improve them and they have been improving their leakage rate. there was more to be done. certainly it is a contributing factor but it's not the sole factor. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is... president trump says his meeting with vladimir putin of russia went better than his talks with nato allies, as he comes under heavy criticism at home for the way he handled it. they also said he misspoke when he said there is no reason to rush it easy to meddling in 2016 election and said he accepts that the us intelligence agencies should be trusted. turning to the main stories... the european court of human rights has condemned

russia for its handling of two high—profile cases. it said russia had violated five articles of the human rights convention in its arrest and conviction of pussy riot members in 2012. the court also heavily criticised russia's investigation into journalist anna politkovskaya's murder. bbc russian. israel has tightened restrictions on its only cargo crossing with the gaza strip. that's after palestinians carried out fresh attacks with incendiary balloons. no fuel will be able to get through until sunday, but food and medicine deliveries will still be permitted. israel said it was responding to "continued terror attempts" by hamas — hamas, for its part, warned israel of "dangerous consequences". bbc arabic. this is the most watched video on our website — a cyclist going through a barrier blocking a rising bridge and falling into the gap. she was helped out and treated in hospital forfacial injuries. police say they're investigating and that they think alcohol might have been involved. the brexit campaign group vote leave

has been fined £61,000 and referred to the police. the electoral commission says it broke electoral law. this is the full report. vote leave was entitled to spend up to 7 million pounds. the electoral commission says it overspent by half a million. and it says vote leave worked with another campaign group called "beleave", to pay a data analytics firm £675,000 for adverts targeting voters. here's more from the electoral commission. repeatedly sought co—operation from vote leave which we did not get what we got a whole range of evidence from different sources which we have closely inspected, and at and over the course of an investigation, we have reduced a details, robust and

impartial reports i've reviewed any claims that we are not impartial because it is fundamental to what we do. vote leave released this statement saying the report contained "a number of false accusations." and saying that it "provided evidence to the electoral commission proving there was no wrongdoing." we also know the founder of beleave, darren grimes, has been reported to the police. you may well remember this bus. it was a big part of the vote leave campaign. so were people like borisjohnson who you can see getting off it. the opposition labour party wants key members of vote leave to be investigated for possible misconduct. vicki young has been following the story in westminister. laws on spending during elections we re laws on spending during elections were put in place by parliament to ensure fans and transparency. vote

leave have broken the rules and that sparked anger in an already furious brexit debate with some even calling for a rerun of the referendum. talking about deliberate cheating. we cannot have confidence that this referendum was secure and it should be rerun. the fellow outrage by members you hearing from members on all sides of the house, some of whom have now left, is nothing to do with a breach of the rules by the —— campaign, it is due to the fact that they lost, they are not representing they lost, they are not representing the people, they will that referendum despite the fact that they overspent themselves by millions of pounds. downing street said britain's vote on its eu membership was a little democratic —— a legitimate democratic exercise and coldly at all again will likely fall on deaf ears. geoff bessel

source of amazon has been named as they will‘s most rich man. , jeff bezoz is now the world's richest man. the bloomberg billionaire index says he's now worth $150 billion,. it all started with amazon of course — amazon workers in a number of european countries have been taking industrial action to coincide with an amazon prime promotion event. paul blake, new york. while we were striking? girl—mac because of bad conditions in various amidon facilities across the world. spain, germany have seen protests to day and it comes on the amidon self—styled prime cattle day which they have made up to boost sales during the summer when they offer various promotions in various deals. it is one of two problems facing prime day right now. arizona saying it is going along steadily but they are facing technical glitches. yesterday, here in the us, customers were, from the brief period, unable to access the website or a mobile app but is saying the problems have

been resolved and saying that they have not disband the matter is badly affected cells on prime day. in terms of geoff bezos‘s 12, affected cells on prime day. in terms of geoff bezos's12, is it due to amazon solely or other things we do not know of? we think it is due to amidon, compiled by bloomberg news and it is putting in as the richest man in modern history with a net worth of $150 billion. we often think of bill gates at the richest man but this puts him ahead of bill gates. we know is net worth has been growing in the last year, growing by about $52 billion just this year alone putting him ahead that figure alone putting him ahead that figure a loan of what he has gained this year ahead of the entire network of the founder of ali babar and asia's richest man. a lot of money going into geoff bezos‘s pocket. richest man. a lot of money going into geoff bezos's pocket. part driven by how amazon has gone into

market which even five years ago we would have never imagined them being in? that is right. it started as a company selling books here in the us and has grown to take over e—commerce in the us and it is growing around the world, entering into images in the emerging markets, doing businesses all is —— finding business all across europe, looking into the developing world and entering the developing world and many parts of the world so it is a company that has tremendous growth potential and has shown that when it decided once they enter various sectors, it usually does quite well there so certainly in geoff bezos will be looking at that success and celebrating his own wealth and success to add. thank you. i will see you in a couple of minutes. hi. we will take a look at some of

the bigger weather stories around the bigger weather stories around the world and starting off in south—east asia where the weather is very active at the moment, lots of heavy rain showing up on the satellite picture and we have this blog of cloutier working its way across the south china's evil but this tropical storm is making rainfall heavy travelling into northern vietnam on thursday. it is a fast—moving tropical storm that will see some torrential rain but he could see 200— feared militant —— 200-300 could see 200— feared militant —— 200—300 millimetres over the next few days and extensive cloud across the philippinesjust in few days and extensive cloud across the philippines just in the east of the philippines just in the east of the philippines, we have a centre of low pressure that is beginning to spin up and wind itself up and we could see this become a drop goal storm and then it seems pretty likely to become a thai food as it gets its way north—westwards towards the weekend. that is a story across as part of asia that we will be keeping a very close eye on. a heatwave is continuing injapan. we've seen a number of fatalities

reported here over the last few days, attributed to be very hot and humid weather that we have seen. morally for gasoline exudate, 35 celsius in tokyo. a bit further south, highs into the other 30s, not to far—away from the all—time japanese average record. in india, the one seems vasoactive across many different areas of the country. we will see the risk of localised flooding affecting some central areas. further west, we could see around 200—300 millimetres of rain. still further torrential rain affecting the western side of india where we could see some further issues as well. in australia, we have some quiet weather with high pressure jobs from those but things are running quite when he again across parts of southern australia, victoria and tasmania as this cold front worked as rain from the south and that will drop in temperatures. highs of 15 celsius in adelaide but

factor in the wind, cooler than that, 23 any sunshine in sydney. the western areas of europe, temperature is rising every next few days. 20 sunshine on offer, this curl of cloud working across eastern europe and particularly affecting western areas of poland where we could see 50 millimetres of rain are more than that in places, and sundry times so localised surface water and flooding a possibility with strong winds affecting it as well. a popular destination for two with sailors this time of year so winds could cause a few problems for some of those light boots. looking at the weather bridge here in the uk for tomorrow, so what kind of day, they still by few showers, amy across the north—west and it will be just a little warmer as well. that's your weather. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. our lead story concerns president

trump, he has pushed back at criticism of his press conference with vladimir putin that says also that he misspoke when he says there was no possible explanation for russia wanting to meddle in the election. i said the word "would" instead of "wouldn't". the sentence should have been "i don't see any reason why i wouldn't, or why it wouldn't be russia." japan and the european union sign one of the world's biggest trade deals. we will you get more details on that ina we will you get more details on that in a moment. the ayes to the right... the british government narrowly survives another challenges to its brexit strategy. if you have questions on any of the stories we are covering use our hashtag. the european union and japan have signed one of the world's biggest free trade deals — covering nearly a third of the world's gdp

and 600 million people. the new agreement will remove tariffs on most goods. the european council president donald tusk used the agreement to make a point. this is an act of enormous strategic importance for the rules—based international order, at a time when some are questioning this order. we are sending a clear message that we stand together against protectionism. of course that is the message for donald trump. this agreement stands in stark contrast to? president trump's decision to implement steep tariffs against us allies and china. bbc tokyo correspondent rupert wingfield—hayes gave us this assessment of the deal. this is a huge and complicated trade deal, but there will be significant winners on both sides. so for the european union side, one of the big

winners will be the food and agricultural export area. now, that means if you are a japanese wine lover and you like french wine it will be good for you because this is going to get a lot cheaper. if you like eating european cheeses it will be good too because this stuff right here injapan is incredibly expensive. and if like me you are a beer drinker there is going to be more choice. at the moment japan's beer market is heavily regulated, the regulations are different from europe, those are going to be harmonised. that should mean more choice for beer drinkers like me. on the japanese side, the real big winners are going to be the car industry. so this is a toyota, for they have to pay 10% tariff on every single car. as south korea, three years ago, did its own free—trade agreement with the eu. that means south korean cars are going into the eu tariff free. japanese car—makers want to catch up as soon as possible.

there is one more thing. this car, this toyota, was made at a factory in england. the japanese car manufacturers have... britain which meant cars are exported to the rest of the european union. when this trade agreement comes into force and britain leaves the european union, the logic for making these cars in britain kind of disappears. we have talked a lot about nicaraguan and outside source in the last few once. let's update you on the violence that we've seen during anti—government protests in nicaragua. the united nations has given this damning assessment of the role of the government. the violence that has today left an estimated 280 people dead and 1,830 injured, has been overwhelmingly perpetrated by the state and by pro—government armed elements. and those killed also include at least 19 police officers. police, armed elements and other violent groups have carried out so—called clean—up operations parts of the country. forcibly removing barricades erected

by demonstrators and local communities. at least 12 people were killed over the weekend. the un also denounced a new law that could be used to criminalise peaceful protest — and called on the government to provide more information on two activists who were detained on friday. asi as i have explained on previous programmes, the violence has centred around the city of masaya, which is 30km south of the capital, though the protests have spread across the country. and the protesters want the resignation of president daniel ortega. he's been been in and out of power since the sandinista revolution of 1979. to trace this year's developments we need to go back to april 18th. a small demonstration against pension reforms was taking place when it was violently shut down by pro—government groups. that triggered more protests a few days later.

these are videos from the time. dozens of people died including a journalist who was shot dead during a live broadcast. since then, hundreds of people have been killed as attempts to suppress the protests have intensified. there are now many roadblocks and barricades that have been set up by protestors — and many have died as security forces try to clear them. these are the latest pictures of people marching in the capital managua on monday. this is going on. this was a reaction to what happened over the weekend. over the weekend 12 more people died during violent clashes. lots of people are documenting this. this is an article in the economist. "nicaragua is following the script of venezuela, in which an elected dictator clings to power through repression and at the cost

of economic destruction." of course neither president maduro or president ortega would accept that description, and mr ortega says criminals and gang members had infiltrated the protest rallies and deaths happened on both sides. the us state department tweeted, the us condemns the ongoing attacks by ortega's pa ra—police against university students, journalists, and clergy across the country. we call on ortega to cease his repression of the people of nicaragua immediately. i have shown you the map where some of the protests have been taken place. next we will turn to miami. bbc monitoring looks at media all over the world. it has a base in miami. claudia plazas is there and i asked her whether these protests are being covered fairly in the nicaraguan press. they have been covered fairly but we have to understand that the government also has a very strong propaganda machine. so we have different versions. we have the government media accusing the demonstrators, of being terrorists, of attacking the police. so the versions are quite different.

and then you have the opposition media accusing ortega of human rights violations. is there evidence that we can trust that the protests have been infiltrated, that the government is correct in its accusations? well, so far, like i say, we have two different versions but we also have reports from amnesty international for example, accusing the government of using paramilitary groups, of using the security forces to attack demonstrators. and what we have to understand here is that the security forces are using military hardware and the demonstrators are basically defending themselves with stones and home—made mortars. so there's a big difference in the way in which the conflict has played out. what have you learned about the nature of the protests, are they being coordinated at a national level or are they spontaneous? they are basically spontaneous. we have students demonstrating in the capital, managua.

they have actually allocated themselves for weeks in universities and they have been attacked there. we also have people in different areas across the country, seeking shelter in churches. we also have reports of members of the clergy, bishops who have been attacked. so there are many, many reports of different demonstrations, not necessarily coordinated by a single group but we have had spontaneous demonstrations across the country especially in the western parts of nicaragua. next to the latest investigation by the bbc‘s paul would. voice recordings have been given to the bbc that appear to show qatari officials negotiating to give a billion dollars in ransom to an iraqi militia designated as terrorist by the us and britain. how much was finally paid to the militia remains a mystery. qatar is under economic blockade by its neighbours. they include saudi arabia,

the united arab emirates, bahrain and egypt — who accuse qatar of funding terrorism. something qatar denies. paul wood has the story, on our website there's an in depth piece, so read that but first, watch this. after 16 months held in a windowless basement freedom for these qataris and theirfriends, basement freedom for these qataris and their friends, this basement freedom for these qataris and theirfriends, this happened when they were kidnapped hunting falklands in iraq, could getting them back have cost $1 billion, the highest runs in history? the ambassadorfor qatar highest runs in history? the ambassador for qatar in baghdad conducted negotiations and has ball are in iraq, listed by the us as a terrorist. has bowler le banana, has boller iraq all want money, says one text, apparently sent by the ambassador to the qatari foreign minister. this is their chance. they

are exploiting the situation, all the more as we near the end, all of them are thieves. god help us, replies the foreign minister. has boller iraq were actually holding the qataris, one lead of the group demanded payment for himself if negotiations were to go forward, thatis negotiations were to go forward, that is the claim in a voice mail attributed to the ambassador. he asked me how much will you give me, says the voice mail. the man told me frankly, i want ten, meaning $10 million. i told frankly, i want ten, meaning $10 million. itold him, i'm not giving you ten, only if you get my guys at 100%. in another voice mail, he goes on... to encourage him i even said we are willing to buy him an apartment in lebanon. iran, which

arms and trains his brother, got involved through its general, himself and international sanction, at one stage it seems the astonishing sum of $1 billion was on the table. slimani met with the kidnappers yesterday, the ambassador pressured them to take the $1 billion. how much cash was finally flown to baghdad on a qatar airways plane? officials say the evidence on the ambassador‘s phone points to one billion and possibly more. qatar says it was short of that. the evidence we have seen is not conclusive but it seems it was at least hundreds of millions of dollars. officials in qatar insist no money was handed to so—called terrorist groups, only to the iraqi government. that explanation is not accepted government. that explanation is not a cce pted by government. that explanation is not accepted by the four countries that have put qatar and economic

blockade. saudi arabia, the united arab it is, bahrain and egypt. so the mystery of whether qatar made the mystery of whether qatar made the biggest ransom payment in history remains unsolved. the phone records show the qataris being extorted. there critics say they have long been willing financiers of terrorist groups. that is the issue underlying the economic blockade of this place and the two sides are as farapart as this place and the two sides are as far apart as ever. paul would, outside source, joe hart. this programme is nothing if not diverse, first the biggest ransom overpaid and soon an investigation into why one welsh island is proving a particularly good place for puffins to live! suffolk police have released the 999 call made by a former ukip councillor moments after he killed his wife. ex—royal marine stephen sea rle

claimed he'd been defending himself after his wife attacked him with a knife — but a jury found him guilty of murder. they lived in stowmarket, suffolk. —— suffolk. their marriage had been under strained since june, anne —— suffolk. their marriage had been under strained sincejune, anne had found out that her husband was having an affair with one of her sons's partners. it is believed this row led to stephen searle killing his wife. he was an ex—royal marine, they believe he used his military training and had a particular knowledge of a hold. they know that she died after pressure to her neck. we will say to viewers that this phone call is quite chilling. hello, can you hear me? yes, i can hear you, can you hear me? can you hear me? yes, i can hear ou can ou hear me? i've can you hear me? yes, i can hear you, can you hear me? i've killed my wife. you've just killed your wife? 0k. quite a chilling phone call. and the night the southern stephen searle had said that his wife had been

having a disagreement with him and that she had tried to stab him three times in the stomach with a serrated knife. he claimed he feared for his life and that was why he had this struggle with her but the jury only took three and a half hours to find him guilty of the murder. iam ros i am ros atkins. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story is that president trump 20 misspoke at his press conference in helsinki, he claims he got the word would mixed up with the word wouldn't and claimed to say that he believed russia did meddle in the usa election. a new report from the democratic republic of congo. we talk about drc a lot. because millions of civilians have been displaced as a complex conflict plays out.

in the town of goma, in north kivu, we know an increasing number of people are being treated for war wounds. this despite the un being present — today it was tweeting. @unpeacekeeping tweeting about how ‘patrols are an essential part of peacekeeping operations'. louise dewast has travelled there. from the sky a land of endless natural wealth but on the ground a conflict raging now for more than 20 yea rs. conflict raging now for more than 20 years. millions have been displaced from their homes, and this year the united nations says $1.6 billion are urgently needed to reach 10.5 million people in need. we are on our way to one village in the south, we are going to have to walk together. this is to show you the challenge of delivering humanitarian aid toa challenge of delivering humanitarian

aid to a province of 7 million people, where 65% of the roads are inaccessible. despite apparent calm, militias continue to kill, kidnap and rape. a number of victims are finding refuge here in a listening house, they exist across the democratic republic of congo and are usually community run. here with support from the red cross this listening house is a safe space were women, men and children can share their stories and six psychological support. one of the challenges we can see in this context, in the east of congo, is that women come from far, and sometimes it is too late, when they come to our services sometimes it is after three days so it isa sometimes it is after three days so it is a challenge. maybe

specifically for victims of sexual violence, which is a big challenge here. stigmatisation. this mother of six, whose identity we are protecting, was attacked in her own home one night when an armed man broke in and told her to choose between death and rape. she responded saying that both options meant the same. translation: he came m, meant the same. translation: he came in, got hold of me and tied me with a rope, he tied my hands and feet and he raped repeatedly. another mother of six says she was abandoned by her husband after being raped by three armed men on her way to the market. translation: immediatelyl told my husband where i went bandits attacked me and raped me. that same

moment, he collected his belongings and left. these are civilians caught in the cross hairs of the conflict many struggle to understand that is fuelled by a political crisis in the country. for many here, the future remains bleak and with a president clinging to power, uncertainty and fear so what is to come are growing. for background information on any of the countries that we cover on outside source said our country profile pages that every country in the world on the bbc news website. north korean media often carries reports of their leaders making inspections of sites like factories and farms. it has become a bit of a running joke. so much so that parody sites like this "kim jong un looking at things" have been dedicated to them. as you can see, these normally show him looking

fairly pleased with how everything is going. here is one of them looking at some cheese with generals, looking pretty impressed with it. but of late he doesn't seem to be in such a good mood. in a recent spate of visits to north hamgyong province, bordering china, that's not been the case. this is him at a power station. it looks as if he's telling someone off. this is him at a bag factory — apparently not impressed by the local committee's work ethic. and this is him at a holiday resort, where he reportedly described those bathtubs you can see as "worse than fish tanks." and frankly you can see where he was coming from on that one. as this american news station points out "it's unusual for state media to carry dispatches showing kim's criticism of officials. some experts say kim is eager to claim economic gains, but may intend to blame underlings for problems before possibly launching new economic policies."

it is difficult to guess what he's doing. that's one possible explanation. here's alistair coleman from bbc monitoring with his analysis. it is unusual yet not completely unheard of in north korean politics. in the last fortnight kim has done a dozen inspection visits, a lot by north korean standards. i make it five out of that doesn't in which he has upbraided officials because of what he has seen of them is lacking on thejob, not what he has seen of them is lacking on the job, not working with sufficient revolutionary zeal, as it were, and he's making the point that people in charge of projects, senior officials, don't have a job for life. they've got to do the work given to them or they could find themselves moved out of the country, as it were. sergio we've seen them changing from what was last year, which was north korea rushing to com plete which was north korea rushing to complete its nuclear programme, two more inwardly focusing on its

economic development. this video has been widely shared today. dramatic video's emerged of a tour boat in hawaii being hit by a volcanic explosion. this is the moment, what's being described as a ‘lava bomb' hit the tour boat. they had been granted special permission to get close to the volcano, to witness the molten rock pouring into the ocean. evidently they got too close. you can see the panic. 23 people were injured. here you can see the damage to the boat after the incident. here are more pictures of the volcano itself. it erupted in may and has been spewing out gas and molten rock ever since. creating poisonous clouds of fumes. the video is one of the most watched

videos on the bbc news app. you can easily find it online. now we will turn to puffins. i'm not sure that we've covered them before! the number of puffins has been plummeting globally. but the island of skomer off the west wales coast is bucking the trend. an international project is now looking at why the seabirds are doing so well on there. sian lloyd's been there. a thriving puffin population, his brother island is renowned for its range of sea birds but the number of puffins breeding here is attracting international interest. they have beenin international interest. they have been in decline in other parts of the uk and europe for decades, so much so that the species is now endangered. here, scientists have found it is a different picture. the population on his brother island has

almost quadrupled in the last 30 yea rs. almost quadrupled in the last 30 years. great news for puffins in wales, we hope to find out why those changes are taking place so that we can understand what might have happened further into the future and may be to help puffins more widely. to do that researchers are exploring feeding patterns. it's new, no 1's ever tracked the movements of puffins in these places were ongoing. this tracking device is small enough to fix onto a puffin's back and the team has already found these tiny birds travel more than 90 miles a day to bring food back to the nest. are not only looking at where they are going but with this analytical technique we can identify their behaviours we can say, ok, in this place the feeding, in that place the arresting of flying. the feeding places are the key ones we are

interested in. the team will do the same work in norway and iceland where there are concerns about the poor survival rate of checks and with a number of puffins is in serious decline. that's the end of today's edition, see you tomorrow. bye bye. hello, you may be looking for some rain now, i think i can find you some in the long—range forecast although not a huge amount. this was aberdeenshire on tuesday, solskjaer clouds developing. we should see some showers on wednesday but they will be well scattered. many places will be well scattered. many places will have fine weather, long spells of sunshine, some showers possible across northern scotland, some across northern scotland, some across southern scotland, for northern ireland, the west of england and wales just a few showers, many places dry with sunshine and tunbridge is a little higher than tuesday, between 21 and 26 degrees. high pressure stilljust about in charge as we go to the stick, more dry weather as a result,

frontal system is pushing towards the north—west of the country, not coming into play just the north—west of the country, not coming into playjust yet, visiting essentially fine, a small chance for a shower but most places will have sunshine and in that sunshine the temperature is particularly towards the south—east will climb once more, up the south—east will climb once more, up to 29, perhaps some are getting to 30 degrees. always a little cooler the further west and north you look, 21 degrees in glasgow, 20 and bill fox. the system should move south and east, cause for optimism if you want rain but why we will see heavy bursts of frame for scotland, northern ireland and northern england, as the front since the south and east on friday it will fizzle out. so not much rain at all reaching southern and eastern areas. in fact towards the south—east temperatures once more into the high 20s. temperatures once more into the high 205. a temperatures once more into the high 20s. a little cooler with extra cloud that the north—west. that's dying frontal system goes off to the south—east and as we get into the weekend, high—pressure still just

about in charge with that area of high—pressure fairly close to our shores and will be generally dry through the weekend, warm as well, just a little patchy rain here and there although most places should stay dry. on saturday some patchy rain in the south as the dying weather front continues to drift through, more cloud this stage, further north, northern ireland, scotland, there's temperatures well up scotland, there's temperatures well up into the 20. on sunday, the chance for some patchy rain looks most likely across parts of western scotland, maybe northern ireland, tending to fizzle as it sinks further south and east, down towards the south with some sunshine temperatures once more not far off 30 degrees. what about next week? if you want rain, you want to be on the northern side of the jet stream. every so often the jet stream will deliver a little trough down to the south which introduces the chance of thunderstorms and showers, these are

most likely across the north—west. it looks as if i pressure will stay in charge from most areas. these are the pieces of the weatherjigsaw puzzle, low pressure to the west, high—pressurejust puzzle, low pressure to the west, high—pressure just about in charge. what if we shift those pieces around a bit? some computer models wanted to build high—pressure more strongly across parts of europe. and with low pressure to the west that would allow us to bring in some very warm airfrom the allow us to bring in some very warm air from the south. so potentially later next week there could be very hot weather on the way. uncertainties yet it looks as if dry weather world predominates, quite warm with the risk of thunderstorms for some, some rain at times in the north—west, the potential, in the quest for some rain we might actually find some for the second night in a row, theresa may manages by a narrow margin to see off a tory rebellion over brexit. this time, the government won against an amendment by pro—eu tories to try to keep the uk in a customs union. it was unfortunate that we did not

win. our amendment again was supportive of the white paper, supportive of the white paper, supportive of the prime minister's position, but wanted to guarantee a customs union if the deal was not successful. there can't be traps in a customs union. that's not what we promised the electorate. that won't deliver a brexit and we'd never be able to have any free trade agreements. victory tonight, even if byjust a handful of votes, gives the government some breathing space — but for how long? also on the programme... a complete volte—face.