welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: backtracking on russia — president trump says he misspoke about interference in american elections. 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. after 300 deaths in 3 months, the un calls for an immediate end to the political violence in nicaragua. we have a special report from yemen where the civil war is killing one child every ten minutes. and astronomers discover another 12 moons orbiting jupiter, including one on a collision course with the others. in a carefully—scripted

but still spectacular public u—turn, president trump now says he has no reason not to believe russia interfered in the 2016 us election, contradicting what he said just a day ago. he claimed he misspoke in monday's news conference with russia's president. and for the first time, he also expressed confidence in the unanimous findings of his own intelligence agencies — although he then qualified even that. his original comments drew a barrage of criticism in washington, including by some senior republicans. chris buckler reports. with president trump, nothing comes without a little drama. even what some might regard as an apology. i have a full faith in our intelligence agencies. oops, theyjust turned off the light. that must be the intelligence agencies. after so much outrage, he had little choice but to shed some new light on what he said

in helsinki, as he appeared to support vladimir putin's claim that russia didn't meddle in america's presidential election. i would like to clarify just in case it wasn't. in a key sentence in my remarks, i said the word ‘would' instead of ‘wouldn‘t‘. president putin, hejust said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. but what mr trump did yesterday was to betray the women and men of the fbi, the cia, nsa and others, and to betray the american public, and that is why i use the term that this is nothing short of treasonous. former intelligence chiefs, political opponents and even several senior members of his own republican party had lined up to criticise the president, and question his claim that it's better to forget the past when there are real, present—day concerns about russian activities. i understand the desire and the need to have good relations, that — that's perfectly reasonable, but russia is a menacing government that does not share our interests or our values. and i think that should be made clear.

so should president trump be rebuked? i just... that was a question he didn't answer. germany is a captive of russia... but republicans were embarrassed by the stark contrast of the combative trump who angrily challenged old allies at the nato summit, compared to the president who appeared all too cosy with the old enemy and sided with president putin over his own intelligence agencies. hit with a shower of heavy criticism, president trump appears to have taken cover under the simple claim he misspoke. but voters in virginia seemed more than a little unsure of what exactly america's foreign policy is. it's look like we're being friendly with people we shouldn't be, and being not as friendly with people probably we should be. i think president trump could have done a betterjob. but also, i realise he is not, you know, he is not a politician. i feel like we're in the dark on things, and we've been given twists from the president as far as this is true, this is not true.

and with investigations still ongoing into allegations of interference and collusion, it's notjust the white house looking to shed light on what russia might. have been responsible for. chris buckler, bbc news, washington, dc. just a short time ago, protesters gathered in lafayette park outside the white house in washington to denounce the president's remarks during hisjoint news conference with vladimir putin in helsinki on monday. the former us president, barack obama, has appeared to strongly criticise mr trump while delivering the annual nelson mandela lecture in south africa. the speech was given on the eve of the centenary of nelson mandela's birth. mr obama described the world as being at a crossroads with two very different visions of humanity's future ahead. look around.

strongman politics are ascendant, suddenly. whereby elections and some pretense of democracy is contained — the form of it — but those in power seemed to undermine every institution or norm that gives democracy meaning. in the west you have got far right parties that often times are based not just on platforms of protectionism and closed borders, but also on barely hidden racial nationalism. joining me now live from nashville is scottie nell hughes, an american journalist and political commentator and former spokeswoman for the committee to defend the president. either you spoke officially on the half of the punk campaign. —— i know

you spoke officially on behalf of donald trump's campaign, what did you think you made of it?|j donald trump's campaign, what did you think you made of it? i thought i was watching a bad saturday night live sketch and it wasn't alec baldwin delivering the poorly written lines, it was president trump making a fool of himself reading something that had no idea _by reading something that had no idea —— by somebody who had no idea how he talked. and then taking it back, ita he talked. and then taking it back, it a disastrous first week for new medication is director bill shine and it will continue if he surrounds himself by people we regard as swamp folks. how much did think that matters because you know very well, many of his core voters, they cut a lot of slack, they say he is not a politician, they don't even want to be polished. absolutely and that's

why all along, among all the different is scarier that we've seen over the last 18 months, his base has stuck with him because we trusted him. we might not like what he says but we know what he says is what he believes. what we saw today was not president trump and i think it did start to erode a little with his base because they are saying, if he cowered to pressure from what we saw was probably not be considered to bea saw was probably not be considered to be a disastrous helsinki, what we did see make us doubt then wonder who is actually controlling the president. i assume he will quickly realise his macro —— gaffe. president. i assume he will quickly realise his macro -- gaffe. even if he looks weak, as many accept he did, even if he speaks in correctly, as he says he did, we get a sense that the core vote will look over anything as long as he proceeds with tax cuts, getting a conservative

majority on the supreme court, changing abortion law. majority on the supreme court, changing abortion lawlj majority on the supreme court, changing abortion law. i don't know about abortion law is that a successful 18 months and action speaks louder than words but i wish she would have taken a page out of ronald reagan in 1987 who did the same thing, he and pat buchanan were happy with the summit, a year later, they held strong and besought peace between us and russia. the same thing needs to happen with president trump. he needs to realise he needs to reverse the course and it's been his strong foreign policy. in dealing with north korea and the middle east. he needs to continue that with russia. the united nations has called for an immediate halt to violence in nicaragua, which it says has claimed the lives of almost 300 civilians over 3 months of fighting. the central american country has seen regular protests since the government announced

public spending cuts in april. on tuesday the un said the violence had been ‘overwhelmingly perpetrated' by armed government forces. andrew plant reports. another protest in the corrupter of. seems like these are now common here. widespread, well attended and high risk. state police look on and beside them, other unidentified forces with covered faces. 280 people have been killed since demonstrations began in april and there are claims of kidnappings and detentions. now the united nations has called for an end to the violence. the violence that has today left an estimated 280 people dead and 1830 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 —— elements

and other violent groups have carried out operations in different parts of the country, forcibly removing barricades erected by demonstrators in local communities. at least 12 people were killed over the weekend. these were some of the first demonstration in april against cuts to public spending. calls for president daniel 0rtega to step down have become widespread. the latest hotspot this year, 30 kilometres south of the capital in masaya, now centred anti—government opposition. thursday will mark three months since the unrest began. the president has dismissed the protests, saying an attempted coup in the country has failed. 0pponents say is only able to stay in power using brutality and organised anonymous armed forces. let's get some of the day's other news. the uk prime minister has won another crucial brexit vote

against mps in her own party. theresa may's government fought off a challenge from a dozen pro—european conservative mps, who demanded the uk stays in a customs union in the event of no deal with the european union. but the government did lose a separate vote that will force it to cooperate with the eu on the regulation of medicines after brexit. the 12 thai boys and their coach who endured 17 days stranded in the darkness of a flooded cave in northern thailand are to be exposed to the media glare of the outside world later when they are expected to be discharged from hospital. the questions journalists can ask them will be preapproved for the boys' protection. the mexican charter company that owns the plane that crashed in cuba in may, killing 112 people, says the accident was caused by human error. the charter company says a study of the data recorders showed that the boeing 737 had taken off too steeply. a mexican pilots union said the company was irresponsible for releasing its statement before the official

investigation had concluded. stay with us on bbc world news. still to come: a real oddball — that's how astronomers are describing a moon they've discovered orbiting jupiter, and they say it's on a collision course with others. 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. very good to have you with us on bbc world news. our main headline: president trump has said he accepts that russia tried to interfere in the 2016 us elections, directly contradicting what he said after meeting vladimir putin in helsinki. that other headline: the british government's brexit strategy has narrowly survived a parliamentary vote. mps rejected a move to remain in a customs union with the eu. 75% of the population of yemen is in need of humanitarian aid,

according to the un. officials say yemen is the world's worst humanitarian crisis, one child is dying there every 10 minutes from preventable causes. for more than three years, the country has been divided by a fierce civil war between the government — backed by a saudi—led coalition — and houthi rebels, allied with iran. 0rla guerin and cameraman anthony clifford have been in southern yemen. you may find some of the pictures in their report distressing. an ancient civilisation, ringed by mountains and entombed by conflict. yemenis have spent years living in the shadow of the gun, and here's the result. this is what childhood looks like in yemen. if you live long enough. many don't. (donkey braying)

ramzi is now growing up a nomad, thanks to the war. he arrived at this camp in hodeidah province a month ago and says it's very tiring. ramzi spends his days collecting water. he says he misses his home and his toys. he had to leave them behind when his town was shelled by houthi fighters. at 11 years old, he's the man of the family. his home is a bare tent, where his mother, azizah, has only her children and her grief. she tells me ramzi's father was killed 18 months ago — collateral damage in a saudi air strike. translation: when my husband was killed, we were not able to see his body. we only saw pieces. and we couldn't tell it was him.

that was worse than the news of his death. well, to add to the misery here, there's a dust storm kicking up now, and there's no escape from the punishing temperatures. many of the families here have been trapped in these conditions for months, waiting for help that hasn't come. aid workers say yemenis are victims not only of war, but also of global indifference. and now, more than ever, they are victims of hunger. like tiny nagiba, who suffers from severe, acute malnutrition. we found her in her mother's arms, at a local clinic. she is three months old, but weighs about half what she should. her doctor is confident that nagiba will recover, but he's haunted by those who didn't survive, like the boy he lost last month. translation: a father came, carrying his son, who had

diarrhoea and vomiting. i wanted to save him, but the boy died at the door. —— he. the man couldn't afford food, much less medicine. and that's the reality across yemen, as the civil war grinds on between government troops and shia houthi rebels. but this remote battlefield is part of a regional power struggle. government forces are backed by a sunni—arab coalition, led by saudi arabia. the rebels are allegedly armed by saudi's rival, shia iran. what usually goes unseen is britain's role. it's still a major arms exporter to the saudis. years of war have brought the arab world's poorest nation to the brink of collapse, but have not brought the exiled president, abdrabbuh mansur hadi,

back to power. easy to see who he relies on now — his allies, saudi arabia and the uae. we managed to meet president hadi in the southern port city of aden, on one of his rare visits to home soil. given that the united nations has said that the majority of civilian casualties here were caused by air strikes by the saudi—led coalition, have you ever regretted the decision to bring them into this conflict? translation: i don't regret it at all. otherwise, we would not have liberated parts of the country. from aden to al mahrah, without the support of the coalition, these areas would have been under the control of the houthis. we believe the coalition operation, decisive storm, is the most

successful one that has ever been undertaken by the arab world. you say its successful, president hadi, but three years on, you are still not in control of the capital. more than 10,000 people have been killed and the united nations says eight million people here are on the brink of famine. translation: if decisive storm had not happened, it would have been the beginning of a major civil war, lasting even longer than the conflict in somalia. but it's already been far too long for many, like mohammed bashir. the very embodiment of yemen's agony, ravaged by hunger. war and poverty delayed his parents bringing him for treatment. two days after these images were taken, he passed away,

this broken country now a graveyard for its young. 0rla guerin, bbc news, southern yemen. and i should tell you you can read more about the crisis in yemen on our website, including more of orla's exclusive interview with the exiled president thatjust featured in her report. log on to bbc.com/news. astronomers have discovered 12 new moons orbiting jupiter, that brings the grand total circling the planet to 79. they're calling one of them an oddball because it is hurtling towards the others on a collision course that will inevitably lead to its destruction. i spoke earlier to the scientist scott shepphard, who led the research team who made the discovery at the carnegie institution for science it is a very exciting

discovery we made. jupiter's outer satellites, the outer moons are in two groups, one that rotates around, and then a retrograde group that goes in a different direction, that goes around jupiter in a different direction to the onejupiter rotates. usually we find the moons in different areas. one of the new moons we found is a retrograde group is a prograde, so it is going down the highway in the wrong direction, so it has all these oncoming moons coming for it. it is likely it has collided with moons in the past and we expect it will collide with another moon in future. when that collision happens, what happens? and how much are we likely to know about it? on human timescales, these are very long events, so one probably happened in our lifetime, 100 million to1 billion years, but for the solar system lifetime, that is quite

short, given the solar system is 11.5 billion years old. one moon found on the wrong direction is around one kilometre in size, and the other moons it is coming around to are anywhere from and few kilometres to hundreds of kilometres in size, so it will be a violent collision, and when it happens, there will be a big dust cloud develop on jupiter. what is it telling you about the solar system generally? these are the last remnants of the building blocks of the planet. it is like a vacuum cleaner. it sucked all of the material that formed around it into itself and that material is what developed the planet we see today. and so, these moons are the last remnants of the building blocks of the planet. so, understanding these moons will help us to understand how the planets formed. you have to wonder how ten new moons can go unnoticed until now. yes. technology has advanced. so we're using the most powerful survey telescope there is.

it's the largest camera on the largest telescope. so we are able to search bigger areas than people have in the past. and we're going deeper. we are able to find smaller things than we have in the past and that is why we can turn these things up. just one final thing to ask you. you have only named one of the new moons so far, why? we named the oddball moon after the great—granddaughter ofjupiter and we wanted to get that one out with the name. the others will have some kind of public release. trying to get a name for them. we are a little worried about getting a boaty mcboatface thing going, so we will see how that works. it is nearly 25 years now since kurt cobain took his own life. a new exhibition devoted to his life has opened in ireland. members of his family were there for its launch and they're hoping it can help draw attention to issues like mental health and addiction.

the bbc‘s tim allman reports. the and. —— for many, they were abandoned their generation, and he was there voice. but that voice was silenced when kurt cobain took his own life in the spring of 1994. this exhibition shows memories of his childhood and mementos of his career. his daughter, his mother and his sister all came to co kildare for its opening, which they admit is a bittersweet occasion. it is hard for me to listen to his music because there is a emotional attachments, it is notjust kurt cobain singing, it is like hearing my dad's voice almost more consistently than hearing his speaking voice, i have heard his singing voice, and that is something ofan singing voice, and that is something of an emotional ties. these family

photos show the child, the young man that that would become a rock icon, a rock icon whose death at the age of 27 shocked millions around the world. a tragic end, but his family hope a lesson to others. if we do not have a more inclusive discussion about how addiction and mental illness touches every aspect of the human race, i do not know how we could possibly solve it. and what would kurt cobain make of the modern cultural and political landscape? his family say he would stomp and rage, standing up against unfairness. there is more for you all the time on the bbc news website. that is it for now, thanks for watching. hello there.

well, you could say a few lucky gardens have seen some very much—needed rain during the last couple of days. but the vast majority of the country on tuesday was dry with plenty of sunshine around, some glorious sunset scenes up and down the country. there were a few heavy showers around across northern scotland. these around across northern scotland. downpours tendi| on these downpours tending to ease down on thursday, the odd one across the south—west. most places will start the day drive, some good clouds. as they do so, showers will develop again. the old heavy downpour is likely across more northern and southern parts of scotland, some lucky gardens getting a watering here perhaps into the afternoon.

seemed to with northern ireland, by the odd shower here. we could see a few showers fairly few and far between into england, the midlands. a warmer day generally, 26 degrees in the south—east. further north, 18 to 22 celsius. on thursday, largely dry day, lots of sunshine, bar the odd light shower. this weather system will begin to increase the cloud and a breeze to western scotla nd cloud and a breeze to western scotland and northern ireland. notice the deep orange colours building in across england, it is certainly going to be warm one. a little bit cooler and fresher further north. this is the weather system i was talking about, it begins to push south eastwards into the country, could bring about substantial rainfall to some gardens in the north—west but it will be a weakening feature as it continues to move southward will stop friday, cloudier, called dave across england and wales, into and northern

ireland. there is also the possibility of a shower moving up the new continent and to the south—east but stay tuned to the forecast for this. again, ahead of it, quite warm in the south—east, call in the north. the weakening feature could bring a bit of card, some patchy light rain to some areas on saturday but high pressure really will be the dominating factor once again into the week and will stop most again into the week and will stop m ost pla ces again into the week and will stop most places will be dry but a little bit patchy rain here and there and there could be some warm spells of sunshine. this is bbc world news. the headlines: president trump has backtracked on comments he made at a summit with vladimir putin on monday. he told journalists he does accept the american intelligence community's conclusion that russia meddled in the 2016 us elections which brought him to power. he said he misspoke at the meeting in helsinki. security forces took down barriers in nicaragua.

the united nations has accused nicaraguans of human rights violations. the exiled president of yemen has admitted that he did not expect the saudi—led military intervention in his country to take as long as it has. however, abd rabbu mansur hadi told the bbc he did not believe that efforts to defeat houthi rebel fighters had reached a stalemate. now on bbc news, panorama. tonight on panorama, we meet the families bringing up some of britain's most vulnerable children. when he was first born, they gave him 24 hours. no one knew charlie was born, friends and family, until

a week later because we just didn't know how to describe him and wanted to protect him as well. alfie evans in charlie gard were severe cases, two will to survive, but more babies with serious medical problems now survive. are we willing, though, to give them a decent quality of life? many families have said to me they