fortunes, but warmer for many. that is all to me now. good night. it's newsday i'm babita sharma in london. the headlines: a plane has crashed in the capital of mexico's durango state, carrying at least 90 people on board. as facebook fights to fix its reputation, the company reveals foreign attempts to influence the us midterm elections. i'm sharanjit leyl in singapore. also in the programme: donald trump's former campaign manager goes on trial but the president says the case has nothing to do with him. and knocking out taboos. we meet a group of young women and girls who are breaking down barriers over women in sports in pakistan. translation: i think i have translation: i thinkl have become very powerful. if i am standing with three orfour men i can face them. boxing has given me that power and support. live from our studios in singapore

and london, this is bbc world news. it's newsday. it's midnight here in london, 7am in singapore. we begin with some breaking news. a plane has crashed in the capital of mexico's durango state. the state governor has tweeted that there were no deaths among the 97 passengers and four crew aboard, although there were injuries. the aeromexico flight was flying from guadalupe victoria international airport to mexico city. we understand that the crash happened ten kilometre from the airport just after takeoff. on the scene reports say passengers were seen walking to a nearby road to seek help. andrew plant has the latest. thick plumes of smoke from a

passenger jet thick plumes of smoke from a passengerjet which thick plumes of smoke from a passenger jet which crashed thick plumes of smoke from a passengerjet which crashed shortly after ta keoff. passengerjet which crashed shortly after takeoff. it is not clear how many people have been injured, or how badly damaged the aircraft has been. the plane was on its way to mexico city when it went down. local media say in it had taken off from durango state on the two—hour were flight durango state on the two—hour were flight south from the international airport with at least 80 people on board. aeromexico said it was aware of the incident but could not yet confirm the exact number of people on the plane. initial reports say it was in the 190 aircraft capable of keeping —— carrying up to 100 passengers. the airport is now being closed while emergency services deal with the crash and families wait for news on the condition of passengers and crew on board. i'm joined now by aviation analyst alex macheras, who has been following developments from spain. can you tell us what you know? this

aircraft was an e190. a regional short range airliner that operates for the regionals and city area arm of aeromexico. aeromexico, the flag carrier of mexico, they are one of the world ‘s safest airlines, among the world ‘s safest airlines, among the world ‘s safest, and this was meant to be quite a routine and ordinary short—range fly. whatever occurred, occurred in the moment between the crash. state governor has confirmed that the aircraft was going to laloo faster on the runway to abort the takeoff but that is what they planned to do and then they had no choice but to continue. they left the runway and then the aircraft was involved in a crash. this was just released in the last few minutes. the aircraft is quite young and safe and it is quite unusual to be involved in an incident like this. we are getting

conflicting reports at this moment with the governor tweeting that there were no reported fatalities but then another newsagency feeds we get no confirmation that there are fatalities or the number of injuries yet. what do you hear?” fatalities or the number of injuries yet. what do you hear? i think it is best that we wait for confirmation. it struck me that the governor tweeted early on in the immediate aftermath of the crash to say that the good news that there were survivors. i hope that does continue. thank you very much for your update. as far as we know, then, the details of that breaking news is that a plane has crashed in durango state, bound for mexico city. we get reports from the governor saying there are no expected fatalities we are waiting to confirm that for you. apparently 97 passengers on board and four crew. the plane has a capacity of

ioo crew. the plane has a capacity of 100 people. we will have more on that as soon as we get it. in the united states, the trial has begun of paul manafort — donald trump's former campaign manager. it's the first case brought by the legal team of special counsel robert mueller. the bbc‘s rajini vaidyanathn explains how we got here. paul manafort held a coveted place in donald trump's inner circle as his campaign manager. just weeks after being seen at the republican national convention in 2016, his political career began to unravel. forced to quit over his alleged ties to foreign governments. today he is injail, facing charges relating to his work before he joined the trump campaign. arriving at court in virginia, manafort is accused of laundering millions of dollars in cash while he worked as a political consultant in ukraine. his clients include the former president. prosecutors say he funnelled the money to offshore accounts

in exotic locations and with lavish purchases, buying multi—million dollar properties in new york and virginia and spending more than $1 million in men's clothing. mr manafort denies the charges. his former right—hand man, who also worked for donald trump is charged on a number of counts, but had most of those dropped in exchange for his cooperation during the investigation. he is expected to testify against mr manafort. paul manafort work for me for a very short period of time. the president isn't directly implicated in this trial, but these are the first charges brought by special counsel robert mueller who is investigating if the trump campaign colluded with the russians. in a tweet, donald trump claimed collusion isn't a crime and denied there was any in the first place. a small group of anti—trump protesters who gathered outside the court believe the campaign did have ties to russia. it is believed paul manafort does

have the answers and as his trial gets under way, it is believed he could co—operate with the wider investigation. also this hour, zimbabwe's opposition mdc party is claiming victory in the first elections since the removal of long—time ruler robert mugabe last year. the vote attracted a high turnout of 70% and was monitored by international observers. the electoral commission, however, is urging patience, saying it still needs time to count all the votes. at least fifteen people have died in an attack on a government building in the city of jalalabad in afghanistan. gunmen set off several explosives and stormed the compound. afghan special forces were able to secure the building after a 6—hour siege. the chief of malaysia's civil aviation authority has quit

after a report into the missing malaysia airlines flight mh370 found failures by air traffic control. azharuddin abdul rahman said the official report, which was released on monday, highlighted lapses by controllers and that he was resigning "with regret". thailand has asked britain to extradite its former prime minister, yingluck shinawatra. she fled the country last august to avoid being jailed over a rice subsidy scheme that ran up billions of dollars in losses. she has denied wrongdoing and said the trial was politically motivated. france's government has won a confidence vote over the scandal surrounding an aide to president emmanuel macron. mr alexandre benalla was filmed manhandling demonstrators during may day protests in paris. macron's party has a large majority making the vote mainly symbolic but the scandal has dented the reputation of the president and his team. former president 0bama and his former us vice presidentjoe biden reunited at a bakery in washington. in a surprise visit

at the dog tag bakery they took time to greet the patrons and thank them for their service. the bakery helps train and employ disabled veterans, as well as offering support to military families. in san francisco, the social media giant facebook says it has closed more than 30 accounts involved in what appear to be a co—ordinated attempt to influence the forthcoming us mid—term elections. the company said this included almost 10,000 facebook posts and 150 pieces of advertising. 0ur north america technology reporter dave lee gave more details from san francisco. facebook released a bunch of information about this issue earlier. they say they removed 32

different pages and accounts which does not seem like much but between them these sites posted around 10,000 items and purchased 150 pieces of advertising and around $10,000. facebook say they were able to reach as many as a quarter of a million people who were following the activities of these ages and accounts. facebook is trying to show that it accounts. facebook is trying to show thatitis accounts. facebook is trying to show that it is investing in this area and that it is working. they used outside help to assess some of the patterns are used in order to track down this was happening. ahead of the mid—term elections in the us, facebook hopes that this shows they are taking action early to make sure they do not see a repeat of what happened in 2016 when russian influence was a huge problem on facebook and, perhaps, meddled in the election. that allegation is ongoing. what we do not know is

whether this is seen as a major victory for misinformation, beard a small part of a bigger problem. we don't know how big the problem is and neither does facebook. do we know who is behind what facebook is saying our links between the mid—term elections and purchasing this advertising space? it is difficult, facebook say, to be absolutely sure who is behind because they say they do not have the same insight that the intelligence agencies in the us have on who might be behind these campaigns. they say that many of the techniques used were similar to what the russians were said to have used before 2016. needed say that this was a more sophisticated attack and that the people perpetrating this misinformation used more sophisticated techniques to hide their tracks. and facebook said it cannot be completely sure that russia is behind this although there was some overlap between what this new misinformation campaign was doing and the actions of accounts

known to be linked to the eye are a comedy internet research agency, which facebook understands is part of the kremlin and controlled by the kremlin. there are many clues point to russia but facebook is holding itself short of saying foreshore that the russian government is behind this. has there been any reaction from the white house to this? we saw some politicians come out immediately and say it was obvious that it was the russians. we have from the department of homeland security saying that it was clear the russians were behind the last misinformation campaign so it seems obvious that they should be behind this one as well. of course we are yet to hear from the main this one as well. of course we are yet to hearfrom the main man himself, the president, who has disputed russian involvement in meddling in the us elections up to this point. 0nce meddling in the us elections up to this point. once again it does seem that all the security agencies and intelligence agencies seem pretty certain they know where this is coming from. the question is whether

the president agrees with them on that. and update now on the breaking news and we getting more of an idea about what happened in mexico after a aeromexicojet took off what happened in mexico after a aeromexico jet took off from an airport in durango state and crashed bound for mexico city a press conference is taking place involving the governor of the state of durango who has been giving us lines of information saying that the plane had tried to abort takeoff due to bad weather that the attempt to do so was too late and it crashed into fla mes so was too late and it crashed into flames at the end of the runway about ten kilometres from starting position, we understand. he went on to say that there are confirmed no fatalities from the crash and that the aircraft itself was carrying 97 passengers and four crew on board. many flight attendants were at the scene including emergency services but we are told that there were no fatalities reported. light injuries.

them embraer190 was the aircraft. as we saw from those images a short time ago, plumes of smoke and golfing the aircraft when it did crash. fortunately, no fatalities reported. as soon as we get more details from mexico we will bring them to you live here on bbc world news. the air space agency nasa has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts we re confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the la st foot were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol, once an everyday

pa rt of last foot patrol, once an everyday part of the drudgery and danger. now no more after almost four decades. if someone is in a private house not doing any harm to anybody. if somebody wanders in and says you are doing something wrong... six rail white line clubs were on the prowl and already they are being met with and already they are being met with a roar of approval from visitors. they are lovely and sweet. quite cute. this is newsday on the bbc. our top stories. mexican authorities say an aircraft carrying 90 people has made a forced landing in the north of the country and that nobody on board had been killed. facebook has announced that

it will shut nearly 30 accounts aimed at influencing this year's midterm elections in the united states, some of which may have had links to russia. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. the financial times also leads on the co—ordinated campaign of misinformation uncovered by facebook. they say the social network giants has shut down 32 pages and accounts designed to influence the upcoming us mid—term elections. the irish times is reporting on the risks of a no deal brexit to the irish economy. the paper says that the ireland's central bank is urging businesses to prepare for what it's calling ‘signficant short—term disruption' if britain fails to reach a deal with the eu. and the japan times is looking ahead to the tokyo 2020 games. the picture you can see is of the classical actor and director mansai nomura, who has been appointed the chief creative director for the games‘ opening and closing ceremonies.

he has promised shows full of "wit" and "japaneseness". it is only a matter of months before the us mid—term elections. this is live in camper florida. —— tampa. earlier today i also spent time with one of your governors, one of our nations truly great leaders, rick scott. donald trump addressing the crowd, he will be speaking what about the economy, he will also be addressing a number of issues are unlikely to maybe speak directly

about stories we have been covering, including facebook and its revelations that it has announced much of its advertising and up to iooo much of its advertising and up to 1000 facebook post, they believe, have been endorsing donald trump wrongly and perhaps even illegally, for the us mid—term elections. allegations that have not been refuted, confirmed or denied by the white house and donald trump himself. the trial has begun today of the former campaign manager for donald trump, all mannerfought, that will also be a real test for robert mu, who is doing a wide investigation into allegations regarding the russian involvement in the 2016 presidential elections. —— paul manafort. more on that to come from donald trump. more on our breaking news story. a plane has

come down in durango state. we understand it came down ten kilometres at the end of the runway when it departed, getting confirmation on the governor that no fatalities had been reported, but a number of injuries. backplane itself was carrying 97 passengers on board, including four crew members. we can speak to including four crew members. we can speakto an including four crew members. we can speak to an aviation safety inspector based in the uk. welcome to the programme. we are getting pieces of information now that we are bringing together, but it sounds like there was an attempt, we understand, for the plane to abort its takeoff but because of the speed was travelling at it was unable to do so, resulting in this crash. what is your assessment? i have just been looking up some online videos and the aircraft has crashed very close to the runway, various engine parts and parts of the fuselage scattered off the runway before you get to the wreckage. it looks like it is an

attempt to take off, it may have lifted off and then come back down again to the left of the runway and overrun the runway. from the impact of the images and videos you have seen, would that be likely to corroborate what we are hearing about that initial aborting of the takeoff? yes, it is very likely. i think the ten kilometres is a developing distance, it is much closer. it was a takeoff accident, they will start the full investigation and overnight they will be calling various different authorities from around the world to help investigate it. everybody knows the type of the plane, what is your expertise telling us about this aircraft about its safety record? expertise telling us about this aircraft about its safety record ?m has got an excellent safety record, it has been in a few overruns before but that has been down to staff

error. it is built in brazil, the brazilians will be invited into the investigation with engines coming from america as well. so they will be invited and possibly other parties as well, if deemed necessary. the mexico transport secretary says that there are 97 passengers on board, four crew members as well. we are getting reports of no fatalities of. when we see images of the aircraft in plumes of smoke, it seems very fortunate indeed that there were not more serious injuries reported at this stage. yes, this is the area of research i work in. is not surprising to me that the aeroplane has come down within the safety areas of the runway. it may shed a if you parts but provided people have their seatbelts on and listen to the emergency exit are, then i would expect a full evacuation to be

successful. i am hearing reports, i am notan successful. i am hearing reports, i am not an aviation analyst, correct me ifiam am not an aviation analyst, correct me if i am wrong, the fact that the plane will be coming down in an insta nt plane will be coming down in an instant like this, perhaps separated into three parts, is that correct?|j can't into three parts, is that correct?” can't tell from the video, certainly the engines have separated off and the engines have separated off and the main body of the fuselage much earlier. it is not unusual for the fuselage to split right at the end of the wreckage path and that, to some extent, will help people get out as well and separates a few of them from potential fire. out as well and separates a few of them from potentialfire. for out as well and separates a few of them from potential fire. for now, thank you so much forjoining us, we appreciate your time. in pakistan, a group of young women and girls in karachi's once troubled neighbourhood liyari are breaking barriers and taboos around women sports by developing their boxing skills. they hope that boxing can give them success, better future and above all self—confidence. bbc‘s shumaila jaffery reports. every day after school, these girls

gather at here at this boxing club to pursue their dream. boxing is a new love for dozens of liyari girls. this 13—year—old is one of the most passionate boxes. fighter who remains unbeaten. her inspiration is muhamed ali and she has high hopes for the future. translation:” watched muhamed ali fighting, it was amazing. especially the way he was using his right hand. i want to be like him. he won three championship. i want to win five. liyari is one of the most densely populated neighbourhoods of pakistan's commercial capital, karachi. it is home to diverse ethnic groups, who

have just one thing in common, poverty. and recently, liyari was com pletely poverty. and recently, liyari was completely inaccessible to outsiders, even for the police.” think i have become very powerful. ifiam think i have become very powerful. if i am standing with three or four men, ican if i am standing with three or four men, i can face them. boxing has given me that power and support. taking part in sports is still frowned upon in conservative parts of pakistan. when the girls in liyari started boxing, they faced criticism. but that slowly changed. despite all the success, there is still uncertainty about the future of the club at. the boxes come from the families who do not have much money and the club is running out of funds. translation: we need 20- 35,000 rupees to arrange a small tournament. it is very stressful. we

don't have a changing room for girls. if anyone can provide these facilities, we can arrange a lot more tournament and could train more girls. but despite all the disadvantages, the girls are determined to break the barriers and to make their mark at the international level. bbc news, karachi. you have been watching newsday. before we go, a recap. a plane has crashed in the capital of mexico's durango state. the state government —— governor tweeted that there were no deaths are bored, although there we re no deaths are bored, although there were injuries. the durango state governor said the plane had tried to ta ke governor said the plane had tried to take off, tried to a bullet —— abort the takeoff but could do so because of bad weather and it was too late and crashed into flames at the end

of the runway. moore to come. stay with us. —— more on that to come. hello there. just when you thought we we re hello there. just when you thought we were done with a heatwave, the two bridges are beginning to climb again over the next few days. particulate across southern parts of the uk. further north and west of there will be a little bit of rain at times but certainly not all the time. ona at times but certainly not all the time. on a satellite picture from a little earlier on, you can see clu m ps of little earlier on, you can see clumps of cloud circulating around an area of low pressure but as we go to the next couple of days, we will continue to seek areas of cloud seeding from the south—west. we start tomorrow with temperatures across the country, 11— 1a degrees, the best of the sunshine will be found across england and wales and for the far north—east of scotland. as we go on through the day to the parts of the midland is, we will develop more cloud. best of the sunshine towards the south—east and for northern ireland and western scotland, the cloud thickens all the

while and we will see outbreaks of light and patchy rain. quite easy across western areas, north—east scotla nd across western areas, north—east scotland holding onto a little bit of brightness. some of this rain pushing out of northern ireland into the north—west of england but, further south and east of what we are into good spells of sunshine and temperatures in london getting up to around 26 degrees. as we go to wednesday evening, there will be some sunshine to end the day in the south as we go through the night we are to be piling a lot of clout in from the south—west. it will turn misty and murky fork coastal areas, a few splashes of rain and those temperatures begin to come up, and increasingly human feel into thursday morning because we will have brought this warm front across the country. not much rain on it, but that is the reason for extra clout and with high pressure to the south, southern areas particularly will start to tap into increasingly warm airfrom the

will start to tap into increasingly warm air from the continent. from the west, a somewhat fresher feel of airfrom the the west, a somewhat fresher feel of air from the atlantic. temperatures not at —— not as high. during thursday, lot of cloud in through western and parts of the uk, particulate the odd spot of rain and showers. further south is the best chance of seeing sunshine, the best bridges creeping upwards, 29 in london on thursday. we keep that split in temperature or choose as we had to the end of the week and western areas have seen more in the way of cloud, mostly dry temperatures, generally in the low 20s. further south, it temperatures, generally in the low 20s. furthersouth, it will temperatures, generally in the low 20s. further south, it will be the low 30s, 31, maybe 33 degrees with plenty of sunshine to take us into the weekend. i'm babita sharma with bbc news. our top story. a plane has crashed in mexico in durango state, north of mexico city with at least 90 people on board. early reports from the mexican authorities say that no—one on board was killed — although several people were injured.

the plane apparently got into difficulties shortly after taking off. it attempted to abort takeoff but failed to do so. facebook has announced that it has taken down more than 30 fake accounts which — it says — were trying to influence the american mid—term elections later this year. and this video is trending on bbc.com. these thieves tried to steal a shark from an aquarium in texas. they placed it in a bucket and put that inside a baby's pram. luckily the public helped track them down and the shark has now been returned to its tank. that's all. stay with bbc world news. now on bbc news, hardtalk‘s stephen sackur speaks