this is the briefing — i'm sally bundock. our top story: as facebook fights to fix its reputation — the company reveals new foreign attempts to influence the us midterm elections. an airliner crashesjust after takeoff in northern mexico — dozens are injured but everyone survives from today women wearing a full face islamic veil in denmark can be fined — but some say they'll defy the ban. apple reveals its best third quarter in history as its customers go for the more expensive models of the iphone. also in business briefing we'll be live to our team in asia as rumours mount the trump administration is planning to double its tariffs on chinese imports.

a warm welcome to the programme — briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation today — we'd like to know if you are a facebooker and what are you using the social media platform for? are you influenced by the content or is itjust a place to keep up with people you know? get in touch — just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. facebook says it has uncovered a co—ordinated campaign trying to mislead users, and influence the mid—term elections in the us in november. it's closed more than thirty accounts and pages

on facebook and instagram. the company says these efforts were more sophisticated than previous. dave lee reports from san francisco. for once, facebook appears to be on the front foot when it is dealing with its misinformation problem. it says it has discovered co—ordinated in authentic behaviour. the activity involved almost 10,000 facebook posts and 150 pieces of advertising. it was designed not to back a certain candidate that simply make americans angry. facebook said 30 real—world events such as protest we re real—world events such as protest were organised by the malicious actors. 0ne were organised by the malicious actors. one was due to take place in washington later this month. 600 people indicated they would attend. though the techniques used closely resembles those seen in the run—up

to the 2016 election, facebook stopped short of blaming russia for this latest campaign. it says whoever it was to greater caring coupling —— covering their tracks but it did find overlap between the newly discovered accounts and those operated by the kremlin‘s internet research agency, known as the ira. some in washington felt the hand of russia was obvious. i have a high level of confidence that these accounts, many of them that have been tied to ira accounts, men of their modelling some of the techniques that were used by the russians in the past, i can say with pretty high confidence i think this is russian related. president donald trump has begrudgingly acknowledged that russia may have attempted to influence his election win. vladimir putin has repeatedly denied it. but with the mid—term vote approaching in november, facebook‘s discovery

suggests russia is indeed still at it. the social network remains under great pressure to stamp it out. david lee, bbc news, in san francisco. i'll be getting more on this story in a few minutes with a cyber security expert in the united states. a passengerjet has crashed just after takeoff in a heavy hailstorm in northern mexico, injuring eighty—five people. officials in the state of durango say the plane, owned by aeromexico, was carrying 97 passengers and four crew and had been heading for mexico city. 0n the scene reports say passengers were seen walking to a nearby road to seek help. andrew plant has the latest. thick plumes of smoke in the distance, from a passenger jet which crashed shortly after takeoff. officials say no—one was killed

though 80 have suffered injuries. the photos, though, show the plane was severely damaged. the aircraft was on its way to mexico city when it crashed. it had tried to take off from durango state on the two—hour flight south from guadalupe victoria international airport, with 97 passengers and 4 crew on board. this footage has also emerged — a hailstorm in durango around the time of the crash. though it's not clear if the weather was a factor in what happened. authorities haven't said how serious the injuries sustained far. it seems some of the passengers were able to walk off the plane after it came down. the airport is now closed while emergency services deal with the crush and families wait the news on the condition of the passengers and crew onboard. andrew plant, bbc news. well earlier we were joined by our bbc mundo correspondent, ana gabriela rojas

live from mexico city. we asked her whether she thought it was a miracle anyone survived. i was just talking to one survivor, jacqueline flores, who was extremely elected to survive. she said it was scary. she was really happy to be alive. she said there were panicked scenes, people were bleeding, it was very difficult to get out. there was a lot of smoke and fire. she just try tojump into one of a lot of smoke and fire. she just try to jump into one of the places where it was possible and she survived and she is so happy to be alive and stop let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. prosecutors say president trump's former—campaign chairman paul manafort filed false tax returns and tried to hide millions of dollars in foreign banks. mr manafort has pleaded not guilty to charges of bank fraud

and tax evasion. it's the first case brought by investigators looking into alleged links between the trump campaign and russia. but the prosecution relates to mr manafort‘s work as a lobbyist in ukraine, before the 2016 us election. her 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. weather forecasters have warned that dry temperatures fuelling a series of wildfires in california will continue with no rain in sight until next week. the carr fire — the deadliest ongoing blaze — is so strong that it has created its own local weather system with errant winds. more than 11,000 fire crews and 950 trucks are fighting the fires, which have so far claimed seven lives. ajudge in the united

states has blocked the online release of blueprints for the 3—d printing of guns. injune the trump administration decided to allow the designs to be made available for download. a federaljudge in seattle said the publication of the blueprints by a company in texas could cause irreparable harm to us citizens. gun control advocates have been calling on president trump to reverse his administration's decision. apple has taken another step towards becoming the first trillion dollar tech company after it announced record third quarter results. 0liver cornock, editor—in—chief at oxford business,

group joins me now. apple seemingly going from strength to strength. theyjust sold the more expensive iphone. the margin on the iphone x is much greater, fewer units and more return. the sharemarket did rally. it is on the back of facebook, twitter, netflix all having pretty downbeat returns and the new stock exchange injects ——index and the new stock exchange injects —— index which looks at tech stocks has been buffeted. this will be good news for investors. as with the iphone packs, services such as the eye cloud, music, the iphone watch, and the pots, i think they are called. they have really helped those revenues. it will be

interesting to see how competitors meet that challenge in the next six months because it's a very competitive market. it is really competitive. when they launched the iphone can, which we all call the iphone can, which we all call the iphone x, and the other iphone eight, many argued the price isjust too high. the iphone x is $999 yet they are selling a lot of them. people are prepared to pay and interesting to see where. predictably, japan and the developing world but when you look at the lot of the emerging markets, some of the cheapest smartphone is a much more popular. things like huawei. the next 18 months will be interesting. it will be. more in our news briefing and on our business programme in 20 minutes. women wearing the islamic full face covering — known as the niqab — in public in demark will now face fines of up to $150.

but a small goup of women are planning to defy the new law, arguing they are being unfairly targeted. hundreds of muslim and non—muslim danes are expected to take to challenge the order in protests from wednesday. georgina smythe has more. iam i am covering the niqab. in the face ofa ban i am covering the niqab. in the face of a ban on the veil in denmark, these women are putting themselves in the public eye they say to fight for freedom of expression. they say we are oppressed but we are not and they don't have any proof that we are oppressed or any women in denmark are. they say we are a threat to the nation's security but niqab has never been a means to committing crime at all. taking to the streets of copenhagen, they are rallying the public to a mixed response. no one should tell me what to wear so why should we tell them

what to wear? you should have the opportunity to look at people in the eye and see each other's faces because there is so much going on in your non—verbal expressions. because there is so much going on in your non-verbal expressions. danish parliament and the wearing of the face veil in may, joining france and other european countries in upholding what some politicians say are secular and democratic values. but the protesters say they are being targeted and were never consulted in the decision. they now risk fines of at least $150. they can also be asked to leave a public place if they don't remove their bail. i would just like place if they don't remove their bail. i wouldjust like to place if they don't remove their bail. i would just like to educate the politicians and say we are strong independent women who are fighting for their right to keep wearing what they want to wear and that we won't give up. as long as they try to discriminate and as long as they are making use of this

hateful rhetoric, we are just going to get stronger. despite the ban's debut, muslim and non— muslim danes are expected to protest without bases covered, calling the law to be revealed. —— calling for the law to be reversed. now stay with us on bbc news, still to come: we meet the frenchman who is literally charging around the world — the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh. once an everyday part of the soldier's lot — drudgery and danger — now no more after almost four decades.

sought to slot if one is on one's own in a private house, not doing any harm to anyone, not doing any harm to anyone, i don't really see why all these people should wander in and say, "you're doing something wrong." six rare white lion cubs are on the prowl at worcestershire park, and already they've been met with a roar of approval from visitors. they're lovely, yeah, really sweet. yeah, they were cute. you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: a plane carrying 100 people has made a forced landing in northern mexico, many people have been injured but everyone is reported to have survived. facebook has announced that it shut more than thirty accounts apparently aimed at influencing this yea r‘s mid—term elections in the united states — some of them may have had

links to russia. lets stay with that now. jonathon morgan, chief executive of new knowledge which is a cyber security firm that protects companies and governments from disinformation. us what you think of facebook was back actions? i think they should be commended. there have been transparent with the public and shared theirfindings to transparent with the public and shared their findings to make sure that they can participate in the solution for preventing the centre of interference fork interfering in the mid—term elections. i think it isa the mid—term elections. i think it is a strong signal from facebook that they are seriously and are

taking a different approach to dealing with election interference than they have in the past. it is a significant shift for facebook, remembering mark zucker bergh initially laughing about the thought that some may be using facebook to interfere with democracy. —— mark zuckerberg. is this just facebook desperately trying to repair its reputation and it is a pr stunt?|j think reputation and it is a pr stunt?” think it is something going towards repairing their image. we should give them the benefit of the doubt, they are taking this problem seriously enough that they would you willing to put their revenue and profitability at risk. i think that while they have a lot to account for with how they have handled these in

the past, i think they are acting with best intentions to prevent the type of the population we have seen historically fought impacting the elections. that specifically that there is a connection to russia, but there is a connection to russia, but there are concerns that an internet research agency from russia has been involved again was trying to meddle with the mid—term elections, what you think about that accusation?” think it is a fair accusation. the tactics we are seeing here are consistent with the way the ira was tried to interfere in previous us elections. they are targeting partisan politics for trying to sow discord. they are organising events where people on opposing sides might show up in person to participate in some type of protest. these are all actions we have seen before, while attributing this activity directly

to russia is difficult from facebook‘s aspect it, i do think that the signals are there and it is an indication that this is going to be an ongoing conflict in this election and beyond. this is a new error of this disinformation and this is an escalation on that. it is not just this election this is an escalation on that. it is notjust this election or the mid—term is coming up later this yearin mid—term is coming up later this year in the us, it is all elections from around the world. that is the worry. this new information has come to light of the ira being involved in the brexit vote. we have to accept that this is the new normal. this is what it means to be a democracy trying to operate in the modern era. to debate the issues that are essential to our democracy,

these platforms are being attacked and undermined its by hostile foreign actors that do not share our values shut at. do we see the impact on facelock using in terms of people choosing not to be on facelock any more? there is a lot of discussion about it in terms of their user numbers, they are going up. the actual human beings that use facebook, the real users they are trying to target have been relatively. it is interesting that facebook‘s user numbers have dropped significantly but that is based largely on the fact that they are tragically clean up the platform from disingenuous and otherwise fraudulent accounts that have been created. i think it will be an interesting time for facebook, it will take a little time before we understand the true implications of this on the real users. we are going to talk about this in

the news briefing later. in the meantime, let's bring you right up to date on the latest sport stories. india start their five match series against england and could geraint thomas be on the move from team sky? england are desperate to turn their poor form away but all the buildup has affected adil rashid, despite

signing a white ball only contract and not playing a test matches since 2016, he has been picked to play ahead of moeen ali. they both are in different things to the team, the amount of righthanders with what we think is going to be in the's team, he gives us a very attacking options. very excited about that, he has a huge amount of confidence at the minute and seems in a the place with his game. he has matured since he last played test cricket and i feel this is a really good side and gives us the best chance of winning in these conditions. andy murray is backin in these conditions. andy murray is back in action in the washington open on monday as his return from hip surgery continues. he will take on kyle edmund in the second round, he knocked him out of the east ginch at month. murray is back to winning ways after he battled past mckenzie

mcdonald. in almost a half hours, the scot lost the first set at? to ta ke the scot lost the first set at? to take it in three as his buildup to the us open continues. withjust over a week ago, the countdown to the new premier league season is well and truly on. arsenal head into the campaign with a new manager but are not the only ones that. chelsea have a new coach and the two sides would meet later in dublin. arsenal had to ireland while chelsea netted penalties to peek into alarm. —— inter milan. geraint thomas, the winner of sunday's tour de france says he is not sure whether he will be staying at team sky next season. he is yet to sign a new contract with the team, which has provided six of the last seven to a champions. it is quite fortunate i didn't sign before the tournament. the team is working for me, it has done myself really, well, i wonder

too, it is crazy. the way the team is run and everything really works well for me. but i am open to hearing other offers, obviously. we will see what happens in the coming weeks. we have shown you the skills of the world's number one freestyle footballer before, but even he has outdone himself this time. if you thought some of his tricks were challenging enough, how about doing it with a flaming football? i certainly wouldn't like to see his traders after that. —— trainers. you get all the latest news on our website. from me and the team, that is wednesday sport briefing. 0n more than a few occasions we've told you about bold adventurers who try to travel around the world. real—life phileas foggs — using planes, trains and automobiles to achieve the improbable.

but let's tell you about one french gentleman who's going about it in slightly unusual way. the bbc‘s tim allman reports. fabricius like to do things the easy way. nearly 20 years ago he set a world record for spanning the globe on roller skates. now he has upgraded to using an electric skateboard. he is on the move for 11 hours at the time, pulling a little trailer packed with their batteries, averaging about 150 kilometres per day. does it make you dream? because me, it makes me dream. that is why i am alone, just perfect. the first stage of his round the world trip began towards the end of may,

setting off from san francisco, heading to san diego. some more notable on this —— stops on the way included tucson in arizona and houston in texas. thejourney continued down south, heading past new continued down south, heading past n ew 0 rlea ns continued down south, heading past new orleans in louisiana, until its completion in miami, florida. he says he is doing it to show how the world could revolutionise transport, using this skate ought —— skateboard in an urban environment. it hasn't a lwa ys in an urban environment. it hasn't always been easy, sometimes the road condition wasn't great, there was the odd puncture and sometimes there isn't much you can do. this is only the first date, doing things one continent at a time. next stop, paris and skateboarding across europe. stay with me on bbc news, i'll be back with the business briefing in just a few moments. i'll see you soon. just when you thought we had waved

goodbye with a heatwave, the temperatures will climb again, particularly in the south. northern and western areas will see a little bit of rain at times but not all the time. the satellite shows clumps of cloud circulating an area of low pressure to the north—west and it is the north—western part of the country that will see rain and a bit ofa country that will see rain and a bit of a breeze at times. starting wednesday morning, the temperatures across the country, 11— 1a degrees. best of the sunshine will be found across england and wales and the north—east of scotland doing quite well during wednesday morning. during the afternoon, more cloud into northern ireland, western scotla nd into northern ireland, western scotland and outbreaks of rain, rain light and patchy, a breeze across the western areas but by the middle of the afternoon, parts of north—east scotland holding on to

glimmers of brightness. rain moving through northern ireland, just cringing into north—west england and maybe the fast north of norway was but come further east, some good spells of sunshine and the best in the south—east where temperatures will get to 26.7 degrees. through wednesday night, we start to feed more and more cloud in from the south—west. very moist, south—westerly flow giving missed and merck for some western coast and hills. the odd spot of rain and those that which is creeping up was quite a those that which is creeping up was quitea humid those that which is creeping up was quite a humid feel by the time we get into thursday morning. because, by that time we will have brought this warm front across the country. notice there is a cold front working to the north—west bringing a little bit of rain and the north—west of that, still bringing in some relatively cool atlantic there. down towards the south, we tap into some increasingly hot air from the near continent. during thursday we will see good spells of sunshine to the south and the south—east. further

north and west, more in the way of cloud. the odd rain or shower at times and those temperatures are a range. 29 in belfast but maybe 30 across the south—east and we keep that split towards the end of the week. low 20s for the most part in the north and west, a lot of dry weather and the odd splash of rain. further south and east, looking at 32 or 33 degrees in places with plenty of sunshine to take us to the weekend. this is the business briefing, i'm sally bundock. apple reveals its best third quarter in history, as its customers go for the more expensive models of the iphone. us secretary of state mike pompeo visits south—east asia after promising $100 million in investments. will this be enough to counter the impact of us trade tariffs? and on the markets: there is so much to digests, reports

from apple, rumours the us will double the trade tariffs on china.